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Morphettville Parks: Morphettville

19th August 2023

Winning Post-1500m: Racing returns to the Parks track again tomorrow, the first of consecutive weeks given the break from racing on the Main track. With 7 mls of rain overnight and 21 mls in the last week, the track walked in the genuinely Soft 7 range on Friday morning. The rail is in the true position for the entire circumference. There is still a good winter grass cover, and the track has taken on a definite Winter look, with rye grass now coming through the kikuyu thatch.

1500-800m (back straight): The back straight of this track walks well with a good cover of grass and with no marking. With the rail back in, it provides a consistent surface, although holding some moisture. A healthy cover of grass is evident coming off the 1400m chute joining onto this area and this section is in reasonably good order, although affected by the recent frost.

1400m-800m (chute): Even and good grass coverage during this section remains and will race evenly away from the fence. Horses will not be disadvantaged racing slightly away from the fence in this section of the track, with new ground three wide and out wider. This is the best part of the track as expected and remains well knitted with a good thatch of kikuyu present for this time of the year.

800m-400m: The coverage is even from the fence  out where there are no signs of any damage. It walks consistently away from the fence and as expected, fields will start to fan into the straight, with a consistent coverage of grass in this area. From the three wide line out, is in good order, with horses not disadvantaged from fanning wider here.

400m-Winning Post: Entering the straight you can see marking is spread further across the track, however with little damage evident. There are some signs of wear early in the straight on the fence and further out, with runners a chance of drifting off the fence rounding the home turn as the day goes on. For the remainder of the straight it presents fairly evenly and makes it achievable for the backmarkers to finish off out wide in clear ground near the middle of the track. With the rail in the true, every runner should have a chance in the straight. Recent track gallops on the outside of the track are showing the usual wear for this time of the year, but horses won’t be out this far to be affected tomorrow.

Verdict: With the Soft 7 rating being posted on Friday morning, the track will only improve with continuing  clear skies on Friday and strong winds. The track looks similar to last meeting, with a definite winter look as the over sown rye grass now starts to be more predominant. For the most part we are on a consistent winter surface for Saturday, with little or no damage evident. The pattern of racing in the first part of the program will be the best guide when assessing chances later in the day, as well as any winds forecast during Saturday. A strong headwind prevailed in the home straight on Friday, indicating backmarkers with cover might be running home late if this continued through to Saturday afternoon.

Rail details True
Track type Turf
Penetrometer 6.36
Nominations close Mon 14 Aug 23 12:00PM ACST
Weights last published Tue 15 Aug 23 12:00AM ACST
Acceptances must be declared before Wed 16 Aug 23 9:00AM ACST
Riders must be declared before Wed 16 Aug 23 12:00PM ACST

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1. Croser Handicap 2250m, 12:07pm

Total prize pool: $65,000

1st: $35,500, 2nd: $11,600, 3rd: $5,800, 4th: $3,250, 5th: $2,350

BenchMark 80 (BM80), Handicap (Hcp), Rating Based (RTG), Apprentices can claim.

Field Limit: 14 + 4 EM

results

Fin Name Barrier Weight Margin Starting price Time More info
1
J: Todd Pannell T: Patrick & Michelle Payne
4 57.5 0.0 $1.60F 02:26.460
  • Jockey

    Todd Pannell

  • Trainer

    Patrick & Michelle Payne

  • Barrier

    4

  • Weight

    57.5

  • Starting price

    -

  • Age

    6YO

  • Colour

    bay

  • Gender

    Gelding

  • Status

    Active

  • J WT

    53.0kg

  • Ballot Seq

    4

  • Prize

    $276,000

  • Racing colours

    Royal Blue, White Star, Red Cap

  • Owners

    J V O'Neill, Mrs C Atkins, D E Hawkins, A J Scott, Mrs L C Wright, M J Curtain, L R Buller, N D Rance, Power Thoroughbreds (Mgr: W Power), Splash the Cash (Mgr: J L Buttigieg) & Yeah The Bois No 2

  • Breeding info

    DAM: Husson's Kiss
    SIRE: Wordsmith

  • Career

    23:4-4-3

  • 1st up

    4:0-0-2

  • 2nd up

    4:1-0-0

  • Track

    0:0-0-0

  • Dist

    1:1-0-0

  • Trk/Dst

    0:0-0-0

  • Firm

    0:0-0-0

  • Good

    12:3-2-0

  • Soft

    9:1-2-2

  • Heavy

    2:0-0-1

Recent form

Video Pos Venue Date Dist Cond Race Prize Jockey WT Bar RTG Result
4th / 15 FLEM 05/08/2023 2000 Good BM78 6500 Billy Egan 59 15 75
  • 1 Shaiyhar (IRE)
  • 2 Martial Eagle (IRE)
3rd / 14 SANH 19/07/2023 1800 Soft BM78 4950 Billy Egan 59 4 75
  • 1 Flossing (NZ)
  • 2 Court Deep
5th / 15 CAUL 08/07/2023 1700 Soft BM84 3900 Daniel Stackhouse 56 7 76
  • 1 Flash Flood
  • 2 Chief Altony
2nd / 15 CAUL 24/06/2023 1600 Soft BM78 14400 Daniel Stackhouse 59 15 75
  • 1 Wild Imagination (NZ)
  • 3 Cuban State
6th / 6 TAT 19/06/2023 1100 Heavy TRL - Ms Tahlia Hope - - -
  • 1 Frankie Two Angels
  • 2 Lord Domino
2
J: Dylan Caboche T: Lindsay Cadzow
5 54.0 1.2 $91 02:26.660
  • Jockey

    Dylan Caboche

  • Trainer

    Lindsay Cadzow

  • Barrier

    5

  • Weight

    54.0

  • Starting price

    -

  • Age

    10YO

  • Colour

    brown

  • Gender

    Gelding

  • Status

    Active

  • J WT

    54.0kg

  • Ballot Seq

    13

  • Prize

    $87,155

  • Racing colours

    Emerald Green, Gold Dragon Fly Motif, Red Sleeves, Gold Cap

  • Owners

    L J Cadzow, Mrs K E Cadzow & R C Crabb

  • Breeding info

    DAM: Cybercyn
    SIRE: Equiano

  • Career

    51:3-2-5

  • 1st up

    5:0-0-0

  • 2nd up

    4:0-0-1

  • Track

    4:0-0-1

  • Dist

    1:0-0-1

  • Trk/Dst

    1:0-0-1

  • Firm

    0:0-0-0

  • Good

    14:2-0-2

  • Soft

    32:1-1-3

  • Heavy

    5:0-1-0

Recent form

Video Pos Venue Date Dist Cond Race Prize Jockey WT Bar RTG Result
4th / 8 CAST 05/08/2023 2000 Soft 0 - 58 1215 Paul Gatt 57 1 51
  • 1 Bruno Stars (NZ)
  • 2 Gunsablazin'
6th / 11 MUBR 26/07/2023 1800 Good BM60 925 Dylan Caboche 56 3 52
  • 1 Six Foot Song
  • 2 Pool Pony
3rd / 12 WKBL 30/06/2023 1600 Soft BM52 2160 Suraj Narredu 60 12 52
  • 1 Rebellious Lord
  • 2 Testa Life
8th / 8 MT G 18/06/2023 1413 Heavy 0-54 825 Jeffrey Maund 60 1 53
  • 1 Navillus Excel
  • 2 Benovsky
7th / 10 MT G 17/03/2023 1302 Soft BM54 825 Dylan Caboche 60 2 54
  • 1 Craiglea Blizzard
  • 2 Benovsky
3
J: Lachlan Neindorf T: Gordon Richards & Damien Moyle
7 54.0 (ow 0.5kg) 1.6 $16 02:26.740
  • Jockey

    Lachlan Neindorf

  • Trainer

    Gordon Richards & Damien Moyle

  • Barrier

    7

  • Weight

    54.0

  • Starting price

    -

  • Age

    6YO

  • Colour

    chestnut

  • Gender

    Mare

  • Status

    Active

  • J WT

    54.0kg

  • Ballot Seq

    11

  • Prize

    $82,610

  • Racing colours

    Blue, White Seams, Hooped Sleeves, White Cap

  • Owners

    T Clarke, R Warnock, C Reynolds, S Prettejohn, J Nemorin, G Guest, A Hughes, D Varney, Ms J Heaney, Mrs J Clarke, Mrs L Warnock, J Baker, Ms C Rehn, Mrs A Varney, P Ninnis, Dream To Win (Ms J Heaney) & Tell Them They're Dreaming (Ms J Heaney)

  • Breeding info

    DAM: Vitrum
    SIRE: Belardo

  • Career

    25:3-4-5

  • 1st up

    5:0-1-0

  • 2nd up

    4:1-0-0

  • Track

    3:0-1-1

  • Dist

    2:1-0-1

  • Trk/Dst

    0:0-0-0

  • Firm

    0:0-0-0

  • Good

    10:1-0-1

  • Soft

    11:2-3-1

  • Heavy

    4:0-1-3

Recent form

Video Pos Venue Date Dist Cond Race Prize Jockey WT Bar RTG Result
3rd / 9 BKVA 09/08/2023 2200 Good BM58 2450 Lachlan Neindorf 60 4 62
  • 1 Love From Lucy
  • 2 Mystic Knot
1st / 9 BKVA 30/07/2023 2200 Good BM58 12500 Lachlan Neindorf 59 3 58
  • 2 Micklewhite
  • 3 Hostess Susie
3rd / 7 MRPK 15/07/2023 1950 Soft BM70 4900 Lachlan Neindorf 55 7 56
  • 1 Jaguary (NZ)
  • 2 Red Phantom (IRE)
3rd / 12 GAWL 08/07/2023 2100 Heavy 0-64 3625 Dom Tourneur 54 8 56
  • 1 Campobasso (NZ)
  • 2 Footlights (NZ)
2nd / 9 GAWL 21/06/2023 2100 Heavy BM58 3825 Dom Tourneur 57 8 55
  • 1 Rebel Consortium
  • 3 Hostess Susie
4
J: Ms Caitlin Jones T: Ricky Bruhn
1 57.5 2.7 $3.60 02:26.930
  • Jockey

    Ms Caitlin Jones

  • Trainer

    Ricky Bruhn

  • Barrier

    1

  • Weight

    57.5

  • Starting price

    -

  • Age

    7YO

  • Colour

    bay

  • Gender

    Gelding

  • Status

    Active

  • J WT

    56.5kg

  • Ballot Seq

    5

  • Prize

    $157,335

  • Racing colours

    Purple, Black Cap

  • Owners

    R C & Mrs R M Bruhn

  • Breeding info

    DAM: Bellamo
    SIRE: Magnus

  • Career

    24:7-3-3

  • 1st up

    5:1-1-1

  • 2nd up

    4:1-0-0

  • Track

    2:0-0-0

  • Dist

    0:0-0-0

  • Trk/Dst

    0:0-0-0

  • Firm

    1:1-0-0

  • Good

    1:0-0-0

  • Soft

    11:1-1-2

  • Heavy

    11:5-2-1

Recent form

Video Pos Venue Date Dist Cond Race Prize Jockey WT Bar RTG Result
7th / 10 M V 29/07/2023 2500 Soft BM78 2600 Thomas Stockdale 58 1 76
  • 1 Claidheamh Mor
  • 2 Wuddzz (NZ)
1st / 8 MURT 15/07/2023 2050 Soft BM78 14850 Ms Melissa Julius 57 5 72
  • 2 Bainbridge
  • 3 Field Of Lights
6th / 14 SANL 28/06/2023 2400 Heavy BM70 1100 Ms Laura Lafferty 59 10 73
  • 1 Alhambra Lad (NZ)
  • 2 Funambulist (IRE)
2nd / 8 CAST 11/06/2023 2000 Soft APSLY CUP 9000 Ms Laura Lafferty 55 4 73
  • 1 Muntham Missile
  • 3 Coraggio
1st / 9 MT G 28/05/2023 2050 Heavy MILLICENT CUP 16025 Ms Caitlin Jones 59 7 68
  • 2 Fast 'n' Forward
  • 3 Muntham Missile
5
J: Ms Emily Finnegan T: Jan Taylor
2 54.0 (ow 0.5kg) 2.9 $101 02:26.960
  • Jockey

    Ms Emily Finnegan

  • Trainer

    Jan Taylor

  • Barrier

    2

  • Weight

    54.0

  • Starting price

    -

  • Age

    8YO

  • Colour

    bay

  • Gender

    Gelding

  • Status

    Active

  • J WT

    54.0kg

  • Ballot Seq

    14

  • Prize

    $46,945

  • Racing colours

    Royal Blue, Black Sash, White Sleeves, Black Cap

  • Owners

    Mrs J L Taylor, T N Moyle, Mrs M Gilbert, A Gilbert, Ms R Mullan, G P Shepherdson, Mrs V L Taylor & A A Radibratovic

  • Breeding info

    DAM: Too Cool to Fool
    SIRE: Rebel Raider

  • Career

    35:1-0-2

  • 1st up

    7:0-0-0

  • 2nd up

    7:1-0-0

  • Track

    3:0-0-1

  • Dist

    6:0-0-0

  • Trk/Dst

    0:0-0-0

  • Firm

    0:0-0-0

  • Good

    20:0-0-1

  • Soft

    13:1-0-0

  • Heavy

    2:0-0-1

Recent form

Video Pos Venue Date Dist Cond Race Prize Jockey WT Bar RTG Result
6th / 9 BKVA 09/08/2023 2200 Good BM58 925 Ms Teagan Voorham 54 9 46
  • 1 Love From Lucy
  • 2 Mystic Knot
5th / 9 BKVA 30/07/2023 2200 Good BM58 925 Justin Potter 55 6 46
  • 1 Bellavardo (NZ)
  • 2 Micklewhite
7th / 10 GAWL 19/07/2023 1500 Soft 0-58 925 Ms Alana Livesey 53 3 47
  • 1 Fight For Freedom
  • 2 Fox D'or
5th / 5 MRPK 26/06/2023 1250 Heavy OPN-TRL - Dylan Caboche - - -
  • 1 Difflin County
  • 2 Rex Goliath
8th / 11 MUBR 26/01/2023 2500 Good BM58 825 Dylan Caboche 55 2 48
  • 1 Batting Above
  • 2 West Cliff
6
J: Ms Kayla Crowther T: Gordon Richards & Damien Moyle
3 54.0 5.0 $8.50 02:27.320
  • Career

    73:9-10-11

  • 1st up

    6:0-0-2

  • 2nd up

    6:0-1-1

  • Track

    10:1-0-0

  • Dist

    13:2-0-2

  • Trk/Dst

    7:1-0-0

  • Firm

    0:0-0-0

  • Good

    33:3-3-4

  • Soft

    35:6-5-7

  • Heavy

    5:0-2-0

Recent form

Video Pos Venue Date Dist Cond Race Prize Jockey WT Bar RTG Result
3rd / 9 MUBR 05/08/2023 2500 Soft BM76 5800 Ms Kayla Crowther 56 4 68
  • 1 Hasta La Fiorente
  • 2 Orbital Express
9th / 12 MORP 29/07/2023 2009 Soft BM70 1100 Ms Kayla Crowther 60 4 70
  • 1 Orbital Express
  • 2 Exalted Ruth
4th / 7 MORP 24/06/2023 2500 Heavy BM78 2850 Ms Anna Jordsjo 57 7 71
  • 1 Ferago
  • 2 Dixie Whistler
7th / 12 MUBR 17/06/2023 2500 Soft BM68 1075 Ms Sophie Logan 61 7 73
  • 1 Keevs
  • 2 Wolf Prince
5th / 9 MRPK 10/06/2023 2250 Soft BM80 2325 Ms Alana Livesey 55 8 74
  • 1 Dixie Whistler
  • 2 Eaglelou
7
J: Ben Price (a1.5/50kg) T: Reece Goodwin
6 59.5 (cd 58.0kg) 5.1 $20 02:27.330
  • Jockey

    Ben Price

  • Trainer

    Reece Goodwin

  • Barrier

    6

  • Weight

    59.5

  • Starting price

    -

  • Age

    10YO

  • Colour

    bay

  • Gender

    Gelding

  • Status

    Active

  • J WT

    50.5kg

  • Ballot Seq

    3

  • Prize

    $408,849

  • Racing colours

    Emerald Green, Purple Vee, White Sleeves And Cap

  • Owners

    R J Goodwin, Saniuqa7 Racing (Mgr: M De Navi), M A Fox, B S Dare, Windy Hill (Mgr: C J Twigg), D Melbourne, S D Jennings, H Whiteman, C J Keeffe, T L Wood, Maltese Skippy (Mgr: B Johnston), C Lloyd, W Colban, Sit and Steer Racing (Mgr: W Gadsden), W Chatterton, Miss K E Rawlings, G Male & K Parker

  • Breeding info

    DAM: Pravda
    SIRE: High Chaparral

  • Career

    49:5-7-8

  • 1st up

    9:2-1-1

  • 2nd up

    9:1-2-2

  • Track

    1:0-0-1

  • Dist

    6:1-2-1

  • Trk/Dst

    0:0-0-0

  • Firm

    0:0-0-0

  • Good

    22:1-4-4

  • Soft

    19:3-0-3

  • Heavy

    8:1-3-1

Recent form

Video Pos Venue Date Dist Cond Race Prize Jockey WT Bar RTG Result
10th / 10 FLEM 05/08/2023 2530 Good BM100 3000 Craig Newitt 55 10 81
  • 1 First In Line (GB)
  • 2 Alhambra Lad (NZ)
3rd / 7 MRPK 22/07/2023 2400 Soft BM76 5800 Ben Price 62 1 83
  • 1 Alhambra Lad (NZ)
  • 2 Footlights (NZ)
8th / 10 FLEM 15/07/2023 2800 Good Qlty 3500 Craig Newitt 54 4 84
  • 1 Mimi's Award
  • 2 Mostly Cloudy (IRE)
3rd / 11 FLEM 01/07/2023 2600 Soft BANJO PATERSON 13500 Craig Newitt 54 7 84
  • 1 Mimi's Award
  • 2 Rolls
7th / 14 FLEM 17/06/2023 2540 Good Qlty Hcp 3000 Craig Newitt 55 2 85
  • 1 Port Guillaume (FR)
  • 2 Rolls