The Valley - Friday 26th November 2021

37 5 Silence the Stars Rtg 63 Barrier 4 Deanne Taylor (Stawell) Techform Rating 87 Lewis German (a2/54kg) 59.5kg 9yo bay gelding Sire Valixir (IRE) Dam Viva Arena (Arena) Breeder Mr W Taylor Career Record 47 Starts 5-5-3 (w) Career Prizemoney $190,315 1st Up 8:0-3-0 2nd Up 8:0-0-1 Track 6:0-1-1 Dist 4:0-0-1 Trk/Dist 2:0-0-1 Night 2:0-0-1 Firm 0:0-0-0 Good 35:4-2-3 Soft 10:1-2-0 Heavy 2:0-1-0 Synth 0:0-0-0 Distance(s) Won 1600(1),1750(1),2000(1),2200(1),2400(1) Owners Mrs D K Taylor & W A C Taylor Recent Form Track Jockey Wgt Br. Odds Result Marg Time @800 @400 Rtg 4 of 10 GEEL Wed 29Sep21 1755 BM64 Good 3 D W Stackhouse 62 2 $31 1-Maid Of Iron 56.5 1.9L 1:47.48 7 9 68 12 of 12 CAUL m Wed 13Oct21 2000 BM78 Good 4 J Fry 55 2 $81 1-Durston (GB) 62 9.7L 2:05.48 9 12 68 5 of 7 WNBL Thu 28Oct21 2000 BM64 Hwgt Good 4 L Williams 71 1 $12 1-Brawl 71 3.5L 2:11.59 6 7 66 10 of 12 M V mN Fri 12Nov21 3800 BM78 Hwgt Soft 7 L Williams 65 9 $71 1-True Marvel (FR) 67.5 46.5L 4:14.52 10 11 65 6 of 8 PENS Sat 20Nov21 2000 PENSHURST CUP Good 3 J Darose 55 2 $26 1-Court Deep 57 7.3L 2:03.37 8 8 64 Always well back in the run, never really involved 46.5L at The Valley Bm78 Hwgt over 3800m Soft 7. Hardly sighted until very late gaining sixth 7.3L at Penshurst Penshurst Cup over 2000m. Better suited at this level. 6 Tigertiger (NZ) Rtg 63 Barrier 5 Rob Blacker (Mornington) Techform Rating 94 Brian Higgins 59.5kg 6yo bay gelding Sire Zed (NZ) Dam Hoorang (NZ) (Zerpour (IRE) ) Breeder I A Shaw Career Record 17 Starts 2-3-2 (dw) Career Prizemoney $52,876 1st Up 6:0-1-1 2nd Up 5:0-1-0 Track 0:0-0-0 Dist 1:1-0-0 Trk/Dist 0:0-0-0 Night 0:0-0-0 Firm 0:0-0-0 Good 6:0-3-0 Soft 3:1-0-1 Heavy 8:1-0-1 Synth 0:0-0-0 Distance(s) Won 2450(2) Owners Mrs C A Blacker Recent Form Track Jockey Wgt Br. Odds Result Marg Time @800 @400 Rtg 2 of 13 BRAT Sun 19Sep21 2000 MDN-SW Good 3 B Higgins 59.5 3 $3.40 1-Teewaters 57 6.0L 2:06.68 7 4 0 3 of 10 MOE Thu 30Sep21 2088 MDN-SW Heavy 9 B Higgins 59.5 4 $5.50 1-Ima Dozer 59.5 0.6L 2:21.87 6 6 0 1 of 6 MORN Mon 18Oct21 2460 MDN-SW Soft 5 B Higgins 59.5 6 $1.55f 2-Asternishing 57 5.8L 2:35.86 5 1 0 2 of 8 MORN Sun 31Oct21 2400 BM58 Good 4 B Higgins 62 4 $2f 1-High Commission 62 2.8L 2:32.64 6 2 58 1 of 9 GEEL Sun 14Nov21 2440 0 - 58 Heavy 8 B Higgins 60 8 $1.95f 2-Irish Pardon 57 5.0L 2:38.71 7 4 58 Raced up on the pace and did a great job to hold second 2.8L at Mornington over 2400m. Sat behind the speed and once clear finished off strongly to win 5L at Geelong 0 - 58 over 2440m Heavy 8. Blitzed them at Geelong, Ready to step up now. 7 High Commission Rtg 62 Barrier 6 Craig Blackshaw (Pakenham) Techform Rating 93 Ben Allen 59kg 5yo bay gelding Sire Dissident Dam Love Ends (Domesday) Breeder Supreme Thoroughbreds Career Record 23 Starts 3-1-3 (dw) Career Prizemoney $88,767 1st Up 4:0-1-0 2nd Up 4:0-0-1 Track 0:0-0-0 Dist 2:1-0-0 Trk/Dist 0:0-0-0 Night 0:0-0-0 Firm 0:0-0-0 Good 11:1-1-1 Soft 8:1-0-2 Heavy 4:1-0-0 Synth 0:0-0-0 Distance(s) Won 2400(1),2450(1),2600(1) Owners A J Lafontaine, P R MacVean, S A McRae, M W McKay, T Baker, Mrs K Blackshaw, D P Lafontaine, E J Lafontaine & R Simmons Recent Form Track Jockey Wgt Br. Odds Result Marg Time @800 @400 Rtg 9 of 14 MOE Mon 13Sep21 1600 BM58 Soft 7 M Poy 63.5 8 $41 1-Toorak Playboy 63.5 5.8L 1:42.30 10 14 61 8 of 10 SALE Wed 6Oct21 2226 BM64 Soft 5 D W Stackhouse 58.5 6 $26 1-Into Rio (NZ) 60.5 8.0L 2:22.76 4 7 61 7 of 10 MORN Mon 18Oct21 2460 BM64 Good 4 M Poy 58 9 $41 1-Brilliant Venture (NZ) 59 7.5L 2:35.88 2 3 60 1 of 8 MORN Sun 31Oct21 2400 BM58 Good 4 B Allen 62 7 $12 2-Tigertiger (NZ) 62 2.8L 2:32.64 1 1 58 3 of 9 BDGO Wed 10Nov21 2400 BM64 Soft 5 M Poy 59 3 $9.50 1-Coup De Tonnerre 60 1.9L 2:32.16 1 1 62 Dictated the race in the lead and gave nothing else a chance winning 2.8L at Mornington Bm58 over 2400m. Gave a great sight out in front but was run down for third 1.9L at Bendigo Bm64 over 2400m Soft 5. 8 Heartland Raider Rtg 65 Barrier 8 Charlie Gafa (Moe) Techform Rating 90 Craig Newitt 58.5kg 6yo brown mare Sire Rebel Raider Dam Silent Savannah (Barely a Moment) Breeder Mr D W Moyle Career Record 37 Starts 5-1-2 (w) Career Prizemoney $124,935 1st Up 4:1-0-0 2nd Up 4:0-0-0 Track 2:0-0-0 Dist 1:0-0-0 Trk/Dist 0:0-0-0 Night 0:0-0-0 Firm 0:0-0-0 Good 13:2-0-1 Soft 17:2-0-1 Heavy 7:1-1-0 Synth 0:0-0-0 Distance(s) Won 2000(2),2100(1),2200(1),2400(1) Owners Mrs M Gafa Recent Form Track Jockey Wgt Br. Odds Result Marg Time @800 @400 Rtg 7 of 9 MOE Fri 15Oct21 2050 MOE CUP Heavy 8 L W German (a) 54 1 $81 1-Ghodeleine 54 8.0L 2:10.85 4 7 62 7 of 14 SALE Sun 24Oct21 2200 BM64 Soft 5 Arron Lynch 57 5 $10 1-Indiana Lilly 59.5 5.6L 2:19.26 13 14 62 6 of 8 MORN Sun 31Oct21 2400 BM58 Good 4 Arron Lynch 62 3 $5 1-High Commission 62 8.4L 2:32.64 7 7 62 3 of 10 MOE Mon 8Nov21 2088 BM58 Soft 5 M Allen 61.5 2 $8.50 1-Glamdam (NZ) 60 4.4L 2:12.89 9 8 61 1 of 11 MORN Thu 18Nov21 2000 BM58 Good 3 M Allen 61.5 5 $7.50 2-Orrong Road 61.5 1.3L 2:09.74 7 5 61 Superb performance for third after getting a long way back under hard riding 4.4L at Moe Bm58 over 2088m Soft 5. Soft win after settling behind the leaders in transit 1.3L at Mornington Bm58 over 2000m.