Melton
Sat, Jun 27 2026
Preview by Tim O'Connor
10-UNIT GAME PLAN
R5 #4 HES FROM HEAVEN – 2 units (win)
R6 #8 HOPPY – 4 units (win)
R8 #5 CLAYTON – 4 units (win)
EARLY QUADDIE
5,9,11,13/1,2,3,5,6,9/2,4,5/1,2,3,4,6,8
QUADDIE
4,5,7,8/3,8/4/1,5
| R4 6:36pm |
NEED FOR SPEED NOMS NOW OPEN TROT $10,000 NR 58 to 68. PBD/NR TROTTERS 4TH LEG EARLY QUADDIE |
1720 Mobile |
| No. | Form | Horse | Trainer | Driver | Class | LPI | Rank | Odds | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1664s1 | RARITY ROCK Dr: Nick Beale | Phillip Ellery | Nick Beale (C) | 18% | 6 | $15 | ||
| 2 | 921259 | THE SKY IS THE LIMIT Dr: John Caldow | Maree Caldow | John Caldow | 16% | 1 | $5.5 | ||
| 3 | 0s1314 | ALDEBARAN ABEL Dr: James Herbertson | Geoff Webster | James Herbertson | 12% | 5 | $2.6 | ||
| 4 | 163692 | PROHIBITED GRACE Dr: Matthew Whittle | Graeme Whittle | Matthew Whittle | 18% | 2 | $4.2 | ||
| 5 | 150s8s | SIR EROS Dr: Chris Alford | E Brosnan, R J Brosnan | Chris Alford | 12% | 8 | $11 | ||
| 6 | 3911s3 | FARROKH Dr: Chris Lang | C W Lang, S L Mahar | Chris Lang | 18% | 4 | $5.0 | ||
| 7 | 14s15s | PHOENIX RED Dr: Ryan Sanderson | Steven Loftus | Ryan Sanderson (C) | 6% | 9 | $51 | ||
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| 8 | 141918 | KARBINE Dr: Jack Laugher | John Tormey | Jack Laugher | 3 | $6.5 | |||
| 9 | 936s99 | IJUSTCALLEDTOSAY Dr: Mark Pitt | Kylie Sugars | Mark Pitt | 7 | $51 | |||
SELECTIONS: ALDEBARAN ABEL (3), PROHIBITED GRACE (4), FARROKH (6), KARBINE (8)
ANALYSIS: ALDEBARAN ABEL (3) was so impressive winning over the sprint trip back at Bendigo on June 10 and gets those conditions to suit again here. While he wasn’t able to prevail last weekend over the middle distance here at Melton, he did run well to finish fourth after working off the gate, settling midfield before sprinting again. It’s a wide-open event with many winning chances, including PROHIBITED GRACE (4). She led, handed up and went within a neck of beating Artigas in the same race ALDEBARAN ABEL (3) and THE SKY IS THE LIMIT (2) contested last weekend. FARROKH (6) was impressive first-up from a break when third to Artigas back on June 13 and that followed two good wins to end the prior campaign, and KARBINE (8) is in good form but found it too tough from a bad barrier in a pegs-dominated Winter Series Final last weekend. If he settles handy to the speed, look out late. Others that wouldn’t shock are THE SKY IS THE LIMIT (2), who draws well for the first time in a while, strong first-up winner RARITY ROCK (1) and SIR EROS (5), who has trialled nicely for new trainers Richard and Emmett Brosnan.