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Brilliant Poet
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Trained by Melissa Dennett at Tamworth, Brilliant Poet is a 2024 year old gelding by the sire Dylan Thomas, out of the dam Montana Gold.

He has won a total of 8 races from 47 starts for a win percentage of 17%. His career earnings are $141k, with the biggest win of his career coming at Coonabarabran on October 23rd in 2017 when he won $1,080 in the Coonabarabran Cup (a handicap race over 1,600 metres).

Betting level stakes of $100 win on all of the horse's starts would have yielded a loss of $-400.

The gelding tends to run better on soft ground, with an average prize money per start of $4k in those conditions.

Career Statistics

Overall
Prize Money
$141k
Starts
47
Wins
8
Second
4
Third
2
Win %
17
Place %
30
Profit
-4.0
Conditions
Good
24
2-2-0
$2k
Soft
16
4-2-2
$4k
Heavy
7
2-0-0
$2k
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
1600m
2
0-0-0
-2
1400m
1
0-0-0
-1
1200m
1
0-0-0
-1
Race Track
Coonabarabran
1
0-0-0
-1
Gunnedah
1
0-0-0
-1
Dubbo
1
0-0-0
-1
Tamworth
1
0-0-0
-1
Race State
NSW
4
0-0-0

Race History

Oct-23 17
5/11
4.8
16
Coonabarabran
5
1600
Coonabarabran Cup
$1k
$46k
Courtney Van Der Werf
55½
99.32
-
4
4,3,3
-2
Oct-7 17
4/8
3.1
8
Gunnedah
4
1600
Manilla Cup
$0k
$10k
Courtney Van Der Werf
61
99.20
-
3
2,2,3
-1
Sep-29 17
10/13
7.3
16
Dubbo
3
1400
Air Pelican Dubbo Spring Handicap
$0k
$30k
Courtney Van Der Werf
56
90.12
-
5
5,5
-5
Sep-12 17
7/
3.8
51
Tamworth
5
1200
Goodwin Kenny Spring Cup
$0k
$20k
Courtney Van Der Werf
55½
74.26
-
3,3