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Sahara Strike
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Trained by Benjamin Smith at Newcastle, Sahara Strike is a 2024 year old gelding by the sire Niello, out of the dam Desserts.

He has won a total of 3 races from 32 starts for a win percentage of 9%. His career earnings are $96k, with the biggest win of his career coming at Newcastle on March 17th in 2017 when he won $16,800 in the Bass Floor Company Plate (a set weight race over 2,300 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 $6k in those conditions.

Career Statistics

Overall
Prize Money
$96k
Starts
32
Wins
3
Second
9
Third
3
Win %
9
Place %
47
Profit
-4.0
Conditions
Good
24
1-4-2
$2k
Soft
8
2-1-0
$6k
Heavy
0
0-0-0
$0k
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
3120m
1
0-0-0
-1
2000m
1
0-0-0
-1
2600m
1
0-1-0
-1
2200m
2
0-1-0
-2
1600m
1
0-0-0
-1
2300m
2
1-1-0
+4
1570m
1
0-0-1
-1
1450m
1
0-1-0
-1
Race Track
Grafton
1
0-0-0
-1
Kembla Grange
1
0-0-0
-1
Gosford
2
0-1-0
-2
Warwick Farm
1
0-0-0
-1
Newcastle
1
1-0-0
+5
Beaumont
2
0-2-0
-2
Cessnock
1
0-0-1
-1
Kempsey
1
0-1-0
-1
Race State
NSW
10
1-4-1
+5

Race History

Jul-16 17
5/
11.6
3
Grafton
6
3120
D W Brown Accounting (Bm58)
$1k
$20k
A Bullock
61
213.22
-
1
1,1,2
-3
Jul-8 17
7/
6.5
17
Kembla Grange
3
2000
Unanderra (Bm64)
$0k
$30k
A Bullock
58½
130.75
-
1
1,1,1
-6
Jun-16 17
2/
0.9
4.8
Gosford
7
2600
Degustation Dinner @ Teg-Bm65
$6k
$30k
A Bullock
57½
169.35
-
1
1,1,1
-1
May-31 17
5/
4.1
26
Warwick Farm
3
2200
Rewards (Bm67)
$1k
$40k
A Bullock
57
140.94
-
3
3,3,3
-2
May-11 17
7/
4.8
12
Gosford
4
1600
Central Coast Motor Grp (Bm60)
$0k
$30k
A Bullock
60
101.33
-
9
9,9,7
Mar-17 17
1/
0.0
6
Newcastle
5
2300
Bass Floor Company Plate (C1)
$17k
$30k
A Bullock
59
146.15
-
2
2,2,1
Feb-25 17
2/
7.5
4.8
Beaumont
4
2200
Knight Frank Real Estate (C1)
$6k
$30k
A Bullock
59
142.82
-
5
3,3,2
Feb-7 17
2/
2.3
3.3
Beaumont
4
2300
X X X X Gold Handicap (C1)
$6k
$30k
A Bullock
57½
150.48
-
1
1,1,2
Jan-29 17
3/
4.1
5
Cessnock
3
1570
Newcastle Hall Of Fame Handicap-C2
$2k
$20k
A Bullock
56½
99.62
-
2
2,2
-1
Jan-10 17
2/
0.1
8
Kempsey
5
1450
Kempsey Macleay Motors Handicap-C2
$4k
$20k
A Bullock
56½
86.26
-
7
6,5
+3