Albion Park Race 1 - Nutrien Equine Classic - 3Yo Mixed Sex Heat
FATE AWAITS (2) returns from a stint in Sydney where he placed in a NSW Derby heat before a fourth in the Group 1 final. Kicked off his campaign with a win here three back, taking his record at this circuit five from six. Unbeaten at this distance and the low draw should see him hard to beat. PATH TO GREATNESS (4) has placed in all three starts this time in and beat FATE AWAITS when runner-up in the NSW Derby last time. Draws a couple of spots wider than his stablemate but looks close to a win. RUBY RULES (1) last raced when fourth in the Sunshine Stars 2F Final in November and won back-to-back here earlier in that campaign. Readied with a trial win and gets the ace draw. HAPPY AS CAN BE (6) draws wide but will be fitter for a resuming placing from the back row.

Driver: Mathew Neilson
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Resuming after a spell of four-and-a-half months. Finished off last preparation when beaten by 7 m finishing fourth behind Cool And Classy at this track over 1660m in a 2yo No NR F on November 23 at $7. Go well.
Last Starts 13 days since last start
Place | Date | Days | Class | Prize | Track | Dist. | Cnd. | Driver | Mile Rate | Gate | Result | Margin | Starting Price |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1/7 | 18/03/2025 | - | Trial | $0.00 | Albion Park | 1660m | Good | Grant Dixon | 0 |
| 3.8L | $0.00 | |
4/8 | 23/11/2024 | 15 | No NR | $125,000.00 | Albion Park | 1660m | Fast | Trista Dixon | 1:53.7 | 1 |
| 7.5L | $7.00 |
5/8 | 08/11/2024 | 20 | No NR | $9,000.00 | Albion Park | 1660m | Neutral | Jack Chapple | 1:55.0 | 1 |
| 11.1L | $10.00 |
1/7 | 19/10/2024 | 11 | No NR | $11,500.00 | Albion Park | 1660m | Neutral | Trista Dixon | 1:55.3 | 4 |
| 1.6L | $4.20 |
1/6 | 08/10/2024 | 7 | MAIDEN | $9,000.00 | Albion Park | 1660m | Neutral | Grant Dixon | 1:54.7 | 4 |
| 4.1L | $3.60 |
4/9 | 01/10/2024 | - | MAIDEN | $9,000.00 | Albion Park | 1660m | Neutral | Grant Dixon | 1:56.4 | 7 |
| 6.1L | $23.00 |
1/7 | 24/09/2024 | - | Trial | $0.00 | Albion Park | 1660m | Good | Grant Dixon | 0 |
| 3.3L | $0.00 |

Driver: Jack Chapple
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Last start was well beaten into fourth after showing early speed, behind Always Hot at Menangle over 2400m in a 3yo G1 No NR on March 8 at $4.80. Raced better the start before that with a game effort when 3rd (Fr7) over 2400m after showing early pace at Menangle, at the bell was 4th-8.8m 2WWC beaten 2 m by Storms Collide (2:52.50) in 3yo No NR CG on March 1 at $2.40. Top class colt who will be tough to stop from this draw.
Last Starts 23 days since last start
Place | Date | Days | Class | Prize | Track | Dist. | Cnd. | Driver | Mile Rate | Gate | Result | Margin | Starting Price |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
4/10 | 08/03/2025 | 7 | No NR | $200,000.00 | Menangle | 2400m | Neutral | Grant Dixon | 1:53.9 | 2 |
| 15.5L | $4.80 |
3/10 | 01/03/2025 | 14 | No NR | $20,400.00 | Menangle | 2400m | Neutral | Grant Dixon | 1:55.7 | 7 |
| 2.1L | $2.40 |
1/7 | 15/02/2025 | 112 | No NR | $20,770.00 | Albion Park | 1660m | Neutral | Grant Dixon | 1:52.7 | 7 |
| 6.9L | $1.40 |
1/10 | 26/10/2024 | 14 | No NR | $150,000.00 | Menangle | 1609m | Neutral | Grant Dixon | 1:50.0 | 1 |
| 5.1L | $3.60 |
3/10 | 12/10/2024 | 22 | No NR | $25,000.00 | Menangle | 1609m | Neutral | Robert Morris | 1:52.3 | 2 |
| 8.3L | $1.60 |
2/10 | 20/09/2024 | 55 | No NR | $15,000.00 | Newcastle | 1609m | Fast | Grant Dixon | 1:54.5 | 1 |
| 3.2L | $1.45 |
1/8 | 13/09/2024 | - | Trial | $0.00 | Albion Park | 1660m | Good | Grant Dixon | 0 |
| 6L | $0.00 | |
1/8 | 12/07/2024 | - | Trial | $0.00 | Albion Park | 1660m | Good | Grant Dixon | 0 |
| 3.4L | $0.00 |

Driver: Jonah Hutchinson
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Last start was driven from back in the field when 8th (Fr3) over 2040m after being wide early at Redcliffe was 8th-13.6m 2WWC at the bell, beaten 13 m by Go The Red (2:31.80) in NR 50 to 55 on March 26 at $19. Two runs back won by 5 m when driven back in the field, (Fr4) held up early, at Redcliffe (2:11.40) beating Art Of Rock in Up to 1 LTW on March 19 at $3.40 at the bell was 3rd-5.1m on the pegs. Might find this a bit tough.
Last Starts 5 days since last start
Place | Date | Days | Class | Prize | Track | Dist. | Cnd. | Driver | Mile Rate | Gate | Result | Margin | Starting Price |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
8/9 | 26/03/2025 | 7 | NR 50 to 55 | $6,200.00 | Redcliffe | 2040m | W | Amanda Payne | 1:59.7 | 3 |
| 13.4L | $19.00 |
1/8 | 19/03/2025 | 21 | Up to 1 LTW | $6,200.00 | Redcliffe | 1780m | Neutral | Jack Chapple | 1:58.8 | 4 |
| 5.2L | $3.40 |
4/9 | 26/02/2025 | 95 | Up to 1 LTW | $6,200.00 | Redcliffe | 1780m | Neutral | Jack Chapple | 1:59.8 | 6 |
| 5.7L | $7.00 |
4/8 | 18/02/2025 | - | Trial | $0.00 | Albion Park | 1660m | Good | Grant Dixon | 0 |
| 19.3L | $0.00 | |
2/10 | 23/11/2024 | 15 | No NR | $125,000.00 | Albion Park | 1660m | Fast | Jack Chapple | 1:55.6 | 2 |
| 4.9L | $19.00 |
7/10 | 08/11/2024 | 13 | No NR | $9,000.00 | Albion Park | 1660m | Neutral | Jack Chapple | 1:55.8 | 6 |
| 12.2L | $26.00 |
5/7 | 26/10/2024 | 29 | No NR | $20,770.00 | Albion Park | 1660m | Neutral | Jack Chapple | 1:55.2 | 2 |
| 17.4L | $71.00 |
6/7 | 25/06/2024 | - | Trial | $0.00 | Albion Park | 1660m | Good | G W Dixon | 0 |
| 29.9L | $0.00 |

Driver: Adam Sanderson
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Good run when beaten by 4 m finishing third after showing early speed, behind Silver Pistol at Menangle over 2400m in a 3yo No NR CG on March 1 at $23. Then a big effort when beaten by 8 m finishing second after showing early speed, behind Always Hot at Menangle over 2400m in a 3yo G1 No NR on March 8 at $101. Close to a win and must rate highly off the last-start NSW Derby second.
Last Starts 23 days since last start
Place | Date | Days | Class | Prize | Track | Dist. | Cnd. | Driver | Mile Rate | Gate | Result | Margin | Starting Price |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
2/10 | 08/03/2025 | 7 | No NR | $200,000.00 | Menangle | 2400m | Neutral | Robert Morris | 1:53.9 | 5 |
| 8.6L | $101.00 |
3/10 | 01/03/2025 | 14 | No NR | $20,400.00 | Menangle | 2400m | Neutral | Grant Dixon | 1:55.3 | 5 |
| 3.8L | $23.00 |
3/7 | 15/02/2025 | 112 | No NR | $20,770.00 | Albion Park | 1660m | Neutral | Trista Dixon | 1:52.7 | 6 |
| 17.0L | $5.00 |
5/10 | 26/10/2024 | 14 | No NR | $150,000.00 | Menangle | 1609m | Neutral | Joshua Gallagher | 1:50.0 | 3 |
| 11.2L | $5.50 |
3/10 | 12/10/2024 | 22 | No NR | $25,000.00 | Menangle | 1609m | Neutral | Joshua Gallagher | 1:52.9 | 7 |
| 0.2L | $5.00 |
1/10 | 20/09/2024 | 27 | No NR | $15,000.00 | Newcastle | 1609m | Fast | Robert Morris | 1:54.5 | 4 |
| 3.2L | $4.00 |
2/8 | 13/09/2024 | - | Trial | $0.00 | Albion Park | 1660m | Good | Jack Chapple | 0 |
| 6L | $0.00 | |
3/5 | 23/07/2024 | - | Trial | $0.00 | Albion Park | 1660m | Good | Grant Dixon | 0 |
| 11.5L | $0.00 |

Driver: Paige Bevan
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Second up after running was well back in the run when 4th (Fr6) over 1660m after racing wide at this track was 7th-12.8m on the pegs at the bell, beaten 11 m by Monopollie (1:59.00) in NR 41 to 46 on March 21 at $41. Needs to lift.
Last Starts 10 days since last start
Place | Date | Days | Class | Prize | Track | Dist. | Cnd. | Driver | Mile Rate | Gate | Result | Margin | Starting Price |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
4/7 | 21/03/2025 | 118 | NR 41 to 46 | $6,260.00 | Albion Park | 1660m | Neutral | Grant Dixon | 1:55.4 | 6 |
| 11.4L | $41.00 |
4/7 | 28/02/2025 | - | Trial | $0.00 | Albion Park | 1660m | Good | Grant Dixon | 0 |
| 16.6L | $0.00 | |
5/9 | 23/11/2024 | 15 | No NR | $50,000.00 | Albion Park | 1660m | Fast | Adam Sanderson | 1:55.4 | 2 |
| 23.4L | $15.00 |
4/9 | 08/11/2024 | 42 | No NR | $9,000.00 | Albion Park | 1660m | Neutral | Adam Sanderson | 1:56.9 | 6 |
| 9.6L | $51.00 |
7/10 | 27/09/2024 | 6 | Up to 1 LTW | $6,260.00 | Albion Park | 1660m | Neutral | Grant Dixon | 1:57.6 | 2 |
| 16.6L | $9.00 |
5/6 | 21/09/2024 | 10 | No NR | $11,500.00 | Albion Park | 1660m | Neutral | A F J Sanderson | 1:56.4 | 5 |
| 5.5L | $14.00 |
1/8 | 11/09/2024 | 5 | MAIDEN | $6,200.00 | Redcliffe | 1780m | Neutral | Grant Dixon | 2:00.4 | 4 |
| 1.9L | $1.35 |
6/6 | 10/05/2024 | - | Trial | $0.00 | Albion Park | 1660m | Good | G W Dixon | 0 |
| 47.4L | $0.00 |

Driver: Leonard Cain
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Returned to racing last start with a solid effort when 3rd (Sr4) over 2040m at Redcliffe, at the bell was 7th-17.5m 2WWC beaten 8 m by For No Reason (2:31.30) in NR 41 to 45 on March 19 at $4.80. Can feature.
Last Starts 12 days since last start
Place | Date | Days | Class | Prize | Track | Dist. | Cnd. | Driver | Mile Rate | Gate | Result | Margin | Starting Price |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
3/10 | 19/03/2025 | 116 | NR 41 to 45 | $6,260.00 | Redcliffe | 2040m | Neutral | Grant Dixon | 1:59.4 | 4 |
| 8.1L | $4.80 |
4/10 | 23/11/2024 | 15 | No NR | $125,000.00 | Albion Park | 1660m | Fast | Grant Dixon | 1:55.6 | 7 |
| 12.0L | $8.50 |
2/10 | 08/11/2024 | 16 | No NR | $9,000.00 | Albion Park | 1660m | Neutral | Grant Dixon | 1:55.8 | 4 |
| 0.2L | $3.30 |
1/7 | 23/10/2024 | 19 | Up to 1 LTW | $6,200.00 | Redcliffe | 1780m | Neutral | Jack Chapple | 2:01.4 | 1 |
| 7.2L | $1.12 |
3/8 | 04/10/2024 | 41 | Up to 1 LTW | $6,260.00 | Albion Park | 1660m | Neutral | Grant Dixon | 1:55.9 | 6 |
| 16.6L | $7.00 |
7/7 | 24/08/2024 | 7 | No NR | $20,770.00 | Albion Park | 1660m | Neutral | Jack Chapple | 1:53.7 | 2 |
| 9.7L | $81.00 |
5/9 | 03/05/2024 | - | Trial | $0.00 | Albion Park | 1660m | P M Bevan | 0 |
| 62.8L | $0.00 |