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Balalaika Bird
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Trained by Paul Butterworth at Eagle Farm, Balalaika Bird is a 3 year old gelding by the sire Russian Revolution, out of the dam Think Like A Bird.

He has won one race from 8 starts. His career earnings are $30k, with the biggest win of his career coming at Sunshine Coast on October 13th in 2023 when he won $16,800 in the Russell Sheehan Memorial Mdn Hcp (a handicap race over 1,000 metres).

Betting level stakes of $100 win on all of the horse's starts would have yielded a loss of $-340.

The gelding tends to run better on good ground, with an average prize money per start of $6k in those conditions.

Career Statistics

Overall
Prize Money
$30k
Starts
8
Wins
1
Second
0
Third
4
Win %
13
Place %
63
Profit
-3.4
Conditions
Good
4
1-0-3
$6k
Soft
4
0-0-0
$1k
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
1000m
5
1-0-3
-0.4
1100m
1
0-0-1
-1
1200m
1
0-0-0
-1
800m
1
0-0-0
-1
Race Track
Sunshine Coast
5
1-0-3
-0.4
Gatton
1
0-0-1
-1
Doomben
1
0-0-0
-1
Ipswich
1
0-0-0
-1
Race State
QLD
8
1-0-4
-2.4

Race History

Dec-31 23
3/6
4.3
10
Sunshine Coast
7
1000
Caloundra RSL (Bm65)
$3k
$28k
Ms G Cartwright
56½
62.20
-
Dec-15 23
3/7
0.3
$9
Sunshine Coast
4
1000
Access Insulation Hcp (C1)
$3k
$28k
G Cartwright
56½
58.05
34.12
1
1,1
-2
Nov-12 23
3/9
2.8
$3.8
Gatton
4
1100
Merry Xmas & Happy NY from LVTC Committee Hcp (58)
$2k
$20k
C Graham
58½
63.23
34.20
1
1,1
-2
Oct-27 23
3/7
2.0
$5
Sunshine Coast
4
1000
Brad Read Design Group Hcp (58)
$3k
$28k
C Graham
56½
59.16
35.00
1
1,1
-2
Oct-13 23
1/10
0.2
$4.6
Sunshine Coast
4
1000
Russell Sheehan Memorial Mdn Hcp
$17k
$30k
C Graham
57
58.47
34.84
1
1,1
Spell of 128 Days
Jun-7 23
5/12
7.6
$61
Doomben
5
1200
XXXX Dry Mdn Plate
$1k
$40k
J Bayliss
57
70.45
34.76
1
1,1
-4
May-21 23
8/10
10.0
$41
Sunshine Coast
6
1000
Proliquor Hcp
$1k
$28k
M Du Plessis
55
59.45
35.80
4
4,4
-4
May-1 23
9/11
10.1
$4.4
Ipswich
5
800
Labour Day Classic Mdn Plate
$1k
$30k
J Orman
57
46.55
33.75
8
8
-1