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Better Idea
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Trained by R W Murray at Eidsvold, Better Idea is a 2024 year old gelding by the sire Strada, out of the dam Kyrie.

He has won a total of 19 races from 85 starts for a win percentage of 22%. His career earnings are $255k, with the biggest win of his career coming at Stony Creek on January 3rd in 2017 when he won $1,600 in the Meeniyan Iga Plus Liquor-Bm64 (a handicap race over 1,600 metres).

Betting level stakes of $100 win on all of the horse's starts would have yielded a profit of $1330.

The gelding tends to run better on soft ground, with an average prize money per start of $5k in those conditions.

Career Statistics

Overall
Prize Money
$255k
Starts
85
Wins
19
Second
13
Third
8
Win %
22
Place %
47
Profit
+13.3
Conditions
Good
64
11-7-4
$3k
Soft
8
3-1-0
$5k
Heavy
7
3-0-1
$5k
Race Standard
All
0
0-0-0
Group 1
0
0-0-0
Group 2
0
0-0-0
Group 3
0
0-0-0
Race Distance
1465m
2
0-1-0
-2
1200m
6
0-1-0
-6
1400m
6
3-1-1
+11.6
1212m
1
0-1-0
-1
1194m
2
0-0-0
-2
1350m
1
1-0-0
+3.2
1380m
2
1-1-0
+1.5
1300m
1
1-0-0
+12
1470m
1
0-0-0
-1
1600m
2
0-0-1
-2
1170m
1
0-0-0
-1
Race Track
Wondai
2
0-1-0
-2
Doomben
1
0-0-0
-1
Gayndah
2
1-1-0
+0.6
Thangool
4
1-1-0
+9
Bundaberg
3
1-2-0
+0.5
Monto
1
1-0-0
+3
Gladstone
2
0-0-0
-2
Eidsvold
1
1-0-0
+3.2
Miles
1
0-0-0
-1
Taroom
2
0-0-1
-2
Chinchilla
1
1-0-0
+10
Gympie
3
0-0-0
-3
Mt Perry
1
0-0-0
-1
Stony Creek
1
0-0-1
-1
Race State
QLD
24
6-5-1
+32.3
VIC
1
0-0-1

Race History

Jul-7 18
4/
9.2
2.5
Wondai
4
1465
Hcp
$0k
$7k
60
0.00
-
Jun-23 18
16/16
9.0
61
Doomben
4
1200
Battle Of The Bush (Rs0-L2y)
$0k
$100k
54
79.21
-
10,14
Jun-9 18
1/
0.0
2.6
Gayndah
3
1400
Open Handicap
$0k
$10k
60
0.00
-
May-26 18
5/
4.6
7
Thangool
3
1200
Open Handicap
$0k
$10k
55½
0.00
-
May-5 18
2/
0.2
3.5
Bundaberg
4
1212
Hcp
$0k
$10k
60
0.00
-
Apr-25 18
2/
1.8
4.2
Wondai
3
1465
Wondai Diggers' Club Cup-Bm65
$0k
$7k
64
0.00
-
Apr-7 18
1/
0.0
4
Monto
3
1400
(Bm65)
$0k
$8k
62½
0.00
-
Mar-31 18
7/
26.0
9
Gladstone
4
1194
Greg McCann Memorial Plate
$0k
$10k
60½
0.00
-
Feb-18 18
1/
0.0
4.2
Eidsvold
7
1350
Eidsvold Cup (Bm65)
$0k
$9k
61½
0.00
-
Feb-10 18
4/
8.2
6
Miles
4
1200
Murilla Cup
$0k
$9k
55
0.00
-
Jan-27 18
4/
4.3
4.4
Thangool
2
1200
(Bm65)
$0k
$7k
62½
0.00
-
Dec-30 17
3/
5.3
3.5
Taroom
4
1400
Open Handicap
$0k
$8k
60
0.00
-
Dec-16 17
1/
0.0
11
Chinchilla
4
1400
Chinchilla Cup
$0k
$15k
55
0.00
-
Dec-9 17
1/
0.0
3.5
Bundaberg
4
1380
(Bm60)
$0k
$7k
62
0.00
-
Dec-2 17
1/
0.0
13
Thangool
7
1300
Simmons Bakery Handicap
$0k
$7k
55
0.00
-
Nov-25 17
6/
19.1
10
Gympie
4
1470
(Bm60)
$0k
$10k
59½
0.00
-
Nov-18 17
6/
6.3
8
Mt Perry
3
1200
Hcp
$0k
$8k
55
0.00
-
Nov-7 17
2/
4.8
9
Bundaberg
4
1380
Book Your Xmas Party (Bm60)
$0k
$7k
60
0.00
-
Oct-28 17
8/
14.2
17
Gympie
4
1600
Open Handicap
$0k
$21k
55
0.00
-
Oct-14 17
2/
3.0
6
Gayndah
3
1400
Open Handicap
$0k
$10k
58
0.00
-
Sep-23 17
8/
21.0
5
Taroom
4
1400
Taroom Cup Open Handicap
$0k
$10k
55
0.00
-
Sep-9 17
2/
2.0
13
Thangool
3
1200
Newmarket Handicap
$0k
$10k
56
0.00
-
Aug-19 17
9/
29.4
8
Gympie
3
1170
(Bm60)
$0k
$9k
62
0.00
-
Aug-12 17
8/
12.9
21
Gladstone
4
1194
Newmarket Handicap
$0k
$10k
55
0.00
-
Jan-3 17
3/
2.5
5
Stony Creek
4
1600
Meeniyan Iga Plus Liquor-Bm64
$2k
$20k
58½
100.48
-
3
3,3,3