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Zenario put his best foot forward with an impressive trial at Bendigo that piqued the interest of Harness Racing Victoria form guru, Craig Rail.
“Zenario produced an eye-catching effort to fill second spot. He is an unraced gelding by Sportswriter and came from three back on the markers before powering along the sprint lane over the latter stages,” Rail said.
Craig Rail also added Heston Cash and Adapt to his file this week.
SHEPPARTON 26/09/24
Trial 1: – CAPTAIN HAMMERHEAD began quickly to find the lead and enjoyed a nice run throughout the trial. He only scored by a narrow margin but he seemed to have plenty in reserve. He is poorly drawn in the Smoken Up Sprint tomorrow night at Melton, where he takes on Australia’s champion pacer Leap To Fame. SAHARA TIGER settled three back on the markers, waited for the sprint lane and produced a powerful finishing burst to go down by a narrow margin. He is competing at Menangle tomorrow night and the long straight on that track should suit his racing pattern. SKINNYDIP NZ began well to find the markers first, took the cover behind CAPTAIN HAMMERHEAD and came to the outside with 150m remaining. He tried hard for third place.
Mile Rate: – 2.1.3 Last Half: – 56.1 Margins: – Head, 2m
Trial 2: – CHARLIE CHOPS prepared for his debut performance at Swan Hill on Tuesday with a victory in the second event. He began quickly to lead, took cover at the 1400m then came to the outside at the quarter pole to quickly hit the lead. He drew clear at the end to win comfortably. He was able to lead throughout in his debut performance at Swan Hill five days later. WALTZING WITH NANA trailed the leader early before ending up being three back on the markers. She battled on okay for second ahead of MANDS PEARL (4 back markers). FIRECRAKER NOLA finished last of the five runners but made the trial interesting. She missed the start by approximately 25m, chased hard to tack on, came to the outside at the 1600m and charged around the field to lead from the 1400m before peaking over the latter stages. She is backing up at Shepparton on Tuesday night.
Mile Rate: – 2.5.4 Last Half: – 61.4 Margins: – 10m, 1m
Trial 3: – FIT OF RAGE prepared for his effort at Mildura this afternoon with a victory over PARISIAN BANDIT. He trailed the leader throughout, came to the outside on the home turn and finished off best. PARISIAN BANDIT set the speed and fought on strongly at the finish. LOOK AWAY was third across the line after sitting three back on the markers for the majority of the trial.
Mile Rate: – 2.2.6 Last Half: – 62.0 Margins: – 1m, 12m
BACCHUS MARSH 28/09/24
Trial 1: – ALBY TWO CHAINS prepared for his effort at Geelong this evening with a win in the opening trial. It was a standing start trial and he was taking on two trotters but he commenced from the handicap of 40m and he worked home in a handy last quarter of 28.6 seconds so the win would have given him some confidence leading up to tonight’s performance. INMYDREAMS finished in second position in a lead up to his performance at Cranbourne on Sunday and COVER OF DARKNESS, which hasn’t started since being unplaced in the 2022 Swan Hill Cup, was last of the three runners to cross the line.
Mile Rate: – 2.6.6 Last Half: – 58.9 Margins: – 5m, 30m
Trial 2: – HAVADASH JOH is an unraced gelding by Rock N Roll Heaven out of the Canadian bred mare Garden Gate Tina CA (15 wins, 1.53.2, $146,804), which has produced 5 winners including Major Major (1.49.8) and Beach Garden (1.52.9). He recorded handy time in winning the trial by a comfortable margin. DON KATTERZ finished in second leading in front HELLO PINTO and BLAZIN BY. DON KATTERZ will be racing at Yarra Valley on Monday afternoon.
Mile Rate: – 2.2.5 Last Half: – 60.9 Margins: – 3m, 2m
Trial 6: – POPCORNFRIDAY has been freshened since his latest run at Cranbourne in early August. He recorded slick time in taking out the sixth trial and defeated the handy performer SEBS CHOICE by eight metres. BLISSFULL STRIDE was a further eight metres away in third position. POPCORNFRIDAY is scheduled to compete at Cranbourne tomorrow evening.
Mile Rate: – 2.0.6 Last Half: – 57.8 Margins: – 8m, 8m
Trial 7: – BUBBY TO BASE prepared for her effort at Geelong this evening with a comfortable victory over MIKI SHEFFIELD. She was confidently supported and galloped away at her latest race track performance but she does have a lot of ability when she is able to put it altogether. MIKI SHEFFIELD is an unraced gelding by Always B Miki for trainer Darren Pace and defeated the Metropolitan class trotter I AM PEGASUS by a narrow margin to hold down second place.
Mile Rate: – 2.4.2 Last Half: – 59.9 Margins: – 3m, Head
MILDURA 30/09/24
Trial 1: – IDYLLIC was formerly prepared by trainer Emma Stewart and has recently joined Naomi Kerr. He hasn’t started since finishing second in the 2023 Echuca Cup but he should be well placed in the Sunraysia and was able to defeat the race fit and in-form pacer RIO ROCK in the opening trial on the program. He was without cover early, angled in behind the leader and moved up without cover again at the bell. He held off RIO ROCK, which gained the perfect trail behind him in the final circuit. The last half was recorded in a handy 57.7 seconds so both the winner and the runner up performed very well with only a narrow margin separating the pair. RIO ROCK is backing up at Mildura this afternoon. CAULONIA TERROR wasn’t too far away in third place after settling three back on the markers.
Mile Rate: – 2.1.3 Last Half: – 57.7 Margins: – ½ head, 4m
Trial 3: – NOOSA BOY was stood down to trial after galloping several times in the run at Charlton at his latest attempt. He quickly bounced back into form with a runaway trial victory in handy time after leading throughout. MY ULTIMATE RUSTY (behind leader) hasn’t raced since August 2023 and finished in second ahead of the recent Mildura race winner SMART MAN, which was also stood down to trial after galloping at his latest attempt and didn’t have much luck in the trial after being without cover in the final circuit. SOCIAL WRITER finished several lengths astern in fourth place after settling in a clear last early.
Mile Rate: – 2.2.7 Last Half: – 58.2 Margins: – 25m, Nose
Trial 4: – TO THE MAX hasn’t raced since finishing unplaced at St Arnaud in November 2023. He has joined trainer Mark Riseley since his latest performance and was able to win his comeback trial over SOUTHPAW SLUGGER after showing good gate speed to find the lead. SOUTHPAW SLUGGER did a great job after galloping away and losing approximately 25m at the start. He moved up without cover at the 1300m, raced fiercely and went down by a narrow margin. KEAYANG CRIPPA prepared for his performance at Mildura this afternoon with a third placed effort after trailing the leader with MISS LILLIROMAR (3 back markers) being the fourth horse across the line.
Mile Rate: – 2.3.5 Last Half: – 59.7 Margins: – Nose, 3m
BENDIGO 30/09/24
Trial 1: – THE ANSWER prepared for her tilt at the Victoria Oaks with a solid trial victory over JILLIBY TYPHOON. She settled down in fourth position, moved up without cover at the bell and was able to grind out a victory at the end. JILLIBY TYPHOON raced without cover in the early stages, pushed forward to find the lead and battled on well in the latter stages to go down by a narrow margin. KATUNGA EXPRESS was three back on the markers for the majority of the trial, moved into the one out and one back trail at the 900m mark and finished off well for a close up third.
Mile Rate: – 2.2.3 Last Half: – 56.8 Margins: – Head, 1m
Trial 4: – HESTON CASH settled last of the five runners, moved up without cover at the 700m and progressed forward in the last lap. He was able to grab victory on the line from MY ROCK MOVES, which had a tendency to hang in for the majority of the trial. He was vying for the lead early but couldn’t accelerate to get across to the markers as he wasn’t running straight and he ended up angling in behind the leader FIRECRACKER NOLA before coming to the outside and hitting the lead at the quarter pole. WYATTFLYNN settled four back on the inside and moved to the outside at the 300m mark and filled third position. The early leader FIRECRACKER NOLA finished in fourth. The winner HESTON CASH and the runner up MY ROCK MOVES are both racing at Shepparton on Tuesday night.
Mile Rate: – 2.1.2 Last Half: – 58.3 Margins: – Nose, 22m
BLACKBOOKER: – Heston Cash
Trial 5: – QUAKE PROOF trailed the leader early, went back to the sprint lane in the home straight and accelerated nicely to win by a comfortable margin. He has impressed in winning at his two Bendigo trials over the past couple of weeks. DON’T CARE finished in second after trying to lead throughout. WISH UPONA DREAM was last of the trio for the duration.
Mile Rate: – 2.4.6 Last Half: – 57.3 Margins: – 2m, 5m
Trial 6: – LETSROCKLETSROLL hasn’t started since May and has recently joined trainer John Tormey. He possesses a powerful finishing burst as indicated by his trial victory, where he settled four back on the inside, moved into the one out and one back trail looming up to the home turn and was too quick at the end. RABADA trailed the leader, came to the outside at the 500m and hit the lead before being run down late. The winner has a National Rating that is 33 points higher than that of RABADA so his effort to finish second was sound. IMNOPUMPKIN finished in third position after attempting to lead throughout.
Mile Rate: – 2.0.4 Last Half: – 57.5 Margins: – 4m, 9m
Trial 8: – DIVINE TILLY began very quickly to find the lead and finished off in a slick final half of 56.9 seconds to win the trial. ZENARIO produced an eye-catching effort to fill second spot. He is an unraced gelding by Sportswriter and came from three back on the markers before powering along the sprint lane over the latter stages. SECRET CHANCE finished in third after trailing the leader and coming to the outside on the home turn.
Mile Rate: – 2.3.1 Last Half: – 56.9 Margins: – 3m, 10m
BLACKBOOKER: – Zenario
MELTON ENTERTAINMENT 01/10/24
Trial 2: – ACT NOW is last season’s Victoria Cup winner and hasn’t started since an unplaced run in the Breeders Crown in November 2023. He showed great gate speed to lead and recorded slick final sectionals to win the trial by a narrow margin. CATCH A WAVE prepared for his performance in the Smoken Up Sprint on Saturday night with a slashing second. He settled last of the four runners, was three back on the markers approaching the home turn and motored along the sprint lane to miss out by a very narrow margin. BEYOND DELIGHT trailed the leader, came to the outside on the home turn and finished in third. BACH NZ was three back on the inside, moved away from the markers at the 300m and wasn’t beaten by far but finished last of the four runners.
Mile Rate: – 1.57.1 Last Half: – 55.62 Margins: – ½ head, 3.5m
Trial 3: – ULTIMATE VINNIE began quickly to find the lead, took cover and ended up being three back on the markers. He came off the pegs at the 500m mark and sprinted quickly to win the trial impressively. SHANLOU NZ was three back on the markers, circled around the field to find the front at the 1500m and battled on well for second. The former New Zealander NICHOLAS CAGE NZ came from four back on the markers and attempted to follow behind ULTIMATE VINNIE in the latter stages. He battled on fairly well for third.
Mile Rate: – 1.57.0 Last Half: – 55.79 Margins: – 5.5m, 2.5m
Trial 5: – SAO PAULO SIMBA followed his impressive trial performance a week earlier with another dominant display. He led throughout and posted a sizzling final quarter to record a runaway victory over DOUGS TRIBE, which raced in the trail throughout. DOUGS TRIBE is backing up at Geelong this evening. ROLLINGINTHEDEEP came from four back on the markers and worked home reasonably well for third place.
Mile Rate: – 1.59.5 Last Half: – 55.21 Margins: – 11.5m, 9.5m
Trial 6: – HESITATE has had a run of bad barrier draws and had poor luck against the elite juveniles in the Country at his most recent appearances. He showed he hasn’t lost any of his dash with a big trial victory over THE VILLAIN, where he led throughout and scored by a large margin. THE VILLAIN trailed the leader throughout and finished in second with CARRAMAR TITMUS doing a good job to fill third position after coming from last of the five runners at the 600m mark.
Mile Rate: – 1.59.6 Last Half: – 55.51 Margins: – 14m, 15m
Trial 8: – ADAPT hasn’t raced since winning at Launceston in June but he appeared ready to have a big campaign with a runaway victory in fast time. He dashed to the lead in the early stages and always appeared to be in complete control, scooting away at the end to score by over ten lengths! FUN TO LOVE NZ is a former New Zealand pacer, which has joined trainer Chris Svanosio. He settled four back on the markers, moved through to be three back mid-race and waited for the sprint lane. He was beaten by a long way but he was finding the line nicely. ZOOM ZOOM BOOM was four back on the markers for the majority of the trial before coming to the outside at the quarter pole. He battled on well for third with SOMEBEACHDREAMIN being fourth across the line after trailing the leader throughout.
Mile Rate: – 1.57.7 Last Half: – 55.98 Margins: – 39.5m, 3m
BLACKBOOKER: – Adapt
Trial 9: – SAIFA NZ ran a great race in the Queensland Derby and prepared for his Victorian Derby campaign with a comfortable trial victory. He was without cover early before progressing forward to find the lead with 1700m remaining. He enjoyed a nice run mid-race then dashed home in a sizzling final quarter of 27.25 seconds. SEA SILK finished second after settling four back on the markers and moving to the outside at the 700m mark. PABLO ROCKS was an eye-catching third. He was three back on the markers, moved into the one out and one back trail behind SEA SILK in the back straight and only peeled to the outside with 50m remaining. He hit the line very strongly so it was a tidy display. LOOK LIKE DIAMONDS wound up her Victoria Oaks campaign with a sixth placing but she settled down last of the seven runners and was never extended at any stage of the trial.
Mile Rate: – 1.59.8 Last Half: – 56.31 Margins: – 3m, Short ½ Head
