Ballarat Race 6

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Prize Money: $1,530

GOOSEBUMPS RICO (4) has been a little hard to follow, finishing out of the placings latest but was in winning form two back scoring in a Grade 5 at Bendigo. Likely to improve sharply this time. CRACKERJACK GREG (3) showed little early speed at his last couple, the latest finishing sixth (25.94) in a Grade 5 at this track. Must be included in calculations. REV KEN (7) is worth consideration after filling a hole last start.

Distance: 450m
Class: Grade 5 T3
Track: Good
Weather: Overcast
Surface: All Weather

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Midnight Shimmer (2) 2655673521
Trainer: Constance Mcmillan (BAW BAW (S))
Prize Money: $14,770
Win / Place: 8.99% / 34%

4 yo Black B

Sire: SHIMA SHINE (AUS)

Dam: MIDNIGHT CARMEN (AUS)

100

Rating

Stats

Career

89: 8-11-12

Track

4: 0-0-0

Trk/Dst

3: 0-0-0

Distance

3: 0-0-0

Season

3: 1-1-0

Country

89: 8-11-12

1st Up

2: 1-0-0

2nd Up

2: 0-0-1

Winning Distances
<400	400+	500+	600+	700+
2	6	0	0	0

Box History	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8
STARTS	8	11	17	15	8	9	10	11
1st	1	2	2	1	0	0	1	1
2nd	0	1	1	2	2	0	1	4
3rd	1	1	3	1	1	1	2	2

Comments

Good effort to win last start by 1.3 lengths over 400m at Warragul in a handy (23.30), beating Little Thief. Will find this a bit tougher, doesn't profile as a likely winner.

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 7	27/8/26	Warragul	400m	3	0:23.30	61.8 km/h	1.3L	$9.00	0:23.30	0:22.68	GR 5	$1,530	$1,000	14	1. Midnight Shimmer 2. Little Thief 3. Ruth's Commander
2nd of 8	13/8/26	Warragul	400m	8	0:23.31	61.8 km/h	2.8L	$9.00	0:23.12	0:22.73	GR 5	$1,530	$320	7	1. Catch Maxwell 2. Midnight Shimmer 3. Hanna's Avatar
5th of 7	6/8/26	Warragul	400m	3	0:23.48	61.3 km/h	4.8L	$4.80	0:23.15	0:22.59	GR 5	$1,530	-	8	1. Quick Response 2. Catch Maxwell 3. Warrior Page
3rd of 8	29/7/26	Sale	435m	1	0:25.33	61.8 km/h	2.1L	$15	0:25.18	0:24.81	Bottom Up - Grade 5	$1,530	$160	6	1. Valencia Tilly 2. Distorted Humour 3. Midnight Shimmer
7th of 8	23/7/26	Warragul	460m	7	0:26.93	61.5 km/h	8.3L	$51	0:26.37	0:26.37	Rank Limit - Grade 5	$1,530	-	10	1. Mighty Hercules 2. Young Rufus 3. Deal 'Em High
6th of 7	13/7/26	Traralgon	425m	1	0:25.23	60.6 km/h	10.3L	$12	0:24.53	0:24.29	GR 5	$1,530	-	7	1. Yorkshire Girl 2. Frequency 3. Wine Lover

Crackerjack Greg (3) 3218766256
Trainer: Jordan Cooper (GOLDEN PLAINS (S))
Prize Money: $6,485
Win / Place: 15% / 45%

2 yo Black D

Sire: SUNSET SPITFIRE (AUS)

Dam: MAXIMUM SHIRLEY (AUS)

Rating

Stats

Career

20: 3-4-2

Track

3: 0-0-0

Trk/Dst

3: 0-0-0

Distance

4: 1-0-0

Season

6: 0-1-0

Country

20: 3-4-2

1st Up

1: 0-1-0

2nd Up

1: 0-0-0

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

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

Comments

Last start finished 6th on August 29 over 450m at this track behind Deep Thinker beaten 9 lengths (25.94) in a Grade 5. Expected to go very well.

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	29/8/26	Ballarat	450m	6	0:25.94	62.5 km/h	9.0L	$17	0:25.31	0:25.31	GR 5	$1,530	-	4	1. Deep Thinker 2. Gray Grouper 3. Valletta Moon
5th of 6	25/8/26	Geelong	400m	6	0:23.53	61.2 km/h	11.8L	$3.60	0:22.71	0:22.32	GR 5	$1,530	-	4	1. Zipping Choi 2. Dashing Derek 3. Paw Yuri
2nd of 7	21/8/26	Healesville	350m	8	0:19.61	64.3 km/h	0.1L	$2.30	0:19.60	0:19.52	GR 5	$1,530	$320	7	1. Sailplane 2. Crackerjack Greg 3. Bundy Paradise
6th of 7	14/8/26	Bendigo	500m	2	0:28.78	62.5 km/h	8.8L	$31	0:28.17	0:27.97	GR 5	$3,340	-	3	1. Greysynd Clyde 2. Thermal Flame 3. Kiwi Fred
6th of 7	11/8/26	Horsham	410m	7	0:24.15	61.1 km/h	12.6L	$23	0:23.27	0:23.16	GR 5	$2,930	-	7	1. Aston National 2. Eat Your Spinach 3. Genesis Bale
7th of 7	4/8/26	Horsham	410m	4	0:24.14	61.1 km/h	6.2L	$7.00	0:23.71	0:23.30	RST WIN H	$2,930	-	7	1. Torpedo Giblet 2. Dimora Big Boy 3. Paw Xiomara

Goosebumps Rico (4) 7576316517
Trainer: Darren Fisher (GREATER GEELONG (C))
Prize Money: $21,920
Win / Place: 18% / 44%

3 yo BDL D

Sire: HARD STYLE RICO (AUS)

Dam: DRAKENSBERG DOT (AUS)

Rating

Stats

Career

75: 14-7-12

Track

7: 1-1-3

Trk/Dst

4: 1-0-1

Distance

17: 1-2-3

Season

5: 2-0-0

Country

75: 14-7-12

1st Up

1: 0-0-1

2nd Up

1: 0-0-1

Winning Distances
<400	400+	500+	600+	700+
0	14	0	0	0

Box History	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8
STARTS	9	9	11	8	5	10	13	10
1st	3	2	0	0	0	5	0	4
2nd	2	1	1	1	0	1	1	0
3rd	0	1	2	3	0	2	2	2

Comments

Didn't make the placings last time at Warrnambool (26.31) in a Bottom Up - Grade 5, finishing a 12 length seventh. Still a maiden from the draw but has placed four times. Leading chance.

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
7th of 7	31/8/26	Warrnambool	450m	3	0:26.31	61.6 km/h	12.0L	$12	0:25.49	0:25.31	Bottom Up - Grade 5	$1,530	-	5	1. Madam Serious 2. Bluer Than Blue 3. Pretty Panama
1st of 8	26/8/26	Bendigo	425m	8	0:24.28	63.0 km/h	1.4L	$2.10	0:24.28	0:24.03	GR 5	$1,530	$1,000	9	1. Goosebumps Rico 2. Where's Huntly 3. Destini Lorenzo, Taltarni Lane
5th of 7	17/8/26	Warrnambool	450m	6	0:25.98	62.4 km/h	6.2L	$6.00	0:25.55	0:25.34	Bottom Up - Grade 5	$1,530	-	5	1. Alacrity Dave 2. Doongalla Adam 3. My Name's Evelyn
6th of 8	12/8/26	Bendigo	425m	7	0:24.58	62.2 km/h	5.1L	$7.00	0:24.22	0:24.09	GR 5	$1,530	-	7	1. Basement 2. Mrs. Smith 3. Major Shiraz
1st of 8	5/8/26	Bendigo	425m	6	0:24.47	62.5 km/h	5.3L	$3.10	0:24.47	0:24.05	Rank Limit - Grade 5	$1,530	$1,000	7	1. Goosebumps Rico 2. Olympic History 3. Affordability
3rd of 8	29/7/26	Bendigo	425m	2	0:24.55	62.3 km/h	3.1L	$3.80	0:24.33	0:24.13	GR 5	$1,530	$160	6	1. Irish Carla 2. Bunni Bale 3. Goosebumps Rico

Spark Lightning (6) 3637816252
Trainer: Kylie Norton (HUME (C))
Prize Money: $9,810
Win / Place: 5.97% / 34%

3 yo BDL D

Sire: FERAL FRANKY (AUS)

Dam: PRINCESS SPARKLE (AUS)

Rating

Stats

Career

67: 4-7-12

Track

2: 0-0-0

Trk/Dst

1: 0-0-0

Distance

10: 0-1-1

Season

3: 0-2-0

Country

67: 4-7-12

1st Up

1: 0-0-0

2nd Up

1: 0-0-0

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

Box History	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8
STARTS	4	6	9	13	6	7	10	12
1st	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	2
2nd	0	1	1	1	0	1	2	1
3rd	1	2	1	4	0	2	2	0

Comments

Finished second at big odds last time (24.63) over 425m at Bendigo. Has to do a bit more.

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	26/8/26	Bendigo	425m	7	0:24.63	62.1 km/h	3.0L	$23	0:24.42	0:24.03	GR 5	$1,530	$320	7	1. Small Mercies 2. Spark Lightning 3. Canya Ignite
5th of 8	19/8/26	Healesville	350m	2	0:20.12	62.6 km/h	4.5L	$81	0:19.81	0:19.48	Bottom Up - Grade 5	$1,530	-	7	1. Barking Blue 2. Rothwell Jack 3. Bounding Chief
2nd of 8	12/8/26	Healesville	350m	8	0:20.07	62.8 km/h	0.5L	$12	0:20.03	0:19.66	Bottom Up - Grade 5	$1,530	$320	20	1. King Cherry 2. Spark Lightning 3. Destini Lorenzo
6th of 8	23/7/26	Shepparton	390m	3	0:23.30	60.3 km/h	10.0L	$10	0:22.59	0:22.30	GR 5	$1,530	-	8	1. Rapidfire Layla 2. Major Shiraz 3. Bree Cabang
1st of 8	15/7/26	Bendigo	425m	8	0:24.61	62.2 km/h	0.3L	$14	0:24.61	0:24.09	GR 5	$1,530	$1,000	14	1. Spark Lightning 2. Atomic Diva 3. Like A Blaze
8th of 8	1/7/26	Bendigo	425m	5	0:25.15	60.8 km/h	12.3L	$15	0:24.30	0:24.24	Bottom Up - Grade 5	$1,530	-	14	1. Bogan Bend 2. Mauritian Lucas 3. Slinger

Rev Ken (7) 3574134362
Trainer: Mark Roberts (TERANG)
Prize Money: $8,670
Win / Place: 7.69% / 48%

2 yo RED/FWN D

Sire: GOOD NEWS (AUS)

Dam: JD REVELATION (AUS)

Rating

Stats

Career

39: 3-7-9

Track

20: 2-2-4

Trk/Dst

15: 1-2-4

Distance

23: 1-4-7

Season

5: 0-1-2

Metro

4: 0-0-0

Country

35: 3-7-9

1st Up

1: 0-0-0

2nd Up

1: 0-0-1

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

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

Comments

Finished second at big odds last time (25.82) over 450m at this track. Jumps from a wide draw. Deserves respect.

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
2nd of 8	29/8/26	Ballarat	450m	7	0:25.82	62.7 km/h	3.0L	$10	0:25.62	0:25.31	GR 5	$1,530	$320	7	1. Paw Nevada 2. Rev Ken 3. Raven Xander
6th of 8	22/8/26	Ballarat	450m	2	0:26.03	62.2 km/h	4.9L	$10	0:25.69	0:25.57	GR 5	$1,530	-	7	1. Plutonic 2. Big Duke 3. Bengal Beast
3rd of 8	15/8/26	Ballarat	450m	7	0:25.97	62.4 km/h	3.3L	$10	0:25.74	0:25.68	GR 5	$1,530	$160	7	1. Tricky Disco 2. Raven Xander 3. Rev Ken
4th of 8	8/8/26	Ballarat	450m	3	0:26.05	62.2 km/h	6.9L	$6.00	0:25.57	0:25.37	GR 5	$1,530	$50	7	1. Raven Force 2. Paw Nevada 3. Lochinvar Gift
3rd of 8	1/8/26	Ballarat	450m	8	0:26.00	62.3 km/h	6.0L	$10	0:25.59	0:25.33	GR 5	$1,530	$160	7	1. Pyrenees Ace 2. Elevate 3. Rev Ken
1st of 7	25/7/26	Ballarat	390m	7	0:22.80	61.6 km/h	0.3L	$6.50	0:22.80	0:22.24	T3 GR 6	$1,530	$1,000	7	1. Rev Ken 2. Mack In Boots 3. Presence

Aston Girl (8) x285444647
Trainer: Jonathon Malone (WINSLOW)
Prize Money: $8,055
Win / Place: 7.14% / 26%

3 yo BDL B

Sire: ASTON FASTNET (AUS)

Dam: ASTON CORINNA (AUS)

Rating

Stats

Career

42: 3-6-2

Track

7: 1-0-0

Trk/Dst

6: 1-0-0

Distance

16: 1-1-1

Season

5: 0-0-0

Metro

5: 0-0-0

Country

37: 3-6-2

1st Up

2: 0-2-0

2nd Up

2: 0-0-0

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

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

Comments

Has been out of the money of late. Could only manage seventh last time out over 450m at Warrnambool. Not up to this.

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
7th of 7	27/8/26	Warrnambool	450m	8	0:26.16	61.9 km/h	9.4L	$91	0:25.50	0:25.20	GR 5	$2,930	-	3	1. Tropic Sands 2. Juneau Sangria 3. Moonlight Jazz
4th of 8	24/8/26	Sandown	515m	4	0:30.62	60.5 km/h	4.4L	$20	0:30.31	0:29.36	GR 5	$3,340	$75	9	1. Galloping Jessie 2. Heathcote Rupee 3. Blazing Blue Ice
6th of 8	15/8/26	Ballarat	450m	6	0:26.18	61.9 km/h	6.3L	$11	0:25.74	0:25.68	GR 5	$1,530	-	4	1. Tricky Disco 2. Raven Xander 3. Rev Ken
4th of 8	11/8/26	Horsham	410m	6	0:23.95	61.6 km/h	6.6L	$12	0:23.49	0:23.16	GR 5	$2,930	$75	7	1. Maximum Sunset 2. Paw Xyla 3. Paw Yennara
4th of 8	4/8/26	Horsham	410m	7	0:24.33	60.7 km/h	7.2L	$12	0:23.82	0:23.30	GR 5	$2,930	$75	9	1. Elliot Nova 2. Paw Vancouver 3. Paw Cheyenne
4th of 4	26/7/26	Mount Gambier	305m	5	0:18.08	60.7 km/h	2.5L	$2.20	0:17.89	0:17.22	GR 5	$1,610	-	10	1. Shanny Rose 2. Rough Girl Slim 3. Ollie Limes

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