Ballarat Race 8

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Prize Money: $3,875

OVERLAND BOY (7) was strongly fancied but finished third last time (25.61) at Shepparton, bringing a four-run winning streak to an end. Strong form has emerged from his last run. Can find winning form. REAPER (2) is progressing well with another good run last time, placing (34.63) from Box 8 at The Meadows. Boasts a strong record from this draw with four wins and four minor placings from 10 starts. Expected to feature. SO HE THINKS (6) could manage only third at Horsham last time but impressed when clocking a handy 29.98 over 525m at The Meadows three starts ago. Has the ability and looks a key chance. REUBEN HILL (8) can sneak into the finish with the right run.

Distance: 545m
Class: Mixed 4/5
Track: Good
Weather: Showers
Surface: All Weather

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Miss Sparkles (1) 6625831145
Trainer: Stephen Brincat (Albanvale)
Prize Money: $9,075
Win / Place: 15% / 42%

3 yo BLU B

Sire: BERNARDO (AUS)

Dam: OHANA SPARKLES (AUS)

Rating

Stats

Career

26: 4-2-5

Track

3: 1-0-0

Trk/Dst

2: 1-0-0

Distance

2: 1-0-0

Season

26: 4-2-5

Metro

13: 1-1-3

Country

13: 3-1-2

1st Up

1: 1-0-0

2nd Up

1: 0-0-0

Winning Distances
<400	400+	500+	600+	700+
0	2	1	1	0

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

Comments

Disappointed last time but just missed the placings two back over 600m at The Meadows. Others read better.

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
5th of 8	20/5/26	Ballarat	545m	8	0:31.51	62.3 km/h	7.0L	$41	0:31.03	0:31.03	GR 4/5	$3,880	-	21	1. Caco Missile 2. Nigel Devere 3. Charente Jewel
4th of 7	29/4/26	The Meadows	600m	4	0:35.22	61.3 km/h	5.3L	$8.50	0:34.86	0:34.53	GR 5	$4,030	$75	9	1. High Five Indi 2. Zorro Devere 3. Axel's Radar
1st of 7	20/4/26	Ballarat	545m	1	0:31.12	63.0 km/h	0.5L	$4.40	0:31.12	0:31.12	GR 5	$1,740	$1,150	5	1. Miss Sparkles 2. High Five Indi 3. Kunama Namadgi
1st of 5	15/4/26	The Meadows	600m	8	0:35.23	61.3 km/h	3.5L	$7.00	0:35.23	0:34.43	RST WIN	$3,940	$2,640	7	1. Miss Sparkles 2. Bold Assail 3. Wave In Sea
3rd of 6	8/4/26	The Meadows	525m	2	0:30.50	62.0 km/h	3.5L	$34	0:30.27	0:29.69	GR 6	$3,340	$345	4	1. Maxi Grin 2. Arc Flash 3. Miss Sparkles
8th of 8	4/4/26	The Meadows	525m	3	0:30.75	61.5 km/h	9.3L	$101	0:30.11	0:29.68	MX 6/7 FIN	$9,060	-	5	1. My Mate Leo 2. Rev Gordon 3. Paw Winder

Reaper (2) 3563131442
Trainer: Justin Bowman (Kilmany)
Prize Money: $75,165
Win / Place: 30% / 61%

3 yo Black D

Sire: BERNARDO (AUS)

Dam: DOUBLE SUPREME (AUS)

Rating

Stats

Career

60: 18-11-8

Track

7: 1-2-1

Trk/Dst

1: 0-0-0

Distance

1: 0-0-0

Season

28: 8-6-3

Metro

32: 6-6-4

Country

28: 12-5-4

1st Up

1: 1-0-0

2nd Up

1: 0-0-1

Winning Distances
<400	400+	500+	600+	700+
0	9	9	0	0

Box History	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8
STARTS	5	10	9	13	8	6	3	6
1st	2	4	3	4	3	1	0	1
2nd	1	1	1	2	1	3	1	1
3rd	1	3	0	2	0	0	1	1

Comments

Hit the frame latest (34.63) when second at The Meadows in a Grade 5. Strong record off the draw with four wins and four minors from 10 starts. Makes strong appeal.

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
2nd of 8	23/5/26	The Meadows	600m	8	0:34.63	62.4 km/h	6.3L	$23	0:34.21	0:34.21	GR 5	$10,100	$2,095	5	1. Lady Rapid 2. Reaper 3. Spring Miles
4th of 6	18/5/26	Sandown	515m	7	0:29.94	61.9 km/h	6.0L	$26	0:29.53	0:29.46	FFA	$3,970	$75	11	1. Keep Rolling 2. Mav Reiko 3. Neo Devere
4th of 7	7/5/26	Sandown	515m	5	0:30.16	61.5 km/h	9.5L	$17	0:29.51	0:29.51	FFA	$9,060	$150	6	1. Sparring 2. Elusive Curl 3. Obscurus
1st of 7	1/5/26	Traralgon	570m	2	0:32.45	63.2 km/h	2.3L	$4.40	0:32.45	0:32.45	GR 4/5	$3,880	$2,600	4	1. Reaper 2. Barefoot Zulu 3. Jumbuk Bayeh
3rd of 8	27/4/26	Sandown	515m	4	0:29.76	62.3 km/h	5.5L	$8.00	0:29.38	0:29.33	MX 3/4	$4,000	$400	8	1. Cheeky Chompers 2. Paw Vortex 3. Reaper
1st of 5	19/4/26	Sale	510m	2	0:28.46	64.5 km/h	1.8L	$6.50	0:28.46	0:28.46	GR 4/5	$3,880	$2,600	5	1. Reaper 2. Dr. Babette 3. Aston Bugsy

He Shines (3) 4434756564
Trainer: Justin Bowman (Kilmany)
Prize Money: $74,190
Win / Place: 16% / 47%

4 yo Black D

Sire: SHIMA SHINE (AUS)

Dam: AMARA LUCY (AUS)

Rating

Stats

Career

95: 16-14-15

Track

10: 4-0-2

Trk/Dst

5: 1-0-1

Distance

5: 1-0-1

Season

42: 7-6-7

Metro

45: 6-7-7

Country

50: 10-7-8

1st Up

2: 1-0-0

2nd Up

2: 2-0-0

Winning Distances
<400	400+	500+	600+	700+
0	7	8	1	0

Box History	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8
STARTS	15	19	11	10	6	6	11	17
1st	3	4	1	1	0	1	2	4
2nd	3	1	0	2	2	0	4	2
3rd	1	4	3	4	0	1	0	2

Comments

Has not shown much in recent runs. Could only manage fourth last time out over 600m at The Meadows. Hard to have 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
4th of 8	23/5/26	The Meadows	600m	1	0:35.23	61.3 km/h	4.8L	$4.80	0:34.90	0:34.21	GR 5	$10,100	$150	8	1. Magic Scotch 2. Wyong Houston 3. Belair Crown
6th of 8	15/5/26	Traralgon	570m	8	0:33.59	61.1 km/h	10.3L	$7.50	0:32.88	0:32.88	GR 5	$3,340	-	3	1. Motor City Rossi 2. Lindenow Buffy 3. His Special
5th of 8	12/5/26	Warragul	460m	5	0:26.22	63.2 km/h	8.0L	$51	0:25.67	0:25.35	GR 4/5	$3,360	-	5	1. Point Break 2. Full Noise 3. Carry On Maci
6th of 7	7/5/26	Sandown	515m	2	0:30.14	61.5 km/h	6.8L	$26	0:29.67	0:29.51	GR 5	$8,790	-	4	1. Zipping Fiyero 2. Upended 3. Dash Parr
5th of 8	3/5/26	Sale	435m	1	0:25.18	62.2 km/h	8.5L	$11	0:24.59	0:24.35	GR 5	$2,930	-	38	1. Slick Tommy 2. Elijah Rose 3. Dr. Azure
38 Day Freshen-Up
7th of 8	26/3/26	Sandown	595m	5	0:34.78	61.6 km/h	12.5L	$46	0:33.91	0:33.91	GR 4/5	$10,380	-	7	1. Gambella 2. Avengement 3. Urana Parallax

Parabola (4) 35531456f6
Trainer: Chloe Bowman (Kilmany)
Prize Money: $19,180
Win / Place: 18% / 34%

3 yo White/Black D

Sire: NEED MY MONEYNOW (AUS)

Dam: USAIN SPOLLY (AUS)

Rating

Stats

Career

38: 7-2-4

Season

33: 6-2-4

Metro

5: 1-0-0

Country

33: 6-2-4

1st Up

1: 0-0-0

2nd Up

1: 1-0-0

Winning Distances
<400	400+	500+	600+	700+
0	6	1	0	0

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

Comments

Has been out of the money of late. Could only manage sixth last time out over 570m at Traralgon. Will need to improve to feature.

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	22/5/26	Traralgon	570m	2	0:33.56	61.1 km/h	12.0L	$17	0:32.73	0:32.73	GR 4/5	$3,880	-	12	1. Motor City Rossi 2. Engelke Road 3. Princess Lass
- of 8	10/5/26	Sale	435m	7	0:31.48	49.7 km/h	99.0L	$14	0:24.55	0:24.44	GR 5	$2,930	-	7	1. Akina Johnny 2. Baywara 3. Billy Ray Mikado
6th of 7	3/5/26	Sale	435m	3	0:25.36	61.8 km/h	8.3L	$15	0:24.78	0:24.35	GR 4	$3,360	-	24	1. Dr. Hopper 2. Akina Sari 3. Thunder Rose
5th of 5	9/4/26	Sandown	595m	1	0:34.98	61.2 km/h	11.5L	$6.00	0:34.19	0:34.04	GR 5	$10,100	-	10	1. Paw Danny 2. Quinlee Bale 3. Belair Crown
4th of 6	30/3/26	Sandown	595m	8	0:34.87	61.4 km/h	3.0L	$23	0:34.67	0:34.63	GR 4/5	$4,450	$75	4	1. Lakeview Lynette 2. Zipping Una 3. Out The Window
1st of 8	26/3/26	Sandown	515m	4	0:29.88	62.0 km/h	1.3L	$6.50	0:29.88	0:29.30	GR 5	$8,790	$5,900	4	1. Parabola 2. Uncle Stiltskin 3. Paw Qwerty

So He Thinks (6) 1361635143
Trainer: Stefano Cassar (Creswick)
Prize Money: $12,850
Win / Place: 26% / 57%

2 yo Black D

Sire: FERAL FRANKY (AUS)

Dam: DEEP DIVE (AUS)

Rating

Stats

Career

19: 5-0-6

Track

2: 1-0-0

Trk/Dst

1: 1-0-0

Distance

1: 1-0-0

Season

19: 5-0-6

Metro

12: 2-0-4

Country

7: 3-0-2

1st Up

1: 0-0-1

2nd Up

1: 0-0-0

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

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

Comments

Good effort last time when third (27.69) over 485m at Horsham. One of the better hopes.

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	19/5/26	Horsham	485m	5	0:27.69	63.1 km/h	5.0L	$8.00	0:27.34	0:27.28	GR 5	$3,340	$345	38	1. Paw Jasta 2. Paw Lampades 3. So He Thinks
38 Day Freshen-Up
99th of 1	13/5/26	Bendigo	425m	5	N/A	-	-	$0.00			Trial	$0	-	-	1. 99-So He Thinks 2. 3.
4th of 8	11/4/26	The Meadows	525m	2	0:30.92	61.1 km/h	6.3L	$3.40	0:30.48	0:30.04	GR 5	$8,790	$150	10	1. Mepunga Brockie 2. Zelda Braga 3. Cloncurry Gold
1st of 6	1/4/26	The Meadows	525m	8	0:29.98	63.0 km/h	9.0L	$3.20	0:29.98	0:29.98	GR 5	$3,340	$2,230	14	1. So He Thinks 2. Weblec Pepper 3. Zipping Fiyero
5th of 7	18/3/26	The Meadows	525m	6	0:30.94	61.1 km/h	8.3L	$4.60	0:30.38	0:30.17	GR 5 H	$3,340	-	7	1. Overland Boy 2. Analyzation 3. Par Excellence
3rd of 6	11/3/26	The Meadows	525m	7	0:30.25	62.5 km/h	2.8L	$7.50	0:30.07	0:29.99	GR 5	$3,340	$345	9	1. Doongalla Pedro 2. Dubrow 3. So He Thinks

Overland Boy (7) 1111411113
Trainer: Robin Moore (Devon Meadows)
Prize Money: $61,875
Win / Place: 42% / 69%

3 yo RED/FWN D

Sire: BARCIA BALE (AUS)

Dam: PARTY LIGHTS (AUS)

100

Rating

Stats

Career

42: 18-8-3

Track

1: 1-0-0

Season

30: 14-5-3

Metro

19: 5-3-1

Country

23: 13-5-2

1st Up

2: 1-1-0

2nd Up

2: 1-0-0

Winning Distances
<400	400+	500+	600+	700+
0	11	7	0	0

Box History	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8
STARTS	8	4	6	9	1	4	5	5
1st	2	3	4	3	1	1	2	2
2nd	4	1	0	1	0	1	0	1
3rd	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	0

Comments

Well supported last time and rocketed out of the boxes with a strong early sectional but had to settle for the minor money, finishing a 4.5 lengths third (25.61) over 450m at Shepparton. Has a strong record from box 7, including two wins. Go close.

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 6	11/5/26	Shepparton	450m	7	0:25.61	63.3 km/h	4.3L	$1.60	0:25.32	0:25.10	GR 5 H	$2,930	$300	17	1. Ready One 2. Montana Icon 3. Overland Boy
1st of 7	24/4/26	Ballarat	450m	2	0:25.21	64.3 km/h	1.5L	$3.70	0:25.21	0:25.09	GR 4/5	$3,360	$2,250	8	1. Overland Boy 2. Paw Phelps 3. Paw Hazelton
1st of 8	16/4/26	Warrnambool	450m	3	0:25.50	63.5 km/h	2.4L	$4.00	0:25.50	0:25.33	GR 5 FIN	$3,360	$2,250	7	1. Overland Boy 2. Pablo Vendetta 3. Fear The Beer
1st of 8	9/4/26	Warrnambool	450m	5	0:25.49	63.6 km/h	1.0L	$2.00	0:25.49	0:25.33	GR 5 H	$2,930	$1,950	6	1. Overland Boy 2. Kaelix Storm 3. Aston Reeves
1st of 8	3/4/26	Geelong	460m	4	0:25.79	64.2 km/h	1.0L	$3.30	0:25.79	0:25.79	GR 4/5	$3,360	$2,250	6	1. Overland Boy 2. Solicit 3. Let's Cause Kaos
4th of 8	28/3/26	The Meadows	525m	4	0:30.69	61.6 km/h	2.0L	$4.40	0:30.54	0:29.95	GR 5 FIN	$9,060	$150	10	1. Analyzation 2. Scott Sigma 3. Par Excellence

Reuben Hill (8) 4681146566
Trainer: Jeff Geall (Fyansford)
Prize Money: $43,220
Win / Place: 18% / 40%

3 yo Black D

Sire: ASTON RUPEE (AUS)

Dam: UP HILL JILL (AUS)

Rating

Stats

Career

75: 14-5-11

Track

12: 2-2-1

Trk/Dst

1: 0-0-0

Distance

1: 0-0-0

Season

41: 7-3-5

Metro

22: 5-0-2

Country

53: 9-5-9

1st Up

1: 0-0-0

2nd Up

1: 0-0-1

Winning Distances
<400	400+	500+	600+	700+
0	8	6	0	0

Box History	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8
STARTS	10	7	12	15	7	5	6	13
1st	3	2	3	1	0	2	1	2
2nd	1	0	2	0	0	1	0	1
3rd	3	0	1	2	0	0	1	4

Comments

Didn't make the placings last time at Bendigo (28.73) in a Grade 4/5, finishing a 11 length sixth. Has two successes and five minors from 13 starts from box 8. Looks suited here and can measure up on best.

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	22/5/26	Bendigo	500m	4	0:28.73	62.7 km/h	11.8L	$23	0:27.92	0:27.92	GR 4/5	$3,880	-	9	1. Hartland Willow 2. Gas And Dust 3. Ivory Inzai
6th of 8	13/5/26	The Meadows	525m	8	0:30.41	62.2 km/h	4.3L	$14	0:30.13	0:30.06	MX 3/4	$4,000	$30	6	1. Dash Parr 2. Treble Beers 3. Paw Imperial
5th of 7	7/5/26	Ballarat	450m	8	0:25.62	63.2 km/h	6.3L	$34	0:25.20	0:25.20	GR 4/5	$3,360	-	10	1. Electrojet 2. Nighttime 3. Sir Silvertree
6th of 6	27/4/26	Sandown	515m	3	0:30.16	61.5 km/h	12.0L	$23	0:29.33	0:29.33	GR 5 H	$3,430	$30	7	1. Barooga Jim 2. Paw Xena 3. Paw Palmer
4th of 8	20/4/26	Shepparton	450m	5	0:25.63	63.2 km/h	6.8L	$4.40	0:25.17	0:25.14	GR 5	$2,930	$75	6	1. Solar Spectrum 2. Kraken Tommy 3. Paw Vada
1st of 8	14/4/26	Warragul	460m	6	0:25.98	63.7 km/h	2.5L	$2.40	0:25.98	0:25.44	GR 5	$2,930	$1,950	6	1. Reuben Hill 2. Bear Hand 3. Urban Bites

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