Spacewalk (AUS)

half-brother to 6f-7.3f winner Hemsted; fifth of thirteen in 5f Group 3 in October 2021 (weakened late on); third in 5f Listed rate at Randwick when next seen in February 2022 but then well held, as a 40-1 shot, in a Group 2 at Rosehill; won his maiden at Canterbury Park (5.5f) when next seen in March; close third in Randwick Group 3 (5.5f) in April; beaten a short head in a 5.5f Listed handicap when next seen in August and fair foruth in Group 3 over same trip after that; first past the post but disqualified and placed second in a 5.5f Listed race at Flemington in September; off for four months afterwards but returned with creditable third in 5.5f handicap at Rosehill in January 2023; built on that by winning at same venue over 6f later the same month before a dead-heat third (demoted to fourth) in a 6f Group 3 at Sandown; close-up third in 6f Listed race at Rosehill in March and again ran well when fifth in Group 3 over 6f at Sunshine Coast in May; second, beaten a head, in conditions race at Doomben (5.5f) later the same month; rewarded for those efforts when winning a 5.5f Listed handicap at Randwick in June.