Sandown Park Race 6

Launching Pad Final 2 April

Stake: $11,710

Distance: 595m
Class: Grade 5
Track: Good
Weather: Cloudy
Surface: All Weather

Smooth Ranger (1) 1252424153
Trainer: Malcolm Carr (Devon Meadows)
Prize Money: $38,181
Win / Place: 7.56% / 41%

3 yo Black B

Sire: OUT OF RANGE (AUS)

Dam: FREEDOM FIRE (AUS)

Owners: John Carr

100

Rating

Stats

Career

119: 9-25-15

Track

48: 3-7-6

Trk/Dst

27: 2-4-2

Distance

27: 2-4-2

Season

31: 3-6-6

1st Up

1: 0-0-0

2nd Up

1: 0-0-0

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

Box History	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8
STARTS	15	13	16	16	18	6	15	20
1st	1	2	1	1	3	0	0	1
2nd	2	2	3	6	2	0	4	6
3rd	0	3	2	2	2	1	2	3

Comments

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 6	18/2/26	The Meadows	600m	8	0:35.42	61.0 km/h	8.8L	$27	0:34.84	0:34.70	GR 5	$4,570	$476	9	1. Leroy's Girl 2. Glowing Ethics 3. Smooth Ranger
5th of 5	9/2/26	Sandown	595m	4	0:35.07	61.1 km/h	14.5L	$51	0:34.05	0:34.05	FFA	$5,162	-	7	1. He's Magic 2. Brindle Surprise 3. Shadows Of Blue
1st of 5	2/2/26	Sandown	595m	4	0:34.89	61.4 km/h	0.1L	$4.00	0:34.89	0:34.34	GR 5	$4,570	$3,062	7	1. Smooth Ranger 2. Paw Grady 3. White Shiraz
4th of 5	26/1/26	Sandown	595m	4	0:35.11	61.0 km/h	4.6L	$3.10	0:34.79	0:34.25	GR 4/5	$5,162	$87	7	1. He Shines 2. Mcivor Olly 3. Les Norton
2nd of 8	19/1/26	Sandown	595m	8	0:34.75	61.6 km/h	3.3L	$35	0:34.54	0:34.54	GR 4/5	$5,162	$1,067	5	1. Show Me Style 2. Smooth Ranger 3. Handsome Ratio
4th of 6	14/1/26	Sale	510m	4	0:29.16	63.0 km/h	3.3L	$2.90	0:28.95	0:28.95	GR 5	$2,018	$58	8	1. Lakeview Kim 2. Mr. President 3. Elle Gem

Aston Gozo (2) 3111255146
Trainer: Robert Pallotta (Ripplebrook)
Prize Money: $110,699
Win / Place: 28% / 55%

Box Specialist

3 yo Black/WH B

Sire: ASTON DEE BEE (AUS)

Dam: ASTON GWEN (AUS)

Owners: Raymond Borda

Rating

Stats

Career

67: 19-9-9

Track

24: 7-4-5

Trk/Dst

10: 2-1-2

Distance

10: 2-1-2

Season

16: 5-4-1

1st Up

2: 1-0-0

2nd Up

2: 0-1-0

Winning Distances
<400	400+	500+	600+	700+
1	7	10	1	0

Box History	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8
STARTS	9	9	9	15	3	10	7	5
1st	3	5	0	6	0	2	2	1
2nd	2	0	2	2	1	1	0	1
3rd	1	1	1	3	2	0	0	1

Comments

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
6th of 6	19/2/26	Sandown	595m	6	0:35.11	61.0 km/h	15.0L	$7.00	0:34.11	0:34.11	GR 4/5	$12,041	-	7	1. Ethanol Secret 2. Urana Parallax 3. Mepunga Breeze
4th of 6	12/2/26	Sandown	595m	8	0:34.68	61.8 km/h	4.9L	$3.40	0:34.34	0:34.34	GR 4/5	$12,041	$174	8	1. Champlain 2. Overland Boy 3. Hector Darcy
1st of 6	4/2/26	The Meadows	600m	4	0:34.67	62.3 km/h	2.3L	$2.80	0:34.67	0:34.67	GR 5	$4,570	$3,062	5	1. Aston Gozo 2. All Mucked Up 3. Paw Toronto
5th of 7	30/1/26	Warragul	460m	3	0:25.94	63.8 km/h	5.3L	$27	0:25.60	0:25.23	SPEC H	$8,503	-	24	1. Slick Splits 2. Typhoon Baylee 3. Saquon
5th of 6	6/1/26	Sandown	515m	2	0:30.26	61.3 km/h	13.0L	$2.60	0:29.40	0:29.23	FFA	$4,501	-	8	1. Doongalla Don 2. Lorraine Jacky 3. Son Of Cindy
2nd of 7	29/12/25	Sandown	515m	4	0:29.51	62.8 km/h	1.4L	$4.70	0:29.42	0:29.36	FFA	$4,501	$928	7	1. Dapper Chap 2. Aston Gozo 3. Paw Fabian

Dolan (3) 7562431343
Trainer: Matthew Clark (NAMBROK)
Prize Money: $41,128
Win / Place: 15% / 71%

2 yo Black D

Sire: SHIMA SHINE (AUS)

Dam: IZZA LEKTRA (AUS)

Owners: Jason Dolan

Rating

Stats

Career

46: 7-16-10

Track

5: 1-0-3

Trk/Dst

3: 1-0-2

Distance

6: 2-2-2

Season

15: 1-3-5

1st Up

1: 0-1-0

2nd Up

1: 0-1-0

Winning Distances
<400	400+	500+	600+	700+
1	1	5	0	0

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

Comments

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
3rd of 6	19/2/26	Sandown	595m	1	0:34.72	61.7 km/h	5.3L	$3.30	0:34.38	0:34.11	GR 5	$11,716	$1,218	8	1. Overland Boy 2. Joni Black 3. Dolan
4th of 8	11/2/26	The Meadows	600m	1	0:35.73	60.5 km/h	13.5L	$4.00	0:34.78	0:34.78	GR 4/5	$5,162	$87	6	1. Electrify 2. Zipping Andora 3. Irish Nikki
3rd of 8	5/2/26	Sandown	595m	3	0:35.07	61.1 km/h	6.0L	$3.80	0:34.67	0:34.18	R/A FIN	$12,041	$1,247	10	1. Ulenta Bale 2. Hector Darcy 3. Dolan
99th of 1	1/2/26	Sale	435m	1	N/A	-	-	$0.00			Trial	$0	-	-	1. 99-Dolan 2. 3.
1st of 5	26/1/26	Sandown	595m	4	0:34.25	62.5 km/h	6.8L	$5.00	0:34.25	0:34.25	RST WIN H	$4,570	$3,062	4	1. Dolan 2. Super Freaky 3. Hector Darcy
3rd of 7	22/1/26	Sandown	515m	7	0:29.66	62.5 km/h	2.3L	$8.00	0:29.52	0:29.23	GR 5	$10,196	$1,061	25	1. Nighttime 2. Joey 3. Dolan

Wile Coyote (4) 756x272532
Trainer: Marlene Schmidt (Devon Meadows)
Prize Money: $17,818
Win / Place: 12% / 38%

3 yo RED/BDL B

Sire: BARCIA BALE (AUS)

Dam: PARTY LIGHTS (AUS)

Owners: Getoverit

Rating

Stats

Career

39: 5-5-5

Track

14: 2-3-0

Trk/Dst

3: 1-0-0

Distance

3: 1-0-0

Season

17: 2-4-2

1st Up

2: 0-1-0

2nd Up

2: 0-0-0

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

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

Comments

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
2nd of 7	19/2/26	Sandown	515m	3	0:30.14	61.5 km/h	1.0L	$14	0:30.09	0:29.23	GR 5	$10,196	$2,111	8	1. Black Thumb 2. Wile Coyote 3. Lochinvar Nugget
3rd of 8	11/2/26	Sale	435m	8	0:25.22	62.1 km/h	1.2L	$3.30	0:25.14	0:24.38	SPEC H	$1,775	$186	3	1. Playback 2. Follow The Sun 3. Wile Coyote
5th of 8	8/2/26	Healesville	350m	2	0:19.62	64.2 km/h	2.5L	$20	0:19.45	0:18.76	GR 5	$3,399	-	10	1. Go Fish 2. Waltzing Diablo 3. Angry Ellie
2nd of 7	29/1/26	Sandown	515m	1	0:29.90	62.0 km/h	1.3L	$4.40	0:29.81	0:29.31	GR 5	$10,196	$2,111	7	1. Handsome Ratio 2. Wile Coyote 3. Lovely Lainey
7th of 7	22/1/26	Warragul	460m	3	0:26.55	62.4 km/h	11.8L	$19	0:25.77	0:25.77	GR 5	$1,775	-	8	1. Dash Of Whisky 2. Always Share 3. Charge On
2nd of 6	14/1/26	Sale	435m	2	0:24.84	63.0 km/h	2.0L	$3.60	0:24.71	0:24.37	GR 5	$1,775	$371	74	1. Quick Response 2. Wile Coyote 3. Jessica Pearson
74 Day Spell

Count The Stars (5) 3714744115
Trainer: Dylan Sharp (Lara)
Prize Money: $47,891
Win / Place: 15% / 49%

2 yo BLU D

Sire: TOMMY SHELBY (AUS)

Dam: STARLIGHT AMY (AUS)

Owners: Vi Alskar Hundar Synd A Lie,J Sharp

Rating

Stats

Career

51: 8-9-8

Track

10: 1-1-2

Trk/Dst

6: 0-1-2

Distance

6: 0-1-2

Season

24: 5-3-4

1st Up

1: 0-1-0

2nd Up

1: 1-0-0

Winning Distances
<400	400+	500+	600+	700+
0	3	5	0	0

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

Comments

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
5th of 6	19/2/26	Sandown	595m	4	0:34.77	61.6 km/h	10.0L	$10	0:34.11	0:34.11	GR 4/5	$12,041	-	5	1. Ethanol Secret 2. Urana Parallax 3. Mepunga Breeze
1st of 8	14/2/26	Geelong	460m	5	0:25.94	63.8 km/h	4.8L	$6.00	0:25.94	0:25.77	GR 4/5	$3,898	$2,610	7	1. Count The Stars 2. Paw Jasta 3. Moonlight Miller
1st of 8	7/2/26	The Meadows	525m	6	0:30.18	62.6 km/h	7.1L	$18	0:30.18	0:29.86	GR 5	$10,196	$6,844	5	1. Count The Stars 2. Obscurus 3. Bandit Daryl
4th of 5	2/2/26	Sandown	595m	1	0:34.76	61.6 km/h	5.9L	$2.70	0:34.34	0:34.34	GR 4/5	$5,162	$87	8	1. Brindle Surprise 2. Zipping Una 3. Greysynd Sammy
4th of 8	25/1/26	The Meadows	600m	8	0:34.80	62.1 km/h	4.0L	$15	0:34.55	0:34.55	GR 4/5	$12,041	$174	10	1. Joni Black 2. Mepunga Lilly 3. Spicy Seduction
7th of 8	15/1/26	Sandown	595m	4	0:35.34	60.6 km/h	11.3L	$11	0:34.59	0:34.05	GR 5	$11,716	-	6	1. Mepunga Lara 2. Zipping Una, Caco Magic 3.

Mepunga Zircon (6) 2412411127
Trainer: Jeffrey Britton (Anakie)
Prize Money: $49,909
Win / Place: 38% / 71%

Track Specialist

2 yo Black D

Sire: BARCIA BALE (AUS)

Dam: MEPUNGA RUBY (AUS)

Owners: Barry Smith

Rating

Stats

Career

21: 8-6-1

Track

8: 4-2-0

Season

21: 8-6-1

1st Up

1: 0-1-0

2nd Up

1: 0-1-0

Winning Distances
<400	400+	500+	600+	700+
0	0	5	3	0

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

Comments

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
7th of 8	21/2/26	The Meadows	525m	8	0:30.28	62.4 km/h	7.6L	$23	0:29.75	0:29.72	SPEC SF	$10,510	-	7	1. Paw Oswald 2. Consigliere 3. Neo Devere
2nd of 8	14/2/26	The Meadows	525m	6	0:30.04	62.9 km/h	0.7L	$16	0:29.99	0:29.57	SPEC	$10,510	$2,169	5	1. My Boy Bingo 2. Mepunga Zircon 3. Ascend Ecstatic
1st of 7	9/2/26	Sandown	515m	1	0:29.36	63.1 km/h	6.8L	$1.30	0:29.36	0:29.36	GR 5	$3,874	$2,587	15	1. Mepunga Zircon 2. Darnum Diesel 3. Fabricator
1st of 8	25/1/26	The Meadows	600m	1	0:34.64	62.4 km/h	4.0L	$1.30	0:34.64	0:34.55	R/A FIN	$12,041	$8,120	11	1. Mepunga Zircon 2. Dark Miracle 3. Mighty Multi
1st of 7	14/1/26	The Meadows	600m	3	0:34.42	62.8 km/h	4.8L	$1.70	0:34.42	0:34.42	RST WIN H	$4,570	$3,062	6	1. Mepunga Zircon 2. Mighty Multi 3. Marrakesh
4th of 7	8/1/26	Sandown	515m	2	0:30.27	61.2 km/h	14.3L	$5.50	0:29.32	0:29.14	GR 5	$10,196	$174	12	1. Distinction 2. Highly Connected 3. Paw Gordy

Shadows Of Blue (7) 6264453366
Trainer: Angela Langton (Anakie)
Prize Money: $132,228
Win / Place: 17% / 45%

3 yo BLU D

Sire: TOMMY SHELBY (AUS)

Dam: ART NOVEAU (AUS)

Owners: Champagne Ptn Synd S Smith,A Langton

Rating

Stats

Career

75: 13-11-10

Track

28: 6-4-2

Trk/Dst

18: 3-3-2

Distance

18: 3-3-2

Season

24: 3-4-2

1st Up

2: 0-0-1

2nd Up

2: 0-0-0

Winning Distances
<400	400+	500+	600+	700+
0	1	7	4	1

Box History	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8
STARTS	8	13	12	9	8	7	10	8
1st	1	4	1	0	3	1	3	0
2nd	1	3	1	3	2	0	0	1
3rd	2	2	2	0	1	1	1	1

Comments

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 6	21/2/26	The Meadows	600m	7	0:34.73	62.2 km/h	10.1L	$26	0:34.03	0:34.03	RST WIN	$11,716	-	7	1. Echoes Of Dad 2. Weblec Memphis 3. Paw Ike
6th of 8	14/2/26	Geelong	460m	1	0:26.52	62.4 km/h	8.3L	$14	0:25.94	0:25.77	GR 4/5	$3,898	-	5	1. Count The Stars 2. Paw Jasta 3. Moonlight Miller
3rd of 5	9/2/26	Sandown	595m	6	0:34.52	62.1 km/h	6.6L	$16	0:34.05	0:34.05	FFA	$5,162	$534	5	1. He's Magic 2. Brindle Surprise 3. Shadows Of Blue
3rd of 7	4/2/26	The Meadows	525m	1	0:30.69	61.6 km/h	6.8L	$7.00	0:30.25	0:29.96	MX 3/4	$4,501	$464	18	1. Holden Bale 2. White Crest 3. Shadows Of Blue
5th of 7	17/1/26	The Meadows	730m	4	0:43.34	60.6 km/h	7.8L	$18	0:42.82	0:42.82	GR 5	$11,716	-	9	1. Mepunga Donna 2. Panama Rhode 3. Aston Barton
4th of 6	8/1/26	Sandown	595m	2	0:34.49	62.1 km/h	7.5L	$5.50	0:34.00	0:34.00	GR 4/5	$12,041	$174	7	1. Paw Petrov 2. Ascend Geranium 3. Lightning Quick

Ross The Boss (8) 1382764144
Trainer: Paul Galea (Melton West)
Prize Money: $67,993
Win / Place: 29% / 48%

2 yo Black/WH D

Sire: FERNANDO BALE (AUS)

Dam: BLACK ROBIN (AUS)

Owners: Best Bet - Mgr P Galea

Rating

Stats

Career

31: 9-3-3

Track

7: 2-1-0

Season

23: 6-2-2

1st Up

1: 0-1-0

2nd Up

1: 0-0-1

Winning Distances
<400	400+	500+	600+	700+
0	3	6	0	0

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

Comments

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
4th of 7	21/2/26	The Meadows	525m	6	0:30.18	62.6 km/h	5.0L	$3.10	0:29.83	0:29.72	MX 3/4	$10,510	$174	7	1. Highly Connected 2. Weblec Joel 3. Paw Qwan
4th of 8	14/2/26	The Meadows	525m	3	0:30.27	62.4 km/h	4.0L	$6.00	0:29.99	0:29.57	SPEC	$10,510	$174	17	1. My Boy Bingo 2. Mepunga Zircon 3. Ascend Ecstatic
1st of 8	28/1/26	Ballarat	450m	7	0:25.00	64.8 km/h	2.3L	$14	0:25.00	0:25.00	Group Listed	$25,520	$17,400	7	1. Ross The Boss 2. Brother Doom 3. Weblec Joel
4th of 8	21/1/26	Ballarat	450m	5	0:25.44	63.7 km/h	4.9L	$10	0:25.10	0:25.02	SPEC H	$3,898	$87	6	1. Sparring 2. Paw Zevon 3. Whiskey Whiskers
6th of 8	15/1/26	Sandown	515m	7	0:30.38	61.0 km/h	12.3L	$3.80	0:29.57	0:29.29	GR 4/5	$10,510	-	5	1. Paw Yochelle 2. Paw Vortex 3. Solar Spectrum
7th of 8	10/1/26	Warrnambool	450m	5	0:26.09	62.1 km/h	15.0L	$8.00	0:25.10	0:25.10	SE	$8,503	-	7	1. Analyzation 2. Flash Of Genius 3. Hatari