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Discretion Rules
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Trained by Mark Walker & Sam Bergerson at Matamata, Discretion Rules is a 4 year old gelding by the sire Alabama Express, out of the dam Miss Madonna.

He has won one race from 10 starts. His career earnings are $83k, with the biggest win of his career coming at Riccarton Park on May 4th in 2024 when he won $40,935 in the Berkley Stud Champagne Stakes (a set weight race over 1,200 metres).

Discretion Rules has started 2 times at group race level, with 1 win.

Betting level stakes of $100 win on all of the horse's starts would have yielded a loss of $-640.

The gelding tends to run better on soft ground, with an average prize money per start of $13k in those conditions.

Career Statistics

Overall
Prize Money
$83k
Starts
10
Wins
1
Second
3
Third
2
Win %
10
Place %
60
Profit
-6.4
Conditions
Good
4
0-2-1
$5k
Soft
5
1-1-0
$13k
Heavy
1
0-0-1
$2k
Race Standard
All
2
1-1-0
Group 1
0
0-0-0
Group 2
0
0-0-0
Group 3
0
0-0-0
Race Distance
1000m
3
0-2-0
-3
1200m
6
1-1-1
-2.4
820m
1
0-0-1
-1
Race Track
Tauherenikau
1
0-0-0
-1
Riccarton Park
6
1-2-1
-2.4
Wingatui
2
0-1-1
-2
Wanganui
1
0-0-0
-1
Race State
3
0-1-1
-3
NZ
7
1-2-1
-3.4

Race History

Feb-6 26
6/8
4.7
$9.2
Tauherenikau
6
1000
Kuripuni Sports Bar & TAB (Bm65)
$0k
$19k
H Hassman
58½
56.88
-
Spell of 300 Days
Apr-12 25
12/15
7.8
$9.1
Riccarton Park
4
1200
(Bm65)
$0k
$35k
H Hassman
56½
68.81
-
Mar-22 25
10/15
5.0
$3.6
Riccarton Park
7
1200
Go Racing Karaka Millions Winners 2025 (Bm65)
$1k
$40k
T Moodley
59½
71.16
-
6
6
-4
Mar-5 25
3/7
2.6
$6
Riccarton Park
8
1200
Daphne Bannan Memorial (Bm75)
$2k
$25k
K Williams
56½
72.80
-
Jan-18 25
2/9
2.3
$2.9
Wingatui
4
1200
Property Brokers 3yo
$7k
$40k
K Williams
58
72.27
-
2
1
-1
Nov-23 24
6/8
4.6
$4.2
Wanganui
5
1200
Wanganui Function Centre 3yo
$1k
$40k
A Goindasamy
58
70.90
-
3
3,2
-4
Spell of 203 Days
May-4 24
1/9
0.5
$3.6
Riccarton Park
5
1200
Berkley Stud Champagne Stakes 
$46k
$80k
N Parmar
57
69.67
-
2
1
Apr-13 24
2/6
4.3
$8.7
Riccarton Park
7
1000
Riccarton Park Function Centre Welcome Stakes 
$15k
$80k
A Goindasamy
57
58.39
-
1
1,1
-1
Mar-23 24
2/8
3.3
$4.8
Riccarton Park
4
1000
Entain - NZB Insurance Pearl Series Race 2yo
$7k
$40k
A Goindasamy
56
56.59
-
1
1,1
-1
Mar-2 24
3/11
1.3
$3.5
Wingatui
4
820
Dakota Boutique + Lifestyle 2yo
$4k
$40k
L Sutherland
56
46.91
-
2
2,2
-1