{"id":146605,"date":"2025-09-19T03:06:08","date_gmt":"2025-09-19T03:06:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/146605\/"},"modified":"2025-09-19T03:06:08","modified_gmt":"2025-09-19T03:06:08","slug":"nieuwenburgs-numbers-stats-that-shape-saturday-at-melton","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/146605\/","title":{"rendered":"Nieuwenburg\u2019s Numbers: Stats that shape Saturday at Melton"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Bronte Nieuwenburg has taken a deep dive into the upcoming Saturday night meeting at Melton, using stats and sectional times to break down the key runners.<\/p>\n<p>From the quickest gate speed,\u00a0to the fastest swoopers and top overall performers, here\u2019s a look at the best of each race, with a focus on horse, race, map and track stats.<\/p>\n<p>R1 \u2013 6.04pm \u2013 Apg Trot \u2013 1720m <\/p>\n<p>Best gate speed:\u00a0#1, #2, #4 and #7 very even<\/p>\n<p>Best rated sectionally:\u00a0#5 Kyvalley Maven<\/p>\n<p>Fastest swooper:\u00a0#11 Mercenary<\/p>\n<p>Fastest quarter:\u00a0#11 Mercenary<\/p>\n<p>Bronte\u2019s best:\u00a0#6 Keayang Gucci<\/p>\n<p>R2 \u2013 6.30pm \u2013 Hygain Victory Pace \u2013 2240m <\/p>\n<p>Best gate speed:\u00a0#3 Hittheroadjack<\/p>\n<p>Best rated sectionally:\u00a0#4 Calexico<\/p>\n<p>Fastest swooper:\u00a0#3 My Ultimate Barney<\/p>\n<p>Fastest quarter:\u00a0#9 Hes All Torque<\/p>\n<p>Bronte\u2019s best:\u00a0#4 Calexico<\/p>\n<p>R3 \u2013 6.59pm \u2013 Nevele R Stud Pace \u2013 2240m<\/p>\n<p>Best gate speed:\u00a0#5 Louie Lou I<\/p>\n<p>Best rated sectionally:\u00a0#3 Sweetnikkilou<\/p>\n<p>Fastest swooper:\u00a0#5 Louie Lou I<\/p>\n<p>Fastest quarter:\u00a0#5 Louie Lou I<\/p>\n<p>Bronte\u2019s best:\u00a0#3 Sweetnikkilou<\/p>\n<p>R4 \u2013 7.37pm \u2013 Benstud Standardbreds Pace \u2013 1720m<\/p>\n<p>Best gate speed:\u00a0#2 Surfingmakesscents<\/p>\n<p>Best rated sectionally:\u00a0#5 Forty Love<\/p>\n<p>Fastest swooper:\u00a0#9 Some American<\/p>\n<p>Fastest quarter:\u00a0#9 Some American<\/p>\n<p>Bronte\u2019s best:\u00a0#5 Forty Love<\/p>\n<p>R5 \u2013 8.10pm \u2013 Multicam Cnc Router Bits Pace \u2013 1720m<\/p>\n<p>Best gate speed:\u00a0#4 Frugal Fare<\/p>\n<p>Best rated sectionally:\u00a0#8 Viney<\/p>\n<p>Fastest swooper:\u00a0#9 Komodo<\/p>\n<p>Fastest quarter:\u00a0#9 Komodo<\/p>\n<p>Bronte\u2019s best:\u00a0#8 Viney<\/p>\n<p>R6 \u2013 8.38pm \u2013 Hyland Racing Colours Pace \u2013 1720m<\/p>\n<p>Best gate speed:\u00a0#1 Strapping Red and #3 Lou Will<\/p>\n<p>Best rated sectionally:\u00a0#7 Heza Punk Rocker<\/p>\n<p>Fastest swooper:\u00a0#7 Heza Punk Rocker<\/p>\n<p>Fastest quarter:\u00a0#7 Heza Punk Rocker<\/p>\n<p>Bronte\u2019s best:\u00a0#4 Ruff Nut<\/p>\n<p>R7 \u2013 9.07pm \u2013 Aldebaran Park Trot \u2013 1720m<\/p>\n<p>Best gate speed:\u00a0#2 Thunda Struck<\/p>\n<p>Best rated sectionally:\u00a0#1 Kyvalley Pierro<\/p>\n<p>Fastest swooper:\u00a0#7 Rocky Valley<\/p>\n<p>Fastest quarter:\u00a0#5 Nakedtruth<\/p>\n<p>Bronte\u2019s best:\u00a0#1 Kyvalley Pierro<\/p>\n<p>R8 \u2013 9.37pm \u2013 Irt Sapling Stakes (2yo Colts &amp; Geldings) \u2013 1720m<\/p>\n<p>Best gate speed:\u00a0#6 Letsstartinheaven<\/p>\n<p>Best rated sectionally:\u00a0#6 Letsstartinheaven<\/p>\n<p>Fastest swooper:\u00a0#6 Letsstartinheaven<\/p>\n<p>Fastest quarter:\u00a0#6 Letsstartinheaven<\/p>\n<p>Bronte\u2019s best:\u00a0#6 Letsstartinheaven<\/p>\n<p>R9 \u2013 10.05pm \u2013 Hip Pocket Castlemaine Trotting Mares Free For All \u2013 1720m<\/p>\n<p>Best gate speed:\u00a0#3 Aldebaran Vera and #4 Pinnie<\/p>\n<p>Best rated sectionally:\u00a0#7 Jilliby Ballerini<\/p>\n<p>Fastest swooper:\u00a0#7 Jilliby Ballerini<\/p>\n<p>Fastest quarter:\u00a0#7 Jilliby Ballerini<\/p>\n<p>Bronte\u2019s best:\u00a0#3 Aldebaran Vera<\/p>\n<p>Note:\u00a0Sectional data is based on each horse\u2019s recent performances. The runner with the fastest gate speed doesn\u2019t necessarily mean it will lead.<\/p>\n<p>For all your harness form in one place go to\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.thetrots.com.au\/form\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">goodform.thetrots.com.au\u00a0<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Chances are you\u2019re about to lose.\u00a0For free and confidential support call 1800 858 858 or visit gamblinghelponline.org.au.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Bronte Nieuwenburg has taken a deep dive into the upcoming Saturday night meeting at Melton, using stats and&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":100046,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[40],"tags":[3004,101,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-146605","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-racing","tag-racing","tag-sports","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/146605","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=146605"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/146605\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/100046"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=146605"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=146605"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=146605"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}