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Bonsai Bob
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Trained by Ms L Vaughan at Ascot Park, Bonsai Bob is a 5 year old gelding by the sire Sweynesse, out of the dam O'dahlia.

He has won a total of 3 races from 23 starts for a win percentage of 13%. His career earnings are $48k, with the biggest win of his career coming at Ascot Park on February 15th in 2025 when he won $12,792 in the Heineken Mdn (a set weight with allowances race over 1,600 metres).

Betting level stakes of $100 win on all of the horse's starts would have yielded a loss of $-210.

The gelding tends to run better on soft ground, with an average prize money per start of $2k in those conditions.

Career Statistics

Overall
Prize Money
$48k
Starts
23
Wins
3
Second
0
Third
0
Win %
13
Place %
13
Profit
-2.1
Conditions
Good
1
0-0-0
$0k
Soft
14
2-0-0
$2k
Heavy
8
1-0-0
$2k
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
1600m
7
1-0-0
-2.1
1400m
7
2-0-0
+9
1335m
3
0-0-0
-3
1200m
6
0-0-0
-6
Race Track
Riverton
5
1-0-0
+3.8
Wingatui
4
0-0-0
-4
Ascot Park
8
2-0-0
+4.1
Gore
5
0-0-0
-5
Oamaru
1
0-0-0
-1
Race State
22
3-0-0
-1.1
NZ
1
0-0-0
-1

Declared to Run

Riverton 4 • Today Aparima Restaurant And Bar (Bm75)
$19Bet
Riverton 2 • Monday Western Electrical / Insurance Brokers Alliance (Bm75)
Riverton 8 • Monday Perriam Hedgecutting / South Pacific Meats Thornbury Hcp

Race History

Apr-4 26
10/12
15.8
$20.9
Riverton
6
1600
Aparima Restaurant And Bar (Bm75)
$1k
$40k
J Taplin
54
98.71
-
Mar-8 26
1/12
0.2
$8.8
Riverton
10
1400
K2 Kontracting & Bridgestone Gore (Bm65)
$12k
$20k
F Moerman
55½
93.48
-
10
8,1
Feb-28 26
10/16
3.9
$31.6
Wingatui
6
1600
Otago Engineering (Bm65)
$1k
$40k
K Bakker
57
98.07
-
14
16,16
+6
Feb-7 26
11/15
7.8
$19.6
Wingatui
6
1400
Otago Engineering (Bm65)
$0k
$40k
S Toolooa
59
83.97
-
13
13,13
+2
Jan-22 26
1/12
0.2
$7.2
Ascot Park
6
1400
SRC Gold Cup Day February 14 (Bm65)
$10k
$19k
K Bakker
55
85.86
-
Dec-21 25
4/9
2.4
$14
Gore
7
1335
Phillips Racing & Nayton Mitchell Racing (Bm65)
$1k
$20k
S Toolooa
57
83.59
-
9
9,7
+3
Dec-13 25
5/9
5.5
$6.7
Ascot Park
6
1600
Southland Honda (Bm65)
$1k
$25k
C Campbell
59
99.82
-
3
3,3,3
-2
Nov-23 25
5/10
2.3
$37.5
Ascot Park
5
1400
McGregor Concrete & Farmers Dipping (Bm65)
$0k
$19k
C Campbell
57½
85.74
-
10
10,5
Spell of 63 Days
Sep-21 25
8/10
26.1
$28
Gore
10
1200
Gore Elite Plumbing (Bm65)
$0k
$19k
B Rogerson
55½
80.42
-
10
10,9
+1
Spell of 155 Days
Apr-19 25
11/14
13.9
$17
Riverton
8
1600
(Bm65)
$0k
$20k
B Rogerson
57
101.52
-
7
9,7
-4
Apr-6 25
10/11
10.3
$11.7
Ascot Park
5
1600
Waxy's Irish Pub (Bm75)
$0k
$20k
B Rogerson
52
98.32
-
7
7,8,9
-1
Mar-1 25
4/14
5.1
$42.8
Wingatui
5
1600
Convert It / Harbour Hawks Rugby Club (Bm65)
$2k
$40k
B Rogerson
56½
97.16
-
9
11,11
+7
Feb-15 25
1/11
1.3
$4.9
Ascot Park
5
1600
Heineken Mdn
$14k
$25k
B Rogerson
56½
98.92
-
7
7,4
+3
Feb-2 25
4/14
4.0
$20
Gore
5
1335
Hokonui Suzuki/Advance Agriculture Mdn
$1k
$25k
B Rogerson
56½
81.25
-
11
11,12
+8
Dec-14 24
7/14
2.6
$21.3
Ascot Park
4
1400
Creation Signs Mdn
$0k
$25k
B Rogerson
56½
86.54
-
8
10,9
+2
Nov-24 24
7/10
5.0
$5
Ascot Park
7
1400
Advance Agriculture & Sinclair Transport Mdn
$0k
$20k
B Rogerson
56½
88.91
-
2
2,2
-5
Nov-5 24
4/10
8.4
$36.6
Wingatui
10
1400
Dakota Boutique Mdn
$1k
$25k
B Rogerson
56½
91.92
-
8
8,6
+2
Oct-23 24
6/14
3.3
$6.6
Gore
8
1335
NZB Mega Mdn
$0k
$19k
K Williams
58½
89.56
-
7
8,9
+3
Sep-22 24
7/13
5.7
$32.1
Oamaru
5
1200
Hokonui Suzuki Mdn
$0k
$19k
B Rogerson
56½
71.78
-
8
8,7
Spell of 135 Days
May-10 24
5/10
8.9
$27.1
Riverton
10
1200
Telfer Drainlaying / Tough Plumbing Mdn
$0k
$17k
B Rogerson
56½
83.06
-
10
10,9
+4
Apr-1 24
8/14
9.5
$14
Riverton
10
1200
King Green Fishing / Fisher Aluminium Mdn
$0k
$20k
B Rogerson
56
77.21
-
11
11,12
+4
Mar-10 24
4/12
2.9
$41.8
Gore
5
1200
3yo+ Mdn
$1k
$20k
B Rogerson
55
72.22
-
9
9,9
+5
Feb-8 24
9/11
8.2
$21.7
Ascot Park
9
1200
McCallums Group Mdn
$0k
$19k
C Campbell
58
76.30
-
10
10,9