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Duke De Sessa
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Trained by Ciaron Maher & David Eustace at Cranbourne, Duke De Sessa is a 5 year old horse by the sire Lope De Vega, out of the dam Dark Crusader.

He has won a total of 4 races from 17 starts for a win percentage of 24%. His career earnings are $517k, with the biggest win of his career coming at Caulfield on October 21st in 2023 when he won $120,000 in the Caulfield Cup (a handicap race over 2,400 metres).

Duke De Sessa is a top level performer, having started 5 times at group race level.

Betting level stakes of $100 win on all of the horse's starts would have yielded a loss of $-687.

The horse tends to run better on heavy ground, with an average prize money per start of $37k in those conditions.

Career Statistics

Overall
Prize Money
$517k
Starts
17
Wins
4
Second
1
Third
5
Win %
24
Place %
59
Profit
-6.9
Conditions
Good
9
1-1-2
$27k
Soft
6
2-0-2
$10k
Heavy
2
1-0-0
$37k
Race Standard
All
5
0-0-1
Group 1
4
0-0-0
Group 2
0
0-0-0
Group 3
1
0-0-1
Race Distance
2600m
1
0-0-1
-1
2400m
2
0-0-1
-2
2000m
1
0-0-0
-1
1400m
1
0-0-0
-1
1600m
1
0-0-0
-1
2377m
1
1-0-0
+1.63
3000m
1
0-0-1
-1
2414m
1
1-0-0
-1
2012m
2
0-1-1
-2
1609m
2
1-0-0
-2
1810m
1
1-0-0
+5.5
1408m
2
0-0-1
-2
Race Track
Flemington
2
0-0-1
-2
Caulfield
3
0-0-1
-3
Randwick
1
0-0-0
-1
Ire - Naas
1
1-0-0
+1.63
Fr - Longchamp
1
0-0-1
-1
Ire - Leopardstown
3
2-0-1
+3.5
Ire - Curragh
4
1-1-0
-4
Ire - Galway
1
0-0-1
-1
Race State
VIC
5
0-0-2
-4
NSW
1
0-0-0
-1
10
4-1-3
-0.87

Race History

Dec-2 23
3/8
3.0
3.5
Caulfield
7
2400
Whispering Angel Zipping Classic 
$68k
$750k
M Zahra
59
154.73
-
2
1,2,2
-1
Nov-11 23
3/13
3.0
$4.6
Flemington
4
2600
Queen Elizabeth Stakes 
$27k
$300k
J Allen
57½
162.26
36.00
4
3,4,7
+4
Oct-21 23
9/18
7.7
$41
Caulfield
4
2400
Caulfield Cup 
$120k
$5M
J Allen
53
146.45
37.01
16
16,16,14
+5
Oct-7 23
6/16
4.9
$26
Flemington
4
2000
Turnbull Stakes 
$15k
$750k
B Allen
56
121.62
35.43
12
12,11,12
+6
Sep-2 23
10/14
4.3
$51
Caulfield
4
1400
Memsie Stakes 
$0k
$750k
E Brown
59
83.22
34.18
10
11,11
+1
Spell of 154 Days
Apr-1 23
8/20
3.4
$11
Randwick
9
1600
Doncaster Mile 
$40k
$4.1M
D Gibbons
52
98.76
36.60
15
14,14,13
+5
Spell of 146 Days
Nov-6 22
1/16
0.1
$2.63
Ire - Naas
9
2377
Finale Stakes
$35k
$55k
C Hayes
61
169.72
-
Oct-1 22
3/7
0.6
$2.9
Fr - Longchamp
6
3000
Prix Chaudenay
$33k
$313k
C Soumillon
58
204.68
-
Sep-10 22
1/9
0.1
$0
Ire - Leopardstown
6
2414
Paddy Power
$0k
$157k
C Hayes
57½
161.29
-
Spell of 77 Days
Jun-25 22
2/7
4.3
$7.5
Ire - Curragh
4
2012
Intl Stakes
$0k
$147k
C Hayes
57
128.15
-
May-21 22
5/9
6.0
$51
Ire - Curragh
6
1609
2000 Guineas
$16k
$720k
C Hayes
58
99.28
-
Apr-2 22
3/9
3.9
$0
Ire - Leopardstown
4
2012
Ballysax Stks
$0k
$74k
C Hayes
61
129.80
-
Spell of 161 Days
Oct-23 21
1/13
0.5
$6.5
Ire - Leopardstown
4
1810
Eyrefield Stakes
$47k
$74k
C Keane
59½
116.74
-
Sep-12 21
6/7
10.3
$9
Ire - Curragh
4
1408
National Stakes
$5k
$447k
C Keane
59½
86.27
-
Aug-21 21
1/11
4.8
$0
Ire - Curragh
6
1609
2yo Mdn
$0k
$0k
C Keane
60½
102.26
-
Jul-26 21
3/9
0.5
$3
Ire - Galway
6
1408
2yo C&G Mdn
$2k
$25k
C Keane
59½
91.01
-