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Tale Of Eight
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Trained by S J Hodge at Newcastle, Tale Of Eight is a 2024 year old gelding by the sire Benfica, out of the dam Tale Of The Cougar.

He has won a total of 2 races from 19 starts for a win percentage of 11%. His career earnings are $38k, with the biggest win of his career coming at Cessnock on October 13th in 2017 when he won $11,085 in the Iron Jack Lager Maiden Plate (a set weight race over 1,150 metres).

Betting level stakes of $100 win on all of the horse's starts would have yielded a loss of $-680.

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

Career Statistics

Overall
Prize Money
$38k
Starts
19
Wins
2
Second
0
Third
2
Win %
11
Place %
21
Profit
-6.8
Conditions
Good
7
2-0-0
$4k
Soft
8
0-0-1
$1k
Heavy
4
0-0-0
$1k
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
1400m
1
0-0-0
-1
1250m
1
0-0-0
-1
1007m
1
0-0-0
-1
1200m
2
0-0-1
-2
1150m
1
1-0-0
+2.2
900m
3
0-0-0
-3
1000m
1
0-0-0
-1
Race Track
Scone
2
0-0-0
-2
Taree
2
0-0-0
-2
Tuncurry
1
0-0-0
-1
Cessnock
1
1-0-0
+2.2
Newcastle
2
0-0-0
-2
Gosford
1
0-0-1
-1
Muswellbrook
1
0-0-0
-1
Race State
NSW
10
1-0-1
+2.2

Race History

Jun-1 18
9/14
8.4
17
Scone
4
1400
Hellbent @ Yarraman Park (C1)
$0k
$20k
S Lisnyy
55
92.74
-
7,5
May-14 18
5/8
3.3
26
Taree
7
1250
Wingham Services Club Handicap (C1)
$1k
$20k
S Lisnyy
57
79.12
-
8,7
May-1 18
4/11
5.1
26
Taree
10
1007
X X X X Gold Handicap (C2)
$1k
$20k
S Lisnyy
56
65.09
-
8,8
Oct-29 17
7/12
4.3
9
Tuncurry
9
1200
Bowling Club & Motel (Bm55)
$0k
$20k
S Lisnyy
59½
76.92
-
3,3
Oct-13 17
1/9
0.0
3.2
Cessnock
3
1150
Iron Jack Lager Maiden Plate
$11k
$20k
S Lisnyy
59
68.59
-
4,3
Sep-16 17
5/
3.9
21
Newcastle
4
900
Newcastle Obstetrics Maiden Plate
$1k
$30k
S Lisnyy
59
56.27
-
2
May-25 17
3/
3.5
10
Gosford
5
1200
Majestic Cinemas Maiden Plate
$3k
$30k
S Lisnyy
59
75.62
-
1,1
Apr-29 17
5/
1.4
11
Newcastle
4
900
Nationwide Super Maiden Handicap
$1k
$30k
S Lisnyy
58
53.71
-
3
Apr-13 17
7/
4.1
15
Muswellbrook
6
1000
Mikki Isle @ Arrowfield Maiden
$0k
$20k
S Lisnyy
58½
62.40
-
6,5
Mar-21 17
4/
1.5
71
Scone
5
900
Shalaa @ Arrowfield Stud Maiden
$1k
$20k
S Lisnyy
57
53.45
-
7