Sandown Park Race 10

Sportsbet Ht1 (1-6 Wins)

Prize Money: $3,940

ELITE ONE (1) was below latest but prior to that a Grade 5 winner in quick time (34.30) at The Meadows in a Grade 5. This looks easier and expected to bounce back. MELVIN BALE (4) won again in quick time after running them ragged to make it two on the bounce, scoring by 1.75 lengths (29.72) at this track over 515m. Recorded one of the quickest times on the card in scoring last start. Bold showing expected again. LUSH HOUR (2) good strike-rate overall and must be included.

Distance: 595m
Class: Restricted Win Heat
Track: Good
Weather: overcast
Surface: All Weather

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Elite One (1) 5246622216
Trainer: Paul Abela (BACCHUS MARSH)
Prize Money: $26,115
Win / Place: 22% / 63%

2 yo Black D

Sire: TOMMY SHELBY (AUS)

Dam: JUSTIFY (AUS)

Rating

Stats

Career

22: 5-6-3

Track

5: 0-2-0

Season

22: 5-6-3

Metro

9: 1-3-0

Country

13: 4-3-3

1st Up

1: 1-0-0

2nd Up

1: 1-0-0

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

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

Comments

Won two starts back when well in the market at The Meadows over 600m. Last start finished last over 600m at The Meadows beaten 9 lengths (34.87) behind Vista Weird in a Grade 4/5 on May 9. Solid formlines coming through that last run. Looks a major player.

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 6	9/5/26	The Meadows	600m	4	0:34.87	61.9 km/h	9.3L	$6.00	0:34.23	0:34.23	GR 4/5	$10,380	-	7	1. Vista Weird 2. Paw Zoltin 3. Paw Ike
1st of 7	2/5/26	The Meadows	600m	7	0:34.30	63.0 km/h	0.1L	$3.20	0:34.30	0:34.23	GR 5	$10,100	$6,800	7	1. Elite One 2. Ethanol Secret 3. Urana Parallax
2nd of 8	25/4/26	The Meadows	525m	4	0:30.28	62.4 km/h	6.8L	$4.20	0:29.80	0:29.80	GR 5	$8,790	$1,820	9	1. Paw Zuri 2. Elite One 3. Prison Break
2nd of 8	16/4/26	Sandown	515m	5	0:29.33	63.2 km/h	0.3L	$5.50	0:29.32	0:29.29	R/A FIN	$9,060	$1,870	9	1. Lamia Nonna Mim 2. Elite One 3. Dr. Beyond
2nd of 7	7/4/26	Warragul	460m	1	0:25.86	64.0 km/h	1.0L	$1.90	0:25.79	0:25.77	RST WIN H	$2,930	$600	12	1. Paw Raynor 2. Elite One 3. Dr. Paris
6th of 7	26/3/26	Sandown	515m	1	0:30.29	61.2 km/h	8.0L	$5.50	0:29.73	0:29.30	SPEC H	$15,250	-	7	1. Eventuate 2. I'm Too Messy 3. Bandit Swagger

Lush Hour (2) 1657111551
Trainer: John Barbara (MELTON (C))
Prize Money: $17,045
Win / Place: 50% / 50%

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2 yo BDL B

Sire: BERNARDO (AUS)

Dam: VAN EVIE (AUS)

100

Rating

Stats

Career

12: 6-0-0

Track

6: 4-0-0

Trk/Dst

2: 1-0-0

Distance

2: 1-0-0

Season

12: 6-0-0

Metro

10: 5-0-0

Country

2: 1-0-0

1st Up

1: 1-0-0

2nd Up

1: 0-0-0

Winning Distances
<400	400+	500+	600+	700+
0	1	5	0	0

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

Comments

Flew the lids with a strong early split and led throughout to score an impressive win by a neck over 595m at this track (34.51). Looks a solid contender.

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
1st of 5	11/5/26	Sandown	595m	4	0:34.51	62.1 km/h	0.3L	$3.00	0:34.51	0:34.35	GR 5	$4,000	$2,640	7	1. Lush Hour 2. Paw Quantum 3. White Mocha
5th of 6	4/5/26	Sandown	595m	8	0:34.66	61.8 km/h	7.5L	$10	0:34.15	0:34.15	GR 4/5	$4,540	$30	5	1. Quinlee Bale 2. Tiger Rocks 3. Champlain
5th of 7	29/4/26	The Meadows	525m	4	0:30.59	61.8 km/h	8.5L	$4.80	0:30.00	0:29.91	GR 5	$3,430	$30	6	1. Aussie Moss 2. Lady Rapid 3. Urana Taurus
1st of 7	23/4/26	Sandown	515m	2	0:29.79	62.2 km/h	1.3L	$1.60	0:29.79	0:29.26	GR 5	$8,790	$5,900	10	1. Lush Hour 2. Dash Intention 3. Papa Easy
1st of 6	13/4/26	Sandown	515m	2	0:29.58	62.7 km/h	2.7L	$1.40	0:29.58	0:29.58	GR 5	$3,340	$2,230	7	1. Lush Hour 2. Turn Up Turbo 3. Talk That Talk
1st of 8	6/4/26	Sandown	515m	2	0:29.58	62.7 km/h	10.5L	$5.50	0:29.58	0:29.58	MX 6/7	$3,340	$2,230	9	1. Lush Hour 2. Indy Alex 3. She's Alluring

Melvin Bale (4) 3164636711
Trainer: Correy Grenfell (GREATER GEELONG (C))
Prize Money: $16,980
Win / Place: 15% / 42%

Going for the Hat-Trick

2 yo Black D

Sire: BARCIA BALE (AUS)

Dam: KNICKS BALE (AUS)

100

Rating

Stats

Career

26: 4-1-6

Track

11: 2-0-1

Trk/Dst

5: 1-0-0

Distance

5: 1-0-0

Season

26: 4-1-6

Metro

17: 3-1-3

Country

9: 1-0-3

1st Up

1: 0-0-1

2nd Up

1: 0-0-1

Winning Distances
<400	400+	500+	600+	700+
0	1	3	0	0

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

Comments

Won his last two including a strong win last start over 515m at this track by 1.75 lengths in a Grade 5. Can continue the winning form.

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
1st of 6	11/5/26	Sandown	515m	2	0:29.72	62.4 km/h	1.8L	$1.40	0:29.72	0:29.39	GR 5	$3,400	$2,230	6	1. Melvin Bale 2. Hocus Pocus 3. Moraine Joker
1st of 7	5/5/26	Geelong	460m	5	0:26.12	63.4 km/h	0.8L	$1.90	0:26.12	0:25.98	Rank Limit - Restricted Win	$1,530	$1,000	8	1. Melvin Bale 2. Paw Norbert 3. Among Stars
7th of 8	27/4/26	Sandown	515m	7	0:30.34	61.1 km/h	10.5L	$9.00	0:29.61	0:29.33	MX 6/7	$3,460	$30	6	1. All I See 2. Okay Boss 3. Mikado Mania
6th of 8	21/4/26	Horsham	410m	4	0:23.85	61.9 km/h	8.3L	$4.60	0:23.28	0:22.75	MX 6/7	$2,930	-	3	1. Red Eye Samurai 2. Dream On Junior 3. Paw Irulan
3rd of 8	18/4/26	The Meadows	525m	7	0:30.30	62.4 km/h	3.3L	$17	0:30.09	0:29.90	GR 6	$8,790	$915	4	1. Wanbi 2. Mepunga Spirit 3. Melvin Bale
6th of 8	14/4/26	Geelong	460m	4	0:26.36	62.8 km/h	5.8L	$2.40	0:25.96	0:25.96	Rank Limit - Restricted Win	$1,530	-	4	1. Paw Lassie 2. Twenty Knots 3. Paw Luanne

Stunner (7) 5225123474
Trainer: Greg Doyle (MULGRAVE)
Prize Money: $22,235
Win / Place: 14% / 51%

2 yo Black B

Sire: ZACK MONELLI (AUS)

Dam: SHISHKIN (AUS)

Rating

Stats

Career

27: 4-6-4

Track

13: 2-2-3

Trk/Dst

4: 1-1-0

Distance

4: 1-1-0

Season

27: 4-6-4

Metro

23: 4-5-3

Country

4: 0-1-1

1st Up

1: 0-0-1

2nd Up

1: 0-0-0

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

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

Comments

Has not shown much in recent runs. Could only manage fourth last time out over 595m at this track. Will not find this easy. Not keen.

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
4th of 5	11/5/26	Sandown	595m	8	0:34.76	61.6 km/h	6.0L	$15	0:34.35	0:34.35	GR 4/5	$4,510	$75	11	1. Warm Cockles 2. Nigel Devere 3. Tiger Rocks
7th of 8	30/4/26	Sandown	515m	3	0:30.31	61.2 km/h	17.0L	$21	0:29.12	0:29.12	GR 5	$8,790	-	7	1. Deadly Cool 2. Flying Rogue 3. Dr. Leviate
4th of 7	23/4/26	Sandown	515m	2	0:30.33	61.1 km/h	7.5L	$3.50	0:29.81	0:29.26	GR 5	$8,790	$150	7	1. Gold Class Cool 2. Dr. Paris 3. Dr. Fanatical
3rd of 6	16/4/26	Sandown	515m	6	0:30.00	61.8 km/h	10.3L	$26	0:29.29	0:29.29	GR 5	$8,790	$915	49	1. Hurricane 2. Rhythmic Energy 3. Stunner
49 Day Freshen-Up
2nd of 6	26/2/26	Q Parklands	520m	5	0:30.31	61.8 km/h	6.0L	$8.00	0:29.88	0:29.51	RST WIN	$9,000	$1,800	4	1. Zipping Houlihan 2. Stunner 3. Summer's Edition
1st of 8	22/2/26	Q Parklands	600m	8	0:35.25	61.3 km/h	1.8L	$6.00	0:35.25	0:34.57	RST WIN	$7,000	$4,550	3	1. Stunner 2. Egyptian Queen 3. Lakeview Libby

Bomb Rocky (8) 6533547225
Trainer: Aaron Blake (NORTH BENDIGO)
Prize Money: $7,255
Win / Place: 8.47% / 38%

2 yo Black B

Sire: BALLYMAC BOLGER (AUS)

Dam: JD BOMBSHELL (AUS)

Rating

Stats

Career

59: 5-10-8

Track

9: 0-1-1

Trk/Dst

5: 0-0-1

Distance

5: 0-0-1

Season

52: 5-10-6

Metro

12: 0-1-1

Country

47: 5-9-7

1st Up

1: 0-0-0

2nd Up

1: 0-0-0

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

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

Comments

Could only manage fifth last time but placed two on end prior to that, the latest when second (23.27) over 400m at Mt Gambier. Drawn out wide and looks tested this line up.

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
5th of 8	11/5/26	Sandown	515m	6	0:30.39	61.0 km/h	7.5L	$71	0:29.87	0:29.39	GR 5 FIN	$4,000	$30	4	1. Turn Up Turbo 2. Surf's Up 3. Point Man
2nd of 6	7/5/26	Mount Gambier	400m	2	0:23.27	61.9 km/h	2.5L	$4.60	0:23.09	0:22.90	Other	$1,070	$200	3	1. Starlight Jewel 2. Bomb Rocky 3. Lady Bombshell
2nd of 6	4/5/26	Sandown	515m	1	0:30.65	60.5 km/h	9.5L	$8.00	0:30.00	0:29.73	T3 GR 5 H	$3,400	$690	4	1. Point Man 2. Bomb Rocky 3. Wile Coyote
7th of 8	30/4/26	Sandown	595m	7	0:35.35	60.6 km/h	15.8L	$151	0:34.25	0:33.91	R/A FIN	$10,380	-	10	1. Weblec Memphis 2. Lamia Taya 3. Mepunga Shadow
4th of 5	20/4/26	Sandown	595m	8	0:35.62	60.1 km/h	15.8L	$71	0:34.52	0:34.47	RST WIN H	$4,000	$75	4	1. Weblec Memphis 2. Select Kyron 3. Fast Knockdown
5th of 6	16/4/26	Mount Gambier	400m	7	0:23.53	61.2 km/h	3.8L	$4.40	0:23.26	0:23.12	Other	$1,070	-	3	1. Magic Nancy 2. Lady Bombshell 3. Trust Deed

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