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Close Encounter
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Trained by K J Parker at Kembla Grange, Close Encounter is a 3 year old gelding by the sire Nicconi, out of the dam Splat.

He has won one race from 4 starts. His career earnings are $12k, with the biggest win of his career coming at Kembla Grange on April 27th in 2024 when he won $21,000 in the Jim Beam Midway 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 profit of $450.

The gelding tends to run better on good ground, with an average prize money per start of $8k in those conditions.

Career Statistics

Overall
Prize Money
$12k
Starts
4
Wins
1
Second
1
Third
0
Win %
25
Place %
50
Profit
+4.5
Conditions
Good
2
1-1-0
$8k
Soft
1
0-0-0
$0k
Heavy
1
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
1200m
1
0-0-0
-1
1000m
2
1-0-0
+6.5
900m
1
0-1-0
-1
Race Track
Kembla Grange
2
1-0-0
+6.5
Gosford
1
0-0-0
-1
Newcastle
1
0-1-0
-1
Race State
NSW
4
1-1-0
+4.5

Race History

Apr-27 24
1/10
0.0
8.5
Kembla Grange
4
1000
Jim Beam Midway Mdn Hcp
$21k
$45k
L Magorrian
57½
56.84
-
7
7,7
+6
Nov-7 23
6/6
9.6
$10
Kembla Grange
8
1200
i98 Feel Good Mdn Hcp
$1k
$42k
J Del Frari
54
71.43
35.50
2
2,4
-2
Oct-26 23
11/12
7.7
$9
Gosford
6
1000
Shamrock Joinery Midway Mdn Hcp
$0k
$45k
J Penza
58
59.20
35.37
7
7,6
-5
Oct-10 23
2/8
1.5
$9.5
Newcastle
4
900
PFD Food Services Mdn Hcp
$7k
$42k
J Penza
59
51.59
32.68
7
7
+5