{"id":176724,"date":"2025-10-03T05:07:20","date_gmt":"2025-10-03T05:07:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/176724\/"},"modified":"2025-10-03T05:07:20","modified_gmt":"2025-10-03T05:07:20","slug":"nieuwenburgs-numbers-stats-that-shape-saturday-at-melton-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/176724\/","title":{"rendered":"Nieuwenburg\u2019s Numbers: Stats that shape Saturday at Melton"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

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

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

R1 \u2013 Congrats Hall Of Fame Families Pace<\/p>\n

Best gate speed:\u00a0#1 Strapping Red and #3 Just As Well<\/p>\n

Best rated sectionally:\u00a0#11 Silver Pistol<\/p>\n

Fastest swooper:\u00a0#11 Silver Pistol<\/p>\n

Fastest quarter:\u00a0#11 Silver Pistol<\/p>\n

Bronte\u2019s best:\u00a0#11 Silver Pistol<\/p>\n

R2 \u2013 Congrats Hall Of Fame Inductees Pace<\/p>\n

Best gate speed:\u00a0#1 My Uncle Stan, #4 Repelling and #6 Surfingmakescents<\/p>\n

Best rated sectionally:\u00a0#7 Rakajed<\/p>\n

Fastest swooper:\u00a0#7 Rakajed<\/p>\n

Fastest quarter:\u00a0#1 My Uncle Stan<\/p>\n

Bronte\u2019s best:\u00a0#11 Kiss<\/p>\n

R3 \u2013 Congrats Hall Of Fame Legend Trot<\/p>\n

Best gate speed:\u00a0#1 Kyvalley Maven and #3 Mercenary<\/p>\n

Best rated sectionally:\u00a0#8 Lady Vici<\/p>\n

Fastest swooper:\u00a0#10 Valtino<\/p>\n

Fastest quarter:\u00a0#3 Mercenary<\/p>\n

Bronte\u2019s best:\u00a0#8 Lady Vici<\/p>\n

R4 \u2013 Mimosa Homes Victoria Sires 3yo Classic<\/p>\n

Best gate speed:\u00a0#3 Storms Collide<\/p>\n

Best rated sectionally:\u00a0#1 Jacks Ultimate Fury<\/p>\n

Fastest swooper:\u00a0#1 Jacks Ultimate Fury<\/p>\n

Fastest quarter:\u00a0#8 Its Confidential<\/p>\n

Bronte\u2019s best:\u00a0#3 Storms Collide<\/p>\n

R5 \u2013 Hertz Melton Casey Classic<\/p>\n

Best gate speed:\u00a0#2 Catch A Wave<\/p>\n

Best rated sectionally:\u00a0#2 Catch A Wave<\/p>\n

Fastest swooper:\u00a0#2 Catch A Wave<\/p>\n

Fastest quarter:\u00a0#2 Catch A Wave<\/p>\n

Bronte\u2019s best:\u00a0#2 Catch A Wave<\/p>\n

\"Catch<\/p>\n

R6 \u2013 Western Syrups Australasian Trotting Championship (Group 3)<\/p>\n

Best rated sectionally:\u00a0#10 Jilliby Ballerini and #11 Arcee Phoenix<\/p>\n

Fastest swooper:\u00a0#10 Jilliby Ballerini<\/p>\n

Fastest quarter:\u00a0#10 Jilliby Ballerini<\/p>\n

Bronte\u2019s best:\u00a0#11 Arcee Phoenix<\/p>\n

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R7 \u2013 Aldebaran Park Need For Speed Prince Final (Group 1)<\/p>\n

Best gate speed:\u00a0#1 Commodus<\/p>\n

Best rated sectionally:\u00a0#1 Commodus<\/p>\n

Fastest swooper:\u00a0#1 Commodus<\/p>\n

Fastest quarter:\u00a0#12 Muskee<\/p>\n

Bronte\u2019s best:\u00a0#1 Commodus<\/p>\n

R8 \u2013 Aldebaran Park Need For Speed Princess Final (Group 1)<\/p>\n

Best gate speed:\u00a0#2 Sassy Galleon<\/p>\n

Best rated sectionally:\u00a0#7 Tracy The Jet<\/p>\n

Fastest swooper:\u00a0#7 Tracy The Jet<\/p>\n

Fastest quarter:\u00a0#8 Keayang Kurki<\/p>\n

Bronte\u2019s best:\u00a0#7 Tracy The Jet<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/p>\n

R9 \u2013 Irt Premiere 2yo Stakes<\/p>\n

Best gate speed:\u00a0#5 I sea Red<\/p>\n

Best rated sectionally:\u00a0#6 Usyk<\/p>\n

Fastest swooper:\u00a0#7 Moonlight Moth<\/p>\n

Fastest quarter:\u00a0#7 Moonlight Moth<\/p>\n

Bronte\u2019s best:\u00a0#6 Usyk<\/p>\n

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

For all your harness form in one place go to\u00a0goodform.thetrots.com.au\u00a0<\/a><\/p>\n

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…\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-176724","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\/176724","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=176724"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/176724\/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=176724"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=176724"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=176724"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}