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Melton

Sat, Aug 22 2026

Preview by Tim O'Connor

10-UNIT GAME PLAN

R2 #10 THE PREACHER – 1 unit (each-way)

R3 #11 IJUSTCALLEDTOSAY – 2 units (win)

R4 #6 TWISTING BY – 1 unit (each-way)

MULTI – I AM THE STORM/VERBICI/I AM WILMA – 4 units (win)

EARLY QUADDIE

4,7,9,10,11,12/7,8,9,10/4,5,11/1,2,5,6,8

QUADDIE

1,2,5,9/7/6/5

R6 8:43pm IRT PACE FINAL
$20,000 0W/15.0K stake RBD PACERS
2ND LEG QUADDIE
2240 Mobile
No. Form Horse Trainer Driver Class LPI Rank Odds
1 1102s3 LOUGLE  Dr: Connor Clarke Stephen Clarke Connor Clarke (C) 16% 9 $7.0
2 9s2316 ROSBERG NZ  Dr: Leilani Justice Wayne Stebbing Leilani Justice (C) 5% 3 $151
3 691644 TELEMACHUS  Dr: Nathan Cahir Nathan Cahir Nathan Cahir  21% 1 $51
4 56s462 PICK UP ELVIS  Dr: Aaron Dunn Aaron Dunn Aaron Dunn  16% 8 $7.5
5 215165 JANIEBQUICK  Dr: Brent Murphy David Murphy Brent Murphy  5% 6 $151
6 434523 LILLY LOTUS  Dr: Mark Pitt Lisa Pitt Mark Pitt  11% 4 $26
7 16s111 THE LAST TRIP  Dr: Taylor Ford Emma Stewart Taylor Ford  26% 10 $1.3
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8 161575 KEAYANG PAYTON  Dr: Glen Craven M A Lee, P D Lee Glen Craven  7 $51
9 955547 DO IT Em 1 Dr: SCRATCHED Tayla Fellows SCRATCHED  $101
10 272154 ROYAL APPOINTMENT  Dr: SCRATCHED Michael Laugher SCRATCHED  $26
11 3s3s12 ATUA MAGIC NZ  Dr: SCRATCHED Shane Sanderson SCRATCHED  $11
12 143831 THE NAKED ART  Dr: James Herbertson Justin Lane James Herbertson  5 $15
13 2s2736 FERRIGNO  Dr: Ewa Justice John Justice Ewa Justice (C) 1 $151
SELECTIONS: THE LAST TRIP (7), LOUGLE (1), PICK UP ELVIS (4), TELEMACHUS (3)

OVERVIEW: Awfully hard to oppose THE LAST TRIP (7), who looks a star on the rise since joining the Emma Stewart barn. He won his first two starts for the stable by 25.8m and 48.6m before taking out a heat of this series last weekend by 11.6m in good time once again. He has drawn awkward here in gate seven, but you’d anticipate Taylor Ford working forward and probably finding the front. Looks the horse to beat, but you’ll have to take the shorts. LOUGLE (1) was sensational running third in the other of the qualifiers last Saturday night. He settled towards the rear and came with a sustained three-wide run in the last lap to only miss a neck in a race won by THE NAKED ART (12), who was brilliant from the breeze. LOUGLE (1) has never drawn the front row here in Victoria, so his gate speed is a query, but he’s a nice horse and is sure to run well. PICK UP ELVIS (4) charged from the back to grab second behind THE LAST TRIP (7) and is a winning chance, while TELEMACHUS (3) might be able to run well at odds given his good gate speed and ability to find the fence. Other key runners include THE NAKED ART (12) and LILLY LOTUS (6).