Young R2 TELSTRA SHOP YOUNG PACE

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Resuming. Held up for a run early in the straight when 23.5m 8th $7.50 (Fr3) Max Delight Menangle 1609m (1:52.3) 3C2-3C6 race Jun 22 then ran 24m 5th $1.60 (Fr1) Im Bruce Almighty Menangle 1609m the 3Y-GP2 3YO True Blue Final (grp2) Jul 13. Back from a spell and he ran well in both previous fresh runs; goes well in this distance range and winner at only previous run at this track; hard to beat from a soft draw.

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Hung out when 6.7m 4th $1.70 (Fr2) Snoop Stride Young 2100m (2:04.8) R4950 race Feb 18 then raced wide early, covered extra ground and tired over the latter stages when distanced 9th $5.50 (Fr6) Terryrama Parkes 2040m (2:00.3) R4755 race Feb 23. Needs to lift a notch.

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Raced wide early when 5.5m 2nd $2.20 (Fr4) Butadream Young 2100m (2:01.9) R4147 race Feb 18 then fought on well defeating The Maniac 0.2m $2.10 (Fr5) Wagga Paceway 1740m (1:59.9) R4047 race Feb 25. This is tougher than in recent starts but hard to knock recent winning form.

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Inconvenienced when 20.5m 8th $41 (Fr1) Princess Danica NZ Bathurst 1730m (1:56.3) R5155 race Feb 26 then raced wide early when 12.7m 3rd $34 (Fr7) Tim McGee Bathurst 1730m (1:57.5) R3953 race Mar 2. Needs to lift again.

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Checked and broke when 47m 8th $4.20 (Fr6) Charolais Shannon Bathurst 1730m (1:56.6) R3750 race Feb 16 then tightened during running when 1.2m 3rd $4.60 (Fr2) Caymangone Wagga Paceway 1740m (1:58.4) R4350 race Feb 25. Lightly raced and drawn the pole position; in the mix on last start useful third.

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Finished 19m 5th $26 (Fr4) Bettorbetbig Coolamon 1760m (1:59.7) R4751 race Mar 1 then raced wide late when 5.2m 2nd $6.50 (Sr4) American Trilogy Albury 2170m (2:04.6) R4548 race Mar 6. Poor win record.

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Eased early when 56.5m 12th $26 (Fr6) Blaster Ranger Wagga Paceway 1740m (1:55.3) C0 race Apr 14 then beaten 6m 3rd $61 (Sr1) Chain Reaction NZ Wagga Paceway 2270m (1:59.0) R4850 race Feb 28. Minor place preferred here.

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Battled on gamely defeating Shes All Smiles 0.5m $7.00 (Fr7) Bathurst 1730m (1:59.0) R4147 race Feb 19 then tightened during running when 23.5m 8th $23 (Fr4) Always Bopping Bathurst 1730m (1:58.4) R4853 race Mar 4. Mixing form and need to take on trust in this company.

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Finished 11.2m 5th $13 (Fr2) Dancing Chick NZ Wagga Paceway 1740m (1:55.6) R4157 race Feb 28 then beaten 9.2m 2nd $11 (Sr1) Show Me The Monet Canberra 1770m (1:59.3) R4849 race Mar 9. Has minor place claims.

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Raced wide early when 6m 5th $26 (Fr7) Ardens Admiral NZ Bathurst 1730m (1:56.5) R4753 race Feb 16 then checked and broke and failed to get a clear run when 5.7m 6th $61 (Sr3) Bettor Back Louey Penrith 2125m (2:00.7) 3R4755 race Feb 27. Tends to find trouble in his races but has some ability and the main danger here.