Western Fair Raceway Race 3

Race 3

Prize Money: $12,009

BETTOR THAN SPRING (6) ran fourth last start at Mohawk Park over 1609m, beaten 6 metres. This is a nice drop in class so he is a major player. DOCSPHILLYCHEESE (5) made it two in succession last start when he got the cash by a head over 1609m at this track. Good enough to win a race of this calibre. CHEDDAR BAY (4) is in the mix following a respectable third at his most recent appearance over 1609m at this track. GRIN AND WIN (3) ended last prep with a eighth at Mohawk Park over 1609m 11 weeks ago. Can open this campaign with a more positive effort.

Distance: 1609m
Track: Good
Weather: -
Surface: All Weather
Class: HCP

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Heza Handy Man () 3667632216
Trainer: Mi Horner ()
Driver: Mi Horner
Prize Money: $124,180
Win / Place: 21% / 47%

9 yo Bay Gelding

Sire: BIG JIM (USA)

Dam: CASSIDY SEELSTER

Rating

Stats

Career

91: 20-6-17

Distance

91: 20-6-17

Trk/Dst

58: 14-6-11

Track

58: 14-6-11

Season

2: 1-0-0

1st Up

1: 0-0-0

2nd Up

1: 1-0-0

3rd Up

1: 1-0-0

Metro

0: 0-0-0

Non-Metro

91: 20-6-17

Mobile

0: 0-0-0

Standing

0: 0-0-0

All-Weather

91: 20-6-17

Slushy

0: 0-0-0

Grass

0: 0-0-0

Best Mile

1:53.20

Driver Stats

Comments

Last start 6th over 1609m at this track, at the bell was 6th- beaten 6 m by It Takes Two (1:58.00) in G on January 16 at $25. Two runs back won by 2.5 m at this track (1:59.00) beating Dalhousie in G on January 6 at $5.10 at the bell was leading. Others make more appeal.

Last Starts days since last start

Place	Date	Track	Distance	Start	Surface	Barrier	Driver	Race Time	Mile Rate	Margin	SP	Days	Class	Prize	Prize Won	Result
6th of 6	16/1/26	Western Fair Raceway	1609m		All Weather	5	Mi Horner	1:58.00	-	6.8m	$25	10	-	$12,009	-	1. It Takes Two 2. Saulsbrook Litten 3. Cheddar Bay
1st of 7	6/1/26	Western Fair Raceway	1609m		All Weather	5	Mi Horner	1:59.00	-	2.5m	$5.10	14	-	$8,188	$4,094	1. Heza Handy Man 2. Dalhousie 3. Palladium Hanover
2nd of 8	23/12/25	Western Fair Raceway	1609m		All Weather	6	Mi Horner	2:00.20	-	1.3m	$40	7	-	$8,188	$2,047	1. Delightful Leader 2. Heza Handy Man 3. Hollywood Deo
2nd of 8	16/12/25	Western Fair Raceway	1609m		All Weather	8	Mi Horner	1:58.40	-	1.5m	$12	7	-	$6,004	$1,501	1. All Bets On Red 2. Heza Handy Man 3. Sportsline
3rd of 7	9/12/25	Western Fair Raceway	1609m		All Weather	8	P Mackenzie	1:58.10	-	1.5m	$11	20	-	$6,550	$786	1. Larjon Levi 2. Hollywood Deo 3. Heza Handy Man
6th of 8	19/11/25	Flamboro Downs	1609m		All Weather	8	Mi Horner	1:55.00	-	4.8m	$50	8	-	$7,634	-	1. Counter Offer 2. Wry 3. Tojenniferscredit

Lord Anthony () 3215441741
Trainer: B Hollingsworth ()
Driver: Sa Fillion
Prize Money: $143,691
Win / Place: 15% / 40%

8 yo Bay Gelding

Sire: SPORTSWRITER (USA)

Dam: MACH STAR

Rating

Stats

Career

91: 14-14-9

Distance

91: 14-14-9

Trk/Dst

26: 7-4-3

Track

26: 7-4-3

Season

2: 1-0-0

1st Up

2: 0-1-0

2nd Up

2: 1-1-0

3rd Up

2: 0-0-2

Metro

0: 0-0-0

Non-Metro

91: 14-14-9

Mobile

0: 0-0-0

Standing

0: 0-0-0

All-Weather

91: 14-14-9

Slushy

0: 0-0-0

Grass

0: 0-0-0

Best Mile

1:51.00

Driver Stats

Comments

Eight-year-old gelding showed improvement last time. Won by 1.5 m at this track (1:58.20) beating Atlas Hanover in G on January 16 at $7.30 at the bell was 2nd-. The run before was not as impressive when beaten by 4.5 m finishing fourth behind It Takes Two at this track over 1609m in a G on January 5 at $17.35. This is likely to prove too tough.

Last Starts days since last start

Place	Date	Track	Distance	Start	Surface	Barrier	Driver	Race Time	Mile Rate	Margin	SP	Days	Class	Prize	Prize Won	Result
1st of 8	16/1/26	Western Fair Raceway	1609m		All Weather	2	Sa Fillion	1:58.20	-	1.5m	$7.30	11	-	$9,607	$4,803	1. Lord Anthony 2. Atlas Hanover 3. Harborlite Ambrose
4th of 7	5/1/26	Western Fair Raceway	1609m		All Weather	4	Sa Fillion	1:58.30	-	4.5m	$17	17	-	$9,607	$769	1. It Takes Two 2. Winmebak 3. Wild Doc Holliday
7th of 7	19/12/25	Western Fair Raceway	1609m		All Weather	6	Sa Fillion	1:58.00	-	7.8m	$5.70	10	-	$9,607	-	1. Reign Supreme 2. B Js Choice 3. Regil Bubb
1st of 7	9/12/25	Western Fair Raceway	1609m		All Weather	4	Sa Fillion	1:58.10	-	1.5m	$4.05	18	-	$8,734	$4,367	1. Lord Anthony 2. Mels Legacy 3. Rose Run Vortex
4th of 8	21/11/25	Western Fair Raceway	1609m		All Weather	1	D Spence	1:57.00	-	4.0m	$5.25	7	-	$9,597	$768	1. Delightful Leader 2. Prestige Seelster 3. Rose Run Vortex
4th of 8	14/11/25	Western Fair Raceway	1609m		All Weather	2	D Spence	1:55.40	-	2.5m	$11	12	-	$9,597	$768	1. Prestige Seelster 2. It Takes Two 3. Palladium Hanover

Grin And Win () 257341278x
Trainer: H Pickett ()
Driver: Brady Galliers
Prize Money: $109,066
Win / Place: 10% / 64%

4 yo Bay Horse

Sire: BELIEVEINBRUISER

Dam: LOOSE BOOTS

Rating

Stats

Career

28: 3-12-3

Distance

28: 3-12-3

Trk/Dst

2: 0-0-0

Track

2: 0-0-0

Season

0: 0-0-0

1st Up

2: 1-0-0

2nd Up

2: 0-1-0

3rd Up

2: 1-1-0

Metro

0: 0-0-0

Non-Metro

28: 3-12-3

Mobile

0: 0-0-0

Standing

0: 0-0-0

All-Weather

28: 3-12-3

Slushy

0: 0-0-0

Grass

0: 0-0-0

Best Mile

1:50.10

Driver Stats

Comments

First up. At the last run he 8th over 1609m at Mohawk Park, at the bell was 5th- beaten 13 m by Waffle Blue Chip (1:49.30) in 4yo on November 8 at $132.85. Looks set for a bright start to the campaign.

Last Starts days since last start

Place	Date	Track	Distance	Start	Surface	Barrier	Driver	Race Time	Mile Rate	Margin	SP	Days	Class	Prize	Prize Won	Result
8th of 9	8/11/25	Mohawk Park	1609m		All Weather	7	D Thiessen	1:49.30	-	13.0m	$133	23	-	$26,172	-	1. Waffle Blue Chip 2. Wallace Hartley 3. Out Of Ice
7th of 8	16/10/25	Mohawk Park	1609m		All Weather	8	B Mcclure	1:49.10	-	4.3m	$24	7	-	$23,991	-	1. Bruno No No No 2. Boxer Seelster 3. Out Of Ice
2nd of 7	9/10/25	Mohawk Park	1609m		All Weather	3	B Mcclure	1:49.00	-	1.5m	$6.60	5	-	$23,991	$5,998	1. Out Of Ice 2. Grin And Win 3. Silverwalls
1st of 7	4/10/25	Mohawk Park	1609m		All Weather	3	B Mcclure	1:50.10	-	0.8m	$4.85	7	-	$23,359	$11,680	1. Grin And Win 2. Lyons Franky J 3. Blazing Cruiser
4th of 10	27/9/25	Mohawk Park	1609m		All Weather	3	B Mcclure	1:49.00	-	7.8m	$33	15	OPEN	$83,426	$6,674	1. Time Passer 2. Lyons Franky J 3. Shadow Of An Angel
3rd of 8	12/9/25	Mohawk Park	1609m		All Weather	7	B Davis (Jnr)	1:51.20	-	3.3m	$2.70f	6	OPEN	$27,809	$3,337	1. Lyons Franky J 2. Shadow Of An Angel 3. Grin And Win

Cheddar Bay () 1213225243
Trainer: P Core ()
Driver: J Harris
Prize Money: $94,317
Win / Place: 26% / 59%

Track / Distance Specialist

10 yo Bay Gelding

Sire: BETTERTHANCHEDDAR (USA)

Dam: MYSTICAL SEELSTER

Rating

Stats

Career

42: 11-10-4

Distance

42: 11-10-4

Trk/Dst

23: 8-4-2

Track

23: 8-4-2

Season

1: 0-0-1

1st Up

5: 0-2-0

2nd Up

5: 2-1-0

3rd Up

5: 2-1-1

Metro

0: 0-0-0

Non-Metro

42: 11-10-4

Mobile

0: 0-0-0

Standing

0: 0-0-0

All-Weather

42: 11-10-4

Slushy

0: 0-0-0

Grass

0: 0-0-0

Best Mile

1:53.00

Driver Stats

Comments

Solid performance when beaten by 1.75 m finishing fourth behind Docsphillycheese at this track over 1609m in a G on December 31 at $4.45. Then a handy effort when beaten by 3 m finishing third behind It Takes Two at this track over 1609m in a G on January 16 at $3.60. Well placed, should prove hard to beat.

Last Starts days since last start

Place	Date	Track	Distance	Start	Surface	Barrier	Driver	Race Time	Mile Rate	Margin	SP	Days	Class	Prize	Prize Won	Result
3rd of 6	16/1/26	Western Fair Raceway	1609m		All Weather	1	J Harris	1:58.00	-	3.3m	$3.60	16	-	$12,009	$1,441	1. It Takes Two 2. Saulsbrook Litten 3. Cheddar Bay
4th of 7	31/12/25	Western Fair Raceway	1609m		All Weather	8	J Harris	1:59.30	-	1.8m	$4.45	11	-	$12,009	$961	1. Docsphillycheese 2. Batterup Hanover 3. Beach Tour
2nd of 10	20/12/25	Mohawk Park	1609m		All Weather	5	D Thiessen	1:53.00	-	1.0m	$13	6	-	$17,467	$4,367	1. Larceny 2. Cheddar Bay 3. Premier First Star
5th of 10	14/12/25	Mohawk Park	1609m		All Weather	9	D Thiessen	1:54.10	-	3.0m	$58	7	-	$27,293	$1,365	1. State One Smiley 2. Ginger Tree Finny 3. Larceny
2nd of 8	7/12/25	Mohawk Park	1609m		All Weather	4	D Thiessen	1:53.40	-	1.8m	$2.95f	7	-	$16,376	$4,094	1. Larceny 2. Cheddar Bay 3. Wilcat Rocky
2nd of 8	30/11/25	Mohawk Park	1609m		All Weather	6	D Thiessen	1:53.20	-	1.5m	$4.05	7	-	$16,358	$4,089	1. Gentleonmymind 2. Cheddar Bay 3. Bettorbeflyin

Docsphillycheese () 1363561311
Trainer: B Kennedy ()
Driver: G Rooney
Prize Money: $156,671
Win / Place: 28% / 54%

Going for the Hat-Trick

7 yo Bay Horse

Sire: BETTERTHANCHEDDAR (USA)

Dam: FLIGHT OF AN ANGEL

100

Rating

Stats

Career

73: 21-10-9

Distance

73: 21-10-9

Trk/Dst

50: 13-8-5

Track

50: 13-8-5

Season

0: 0-0-0

1st Up

1: 0-0-0

2nd Up

1: 0-0-0

3rd Up

1: 0-0-0

Metro

0: 0-0-0

Non-Metro

73: 21-10-9

Mobile

0: 0-0-0

Standing

0: 0-0-0

All-Weather

73: 21-10-9

Slushy

0: 0-0-0

Grass

0: 0-0-0

Best Mile

1:50.40

Driver Stats

Comments

Seven-year-old entire is racing in fine form. Won his last two outings at this track both over 1609m. Last start won by a head at this track (1:59.30) beating Batterup Hanover in G on December 31 at $8.30 at the bell was 5th-. Recent form hard to fault and is again a strong contender.

Last Starts days since last start

Place	Date	Track	Distance	Start	Surface	Barrier	Driver	Race Time	Mile Rate	Margin	SP	Days	Class	Prize	Prize Won	Result
1st of 7	31/12/25	Western Fair Raceway	1609m		All Weather	5	G Rooney	1:59.30	-	0.2m	$8.30	19	-	$12,009	$6,004	1. Docsphillycheese 2. Batterup Hanover 3. Beach Tour
1st of 3	12/12/25	Western Fair Raceway	1609m		All Weather	2	G Rooney	1:57.30	-	0.3m	$2.90	11	-	$9,607	$4,803	1. Docsphillycheese 2. Control The Power 3. Delightful Leader
3rd of 7	1/12/25	Western Fair Raceway	1609m		All Weather	6	G Rooney	1:58.00	-	3.8m	$16	13	-	$9,607	$1,153	1. P L Oliver 2. Prestige Seelster 3. Docsphillycheese
1st of 7	18/11/25	Western Fair Raceway	1609m		All Weather	1	G Rooney	1:58.00	-	2.0m	$1.10f	42	-	$5,998	$2,999	1. Docsphillycheese 2. All The Cheddar 3. Harpers Hat Trick
42 Day Freshen-Up
6th of 8	7/10/25	Western Fair Raceway	1609m		All Weather	8	G Rooney	1:57.30	-	8.3m	$1.90f	29	-	$8,343	-	1. Taylors Credit 2. Dalhousie 3. Bearcatwilly
5th of 5	8/9/25	Grand River Raceway	1609m		All Weather	5	G Rooney	1:52.30	-	2.5m	$6.25	14	-	$8,565	$428	1. Sometime Somewhere 2. Sportsline 3. Batterup Hanover

Bettor Than Spring () 3146343274
Trainer: R MacDonald ()
Driver: B MacDonald
Prize Money: $698,557
Win / Place: 28% / 62%

11 yo Bay Gelding

Sire: BETTOR'S DELIGHT (USA)

Dam: SPRING BREAK

Rating

Stats

Career

125: 36-29-13

Distance

125: 36-29-13

Trk/Dst

0: 0-0-0

Track

0: 0-0-0

Season

2: 0-0-0

1st Up

4: 1-0-1

2nd Up

4: 1-1-0

3rd Up

4: 2-1-0

Metro

0: 0-0-0

Non-Metro

125: 36-29-13

Mobile

0: 0-0-0

Standing

0: 0-0-0

All-Weather

125: 36-29-13

Slushy

0: 0-0-0

Grass

0: 0-0-0

Best Mile

1:49.20

Driver Stats

Comments

Last start 4th over 1609m at Mohawk Park, at the bell was 5th- beaten 6 m by Pacino Hanover (1:53.20) on January 18 at $26.20. Before that, 7th over 1609m at Mohawk Park, at the bell was 7th- beaten 10 m by Coldcreekqueso (1:51.30) on January 3 at $34.75. Big run expected.

Last Starts days since last start

Place	Date	Track	Distance	Start	Surface	Barrier	Driver	Race Time	Mile Rate	Margin	SP	Days	Class	Prize	Prize Won	Result
4th of 6	18/1/26	Mohawk Park	1609m		All Weather	2	Tra Henry	1:53.20	-	5.8m	$26	15	-	$28,384	$2,271	1. Pacino Hanover 2. Major Perry 3. Get Wings
7th of 7	3/1/26	Mohawk Park	1609m		All Weather	3	B MacDonald	1:51.30	-	10.0m	$35	7	-	$28,384	-	1. Coldcreekqueso 2. A Class Yankee 3. Jack Panic
2nd of 10	27/12/25	Dayton Raceway	1609m		All Weather	Fr6	Brett MacDonald	1:51.20	-	2.3m	$7.20	6	NW8001L4	$26,034	$6,508	1. The Bird Dance 2. Bettor Than Spring 3. Later Dudes
3rd of 9	21/12/25	Northfield Park	1609m		All Weather	Fr6	Brett MacDonald	1:53.00	-	0.9m	$5.50	7	NW8000L4	$22,971	$2,757	1. Always Andrew 2. Spiritshappyending 3. Bettor Than Spring
4th of 6	14/12/25	Northfield Park	1609m		All Weather	Fr6	Brett MacDonald	1:56.00	-	9.0m	$17	8	OPEN HCP	$32,159	$2,573	1. Evileye Fleegle 2. Master Yossi 3. Johnny Sack
3rd of 8	6/12/25	Dayton Raceway	1609m		All Weather	Fr1	Brett MacDonald	1:51.00	-	4.5m	$30	14	OPEN II	$36,753	$4,410	1. Rockabilly Rebel 2. Naturally Gifted 3. Bettor Than Spring

Race Review Abbreviations

Brk: Broke, Blkd: Blocked or held up, 1 x 1: One-out, one-back, Prkd: Parked, 3bk otr: 3 back on the outer, 3bk inr: Same as above, but on the inside, trld: Trailed, Gt spd: Showed gate speed, 3wd: 3-wide postd: Caught wide without cover, Held up: Held up, no gaps or few gaps: If they don't see any clear air in the straight, Inr-mid-wd -position: On the inside, mid = 1-off, wd = 3-wide or wider, flew hm wd: Flew home wide, dashd inr: Sprinted well on the inside, Chkd: Checked, Slow: Slow away at the start, Wltd: Wilted or got tired, Fdd: Faded late, Urgd: If the driver is getting stuck in

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