Sandown Park Race 8

Sportsbet Melbourne Cup Prelude 4

Prize Money: $9,055

INDY MELMEN (7) turned in a better effort at this track last start, finishing third behind On The Prowl (29.82) in a Mix 3/4. Has the pace to be prominent. Likely to feature again. PAW OSWALD (6) goes very well this course and distance starting 37 times for 14 wins and 15 minors. Scored by 0.8 lengths last time (23.77) in a Free For All over 425m at Bendigo. Can feature in the finish. MEPUNGA SPIRIT (4) placed two runs ago then again in the money last time when second (30.54) at Angle Park in a OPEN. Can hit the frame this time. POINT BREAK (1) showed great speed to lead all the way last start. Will be thereabouts.

Distance: 515m
Class: Special Event
Track: Good
Weather: Fine
Surface: All Weather

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Point Break (1) 3142312541
Trainer: Brett Mackie (CASEY (C))
Prize Money: $60,275
Win / Place: 28% / 56%

2 yo RED/FWN D

Sire: BERNARDO (AUS)

Dam: IVY ISOBEL (AUS)

Rating

Stats

Career

46: 13-8-5

Track

21: 7-4-1

Trk/Dst

18: 7-3-1

Distance

18: 7-3-1

Season

11: 3-3-2

Metro

31: 9-5-1

Country

15: 4-3-4

1st Up

1: 0-0-1

2nd Up

1: 0-0-0

Winning Distances
<400	400+	500+	600+	700+
0	4	8	1	0

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

Comments

Charged out of the boxes with a strong early split and went straight to the front, scoring an all the way win (29.37) over 515m at this track. In form and expected to run well 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	8/10/26	Sandown	515m	2	0:29.37	63.1 km/h	1.8L	$7.50	0:29.37	0:29.16	GR 5	$8,790	$5,900	7	1. Point Break 2. General Franky 3. Steal The Stage
4th of 6	1/10/26	Sandown	515m	2	0:30.10	61.6 km/h	7.0L	$3.20	0:29.61	0:29.57	GR 5	$8,790	$150	7	1. Eventuate 2. Weblec Memphis 3. Paw Gordy
5th of 6	24/9/26	Sandown	595m	5	0:34.71	61.7 km/h	10.8L	$6.50	0:33.96	0:33.96	GR 4/5	$10,380	-	5	1. Whiskey Whiskers 2. Espoir 3. Quinlee Bale
2nd of 8	19/9/26	The Meadows	525m	3	0:30.11	62.8 km/h	3.1L	$11	0:29.89	0:29.78	FFA	$9,060	$1,870	5	1. Cleo's Star 2. Point Break 3. Paw Monet
1st of 6	14/9/26	Sandown	515m	5	0:29.50	62.8 km/h	5.8L	$4.20	0:29.50	0:29.34	GR 4	$3,880	$2,600	4	1. Point Break 2. Ferret's Knock 3. Dash Intention
3rd of 7	10/9/26	Warragul	400m	1	0:23.04	62.5 km/h	5.3L	$3.20	0:22.68	0:22.48	GR 4/5	$3,360	$345	16	1. Ash Intention 2. Reality Surprise 3. Point Break

Stream It (2) 2111312816
Trainer: Graham Brown (BAW BAW (S))
Prize Money: $24,855
Win / Place: 33% / 66%

2 yo Black D

Sire: AUSSIE SECRET (AUS)

Dam: WHAT A SURPRISE (AUS)

Rating

Stats

Career

18: 6-5-1

Track

8: 2-2-1

Trk/Dst

8: 2-2-1

Distance

8: 2-2-1

Season

9: 5-1-1

Metro

8: 2-2-1

Country

10: 4-3-0

1st Up

1: 0-1-0

2nd Up

1: 0-1-0

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

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

Comments

Got back last start and could only manage sixth but before that won by 2.25 lengths at this track (29.65) beating Giacomo in a Grade 4 on October 1. Needs to find a bit more.

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
6th of 7	8/10/26	Sandown	515m	2	0:30.27	61.2 km/h	16.0L	$9.00	0:29.16	0:29.16	MX 3/4	$9,060	-	7	1. On The Prowl 2. Paw Vortex 3. Indy Melmen
1st of 6	1/10/26	Sandown	515m	2	0:29.65	62.5 km/h	2.2L	$3.80	0:29.65	0:29.57	GR 4	$9,060	$6,100	6	1. Stream It 2. Giacomo 3. Paw Vortex
8th of 8	25/9/26	Bendigo	425m	5	0:24.76	61.8 km/h	10.5L	$8.00	0:24.03	0:23.52	SPEC H	$7,330	-	15	1. Dundee Skye 2. Paw Olympus 3. Electrojet
2nd of 7	10/9/26	Sandown	515m	8	0:29.79	62.2 km/h	0.2L	$3.90	0:29.78	0:29.32	GR 4	$9,060	$1,870	7	1. Paw Monet 2. Stream It 3. Quinlee Bale
1st of 8	3/9/26	Sandown	515m	6	0:29.35	63.2 km/h	4.3L	$4.20	0:29.35	0:29.31	GR 5	$8,790	$5,900	5	1. Stream It 2. Mister Rico 3. Neo Devere
3rd of 8	29/8/26	Sandown	515m	2	0:29.56	62.7 km/h	0.8L	$2.60	0:29.51	0:29.36	GR 5	$8,790	$915	11	1. Weblec Billy 2. Marshal Lee Rose 3. Stream It

Hugo Rose (3) 4345413514
Trainer: Jeffrey Chignell (WELLINGTON (S))
Prize Money: $22,245
Win / Place: 13% / 56%

2 yo Black D

Sire: SIMPLY LIMELIGHT (AUS)

Dam: SHANTELLE ROSE (AUS)

Rating

Stats

Career

37: 5-5-11

Track

11: 2-2-2

Trk/Dst

11: 2-2-2

Distance

11: 2-2-2

Season

13: 2-1-4

Metro

13: 2-2-2

Country

24: 3-3-9

1st Up

1: 0-0-0

2nd Up

1: 0-1-0

Winning Distances
<400	400+	500+	600+	700+
0	3	2	0	0

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

Comments

Got back last start and could only manage fourth but before that won by one length at this track (29.64) beating Mepunga Gypsy in a Restricted WIN H on September 30. This will test.

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
4th of 8	10/10/26	The Meadows	525m	2	0:30.26	62.5 km/h	8.2L	$17	0:29.69	0:29.69	SPEC SF	$9,060	$150	10	1. Surge 2. Mepunga Turbo 3. Indian Star
1st of 7	30/9/26	Sandown	515m	4	0:29.64	62.6 km/h	1.0L	$8.00	0:29.64	0:29.34	RST WIN H	$3,880	$2,600	6	1. Hugo Rose 2. Mepunga Gypsy 3. Dewana Lynette
5th of 8	24/9/26	Warragul	460m	3	0:26.19	63.2 km/h	6.8L	$27	0:25.73	0:25.58	Group Listed	$22,700	-	6	1. Flying Ducati 2. Little Amigo 3. Runway Blue
3rd of 6	18/9/26	Warragul	460m	6	0:26.01	63.7 km/h	1.5L	$51	0:25.91	0:25.57	SPEC H	$3,360	$345	8	1. Ellis Unit One 2. Flying Ducati 3. Hugo Rose
1st of 8	10/9/26	Sandown	515m	1	0:29.88	62.0 km/h	0.4L	$5.50	0:29.88	0:29.32	GR 5	$8,790	$5,900	4	1. Hugo Rose 2. Tandanya 3. Paw Jasta
4th of 7	6/9/26	Sale	510m	3	0:29.34	62.6 km/h	7.9L	$6.50	0:28.79	0:28.75	RST WIN H	$3,340	$75	3	1. Erase And Rewind 2. Lindenow Buffy 3. Callista

Mepunga Spirit (4) 6717727422
Trainer: Jeffrey Britton (ANAKIE)
Prize Money: $64,180
Win / Place: 17% / 56%

2 yo White/BDL D

Sire: FERNANDO BALE (AUS)

Dam: MEPUNGA ISLA (AUS)

Rating

Stats

Career

23: 4-8-1

Track

6: 0-2-0

Trk/Dst

6: 0-2-0

Distance

6: 0-2-0

Season

10: 1-3-0

Metro

20: 3-8-1

Country

3: 1-0-0

1st Up

1: 1-0-0

2nd Up

1: 0-0-1

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

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

Comments

Has been in the money the last two runs. Finished second at Angle Park in 30.54 last time but the start prior recorded an enormous 30.44 over 530m finishing second at Angle Park. Has the ability and looks an each way 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
2nd of 8	9/10/26	Angle Park	530m	5	0:30.54	62.5 km/h	3.5L	$41	0:30.30	0:30.30	OPEN	$194,000	$38,000	8	1. Intimidation 2. Mepunga Spirit 3. Mepunga Envy
2nd of 7	1/10/26	Angle Park	530m	2	0:30.44	62.7 km/h	1.8L	$7.50	0:30.31	0:30.12	OPEN	$14,280	$2,850	6	1. Intimidation 2. Mepunga Spirit 3. Paw Petrov
4th of 8	25/9/26	Geelong	460m	8	0:26.09	63.5 km/h	3.1L	$3.90	0:25.87	0:25.81	GR 4/5	$3,360	$75	8	1. Mepunga Phantom 2. Paw Urla 3. I'm Fabulous
7th of 8	17/9/26	Angle Park	530m	1	0:30.94	61.7 km/h	10.5L	$6.50	0:30.19	0:30.15	SPEC	$48,500	-	7	1. Canya Talk Now 2. Radar O'reilly 3. Rad Ripper
2nd of 6	10/9/26	Angle Park	530m	7	0:30.36	62.8 km/h	0.1L	$18	0:30.35	0:30.30	SPEC	$5,810	$1,160	7	1. Radar O'reilly 2. Mepunga Spirit 3. Cruise Commander
7th of 8	3/9/26	Sandown	515m	8	0:30.40	61.0 km/h	9.3L	$8.00	0:29.76	0:29.31	GR 5	$8,790	-	5	1. Paw Monet 2. Chatterbug 3. Victory Barry

Paw Oswald (6) 12112216f1
Trainer: Mark Delbridge (BALLIANG)
Prize Money: $384,385
Win / Place: 38% / 79%

3 yo Black D

Sire: FERAL FRANKY (AUS)

Dam: DYNA WINTER (AUS)

100

Rating

Stats

Career

99: 38-26-15

Track

37: 14-12-3

Trk/Dst

37: 14-12-3

Distance

37: 14-12-3

Season

3: 1-0-0

Metro

82: 27-23-13

Country

17: 11-3-2

1st Up

1: 0-1-0

2nd Up

1: 0-0-1

Winning Distances
<400	400+	500+	600+	700+
0	5	33	0	0

Box History	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8
STARTS	20	10	10	15	8	10	14	12
1st	12	7	2	5	1	2	5	4
2nd	5	3	1	2	4	2	5	4
3rd	1	0	5	4	1	2	0	2

Comments

Solid performance after racing just off the speed to win by 0.8 lengths at Bendigo over 425m (23.77) beating Sharapova Star in Free For All on September 18. Comes out of a hot form race. Worth following up.

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	18/9/26	Bendigo	425m	4	0:23.77	64.4 km/h	0.8L	$6.00	0:23.77	0:23.75	FFA	$3,360	$2,250	43	1. Paw Oswald 2. Sharapova Star 3. Paw Zuri
43 Day Freshen-Up
- of 8	6/8/26	Sandown	515m	4	0:36.56	50.7 km/h	99.0L	$6.50	0:29.63	0:29.20	SPEC H	$9,060	-	4	1. Zelda Covilha 2. Lindenow Buster 3. Amron Dancer
6th of 8	2/8/26	Darwin	537m	6	0:32.06	60.3 km/h	9.5L	$2.00	0:31.39	0:31.39	OPEN	$45,000	-	7	1. Slick Chance 2. My Boy Bingo 3. Ground Control
1st of 8	26/7/26	Darwin	537m	7	0:31.16	62.0 km/h	6.0L	$1.60	0:31.16	0:31.16	OPEN	$4,900	$3,000	17	1. Paw Oswald 2. Resilient 3. Trust Me
2nd of 7	9/7/26	Sandown	515m	7	0:29.56	62.7 km/h	1.0L	$3.20	0:29.49	0:29.49	FFA	$9,060	$1,870	7	1. Paw Stella 2. Paw Oswald 3. Elijah Rose
2nd of 7	2/7/26	Sandown	515m	2	0:29.64	62.6 km/h	0.5L	$2.10	0:29.61	0:29.29	FFA	$9,060	$1,870	7	1. Jorogumo 2. Paw Oswald 3. Once More

Indy Melmen (7) 1272537173
Trainer: Korie-Lee Heinrich (GREATER GEELONG (C))
Prize Money: $146,285
Win / Place: 33% / 63%

2 yo Black D

Sire: MY BRO FABIO (AUS)

Dam: INDY MATILDA (AUS)

Rating

Stats

Career

30: 10-7-2

Track

10: 4-4-1

Trk/Dst

10: 4-4-1

Distance

10: 4-4-1

Season

9: 1-2-2

Metro

20: 8-4-1

Country

10: 2-3-1

1st Up

1: 1-0-0

2nd Up

1: 0-1-0

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

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

Comments

Big odds last time but hit the ground running with a strong early split, giving a sight but fading only late to finish third (29.82) at this track over 515m. Should prove hard to beat.

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
3rd of 7	8/10/26	Sandown	515m	7	0:29.82	62.2 km/h	9.5L	$9.50	0:29.16	0:29.16	MX 3/4	$9,060	$935	5	1. On The Prowl 2. Paw Vortex 3. Indy Melmen
7th of 8	3/10/26	Wentworth Park	520m	8	0:30.17	62.0 km/h	8.8L	$6.00	0:29.56	0:29.46	NG	$10,600	-	9	1. Zipping Aladdin 2. Mepunga Whiskey 3. Spencer Banner
1st of 7	24/9/26	Sandown	515m	1	0:29.20	63.5 km/h	4.8L	$2.10	0:29.20	0:29.20	MX 3/4	$9,060	$6,100	11	1. Indy Melmen 2. Paw Carver 3. Paw Orenthal
7th of 8	13/9/26	Temora	457m	2	0:26.49	62.1 km/h	13.0L	$13	0:25.58	0:25.58	NG	$7,600	-	7	1. He's A Pearl 2. Promote Tilly 3. Consigliere
3rd of 8	6/9/26	Temora	457m	1	0:25.60	64.3 km/h	5.5L	$7.50	0:25.21	0:25.21	NG	$3,560	$500	9	1. Storm Hustler 2. He's A Pearl 3. Indy Melmen
5th of 8	28/8/26	Wagga	525m	7	0:30.07	62.9 km/h	9.3L	$13	0:29.42	0:29.42	NG	$44,500	-	6	1. How High 2. Master Mcgraw 3. Fabricator

Aston Lorenz (8) 1511552316
Trainer: Craig Treherne (GREATER GEELONG (C))
Prize Money: $14,820
Win / Place: 29% / 52%

2 yo Black D

Sire: HOOKED ON SCOTCH (AUS)

Dam: ASTON ELEANOR (AUS)

Rating

Stats

Career

17: 5-3-1

Track

4: 0-1-0

Trk/Dst

4: 0-1-0

Distance

4: 0-1-0

Season

7: 2-1-1

Metro

5: 0-1-0

Country

12: 5-2-1

1st Up

1: 0-1-0

2nd Up

1: 0-0-0

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

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

Comments

Got back last start and could only manage sixth but before that won comfortably by 6 lengths at Warragul (25.74) beating Perfect Symphony in a Restricted WIN H on September 29. Hard to have this time.

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	10/10/26	The Meadows	525m	6	0:31.45	60.1 km/h	22.8L	$7.00	0:29.85	0:29.69	SPEC SF	$9,060	-	11	1. Star Note 2. Perfect Picture 3. Blue Pools
1st of 8	29/9/26	Warragul	460m	5	0:25.74	64.3 km/h	6.0L	$1.90	0:25.74	0:25.74	RST WIN H	$3,880	$2,600	11	1. Aston Lorenz 2. Perfect Symphony 3. Pleasant Dreams
3rd of 8	18/9/26	Warragul	460m	3	0:25.83	64.1 km/h	3.8L	$5.00	0:25.57	0:25.57	GR 5 FIN	$7,330	$750	8	1. Blazing Turbo 2. Flaming Smooth 3. Aston Lorenz
2nd of 7	10/9/26	Warragul	460m	1	0:25.69	64.5 km/h	0.0L	$4.40	0:25.68	0:25.65	GR 5 H	$2,930	$600	7	1. Contradiction 2. Aston Lorenz 3. Secret Joker
5th of 8	3/9/26	Sandown	515m	4	0:30.13	61.5 km/h	11.3L	$5.00	0:29.35	0:29.31	GR 5	$8,790	-	14	1. Stream It 2. Mister Rico 3. Neo Devere
5th of 8	20/8/26	Sandown	515m	5	0:30.24	61.3 km/h	9.6L	$14	0:29.57	0:29.51	GR 5	$8,790	-	13	1. Paw Isla 2. Paw Gordy 3. Clarice Keeping

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