Newcastle Race 8

Somerset Meats 2Yo Pace

Prize Money: $11,832

PASSION AND PAIN (6) drew wide and had to work so was brave when boxing in for fifth in the Listed Sapling Stakes at Menangle last start. Was very good in his other two starts at this circuit and distance, coming from wider for a debut second before winning the Sapling Final. Talented and will take beating. BETTOR ELEMENTS (7) made a strong start to his career when he scored by 3 metres at Penrith. Tactics will be crucial from this wide draw but he has upside. PLAYBOY ROCKY (4) only beat one home when he debuted from a wider barrier in the Sapling Stakes at Menangle but should find this easier. Darren Elder's debutant BUCKAROO SHANNON (1) won his latest trial and is aided by the ace draw.

Distance: 1609m
Class: 1 WIN
Track: Good
Weather: Showers
Surface: All Weather

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Buckaroo Shannon (Fr1)
Trainer: Darren Elder (Louth Park)
Driver: Brad Elder
Prize Money: $0
Win / Place: 0% / 0%

Recent Trial Winner

2 yo Bay Gelding

Sire: CATTLEWASH (USA)

Dam: IMA GRUMPY POSSUM (NZ)

Stats

Career

0: 0-0-0

Distance

0: 0-0-0

Trk/Dst

0: 0-0-0

Track

0: 0-0-0

Season

0: 0-0-0

1st Up

0: 0-0-0

2nd Up

0: 0-0-0

3rd Up

0: 0-0-0

Metro

0: 0-0-0

Non-Metro

0: 0-0-0

Mobile

0: 0-0-0

Standing

0: 0-0-0

All-Weather

0: 0-0-0

Slushy

0: 0-0-0

Grass

0: 0-0-0

Best Mile

Driver Stats

Driver/Horse

0: 0-0-0

Driver Last 50

2: 0-0-0

Comments

Two-year-old gelding by Cattlewash out of Ima Grumpy Possum on debut. Showed ability when he won at Maitland in a trial on March 11 over 1648m. Gets the ace draw so looking for a good showing,

Expected Settling Position: Leader

Last Starts

Place	Date	Track	Distance	Start	Surface	Barrier	Driver	Race Time	Mile Rate	Margin	SP	Days	Class	Prize	Prize Won	Result
1st of 4	11/3/26	Maitland	1648m			-	B J Elder	2:03.80	-	0.2m	$0.00	-	Trial	$0	-	1. Buckaroo Shannon 2. Kiss Before Twelve 3. Hungry Bear
4th of 6	4/3/26	Newcastle	1609m			-	B J Elder	2:01.80	-	5.7m	$0.00	-	Trial	$0	-	1. Harms Lullaby 2. Hungry Bear 3. Benjiromar
3rd of 5	25/2/26	Maitland	1648m			-	B J Elder	2:03.70	-	26m	$0.00	-	Trial	$0	-	1. Cooindalai 2. Ultimate Showgirl 3. Buckaroo Shannon

Hungry Bear (Fr2)
Trainer: Darren Elder (Louth Park)
Driver: Blake Hughes
Prize Money: $0
Win / Place: 0% / 0%

2 yo Bay Gelding

Sire: STAY HUNGRY (USA)

Dam: SPURRING WORDS (AUS)

Stats

Career

0: 0-0-0

Distance

0: 0-0-0

Trk/Dst

0: 0-0-0

Track

0: 0-0-0

Season

0: 0-0-0

1st Up

0: 0-0-0

2nd Up

0: 0-0-0

3rd Up

0: 0-0-0

Metro

0: 0-0-0

Non-Metro

0: 0-0-0

Mobile

0: 0-0-0

Standing

0: 0-0-0

All-Weather

0: 0-0-0

Slushy

0: 0-0-0

Grass

0: 0-0-0

Best Mile

Driver Stats

Driver/Horse

0: 0-0-0

Driver Last 50

50: 6-9-4

Comments

Two-year-old gelding (Stay Hungry - Spurring Words) making his debut. Finished third in a trial on March 11 at Maitland over 1648m. Draws to be competitive.

Expected Settling Position: Pace

Last Starts

Place	Date	Track	Distance	Start	Surface	Barrier	Driver	Race Time	Mile Rate	Margin	SP	Days	Class	Prize	Prize Won	Result
3rd of 4	11/3/26	Maitland	1648m			-	Blake Hughes	2:03.80	-	15m	$0.00	-	Trial	$0	-	1. Buckaroo Shannon 2. Kiss Before Twelve 3. Hungry Bear
2nd of 6	4/3/26	Newcastle	1609m			-	B J Elder	2:01.80	-	1.9m	$0.00	-	Trial	$0	-	1. Harms Lullaby 2. Hungry Bear 3. Benjiromar
1st of 5	25/2/26	Maitland	1648m			-	B J Elder	2:15.40	-	3m	$0.00	-	Trial	$0	-	1. Hungry Bear 2. Benjiromar 3. River Wash

Benjiromar (Fr3) 6
Trainer: C J Bourke (Millers Forest)
Driver: Andrew Bourke
Prize Money: $232
Win / Place: 0% / 0%

2 yo Bay Gelding

Sire: TIGER TARA (NZ)

Dam: ELTONROMAR (AUS)

Rating

Stats

Career

1: 0-0-0

Distance

1: 0-0-0

Trk/Dst

1: 0-0-0

Track

1: 0-0-0

Season

1: 0-0-0

1st Up

1: 0-0-0

2nd Up

0: 0-0-0

3rd Up

0: 0-0-0

Metro

0: 0-0-0

Non-Metro

1: 0-0-0

Mobile

1: 0-0-0

Standing

0: 0-0-0

All-Weather

1: 0-0-0

Slushy

0: 0-0-0

Grass

0: 0-0-0

Best Mile

Driver Stats

Driver/Horse

1: 0-0-0

Driver Last 50

50: 3-2-7

Comments

Two-year-old gelding facing the starter for the second time. At debut 6th (Fr2) over 1609m at this track, beaten 19 m by My Ultimate Jed (1:57.20) in 2yo MAIDEN on March 13 at $81. Prefer to see again.

Expected Settling Position: Off Pace

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 9	13/3/26	Newcastle	1609m	Mobile	All Weather	Fr2	Andrew Bourke	1:57.20	1:57.2	19.7m	$81	-	MAIDEN	$11,830	$232	1. My Ultimate Jed 2. Pretty Privilege 3. Born To Ravish
3rd of 6	4/3/26	Newcastle	1609m			-	Andrew Bourke	2:01.80	-	2.6m	$0.00	-	Trial	$0	-	1. Harms Lullaby 2. Hungry Bear 3. Benjiromar
2nd of 5	25/2/26	Maitland	1648m			-	Andrew Bourke	2:15.40	-	3m	$0.00	-	Trial	$0	-	1. Hungry Bear 2. Benjiromar 3. River Wash

Playboy Rocky (Fr4) 8
Trainer: Simon Bigeni Jnr (Wilberforce)
Driver: Klayton Bigeni (C)
Prize Money: $600
Win / Place: 0% / 0%

2 yo Brown Colt

Sire: ROCK N ROLL HEAVEN (USA)

Dam: ILLUSTRATOR (AUS)

Rating

Stats

Career

1: 0-0-0

Distance

1: 0-0-0

Trk/Dst

0: 0-0-0

Track

0: 0-0-0

Season

1: 0-0-0

1st Up

1: 0-0-0

2nd Up

0: 0-0-0

3rd Up

0: 0-0-0

Metro

1: 0-0-0

Non-Metro

0: 0-0-0

Mobile

1: 0-0-0

Standing

0: 0-0-0

All-Weather

1: 0-0-0

Slushy

0: 0-0-0

Grass

0: 0-0-0

Best Mile

Driver Stats

Driver/Horse

1: 0-0-0

Driver Last 50

50: 3-6-5

Comments

Two-year-old colt facing the starter for the second time. At debut was well back in the run when 8th (Fr8) over 1609m at Menangle, beaten 30 m by Don Hunter (1:54.20) in 2yo LR No NR on March 7 at $61. Better placed and should improve sharply.

Expected Settling Position: Midfield

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	7/3/26	Menangle	1609m	Mobile	All Weather	Fr8	Klayton Bigeni	1:54.20	1:54.2	29.1m	$61	-	No NR	$30,600	$600	1. Don Hunter 2. Themidnightexpress 3. Soho Cruza
4th of 6	25/2/26	Menangle	1609m			-	J G Coney	1:56.20	-	4m	$0.00	-	Trial	$0	-	1. Bordentown 2. Our Ultimate Heidi 3. Soho Sparkle
2nd of 3	16/2/26	Penrith	1720m			-	Klayton Bigeni	2:12.70	-	3.8m	$0.00	-	Trial	$0	-	1. Life At Midnight 2. Playboy Rocky 3. Be Happy Larry

Dance With Me Nz (Fr5) 8
Trainer: Clayton Harmey (Whittingham)
Driver: Will Rixon
Prize Money: $232
Win / Place: 0% / 0%

2 yo Bay Filly

Sire: BETTORS DELIGHT (USA)

Dam: ABIDE WITH ME (NZ)

Rating

Stats

Career

1: 0-0-0

Distance

1: 0-0-0

Trk/Dst

1: 0-0-0

Track

1: 0-0-0

Season

1: 0-0-0

1st Up

1: 0-0-0

2nd Up

0: 0-0-0

3rd Up

0: 0-0-0

Metro

0: 0-0-0

Non-Metro

1: 0-0-0

Mobile

1: 0-0-0

Standing

0: 0-0-0

All-Weather

1: 0-0-0

Slushy

0: 0-0-0

Grass

0: 0-0-0

Best Mile

Driver Stats

Driver/Horse

0: 0-0-0

Driver Last 50

50: 5-5-6

Comments

Two-year-old filly facing the starter for the second time. At debut 8th (Sr1) over 1609m at this track, beaten 25 m by My Ultimate Jed (1:57.20) in 2yo MAIDEN on March 13 at $41. Needs to improve sharply.

Expected Settling Position: Midfield

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	13/3/26	Newcastle	1609m	Mobile	All Weather	Sr1	J G Coney	1:57.20	1:57.2	25.9m	$41	-	MAIDEN	$11,830	$232	1. My Ultimate Jed 2. Pretty Privilege 3. Born To Ravish
3rd of 5	4/3/26	Newcastle	1609m			-	G K Chapple	2:04.90	-	8.2m	$0.00	-	Trial	$0	-	1. Elsie Belle 2. Ellas Guest 3. Dance With Me NZ
4th of 4	14/1/26	Newcastle	1609m			-	J J Kennedy	2:01.80	-	43.6m	$0.00	-	Trial	$0	-	1. Changes 2. Kiss Before Twelve 3. Somelikeithot

Passion And Pain (Fr6) 215
Trainer: Kerryann Morris (Menangle Park)
Driver: Robert Morris
Prize Money: $19,950
Win / Place: 33% / 66%

2 yo Bay Colt

Sire: ALWAYS B MIKI (USA)

Dam: OUR FEMME FATALE (AUS)

Rating

Stats

Career

3: 1-1-0

Distance

3: 1-1-0

Trk/Dst

2: 1-1-0

Track

2: 1-1-0

Season

3: 1-1-0

1st Up

1: 0-1-0

2nd Up

1: 1-0-0

3rd Up

1: 0-0-0

Metro

1: 0-0-0

Non-Metro

2: 1-1-0

Mobile

3: 1-1-0

Standing

0: 0-0-0

All-Weather

3: 1-1-0

Slushy

0: 0-0-0

Grass

0: 0-0-0

Best Mile

1:56.80

Driver Stats

Driver/Horse

1: 0-0-0

Driver Last 50

50: 4-6-3

Comments

Last start was well beaten into fifth after being driven well back, behind Don Hunter at Menangle over 1609m in a 2yo LR No NR on March 7 at $16. Performed better the start before where he won by 6 m (Fr4) at this track (1:56.80) beating Bettorcheckherout in 2yo No NR on February 27 at $7.50. Well placed dropping from Listed level and shows promise.

Expected Settling Position: Leader

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	7/3/26	Menangle	1609m	Mobile	All Weather	Fr9	Robert Morris	1:54.20	1:54.2	18.3m	$16	8	No NR	$30,600	$1,200	1. Don Hunter 2. Themidnightexpress 3. Soho Cruza
1st of 10	27/2/26	Newcastle	1609m	Mobile	All Weather	Fr4	J G Coney	1:56.80	1:56.8	6.6m	$7.50	7	No NR	$30,600	$16,200	1. Passion And Pain 2. Bettorcheckherout 3. Ifsbutsandbilycans
2nd of 9	20/2/26	Newcastle	1609m	Mobile	All Weather	Fr8	Joshua Gallagher	1:57.00	1:57.0	6.3m	$7.00	-	No NR	$15,300	$2,550	1. Bettorcheckherout 2. Passion And Pain 3. No Good Reason
2nd of 7	11/2/26	Menangle	1609m			-	Robert Morris	1:59.30	-	2.3m	$0.00	-	Trial	$0	-	1. Gunnareason 2. Passion And Pain 3. Micks Cruza
1st of 8	4/2/26	Menangle	1609m			-	Robert Morris	1:59.80	-	0.1m	$0.00	-	Trial	$0	-	1. Passion And Pain 2. Kings Gallery 3. Bettor Elements

Bettor Elements (Fr7) 1
Trainer: Kerryann Morris (Menangle Park)
Driver: Joshua Gallagher
Prize Money: $6,264
Win / Place: 100% / 100%

2 yo Brown Colt

Sire: BETTORS DELIGHT (USA)

Dam: REPELEM (AUS)

100

Rating

Stats

Career

1: 1-0-0

Distance

0: 0-0-0

Trk/Dst

0: 0-0-0

Track

0: 0-0-0

Season

1: 1-0-0

1st Up

1: 1-0-0

2nd Up

0: 0-0-0

3rd Up

0: 0-0-0

Metro

0: 0-0-0

Non-Metro

1: 1-0-0

Mobile

1: 1-0-0

Standing

0: 0-0-0

All-Weather

1: 1-0-0

Slushy

0: 0-0-0

Grass

0: 0-0-0

Best Mile

1:59.70

Driver Stats

Driver/Horse

0: 0-0-0

Driver Last 50

50: 1-6-8

Comments

Was on debut to make any headway until the straight; raced back and made ground from the turn; won by 3 m when driven back in the field, (Fr4) held up early, at Penrith (2:07.90) beating Backfromthebrink in MAIDEN on March 5 at $13 at the bell was 7th-13.18. Has to contend with a wider draw but has upside.

Expected Settling Position: Leader

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	5/3/26	Penrith	1720m	Mobile	All Weather	Fr4	Chris Geary	2:07.90	1:59.7	3.0m	$13	-	MAIDEN	$11,830	$6,264	1. Bettor Elements 2. Backfromthebrink 3. Our Ultimate Heidi
4th of 7	11/2/26	Menangle	1609m			-	Kerryann Morris	1:59.30	-	6.8m	$0.00	-	Trial	$0	-	1. Gunnareason 2. Passion And Pain 3. Micks Cruza
3rd of 8	4/2/26	Menangle	1609m			-	J G Coney	1:59.80	-	11.8m	$0.00	-	Trial	$0	-	1. Passion And Pain 2. Kings Gallery 3. Bettor Elements

Harms Lullaby (Fr8) 70
Trainer: Jason Harmey (Holmesville)
Driver: Jason Harmey
Prize Money: $600
Win / Place: 0% / 0%

2 yo Bay/Brown Filly

Sire: STAY HUNGRY (USA)

Dam: MY WHISKEY LULLABY (NZ)

Rating

Stats

Career

2: 0-0-0

Distance

2: 0-0-0

Trk/Dst

2: 0-0-0

Track

2: 0-0-0

Season

2: 0-0-0

1st Up

1: 0-0-0

2nd Up

1: 0-0-0

3rd Up

0: 0-0-0

Metro

0: 0-0-0

Non-Metro

2: 0-0-0

Mobile

2: 0-0-0

Standing

0: 0-0-0

All-Weather

2: 0-0-0

Slushy

0: 0-0-0

Grass

0: 0-0-0

Best Mile

Driver Stats

Driver/Horse

2: 0-0-0

Driver Last 50

50: 8-4-4

Comments

Last start failed to finish when she ran at this track on February 20 over 1609m. Two runs back was well beaten after breaking at this track on February 13. Hasn't done enough yet.

Expected Settling Position: Backmarker

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 6	4/3/26	Newcastle	1609m			-	J P Harmey	2:01.80	-	1.9m	$0.00	-	Trial	$0	-	1. Harms Lullaby 2. Hungry Bear 3. Benjiromar
- of 10	20/2/26	Newcastle	1609m	Mobile	All Weather	Fr8	J P Harmey	1:59.00	1:59.0	99.0m	$34	7	No NR	$15,300	$300	1. Micks Cruza 2. Unjust Enrichment 3. Ifsbutsandbilycans
7th of 7	13/2/26	Newcastle	1609m	Mobile	All Weather	Fr6	J P Harmey	1:57.50	1:57.5	103.4m	$8.50	-	No NR	$15,300	$300	1. Riseabovetherest 2. No Good Reason 3. Ifsbutsandbilycans
1st of 6	4/2/26	Newcastle	1609m			-	J P Harmey	2:00.70	-	2.4m	$0.00	-	Trial	$0	-	1. Harms Lullaby 2. Ultimate Crusader 3. Rockville

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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