Healesville Race 8

Healesville Football Netball Club

Prize Money: $1,530

BLAME ESMERALDA (2) turned in a better run last time to find a minor placing (19.96) at this track behind Summer Hail in a Grade 5. Has a strong record out of this box with five wins and a minor placing from eight starts. Expected to feature in the finish again. NEGATIVE NIBBS (7) jumped from a low draw and boxed on well to finish third last time, beaten 1.5 lengths (19.50) behind Daring Bandit at this track. Leading chance. NED THE KNIGHT (1) has a moderate overall strike-rate. Finished in the minors latest when third (24.57) at Bendigo and may be close to breaking through. Consistent performer from this draw with a win and nine minor placings to his credit. Leading player again. BRUREE LUCK (5) is a last-start placegetter from this box - in the mix again.

Distance: 350m
Class: Grade 5 T3
Track: Good
Weather: FINE
Surface: All Weather

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Ned The Knight (1) 6436333343
Trainer: Kylie Norton (HUME (C))
Prize Money: $23,340
Win / Place: 7.20% / 36%

5 yo Black D

Sire: GENERAL DESTINI (AUS)

Dam: ALARMING BETTY (AUS)

100

Rating

Stats

Career

125: 9-9-27

Track

7: 0-0-1

Trk/Dst

7: 0-0-1

Distance

7: 0-0-1

Season

30: 3-2-9

Country

125: 9-9-27

1st Up

1: 0-0-0

2nd Up

1: 0-1-0

Winning Distances
<400	400+	500+	600+	700+
4	5	0	0	0

Box History	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8
STARTS	20	15	13	15	17	9	18	18
1st	1	1	0	3	1	0	2	1
2nd	4	1	2	0	0	0	1	1
3rd	5	2	4	3	3	1	4	5

Comments

In the money last time at Bendigo (24.57) in a Bottom Up - Grade 5, finishing a 6 length third. Fairly consistent record from the draw including a win and nine minors. Looks hard to beat with even luck.

Expected Early Speed:Midfield

Last Starts days since last start

Place	Date	Track	Distance	Box	Ran	Avg. Speed	Margin	SP	Win Time	BON	Class	Prize	Prize Won	Days	Result
3rd of 8	6/5/26	Bendigo	425m	5	0:24.57	62.3 km/h	6.5L	$15	0:24.11	0:24.09	Bottom Up - Grade 5	$1,530	$160	7	1. Red Cabang 2. Stella Rose 3. Ned The Knight
4th of 7	29/4/26	Bendigo	425m	8	0:24.43	62.6 km/h	0.8L	$23	0:24.39	0:24.14	GR 5	$1,530	$50	7	1. Kraken Missiles 2. Energiser Dash 3. So Glamorous
3rd of 7	22/4/26	Bendigo	425m	1	0:24.65	62.1 km/h	2.5L	$16	0:24.48	0:24.00	GR 5	$1,530	$160	12	1. Tiger Shark 2. Kraken Missiles 3. Ned The Knight
3rd of 8	10/4/26	Shepparton	450m	1	0:26.31	61.6 km/h	5.0L	$10	0:25.96	0:25.69	GR 5	$2,930	$300	8	1. Ascend Igloo 2. Aussie Flame 3. Ned The Knight
3rd of 7	2/4/26	Bendigo	425m	1	0:24.72	61.9 km/h	6.0L	$6.50	0:24.32	0:24.05	GR 5	$1,530	$160	7	1. Chain Drive 2. Zero Monster 3. Ned The Knight
3rd of 8	26/3/26	Shepparton	450m	7	0:26.15	62.0 km/h	5.8L	$31	0:25.76	0:25.41	Bottom Up - Grade 5	$1,530	$160	8	1. Lucky Lisa 2. Destini Rebel 3. Ned The Knight

Blame Esmeralda (2) 7836321853
Trainer: Brian Sonneman (BAW BAW (S))
Prize Money: $17,130
Win / Place: 25% / 48%

Box Specialist

3 yo Black B

Sire: FERNANDO BALE (AUS)

Dam: ESMAY (AUS)

Rating

Stats

Career

54: 14-3-9

Track

45: 13-3-8

Trk/Dst

42: 13-2-8

Distance

42: 13-2-8

Season

29: 7-1-7

Country

54: 14-3-9

1st Up

1: 0-0-0

2nd Up

1: 1-0-0

Winning Distances
<400	400+	500+	600+	700+
13	1	0	0	0

Box History	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8
STARTS	7	8	5	3	10	8	7	6
1st	2	5	2	0	1	1	3	0
2nd	0	0	1	0	2	0	0	0
3rd	1	1	2	1	0	3	1	0

Comments

Showed good improvement when third behind Summer Hail at this track last start over 350m (19.96). Right in the mix.

Expected Early Speed:Front Runner

Last Starts days since last start

Place	Date	Track	Distance	Box	Ran	Avg. Speed	Margin	SP	Win Time	BON	Class	Prize	Prize Won	Days	Result
3rd of 8	8/5/26	Healesville	350m	1	0:19.96	63.1 km/h	3.1L	$5.50	0:19.75	0:19.65	GR 5	$1,530	$160	7	1. Summer Hail 2. Bruree Luck 3. Blame Esmeralda
5th of 8	1/5/26	Healesville	350m	8	0:19.69	64.0 km/h	4.0L	$5.50	0:19.42	0:19.29	GR 5	$1,530	-	7	1. Karachi 2. Summer Hail 3. Bruree Luck
8th of 8	24/4/26	Healesville	350m	5	0:19.98	63.1 km/h	5.8L	$2.70	0:19.58	0:19.38	GR 5	$1,530	-	7	1. Mcivor Morgan 2. Summer Hail 3. Cathy's Dream
1st of 8	17/4/26	Healesville	350m	1	0:19.89	63.3 km/h	2.7L	$1.50	0:19.89	0:19.63	GR 5	$1,530	$1,000	9	1. Blame Esmeralda 2. Cathy's Dream 3. Bengal Bullet
2nd of 8	8/4/26	Healesville	350m	3	0:19.50	64.6 km/h	0.3L	$4.20	0:19.49	0:19.27	Bottom Up - Grade 5	$1,530	$320	14	1. Moment 2. Blame Esmeralda 3. Spanish Armada
3rd of 7	25/3/26	Healesville	350m	7	0:19.56	64.4 km/h	0.5L	$6.00	0:19.53	0:19.35	GR 5	$1,530	$160	12	1. Angry Franky 2. Zippi Mustang 3. Blame Esmeralda

Need You Now (3) 1237638546
Trainer: Rowan Wagenaar (FRANKSTON (C))
Prize Money: $45,985
Win / Place: 14% / 45%

4 yo Black D

Sire: JS FLAMIN ACE (AUS)

Dam: LITTLE BIT SWEET (AUS)

Rating

Stats

Career

109: 16-17-17

Track

27: 2-5-7

Trk/Dst

25: 2-4-7

Distance

25: 2-4-7

Season

35: 3-6-7

Metro

18: 2-3-3

Country

91: 14-14-14

1st Up

2: 0-0-1

2nd Up

2: 0-0-0

Winning Distances
<400	400+	500+	600+	700+
2	12	2	0	0

Box History	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8
STARTS	7	14	22	9	12	16	8	21
1st	1	1	1	1	1	5	2	4
2nd	2	2	5	1	1	2	3	1
3rd	2	1	5	2	1	4	0	2

Comments

Didn't make the placings last time at this track (19.96) in a Grade 5, finishing a 8 length sixth. Has performed well off the draw with a win and 10 places from 22 starts. Tough field and looking to others this time.

Expected Early Speed:Backmarker

Last Starts days since last start

Place	Date	Track	Distance	Box	Ran	Avg. Speed	Margin	SP	Win Time	BON	Class	Prize	Prize Won	Days	Result
6th of 7	26/4/26	Healesville	350m	3	0:19.96	63.1 km/h	8.3L	$35	0:19.39	0:18.87	GR 5	$2,930	-	9	1. Mia Neo 2. King Cherry 3. Zippi Mustang
4th of 8	17/4/26	Healesville	350m	2	0:19.86	63.4 km/h	3.5L	$21	0:19.63	0:19.63	GR 5	$1,530	$50	22	1. Choji Akimichi 2. Bravado 3. Fire Up Mark
5th of 6	26/3/26	Warragul	460m	8	0:27.28	60.7 km/h	3.0L	$3.40	0:27.07	0:26.60	GR 5	$1,530	-	4	1. Luca Skywalker 2. Bengal Beast 3. Weird Karen
8th of 8	22/3/26	Healesville	350m	6	0:19.79	63.7 km/h	8.0L	$11	0:19.23	0:19.01	GR 5	$2,930	-	9	1. Fiddles 2. Dusty Danae 3. I'm Easy
3rd of 5	13/3/26	Sale	510m	1	0:29.17	62.9 km/h	4.0L	$21	0:28.92	0:28.59	GR 5	$3,340	$345	5	1. Jumbuk Bayeh 2. Nobby 3. Need You Now
6th of 8	8/3/26	Healesville	350m	8	0:19.49	64.6 km/h	3.3L	$11	0:19.28	0:18.90	GR 4/5	$3,360	-	7	1. Shima Seal 2. Sun In Cuba 3. Dim Sim Ollie

Destini Kadali (4) 1452166536
Trainer: Kylie Norton (HUME (C))
Prize Money: $27,555
Win / Place: 12% / 28%

3 yo BLU/BDL B

Sire: FERAL FRANKY (AUS)

Dam: PRECIOUS DESTINI (AUS)

Rating

Stats

Career

80: 10-3-10

Season

28: 3-2-2

Metro

53: 5-2-6

Country

27: 5-1-4

1st Up

1: 0-0-0

2nd Up

1: 0-0-0

Winning Distances
<400	400+	500+	600+	700+
5	5	0	0	0

Box History	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8
STARTS	3	12	5	11	14	16	9	10
1st	0	1	1	2	2	2	0	2
2nd	0	1	0	0	2	0	0	0
3rd	1	3	1	0	2	0	0	3

Comments

Last start finished sixth in a Grade 5 on May 7 over 450m at Shepparton behind Doongalla Boy, beaten 11 lengths (26.57). Predicted to struggle on this occasion.

Expected Early Speed:Midfield

Last Starts days since last start

Place	Date	Track	Distance	Box	Ran	Avg. Speed	Margin	SP	Win Time	BON	Class	Prize	Prize Won	Days	Result
6th of 8	7/5/26	Shepparton	450m	6	0:26.57	61.0 km/h	11.0L	$8.00	0:25.81	0:25.69	GR 5	$2,930	-	3	1. Doongalla Boy 2. White Hawk 3. Red Hot Pretty
3rd of 6	4/5/26	Ballarat	390m	8	0:22.61	62.1 km/h	1.6L	$7.50	0:22.50	0:22.44	GR 5	$1,530	$160	12	1. Cheetah Moon 2. Tinker Drew 3. Destini Kadali
5th of 7	22/4/26	Bendigo	500m	3	0:29.02	62.0 km/h	7.8L	$16	0:28.49	0:28.49	GR 5	$1,740	-	12	1. Urana Orbit 2. Kraken Chief 3. Moraine Piper
6th of 8	10/4/26	Shepparton	390m	2	0:23.34	60.2 km/h	9.0L	$2.60	0:22.71	0:22.48	GR 5	$2,930	-	11	1. Princess Domi 2. Half Mac 3. Moe Patty
6th of 8	30/3/26	Shepparton	390m	5	0:22.51	62.4 km/h	2.5L	$8.00	0:22.33	0:21.82	GR 5 H	$2,930	-	10	1. Midnight In Sale 2. Paw Brody 3. Wyong Houston
1st of 8	20/3/26	Bendigo	425m	5	0:24.24	63.1 km/h	0.3L	$6.00	0:24.24	0:23.92	GR 5	$2,930	$1,950	16	1. Destini Kadali 2. Darra Sapphire 3. Nikita Bale

Bruree Luck (5) 286347x132
Trainer: Edmund Dollery (MAROONDAH (C))
Prize Money: $7,200
Win / Place: 15% / 57%

3 yo White/Black B

Sire: COSMIC RUMBLE (AUS)

Dam: ASTON SKYLAR (AUS)

Rating

Stats

Career

26: 4-6-5

Track

26: 4-6-5

Trk/Dst

7: 1-1-1

Distance

7: 1-1-1

Season

11: 1-2-2

Country

26: 4-6-5

1st Up

3: 1-0-1

2nd Up

3: 0-0-2

Winning Distances
<400	400+	500+	600+	700+
4	0	0	0	0

Box History	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8
STARTS	3	6	2	3	1	4	3	4
1st	0	1	0	0	0	1	1	1
2nd	1	1	0	0	1	1	0	2
3rd	0	2	0	0	0	1	2	0

Comments

Form has been good with a placing two starts ago and a win three runs back. Last time out finished 2nd over 350m at this track beaten 2.5 lengths (19.93) behind Summer Hail in a Grade 5 on May 8. Has the ability to be in the finish.

Expected Early Speed:Front Runner

Last Starts days since last start

Place	Date	Track	Distance	Box	Ran	Avg. Speed	Margin	SP	Win Time	BON	Class	Prize	Prize Won	Days	Result
2nd of 8	8/5/26	Healesville	350m	5	0:19.93	63.2 km/h	2.5L	$4.80	0:19.75	0:19.65	GR 5	$1,530	$320	7	1. Summer Hail 2. Bruree Luck 3. Blame Esmeralda
3rd of 8	1/5/26	Healesville	350m	6	0:19.57	64.4 km/h	2.3L	$7.50	0:19.42	0:19.29	GR 5	$1,530	$160	10	1. Karachi 2. Summer Hail 3. Bruree Luck
1st of 7	21/4/26	Healesville	350m	2	0:19.69	64.0 km/h	0.3L	$9.50	0:19.69	0:19.20	Bottom Up - Grade 5	$1,530	$1,000	179	1. Bruree Luck 2. Superfly Girl 3. Summer Hail
179 Day Spell
7th of 8	24/10/25	Healesville	350m	3	0:19.97	63.1 km/h	8.5L	$12	0:19.40	0:19.40	GR 5	$1,530	-	7	1. Angry Franky 2. Donegal Express 3. County Kildare
4th of 8	17/10/25	Healesville	300m	1	0:16.98	63.6 km/h	1.8L	$19	0:16.86	0:16.80	GR 5	$1,530	$50	7	1. Bravado 2. Greysynd Merlin 3. Tsu'tey
3rd of 8	10/10/25	Healesville	300m	2	0:17.05	63.3 km/h	0.8L	$5.50	0:17.01	0:16.60	GR 5	$1,530	$160	4	1. Devil In Me 2. Reiko Benny 3. Bruree Luck

Diplomat (6) 1181656853
Trainer: Debra Winter (BAW BAW (S))
Prize Money: $10,425
Win / Place: 19% / 45%

Box Specialist

3 yo BLU/BDL D

Sire: BARCIA BALE (AUS)

Dam: FERNANDO CAZZ (AUS)

Rating

Stats

Career

31: 6-2-6

Track

10: 2-0-3

Trk/Dst

3: 0-0-1

Distance

3: 0-0-1

Season

24: 6-0-4

Metro

9: 0-2-3

Country

22: 6-0-3

1st Up

2: 0-0-1

2nd Up

2: 0-1-0

Winning Distances
<400	400+	500+	600+	700+
2	4	0	0	0

Box History	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8
STARTS	2	6	1	4	2	4	8	4
1st	0	0	1	0	0	2	3	0
2nd	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2
3rd	1	1	0	0	1	1	1	1

Comments

Finished third last start (17.26) over 300m at this track. Looking to others.

Expected Early Speed:Midfield

Last Starts days since last start

Place	Date	Track	Distance	Box	Ran	Avg. Speed	Margin	SP	Win Time	BON	Class	Prize	Prize Won	Days	Result
3rd of 8	8/5/26	Healesville	300m	5	0:17.26	62.6 km/h	1.3L	$9.00	0:17.17	0:17.02	GR 5	$1,530	$160	28	1. Trajectory 2. Paw Eden 3. Diplomat
5th of 5	10/4/26	Healesville	300m	1	0:17.21	62.8 km/h	5.0L	$8.50	0:16.86	0:16.80	GR 5	$1,530	-	10	1. Happy Chick 2. Search History 3. Candles
8th of 8	31/3/26	Warragul	400m	2	0:23.60	61.0 km/h	11.0L	$15	0:22.84	0:22.10	GR 5	$2,930	-	46	1. Nova Rose 2. Turtle Time 3. Waltzing Diablo
46 Day Freshen-Up
6th of 6	13/2/26	Warragul	460m	2	0:26.73	62.0 km/h	16.8L	$23	0:25.61	0:25.48	GR 4/5	$3,360	-	7	1. Here Comes Jojo 2. Unleash The Lion 3. Ring A Houdini
5th of 7	6/2/26	Warragul	400m	4	0:22.99	62.6 km/h	9.5L	$35	0:22.37	0:22.26	GR 5	$2,930	-	5	1. Thunder Rose 2. Bring Your Best 3. Why Not Seb
6th of 8	1/2/26	Healesville	350m	2	0:19.91	63.3 km/h	4.8L	$5.50	0:19.61	0:19.24	GR 5	$2,930	-	10	1. Just Quickly 2. Off The Beer 3. Extinct

Negative Nibbs (7) 6251658473
Trainer: Brian Hodgson (GOLDEN PLAINS (S))
Prize Money: $7,275
Win / Place: 13% / 43%

2 yo BLU D

Sire: ASTON RUPEE (AUS)

Dam: SIMPLY SMARTER (AUS)

Rating

Stats

Career

23: 3-2-5

Track

23: 3-2-5

Trk/Dst

16: 3-0-3

Distance

16: 3-0-3

Season

23: 3-2-5

Country

23: 3-2-5

1st Up

1: 0-0-0

2nd Up

1: 0-0-1

Winning Distances
<400	400+	500+	600+	700+
3	0	0	0	0

Box History	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8
STARTS	3	4	3	3	2	2	2	4
1st	0	1	0	0	1	0	1	0
2nd	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0
3rd	1	1	0	2	0	0	1	0

Comments

Ran a better race when third behind Daring Bandit at this track last start over 350m (19.50). Has to be included.

Expected Early Speed:Backmarker

Last Starts days since last start

Place	Date	Track	Distance	Box	Ran	Avg. Speed	Margin	SP	Win Time	BON	Class	Prize	Prize Won	Days	Result
3rd of 7	10/5/26	Healesville	350m	2	0:19.50	64.6 km/h	1.5L	$18	0:19.41	0:19.10	GR 5	$2,930	$300	7	1. Daring Bandit 2. Paw Waldo 3. Negative Nibbs
7th of 8	3/5/26	Healesville	300m	2	0:17.23	62.7 km/h	6.9L	$8.50	0:16.75	0:16.60	RST WIN	$2,930	-	39	1. Dundee Skye 2. Spanish Fawn 3. Aston Lace
39 Day Freshen-Up
4th of 7	25/3/26	Healesville	350m	6	0:19.51	64.6 km/h	1.0L	$2.20	0:19.44	0:19.35	GR 5	$1,530	$50	17	1. Hot Spot 2. Bullseye Bob 3. Sailplane
8th of 8	8/3/26	Healesville	350m	3	0:19.67	64.1 km/h	5.5L	$35	0:19.31	0:18.90	R/A FIN	$3,360	-	7	1. Be Gritty 2. Commanche Jack 3. Caco Missile
5th of 7	1/3/26	Healesville	350m	4	0:19.50	64.6 km/h	4.8L	$16	0:19.19	0:19.18	RST WIN H	$2,930	-	7	1. Be Gritty 2. Lakers Legend 3. Caco Missile
6th of 8	22/2/26	Healesville	350m	8	0:19.58	64.4 km/h	4.3L	$3.20	0:19.31	0:18.74	GR 5	$2,930	-	5	1. Aston Lyon 2. Beeline 3. Need You Now

Zinzan Paper (8) 634316x863
Trainer: Derek Faulknall (MOUNT ALEXANDER (S))
Prize Money: $6,460
Win / Place: 15% / 33%

3 yo BLU D

Sire: ZINZAN BROOKE (AUS)

Dam: PEBBLES CIAN (AUS)

Rating

Stats

Career

33: 5-1-5

Track

16: 4-0-4

Trk/Dst

9: 2-0-3

Distance

9: 2-0-3

Season

11: 1-0-3

Metro

1: 0-0-0

Country

32: 5-1-5

1st Up

3: 0-0-0

2nd Up

3: 0-0-1

Winning Distances
<400	400+	500+	600+	700+
4	1	0	0	0

Box History	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8
STARTS	5	3	3	7	3	4	3	5
1st	1	0	0	0	1	0	2	1
2nd	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
3rd	0	0	0	1	1	2	0	1

Comments

Finished third last start (20.14) over 350m at this track. Jumps from the outside. Others preferred.

Expected Early Speed:Backmarker

Last Starts days since last start

Place	Date	Track	Distance	Box	Ran	Avg. Speed	Margin	SP	Win Time	BON	Class	Prize	Prize Won	Days	Result
3rd of 8	8/5/26	Healesville	350m	6	0:20.14	62.6 km/h	2.5L	$5.50	0:19.97	0:19.65	GR 5	$1,530	$160	3	1. Lethal Trix 2. Canny Lass 3. Zinzan Paper
6th of 6	5/5/26	Horsham	485m	4	0:28.43	61.4 km/h	17.8L	$61	0:27.20	0:27.20	GR 5	$3,340	-	7	1. Paw Farok 2. Dash Express 3. Charente Jewel
8th of 8	28/4/26	Geelong	400m	4	0:23.99	60.0 km/h	13.5L	$9.00	0:23.05	0:22.77	Bottom Up - Grade 5	$1,530	-	106	1. Mauritian Lucas 2. Call It Fate 3. Aston Francesca
106 Day Spell
6th of 8	12/1/26	Geelong	460m	1	0:26.66	62.1 km/h	7.1L	$20	0:26.16	0:26.06	Rank Limit - Grade 5	$1,530	-	5	1. Nighttime 2. I'm Easy 3. Go Pikachu
1st of 7	7/1/26	Bendigo	425m	7	0:24.41	62.7 km/h	1.0L	$7.00	0:24.41	0:24.07	GR 5	$1,530	$1,000	7	1. Zinzan Paper 2. Thermal Spark 3. Paw Judas
3rd of 8	31/12/25	Bendigo	425m	8	0:24.76	61.8 km/h	0.4L	$4.80	0:24.73	0:24.33	Bottom Up - Grade 5	$1,530	$160	7	1. Chain Drive 2. Zero Monster 3. Zinzan Paper

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