Hoosier Park Race 14

Race 14

Prize Money: $30,556

M M S BUD (6) won three back at this track and registered another success last start, scoring by 0.6 metres over 1609m at this track. Big chance in a similar assignment. GOLDEN BAY N (5) scored at this track two runs ago before having his colours lowered when second at his latest appearance over 1609m at this track, beaten 0.9 metres. Good enough to take out a race like this. COACH STEFANOS (4) has a strong record here which is significant. Finished fourth over 1609m at this track last time out. LITTLE ROCKET MAN (3) is next best following a run of three top-three finishes, the latest at this track a week ago.

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

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Shamwow (Fr1) 1235851237
Trainer: Walter Haynes (Jnr) ()
Driver: Brandon Bates
Prize Money: $361,247
Win / Place: 13% / 48%

10 yo Bay Gelding

Sire: ALWAYS A VIRGIN (USA)

Dam: BOLERO TAKARA

Rating

Stats

Career

103: 14-16-20

Distance

103: 14-16-20

Trk/Dst

56: 8-8-13

Track

56: 8-8-13

Season

17: 3-3-2

1st Up

3: 0-0-0

2nd Up

3: 1-1-0

3rd Up

3: 1-0-0

Metro

11: 2-2-2

Non-Metro

92: 12-14-18

Mobile

0: 0-0-0

Standing

0: 0-0-0

All-Weather

103: 14-16-20

Slushy

0: 0-0-0

Grass

0: 0-0-0

Best Mile

1:49.00

Driver Stats

Gear Changes

Lasix

Comments

Last start 7th (Fr1) over 1609m at this track, beaten 12 m by Leave It To Leo (1:49.10) in OPEN on September 4 at $31. Two runs back 3rd (Fr8) over 1609m at this track, beaten 4.5 m by Tellmeaboutit (1:49.40) in OPEN 3 on August 14 at $19.90. Doesn't pose a threat.

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
7th of 8	4/9/26	Hoosier Park	1609m		All Weather	Fr1	Brandon Bates	1:49.10	1:49.10	12.8m	$31	21	OPEN	$30,556	-	1. Leave It To Leo 2. Golden Bay 3. Little Rocket Man
3rd of 9	14/8/26	Hoosier Park	1609m		All Weather	Fr8	Brandon Bates	1:49.40	1:49.40	4.5m	$20	7	OPEN 3	$22,825	$2,739	1. Tellmeaboutit 2. Book The Fight 3. Shamwow
2nd of 10	7/8/26	Hoosier Park	1609m		All Weather	Fr8	Trace Tetrick	1:48.20	1:48.20	6.8m	$5.30	7	OPEN 4	$19,971	$4,993	1. Shooting In Place 2. Shamwow 3. Number Cruncher
1st of 7	31/7/26	Hoosier Park	1609m		All Weather	Fr4	Trace Tetrick	1:49.00	1:49.00	12.8m	$3.70	7	NW5000L4	$14,265	$7,133	1. Shamwow 2. Howard Hughes 3. Er Rambo
5th of 8	24/7/26	Hoosier Park	1609m		All Weather	Fr3	Marcus Miller	1:50.00	1:50.00	22.5m	$69	7	NW7500L4	$17,417	$871	1. Play Action Pass 2. Shooting In Place 3. Horn Player Lou
8th of 8	17/7/26	Hoosier Park	1609m		All Weather	Fr6	Kyle Wilfong	1:49.40	1:49.40	27.8m	$33	11	OPEN 4	$20,319	-	1. Tellmeaboutit 2. Odds On Outlier 3. Sanday

Combustion (Fr2) 1550631331
Trainer: Ron Burke ()
Driver: Jordan Ross
Prize Money: $884,030
Win / Place: 25% / 58%

6 yo Bay Horse

Sire: CAPTAINTREACHEROUS (USA)

Dam: ACQUAVELLA

100

Rating

Stats

Career

84: 21-13-15

Distance

84: 21-13-15

Trk/Dst

11: 3-0-3

Track

11: 3-0-3

Season

18: 5-2-5

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

73: 19-10-14

Mobile

0: 0-0-0

Standing

0: 0-0-0

All-Weather

84: 21-13-15

Slushy

0: 0-0-0

Grass

0: 0-0-0

Best Mile

1:49.10

Driver Stats

Gear Changes

Lasix

Comments

Comes here in the right form. Won by 4.5 m as favourite (Fr5) at this track (1:49.20) beating Crooked Smile in OPEN 2 on September 4 at $2.50. Two runs back 3rd (Fr1) over 1609m at this track beaten 5 m by Golden Bay (1:49.20) in OPEN 2 on August 28 at $7. Likely to find this a bit tough.

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 8	4/9/26	Hoosier Park	1609m		All Weather	Fr5	Kyle Wilfong	1:49.20	1:49.20	4.5m	$2.50f	7	OPEN 2	$25,000	$12,500	1. Combustion 2. Crooked Smile 3. Ponda Ferarri
3rd of 6	28/8/26	Hoosier Park	1609m		All Weather	Fr1	Kyle Wilfong	1:49.20	1:49.20	5.3m	$7.00	14	OPEN 2	$25,678	$3,081	1. Golden Bay 2. Leave It To Leo 3. Combustion
3rd of 11	14/8/26	Hoosier Park	1609m		All Weather	Fr8	Trace Tetrick	1:49.30	1:49.30	2.3m	$3.00	7	NW4000L4-F	$28,531	$3,424	1. Naturally Gifted 2. Round Here Buzz 3. Combustion
1st of 6	7/8/26	Hoosier Park	1609m		All Weather	Fr2	Trace Tetrick	1:50.10	1:50.10	7.5m	$1.20f	7	NW4000SERE	$17,832	$8,916	1. Combustion 2. Henry The Horse 3. Steely Knife
3rd of 8	31/7/26	Hoosier Park	1609m		All Weather	Fr8	Kyle Wilfong	1:50.00	1:50.00	15.0m	$5.50	14	NW7500L4	$17,118	$2,054	1. Play Me Rock 2. Joker Rockwell 3. Combustion
6th of 7	17/7/26	Hoosier Park	1609m		All Weather	Fr7	Kyle Wilfong	1:48.40	1:48.40	16.5m	$26	7	OPEN 2	$26,125	-	1. Golden Bay 2. Coach Stefanos 3. Crooked Smile

Little Rocket Man (Fr3) 3113610233
Trainer: Ken Rucker ()
Driver: Kyle Wilfong
Prize Money: $2,246,575
Win / Place: 51% / 74%

Track / Distance Specialist

10 yo Bay Gelding

Sire: ROCKIN IMAGE (CAN)

Dam: GT MISS ROYAL

100

Rating

Stats

Career

107: 55-13-12

Distance

107: 55-13-12

Trk/Dst

59: 31-8-7

Track

59: 31-8-7

Season

23: 8-1-7

1st Up

4: 4-0-0

2nd Up

4: 3-0-1

3rd Up

4: 2-2-0

Metro

0: 0-0-0

Non-Metro

107: 55-13-12

Mobile

0: 0-0-0

Standing

0: 0-0-0

All-Weather

107: 55-13-12

Slushy

0: 0-0-0

Grass

0: 0-0-0

Best Mile

1:47.30

Driver Stats

Gear Changes

Lasix

Comments

Fair run when beaten by 5 m finishing third behind Leave It To Leo at this track over 1609m in a OPEN on September 4 at $3.10. Then a handy effort when a close third behind M M S Bud at this track over 1609m in a ISSAGEDCGP on September 11 at $2.40. Racing in great heart and is a leading 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
3rd of 7	11/9/26	Hoosier Park	1609m		All Weather	Fr2	Kyle Wilfong	1:50.00	1:50.00	0.8m	$2.40	7	ISSAGEDCGP	$27,778	$3,333	1. M M S Bud 2. Shooting In Place 3. Little Rocket Man
3rd of 8	4/9/26	Hoosier Park	1609m		All Weather	Fr5	Kyle Wilfong	1:49.10	1:49.10	5.3m	$3.10f	14	OPEN	$30,556	$3,667	1. Leave It To Leo 2. Golden Bay 3. Little Rocket Man
2nd of 9	21/8/26	Hoosier Park	1609m		All Weather	Fr5	Kyle Wilfong	1:48.30	1:48.30	0.8m	$1.90f	7	ISS 4YO&UP	$28,531	$7,133	1. M M S Bud 2. Little Rocket Man 3. Rock Shines Again
10th of 11	14/8/26	Hoosier Park	1609m		All Weather	Fr1	Kyle Wilfong	1:47.20	1:47.20	21.8m	$30	7	DAN PATCH-G1	$427,960	-	1. Dandy Ideal 2. Prince Hal Hanover 3. Captain Optimistic
1st of 8	7/8/26	Hoosier Park	1609m		All Weather	Fr5	Kyle Wilfong	1:49.20	1:49.20	5.3m	$3.00f	14	OPEN	$31,384	$15,692	1. Little Rocket Man 2. Crooked Smile 3. Coach Stefanos
6th of 7	24/7/26	Hoosier Park	1609m		All Weather	Fr7	Kyle Wilfong	1:49.40	1:49.40	9.8m	$6.00	14	OPEN1-2HDC	$31,930	-	1. Golden Bay 2. Coach Stefanos 3. Crooked Smile

Coach Stefanos (Fr4) 3267223474
Trainer: Erv Miller ()
Driver: Marcus Miller
Prize Money: $2,080,081
Win / Place: 26% / 60%

6 yo Bay Gelding

Sire: TELLITLIKEITIS

Dam: WATCH N BE WATCHED

Rating

Stats

Career

73: 19-18-7

Distance

73: 19-18-7

Trk/Dst

55: 16-16-4

Track

55: 16-16-4

Season

13: 1-4-3

1st Up

5: 2-1-0

2nd Up

5: 3-0-2

3rd Up

5: 2-0-1

Metro

7: 3-2-0

Non-Metro

66: 16-16-7

Mobile

0: 0-0-0

Standing

0: 0-0-0

All-Weather

73: 19-18-7

Slushy

0: 0-0-0

Grass

0: 0-0-0

Best Mile

1:47.20

Driver Stats

Gear Changes

Lasix

Comments

Last start 4th (Fr3) over 1609m at this track beaten 1.5 m by M M S Bud (1:50.00) in ISSAGEDCGP on September 11 at $6.80. Before that, 7th (Fr8) over 1609m at this track, beaten 19 m by M M S Bud (1:48.30) in ISS 4YO&UP on August 21 at $9.30. Should be right in the finish.

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 7	11/9/26	Hoosier Park	1609m		All Weather	Fr3	Marcus Miller	1:50.00	1:50.00	1.5m	$6.80	21	ISSAGEDCGP	$27,778	$2,222	1. M M S Bud 2. Shooting In Place 3. Little Rocket Man
7th of 9	21/8/26	Hoosier Park	1609m		All Weather	Fr8	Marcus Miller	1:48.30	1:48.30	19.5m	$9.30	7	ISS 4YO&UP	$28,531	-	1. M M S Bud 2. Little Rocket Man 3. Rock Shines Again
4th of 11	14/8/26	Hoosier Park	1609m		All Weather	Fr5	Marcus Miller	1:47.20	1:47.20	12.8m	$21	7	DAN PATCH-G1	$427,960	$34,237	1. Dandy Ideal 2. Prince Hal Hanover 3. Captain Optimistic
3rd of 8	7/8/26	Hoosier Park	1609m		All Weather	Fr2	Marcus Miller	1:49.20	1:49.20	6.8m	$5.60	14	OPEN	$31,384	$3,766	1. Little Rocket Man 2. Crooked Smile 3. Coach Stefanos
2nd of 7	24/7/26	Hoosier Park	1609m		All Weather	Fr4	Marcus Miller	1:49.40	1:49.40	1.5m	$3.10	7	OPEN1-2HDC	$31,930	$7,983	1. Golden Bay 2. Coach Stefanos 3. Crooked Smile
2nd of 7	17/7/26	Hoosier Park	1609m		All Weather	Fr1	Marcus Miller	1:48.40	1:48.40	1.5m	$2.60f	7	OPEN 2	$26,125	$6,531	1. Golden Bay 2. Coach Stefanos 3. Crooked Smile

Golden Bay N (Fr5) 4364118812
Trainer: Tyler George (Menangle Park)
Driver: Trace Tetrick
Prize Money: $444,455
Win / Place: 36% / 56%

Track / Distance Specialist

6 yo Bay Gelding

Sire: DOWNBYTHESEASIDE (USA)

Dam: HUG ME SQUEEZE ME (NZ)

Rating

Stats

Career

74: 27-10-5

Distance

55: 24-8-3

Trk/Dst

38: 18-5-2

Track

38: 18-5-2

Season

18: 6-2-1

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

49: 21-6-2

Mobile

28: 6-4-3

Standing

0: 0-0-0

All-Weather

74: 27-10-5

Slushy

0: 0-0-0

Grass

0: 0-0-0

Best Mile

1:48.20

Driver Stats

Gear Changes

Lasix

Comments

Back in form at the last couple of outings, two starts back posted a big 4.5 m win as favourite (Fr6) at this track (1:49.20) beating Leave It To Leo in OPEN 2 on August 28 at $2. Last start just missed, game effort when 2nd (Fr4) over 1609m at this track beaten 0.9 m by Leave It To Leo (1:49.10) in OPEN on September 4 at $3.70. Looks the testing material.

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 8	4/9/26	Hoosier Park	1609m		All Weather	Fr4	Trace Tetrick	1:49.10	1:49.10	0.9m	$3.70	7	OPEN	$30,556	$7,639	1. Leave It To Leo 2. Golden Bay 3. Little Rocket Man
1st of 6	28/8/26	Hoosier Park	1609m		All Weather	Fr6	Trace Tetrick	1:49.20	1:49.20	4.5m	$2.00f	14	OPEN 2	$25,678	$12,839	1. Golden Bay 2. Leave It To Leo 3. Combustion
8th of 9	14/8/26	Hoosier Park	1609m		All Weather	Fr8	Trace Tetrick	1:49.00	1:49.00	22.5m	$45	7	INVITATION	$71,327	-	1. Captain Arturovico 2. Lou Hill 3. Leave It To Leo
8th of 8	7/8/26	Hoosier Park	1609m		All Weather	Fr7	Trace Tetrick	1:49.20	1:49.20	23.3m	$4.80	14	OPEN	$31,384	-	1. Little Rocket Man 2. Crooked Smile 3. Coach Stefanos
1st of 7	24/7/26	Hoosier Park	1609m		All Weather	Fr5	Trace Tetrick	1:49.40	1:49.40	1.5m	$2.50f	7	OPEN1-2HDC	$31,930	$15,965	1. Golden Bay 2. Coach Stefanos 3. Crooked Smile
1st of 7	17/7/26	Hoosier Park	1609m		All Weather	Fr4	Trace Tetrick	1:48.40	1:48.40	1.5m	$3.00	7	OPEN 2	$26,125	$13,062	1. Golden Bay 2. Coach Stefanos 3. Crooked Smile

M-M-S Bud (Fr6) 1138455141
Trainer: Alvin Miller ()
Driver: John De Long
Prize Money: $609,964
Win / Place: 23% / 59%

5 yo Bay Gelding

Sire: TELLITLIKEITIS

Dam: CLIMATE HANOVER

Rating

Stats

Career

69: 16-16-9

Distance

69: 16-16-9

Trk/Dst

69: 16-16-9

Track

69: 16-16-9

Season

18: 7-4-1

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

69: 16-16-9

Mobile

0: 0-0-0

Standing

0: 0-0-0

All-Weather

69: 16-16-9

Slushy

0: 0-0-0

Grass

0: 0-0-0

Best Mile

1:48.30

Driver Stats

Gear Changes

Lasix

Comments

Going well. Last start won by a 0.6 m as favourite (Fr4) at this track (1:50.00) beating Shooting In Place in ISSAGEDCGP on September 11 at $1.90. Going well enough to take care of these.

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 7	11/9/26	Hoosier Park	1609m		All Weather	Fr4	John De Long	1:50.00	1:50.00	0.6m	$1.90f	7	ISSAGEDCGP	$27,778	$13,889	1. M M S Bud 2. Shooting In Place 3. Little Rocket Man
4th of 8	4/9/26	Hoosier Park	1609m		All Weather	Fr3	John De Long	1:49.10	1:49.10	6.0m	$4.50	14	OPEN	$30,556	$2,444	1. Leave It To Leo 2. Golden Bay 3. Little Rocket Man
1st of 9	21/8/26	Hoosier Park	1609m		All Weather	Fr3	John De Long	1:48.30	1:48.30	0.8m	$4.40	7	ISS 4YO&UP	$28,531	$14,265	1. M M S Bud 2. Little Rocket Man 3. Rock Shines Again
5th of 9	14/8/26	Hoosier Park	1609m		All Weather	Fr7	David Miller	1:49.00	1:49.00	7.5m	$33	7	INVITATION	$71,327	$3,566	1. Captain Arturovico 2. Lou Hill 3. Leave It To Leo
5th of 8	7/8/26	Hoosier Park	1609m		All Weather	Fr6	Lewayne Miller	1:49.20	1:49.20	10.5m	$11	14	OPEN	$31,384	$1,569	1. Little Rocket Man 2. Crooked Smile 3. Coach Stefanos
4th of 7	24/7/26	Hoosier Park	1609m		All Weather	Fr6	John De Long	1:49.40	1:49.40	8.3m	$4.70	14	OPEN1-2HDC	$31,930	$2,554	1. Golden Bay 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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