Melton
Sat, Sep 05 2026
Preview by Tim O'Connor
10-UNIT GAME PLAN
R3 #2 ROCKY ROCKS – 2 units (win)
R4 #4 PRE EMINANT – 2 units (win)
R6 #4 SOHO BELLAGIO – 3 units (win)
R10 #3 LOCKSLEY CAVALIER – 3 units (win)
EARLY QUADDIE
1,2,3,6,13/2,5,6,8/2,4,7/4,12
QUADDIE
2,3,5,6,7,12,13/4/1/6
| R2 6:34pm |
APG VICBRED SUPER SERIES (3YO COLTS & GELDINGS) 2ND SEMI FINAL $15,000 No NR. RBD PACERS 2ND LEG EARLY QUADDIE |
2240 Mobile |
| No. | Form | Horse | Trainer | Driver | Class | LPI | Rank | Odds | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 435222 | THIS IS HEAVEN Dr: Blake Fitzpatrick | Blake Fitzpatrick | Blake Fitzpatrick | 16% | 5 | $7.5 | ||
| 2 | 2s1112 | NEPTUNITE Dr: Nathan Jack | Bruce Harpley | Nathan Jack | 16% | 9 | $5.0 | ||
| 3 | 1573s4 | ROM BARO Dr: Liam Older | Charlene Gusman | Liam Older (C) | 5% | 12 | $101 | ||
| 4 | 522522 | DUSTY PHILTRA Dr: James Herbertson | Mick Blackmore | James Herbertson | 8 | $11 | |||
| 5 | 112181 | THE NITESHIFT Dr: Luke McCarthy | Luke McCarthy | Luke McCarthy | 21% | 6 | $2.4 | ||
| 6 | 028s11 | SOHO TRUMP Dr: Michael Stanley | Michael Stanley | Michael Stanley | 37% | 2 | $4.2 | ||
| 7 | 432121 | LE CARDINAL Dr: Amy Day | Matthew Craven | Amy Day | 5% | 1 | $21 | ||
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| 8 | 0s0122 | SOHO PARK AVENUE Dr: Chris Alford | Michael Stanley | Chris Alford | 3 | $9.0 | |||
| 9 | 32r144 | ZIHUATANEJO Dr: David Miles | David Miles | David Miles | 10 | $71 | |||
| 10 | 133214 | SECRET SERVICE AGENT NZ Dr: Jordan Leedham | Craig Demmler | Jordan Leedham (C) | 7 | $71 | |||
| 11 | 212s13 | DECODE Dr: Chris Svanosio | Chris Svanosio | Chris Svanosio | 11 | $51 | |||
| 12 | 185122 | MOUNT BARKER BOY Dr: Ryan Sanderson | Emma Stewart | Ryan Sanderson (C) | 4 | $21 | |||
| 13 | 214215 | IMON NZ Em 1 Dr: SCRATCHED | Jackson Painting | SCRATCHED (C) | $101 | ||||
SELECTIONS: THE NITESHIFT (5), NEPTUNITE (2), SOHO TRUMP (6), SOHO PARK AVENUE (8)
OVERVIEW: Semi-final two for the three-year-old colts and geldings, where, like race one, plenty have a chance. There are good wraps on THE NITESHIFT (5), and he showed why with a dominant front-running win in his heat at Kilmore last week. He worked across THIS IS HEAVEN (1) to lead and took out the quickest of the six encounters by 8.3m. If he works to the top again, he will be awfully hard to stop. NEPTUNITE (2) ran a really good race for second in the qualifier behind Soho Charmer and draws the front row this time, reigning Vicbred two-year-old champion SOHO TRUMP (6) found the top in his heat and was too strong for stablemate SOHO PARK AVENUE (8), who was parked and did a great job to box on and finish just 1.8m away. Other key chances are THIS IS HEAVEN (1) from the good draw, DUSTY PHILTRA (4), who was super when running a fast-finishing third to Enjoy Life, and heat winner LE CARDINAL (7), who is very talented but needs the speed on to be a factor from the horror draw.