Penrith R4 ASAHI BEVERAGES PACE

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Raced wide early when 9.7m 5th $31 (Fr5) Reigning Pepper Wagga Paceway 1740m the 3Y-GP2 Nswb Challenge 3YOC&G (grp2) Aug 4 then fought on well defeating Bonacci 1m $2.50 (Fr3) Newcastle 1609m (1:56.0) R5565 race Feb 21. Resumed with a solid win last start and was narrowly beaten second up last prep; sound each way chance.

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Raced wide early and covered extra ground when 5.5m 2nd $3.20 (Fr4) Letterkenny Boy Penrith 1720m (1:56.3) R5563 race Jan 2 then raced wide early when 7.5m 6th $4.00 (Fr6) Its Mesmerise NZ Menangle 1609m (1:53.4) R5675 race Jan 14. Covered extra ground early last start so can forgive that run; has claims on solid previous form.

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Easy winner $1.20 (Fr1) over Sals Luck 8m Bankstown 2140m (1:59.8) R5875 race Aug 23 then ran 23.5m 10th $41 (Fr3) Wolf Stride Menangle 1609m (1:51.9) R5573 race Feb 25. Moderate effort fresh but won well second up last prep and could improve sharply here.

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Sound effort when 7.7m 6th $4.00 (Fr3) Thats Perfect Tabcorp Park 2240m (1:58.2) R6069 race Sep 21 then eased early when 26m 9th $13 (Fr8) Deanne Panya NZ Newcastle 1609m (1:53.3) R6269 race Feb 28. Well beaten when resuming last start but placed in both previous second up runs and stays in the mix.

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Finished 7.5m 2nd $6.50 (Fr4) Jak Magic Penrith 2125m (2:00.2) R5667 race Feb 13 then inconvenienced when beaten 15.7m 8th $31 (Sr4) Flirtatious Heart Penrith 2125m (2:00.0) R5460 race Feb 20. Take on trust.

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Back from a spell. Good run when 0.5m 2nd $9.50 (Sr2) Deeorse Penrith 2125m (1:57.4) R5769 race Dec 12 then beaten 12m 4th $11 (Fr3) Rise Above This NZ Penrith 1720m (1:57.2) R5561 race Dec 19. Back from a spell and he has placed 2 from 4 fresh and could repeat here.

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Finished 17.7m 7th $51 (Fr5) Bracken Storm Newcastle 1609m (1:56.0) R5565 race Feb 21 then beaten 29.5m 7th $19 (Fr5) Smoothe Style Penrith 2525m (1:58.1) R5669 race Feb 27. Prefer others.

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Finished 19.7m 7th $51 (Fr4) Two Ply NZ Menangle 1609m (1:54.2) R6371 race Feb 4 then beaten 19.5m 7th $12 (Sr2) Rise Above This NZ Penrith 1720m (1:56.6) R5870 race Feb 13. Not flash in two runs this prep.

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Inconvenienced and raced wide late when 25.5m 8th $14 (Sr3) Rise Above This NZ Penrith 1720m (1:56.6) R5870 race Feb 13 then inconvenienced and failed to get a clear run when beaten 20.5m 10th $31 (Sr1) Ohoka Johnny NZ Penrith 1720m (1:55.7) R5473 race Feb 20. More needed to challenge.

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Eased early when 9.2m 9th $34 (Fr8) Cherokee Warrior NZ Menangle 1609m (1:54.2) R6282 race Jan 28 then beaten 1.2m 2nd $6.50 (Fr6) Rolling With Stell Newcastle 2030m (1:58.6) R5986 race Mar 6. Drawn poorly and minor place only.