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
| R4 7:28pm |
VICBRED VOUCHER NMW PACE $15,000 0W/15.0K stake RBD PACERS 4TH LEG EARLY QUADDIE |
1720 Mobile |
| No. | Form | Horse | Trainer | Driver | Class | LPI | Rank | Odds | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 362721 | ROYAL APPOINTMENT Dr: Jack Laugher | Michael Laugher | Jack Laugher | 10% | 1 | $4.0 | ||
| 2 | 1719s5 | LEWIELEWIS Dr: Jackie Barker | Aaron Dunn | Jackie Barker | 5% | 10 | $51 | ||
| 3 | 581110 | MAAS BETTING AGAIN Dr: Chris Alford | Alison Alford | Chris Alford | 32% | 2 | $5.0 | ||
| 4 | 120733 | HIGHLANDHARTBREAKA Dr: Jordan Leedham | Andy Gath | Jordan Leedham (C) | 19% | 9 | $7.5 | ||
| 5 | 074494 | IDEAL MOTH Dr: Damian Wilson | Damian Wilson | Damian Wilson | 10% | 6 | $21 | ||
| 6 | 12s1 | LOWRIDER Dr: Mark Pitt | Emma Stewart | Mark Pitt | 14% | 11 | $2.2 | ||
| 7 | 655125 | WITH IN REASON Dr: Donna Castles | Donna Castles | Donna Castles | 10% | 8 | $31 | ||
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| 8 | 010573 | DANCE AFFAIR Dr: James Herbertson | Philip Chircop | James Herbertson | 3 | $9.0 | |||
| 9 | 132822 | SHARP INTEREST Dr: Nathan Jack | Steven Duffy | Nathan Jack | 3 | $21 | |||
| 10 | 232151 | JANIEBQUICK Dr: Brent Murphy | David Murphy | Brent Murphy | 5 | $51 | |||
| 11 | 937221 | KING SAINT Dr: Ellen Tormey | John Tormey | Ellen Tormey | 7 | $26 | |||
SELECTIONS: ROYAL APPOINTMENT (1), MAAS BETTING AGAIN (3), LOWRIDER (6), DANCE AFFAIR (8)
OVERVIEW: ROYAL APPOINTMENT (1) broke through for a deserved victory at Mildura last week when doing work from the chair through the last lap and heads back to Melton where he’s landed a lovely gate under random barrier draw conditions. He’s been ready to claim one of these 0W/15.0K stake races for some time and I think he gets a great chance following two runner-up placings from this draw in similar races of late. MAAS BETTING AGAIN (3) looks the likely leader and won three races in succession from the front before things didn’t work out last weekend, LOWRIDER (6) won well from the top first-up in much easier grade on July 24 but will need to be good if he doesn’t find the fence, while DANCE AFFAIR (8) ran a good third from three fence last week behind I Am The Storm and might land the same spot here.
BACK: ROYAL APPOINTMENT (1) – 2 units (each-way)