Hoosier Park Race 12

Race 12

Prize Money: $30,683

M M S BUD (7) was racing well before the latest appearance when he scored by 2.25 metres over 1609m at this track. Tactics will be crucial from this wide draw. His last-start form is good enough to take out a race like this. GOLDEN BAY N (5) won at this track two runs ago but couldn't repeat the dose at his latest appearance over 1609m at this track, beaten 9 metres. Leading hope if anywhere near his best. NATURALLY GIFTED A (1) comes right into contention after scoring last start by 1.5 metres at this track over 1609m. COMBUSTION (6) is the next elect off a last-start win by 2.25 metres at this track over 1609m.

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

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Naturally Gifted A (Fr1) 3653317031
Trainer: Ken Rucker (Campbelltown)
Driver: Atlee Bender
Prize Money: $528,009
Win / Place: 19% / 61%

6 yo Brown Gelding

Sire: SWEET LOU (USA)

Dam: PERFECTLYIMPERFECT (AUS)

Rating

Stats

Career

97: 19-23-18

Distance

73: 12-17-13

Trk/Dst

8: 1-0-3

Track

8: 1-0-3

Season

18: 3-1-5

1st Up

6: 3-0-1

2nd Up

6: 1-2-1

3rd Up

6: 2-1-0

Metro

18: 1-7-2

Non-Metro

79: 18-16-16

Mobile

28: 7-7-6

Standing

0: 0-0-0

All-Weather

97: 19-23-18

Slushy

0: 0-0-0

Grass

0: 0-0-0

Best Mile

1:47.20

Driver Stats

Gear Changes

Lasix

Comments

Last start won by 1.5 m (Fr4) at this track (1:50.00) beating Rip Wheeler in OPEN 3 on June 19 at $4.80. In the mix.

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 5	19/6/26	Hoosier Park	1609m		All Weather	Fr4	Atlee Bender	1:50.00	1:50.00	1.5m	$4.80	7	OPEN 3	$22,315	$11,158	1. Naturally Gifted 2. Rip Wheeler 3. Sanday
3rd of 10	12/6/26	Hoosier Park	1609m		All Weather	Fr5	Atlee Bender	1:49.40	1:49.40	12.8m	$5.40	6	OPEN 3	$22,315	$2,678	1. Evileye Fleegle 2. Ardens Ace 3. Naturally Gifted
10th of 10	6/6/26	Scioto Downs	1609m		All Weather	Sr1	Justin Irvine	1:49.40	1:49.40	15.0m	$4.00	8	NW11501L4	$22,315	-	1. Martins Millions 2. Legendary Doowrah 3. Makin Some Noise
7th of 7	29/5/26	Hoosier Park	1609m		All Weather	Fr5	Atlee Bender	1:48.10	1:48.10	23.3m	$2.50f	6	OPEN 2-3	$25,105	-	1. Rip Wheeler 2. Shooting In Place 3. Yourwishisgranted
1st of 9	23/5/26	Scioto Downs	1609m		All Weather	Fr5	Austin Hanners	1:50.30	1:50.30	1.5m	$1.30f	7	HGNW5801L4	$16,760	$8,380	1. Naturally Gifted 2. Last Shock 3. Mufferaw Joe
3rd of 9	16/5/26	Scioto Downs	1609m		All Weather	Fr9	Sam Widger	1:51.00	1:51.00	3.8m	$2.50f	8	HGNW8001L4	$20,251	$2,430	1. Regal Escape 2. Gold Digger King 3. Naturally Gifted

Rip Wheeler (Fr2) 5111456152
Trainer: Walter Haynes (Jnr) ()
Driver: Brandon Bates
Prize Money: $874,527
Win / Place: 31% / 62%

7 yo Bay Gelding

Sire: ROCKIN IMAGE (CAN)

Dam: NOVASCOTIA HANOVER

Rating

Stats

Career

101: 32-19-12

Distance

101: 32-19-12

Trk/Dst

77: 25-16-9

Track

77: 25-16-9

Season

10: 4-1-0

1st Up

5: 1-0-1

2nd Up

5: 3-1-1

3rd Up

5: 5-0-0

Metro

0: 0-0-0

Non-Metro

101: 32-19-12

Mobile

0: 0-0-0

Standing

0: 0-0-0

All-Weather

101: 32-19-12

Slushy

0: 0-0-0

Grass

0: 0-0-0

Best Mile

1:48.10

Driver Stats

Gear Changes

Lasix

Comments

Mixing form recently. Last start was 2nd (Fr2) over 1609m at this track, beaten 1.5 m by Naturally Gifted (1:50.00) in OPEN 3 on June 19 at $2.10. Before that beaten 12 metres, fifth at this track over 1609m OPEN on June 5. Can't make much of 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
2nd of 5	19/6/26	Hoosier Park	1609m		All Weather	Fr2	Brandon Bates	1:50.00	1:50.00	1.5m	$2.10f	14	OPEN 3	$22,315	$5,579	1. Naturally Gifted 2. Rip Wheeler 3. Sanday
5th of 7	5/6/26	Hoosier Park	1609m		All Weather	Fr3	Brandon Bates	1:49.20	1:49.20	12.0m	$11	7	OPEN	$30,683	$1,534	1. Golden Bay 2. M M S Bud 3. Coach Stefanos
1st of 7	29/5/26	Hoosier Park	1609m		All Weather	Fr4	Brandon Bates	1:48.10	1:48.10	9.8m	$6.30	7	OPEN 2-3	$25,105	$12,552	1. Rip Wheeler 2. Shooting In Place 3. Yourwishisgranted
6th of 9	22/5/26	Hoosier Park	1609m		All Weather	Fr4	Brandon Bates	1:50.40	1:50.40	18.8m	$14	12	OPEN 4	$19,553	-	1. Golden Bay 2. Gorgeous Big Guy 3. Downbytheocean
5th of 9	10/5/26	Oak Grove Racing	1609m		All Weather	Fr6	Brandon Bates	1:50.40	1:50.40	16.5m	$4.14	20	NW 9000 L4	$27,933	$1,397	1. Night Hawk 2. Funtime Bayama 3. Serious Miki
4th of 9	20/4/26	Oak Grove Racing	1609m		All Weather	Fr8	Brandon Bates	1:51.30	1:51.30	18.8m	$25	14	NW 9000 L4	$29,112	$2,329	1. Banderas 2. Great Seats 3. Swaggy Cal

Leave It To Leo (Fr3) 8152118114
Trainer: Dee Smith ()
Driver: Kyle Wilfong
Prize Money: $309,394
Win / Place: 33% / 57%

Distance Specialist

6 yo Bay Gelding

Sire: BETTOR'S DELIGHT (USA)

Dam: SUNSHINE PATRIOT

Rating

Stats

Career

59: 20-8-6

Distance

59: 20-8-6

Trk/Dst

8: 4-1-0

Track

8: 4-1-0

Season

17: 7-1-1

1st Up

3: 0-1-2

2nd Up

3: 2-1-0

3rd Up

3: 2-0-0

Metro

0: 0-0-0

Non-Metro

59: 20-8-6

Mobile

0: 0-0-0

Standing

0: 0-0-0

All-Weather

59: 20-8-6

Slushy

0: 0-0-0

Grass

0: 0-0-0

Best Mile

1:49.40

Driver Stats

Gear Changes

Lasix

Comments

Last start 4th (Fr2) over 1609m at this track, beaten 9 m by Combustion (1:50.40) in OPEN 2 HDC on June 19 at $22.90. Two runs back won by 5 m (Fr8) at this track (1:49.40) beating Go Pikachu Go in 30-40000CL on June 12 at $3.20. Needs to find plenty of improvement to figure.

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 6	19/6/26	Hoosier Park	1609m		All Weather	Fr2	Kyle Wilfong	1:50.40	1:50.40	9.0m	$23	7	OPEN 2 HDC	$25,105	$2,008	1. Combustion 2. Oakwood Ardan 3. Crooked Smile
1st of 8	12/6/26	Hoosier Park	1609m		All Weather	Fr8	Marcus Miller	1:49.40	1:49.40	5.3m	$3.20	7	30-40000CL	$20,921	$10,460	1. Leave It To Leo 2. Go Pikachu Go 3. Tickertape Hanover
1st of 6	5/6/26	Hoosier Park	1609m		All Weather	Fr5	Marcus Miller	1:50.40	1:50.40	4.5m	$3.90	7	CLHDC30/40	$20,921	$10,460	1. Leave It To Leo 2. Captain Taylor 3. Ponda Executive
8th of 9	29/5/26	Hoosier Park	1609m		All Weather	Fr9	John De Long	1:50.10	1:50.10	15.8m	$3.30f	14	30-40000CL	$20,921	-	1. Mustang Beach 2. Captain Taylor 3. Packedwithluck
1st of 8	15/5/26	Hoosier Park	1609m		All Weather	Fr8	John De Long	1:51.40	1:51.40	6.0m	$3.40f	7	30-40000CL	$20,950	$10,475	1. Leave It To Leo 2. Captain Taylor 3. Always A Laser
1st of 9	8/5/26	Hoosier Park	1609m		All Weather	Fr5	John De Long	1:51.30	1:51.30	4.5m	$1.60f	7	30-40000CL	$20,950	$10,475	1. Leave It To Leo 2. Mustang Beach 3. Captain Taylor

Crooked Smile (Fr4) 3113122433
Trainer: Timothy Wilson (Jnr) ()
Driver: Jordan Ross
Prize Money: $784,372
Win / Place: 24% / 63%

9 yo Brown Gelding

Sire: PANTHER HANOVER

Dam: AMILEWIDESMILE

Rating

Stats

Career

128: 31-33-17

Distance

128: 31-33-17

Trk/Dst

108: 23-30-14

Track

108: 23-30-14

Season

11: 3-2-4

1st Up

5: 0-0-1

2nd Up

5: 0-2-2

3rd Up

5: 3-0-1

Metro

6: 2-2-1

Non-Metro

122: 29-31-16

Mobile

0: 0-0-0

Standing

0: 0-0-0

All-Weather

128: 31-33-17

Slushy

0: 0-0-0

Grass

0: 0-0-0

Best Mile

1:48.40

Driver Stats

Comments

Racing consistently with minor placings at his last two starts at this course. Placed last start 3rd (Fr3) over 1609m at this track beaten 8 m by Combustion (1:50.40) in OPEN 2 HDC on June 19 at $8. Before that 3rd (Fr4) over 1609m at this track, beaten 5 m by M M S Bud (1:48.40) in OPEN on June 12 at $10.20. Doesn't profile as a likely winner.

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
3rd of 6	19/6/26	Hoosier Park	1609m		All Weather	Fr3	Jordan Ross	1:50.40	1:50.40	8.3m	$8.00	7	OPEN 2 HDC	$25,105	$3,013	1. Combustion 2. Oakwood Ardan 3. Crooked Smile
3rd of 6	12/6/26	Hoosier Park	1609m		All Weather	Fr4	Jordan Ross	1:48.40	1:48.40	5.3m	$10	14	OPEN	$30,683	$3,682	1. M M S Bud 2. Coach Stefanos 3. Crooked Smile
4th of 6	29/5/26	Hoosier Park	1609m		All Weather	Fr5	Jordan Ross	1:49.40	1:49.40	8.3m	$1.90f	7	OPEN	$30,683	$2,455	1. Golden Bay 2. M M S Bud 3. Fox Valley Kodiak
2nd of 9	22/5/26	Hoosier Park	1609m		All Weather	Fr9	Jordan Ross	1:51.00	1:51.00	0.9m	$4.10	7	OPEN 1-2	$30,726	$7,682	1. Coach Stefanos 2. Crooked Smile 3. Im Skinnydipin
2nd of 8	15/5/26	Hoosier Park	1609m		All Weather	Fr4	Jordan Ross	1:49.40	1:49.40	2.3m	$7.60	7	OPEN	$30,726	$7,682	1. M M S Bud 2. Crooked Smile 3. Little Rocket Man
1st of 7	8/5/26	Hoosier Park	1609m		All Weather	Fr4	Jordan Ross	1:52.20	1:52.20	3.0m	$12	7	OPEN	$30,726	$15,363	1. Crooked Smile 2. M M S Bud 3. Coach Stefanos

Golden Bay N (Fr5) x264641114
Trainer: Tyler George (Menangle Park)
Driver: Trace Tetrick
Prize Money: $388,714
Win / Place: 36% / 56%

Track / Distance Specialist

6 yo Bay Gelding

Sire: DOWNBYTHESEASIDE (USA)

Dam: HUG ME SQUEEZE ME (NZ)

Rating

Stats

Career

65: 24-9-4

Distance

46: 21-7-2

Trk/Dst

29: 15-4-1

Track

29: 15-4-1

Season

9: 3-1-0

1st Up

6: 2-3-0

2nd Up

5: 1-1-1

3rd Up

5: 0-0-0

Metro

25: 6-4-3

Non-Metro

40: 18-5-1

Mobile

28: 6-4-3

Standing

0: 0-0-0

All-Weather

65: 24-9-4

Slushy

0: 0-0-0

Grass

0: 0-0-0

Best Mile

1:48.20

Driver Stats

Gear Changes

Lasix

Comments

Last start 4th (Fr6) over 1609m at this track beaten 9 m by M M S Bud (1:48.40) in OPEN on June 12 at $2.30. Two runs back posted a big 9 m win as favourite (Fr5) at this track (1:49.20) beating M M S Bud in OPEN on June 5 at $1.90. Chief contender.

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 6	12/6/26	Hoosier Park	1609m		All Weather	Fr6	Trace Tetrick	1:48.40	1:48.40	9.8m	$2.30f	7	OPEN	$30,683	$2,455	1. M M S Bud 2. Coach Stefanos 3. Crooked Smile
1st of 7	5/6/26	Hoosier Park	1609m		All Weather	Fr5	Trace Tetrick	1:49.20	1:49.20	9.8m	$1.90f	7	OPEN	$30,683	$15,342	1. Golden Bay 2. M M S Bud 3. Coach Stefanos
1st of 6	29/5/26	Hoosier Park	1609m		All Weather	Fr3	Trace Tetrick	1:49.40	1:49.40	3.0m	$4.10	7	OPEN	$30,683	$15,342	1. Golden Bay 2. M M S Bud 3. Fox Valley Kodiak
1st of 9	22/5/26	Hoosier Park	1609m		All Weather	Fr7	Trace Tetrick	1:50.40	1:50.40	4.5m	$1.40f	7	OPEN 4	$19,553	$9,777	1. Golden Bay 2. Gorgeous Big Guy 3. Downbytheocean
4th of 8	15/5/26	Hoosier Park	1609m		All Weather	Fr8	Trace Tetrick	1:51.20	1:51.20	6.8m	$2.80f	7	OPEN 3-4	$22,346	$1,788	1. Sanday 2. Yourwishisgranted 3. Gorgeous Big Guy
6th of 7	8/5/26	Hoosier Park	1609m		All Weather	Fr6	Trace Tetrick	1:52.20	1:52.20	22.5m	$10	7	OPEN	$30,726	-	1. Crooked Smile 2. M M S Bud 3. Coach Stefanos

Combustion (Fr6) x522311431
Trainer: Ron Burke ()
Driver: Marcus Miller
Prize Money: $850,924
Win / Place: 25% / 58%

6 yo Bay Horse

Sire: CAPTAINTREACHEROUS (USA)

Dam: ACQUAVELLA

Rating

Stats

Career

75: 19-13-12

Distance

75: 19-13-12

Trk/Dst

2: 1-0-0

Track

2: 1-0-0

Season

9: 3-2-2

1st Up

5: 2-1-0

2nd Up

5: 1-1-1

3rd Up

5: 2-1-0

Metro

11: 2-3-1

Non-Metro

64: 17-10-11

Mobile

0: 0-0-0

Standing

0: 0-0-0

All-Weather

75: 19-13-12

Slushy

0: 0-0-0

Grass

0: 0-0-0

Best Mile

1:49.10

Driver Stats

Comments

Racing consistently. Last start won by 2.25 m (Fr4) at this track (1:50.40) beating Oakwood Ardan in OPEN 2 HDC on June 19 at $8.30. No reason he cannot get the job done again.

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	19/6/26	Hoosier Park	1609m		All Weather	Fr4	Trace Tetrick	1:50.40	1:50.40	2.3m	$8.30	7	OPEN 2 HDC	$25,105	$12,552	1. Combustion 2. Oakwood Ardan 3. Crooked Smile
3rd of 5	12/6/26	The Meadows	1609m		All Weather	Fr3	Ronnie Wrenn (Jnr)	1:48.30	1:48.30	6.8m	$2.80f	7	OPEN HCP	$25,105	$3,013	1. Birthday 2. Timeisonmyside 3. Combustion
4th of 7	5/6/26	The Meadows	1609m		All Weather	Fr2	Andrew McCarthy	1:48.30	1:48.30	24.8m	$9.10	20	OPEN HCP	$26,499	$2,120	1. Fallout 2. Liteningonthebeach 3. Buckeyebollinger
1st of 8	16/5/26	Pocono Downs	1609m		All Weather	Fr5	Geo Napolitano (Jnr)	1:50.10	1:50.10	0.3m	$6.10	7	NW17500L5	$27,933	$13,966	1. Combustion 2. Manolete 3. Wish You Well
1st of 8	9/5/26	Pocono Downs	1609m		All Weather	Fr5	Geo Napolitano (Jnr)	1:51.40	1:51.40	1.5m	$2.40f	14	NW13001L5	$22,346	$11,173	1. Combustion 2. Hunting Zone 3. Vengeance Bluechip
3rd of 8	25/4/26	Pocono Downs	1609m		All Weather	Fr5	Braxten Boyd	1:50.20	1:50.20	11.3m	$1.90f	7	NW12500L5	$23,290	$2,795	1. Lou Grant 2. Soho Santorini 3. Combustion

M-M-S Bud (Fr7) x214121221
Trainer: Alvin Miller ()
Driver: John De Long
Prize Money: $552,503
Win / Place: 21% / 61%

5 yo Bay Gelding

Sire: TELLITLIKEITIS

Dam: CLIMATE HANOVER

100

Rating

Stats

Career

60: 13-16-8

Distance

60: 13-16-8

Trk/Dst

60: 13-16-8

Track

60: 13-16-8

Season

9: 4-4-0

1st Up

4: 1-2-1

2nd Up

4: 1-1-0

3rd Up

4: 1-0-0

Metro

0: 0-0-0

Non-Metro

60: 13-16-8

Mobile

0: 0-0-0

Standing

0: 0-0-0

All-Weather

60: 13-16-8

Slushy

0: 0-0-0

Grass

0: 0-0-0

Best Mile

1:48.40

Driver Stats

Gear Changes

Lasix

Comments

Hard to fault of late. Last start won by 2.25 m (Fr5) at this track (1:48.40) beating Coach Stefanos in OPEN on June 12 at $2.90. Going well enough to take this 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
1st of 6	12/6/26	Hoosier Park	1609m		All Weather	Fr5	John De Long	1:48.40	1:48.40	2.3m	$2.90	7	OPEN	$30,683	$15,342	1. M M S Bud 2. Coach Stefanos 3. Crooked Smile
2nd of 7	5/6/26	Hoosier Park	1609m		All Weather	Fr7	John De Long	1:49.20	1:49.20	9.8m	$3.90	7	OPEN	$30,683	$7,671	1. Golden Bay 2. M M S Bud 3. Coach Stefanos
2nd of 6	29/5/26	Hoosier Park	1609m		All Weather	Fr6	John De Long	1:49.40	1:49.40	3.0m	$4.70	14	OPEN	$30,683	$7,671	1. Golden Bay 2. M M S Bud 3. Fox Valley Kodiak
1st of 8	15/5/26	Hoosier Park	1609m		All Weather	Fr6	John De Long	1:49.40	1:49.40	2.3m	$3.70f	7	OPEN	$30,726	$15,363	1. M M S Bud 2. Crooked Smile 3. Little Rocket Man
2nd of 7	8/5/26	Hoosier Park	1609m		All Weather	Fr7	Lewayne Miller	1:52.20	1:52.20	3.0m	$11	7	OPEN	$30,726	$7,682	1. Crooked Smile 2. M M S Bud 3. Coach Stefanos
1st of 6	1/5/26	Hoosier Park	1609m		All Weather	Fr1	Lewayne Miller	1:49.30	1:49.30	1.5m	$20	14	OPEN	$30,726	$15,363	1. M M S Bud 2. Coach Stefanos 3. Crooked Smile

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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