Parkes R5 GARRARDS HORSE & HOUND PACE

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Finished 15.7m 7th $10.00 (Fr3) Gotta Kick Bathurst 1730m (1:59.8) R3650 race Feb 2 then beaten 9m 5th $13 (Fr1) Soldtoyoulady Bathurst 1730m (1:57.1) R4660 race Feb 9. Chance on best.

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Finished 16m 5th $81 (Fr5) Yarraman Bella Bathurst 1730m (1:57.9) R4454 race Feb 9 then slow to begin when 1.5m 3rd $71 (Fr3) Ardens Admiral NZ Bathurst 1730m (1:56.5) R4753 race Feb 16. Drawn well and close to another win following recent minor placings.

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Finished 36m 9th $51 (Fr1) Talk About Lexy Bathurst 1730m (1:56.1) R4853 race Jan 29 then tired over the latter stages when 54.5m 9th $126 (Fr3) Williewa Lightning Bathurst 1730m (1:57.9) R4955 race Feb 2. Poor in both runs this prep but fitter now.

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Raced wide early when 23.5m 9th $81 (Fr5) Kanena Provlima Bathurst 1730m (1:57.2) R5059 race Feb 9 then covered extra ground and raced wide late when 40m 7th $13 (Fr2) Ima Dad Canberra 1770m (1:58.3) R5255 race Feb 16. Take on trust.

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Checked at the start and raced roughly when 23m 8th $17 (Sr1) Needitwantitdoit Parkes 1660m (1:58.7) R4953 race Jan 26 then beaten 3m 4th $23 (Fr3) Presidential Dude Parkes 1660m (2:01.4) R4853 race Feb 5. Recent form encouraging and worth including in the wider exotics.

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Broke during running when 40.5m 9th $18 (Sr2) Flash In Sam Parkes 1660m (2:00.4) R5053 race Jan 8 then beaten 18.5m 5th $18 (Fr5) Lovin Everyday Dubbo 2120m (1:59.3) R5155 race Jan 22. In the money chance.

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Raced well when 6.2m 6th $5.00 (Sr3) Presidential Dude Parkes 1660m (2:01.4) R4853 race Feb 5 then good run when 1.2m 2nd $8.00 (Fr2) Ardens Admiral NZ Bathurst 1730m (1:56.5) R4753 race Feb 16. Improved effort last start when narrowly beaten in similar grade of race; definite contender with a repeat performance.

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Raced wide early and used the sprint lane when 13m 5th $61 (Fr4) Bettor Jiggle Bathurst 1730m (1:55.8) R5365 race Feb 9 then eased early and covered extra ground when 7m 4th $8.00 (Fr4) Pacman Hammer Bathurst 1730m (1:55.7) R5459 race Feb 16. Usually thereabouts and not out of it with better luck in running than at recent runs.

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Finished 9.2m 8th $51 (Fr5) Rock Bottom NZ Bathurst 1730m (1:59.6) R4955 race Feb 12 then handy win $12 (Sr1) over Pom Pay 4m Young 2100m (2:04.8) R4950 race Feb 18. Drawn poorly but in the mix on solid last start win.

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Used the sprint lane when 1.5m 3rd $10.00 (Fr1) Rock Bottom NZ Bathurst 1730m (1:59.6) R4955 race Feb 12 then raced wide early, inconvenienced and tightened during running when 3m 2nd $2.90 (Fr3) Bustling Barney Young 1720m (1:58.9) R4355 race Feb 18. Covered extra ground early last start but still ran 2nd; each way.