The Meadows Race 3

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PASS MARK (8) pinged the lids and led for most of the way to hold a minor placing when third and beaten 1.3 lengths (38.10) at Ballarat in a Special conditions race over 660m. Recorded one of the quickest times on the card last start despite being beaten. Likely to be in the finish again. PAW XANTIPPE (4) is an honest type in the frame at seven of 26 starts including 11 wins, the latest scoring (34.47) over 600m at this track. Form at the trip excellent including two wins. Will go close here with a clear run. DESIRED RANGE (7) was prominent early from the tricky draw and stalked the lead but levelled up to score (34.60) at this track in Grade 5 over 600m. Form from his last run is proving to be solid. Leading player again. MEPUNGA SMOKEY (5) is worth consideration.

Distance: 600m
Class: Mixed 3/4
Track: Good
Weather: OCAST
Surface: All Weather

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Shake And Bake (1) 621731655x
Trainer: Jeffrey Britton (Anakie)
Prize Money: $100,756
Win / Place: 22% / 59%

3 yo Black B

Sire: SHIMA SHINE (AUS)

Dam: SUPER TORA (USA)

Rating

Stats

Career

57: 13-6-15

Track

24: 7-2-8

Trk/Dst

5: 2-0-2

Distance

6: 2-0-2

1st Up

1: 0-0-0

2nd Up

1: 0-0-0

Winning Distances
<400	400+	500+	600+	700+
0	0	4	5	4

Box History	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8
STARTS	11	9	5	9	3	7	6	7
1st	5	2	1	3	0	1	1	0
2nd	1	1	1	0	1	0	0	2
3rd	3	2	1	3	0	3	1	2

Comments

Missed the frame latest (38.56) when fifth over 660m at Ballarat in a Special conditions race. Goes very well off the draw boasting five wins and four places from 11 starts. Others appear better placed.

Expected Early Speed:Backmarker

Last Starts days since last start

Place	Date	Track	Distance	Box	Ran	Avg. Speed	Margin	SP	Win Time	BON	Class	Prize	Prize Won	Days	Result
5th of 5	30/5/25	Ballarat	660m	8	0:38.56	61.6 km/h	7.8L	$17	0:38.01	0:38.01	SPEC	$15,892	-	15	1. Ethanol Water 2. Reiterate 3. Pass Mark
5th of 8	15/5/25	Sandown	715m	3	0:42.02	61.3 km/h	7.0L	$9.50	0:41.54	0:41.54	SPEC H	$16,132	-	15	1. Lady Wilson 2. Star Stay 3. Navarino
6th of 8	30/4/25	Warrnambool	650m	5	0:37.51	62.4 km/h	7.5L	$7.50	0:37.02	0:37.02	SPEC	$11,859	-	13	1. Reiterate 2. Lanfranco 3. Mepunga Surprise
1st of 8	17/4/25	Warrnambool	650m	7	0:37.37	62.6 km/h	2.0L	$18	0:37.37	0:37.37	SPEC	$4,851	$3,259	6	1. Shake And Bake 2. Miss Mary Jo, Mepunga Reward 3.
3rd of 8	11/4/25	Geelong	680m	1	0:39.46	62.0 km/h	8.8L	$8.50	0:38.89	0:38.89	SPEC	$15,892	$1,635	6	1. Ethanol Volume 2. Reiterate 3. Shake And Bake
7th of 7	5/4/25	Wentworth Park	720m	6	0:43.02	60.3 km/h	16.8L	$9.00	0:41.84	0:41.84	NG	$11,881	-	5	1. I'm Sally 2. Law Book 3. Lanfranco

Mister Manfredi (2) 1241463374
Trainer: Chris Armstrong (Hoppers Crossing)
Prize Money: $48,478
Win / Place: 9.84% / 47%

2 yo FWN D

Sire: AUSSIE INFRARED (AUS)

Dam: OVER AND AWAY (AUS)

Rating

Stats

Career

61: 6-11-12

Track

28: 3-5-4

Trk/Dst

8: 2-2-1

Distance

8: 2-2-1

1st Up

1: 1-0-0

2nd Up

1: 0-0-0

Winning Distances
<400	400+	500+	600+	700+
0	0	4	2	0

Box History	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8
STARTS	11	7	10	5	3	6	9	10
1st	3	1	0	0	0	0	2	0
2nd	3	1	3	0	0	2	1	1
3rd	4	1	3	0	1	1	1	1

Comments

Modest effort last time out when fourth over 640m at Sale. Would be better placed in something easier.

Expected Early Speed:Midfield

Last Starts days since last start

Place	Date	Track	Distance	Box	Ran	Avg. Speed	Margin	SP	Win Time	BON	Class	Prize	Prize Won	Days	Result
4th of 7	27/7/25	Sale	640m	7	0:37.47	61.5 km/h	15.4L	$31	0:36.40	0:36.40	SPEC	$4,851	$82	3	1. Canya All Class 2. Tully Luna 3. Wren Bale
7th of 8	24/7/25	Sandown	595m	4	0:35.77	59.9 km/h	16.4L	$17	0:34.62	0:34.30	R/A FIN	$11,314	-	4	1. Lamp Post 2. Desirability 3. Bandit Daryl
3rd of 7	20/7/25	Sale	640m	3	0:37.09	62.1 km/h	5.0L	$10	0:36.74	0:36.74	GR 5	$4,295	$447	6	1. Engelke Road 2. Lakeview Nola 3. Mister Manfredi
3rd of 7	14/7/25	Sandown	595m	8	0:34.75	61.6 km/h	2.7L	$18	0:34.56	0:34.27	RST WIN H	$4,295	$447	3	1. Aston Freddie 2. Mickayla Swift 3. Mister Manfredi
6th of 7	11/7/25	Bendigo	660m	4	0:38.59	61.6 km/h	14.3L	$61	0:37.59	0:37.59	GR 4/5	$4,851	-	6	1. Without A Trace 2. Fade To Black 3. Canya All Class
4th of 8	5/7/25	The Meadows	600m	3	0:35.13	61.5 km/h	2.8L	$3.60	0:34.96	0:34.73	R/A FIN	$11,314	$164	7	1. Desirability 2. Wyong Gresham 3. Trumpet Tears

Paw Xantippe (4) 6115422141
Trainer: Daniel Gibbons (Avalon)
Prize Money: $49,759
Win / Place: 42% / 69%

Track Specialist

2 yo Black B

Sire: CHRISTO BALE (AUS)

Dam: WINNIE ALLEN (AUS)

Rating

Stats

Career

26: 11-3-4

Track

10: 5-2-0

Trk/Dst

3: 2-1-0

Distance

3: 2-1-0

1st Up

1: 1-0-0

2nd Up

1: 0-0-1

Winning Distances
<400	400+	500+	600+	700+
0	4	5	2	0

Box History	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8
STARTS	1	4	1	7	3	4	2	4
1st	1	1	1	3	1	3	1	0
2nd	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	1
3rd	0	2	0	1	1	0	0	0

Comments

Strong performance to win by a long neck at this track over 600m (34.47) beating Vista Weird in Grade 4/5 on July 26. Makes plenty of appeal on the back of the latest win.

Expected Early Speed:Midfield

Last Starts days since last start

Place	Date	Track	Distance	Box	Ran	Avg. Speed	Margin	SP	Win Time	BON	Class	Prize	Prize Won	Days	Result
1st of 6	26/7/25	The Meadows	600m	7	0:34.47	62.7 km/h	0.4L	$10	0:34.47	0:34.47	GR 4/5	$11,314	$7,630	7	1. Paw Xantippe 2. Vista Weird 3. Mitzi Rocks
4th of 8	19/7/25	The Meadows	525m	8	0:30.46	62.0 km/h	8.5L	$18	0:29.86	0:29.84	SPEC H	$9,875	$164	10	1. Slick Splits 2. Paw Barton 3. Raining Fire
1st of 8	9/7/25	The Meadows	600m	6	0:34.80	62.1 km/h	1.6L	$8.00	0:34.80	0:34.80	GR 4/5	$4,851	$3,259	7	1. Paw Xantippe 2. Flying Envy 3. Wren Bale
2nd of 5	2/7/25	The Meadows	600m	8	0:35.28	61.2 km/h	1.2L	$3.80	0:35.19	0:34.87	GR 4/5	$4,851	$1,003	9	1. Aston Barton 2. Paw Xantippe 3. Paw Louis
2nd of 7	23/6/25	Sandown	515m	4	0:29.86	62.1 km/h	6.3L	$2.80	0:29.45	0:29.45	GR 4/5	$4,229	$872	7	1. Slick Splits 2. Paw Xantippe 3. Zelda Covilha
4th of 8	16/6/25	Sandown	515m	4	0:30.18	61.4 km/h	5.0L	$2.90	0:29.85	0:29.72	GR 5 H	$3,641	$82	9	1. Spring Miles 2. Xoel Bale 3. Slay Queen Molly

Mepunga Smokey (5) 3156165314
Trainer: Jeffrey Britton (ANAKIE)
Prize Money: $249,343
Win / Place: 33% / 62%

3 yo BLU D

Sire: BARCIA BALE (AUS)

Dam: MEPUNGA ISLA (AUS)

Rating

Stats

Career

69: 23-9-11

Track

22: 7-7-1

Trk/Dst

2: 1-0-0

Distance

2: 1-0-0

1st Up

2: 0-1-1

2nd Up

2: 0-0-0

Winning Distances
<400	400+	500+	600+	700+
0	4	18	1	0

Box History	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8
STARTS	7	14	9	6	6	5	14	8
1st	3	3	4	3	0	0	7	3
2nd	0	1	1	0	1	3	0	3
3rd	0	4	1	0	1	1	2	2

Comments

Did a good job two starts back at Sandown to win by 2.75 lengths in 34.34, beating Miss Jazz. Last start finished 4th on July 24 over 595m at Sandown behind Intrepid Bale beaten 3.5 lengths (34.54) in a Free For All. Has ability and worth including.

Expected Early Speed:Midfield

Last Starts days since last start

Place	Date	Track	Distance	Box	Ran	Avg. Speed	Margin	SP	Win Time	BON	Class	Prize	Prize Won	Days	Result
4th of 6	24/7/25	Sandown	595m	2	0:34.54	62.0 km/h	3.4L	$7.50	0:34.30	0:34.30	FFA	$11,314	$164	7	1. Intrepid Bale 2. Werris Bale 3. Paw Yasmin
1st of 6	17/7/25	Sandown	595m	2	0:34.34	62.4 km/h	2.8L	$1.80	0:34.34	0:34.26	GR 5	$11,009	$7,412	21	1. Mepunga Smokey 2. Miss Jazz 3. My Amber
3rd of 7	26/6/25	Q Parklands	520m	7	0:29.91	62.6 km/h	2.3L	$14	0:29.74	0:29.22	OPEN	$11,990	$1,199	19	1. Cumbria Jack 2. Mustang Hayze 3. Mepunga Smokey
5th of 6	7/6/25	Q Parklands	520m	7	0:30.07	62.3 km/h	7.5L	$4.80	0:29.54	0:29.48	OPEN	$25,070	-	9	1. Smooth Plane 2. Irish Bill 3. Taormina
6th of 8	29/5/25	Q Lakeside	550m	5	0:31.04	63.8 km/h	7.0L	$3.00	0:30.55	0:30.22	OPEN	$13,080	-	5	1. Warm Cockles 2. Daysea's Chief 3. Pronouns
1st of 8	24/5/25	Q Lakeside	550m	7	0:30.36	65.2 km/h	5.0L	$2.50	0:30.36	0:30.36	GR 5	$10,900	$7,085	16	1. Mepunga Smokey 2. Riorson Bale 3. Brunswick Flyer

Desired Range (7) 2223213321
Trainer: Dylan Sharp (Lara)
Prize Money: $38,357
Win / Place: 14% / 70%

2 yo FWN D

Sire: KOBLENZ (AUS)

Dam: VALLETTA MIST (AUS)

100

Rating

Stats

Career

27: 4-12-3

Track

22: 4-11-2

Trk/Dst

4: 1-2-0

Distance

4: 1-2-0

1st Up

1: 0-1-0

2nd Up

1: 0-0-0

Winning Distances
<400	400+	500+	600+	700+
0	0	3	1	0

Box History	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8
STARTS	4	2	5	2	3	4	3	4
1st	0	1	0	1	1	0	1	0
2nd	2	1	2	0	1	2	1	3
3rd	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0

Comments

Good effort to win last start by a nose over 600m at this track in a handy (34.60), beating She's Wired. Was in the money three on end before breaking through at the latest run. Stick with him.

Expected Early Speed:Midfield

Last Starts days since last start

Place	Date	Track	Distance	Box	Ran	Avg. Speed	Margin	SP	Win Time	BON	Class	Prize	Prize Won	Days	Result
1st of 7	26/7/25	The Meadows	600m	4	0:34.60	62.4 km/h	0.1L	$3.80	0:34.60	0:34.47	GR 5	$11,009	$7,412	7	1. Desired Range 2. She's Wired 3. Compton Gold
2nd of 8	19/7/25	The Meadows	525m	8	0:30.13	62.7 km/h	0.6L	$23	0:30.09	0:29.84	SPEC H	$9,875	$2,038	7	1. Saquon 2. Desired Range 3. Texas President
3rd of 8	12/7/25	The Meadows	525m	1	0:30.30	62.4 km/h	0.8L	$4.20	0:30.25	0:29.81	GR 5	$9,581	$997	7	1. Galento 2. Exaggerator 3. Desired Range
3rd of 7	5/7/25	The Meadows	525m	1	0:30.52	61.9 km/h	4.0L	$1.60	0:30.26	0:29.91	GR 5	$9,581	$997	7	1. Speedy Riccardo 2. Paw Quanda 3. Desired Range
1st of 6	28/6/25	The Meadows	525m	2	0:30.05	62.9 km/h	3.4L	$2.50	0:30.05	0:29.84	GR 6	$9,581	$6,431	9	1. Desired Range 2. Brute Force 3. Regency Boy
2nd of 7	19/6/25	Sandown	515m	3	0:29.47	62.9 km/h	0.3L	$6.00	0:29.47	0:29.27	MX 6/7	$9,581	$1,984	7	1. Valedictorian 2. Desired Range 3. El Rey

Pass Mark (8) 532551133x
Trainer: Jeffrey Britton (Anakie)
Prize Money: $214,957
Win / Place: 29% / 61%

3 yo Black D

Sire: FERNANDO BALE (AUS)

Dam: MY GIRL KIZZY (AUS)

Rating

Stats

Career

62: 18-9-11

Track

13: 4-1-1

Trk/Dst

3: 2-0-0

Distance

4: 2-0-1

1st Up

1: 0-0-0

2nd Up

1: 0-0-0

Winning Distances
<400	400+	500+	600+	700+
0	1	1	7	9

Box History	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8
STARTS	7	9	6	6	8	8	13	5
1st	1	3	2	1	2	5	3	1
2nd	1	2	0	1	0	1	3	1
3rd	4	1	0	0	2	0	3	1

Comments

Hit the frame latest (38.10) when third at Ballarat in a Special conditions race. Has performed well off the draw with a win and two places from five starts. Key chance and should go close.

Expected Early Speed:Front Runner

Last Starts days since last start

Place	Date	Track	Distance	Box	Ran	Avg. Speed	Margin	SP	Win Time	BON	Class	Prize	Prize Won	Days	Result
3rd of 5	30/5/25	Ballarat	660m	7	0:38.10	62.4 km/h	1.3L	$3.60	0:38.01	0:38.01	SPEC	$15,892	$1,635	7	1. Ethanol Water 2. Reiterate 3. Pass Mark
3rd of 8	23/5/25	Sandown	715m	8	0:41.88	61.5 km/h	4.8L	$5.50	0:41.57	0:41.57	S/E Group 1	$239,800	$21,800	8	1. Raider's Guide 2. Lady Wilson 3. Pass Mark
1st of 8	15/5/25	Sandown	715m	6	0:41.59	61.9 km/h	5.5L	$6.00	0:41.59	0:41.54	SPEC H	$16,132	$10,900	61	1. Pass Mark 2. Double Denim 3. Ella's Babe
61 Day Spell
1st of 6	15/3/25	Cannington	715m	1	0:41.76	61.6 km/h	6.5L	$1.70	0:41.76	0:41.60	FFA	$13,767	$9,110	7	1. Pass Mark 2. Shake And Bake 3. Hippy Trail
5th of 6	8/3/25	Cannington	715m	4	0:43.09	59.7 km/h	8.3L	$2.60	0:42.51	0:41.91	OPEN	$21,604	-	7	1. Full Of Regrets 2. Heather's Pick 3. West On Boonie
5th of 8	1/3/25	Cannington	715m	5	0:42.45	60.6 km/h	11.3L	$5.00	0:41.66	0:41.66	OPEN	$17,505	-	7	1. Ethanol Water 2. Flaws And Sins 3. West On Boonie

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