The Valley - Friday 26th February 2021

36 1 O’REILLY MCLUKE (NZ) Rtg 63 BARRIER 2 Symon Wilde (Warrnambool) Techform Rating 95 Beau Mertens 60kg 4yo bay gelding Sire Coats Choice Dam Little Riley (NZ) (O’Reilly (NZ) ) Breeder A W Jones & Mrs E W Morris Career Record 3 Starts 1-1-1 Career Prizemoney $17,239 1st Up 2:1-1-0 2nd Up 1:0-0-1 Track 0:0-0-0 Dist 1:0-1-0 Trk/Dist 0:0-0-0 Night 0:0-0-0 Firm 0:0-0-0 Good 2:1-0-1 Soft 1:0-1-0 Heavy 0:0-0-0 Synth 0:0-0-0 Distance(s) Won 1100(1) Owners L J Hoy, M J Shaw, Mrs V C Hoy, I C Mckinnon, B R Mclaren, Mrs S Mclaren, P M Perez, P A Fitzgerald, D Costa, R S McDonald, I McLean, B W Casanelia, Ms D L Dunstan, C Murphy, D L Ludeman, J R Underwood, S Callow, J A Forrest, P C Daly & J Fitzgerald Recent Form Track Jockey Wgt Br. Odds Result Marg Time @800 @400 Rtg 2 of 14 TIMU Fri 9Oct20 1200 MDN Soft K Chowdhoory 58.5 (57.5) 7 $4.30 1-Tennessee Rock (NZ) 53.5 1.3L 1:11.99 0 1 of 8 WNBL Mon 25Jan21 1100 MDN-SW Good 4 B Mertens 59.5 6 $1.70f 2-Black Mirror 57.5 3.0L 1:05.51 5 3 0 3 of 7 KYNE Tue 9Feb21 1112 CL1 Good 4 B Mertens 59.5 3 $2.35f 1-Was Written 54.5 1.5L 1:04.91 4 3 63 Thrashed rivals in a commanding victory after the nice sit behind the leaders at Warrnambool. Sat behind the leaders and was game in defeat when finishing third at Kyneton. Primed to run well third-up, he was impressive winning first-up. 2 MAKE IT QUICK (Blks) Rtg 63 BARRIER 3 David Brideoake (Mornington) Techform Rating 88 Damien Oliver 59.5kg 3yo bay gelding Sire Headwater Dam Gopana (Galileo (IRE) ) Breeder Kia Ora Stud Pty Ltd Career Record 2 Starts 1-0-0 (w) Career Prizemoney $13,350 1st Up 1:1-0-0 2nd Up 1:0-0-0 Track 0:0-0-0 Dist 0:0-0-0 Trk/Dist 0:0-0-0 Night 0:0-0-0 Firm 0:0-0-0 Good 1:0-0-0 Soft 1:1-0-0 Heavy 0:0-0-0 Synth 0:0-0-0 Distance(s) Won 1100(1) Owners C W W Ngan Recent Form Track Jockey Wgt Br. Odds Result Marg Time @800 @400 Rtg 1 of 7 HTON Wed 14Oct20 1100 3Y MDN-SW Soft 6 E P Brown 58 3 $2.15f 2-Queen Zyrah 56 3.0L 1:06.56 1 1 0 6 of 12 CRAN Thu 29Oct20 1300 CL1 Good 3 E P Brown 58 7 $3.70 1-Ringfort 57 2.8L 1:18.50 4 3 63 Looked in control of the race a long way from home and won impressively 3L at Hamilton 3Y Mdn-Sw. Tracked into the race well from a forward position but was no match sixth 2.8L at Cranbourne. Has the early speed to lead. 3 RHODE SCHOLAR Rtg 62 BARRIER 8 Trent Busuttin & Natalie Young (Cranbourne) Techform Rating 91 Michael Dee 59kg 3yo brown gelding Sire Zoustar Dam Testy (Testa Rossa) Breeder Yarramalong Career Record 4 Starts 1-0-0 (d) Career Prizemoney $21,380 1st Up 2:1-0-0 2nd Up 1:0-0-0 Track 1:0-0-0 Dist 2:1-0-0 Trk/Dist 1:0-0-0 Night 1:0-0-0 Firm 0:0-0-0 Good 3:1-0-0 Soft 1:0-0-0 Heavy 0:0-0-0 Synth 0:0-0-0 Distance(s) Won 1200(1) Owners D P Juratowitch, A Kassem, A Kheir, V Kheir, S A Lewin, J A O’Neill, T M Scales & Busuttin Racing (Mgr: T Busuttin) Recent Form Track Jockey Wgt Br. Odds Result Marg Time @800 @400 Rtg 6 of 11 SALE Wed 10Jun20 1105 2Y MDN-SW Good 4 J M Winks 58 9 $4.20 1-So Let’s Toast 58 2.8L 1:04.90 2 2 0 1 of 12 SW H Fri 11Sep20 1200 3Y MDN-SW Good 4 M Walker 58 8 $3f 2-Expectant 58 0.1L 1:11.90 7 6 0 5 of 7 CRAN Sun 11Oct20 1400 3Y BM70 Good 4 M Walker 57.5 5 $8.50 1-Pioneer River 60 6.7L 1:24.47 7 5 62 9 of 9 M V m Sat 24Oct20 1200 RED ANCHOR STKS -G3 Soft 7 M Walker 57 8 $41 1-Portland Sky 57 11.1L 1:12.95 8 8 62 Stalked the speed, under the whip to make ground struggling into fifth 6.7L at Cranbourne 3Y Bm70 over 1400m. Restrained back, tried to run on just whacked away 11.1L Red Anchor Stks Group 3 over 1200m Soft 7. 4 SQUAMANZER (Blks) Rtg 61 BARRIER 1 Brendan McCarthy (Caulfield) Techform Rating 92 Daniel Stackhouse 59kg 4yo bay gelding Sire Squamosa Dam Bella Romance (Last Tycoon (IRE) ) Breeder McLaren Bloodstock Career Record 4 Starts 1-1-0 Career Prizemoney $28,000 1st Up 2:1-1-0 2nd Up 1:0-0-0 Track 0:0-0-0 Dist 0:0-0-0 Trk/Dist 0:0-0-0 Night 0:0-0-0 Firm 0:0-0-0 Good 4:1-1-0 Soft 0:0-0-0 Heavy 0:0-0-0 Synth 0:0-0-0 Distance(s) Won 1000(1) Owners B McCarthy Recent Form Track Jockey Wgt Br. Odds Result Marg Time @800 @400 Rtg 2 of 12 SW H Fri 11Sep20 975 MDN-SW Good 4 J Mott 59.5 2 $6.50 1-Early Plea 57 0.5L 57.28 8 8 0 4 of 12 SALE Thu 24Sep20 1006 MDN-SW Good 4 J Mott 59.5 9 $11 1-Wegobam 55 0.4L 59.39 2 3 0 7 of 8 BDGO Wed 7Oct20 1000 MDN-SW Good 4 J Mott 59.5 4 $11 1-Far Enough 57 6.1L 58.47 2 4 0 1 of 11 SW H Tue 16Feb21 975 MDN-SW Good 4 D W Stackhouse 59.5 5 $2.90f 2-Openhimup 57.5 0.5L 56.52 5 1 0 Poised to bounce at the 400m however didn’t have a lot left to give 6.1L at Bendigo Mdn-Sw over 1000m. Fought on bravely to win after leading into the straight 0.5L at Swan Hill Mdn-Sw over 975m. Second-up.