Century Downs Race 4

1609M

Stake: $19,599

SHARK WEEK (7) is an outstanding seven-year-old gelding who has 24 wins from 25 career runs. Made it two wins on the trot last time out, getting home by 1.75 metres over 1609m at this track. Will need a bit of luck negotiating a very wide starting position. Meets a similar line up so he can certainly add to the winning sequence. MERCEDES (6) was disappointing last start when 9 metres from the winner in fourth over 1609m at this track. Best form reference might be his win at Century Mile three starts back. Big chance if he gets the right breaks. SAMBA BEAT (4) is heading the right way, improving last time out to finish second at this track over 1609m. Genuine threat. GENERAL CUSTARD (5) cannot be left out after solid recent performances, the latest a sound third at this track over 1609m.

Distance: 1609m
Track: Good
Weather: -
Surface: All Weather
Class: HCP

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Believe It Sea It () 162314323x
Trainer: K Hoerdt ()
Driver: K Hoerdt
Prize Money: $95,401
Win / Place: 15% / 55%

4 yo Bay Horse

Sire: DOWNBYTHESEASIDE (USA)

Dam: DANCIN WITH JAMMY

Rating

Stats

Career

38: 6-6-9

Distance

38: 6-6-9

Trk/Dst

7: 2-1-1

Track

7: 2-1-1

Season

3: 0-1-2

1st Up

2: 0-1-1

2nd Up

2: 0-1-1

3rd Up

2: 1-0-0

All-Weather

38: 6-6-9

Best Mile

1:55.00

Comments

Returns from the paddock. At the latest first-up run 2nd (Fr3) over 1609m at The Meadows, beaten 0.9 m by Battleshoe Hart (1:54.40) in NW2EXTPM on February 29 2024 at $1.90.

Last Starts days since last start

Place	Date	Track	Distance	Start	Surface	Barrier	Driver	Race Time	Mile Rate	Margin	SP	Days	Class	Prize	Prize Won	Result
3rd of 7	8/2/25	Century Mile	1609m		All Weather	1	K Hoerdt	1:55.40	-	3.8m	$10	14	-	$13,444	$1,614	1. Matts A Mystician 2. General Custard 3. Believe It Sea It
2nd of 9	25/1/25	Century Mile	1609m		All Weather	9	K Hoerdt	1:53.30	-	4.5m	$23	14	-	$14,181	$3,545	1. Mercedes 2. Believe It Sea It 3. Kioti
3rd of 7	11/1/25	Century Mile	1609m		All Weather	1	K Hoerdt	1:55.10	-	3.8m	$12	11	HCP	$14,181	$1,702	1. General Custard 2. Matts A Mystician 3. Believe It Sea It
4th of 8	31/12/24	Century Mile	1609m		All Weather	8	K Hoerdt	1:55.40	-	3.0m	$16	10	-	$13,283	$1,063	1. Redstone Arsenal 2. Handsome Dan 3. Kioti
1st of 7	21/12/24	Century Mile	1609m		All Weather	7	K Hoerdt	1:55.00	-	1.3m	$3.10f	7	-	$10,746	$5,374	1. Believe It Sea It 2. Rum N Custard 3. Major Risky
3rd of 8	14/12/24	Century Mile	1609m		All Weather	7	K Hoerdt	1:53.40	-	2.5m	$9.70	7	-	$10,746	$1,289	1. Matts A Mystician 2. General Custard 3. Believe It Sea It

Wine Thirty () 114564x423
Trainer: R Hennessy ()
Driver: P Shaw
Prize Money: $82,083
Win / Place: 13% / 39%

Nearing Another Win

6 yo Bay Gelding

Sire: VERTICAL HORIZON

Dam: MARILYN MERLOT

Rating

Stats

Career

46: 6-7-5

Distance

46: 6-7-5

Trk/Dst

21: 4-4-4

Track

21: 4-4-4

Season

6: 0-1-1

1st Up

3: 0-1-0

2nd Up

3: 0-1-0

3rd Up

3: 1-0-1

All-Weather

46: 6-7-5

Best Mile

1:52.30

Comments

Racing consistently with minor placings at his last two starts at this course. Placed last start 3rd over 1609m at this track was 3rd- at the bell, beaten 3 m by Joe Dimagio (1:54.30) on April 12 at $5.40. Before that 2nd over 1609m at this track was 2nd- at the bell, beaten 6 m by Midnight Mover (1:52.10) on April 5 at $10.65.

Last Starts days since last start

Place	Date	Track	Distance	Start	Surface	Barrier	Driver	Race Time	Mile Rate	Margin	SP	Days	Class	Prize	Prize Won	Result
3rd of 8	12/4/25	Century Downs	1609m		All Weather	5	M Hennessy	1:54.30	-	3.0m	$5.40	7	-	$13,474	$1,617	1. Joe Dimagio 2. Midnight Mover 3. Wine Thirty
2nd of 8	5/4/25	Century Downs	1609m		All Weather	1	M Hennessy	1:52.10	-	6.3m	$11	7	-	$10,902	$2,726	1. Midnight Mover 2. Wine Thirty 3. Up Yer Kilt
4th of 6	29/3/25	Century Downs	1609m		All Weather	6	M Hennessy	1:54.00	-	10.0m	$6.40	63	-	$10,817	$866	1. Midnight Mover 2. Joe Dimagio 3. Up Yer Kilt
63 Day Spell
4th of 9	25/1/25	Century Mile	1609m		All Weather	2	M Hennessy	1:53.30	-	5.5m	$27	14	-	$14,181	$1,134	1. Mercedes 2. Believe It Sea It 3. Kioti
6th of 7	11/1/25	Century Mile	1609m		All Weather	5	M Hennessy	1:55.10	-	4.5m	$11	7	HCP	$14,181	-	1. General Custard 2. Matts A Mystician 3. Believe It Sea It
5th of 5	4/1/25	Century Mile	1609m		All Weather	2	P Giesbrecht	1:54.40	-	4.0m	$27	28	-	$15,414	$771	1. Shark Week 2. Matts A Mystician 3. General Custard

Midnight Mover () 5553486112
Trainer: T Ellis ()
Driver: N Sobey
Prize Money: $66,602
Win / Place: 11% / 48%

6 yo Brown Horse

Sire: MYSTICIAN

Dam: BOUNCING HANOVER

Rating

Stats

Career

60: 7-12-10

Distance

60: 7-12-10

Trk/Dst

29: 5-8-4

Track

29: 5-8-4

Season

6: 2-1-0

1st Up

1: 0-0-0

2nd Up

1: 0-1-0

3rd Up

1: 0-0-1

All-Weather

60: 7-12-10

Best Mile

1:52.10

Comments

Last start 2nd over 1609m at this track was leading by at the bell, beaten 0.8 m by Joe Dimagio (1:54.30) on April 12 at $1.80. Two runs back posted a big 6 m win as favourite at this track (1:52.10) beating Wine Thirty in on April 5 at $1.60 at the bell was leading.

Last Starts days since last start

Place	Date	Track	Distance	Start	Surface	Barrier	Driver	Race Time	Mile Rate	Margin	SP	Days	Class	Prize	Prize Won	Result
2nd of 8	12/4/25	Century Downs	1609m		All Weather	8	N Sobey	1:54.30	-	0.8m	$1.80f	7	-	$13,474	$3,368	1. Joe Dimagio 2. Midnight Mover 3. Wine Thirty
1st of 8	5/4/25	Century Downs	1609m		All Weather	6	Jb Campbell	1:52.10	-	6.3m	$1.60f	7	-	$10,902	$5,451	1. Midnight Mover 2. Wine Thirty 3. Up Yer Kilt
1st of 6	29/3/25	Century Downs	1609m		All Weather	4	Jb Campbell	1:54.00	-	5.8m	$2.10f	49	-	$10,817	$5,409	1. Midnight Mover 2. Joe Dimagio 3. Up Yer Kilt
49 Day Freshen-Up
6th of 9	8/2/25	Century Mile	1609m		All Weather	6	K Hoerdt	1:57.30	-	5.0m	$25	14	-	$6,844	-	1. Yenoh Who 2. Litizor 3. Bud Neigh Kid
8th of 8	25/1/25	Century Mile	1609m		All Weather	4	K Hoerdt	1:57.40	-	3.3m	$9.90	21	-	$6,783	-	1. Bud Neigh Kid 2. Subzero 3. No Bettor Parade
4th of 7	4/1/25	Century Mile	1609m		All Weather	1	N Sobey	1:56.20	-	3.5m	$5.75	14	-	$6,783	$542	1. Chaseisonthecase 2. Yenoh Who 3. Bud Neigh Kid

Samba Beat () 3212154442
Trainer: G Hudon ()
Driver: P Giesbrecht
Prize Money: $137,531
Win / Place: 20% / 67%

7 yo Bay Horse

Sire: SANTANNA BLUE CHIP (USA)

Dam: SHES MACHS DELIGHT

Rating

Stats

Career

40: 8-9-10

Distance

40: 8-9-10

Trk/Dst

20: 4-5-5

Track

20: 4-5-5

Season

4: 0-1-0

1st Up

2: 0-0-1

2nd Up

2: 2-0-0

3rd Up

2: 0-1-0

All-Weather

40: 8-9-10

Best Mile

1:51.30

Comments

Not far away at the last couple starts; Finished 1.75 m second behind Shark Week at this track over 1609m HCP last start. Before that was beaten 2.25 metres fourth again at this track same class on March 29.

Last Starts days since last start

Place	Date	Track	Distance	Start	Surface	Barrier	Driver	Race Time	Mile Rate	Margin	SP	Days	Class	Prize	Prize Won	Result
2nd of 4	5/4/25	Century Downs	1609m		All Weather	1	P Giesbrecht	1:53.00	-	1.8m	$12	7	HCP	$19,599	$4,899	1. Shark Week 2. Samba Beat 3. General Custard
4th of 5	29/3/25	Century Downs	1609m		All Weather	3	P Giesbrecht	1:57.10	-	2.3m	$20	49	HCP	$19,448	$1,555	1. Shark Week 2. General Custard 3. Blast Of Sunshine
49 Day Freshen-Up
4th of 7	8/2/25	Century Mile	1609m		All Weather	7	M Hennessy	1:55.40	-	4.3m	$3.40f	17	-	$13,444	$1,076	1. Matts A Mystician 2. General Custard 3. Believe It Sea It
4th of 6	22/1/25	Century Mile	1609m		All Weather	5	P Giesbrecht	1:53.30	-	7.8m	$12	46	-	$15,414	$1,233	1. Shark Week 2. General Custard 3. Matts A Mystician
46 Day Freshen-Up
5th of 8	7/12/24	Century Mile	1609m		All Weather	8	P Giesbrecht	1:54.00	-	5.5m	$2.55f	21	-	$15,093	$755	1. Vinny N The Iceman 2. Mercedes 3. Kioti
1st of 6	16/11/24	Century Mile	1609m		All Weather	5	P Giesbrecht	1:53.40	-	1.8m	$1.05f	21	-	$13,239	$6,620	1. Samba Beat 2. Vinny N The Iceman 3. Kioti

General Custard () 2131282323
Trainer: D A Kelly ()
Driver: D A Kelly
Prize Money: $211,217
Win / Place: 19% / 70%

Track / Distance Specialist

Nearing Another Win

5 yo Brown Gelding

Sire: CUSTARD THE DRAGON

Dam: GRINANDCHASEIT

Rating

Stats

Career

51: 10-13-13

Distance

51: 10-13-13

Trk/Dst

24: 8-6-3

Track

24: 8-6-3

Season

8: 1-3-3

1st Up

2: 2-0-0

2nd Up

2: 1-1-0

3rd Up

2: 0-1-0

All-Weather

51: 10-13-13

Best Mile

1:53.00

Comments

Solid performance when a close second behind Shark Week at this track over 1609m in a HCP on March 29 at $20.90. Then a handy effort when beaten by 2.5 m finishing third behind Shark Week at this track over 1609m in a HCP on April 5 at $9.70.

Last Starts days since last start

Place	Date	Track	Distance	Start	Surface	Barrier	Driver	Race Time	Mile Rate	Margin	SP	Days	Class	Prize	Prize Won	Result
3rd of 4	5/4/25	Century Downs	1609m		All Weather	2	D A Kelly	1:53.00	-	2.5m	$9.70	7	HCP	$19,599	$2,352	1. Shark Week 2. Samba Beat 3. General Custard
2nd of 5	29/3/25	Century Downs	1609m		All Weather	2	D A Kelly	1:57.10	-	0.5m	$21	43	HCP	$19,448	$4,862	1. Shark Week 2. General Custard 3. Blast Of Sunshine
43 Day Freshen-Up
3rd of 8	14/2/25	Century Mile	1609m		All Weather	5	D A Kelly	1:55.30	-	3.0m	$18	6	-	$15,278	$1,834	1. Mercedes 2. Matts A Mystician 3. General Custard
2nd of 7	8/2/25	Century Mile	1609m		All Weather	6	D A Kelly	1:55.40	-	3.0m	$3.60	14	-	$13,444	$3,362	1. Matts A Mystician 2. General Custard 3. Believe It Sea It
8th of 9	25/1/25	Century Mile	1609m		All Weather	6	D A Kelly	1:53.30	-	7.3m	$1.95f	3	-	$14,181	-	1. Mercedes 2. Believe It Sea It 3. Kioti
2nd of 6	22/1/25	Century Mile	1609m		All Weather	3	D A Kelly	1:53.30	-	2.0m	$20	11	-	$15,414	$3,853	1. Shark Week 2. General Custard 3. Matts A Mystician

Mercedes () 1112121154
Trainer: Jb Campbell ()
Driver: Jb Campbell
Prize Money: $109,690
Win / Place: 57% / 76%

Track / Distance Specialist

5 yo Bay Horse

Sire: ALL BETS OFF

Dam: SKADE

Rating

Stats

Career

26: 15-5-0

Distance

26: 15-5-0

Trk/Dst

14: 7-2-0

Track

14: 7-2-0

Season

4: 2-0-0

1st Up

2: 1-0-0

2nd Up

2: 1-1-0

3rd Up

2: 1-1-0

All-Weather

26: 15-5-0

Best Mile

1:51.20

Comments

Last start 4th over 1609m at this track, at the bell was 4th- beaten 9 m by Shark Week (1:53.00) in HCP on April 5 at $3.15. Before that, 5th over 1609m at this track was leading by at the bell, beaten 2.5 m by Shark Week (1:57.10) in HCP on March 29 at $3.85.

Last Starts days since last start

Place	Date	Track	Distance	Start	Surface	Barrier	Driver	Race Time	Mile Rate	Margin	SP	Days	Class	Prize	Prize Won	Result
4th of 4	5/4/25	Century Downs	1609m		All Weather	3	Jb Campbell	1:53.00	-	9.0m	$3.15	7	HCP	$19,599	$1,568	1. Shark Week 2. Samba Beat 3. General Custard
5th of 5	29/3/25	Century Downs	1609m		All Weather	5	Jb Campbell	1:57.10	-	2.5m	$3.85	43	HCP	$19,448	$972	1. Shark Week 2. General Custard 3. Blast Of Sunshine
43 Day Freshen-Up
1st of 8	14/2/25	Century Mile	1609m		All Weather	7	Jb Campbell	1:55.30	-	1.8m	$7.95	20	-	$15,278	$7,638	1. Mercedes 2. Matts A Mystician 3. General Custard
1st of 9	25/1/25	Century Mile	1609m		All Weather	8	J Gagne	1:53.30	-	0.8m	$8.40	35	-	$14,181	$7,091	1. Mercedes 2. Believe It Sea It 3. Kioti
35 Day Freshen-Up
2nd of 5	21/12/24	Century Mile	1609m		All Weather	5	J Gagne	1:54.00	-	0.5m	$1.50f	7	HCP	$15,093	$3,773	1. General Custard 2. Mercedes 3. Matts A Mystician
1st of 7	14/12/24	Century Mile	1609m		All Weather	6	J Gagne	1:54.20	-	5.3m	$2.00f	7	-	$13,283	$6,641	1. Mercedes 2. Came A Cavalier 3. Kioti

Shark Week () 1111x11511
Trainer: R Hennessy ()
Driver: M Hennessy
Prize Money: $223,235
Win / Place: 96% / 96%

Unbeaten The Track / Distance

Track / Distance Specialist

Going for the Hat-Trick

7 yo Bay Gelding

Sire: VERTICAL HORIZON

Dam: SHARK GONE BAD

100

Rating

Stats

Career

25: 24-0-0

Distance

25: 24-0-0

Trk/Dst

12: 12-0-0

Track

12: 12-0-0

Season

5: 4-0-0

1st Up

4: 4-0-0

2nd Up

3: 3-0-0

3rd Up

3: 2-0-0

All-Weather

25: 24-0-0

Best Mile

1:50.20

Comments

Seven-year-old gelding is racing in fine form. Won his last two outings at this track both over 1609m. Last start won by 1.75 m as favourite at this track (1:53.00) beating Samba Beat in HCP on April 5 at $1.45 at the bell was leading.

Last Starts days since last start

Place	Date	Track	Distance	Start	Surface	Barrier	Driver	Race Time	Mile Rate	Margin	SP	Days	Class	Prize	Prize Won	Result
1st of 4	5/4/25	Century Downs	1609m		All Weather	4	M Hennessy	1:53.00	-	1.8m	$1.45f	7	HCP	$19,599	$9,800	1. Shark Week 2. Samba Beat 3. General Custard
1st of 5	29/3/25	Century Downs	1609m		All Weather	4	M Hennessy	1:57.10	-	0.5m	$1.25f	43	HCP	$19,448	$9,724	1. Shark Week 2. General Custard 3. Blast Of Sunshine
43 Day Freshen-Up
5th of 8	14/2/25	Century Mile	1609m		All Weather	8	M Hennessy	1:55.30	-	4.0m	$1.35f	23	-	$15,278	$763	1. Mercedes 2. Matts A Mystician 3. General Custard
1st of 6	22/1/25	Century Mile	1609m		All Weather	6	M Hennessy	1:53.30	-	2.0m	$1.05f	18	-	$15,414	$7,708	1. Shark Week 2. General Custard 3. Matts A Mystician
1st of 5	4/1/25	Century Mile	1609m		All Weather	5	M Hennessy	1:54.40	-	2.3m	$1.05f	70	-	$15,414	$7,708	1. Shark Week 2. Matts A Mystician 3. General Custard
70 Day Spell
1st of 8	26/10/24	Century Mile	1609m		All Weather	4	M Hennessy	1:52.20	-	2.8m	$1.05f	28	-	$29,380	$14,691	1. Shark Week 2. Samba Beat 3. Bonus Round

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