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Vella's Best
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Trained by G P Vella at Canberra, Vella's Best is a 4 year old gelding by the sire Headwater, out of the dam Here De Joy.

He has won a total of 5 races from 10 starts for a win percentage of 50%. His career earnings are $140k, with the biggest win of his career coming at Wyong on July 20th in 2024 when he won $2,300 in the Ben Greer Appreciation Hcp (a handicap race over 1,000 metres).

Vella's Best has started 1 time at group race level.

Betting level stakes of $100 win on all of the horse's starts would have yielded a profit of $3210.

The gelding tends to run better on good ground, with an average prize money per start of $22k in those conditions.

Career Statistics

Overall
Prize Money
$140k
Starts
10
Wins
5
Second
0
Third
1
Win %
50
Place %
60
Profit
+32.1
Conditions
Good
2
1-0-1
$22k
Soft
7
4-0-0
$13k
Heavy
1
0-0-0
$2k
Race Standard
All
1
0-0-0
Group 1
0
0-0-0
Group 2
0
0-0-0
Group 3
1
0-0-0
Race Distance
1000m
4
3-0-0
+31.9
1020m
1
1-0-0
+1.9
1100m
4
1-0-1
-0.7
1200m
1
0-0-0
-1
Race Track
Canberra
4
3-0-0
+31.9
Moruya
1
1-0-0
+1.9
Canterbury
1
0-0-0
-1
Randwick
1
0-0-0
-1
Rosehill
1
0-0-1
-1
Goulburn
1
1-0-0
+2.3
Wyong
1
0-0-0
-1
Race State
ACT
4
3-0-0
+31.9
NSW
6
2-0-1
+0.2

Race History

Mar-8 26
1/12
1.0
$1.5
Canberra
7
1000
PFD Food Services Camarena Hcp
$19k
$31k
D Budler
59½
57.77
33.70
1
0,1,1
Spell of 170 Days
Sep-19 25
1/11
0.8
$3.4
Canberra
4
1000
TAB Federal Black Mountain
$30k
$50k
L Day
55
57.23
33.59
1
1,1
Aug-17 25
1/11
2.0
$2.9
Moruya
6
1020
Moruya Bowling Club Hcp (C3)
$14k
$27k
B Owen
62
59.92
34.39
1
1,1
Aug-6 25
7/7
6.8
$15
Canterbury
8
1100
Schweppes (Bm64)
$2k
$60k
J Penza
61
65.91
36.36
1
1,1
-6
Jul-12 25
9/9
5.1
$14
Randwick
5
1100
Petaluma (Bm72)
$4k
$160k
J Van Overmeire
56½
63.78
34.42
1
1,1
-8
Jun-28 25
3/11
1.7
$21
Rosehill
4
1100
TAB (Bm72)
$14k
$160k
W Costin
56½
63.69
33.93
1
1,2
-1
Jun-13 25
1/8
3.3
$3.3
Goulburn
5
1100
D One Accounting (Bm66)
$14k
$27k
J Baker
58
66.41
36.06
1
1,1
Spell of 328 Days
Jul-20 24
4/10
3.4
$3.3
Wyong
5
1000
Ben Greer Appreciation Hcp (C1)
$2k
$42k
D Budler
57
58.33
35.00
6
6,6
+2
Spell of 132 Days
Mar-10 24
5/11
3.5
$9
Canberra
5
1200
Black Opal Stakes 
$6k
$257k
D Budler
56
70.06
35.81
1
1,1
-4
Feb-23 24
1/12
0.3
$31
Canberra
6
1000
Ets Refrigeration & Airconditioning Black Opal Preview
$31k
$51k
D Budler
56½
58.05
35.13
1
1,1