The Valley - Friday 26th February 2021

48 1 SARTORIAL SPLENDOR (Blks) Rtg 80 BARRIER 3 John Sadler (Caulfield) Techform Rating 100 Matthew Cartwright (a3/52kg) 61kg 4yo bay or brown gelding Sire Brazen Beau Dam Personal Ensign (Rubiton) Breeder Blue Gum Farm Aust Pty Ltd Career Record 13 Starts 3-2-1 (dtc) Career Prizemoney $332,450 1st Up 4:2-1-0 2nd Up 4:0-0-1 Track 4:2-0-1 Dist 6:2-2-1 Trk/Dist 3:1-0-1 Night 3:1-0-1 Firm 0:0-0-0 Good 11:3-2-1 Soft 1:0-0-0 Heavy 1:0-0-0 Synth 0:0-0-0 Distance(s) Won 950(1),1000(1),1200(1) Owners P R Orrico, C S Webster, R J Douglas, I F Foster, D F Trist, T C Eddy, Mrs M K McCartney, J L McCartney, Ms H Sadler, W A Richardson, F W Dugdale, A T Wade, K N Good, R J Bradley, P T King, T R Jewson, C W Blair, Ms A Blair & Any Day Above Ground Syndicate (Mgr: S Morrow) Recent Form Track Jockey Wgt Br. Odds Result Marg Time @800 @400 Rtg 6 of 12 CAUL m Sat 14Mar20 1100 INGLIS DASH Good 4 J Kah 59.5 1 $4 1-Excess Funds 57 2.8L 1:03.27 2 2 78 7 of 12 CAUL m Sat 4Apr20 1100 3Y HCP Heavy 8 J Kah 60.5 7 $6 1-Ancestry 58 8.9L 1:06.47 1 1 76 7 of 16 CAUL m Sat 18Apr20 1100 VGOLD DASH Good 3 J Kah 59 9 $7.50 1-Lankan Star 55 1.8L 1:03.47 1 1 75 1 of 9 M V mN Fri 23Oct20 955 0 - 84 Good 3 M J Dee 57 6 $4 2-Condo’s Express 57 0.2L 54.65 1 1 74 8 of 10 M V m Sat 28Nov20 1000 NORMAN CARLYON -LR Good 3 M J Dee 58.5 3 $15 1-Grandview Avenue 57 5.2L 57.65 2 1 80 Burned them off with speed, hung on late 0.2L at The Valley 0 - 84 over 955m. Settled on speed, tired last 100m, never in it 5.2L Norman Carlyon Listed. Has a strong record when first-up and loves racing at this track and distance. 2 MS CATHERINE Rtg 81 BARRIER 8 Henry Dwyer (Ballarat) Techform Rating 99 Will Price (a2/48kg) 59.5kg 4yo bay mare Sire Shooting to Win Dam Lucky Diva (Perugino (USA) ) Breeder A S & J A Bongiorno Career Record 7 Starts 3-0-1 (dtc) Career Prizemoney $148,030 1st Up 4:2-0-1 2nd Up 3:1-0-0 Track 3:2-0-1 Dist 5:2-0-1 Trk/Dist 2:1-0-1 Night 2:1-0-1 Firm 0:0-0-0 Good 5:3-0-0 Soft 2:0-0-1 Heavy 0:0-0-0 Synth 0:0-0-0 Distance(s) Won 1000(2),1200(1) Owners A S Bongiorno & J A Bongiorno Recent Form Track Jockey Wgt Br. Odds Result Marg Time @800 @400 Rtg 1 of 9 M V mN Fri 21Feb20 1200 TYPH TRACY -G3 Good 3 G Cartwright 55 3 $4.60 2-Tenley 57.5 0.3L 1:10.59 1 1 68 3 of 9 M V m Sat 13Jun20 1000 3Y HCP Soft 6 G Cartwright 59 (57) 5 $2.60f 1-Iconic Star 56 1.5L 1:00.17 1 1 83 9 of 9 CAUL m Sat 27Jun20 1000 3Y HCP Soft 6 G Cartwright 62 (60) 5 $5.50 1-Lucifer’s Reward 54.5 6.0L 58.23 1 3 83 11 of 11 DOOM m Tue 3Nov20 1110 Qlty Good 4 G Cartwright 54 9 $8 1-Hard Empire 58 14.9L 1:04.43 1 1 85 12 of 12 SCST m Sat 21Nov20 1000 SWP Good 3 G Cartwright 57 8 $31 1-Sugar Boom 56 4.3L 56.67 2 2 84 Leader, had no answers in straight, outsprinted 14.9L at Doomben Qlty. Leader’s flank, nothing left 200m, overrun late 4.3L at Sunshine Coast Swp. A first-up winner who is a big contender at this track and distance. Don’t ignore. 3 ROCK TYCOON Rtg 76 BARRIER 1 Nathan Hobson (Swan Hill) Techform Rating 86 Madison Lloyd (a3/50kg) 59kg 5yo bay or brown gelding Sire Written Tycoon Dam Rock Princess (Elvstroem) Breeder Widden Stud Australia Pty Ltd Career Record 27 Starts 7-6-1 (dwc) Career Prizemoney $195,815 1st Up 6:1-4-0 2nd Up 5:1-1-1 Track 5:2-0-0 Dist 8:3-1-0 Trk/Dist 4:2-0-0 Night 4:2-0-0 Firm 0:0-0-0 Good 11:4-2-0 Soft 9:2-4-0 Heavy 6:1-0-1 Synth 1:0-0-0 Distance(s) Won 950(2),1000(1),1200(4) Owners N J Hobson, T A F Goodwin, L J Wallis, C M Fellows, Mrs T Mccraw, M Watkins, R T Hobson, Mrs R E Hobson, A P Hobson, Ms W Watkins, Mrs J L Gurnett, Mrs J Hyde, P M McDonnell, B J Harris, Ms J L Harris, B W Gurnett, S B Rayson, B Rayson & D P McDonnell Recent Form Track Jockey Wgt Br. Odds Result Marg Time @800 @400 Rtg 4 of 4 M V mN Fri 20Nov20 955 BM78 Good 3 J McNeil 59.5 1 $3.80 1-Grandview Avenue 59 4.3L 54.74 3 3 75 1 of 7 M V mN Fri 11Dec20 955 BM70 Good 3 M J Lloyd (a) 62.5 (59.5) 4 $5.50 2-The Last Napoleon 57 0.1L 55.41 1 2 75 11 of 13 CAUL m Sat 2Jan21 1100 BM84 Good 3 M J Lloyd (a) 57.5 (54.5) 12 $26 1-Sword of Mercy 56 5.9L 1:02.81 2 3 79 8 of 10 FLEM m Fri 29Jan21 1000 BM70 Heavy 9 M J Lloyd (a) 64.5 (61.5) 6 $19 1-Sapphire Crown (NZ) 58.5 5.2L 58.33 7 8 79 8 of 10 M V mN Fri 12Feb21 955 BM84 Good 4 M J Lloyd (a) 56.5 (53.5) 10 $51 1-Lady Solly 55 5.0L 55.67 7 7 77 Worse than midfield just found them to be to slick 5.2L at Flemington Bm70 over 1000m Heavy 9. Got back worse than midfield and was pushed along to make ground 5L at The Valley Bm84 over 955m. Has a nice record at the track and distance. 4 CHINA AFFAIR Rtg 72 BARRIER 5 Jason Warren & Dean Krongold (Mornington) Techform Rating 94 Beau Mertens 57kg 4yo bay gelding Sire Toronado (IRE) Dam Current Affair (Fusaichi Pegasus (USA) ) Breeder Miss N Wozny Career Record 10 Starts 3-1-0 (dw) Career Prizemoney $111,431 1st Up 2:0-1-0 2nd Up 2:1-0-0 Track 0:0-0-0 Dist 6:3-1-0 Trk/Dist 0:0-0-0 Night 0:0-0-0 Firm 0:0-0-0 Good 5:0-1-0 Soft 5:3-0-0 Heavy 0:0-0-0 Synth 0:0-0-0 Distance(s) Won 1000(3) Owners G l Kirby Recent Form Track Jockey Wgt Br. Odds Result Marg Time @800 @400 Rtg 1 of 10 SANH m Wed 12Aug20 1000 CG&E BM70 Soft 7 D Dunn 57.5 3 $8.50 2-Manhattan War 55.5 1.3L 57.72 2 1 65 2 of 14 FLEM m Sat 19Dec20 1000 BM78 Good 3 D Oliver 56 3 $17 1-Sword of Mercy 56 1.8L 57.55 9 9 70 4 of 13 FLEM m Sat 9Jan21 1100 BM70 Good 3 D M Lane 61 5 $11 1-Ididitforlove 58 1.6L 1:04.13 2 1 72 5 of 11 SANH m Sat 23Jan21 1000 BM78 Good 3 D Oliver 57 1 $9 1-Ididitforlove 57 1.7L 57.05 10 7 72 4 of 8 CAUL m Sat 30Jan21 1100 BM78 Good 4 D Oliver 57 7 $9 1-Ginger Jones 53.5 2.1L 1:03.20 2 2 72 Settled near last, made up ground late, good run 1.7L at Hillside Bm78 over 1000m. Sat outside leader, boxed on nicely in straight 2.1L at Caulfield Bm78 over 1100m. Has a history of racing well at this distance. Don’t overlook.