The Meadows Pa Race 8

1609M

Prize Money: $14,265

FEAR THE PANDA (5) has been racing well, filling a top-five position at his last four starts including a second most recently at this track over 1609m. Won't find this any harder and he can get the job done. HOT CAM (2) has been knocking on the door for a while then went close again last time over 1609m at this track, finishing third and just 5 metres from the winner. Likely to get all the favours from this nice draw. Meets a comparable field and he is a strong winning hope. LIKE A DOCTOR (1) has been thereabouts of late and is a great chance to break through. Good effort last time out when he finished second at this track over 1609m. THE REAL THING (7) is in the mix following a fifth at his most recent appearance over 1609m at this track.

Distance: 1609m
Track: Good
Weather: -
Surface: All Weather
Class: W1NW2EXTPM

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Like A Doctor (Fr1) 4452322122
Trainer: Amy Husted ()
Driver: Kyle Husted
Prize Money: $47,496
Win / Place: 6.67% / 73%

3 yo Bay Gelding

Sire: DRAGONSTONE

Dam: ARIES ANGEL

100

Rating

Stats

Career

15: 1-7-3

Distance

15: 1-7-3

Trk/Dst

4: 1-3-0

Track

4: 1-3-0

Season

4: 1-3-0

1st Up

1: 0-0-1

2nd Up

1: 0-0-1

3rd Up

1: 0-0-0

Metro

0: 0-0-0

Non-Metro

15: 1-7-3

Mobile

0: 0-0-0

Standing

0: 0-0-0

All-Weather

15: 1-7-3

Slushy

0: 0-0-0

Grass

0: 0-0-0

Best Mile

1:58.40

Driver Stats

Comments

Not far away at the last couple starts; Finished 1.5 m second behind Chip's Power at this track over 1609m W1NW2EXTPM last start. Before that was beaten 3 metres second again at this track in NW2EXTPM on January 31. Racing well and worth each-way consideration.

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
2nd of 8	11/2/26	The Meadows	1609m		All Weather	Fr3	Kyle Husted	1:56.10	1:56.10	1.5m	$2.80	11	W1NW2EXTPM	$14,265	$3,566	1. Chip's Power 2. Like A Doctor 3. Dark Soul
2nd of 6	31/1/26	The Meadows	1609m		All Weather	Fr2	Kyle Husted	1:56.40	1:56.40	3.0m	$7.20	10	NW2EXTPM	$14,265	$3,566	1. Gronk Hanover 2. Like A Doctor 3. Leads The Way
1st of 7	21/1/26	The Meadows	1609m		All Weather	Fr7	Kyle Husted	1:58.40	1:58.40	12.8m	$3.60	7	NW1EXTPM	$12,855	$6,428	1. Like A Doctor 2. Ten K Obo 3. Sweet Dancer
2nd of 9	14/1/26	The Meadows	1609m		All Weather	Fr4	Kyle Husted	1:57.30	1:57.30	6.8m	$1.40f	24	NW1EXTPM	$12,855	$3,214	1. Sweet Dancer 2. Like A Doctor 3. Captain Abraham
2nd of 7	21/12/25	Hawthorne	1609m		All Weather	Fr1	Kyle Husted	1:54.30	1:54.30	9.8m	$17	14	2YOSER	$22,971	$5,743	1. Keyser Soze 2. Like A Doctor 3. Bing Bang Boom
3rd of 6	7/12/25	Hawthorne	1609m		All Weather	Fr5	Kyle Husted	1:58.30	1:58.30	9.0m	$11	5	2YOSER	$11,485	$1,378	1. Keyser Soze 2. Mighty Engine 3. Like A Doctor

Home Run King (Fr3) 8476873565
Trainer: Neil Balcerak ()
Driver: Chris Shaw
Prize Money: $24,674
Win / Place: 3.23% / 22%

4 yo Bay Gelding

Sire: HESTON BLUE CHIP (USA)

Dam: ROCK ME BABY

Rating

Stats

Career

31: 1-2-4

Distance

31: 1-2-4

Trk/Dst

28: 1-1-4

Track

28: 1-1-4

Season

7: 0-0-1

1st Up

3: 0-0-1

2nd Up

3: 0-0-0

3rd Up

3: 0-1-0

Metro

0: 0-0-0

Non-Metro

31: 1-2-4

Mobile

0: 0-0-0

Standing

0: 0-0-0

All-Weather

31: 1-2-4

Slushy

0: 0-0-0

Grass

0: 0-0-0

Best Mile

1:57.10

Driver Stats

Comments

Didn't do much last start, 5th (Fr5) over 1609m at this track, beaten 13 m by Groovin Will (1:55.30) in W1NW2EXTPM on February 11 at $85.30. Before that 6th (Fr3) over 1609m at this track, beaten 21 m by D A Captain Marvel (1:58.00) in NW2EXTPM on February 4 at $32.80. Looks to be making up the numbers.

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
5th of 8	11/2/26	The Meadows	1609m		All Weather	Fr5	Chris Shaw	1:55.30	1:55.30	13.5m	$85	7	W1NW2EXTPM	$14,265	$713	1. Groovin Will 2. Fear The Panda 3. Hot Cam
6th of 6	4/2/26	The Meadows	1609m		All Weather	Fr3	Jeremy Indof	1:58.00	1:58.00	21.0m	$33	4	NW2EXTPM	$14,265	-	1. D A Captain Marvel 2. Brother Buddy 3. Atta Boy Abe
5th of 6	31/1/26	The Meadows	1609m		All Weather	Fr3	Nick Roland	1:56.40	1:56.40	43.5m	$75	3	NW2EXTPM	$14,265	$713	1. Gronk Hanover 2. Like A Doctor 3. Leads The Way
3rd of 7	28/1/26	The Meadows	1609m		All Weather	Fr7	Nick Roland	1:57.10	1:57.10	18.8m	$86	7	NW2EXTPM	$14,265	$1,712	1. Gronk Hanover 2. Leads The Way 3. Home Run King
7th of 7	21/1/26	The Meadows	1609m		All Weather	Fr4	Eric Neal	1:56.20	1:56.20	28.5m	$30	4	NW2EXTPM	$14,948	-	1. Chip's Power 2. Gronk Hanover 3. Leads The Way
8th of 8	17/1/26	The Meadows	1609m		All Weather	Fr1	Jeremy Indof	1:56.40	1:56.40	22.5m	$72	8	POPUPCGNW3	$11,958	-	1. Peace Star 2. Hot Cam 3. Captain Again

Brother Buddy (Fr4) 6736366525
Trainer: Ed Mc Neight (Jnr) ()
Driver: Robert Mcneight
Prize Money: $57,112
Win / Place: 2.00% / 30%

5 yo Bay Gelding

Sire: IN OVER MY HEAD

Dam: EENIE MEANIE

Rating

Stats

Career

50: 1-5-9

Distance

50: 1-5-9

Trk/Dst

50: 1-5-9

Track

50: 1-5-9

Season

6: 0-1-1

1st Up

1: 1-0-0

2nd Up

1: 0-0-1

3rd Up

1: 0-0-0

Metro

0: 0-0-0

Non-Metro

50: 1-5-9

Mobile

0: 0-0-0

Standing

0: 0-0-0

All-Weather

50: 1-5-9

Slushy

0: 0-0-0

Grass

0: 0-0-0

Best Mile

1:59.00

Driver Stats

Comments

Last start 5th (Fr6) over 1609m at this track beaten 25 m by The Toddfather (1:54.20) in CDCLMW1NW4 on February 13 at $125.70. Two runs back 2nd (Fr4) over 1609m at this track beaten a neck by D A Captain Marvel (1:58.00) in NW2EXTPM on February 4 at $14.30. Hard to make a case.

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
5th of 9	13/2/26	The Meadows	1609m		All Weather	Fr6	Robert Mcneight	1:54.20	1:54.20	26.3m	$126	9	CDCLMW1NW4	$9,986	$499	1. The Toddfather 2. I'm A Donkey 3. Senior Partner
2nd of 6	4/2/26	The Meadows	1609m		All Weather	Fr4	Robert Mcneight	1:58.00	1:58.00	0.3m	$14	7	NW2EXTPM	$14,265	$3,566	1. D A Captain Marvel 2. Brother Buddy 3. Atta Boy Abe
5th of 7	28/1/26	The Meadows	1609m		All Weather	Fr6	Robert Mcneight	1:57.10	1:57.10	27.0m	$68	7	NW2EXTPM	$14,265	$713	1. Gronk Hanover 2. Leads The Way 3. Home Run King
6th of 7	21/1/26	The Meadows	1609m		All Weather	Fr7	Justin Irvine	1:56.20	1:56.20	27.8m	$40	5	NW2EXTPM	$14,948	-	1. Chip's Power 2. Gronk Hanover 3. Leads The Way
6th of 9	16/1/26	The Meadows	1609m		All Weather	Fr7	Robert Mcneight	1:55.20	1:55.20	12.8m	$52	6	NW2EXTPM	$14,948	-	1. Dark Soul 2. Bobby Bone Breaker 3. Leads The Way
3rd of 7	10/1/26	The Meadows	1609m		All Weather	Fr5	Robert Mcneight	1:54.20	1:54.20	20.3m	$55	19	POPUPCGNW3	$11,958	$1,435	1. Stonebridge Alien 2. Six Sticks Of Gum 3. Brother Buddy

Fear The Panda (Fr5) 7856381122
Trainer: Jason Shaw ()
Driver: Dave Palone
Prize Money: $23,610
Win / Place: 12% / 37%

4 yo Bay Horse

Sire: FEAR THE DRAGON (USA)

Dam: A P P PANDA

Rating

Stats

Career

16: 2-3-1

Distance

16: 2-3-1

Trk/Dst

4: 2-2-0

Track

4: 2-2-0

Season

4: 2-2-0

1st Up

3: 0-0-0

2nd Up

3: 0-1-0

3rd Up

1: 0-0-0

Metro

0: 0-0-0

Non-Metro

16: 2-3-1

Mobile

0: 0-0-0

Standing

0: 0-0-0

All-Weather

16: 2-3-1

Slushy

0: 0-0-0

Grass

0: 0-0-0

Best Mile

1:56.40

Driver Stats

Comments

Solid run when beaten by 1.5 m finishing second behind I'm A Donkey at this track over 1609m in a NW2EXTPM on February 4 at $2.70. Then a handy effort when beaten by 5 m finishing second behind Groovin Will at this track over 1609m in a W1NW2EXTPM on February 11 at $2.50. Strong winning hope.

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
2nd of 8	11/2/26	The Meadows	1609m		All Weather	Fr7	Dave Palone	1:55.30	1:55.30	5.3m	$2.50f	7	W1NW2EXTPM	$14,265	$3,566	1. Groovin Will 2. Fear The Panda 3. Hot Cam
2nd of 5	4/2/26	The Meadows	1609m		All Weather	Fr1	Ronnie Wrenn (Jnr)	1:56.30	1:56.30	1.5m	$2.70	4	NW2EXTPM	$14,265	$3,566	1. I'm A Donkey 2. Fear The Panda 3. You Said I Could
1st of 7	31/1/26	The Meadows	1609m		All Weather	Fr2	Ronnie Wrenn (Jnr)	1:56.40	1:56.40	26.3m	$1.40f	3	NW1EXTPM	$12,268	$6,134	1. Fear The Panda 2. Ten K Obo 3. Dancin Commander
1st of 6	28/1/26	The Meadows	1609m		All Weather	Fr6	Ronnie Wrenn (Jnr)	1:59.40	1:59.40	1.5m	$2.90	29	NW1EXTPM	$12,268	$6,134	1. Fear The Panda 2. Ten K Obo 3. Uncharted
8th of 8	30/12/25	Dayton Raceway	1609m		All Weather	Fr8	Koltin Noble	1:55.40	1:55.40	39.0m	$111	8	NW2PM-CL	$15,314	-	1. Thisishoweyrock 2. Sir Malachi 3. Seaing Green
3rd of 8	22/12/25	Dayton Raceway	1609m		All Weather	Fr3	Jason Beattie	1:58.00	1:58.00	1.5m	$7.90	20	NW1PM-CL	$13,783	$1,654	1. Im Big Stuff 2. Fear My Candy 3. Fear The Panda

Extra Rare (Fr6) 6435334454
Trainer: Jason Bresnahan ()
Driver: Justin Walters
Prize Money: $60,895
Win / Place: 1.82% / 23%

6 yo Bay Horse

Sire: HESTON BLUE CHIP (USA)

Dam: RARE FILLY

Rating

Stats

Career

55: 1-4-8

Distance

55: 1-4-8

Trk/Dst

55: 1-4-8

Track

55: 1-4-8

Season

5: 0-0-1

1st Up

4: 0-0-0

2nd Up

3: 0-0-0

3rd Up

2: 0-0-0

Metro

0: 0-0-0

Non-Metro

55: 1-4-8

Mobile

0: 0-0-0

Standing

0: 0-0-0

All-Weather

55: 1-4-8

Slushy

0: 0-0-0

Grass

0: 0-0-0

Best Mile

1:56.40

Driver Stats

Comments

Has been mixing his form of late, most recently 4th (Fr6) over 1609m at this track, beaten 15 m by Chip's Power (1:56.10) in W1NW2EXTPM on February 11 at $123.50. Before that 5th (Fr7) over 1609m at this track, beaten 25 m by I'm A Donkey (1:56.20) in NW2EXTPM on January 30 at $24.80. Likely to struggle.

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 8	11/2/26	The Meadows	1609m		All Weather	Fr6	Justin Walters	1:56.10	1:56.10	15.0m	$124	12	W1NW2EXTPM	$14,265	$1,141	1. Chip's Power 2. Like A Doctor 3. Dark Soul
5th of 7	30/1/26	The Meadows	1609m		All Weather	Fr7	Justin Walters	1:56.20	1:56.20	25.5m	$25	9	NW2EXTPM	$14,265	$713	1. I'm A Donkey 2. Wicked Value 3. The Real Thing
4th of 7	21/1/26	The Meadows	1609m		All Weather	Fr2	Justin Walters	1:56.20	1:56.20	14.3m	$15	7	NW2EXTPM	$14,948	$1,196	1. Chip's Power 2. Gronk Hanover 3. Leads The Way
4th of 9	14/1/26	The Meadows	1609m		All Weather	Fr1	Justin Walters	1:55.00	1:55.00	21.8m	$17	7	NW2EXTPM	$14,948	$1,196	1. Vino 2. Chip's Power 3. You Said I Could
3rd of 9	7/1/26	The Meadows	1609m		All Weather	Fr4	Justin Walters	1:56.10	1:56.10	0.9m	$12	12	NW2EXTPM	$14,948	$1,794	1. Pursuitofpapiness 2. D A Captain Marvel 3. Extra Rare
3rd of 8	26/12/25	The Meadows	1609m		All Weather	Fr6	Justin Walters	1:55.20	1:55.20	1.5m	$19	7	NW2EXTPM	$15,314	$1,838	1. Drinkinmybabygdby 2. Tsm Tracker Nathan 3. Extra Rare

The Real Thing (Fr7) 5364335435
Trainer: Tim Twaddle ()
Driver: Aaron Merriman
Prize Money: $42,212
Win / Place: 3.57% / 42%

4 yo Bay Horse

Sire: TALL DARK STRANGER (USA)

Dam: LOVE FOR SAIL

Rating

Stats

Career

28: 1-3-8

Distance

28: 1-3-8

Trk/Dst

7: 0-0-3

Track

7: 0-0-3

Season

5: 0-0-2

1st Up

2: 0-0-1

2nd Up

2: 1-0-0

3rd Up

2: 0-1-0

Metro

0: 0-0-0

Non-Metro

28: 1-3-8

Mobile

0: 0-0-0

Standing

0: 0-0-0

All-Weather

28: 1-3-8

Slushy

0: 0-0-0

Grass

0: 0-0-0

Best Mile

1:53.00

Driver Stats

Comments

Last start 5th (Fr1) over 1609m at this track, beaten 13 m by D A Captain Marvel (1:58.00) in NW2EXTPM on February 4 at $3.60. At the run before game effort when 3rd (Fr6) over 1609m at this track beaten 19 m by I'm A Donkey (1:56.20) in NW2EXTPM on January 30 at $4.70. Hard to leave out.

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
5th of 6	4/2/26	The Meadows	1609m		All Weather	Fr1	Aaron Merriman	1:58.00	1:58.00	13.5m	$3.60	5	NW2EXTPM	$14,265	$713	1. D A Captain Marvel 2. Brother Buddy 3. Atta Boy Abe
3rd of 7	30/1/26	The Meadows	1609m		All Weather	Fr6	Aaron Merriman	1:56.20	1:56.20	19.5m	$4.70	7	NW2EXTPM	$14,265	$1,712	1. I'm A Donkey 2. Wicked Value 3. The Real Thing
4th of 9	23/1/26	The Meadows	1609m		All Weather	Fr6	Aaron Merriman	1:56.40	1:56.40	6.0m	$6.70	7	NW2EXTPM	$14,948	$1,196	1. Dark Soul 2. Ferguson 3. Rockpaperscissors
5th of 9	16/1/26	The Meadows	1609m		All Weather	Fr6	Aaron Merriman	1:55.20	1:55.20	11.3m	$2.10f	6	NW2EXTPM	$14,948	$747	1. Dark Soul 2. Bobby Bone Breaker 3. Leads The Way
3rd of 8	10/1/26	The Meadows	1609m		All Weather	Fr7	Aaron Merriman	1:54.30	1:54.30	15.8m	$18	36	POPUPCGNW3	$11,958	$1,435	1. Captain Again 2. Totally Toxic 3. The Real Thing
36 Day Freshen-Up
3rd of 9	5/12/25	The Meadows	1609m		All Weather	Fr2	Anthony MacDonald	1:55.20	1:55.20	12.8m	$7.10	7	NW2EXTPM	$15,314	$1,838	1. Gotthisonewish 2. Gronk Hanover 3. The Real Thing

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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