Northfield Park Race 2

1609M

Stake: $31,755

DISGRUNTLED CARL (2) won at this track two runs ago but couldn't repeat the dose at his latest appearance over 1609m at this track, beaten 9 metres. No excuses from this advantageous draw. Certainly cannot be faulted after that last effort. Good enough to win a race of this calibre. EL TORO LOCO (4) resumes from a spell of 12 weeks after closing off last campaign in good form, the last run being a solid second over 1609m at Batavia Downs. Likely to run a big race to kick off this campaign. INQUISTIVE DAN (7) is a big chance following a run of four top-three finishes, the latest at this track a week ago. Real threat to the top selections. OBERTO (1) is the best of the rest after finishing fifth over 1609m at this track last time out.

Distance: 1609m
Track: Fast
Weather: Overcast
Surface: All Weather
Class: OPEN

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Oberto (Fr1) 2613431715
Trainer: Cory Kreiser ()
Driver: Tyler Angus
Prize Money: $684,063
Win / Place: 26% / 47%

10 yo Bay Gelding

Sire: YANKEE GLIDE (USA)

Dam: DON'T SAY DON'T

Rating

Stats

Career

118: 31-17-8

Distance

118: 31-17-8

Trk/Dst

79: 25-7-3

Track

79: 25-7-3

Season

7: 2-0-2

1st Up

3: 0-0-0

2nd Up

3: 0-0-0

3rd Up

3: 1-1-0

Mobile

0: 0-0-0

Standing

0: 0-0-0

All-Weather

118: 31-17-8

Slushy

0: 0-0-0

Grass

0: 0-0-0

Best Mile

1:53.10

Driver Stats

Comments

Failed to impress last start; 5th (Fr6) over 1609m at this track beaten 21 m by Lous Private Eye (1:56.30) in NW10000L4 on March 8 at $1.80. Showed ability the race before when he won by 3 m (Fr4) at this track (1:56.10) beating Highland Mowgli in NW8000L4 on March 1 at $2.80. Keep him in mind.

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
5th of 6	8/3/26	Northfield Park	1609m		All Weather	Fr6	Dan Noble	1:56.30	1:56.30	8.10L	$1.80f	7	NW10000L4	$25,070	$1,253	1. Lous Private Eye 2. Magical Journey 3. Stumpy
1st of 5	1/3/26	Northfield Park	1609m		All Weather	Fr4	Tyler Angus	1:56.10	1:56.10	1.12L	$2.80	14	NW8000L4	$23,733	$11,867	1. Oberto 2. Highland Mowgli 3. Macmorris Hanover
7th of 7	15/2/26	Northfield Park	1609m		All Weather	Fr3	Tyler Angus	1:56.00	1:56.00	8.36L	$6.20	6	OPENII HCP	$28,010	-	1. Stumpy 2. Legacy Affair 3. Met Your Request
1st of 7	9/2/26	Northfield Park	1609m		All Weather	Fr4	Tyler Angus	1:56.10	1:56.10	1.97L	$2.00f	8	NW10000L4	$25,464	$12,732	1. Oberto 2. Macmorris Hanover 3. Inquistive Dan
3rd of 8	1/2/26	Northfield Park	1609m		All Weather	Fr7	Tyler Angus	1:59.10	1:59.10	1.12L	$14	21	NW6500L4	$22,748	$2,730	1. Inquistive Dan 2. Winter Soldier 3. Oberto
4th of 7	11/1/26	Northfield Park	1609m		All Weather	Fr1	Tyler Angus	1:55.30	1:55.30	4.76L	$11	7	OPEN	$35,575	$2,846	1. Yanks Dugout 2. Disgruntled Carl 3. Legacy Affair

Disgruntled Carl (Fr2) 4312116213
Trainer: Sam Schillaci ()
Driver: Justin Irvine
Prize Money: $373,211
Win / Place: 29% / 55%

Track / Distance Specialist

5 yo Bay Horse

Sire: INTERNATIONAL MONI (USA)

Dam: MAMORA BAY

Rating

Stats

Career

72: 21-9-10

Distance

72: 21-9-10

Trk/Dst

63: 21-8-7

Track

63: 21-8-7

Season

8: 4-2-1

1st Up

3: 1-0-1

2nd Up

3: 1-0-0

3rd Up

3: 1-0-2

Mobile

0: 0-0-0

Standing

0: 0-0-0

All-Weather

72: 21-9-10

Slushy

0: 0-0-0

Grass

0: 0-0-0

Best Mile

1:55.10

Driver Stats

Comments

Last start game effort when 3rd (Fr6) over 1609m at this track beaten 9 m by Spaaaanzano (1:54.40) in OPEN HCP on March 8 at $6.20. Two runs back won by 5 m as favourite (Fr5) at this track (1:55.40) beating Inquistive Dan in OPEN HCP on March 1 at $1.90. One of the key runners.

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 6	8/3/26	Northfield Park	1609m		All Weather	Fr6	Justin Irvine	1:54.40	1:54.40	3.64L	$6.20	7	OPEN HCP	$31,755	$3,810	1. Spaaaanzano 2. Inquistive Dan 3. Disgruntled Carl
1st of 7	1/3/26	Northfield Park	1609m		All Weather	Fr5	Justin Irvine	1:55.40	1:55.40	1.97L	$1.90f	7	OPEN HCP	$32,592	$16,296	1. Disgruntled Carl 2. Inquistive Dan 3. Rose Run Zoom
2nd of 7	22/2/26	Northfield Park	1609m		All Weather	Fr4	Justin Irvine	1:56.20	1:56.20	0.56L	$3.40	13	OPEN HCP	$31,755	$7,938	1. Spaaaanzano 2. Disgruntled Carl 3. Inquistive Dan
6th of 6	9/2/26	Northfield Park	1609m		All Weather	Fr6	Justin Irvine	1:55.10	1:55.10	7.25L	$5.90	8	OPEN HCP	$32,254	-	1. Drebin 2. Legacy Affair 3. Mohatu As
1st of 9	1/2/26	Northfield Park	1609m		All Weather	Fr4	Justin Irvine	1:59.00	1:59.00	0.86L	$1.90f	14	OPEN HCP	$33,102	$16,552	1. Disgruntled Carl 2. Rose Run Zoom 3. Legacy Affair
1st of 6	18/1/26	Northfield Park	1609m		All Weather	Fr5	Justin Irvine	1:58.20	1:58.20	0.56L	$3.20	7	OPEN HCP	$35,575	$17,788	1. Disgruntled Carl 2. Drebin 3. Yanks Dugout

Met Your Request (Fr3) 6357442231
Trainer: Crist Hershberger ()
Driver: Crist Hershberger
Prize Money: $343,755
Win / Place: 23% / 45%

6 yo Brown Horse

Sire: MET'S HALL

Dam: QUEST BLUE CHIP

Rating

Stats

Career

82: 19-9-9

Distance

82: 19-9-9

Trk/Dst

55: 12-7-7

Track

55: 12-7-7

Season

6: 1-2-1

1st Up

3: 1-0-1

2nd Up

3: 1-1-0

3rd Up

3: 2-0-0

Mobile

0: 0-0-0

Standing

0: 0-0-0

All-Weather

82: 19-9-9

Slushy

0: 0-0-0

Grass

0: 0-0-0

Best Mile

1:55.30

Driver Stats

Comments

Brings the right form to the table. Won by 1.5 m (Fr6) at this track (1:58.10) beating Supreme Rockette in NW8000L4 on February 22 at $8.90. Two runs back 3rd (Fr2) over 1609m at this track, beaten 4 m by Stumpy (1:56.00) in OPENII HCP on February 15 at $29.20. Looks outclassed.

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 6	22/2/26	Northfield Park	1609m		All Weather	Fr6	Crist Hershberger	1:58.10	1:58.10	0.56L	$8.90	7	NW8000L4	$23,399	$11,699	1. Met Your Request 2. Supreme Rockette 3. Magical Journey
3rd of 7	15/2/26	Northfield Park	1609m		All Weather	Fr2	Crist Hershberger	1:56.00	1:56.00	1.41L	$29	6	OPENII HCP	$28,010	$3,362	1. Stumpy 2. Legacy Affair 3. Met Your Request
2nd of 9	9/2/26	Northfield Park	1609m		All Weather	Fr5	Crist Hershberger	1:58.30	1:58.30	0.56L	$4.10	22	NW6500L4	$21,729	$5,432	1. Mucho Macho 2. Met Your Request 3. Mo Bay
2nd of 9	18/1/26	Northfield Park	1609m		All Weather	Sr1	Crist Hershberger	1:59.40	1:59.40	2.23L	$2.20f	7	NW5000L4	$19,922	$4,980	1. Fred's Dream Girl 2. Met Your Request 3. Castyourcrown
4th of 9	11/1/26	Northfield Park	1609m		All Weather	Sr1	Crist Hershberger	1:57.10	1:57.10	2.53L	$30	7	NW2000PSLC	$44,469	$3,558	1. Drebin 2. Get In And Go 3. Magical Muscle Man
4th of 8	4/1/26	Northfield Park	1609m		All Weather	Fr7	Crist Hershberger	1:55.20	1:55.20	13.12L	$51	7	NW2000PSLC	$26,682	$2,135	1. Inquistive Dan 2. Get In And Go 3. Yanks Dugout

El Toro Loco (Fr4) 464171422x
Trainer: Samuel Smith ()
Driver: Aaron Merriman
Prize Money: $496,541
Win / Place: 23% / 50%

Recent Trial Winner

7 yo Bay Gelding

Sire: WALNER (CAN)

Dam: SOUTHWIND CABARET

Rating

Stats

Career

97: 23-13-13

Distance

97: 23-13-13

Trk/Dst

14: 2-0-4

Track

14: 2-0-4

Season

0: 0-0-0

1st Up

3: 1-0-1

2nd Up

3: 3-0-0

3rd Up

3: 1-1-0

Mobile

0: 0-0-0

Standing

0: 0-0-0

All-Weather

97: 23-13-13

Slushy

0: 0-0-0

Grass

0: 0-0-0

Best Mile

1:52.30

Driver Stats

Comments

First up. At the last run he solid effort when 2nd (Fr3) over 1609m at Batavia Downs beaten 12 m by Dougadougadew (2:00.10) in OPEN on December 20 at $2.12. Expect another strong first-up performance.

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 6	7/3/26	Buffalo Raceway	1609m			-	Kevin Cummings	1:59.00	1:59.00	15.89L	$0.00	-	Trial	$0	-	1. El Toro Loco 2. Hp Maestro 3. Common Parlance
1st of 4	27/2/26	Buffalo Raceway	1609m			-	Kevin Cummings	2:02.30	2:02.30	8.92L	$0.00	-	Trial	$0	-	1. El Toro Loco 2. Gone Crazee 3. Worth A Whisper
2nd of 8	20/12/25	Batavia Downs	1609m		All Weather	Fr3	Kevin Cummings	2:00.10	2:00.10	4.76L	$2.12f	14	OPEN	$22,779	$5,695	1. Dougadougadew 2. El Toro Loco 3. Biscoe
2nd of 6	6/12/25	Batavia Downs	1609m		All Weather	Fr6	Kevin Cummings	1:58.40	1:58.40	1.67L	$8.59	14	OPEN	$22,779	$5,695	1. Dougadougadew 2. El Toro Loco 3. Brookview Darius
4th of 7	22/11/25	Batavia Downs	1609m		All Weather	Fr7	Kevin Cummings	1:56.30	1:56.30	2.53L	$11	7	OPEN	$22,710	$1,817	1. Crazy Ritz 2. Valentine Express 3. Dougadougadew
1st of 8	15/11/25	Batavia Downs	1609m		All Weather	Fr5	Kevin Cummings	1:58.00	1:58.00	0.86L	$2.96	5	OPEN	$22,710	$11,355	1. El Toro Loco 2. Crazy Ritz 3. Dougadougadew

Stumpy (Fr5) 1318571653
Trainer: Edward Miller ()
Driver: Kurt Sugg
Prize Money: $427,181
Win / Place: 17% / 43%

6 yo Bay Gelding

Sire: WHAT THE HILL (USA)

Dam: MISSING AN ANGEL

Rating

Stats

Career

89: 16-12-11

Distance

89: 16-12-11

Trk/Dst

64: 16-10-9

Track

64: 16-10-9

Season

8: 2-0-1

1st Up

3: 2-0-1

2nd Up

3: 0-1-0

3rd Up

3: 0-0-1

Mobile

0: 0-0-0

Standing

0: 0-0-0

All-Weather

89: 16-12-11

Slushy

0: 0-0-0

Grass

0: 0-0-0

Best Mile

1:56.00

Driver Stats

Comments

Last start 3rd (Fr4) over 1609m at this track beaten 11 m by Lous Private Eye (1:56.30) in NW10000L4 on March 8 at $5.20. Two runs back 5th (Fr4) over 1609m at this track beaten 10 m by Disgruntled Carl (1:55.40) in OPEN HCP on March 1 at $32.50. Hard to have.

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 6	8/3/26	Northfield Park	1609m		All Weather	Fr4	Braiden Rhoades	1:56.30	1:56.30	4.20L	$5.20	7	NW10000L4	$25,070	$3,008	1. Lous Private Eye 2. Magical Journey 3. Stumpy
5th of 7	1/3/26	Northfield Park	1609m		All Weather	Fr4	Braiden Rhoades	1:55.40	1:55.40	3.90L	$33	7	OPEN HCP	$32,592	$1,629	1. Disgruntled Carl 2. Inquistive Dan 3. Rose Run Zoom
6th of 7	22/2/26	Northfield Park	1609m		All Weather	Fr3	Kurt Sugg	1:56.20	1:56.20	4.46L	$36	7	OPEN HCP	$31,755	-	1. Spaaaanzano 2. Disgruntled Carl 3. Inquistive Dan
1st of 7	15/2/26	Northfield Park	1609m		All Weather	Fr1	Aaron Merriman	1:56.00	1:56.00	0.56L	$18	14	OPENII HCP	$28,010	$14,005	1. Stumpy 2. Legacy Affair 3. Met Your Request
7th of 9	1/2/26	Northfield Park	1609m		All Weather	Fr2	Kurt Sugg	1:59.00	1:59.00	7.81L	$38	14	OPEN HCP	$33,102	-	1. Disgruntled Carl 2. Rose Run Zoom 3. Legacy Affair
5th of 5	18/1/26	Northfield Park	1609m		All Weather	Fr2	Ronnie Wrenn (Jnr)	1:58.20	1:58.20	15.35L	$7.20	7	NW10000L4	$29,350	$1,467	1. Flight Number One 2. Mohatu As 3. Don't Take My Keys

Don't Take My Keys (Fr6) 3622376161
Trainer: Ryan Stahl ()
Driver: Chris Lems
Prize Money: $726,328
Win / Place: 24% / 55%

8 yo Bay Gelding

Sire: UNCLE PETER (USA)

Dam: DESIGNATED DRIVER

Rating

Stats

Career

118: 29-24-12

Distance

118: 29-24-12

Trk/Dst

95: 23-22-10

Track

95: 23-22-10

Season

7: 2-1-1

1st Up

2: 0-1-0

2nd Up

2: 1-0-0

3rd Up

2: 1-0-0

Mobile

0: 0-0-0

Standing

0: 0-0-0

All-Weather

118: 29-24-12

Slushy

0: 0-0-0

Grass

0: 0-0-0

Best Mile

1:53.10

Driver Stats

Comments

Has been racing well this preparation and showed plenty of improvement following March 1 run. Last start won by 7 m as favourite (Sr1) at this track (1:56.00) beating Gabbys Rockytop in NW6500L4 on March 8 at $1.80. This race will be harder than that win. Not going well enough. Needs to lift.

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 9	8/3/26	Northfield Park	1609m		All Weather	Sr1	Chris Lems	1:56.00	1:56.00	2.79L	$1.80f	7	NW6500L4	$21,394	$10,697	1. Don't Take My Keys 2. Gabbys Rockytop 3. Rhett Butler
6th of 7	1/3/26	Northfield Park	1609m		All Weather	Fr3	Chris Lems	1:55.40	1:55.40	4.20L	$20	7	OPEN HCP	$32,592	-	1. Disgruntled Carl 2. Inquistive Dan 3. Rose Run Zoom
1st of 9	22/2/26	Northfield Park	1609m		All Weather	Fr5	Chris Lems	1:58.10	1:58.10	3.09L	$2.30f	7	NW6500L4	$21,394	$10,697	1. Don't Take My Keys 2. Alittlepixiedust 3. Rhett Butler
6th of 7	15/2/26	Northfield Park	1609m		All Weather	Fr6	Ryan Stahl	1:56.00	1:56.00	7.55L	$31	6	OPENII HCP	$28,010	-	1. Stumpy 2. Legacy Affair 3. Met Your Request
7th of 7	9/2/26	Northfield Park	1609m		All Weather	Fr5	Chris Lems	1:56.10	1:56.10	10.04L	$4.00	22	NW10000L4	$25,464	-	1. Oberto 2. Macmorris Hanover 3. Inquistive Dan
3rd of 5	18/1/26	Northfield Park	1609m		All Weather	Fr5	Chris Lems	1:58.20	1:58.20	2.79L	$5.40	7	NW10000L4	$29,350	$3,522	1. Flight Number One 2. Mohatu As 3. Don't Take My Keys

Inquistive Dan (Fr7) 1221513322
Trainer: Sam Schillaci ()
Driver: Ronnie Wrenn (Jnr)
Prize Money: $245,351
Win / Place: 13% / 53%

Track / Distance Specialist

6 yo Brown Horse

Sire: DOVER DAN (USA)

Dam: SEEKING A DREAM

100

Rating

Stats

Career

76: 10-14-17

Distance

76: 10-14-17

Trk/Dst

14: 7-4-2

Track

14: 7-4-2

Season

7: 2-2-2

1st Up

4: 0-0-1

2nd Up

4: 0-1-1

3rd Up

4: 0-1-1

Mobile

0: 0-0-0

Standing

0: 0-0-0

All-Weather

76: 10-14-17

Slushy

0: 0-0-0

Grass

0: 0-0-0

Best Mile

1:55.20

Driver Stats

Comments

Fair performance when beaten by 5 m finishing second behind Disgruntled Carl at this track over 1609m in a OPEN HCP on March 1 at $5.70. Then a handy effort when beaten by 9 m finishing second behind Spaaaanzano at this track over 1609m in a OPEN HCP on March 8 at $4.60. Capable of a strong showing.

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 6	8/3/26	Northfield Park	1609m		All Weather	Fr3	Ronnie Wrenn (Jnr)	1:54.40	1:54.40	3.35L	$4.60	7	OPEN HCP	$31,755	$7,938	1. Spaaaanzano 2. Inquistive Dan 3. Disgruntled Carl
2nd of 7	1/3/26	Northfield Park	1609m		All Weather	Fr2	Ronnie Wrenn (Jnr)	1:55.40	1:55.40	1.97L	$5.70	7	OPEN HCP	$32,592	$8,148	1. Disgruntled Carl 2. Inquistive Dan 3. Rose Run Zoom
3rd of 7	22/2/26	Northfield Park	1609m		All Weather	Fr2	Chris Lems	1:56.20	1:56.20	2.79L	$19	13	OPEN HCP	$31,755	$3,810	1. Spaaaanzano 2. Disgruntled Carl 3. Inquistive Dan
3rd of 7	9/2/26	Northfield Park	1609m		All Weather	Fr7	Justin Irvine	1:56.10	1:56.10	2.23L	$22	8	NW10000L4	$25,464	$3,056	1. Oberto 2. Macmorris Hanover 3. Inquistive Dan
1st of 8	1/2/26	Northfield Park	1609m		All Weather	Fr1	Aaron Merriman	1:59.10	1:59.10	0.22L	$2.40f	21	NW6500L4	$22,748	$11,374	1. Inquistive Dan 2. Winter Soldier 3. Oberto
5th of 9	11/1/26	Northfield Park	1609m		All Weather	Fr1	Aaron Merriman	1:57.10	1:57.10	2.53L	$1.70f	7	NW2000PSLC	$44,469	$2,223	1. Drebin 2. Get In And Go 3. Magical Muscle Man

Race Review Abbreviations

Brk: Broke, Blkd: Blocked or held up, 1 x 1: One-out, one-back, Prkd: Parked, 3bk otr: 3 back on the outer, 3bk inr: 3 back on the inside, two horses behind the leader, trld: Trailed, Gt spd: Showed gate speed, 3wd: 3-wide postd: Caught wide without cover, Held up: Held up, no gaps or few gaps: If they don't see any clear air in the straight, Inr-mid-wd -position: On the inside, mid = 1-off, wd = 3-wide or wider, flew hm wd: Flew home wide, dashd inr: Sprinted well on the inside, Chkd: Checked, Slow: Slow away at the start, Wltd: Wilted or got tired, Fdd: Faded late, Urgd: driver asking horse for extra effort

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