Whanganui Race 8

JOLT COFFEE HOUSE WANGANUI C2 755M

Stake: $6,300

GRANDE VUE ACE (6) had a tricky draw and ran well to finish second, beaten one length, (43.33) at Addington. Boasts a strong record from this draw with six wins and five minor placings from 14 starts. Likely to feature again. SWEET AND SASSY (8) was safely held last time out, finishing fifth at Addington over 732m behind Little Dodo (43.77) in a Class 2/3 FIN. Placed at her previous run. Likely to play a prominent role. OPAWA INGRID (4) finds it hard to break through. Has finished in the placings two on end now, the latest when third (43.49) at Addington. Bold showing expected.

Distance: 755m
Class: C2d
Track: Good
Weather: Cloudy
Surface: All Weather

Trackside Tips:

Mark Rosanowski Selects: 6. Grande Vue Ace, 4. Opawa Ingrid, 8. Sweet And Sassy, 3. Big Time Ultra, 5. Goldstar Hogan

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Big Time Ultra (3) 16242
Trainer: M S Clark (Manaia)
Prize Money: $30,540
Win / Place: 10% / 34%

3 yo Black D

Sire: Aston Dee Bee

Dam: Bigtime Mia

Owners: M S Clark

Rating

Stats

Career

78: 8-13-6

Track

47: 4-5-2

Trk/Dst

1: 0-0-0

Distance

1: 0-0-0

Season

37: 2-8-3

1st Up

2: 0-0-0

2nd Up

2: 0-0-0

Winning Distances
<400	400+	500+	600+	700+
3	1	4	0	0

Box History	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8
STARTS	11	4	8	14	4	11	7	19
1st	2	2	0	2	0	0	1	1
2nd	0	1	2	3	0	1	1	5
3rd	1	0	2	0	1	1	1	0

Comments

Finished second last start (18.10) over 313m at Wanganui Straight. Has a low draw. Prefer others.

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
2nd of 7	13/5/25	Whanganui Straight	313m	4	0:18.10	62.3 km/h	1.70L	$8.00	0:17.98	17.67	C2	$3,400	$850	4	1. Satan's Song 2. Big Time Ultra 3. Big Time Theo
4th of 8	9/5/25	Whanganui	520m	4	0:31.09	60.2 km/h	6.40L	$30	0:30.64	30.23	C1/2	$4,400	$250	25	1. Big Time Toby 2. Green Gold 3. Carrington Magic
2nd of 6	14/4/25	Whanganui Straight	313m	4	0:17.74	63.5 km/h	0.30L	$15	0:17.72	17.22	C2	$2,600	$650	3	1. You Sassy Minx 2. Big Time Ultra 3. Satan's Song
6th of 8	11/4/25	Whanganui	520m	8	0:30.94	60.5 km/h	11.20L	$20	0:30.16	29.8	C2/3	$4,400	$50	5	1. Opawa Jordan 2. Thrilling Sammy 3. Talkin' Trash
1st of 7	6/4/25	Whanganui Straight	313m	2	0:17.75	63.5 km/h	0.50L	$3.40	0:17.75	17.16	C1	$2,500	$1,500	2	1. Big Time Ultra 2. Opawa Max 3. Side Swipe
2nd of 8	4/4/25	Whanganui	520m	4	0:30.65	61.1 km/h	3.60L	$9.20	0:30.40	30.14	C1	$3,700	$925	7	1. Honky Tonk High 2. Big Time Ultra 3. Bossy Adobe

Opawa Ingrid (4) 43133
Trainer: C D Steele (Te Awamutu)
Prize Money: $31,507
Win / Place: 9.62% / 53%

Nearing Another Win

3 yo White and Black B

Sire: Fernando Bale

Dam: Opawa Tab

Owners: Opawa Racing Limited

Rating

Stats

Career

52: 5-12-11

Track

5: 1-1-0

Trk/Dst

1: 0-0-0

Distance

1: 0-0-0

Season

33: 4-6-7

1st Up

1: 0-0-0

2nd Up

1: 0-1-0

Winning Distances
<400	400+	500+	600+	700+
2	0	2	1	0

Box History	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8
STARTS	2	4	6	12	10	9	5	4
1st	0	1	0	0	2	1	0	1
2nd	1	1	0	4	4	1	1	0
3rd	0	1	1	2	0	5	2	0

Comments

Placed last time (43.49) at Addington in a Class 2/3 FIN, finishing third and beaten 3.5 lengths. Yet to win but has placed six times from this draw. Has ability and should be around the money.

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 7	8/5/25	Addington	732m	6	0:43.49	60.6 km/h	3.30L	$17	0:43.26	43.26	C2df	$20,000	$3,000	9	1. Little Dodo 2. Grande Vue Ace 3. Opawa Ingrid
3rd of 5	29/4/25	Palmerston North	660m	4	0:39.15	60.7 km/h	4.30L	$2.50	0:38.85	38.2	C0d	$4,700	$705	5	1. Goldstar Hogan 2. Know Expense 3. Opawa Ingrid
1st of 7	24/4/25	Cambridge	650m	8	0:38.07	61.5 km/h	1.30L	$7.80	0:38.07	38.07	C0d	$4,700	$2,820	8	1. Opawa Ingrid 2. Carat Smuggler 3. Icy Hope
3rd of 6	16/4/25	Cambridge	650m	6	0:38.27	61.1 km/h	1.80L	$11	0:38.14	37.94	C0d	$4,300	$645	6	1. Thrilling Sammy 2. Carat Smuggler 3. Opawa Ingrid
4th of 7	10/4/25	Cambridge	375m	4	0:21.76	62.0 km/h	4.20L	$9.20	0:21.47	21.35	C2	$2,600	$150	7	1. Chef's Mate 2. Black Lion 3. Satan's Song
3rd of 6	3/4/25	Cambridge	457m	7	0:26.05	63.2 km/h	2.90L	$8.30	0:25.85	25.72	C2	$4,000	$600	7	1. Go Cooper 2. Sakura 3. Opawa Ingrid

Goldstar Hogan (5) 36316
Trainer: K A Lincoln-Papuni (Turakina)
Prize Money: $42,125
Win / Place: 14% / 43%

3 yo Black D

Sire: Sennachie

Dam: Goldstar Journey

Owners: Goldstar Racing - S,B & R Evans

Rating

Stats

Career

94: 14-11-16

Track

23: 3-3-5

Season

35: 6-4-9

1st Up

1: 1-0-0

2nd Up

1: 0-0-0

Winning Distances
<400	400+	500+	600+	700+
10	0	3	1	0

Box History	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8
STARTS	1	4	10	16	28	19	10	6
1st	0	0	4	4	5	1	0	0
2nd	0	0	2	2	3	2	2	0
3rd	0	0	1	3	3	5	3	1

Comments

Got back last start and could only manage sixth but before that won by a nose at Manawatu (38.85) beating Know Expense in a Class 0 on April 29. Thereabouts last start but looks tested this time.

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
6th of 7	9/5/25	Whanganui	520m	2	0:30.69	61.0 km/h	4.20L	$14	0:30.40	30.23	C4	$5,500	$100	10	1. Big Time Maestro 2. Space Tron 3. Remove All Doubt
1st of 5	29/4/25	Palmerston North	660m	6	0:38.85	61.2 km/h	0.10L	$3.60	0:38.85	38.2	C0d	$4,700	$2,820	7	1. Goldstar Hogan 2. Know Expense 3. Opawa Ingrid
3rd of 6	22/4/25	Palmerston North	660m	7	N/A	-	7.10L	$19		0:00.00	C0d	$4,700	$705	5	1. Little Dodo 2. Wild Ones 3. Goldstar Hogan
6th of 8	17/4/25	Palmerston North	660m	8	0:39.52	60.1 km/h	15.10L	$31	0:38.46	38.46	C0d	$4,300	$50	9	1. Opawa Shirley 2. Little Dodo 3. More Magic
3rd of 7	8/4/25	Palmerston North	660m	3	0:39.26	60.5 km/h	3.10L	$14	0:39.04	38.35	C0d	$4,300	$645	4	1. So Strict 2. More Magic 3. Goldstar Hogan
4th of 5	4/4/25	Whanganui	520m	2	0:30.43	61.5 km/h	1.40L	$8.80	0:30.33	30.14	C4	$5,100	$250	7	1. Big Time Favour 2. Space Tron 3. Big Time Zip

Grande Vue Ace (6) 45312
Trainer: Bob Pringle (Geraldine)
Prize Money: $198,039
Win / Place: 20% / 65%

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5 yo Black B

Sire: Dyna Dave

Dam: Replica Casino

Owners: Bob Pringle

100

Rating

Stats

Career

110: 22-28-22

Track

11: 7-2-2

Trk/Dst

10: 7-1-2

Distance

10: 7-1-2

Season

28: 8-8-7

1st Up

1: 1-0-0

2nd Up

1: 0-0-0

Winning Distances
<400	400+	500+	600+	700+
3	0	3	3	15

Box History	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8
STARTS	13	16	13	16	11	14	13	14
1st	2	3	0	3	3	5	0	6
2nd	3	5	5	2	4	2	5	2
3rd	2	2	6	3	0	3	5	1

Comments

Won two starts back when well in the market at this track over 755m. Last start finished 2nd on May 8 over 732m at Addington behind Little Dodo beaten one length (43.33) in a Class 2/3 FIN. Leading contender.

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
2nd of 7	8/5/25	Addington	732m	5	0:43.33	60.8 km/h	1.00L	$2.00	0:43.26	43.26	C2df	$20,000	$5,000	13	1. Little Dodo 2. Grande Vue Ace 3. Opawa Ingrid
1st of 7	25/4/25	Whanganui	755m	8	0:44.83	60.6 km/h	4.30L	$1.30	0:44.83	44.83	C1/2d	$6,300	$3,780	8	1. Grande Vue Ace 2. Opawa Louise 3. Sweet And Sassy
3rd of 8	17/4/25	Palmerston North	720m	3	0:42.78	60.6 km/h	6.60L	$5.10	0:42.32	42.32	INVdf	$20,000	$3,000	13	1. Johnny Football 2. Charley Horse 3. Grande Vue Ace
5th of 8	4/4/25	Addington	525m	7	0:30.50	62.0 km/h	5.40L	$10	0:30.12	30.12	C2f	$4,000	$50	18	1. Perfect Harry 2. Eagle Eye 3. Valderrama
4th of 7	17/3/25	Palmerston North	660m	8	0:38.49	61.7 km/h	5.80L	$8.60	0:38.08	38.08	C1/2d	$7,900	$450	4	1. Johnny Football 2. Beautiful Baloo 3. Long Non White
2nd of 8	13/3/25	Cambridge	747m	1	0:43.87	61.3 km/h	0.70L	$1.40	0:43.82	43.82	C2df	$20,000	$5,000	7	1. Goldstar Ginny 2. Grande Vue Ace 3. Go Sky

Sweet And Sassy (8) 57135
Trainer: J T Pruden (Palmerston North)
Prize Money: $21,720
Win / Place: 17% / 58%

3 yo Black B

Sire: Benali

Dam: Sassy Lil Lassy

Owners: Team Sassy Syndicate

Rating

Stats

Career

29: 5-7-5

Track

19: 3-6-5

Trk/Dst

1: 0-0-1

Distance

1: 0-0-1

Season

23: 5-5-4

1st Up

2: 1-0-0

2nd Up

2: 0-2-0

Winning Distances
<400	400+	500+	600+	700+
0	0	3	2	0

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

Comments

Was a winner three back at Cambridge Raceway then finished in the minors before missing the frame last time when fifth (43.77) at Addington. Looks a leading contender on best and expected to bounce back.

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
5th of 7	8/5/25	Addington	732m	4	0:43.77	60.2 km/h	7.30L	$17	0:43.26	43.26	C2df	$20,000	$200	13	1. Little Dodo 2. Grande Vue Ace 3. Opawa Ingrid
3rd of 7	25/4/25	Whanganui	755m	2	0:45.15	60.2 km/h	4.60L	$2.90	0:44.83	44.83	C1/2d	$6,300	$945	9	1. Grande Vue Ace 2. Opawa Louise 3. Sweet And Sassy
1st of 4	16/4/25	Cambridge	650m	3	0:37.94	61.7 km/h	1.60L	$7.40	0:37.94	37.94	C1/2d	$5,900	$3,540	6	1. Sweet And Sassy 2. Big Time Special 3. Big Time Zip
7th of 8	10/4/25	Cambridge	650m	8	0:38.54	60.7 km/h	10.00L	$8.10	0:37.84	37.84	C1d	$4,900	-	13	1. Gone Walkabout 2. Carat Smuggler 3. Opawa Dallas
5th of 7	28/3/25	Whanganui	520m	5	0:30.62	61.1 km/h	6.30L	$4.60	0:30.18	29.65	C2/3	$4,400	$50	7	1. Time To Race 2. Big Time Special 3. Long Non White
1st of 7	21/3/25	Whanganui	520m	3	0:30.11	62.2 km/h	6.30L	$1.90	0:30.11	29.81	C1	$3,700	$2,220	4	1. Sweet And Sassy 2. Why A Rapper 3. Wild Ones