Ballarat Race 5

Eureka Concrete

Prize Money: $2,925

STAR REBEL (6) hit the ground running with a slick early sectional but had to settle for a minor placing when a half a length third over 460m at Geelong, clocking 26.13. Although beaten ran one of the quickest times on the card last start. Can go on with it. LITTLE FLOWER (5) missed the frame last time when sixth (25.59) at Warrnambool in a Grade 5 but not beaten far the start prior. Expecting significant improvement this line-up. TASTE (1) made contact with another runner and could manage only a distant sixth (31.16) in a Grade 5 over 525m at The Meadows. Rates a key player and gets chance to atone. BERNARDO BLUE (2) saluted at big odds last time, cannot be ruled out.

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

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Taste (1) 6114336156
Trainer: Mark Filomeno (HUME (C))
Prize Money: $13,215
Win / Place: 20% / 52%

2 yo BDL B

Sire: FERAL FRANKY (AUS)

Dam: UNQUESTIONED (AUS)

Rating

Stats

Career

25: 5-2-6

Track

6: 1-1-1

Trk/Dst

3: 0-1-0

Distance

4: 0-1-0

Season

2: 0-0-0

Metro

11: 2-0-3

Country

14: 3-2-3

1st Up

1: 0-0-1

2nd Up

1: 0-0-0

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

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

Comments

Suited by inside box. Latest effort finished last on August 15 over 525m at The Meadows behind Paw Gertrude beaten 12 lengths (31.16) in a Grade 5. Solid formlines coming through that last run. Looks a major player.

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 6	15/8/26	The Meadows	525m	2	0:31.16	60.7 km/h	12.8L	$2.90	0:30.28	0:29.78	GR 5	$8,790	-	8	1. Paw Gertrude 2. Rattler 3. Trendy Tommy
5th of 8	7/8/26	Geelong	460m	3	0:26.40	62.7 km/h	8.5L	$5.50	0:25.81	0:25.46	R/A FIN	$3,360	-	7	1. Gamora Bale 2. Pure Silk 3. Groot Bale
1st of 6	31/7/26	Geelong	460m	7	0:26.05	63.6 km/h	1.4L	$2.90	0:26.05	0:26.01	RST WIN H	$2,930	$1,950	5	1. Taste 2. Paw Dippy 3. Gamora Bale
6th of 8	26/7/26	Healesville	350m	5	0:19.55	64.5 km/h	6.0L	$27	0:19.15	0:19.04	GR 5 FIN	$3,360	-	2	1. Devington 2. Reality Secret 3. Lilly Zoom
3rd of 8	24/7/26	Geelong	460m	3	0:25.94	63.8 km/h	2.5L	$12	0:25.78	0:25.52	GR 5	$2,930	$300	5	1. Upended 2. Perfectly 3. Taste
3rd of 8	19/7/26	Healesville	350m	5	0:19.48	64.7 km/h	2.5L	$13	0:19.32	0:19.20	GR 5 H	$2,930	$300	11	1. Reality Secret 2. Lilly Zoom 3. Taste

Bernardo Blue (2) 5323314331
Trainer: Belinda Connolly (CASEY (C))
Prize Money: $20,410
Win / Place: 22% / 77%

Last Start Winner from Box

2 yo BDL D

Sire: BERNARDO (AUS)

Dam: LIGHTNING BLUE (AUS)

100

Rating

Stats

Career

31: 7-10-7

Season

2: 1-0-1

Metro

19: 5-9-1

Country

12: 2-1-6

1st Up

2: 1-1-0

2nd Up

2: 1-0-0

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

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

Comments

Was prominent from the outset and held on well to win at Warragul over 400m in 22.48 last start, beating Aston National. Winner last start in the quickest time on the card. Worth following.

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
1st of 5	10/9/26	Warragul	400m	2	0:22.48	64.1 km/h	3.0L	$12	0:22.48	0:22.48	GR 5	$2,930	$1,950	23	1. Bernardo Blue 2. Aston National 3. Red Hot Kermaro
3rd of 7	18/8/26	Warragul	400m	2	0:22.90	62.9 km/h	6.2L	$6.50	0:22.47	0:22.36	GR 5 H	$2,930	$300	18	1. Sky Wolf 2. Paw Palmer 3. Bernardo Blue
3rd of 7	31/7/26	Geelong	400m	5	0:22.85	63.0 km/h	3.2L	$3.60	0:22.62	0:22.35	GR 5	$2,930	$300	7	1. Quest For Style 2. Collinda Pops 3. Bernardo Blue
4th of 7	24/7/26	Bendigo	425m	7	0:24.15	63.4 km/h	3.1L	$9.00	0:23.93	0:23.69	GR 4/5	$3,360	$75	4	1. Greysynd Clyde 2. My Name's Eden 3. Scott Greyscale
1st of 8	20/7/26	Shepparton	390m	5	0:22.12	63.5 km/h	4.5L	$5.50	0:22.12	0:21.97	GR 4/5	$3,360	$2,250	13	1. Bernardo Blue 2. Paw Prydi 3. Graffiti
3rd of 7	7/7/26	Warragul	400m	8	0:22.84	63.0 km/h	0.3L	$4.50	0:22.82	0:22.62	GR 5	$2,930	$300	7	1. Jumbuk Sachin, Paw Allesandra 2. 3. Bernardo Blue

Kiwi Fred (3) 33311f3681
Trainer: David Geall (LARA)
Prize Money: $18,895
Win / Place: 17% / 44%

2 yo Black D

Sire: DROOPYS JET (AUS)

Dam: LALA KIWI (AUS)

Rating

Stats

Career

29: 5-3-5

Track

7: 1-1-1

Trk/Dst

6: 1-1-1

Distance

10: 2-1-2

Season

5: 1-0-1

Metro

4: 0-0-1

Country

25: 5-3-4

1st Up

1: 0-0-0

2nd Up

1: 0-0-0

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

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

Comments

Last start winner at Horsham over 410m running a time of 23.28. Has the ability to be in the finish.

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
1st of 7	8/9/26	Horsham	410m	1	0:23.28	63.4 km/h	1.5L	$3.20	0:23.28	0:23.20	GR 5	$2,930	$1,950	10	1. Kiwi Fred 2. Zipping Sandchez 3. Romani Road
8th of 8	29/8/26	Sandown	515m	4	0:30.26	61.3 km/h	10.7L	$8.00	0:29.51	0:29.36	GR 5	$8,790	-	9	1. Weblec Billy 2. Marshal Lee Rose 3. Stream It
6th of 8	20/8/26	Sandown	515m	7	0:30.29	61.2 km/h	3.6L	$4.80	0:30.03	0:29.51	GR 5	$8,790	-	6	1. Smaller Acts 2. Money Palace 3. Marshal Lee Rose
3rd of 7	14/8/26	Bendigo	500m	1	0:28.36	63.5 km/h	2.8L	$2.40	0:28.17	0:27.97	GR 5	$3,340	$345	7	1. Greysynd Clyde 2. Thermal Flame 3. Kiwi Fred
- of 8	7/8/26	Geelong	460m	5	0:32.74	50.6 km/h	99.0L	$4.60	0:25.81	0:25.46	R/A FIN	$3,360	-	7	1. Gamora Bale 2. Pure Silk 3. Groot Bale
1st of 6	31/7/26	Geelong	460m	7	0:26.02	63.6 km/h	0.6L	$3.80	0:26.02	0:26.01	RST WIN H	$2,930	$1,950	8	1. Kiwi Fred 2. Pure Silk 3. Groot Bale

Full Bore Donny (4) 3621122754
Trainer: Peter Inguanti (ELLIMINYT)
Prize Money: $14,785
Win / Place: 14% / 61%

2 yo Black D

Sire: ASTON FASTNET (AUS)

Dam: SURPRISING (AUS)

Rating

Stats

Career

21: 3-5-5

Distance

6: 0-2-3

Season

6: 1-2-0

Metro

14: 2-3-2

Country

7: 1-2-3

1st Up

1: 0-0-0

2nd Up

1: 0-0-1

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

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

Comments

Has been out of the money of late. Could only manage fourth last time out over 515m at Sandown. Prepared to overlook.

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
4th of 8	10/9/26	Sandown	515m	2	0:30.19	61.4 km/h	6.0L	$6.00	0:29.76	0:29.32	GR 5	$8,790	$150	5	1. Cobble Hill 2. Ellis Unit One 3. Paw Christie
5th of 7	5/9/26	The Meadows	525m	7	0:30.37	62.2 km/h	7.1L	$10	0:29.87	0:29.87	GR 5	$8,790	-	9	1. Aston Machine 2. Spiralling 3. Jorogumo
7th of 8	27/8/26	The Meadows	525m	5	0:30.94	61.1 km/h	13.0L	$11	0:30.03	0:29.72	GR 5	$8,790	-	5	1. Mepunga Envy 2. Hey Presto 3. Melvin Bale
2nd of 8	22/8/26	The Meadows	525m	3	0:30.29	62.4 km/h	2.3L	$10	0:30.14	0:29.78	GR 5	$8,790	$1,820	9	1. Mepunga Spirit 2. Full Bore Donny 3. Weblec Joel
2nd of 7	13/8/26	Sandown	515m	4	0:29.87	62.1 km/h	0.8L	$2.70	0:29.82	0:29.33	GR 5	$8,790	$1,820	8	1. Paw Toronto 2. Full Bore Donny 3. Nova Rose
1st of 5	5/8/26	The Meadows	525m	8	0:30.14	62.7 km/h	1.5L	$4.40	0:30.14	0:29.93	GR 6	$3,340	$2,230	7	1. Full Bore Donny 2. Imprint 3. Indian Star

Little Flower (5) 8811211436
Trainer: Ebony Deglaitis (GREATER GEELONG (C))
Prize Money: $18,450
Win / Place: 30% / 52%

2 yo Black B

Sire: BERNARDO (AUS)

Dam: WHITE FLOWER (AUS)

Rating

Stats

Career

42: 13-2-7

Track

4: 0-0-2

Trk/Dst

4: 0-0-2

Distance

6: 0-0-3

Season

7: 3-1-1

Country

42: 13-2-7

1st Up

1: 0-0-1

2nd Up

1: 1-0-0

Winning Distances
<400	400+	500+	600+	700+
1	12	0	0	0

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

Comments

Missed the frame latest (26.55) when sixth over 460m at Geelong in a Grade 4/5. Goes very well off the draw boasting three wins and two places from seven starts. 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
6th of 8	11/9/26	Geelong	460m	3	0:26.55	62.4 km/h	6.3L	$6.50	0:26.13	0:26.11	GR 4/5	$3,360	-	8	1. Lush Hour 2. Naringal Lad 3. Blackpool Winter
3rd of 6	3/9/26	Warrnambool	450m	3	0:25.59	63.3 km/h	1.8L	$7.00	0:25.47	0:25.10	GR 5	$2,930	$300	6	1. Oh Biscuit 2. Paw Vine 3. Little Flower
4th of 6	28/8/26	Geelong	460m	7	0:25.97	63.8 km/h	4.1L	$11	0:25.68	0:25.56	GR 4/5	$3,360	$75	7	1. He's A Pearl 2. Whispered 3. Regal Spencer
1st of 7	21/8/26	Geelong	400m	5	0:22.57	63.8 km/h	1.3L	$1.90	0:22.57	0:22.36	GR 5	$2,930	$1,950	3	1. Little Flower 2. Paw Brody 3. Paw Natullo
1st of 7	18/8/26	Geelong	400m	3	0:22.57	63.8 km/h	6.1L	$1.40	0:22.57	0:22.57	Bottom Up - Grade 5	$1,530	$1,000	7	1. Little Flower 2. Dream Big 3. Special Teams
2nd of 8	11/8/26	Geelong	400m	5	0:22.78	63.2 km/h	2.2L	$1.60	0:22.62	0:22.62	Rank Limit - Grade 5	$1,530	$320	7	1. Aston Sunshine 2. Little Flower 3. Clavicle

Star Rebel (6) 7481147213
Trainer: Michelle Mallia (GREATER GEELONG (C))
Prize Money: $25,360
Win / Place: 27% / 59%

2 yo BLU D

Sire: TOMMY SHELBY (AUS)

Dam: PRINCESS KIWI (AUS)

Rating

Stats

Career

37: 10-6-6

Track

8: 1-3-3

Trk/Dst

7: 1-3-2

Distance

12: 3-3-2

Season

6: 2-1-1

Metro

2: 1-0-0

Country

35: 9-6-6

1st Up

2: 1-0-0

2nd Up

2: 0-1-0

Winning Distances
<400	400+	500+	600+	700+
0	9	1	0	0

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

Comments

Jumped well at Geelong two runs back then again settled forward and finished third at Geelong last start over 460m. Racing well and can find winning form again.

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	11/9/26	Geelong	460m	3	0:26.13	63.4 km/h	0.5L	$4.20	0:26.11	0:26.11	GR 5	$2,930	$300	7	1. Springer's Boy 2. Rocky Superstar 3. Star Rebel
1st of 7	4/9/26	Geelong	400m	7	0:22.69	63.5 km/h	4.5L	$1.30	0:22.69	0:22.30	GR 5	$2,930	$1,950	9	1. Star Rebel 2. Compare Bubble 3. Fred's Fury
2nd of 7	26/8/26	Ballarat	450m	7	0:25.57	63.4 km/h	0.5L	$2.20	0:25.55	0:25.31	GR 5	$2,930	$600	5	1. Paw Jasta 2. Star Rebel 3. Hooked And Happy
7th of 8	21/8/26	Geelong	460m	4	0:26.27	63.0 km/h	8.2L	$31	0:25.69	0:25.58	GR 5 FIN	$9,580	-	7	1. Reality Surprise 2. Mepunga Whiskey 3. Analyzation
4th of 8	14/8/26	Geelong	460m	5	0:26.12	63.4 km/h	4.0L	$20	0:25.84	0:25.53	GR 5 H	$2,930	$75	8	1. Reality Surprise 2. Mepunga Whiskey 3. Groot Bale
1st of 8	6/8/26	Warrnambool	450m	7	0:25.74	62.9 km/h	2.3L	$1.60	0:25.74	0:25.49	GR 5	$2,930	$1,950	16	1. Star Rebel 2. Zipping Smee 3. Did So

Mighty Scar (7) 2423211687
Trainer: Matthew Clark (WELLINGTON (S))
Prize Money: $41,735
Win / Place: 20% / 58%

3 yo FWN D

Sire: BERNARDO (AUS)

Dam: OHANA SPARKLES (AUS)

Rating

Stats

Career

55: 11-11-10

Distance

1: 0-0-1

Season

6: 2-1-0

Metro

24: 2-2-6

Country

31: 9-9-4

1st Up

1: 0-0-0

2nd Up

1: 1-0-0

Winning Distances
<400	400+	500+	600+	700+
0	6	5	0	0

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

Comments

Having his first run at Ballarat. Comes off an average run last start over 515m at Sandown when seventh behind Cobble Hill (30.38) in Grade 5. Prefer to watch at this stage.

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 8	10/9/26	Sandown	515m	4	0:30.38	61.0 km/h	8.8L	$15	0:29.76	0:29.32	GR 5	$8,790	-	13	1. Cobble Hill 2. Ellis Unit One 3. Paw Christie
8th of 8	28/8/26	Traralgon	570m	5	0:34.59	59.3 km/h	22.0L	$5.50	0:33.06	0:33.06	GR 4/5	$3,880	-	8	1. Accredited 2. Lindenow Buffy 3. Count The Stars
6th of 8	20/8/26	Sandown	515m	7	0:30.24	61.3 km/h	9.7L	$15	0:29.57	0:29.51	GR 5	$8,790	-	4	1. Paw Isla 2. Paw Gordy 3. Clarice Keeping
1st of 8	16/8/26	Sale	510m	8	0:29.11	63.1 km/h	0.4L	$2.80	0:29.11	0:28.80	GR 5 FIN	$3,880	$2,600	7	1. Mighty Scar 2. Paw Vada 3. Paw Zhana
1st of 8	9/8/26	Sale	510m	3	0:28.90	63.5 km/h	6.2L	$2.60	0:28.90	0:28.90	GR 5 H	$3,340	$2,230	7	1. Mighty Scar 2. Jumbuk Bayeh 3. Paw Orenthal
2nd of 8	2/8/26	Sale	510m	5	0:28.68	64.0 km/h	0.8L	$4.80	0:28.67	0:28.67	GR 4/5	$3,880	$800	7	1. Aston Bugsy 2. Mighty Scar 3. Mr. Thomas

Xara's Leon (8) 3143235662
Trainer: Joshua Formosa (ANAKIE)
Prize Money: $21,025
Win / Place: 17% / 76%

1 yo Black D

Sire: DROOPYS SYDNEY (AUS)

Dam: TRENDING XARA (AUS)

Rating

Stats

Career

17: 3-6-4

Season

8: 0-2-2

Metro

12: 3-4-3

Country

5: 0-2-1

1st Up

1: 0-1-0

2nd Up

1: 0-1-0

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

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

Comments

Finished second last time (30.12) over 525m at The Meadows. Jumps from the outside. 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
2nd of 8	12/9/26	The Meadows	525m	2	0:30.12	62.7 km/h	0.4L	$2.50	0:30.10	0:29.82	GR 5	$8,790	$1,820	6	1. Ivory Inzai 2. Xara's Leon 3. Rev Ian
6th of 8	6/9/26	Temora	457m	8	0:25.90	63.5 km/h	9.8L	$26	0:25.21	0:25.21	NG	$3,560	-	10	1. Storm Hustler 2. He's A Pearl 3. Indy Melmen
6th of 8	27/8/26	The Meadows	525m	6	0:30.62	61.7 km/h	9.5L	$4.50	0:29.96	0:29.72	GR 5	$8,790	-	5	1. Moonlight Miller 2. Lakeview Pear 3. Paw Brutus
5th of 6	22/8/26	Wagga	525m	7	0:30.26	62.5 km/h	5.5L	$4.80	0:29.87	0:29.64	NG	$3,560	-	7	1. Inspection 2. Motor City Sonny 3. Paw Ortiz
3rd of 7	15/8/26	The Meadows	525m	7	0:30.40	62.2 km/h	7.3L	$5.00	0:29.90	0:29.78	GR 5 FIN	$9,060	$935	3	1. Flaming Smooth 2. Dewana Sizzle 3. Xara's Leon
2nd of 5	12/8/26	The Meadows	525m	6	0:30.28	62.4 km/h	2.0L	$1.40	0:30.15	0:29.88	GR 5	$3,340	$690	7	1. Jetty Jumper 2. Xara's Leon 3. Romani Road

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