FormGuide – The Trots

Melton

Sat, Aug 08 2026

Preview by Tim O'Connor

10-UNIT GAME PLAN

R4 #1 ROYAL APPOINTMENT – 2 units (each-way)

R5 #8 ALDEBARAN ABEL – 2 units (win)

R7 #8 MISS ARI – 2 units (win)

R8 #1 PERUN – 1 unit (each-way)

EARLY QUADDIE

1,3,4,5,6,8/9,11/8,9,10/1,3,6,8

QUADDIE

1,5,6,8/5,6,7,9/7,8/1,3

R8 9:32pm

BENSTUD STANDARDBREDS PACE
$17,500 NR up to 89. PBD/NR PACERS
4TH LEG QUADDIE

2240 Mobile

No.	Form	Horse	Trainer	Driver	LPI	Rank	Odds
1	432027	PERUN NZ Dr: Liam Older	Samantha Gangell	Liam Older (C)		6	$4.8
2	235723	KOMODO Dr: Jackie Barker	Aaron Dunn	Jackie Barker		4	$13
3	s1s111	I AM THE STORM Dr: Mark Pitt	Emma Stewart	Mark Pitt	28%	7	$1.2
4	135316	THE STEEL DRAGON Dr: James Herbertson	Ashleigh Herbertson	James Herbertson	6%	2	$17
5	975233	SOHO DARKNSTORMY Dr: Jordan Leedham	Andy Gath	Jordan Leedham (C)	44%	5	$11
6	6126s5	ATA RANGI Dr: Kyle Marshall	Kyle Marshall	Kyle Marshall	22%	1	$21
7	643585	WESTERN SONADOR Dr: Ryan Sanderson	Stephen O'Donoghue	Ryan Sanderson (C)		2	$71

SELECTIONS: I AM THE STORM (3), PERUN (1), SOHO DARKNSTORMY (5), ATA RANGI (6)

OVERVIEW: I AM THE STORM (3) returned from a little freshen with victory last Saturday night at Melton courtesy of a great Mark Pitt drive. He was able to weave a passage away from the inside and find the early lead from barrier eight, with the four-year-old pacer hanging on to score his third-straight win to start the campaign. You’d assume he works to the front again here, and from there must be the horse to beat. PERUN (1) gets the nice gate and ran a cracking second from this spot behind Sir Jimmy two starts back, SOHO DARKNSTORMY (5) will likely try fly across to the top like he did last weekend when third to Fairplay, and reigning Ararat Pacing Cup champion ATA RANGI (6) was buried away back on the fence in that same race but can improve on that first-up fifth with a different race shape.

BACK: PERUN (1) – 1 unit (each-way)