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Irish Excuse
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Trained by Ellis Winsloe at Gore, Irish Excuse is a 2024 year old gelding by the sire No Excuse Needed, out of the dam Irish Babe.

He has won a total of 20 races from 131 starts for a win percentage of 15%. His career earnings are $393k, with the biggest win of his career coming at Wingatui on September 10th in 2021 when he won $2,403 in the Forbury Park Race Day 3/12 Handicap (a handicap race over 1,400 metres).

Irish Excuse is a top level performer, having started 4 times at group race level.

Betting level stakes of $100 win on all of the horse's starts would have yielded a loss of $-3600.

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

Career Statistics

Overall
Prize Money
$393k
Starts
131
Wins
20
Second
11
Third
25
Win %
15
Place %
43
Profit
-36.0
Conditions
Good
14
1-1-2
$2k
Soft
55
8-4-9
$4k
Heavy
62
11-3-7
$4k
Race Standard
All
4
0-0-0
Group 1
0
0-0-0
Group 2
1
0-0-0
Group 3
3
0-0-0
Race Distance
1200m
20
3-2-5
-20
1400m
10
1-1-0
-10
1355m
1
0-0-0
-1
1600m
2
0-0-1
-2
1100m
1
0-0-1
-1
2000m
1
0-0-0
-1
2110m
1
0-0-0
-1
Race Track
Gore
5
0-0-1
-5
Wingatui
5
1-1-0
-5
Riccarton Park
11
2-0-2
-11
Riverton
4
0-1-1
-4
Ascot Park
8
1-1-2
-8
Ashburton
2
0-0-0
-2
Oamaru
1
0-0-1
-1
Race State
36
4-3-7
-4

Race History

Sep-24 21
3/
1.5
4.1
Gore
8
1200
Owner's Bonus At Gore Handicap
$1k
$14k
58½
76.87
-
6
4,6
+3
Sep-10 21
2/
1.0
8.1
Wingatui
10
1400
Forbury Park Race Day 3/12 Handicap
$2k
$14k
61
93.93
-
1
1,1,2
Aug-14 21
4/
8.2
25.5
Riccarton Park
11
1400
Heatstore Handicap
$1k
$30k
59
105.43
-
3
5,5
+1
Aug-7 21
5/
2.9
15.3
Riccarton Park
11
1200
Road Metals Handicap
$1k
$30k
59½
81.98
-
4
1,1
-4
Apr-3 21
7/
6.9
0
Riverton
7
1200
50 Yrs Since 1st R'ton Winner
$0k
$30k
62
80.73
-
8
8
+1
Mar-14 21
4/
2.4
0
Gore
5
1355
Auto W/Screen Replacements Handicap
$0k
$14k
62
82.42
-
1
1,1
-3
Nov-3 20
8/13
4.5
0
Wingatui
5
1400
Dunedin Casino Handicap
$0k
$30k
59½
88.85
-
10
10,10
+2
Oct-26 20
4/9
5.9
0
Ascot Park
9
1600
Freight & Aon Ins. Winton Cup
$0k
$23k
62
109.61
-
1
1,1
-3
Oct-3 20
16/20
10.8
0
Riccarton Park
3
1200
Rangiora New World Handicap
$0k
$29k
61
77.95
-
17
17,17
+1
Sep-25 20
4/9
3.7
0
Ascot Park
11
1400
Invercargill Licensing Trust
$0k
$14k
62
99.33
-
3
1,2
-2
Sep-6 20
4/15
2.9
0
Wingatui
8
1200
Meenans By Liquorland Handicap (93)
$0k
$27k
62
77.81
-
9
8,9
+5
Aug-21 20
6/16
2.0
0
Gore
10
1200
Hokonui Suzuk/Advance Agr-Bm93
$0k
$14k
62
79.80
-
5
5
-1
Aug-1 20
13/20
7.6
0
Ashburton
6
1200
Valachi Downs Handicap (95)
$0k
$27k
61½
78.95
-
13
13
Jul-25 20
3/9
2.8
0
Riccarton Park
10
1100
Smiths Hire Handicap (94)
$0k
$14k
63
71.66
-
9
9,9
+6
Jul-11 20
6/13
5.6
0
Riccarton Park
10
1200
Norwood Farm Machinery Handicap-95
$0k
$13k
63
81.12
-
5
6,5
-1
Jun-27 20
1/15
0.0
0
Riccarton Park
10
1200
Barneswood Farm Handicap (93)
$0k
$13k
63
73.45
-
7
4,7
+6
Dec-22 19
10/13
7.7
0
Gore
9
2000
Tapanui Cup
$0k
$51k
59
133.62
-
1
3,2,1
-9
Dec-14 19
2/9
2.8
0
Ascot Park
8
1200
Invercargill Licensing Handicap
$0k
$33k
60
77.15
-
5
4
+2
Apr-20 19
6/13
3.4
0
Riverton
7
1200
Waiau Hotel Aparima Handicap
$0k
$33k
60
77.91
-
5
5
-1
Mar-31 19
3/11
0.4
0
Ascot Park
8
1200
Ascot Sports Bar Handicap
$0k
$14k
60
73.33
-
7
7
+4
Mar-10 19
8/8
5.2
0
Gore
5
1200
Hillside Metals Fireside Cup
$0k
$14k
60
78.33
-
8
6
-2
Jul-4 18
8/10
9.4
0
Ashburton
8
1400
R D Petroleum Winter Cup Trial
$0k
$33k
60
97.87
-
3
3,3
-5
Jun-23 18
3/11
2.5
0
Riccarton Park
11
1200
Sonia & Garry Thompson Handicap
$0k
$33k
60
79.67
-
9
9
+6
Jun-2 18
4/11
1.0
0
Wingatui
11
1400
Wild Range Photography Handicap
$0k
$33k
60
93.81
-
1
1
-3
May-13 18
7/9
21.4
0
Ascot Park
10
2110
Preston Russell Law Wairio Cup
$0k
$23k
60
170.50
-
4
7,4,4
-3
May-5 18
8/18
8.4
0
Riccarton Park
8
1400
Great Easter Stakes
$0k
$47k
60
93.35
-
5
10,5
-3
Apr-15 18
3/5
3.3
0
Ascot Park
8
1200
Ascot Sports Bar Handicap
$0k
$14k
60
79.41
-
5
5,5
+2
Mar-31 18
3/9
3.8
0
Riverton
7
1200
Waiau Hotel Aparima Handicap
$0k
$33k
60
79.40
-
5
5
+2
Aug-25 17
3/
0.7
0
Oamaru
11
1600
Crombie And Price Oamaru Cup
$0k
$33k
60
106.42
-
5
4,5
+2
Aug-12 17
4/
2.8
0
Riccarton Park
11
1400
Millennium Hotels/Resorts Handicap
$0k
$37k
58½
95.44
-
4
1,1
-3
Aug-5 17
1/
0.0
0
Riccarton Park
11
1200
Gavelhouse.Com Handicap
$0k
$37k
57
76.43
-
2
1,2
+1
Jun-24 17
6/
5.0
0
Riccarton Park
11
1200
Sonia & Garry Thompson Handicap
$0k
$28k
60
81.12
-
6
3
-3
Jun-4 17
1/
0.0
0
Wingatui
11
1400
Taieri Unichem Handicap
$0k
$14k
60
93.15
-
2
1,1
May-14 17
4/
2.7
0
Ascot Park
9
1400
McConachie Shearing Ltd Handicap
$0k
$14k
60
90.10
-
3
3,4,3
-1
Apr-15 17
2/
0.3
0
Riverton
3
1200
Waiau Hotel Aparima Handicap
$0k
$28k
60
72.59
-
6
6
+4
Apr-1 17
1/
0.0
0
Ascot Park
4
1200
Macaulay Motors Fireside Cup
$0k
$14k
60
72.27
-
2
1