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Melton

Fri, Jul 31 2026

Preview by Tim O'Connor

10-UNIT GAME PLAN

R2 #10 TEX GOES BANG – 1 unit (each-way)

R3 #5 LITTLE MISS MORGAN – 2 units (win)

R5 #5 INSIDER TRADING – 2 units (win)

R6 #2 KITZBUHEL DELIGHT – 2 units (win)

R7 #2 OFF YOUR FACESKI – 2 units (win)

EARLY QUADDIE

1,2,5,9,10/1,2,4,9,10,11/5,7/2,3,5,10

QUADDIE

4,5,6,8/1,2,4,6/2,3,4,6/5,6,7

R2 6:02pm BENSTUD STANDARDBREDS PACE
$5,000 NR up to 47. PBD/NR/L4$ PACERS
2ND LEG EARLY QUADDIE
2240 Mobile
No. Form Horse Trainer Driver Class LPI Rank Odds
1 464253 AVEIRO  Dr: Lauren White Arthur Wood Lauren White (C,5) 13% 2 $6.0
2 515339 HURRICANE HOOLY  Dr: SCRATCHED Dianne Giles SCRATCHED (C,5) $7.5
3 2641s0 MISS PIGGY WIGGY  Dr: Sean O'Sullivan Glenn Bull Sean O'Sullivan  7% 6 $26
4 213317 FREAK OUT  Dr: Leilani Justice Dianne Giles Leilani Justice (C,5) 20% 5 $5.0
5 006s87 ALTIUS  Dr: Tristan Larsen Alexandra Hurley Tristan Larsen (C,3) 7% 9 $51
6 145467 TREACHEROUSTIMES  Dr: Glenn Bull Glenn Bull Glenn Bull  53% 1 $21
7 438490 JUSTLIKEDAVE Em 1 Dr: SCRATCHED Taylor Ford SCRATCHED  $26
 ------------------------------ Second Row ------------------------------ 
8 451448 TASMA FLASH  Dr: Matthew Gath Matthew Gath Matthew Gath  8 $26
9 965826 LENARD ESS  Dr: Ryan Sanderson Jess Tubbs Ryan Sanderson (C) 4 $5.5
10 464814 TEX GOES BANG  Dr: Liam Older Ross Graham Liam Older (C) 3 $3.5
11 233268 TALISKER SKIPPER  Dr: David Miles David Miles David Miles  7 $5.0
SELECTIONS: TEX GOES BANG (10), LENARD ESS (9), TALISKER SKIPPER (11), AVEIRO (1)

OVERVIEW: Plenty of hopes here, but TEX GOES BANG (10) looks to be in really good form at present and shapes as a value runner here in race two. Last start, he drew bad, drifted to last and was a mile off them down the back, but produced the best last two quarters of the race to finish fourth behind tear-along leader War Zone. He sat parked and won tough at Cranbourne prior to that and should run well here given the likely early tempo. LENARD ESS (9) is a pretty consistent pacer who was only beaten 7.5m last week by Breathe Easy and chased hard for second to the handy The Final Dance prior to that, TALISKER SKIPPER (11) made an early break last start and didn’t have much luck when parked at Shepparton before that but some of the other recent runs have been encouraging, while AVEIRO (1) draws well and is always a chance in these types of races with a good trip. The chances don’t end there…

BACK: TEX GOES BANG (10) – 1 unit (each-way)