Townsville Race 8

Bet Nation Townsville Cup F

Prize Money: $107,825

WICKET (1) comes here after a sizzling win over 498m at this track in 28.49. Smart win latest and looks a key chance again here. RIO RAGNAR (3) has an impeccable record this course, winning all four starts. Comes off a (28.56) win last time, scoring by 2 lengths in a OPEN over 498m at this track. Can hit the frame with the right run. ATOMIC PRINCE (2) is in top form lately including a powerful win at this track in 28.60 two back then backing it up with a 28.37 victory at this track over 498m latest. Should be in this for a long way. TAKEOVER TARGET (4) looks an each-way chance.

Distance: 498m
Class: OPEN
Track: Good
Weather: FINE
Surface: All Weather

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Wicket (1) 4113171121
Trainer: Austin Dillon (CABOOLTURE)
Prize Money: $143,860
Win / Place: 45% / 85%

3 yo RED/BDL D

Sire: TOMMY SHELBY (AUS)

Dam: HOLY REIGN (AUS)

100

Rating

Stats

Career

61: 28-13-11

Track

1: 1-0-0

Trk/Dst

1: 1-0-0

Distance

1: 1-0-0

Season

5: 3-1-0

Metro

31: 13-6-9

Country

30: 15-7-2

1st Up

2: 1-0-0

2nd Up

2: 0-2-0

Winning Distances
<400	400+	500+	600+	700+
11	8	9	0	0

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

Comments

Comes off a (28.49) win last time, scoring by 2 lengths in a OPEN over 498m at this track. Has three wins and four placings from eight starts from the draw. Leading chance.

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 8	4/9/26	Townsville	498m	6	0:28.49	62.9 km/h	2.0L	$4.50	0:28.49	0:28.20	OPEN	$8,000	$5,200	13	1. Wicket 2. Canya Aurora 3. Shian Mikey
2nd of 7	22/8/26	Q Lakeside	457m	4	0:25.41	64.7 km/h	5.0L	$21	0:25.07	0:25.07	GR 3/4	$10,000	$2,000	10	1. Gold Force 2. Wicket 3. Shout Out Shazam
1st of 7	12/8/26	Q Lakeside	352m	8	0:19.52	64.9 km/h	0.1L	$1.70	0:19.52	0:19.52	FFA	$3,200	$2,080	7	1. Wicket 2. Darcy Dakota 3. Danger Zone
1st of 7	5/8/26	Q Lakeside	352m	4	0:19.33	65.6 km/h	2.0L	$1.50	0:19.33	0:19.33	FFA	$3,200	$2,080	4	1. Wicket 2. More Than Money 3. Shima Polly
7th of 7	1/8/26	Q Lakeside	457m	6	0:25.92	63.5 km/h	11.4L	$11	0:25.14	0:25.14	FFA	$11,000	-	7	1. Canya Romance 2. Koby Keeping 3. Daysea's Max
1st of 7	25/7/26	Q Lakeside	457m	7	0:25.44	64.7 km/h	1.3L	$3.50	0:25.44	0:25.06	GR 5	$9,000	$5,850	7	1. Wicket 2. He's Regal 3. Select Airley

Atomic Prince (2) 3733213111
Trainer: Peter O'reilly (YAMANTO)
Prize Money: $27,075
Win / Place: 23% / 56%

Unbeaten at the Track

Unbeaten at the Distance

Unbeaten The Track / Distance

2 yo BDL D

Sire: SUPERIOR PANAMA (AUS)

Dam: ABBY BOOM (AUS)

Rating

Stats

Career

30: 7-3-7

Track

2: 2-0-0

Trk/Dst

2: 2-0-0

Distance

2: 2-0-0

Season

6: 4-1-1

Metro

28: 5-3-7

Country

2: 2-0-0

1st Up

2: 0-0-0

2nd Up

2: 0-1-0

Winning Distances
<400	400+	500+	600+	700+
3	4	0	0	0

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

Comments

Continued winning form with another impressive display notching his three straight wins at this track over 498m (28.37). With even luck looks hard to beat again.

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 8	4/9/26	Townsville	498m	6	0:28.37	63.2 km/h	2.8L	$12	0:28.37	0:28.20	OPEN	$8,000	$5,200	4	1. Atomic Prince 2. Smooth Blast 3. Wyndra All Smoke
1st of 8	31/8/26	Townsville	498m	7	0:28.60	62.7 km/h	7.8L	$2.80	0:28.60	0:28.60	GR 5	$3,800	$2,470	9	1. Atomic Prince 2. Federal Harry 3. Pickin' Pixies
1st of 7	22/8/26	Q Lakeside	457m	8	0:25.29	65.1 km/h	4.8L	$4.00	0:25.29	0:25.07	GR 5	$9,000	$5,850	8	1. Atomic Prince 2. Nobby 3. Bush Boodie
3rd of 8	14/8/26	Q Lakeside	390m	6	0:21.86	64.2 km/h	0.8L	$4.20	0:21.82	0:21.59	GR 5	$3,000	$300	3	1. Installer 2. Summer's Edition 3. Atomic Prince
1st of 8	11/8/26	Q Lakeside	457m	5	0:25.37	64.8 km/h	2.3L	$31	0:25.37	0:25.24	GR 5	$5,400	$3,510	7	1. Atomic Prince 2. Hara's Tank 3. Nangar Rookie
2nd of 8	4/8/26	Q Lakeside	457m	4	0:25.64	64.2 km/h	4.3L	$31	0:25.34	0:25.27	GR 5	$4,600	$920	6	1. Another Idea 2. Atomic Prince 3. Golden Pharaoh

Rio Ragnar (3) 622x3x1111
Trainer: Bradley Belford (GUMLOW)
Prize Money: $27,710
Win / Place: 27% / 77%

Unbeaten at the Track

Unbeaten at the Distance

Unbeaten The Track / Distance

3 yo BDL D

Sire: ASTON RUPEE (AUS)

Dam: AUGUST FLAME (AUS)

Rating

Stats

Career

18: 5-5-4

Track

4: 4-0-0

Trk/Dst

4: 4-0-0

Distance

4: 4-0-0

Season

4: 4-0-0

Metro

14: 1-5-4

Country

4: 4-0-0

1st Up

3: 1-1-1

2nd Up

2: 1-0-1

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

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

Comments

Won again in another strong performance claiming his four straight wins at this track over 498m (28.56). Appeals as a leading chance again.

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 8	4/9/26	Townsville	498m	3	0:28.56	62.8 km/h	2.0L	$4.20	0:28.56	0:28.20	OPEN	$8,000	$5,200	4	1. Rio Ragnar 2. Hunter's Boy 3. Hara's Ghost
1st of 8	31/8/26	Townsville	498m	6	0:28.71	62.4 km/h	9.0L	$1.40	0:28.71	0:28.60	RST WIN	$3,800	$2,470	10	1. Rio Ragnar 2. Blue Moon Party 3. Fireball Ernie
1st of 8	21/8/26	Townsville	498m	6	0:28.37	63.2 km/h	6.3L	$2.40	0:28.37	0:28.37	RST WIN	$3,800	$2,470	7	1. Rio Ragnar 2. Fireball Ernie 3. Party Don't Stop
1st of 6	14/8/26	Townsville	498m	1	0:28.60	62.7 km/h	0.0L	$1.80	0:28.60	0:28.60	RST WIN	$3,800	$2,470	181	1. Rio Ragnar 2. Party Don't Stop 3. First On Base
181 Day Spell
99th of 2	7/8/26	Townsville	498m	4	N/A	-	7.43L	$0.00	0:28.49		Trial	$0	-	-	1. 99-Rio Ragnar 2. 99-Fireball Ernie 3.
99th of 3	7/7/26	Q Lakeside	457m	7	N/A	-	0L	$0.00	0:25.65		Trial	$0	-	-	1. 99-Love By Design 2. 99-Goldstar Max 3. 99-Rio Ragnar

Takeover Target (4) 2315121111
Trainer: Michael Hickmott (BLUEWATER)
Prize Money: $47,195
Win / Place: 39% / 67%

Dominant Win Last Start

2 yo Black D

Sire: MOVING TARGET (AUS)

Dam: I'M A DANCER (AUS)

Rating

Stats

Career

28: 11-6-2

Track

28: 11-6-2

Trk/Dst

15: 7-3-1

Distance

15: 7-3-1

Season

4: 4-0-0

Country

28: 11-6-2

1st Up

1: 0-0-0

2nd Up

1: 0-1-0

Winning Distances
<400	400+	500+	600+	700+
4	7	0	0	0

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

Comments

Good effort to win last start by 5.5 lengths over 498m at this track in a handy (28.31), beating Slim Nikita. In form and is right in the mix 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
1st of 8	25/8/26	Townsville	498m	8	0:28.31	63.3 km/h	5.3L	$1.70	0:28.31	0:28.30	OPEN	$23,000	$16,000	7	1. Takeover Target 2. Slim Nikita 3. Mizuki Heart
1st of 8	18/8/26	Townsville	498m	6	0:28.45	63.0 km/h	1.8L	$1.90	0:28.45	0:28.45	OPEN	$4,600	$2,990	7	1. Takeover Target 2. Hunter's Boy 3. Jackknifed
1st of 6	11/8/26	Townsville	498m	7	0:28.39	63.1 km/h	7.5L	$2.50	0:28.39	0:28.39	OPEN	$4,600	$2,990	7	1. Takeover Target 2. Canya Hellfire 3. Slim Nikita
1st of 6	4/8/26	Townsville	498m	8	0:28.35	63.2 km/h	2.0L	$3.10	0:28.35	0:28.35	OPEN	$4,600	$2,990	7	1. Takeover Target 2. Slim Nikita 3. Canya Hellfire
2nd of 8	28/7/26	Townsville	498m	5	0:28.71	62.4 km/h	1.3L	$4.40	0:28.63	0:28.63	OPEN	$4,600	$920	7	1. Canya Hellfire 2. Takeover Target 3. Barnsley
1st of 8	21/7/26	Townsville	380m	5	0:21.61	63.3 km/h	8.3L	$2.10	0:21.61	0:21.57	GR 5	$2,400	$1,560	7	1. Takeover Target 2. Raymar Fox 3. Honey Bunny

Ground Control (5) 7131223311
Trainer: Heath Ardle (HORSESHOE LAGOON)
Prize Money: $42,312
Win / Place: 31% / 65%

Unbeaten at the Track

Unbeaten at the Distance

Unbeaten The Track / Distance

2 yo BDL D

Sire: FERNANDO BALE (AUS)

Dam: SELF CONTROL (AUS)

Rating

Stats

Career

38: 12-7-6

Track

2: 2-0-0

Trk/Dst

2: 2-0-0

Distance

2: 2-0-0

Season

3: 2-0-1

Metro

19: 3-3-3

Country

19: 9-4-3

1st Up

1: 0-0-0

2nd Up

1: 0-0-1

Winning Distances
<400	400+	500+	600+	700+
2	6	4	0	0

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

Comments

Improved two runs back to score then won again last start over 498m at this track (28.20), beating Tempting Dash. In top form and can make it three straight.

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 8	4/9/26	Townsville	498m	3	0:28.20	63.6 km/h	0.5L	$2.00	0:28.20	0:28.20	OPEN	$8,000	$5,200	10	1. Ground Control 2. Tempting Dash 3. Hopefully Fast
1st of 8	25/8/26	Townsville	498m	3	0:28.30	63.3 km/h	2.0L	$3.10	0:28.30	0:28.30	GR 4/5	$4,200	$2,730	23	1. Ground Control 2. Cheap Reality 3. Mondo Cortez
3rd of 8	2/8/26	Darwin	537m	4	0:31.62	61.1 km/h	3.3L	$6.00	0:31.39	0:31.39	OPEN	$45,000	$5,000	7	1. Slick Chance 2. My Boy Bingo 3. Ground Control
3rd of 8	26/7/26	Darwin	537m	4	0:31.54	61.3 km/h	2.0L	$2.80	0:31.39	0:31.16	OPEN	$4,900	$700	7	1. My Boy Bingo 2. Slick Chance 3. Ground Control
2nd of 8	19/7/26	Darwin	537m	2	0:31.40	61.6 km/h	0.5L	$2.00	0:31.37	0:31.37	FFA	$22,500	$5,000	7	1. Resilient 2. Ground Control 3. Slick Chance
2nd of 8	12/7/26	Darwin	537m	7	0:31.50	61.4 km/h	0.5L	$1.60	0:31.47	0:31.47	FFA	$3,300	$800	7	1. Resilient 2. Ground Control 3. Wise Scarlet

Tempting Dash (6) 8383772252
Trainer: Jedda Cutlack (PARK RIDGE)
Prize Money: $122,295
Win / Place: 25% / 62%

Unbeaten from the Box

2 yo BDL B

Sire: HOOKED ON SCOTCH (AUS)

Dam: SUPER TORA (AUS)

Rating

Stats

Career

27: 7-7-3

Track

1: 0-1-0

Trk/Dst

1: 0-1-0

Distance

1: 0-1-0

Season

4: 0-3-0

Metro

22: 7-5-3

Country

5: 0-2-0

1st Up

2: 1-0-0

2nd Up

2: 1-1-0

Winning Distances
<400	400+	500+	600+	700+
0	0	5	2	0

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

Comments

Narrowly beaten last time at this track when only half a length from the winner but did record a lightning 28.23 for the 498m journey. Harder here and one for the multiples.

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	4/9/26	Townsville	498m	2	0:28.23	63.5 km/h	0.5L	$4.50	0:28.20	0:28.20	OPEN	$8,000	$1,600	19	1. Ground Control 2. Tempting Dash 3. Hopefully Fast
5th of 8	16/8/26	Q Parklands	520m	3	0:30.56	61.3 km/h	7.5L	$3.40	0:30.03	0:29.47	GR 5	$5,400	-	7	1. Roxy Cambla 2. Great Terms 3. He's Paranormal
2nd of 8	9/8/26	Q Parklands	520m	5	0:29.98	62.4 km/h	1.5L	$2.00	0:29.87	0:29.74	GR 5	$4,600	$920	7	1. He's Paranormal 2. Tempting Dash 3. Balance The Till
2nd of 6	2/8/26	Q Parklands	520m	2	0:29.74	62.9 km/h	2.0L	$2.50	0:29.60	0:29.60	GR 4/5	$5,000	$1,000	52	1. Backcreek Butch 2. Tempting Dash 3. Brunswick Dream
52 Day Freshen-Up
7th of 7	11/6/26	Q Parklands	600m	3	0:35.94	60.1 km/h	13.6L	$8.50	0:34.97	0:34.23	OPEN	$12,000	-	4	1. My Boy Bingo 2. Zig Zag Man 3. Daysea's Chief
7th of 8	7/6/26	Q Parklands	520m	4	0:30.52	61.3 km/h	10.3L	$4.40	0:29.79	0:29.79	GR 4/5	$5,000	-	7	1. Appeal 2. Zipping Mehary 3. Hara's Frankie

Zipping Lee (7) 8216231141
Trainer: Jedda Cutlack (PARK RIDGE)
Prize Money: $141,210
Win / Place: 44% / 66%

Box Specialist

2 yo Black/BDL B

Sire: GOOD ODDS HARADA (AUS)

Dam: ZIPPING TAYLA (AUS)

Rating

Stats

Career

45: 20-5-5

Track

1: 1-0-0

Trk/Dst

1: 1-0-0

Distance

1: 1-0-0

Season

4: 3-0-0

Metro

43: 19-5-5

Country

2: 1-0-0

1st Up

1: 1-0-0

2nd Up

1: 1-0-0

Winning Distances
<400	400+	500+	600+	700+
1	6	11	2	0

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

Comments

Good effort to win last start by a neck over 498m at this track in a handy (28.60), beating Fast Freddy. Will find this a bit tougher, hard to envisage a win.

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 8	4/9/26	Townsville	498m	4	0:28.60	62.7 km/h	0.3L	$2.20	0:28.60	0:28.20	OPEN	$8,000	$5,200	6	1. Zipping Lee 2. Fast Freddy 3. Crab Pot
4th of 8	29/8/26	Sandown	515m	6	0:29.83	62.2 km/h	4.2L	$51	0:29.54	0:29.36	S/E Group 1	$150,500	$6,500	16	1. Wrongly Accused 2. Winsome Jet 3. Iconic Guess
1st of 8	13/8/26	Q Parklands	520m	2	0:29.56	63.3 km/h	0.8L	$4.00	0:29.56	0:29.52	OPEN	$23,000	$16,000	7	1. Zipping Lee 2. Oliver Go 3. Wildash Jane
1st of 8	6/8/26	Q Parklands	520m	1	0:29.80	62.8 km/h	1.3L	$2.20	0:29.80	0:29.61	OPEN	$11,000	$7,150	12	1. Zipping Lee 2. Idea's Girl 3. Cheeky Belgin
3rd of 7	25/7/26	Q Lakeside	550m	8	0:30.73	64.4 km/h	0.9L	$5.00	0:30.67	0:30.67	OPEN	$12,000	$1,200	7	1. Idea's Girl 2. Surrealist 3. Zipping Lee
2nd of 6	18/7/26	Q Lakeside	550m	2	0:30.52	64.9 km/h	0.5L	$1.80	0:30.48	0:30.48	GR 4/5	$11,000	$2,200	7	1. Fade To Black 2. Zipping Lee 3. Idea's Girl

Canya Dynamite (8) 7537342231
Trainer: Gerard Agius (LOCKYER WATERS)
Prize Money: $59,635
Win / Place: 19% / 52%

2 yo Black D

Sire: WOW (AUS)

Dam: SANDAVE SKY (AUS)

Rating

Stats

Career

42: 8-7-7

Track

3: 1-0-1

Trk/Dst

3: 1-0-1

Distance

3: 1-0-1

Season

5: 1-2-1

Metro

33: 6-5-5

Country

9: 2-2-2

1st Up

1: 0-0-0

2nd Up

1: 0-1-0

Winning Distances
<400	400+	500+	600+	700+
1	4	3	0	0

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

Comments

Eye-catching performance to score by a 0.8 lengths in a OPEN last start at this track, clocking a lightning 28.38 over the 498m trip. Harder here but will be in this for a long way.

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
1st of 8	4/9/26	Townsville	498m	7	0:28.38	63.2 km/h	0.8L	$4.20	0:28.38	0:28.20	OPEN	$8,000	$5,200	10	1. Canya Dynamite 2. Penny Calido 3. Paw Matic
3rd of 7	25/8/26	Townsville	498m	5	0:28.90	62.0 km/h	1.8L	$2.00	0:28.77	0:28.30	GR 3/4	$4,200	$420	7	1. Assassino 2. Aston Kinnie 3. Canya Dynamite
2nd of 8	18/8/26	Q Lakeside	457m	7	0:25.44	64.7 km/h	0.1L	$5.50	0:25.44	0:25.44	GR 4/5	$5,000	$1,000	7	1. Hara's Jackson 2. Canya Dynamite 3. Hold The Gavel
2nd of 8	11/8/26	Q Lakeside	457m	6	0:25.63	64.2 km/h	2.3L	$3.80	0:25.47	0:25.24	GR 4/5	$5,000	$1,000	7	1. Zipping Kimeli 2. Canya Dynamite 3. Mighty Shazam
4th of 8	4/8/26	Q Lakeside	550m	6	0:30.86	64.2 km/h	6.8L	$23	0:30.40	0:30.40	GR 5/6	$7,000	$350	7	1. Shout Out Shazam 2. Nangar Zara 3. Breakout Lad
3rd of 5	28/7/26	Q Lakeside	457m	4	0:25.67	64.1 km/h	2.8L	$4.40	0:25.48	0:25.34	GR 4/5	$5,000	$500	5	1. Canya Atomic 2. Zipping Mehary 3. Canya Dynamite

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