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Ballon D'or
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Trained by Peter & Shaun McKay at Matamata, Ballon D'or is a 4 year old gelding by the sire U S Navy Flag, out of the dam Ireland's Teardrop.

He has won a total of 3 races from 13 starts for a win percentage of 23%. His career earnings are $108k, with the biggest win of his career coming at Trentham on January 18th in 2025 when he won $33,260 in the Harcourts 3yo (a set weight with penalties race over 1,200 metres).

Ballon D'or has started 3 times at group race level.

Betting level stakes of $100 win on all of the horse's starts would have yielded a profit of $200.

The gelding tends to run better on good ground, with an average prize money per start of $12k in those conditions.

Career Statistics

Overall
Prize Money
$108k
Starts
13
Wins
3
Second
4
Third
1
Win %
23
Place %
62
Profit
+2.0
Conditions
Good
6
2-1-1
$12k
Soft
5
1-1-0
$5k
Heavy
1
0-1-0
$7k
Race Standard
All
3
0-0-0
Group 1
0
0-0-0
Group 2
1
0-0-0
Group 3
0
0-0-0
Race Distance
1400m
4
1-0-0
-0.5
1200m
7
2-2-1
+4.5
970m
1
0-1-0
-1
1300m
1
0-1-0
-1
Race Track
Trentham
4
2-1-0
+8.4
Te Rapa
3
0-0-0
-3
Otaki
3
1-1-1
-0.4
Taupo
1
0-1-0
-1
Hastings
1
0-0-0
-1
Cambridge
1
0-1-0
-1
Race State
7
3-2-1
+8
NZ
6
0-2-0
-6

Race History

Mar-22 25
5/18
1.0
$21.7
Trentham
6
1400
IRT Wellington Guineas 
$6k
$250k
J Doyle
57
83.89
-
2
2,2
-3
Mar-2 25
1/6
0.8
$3.5
Trentham
3
1400
Graham's Painters 3yo
$23k
$40k
M Mc Nab
58
83.35
-
1
1,1
Feb-8 25
5/9
2.1
$4.5
Te Rapa
4
1200
TAB Spec Mdn
$2k
$65k
R Hutchings
59½
70.94
-
8
8
+3
Jan-18 25
1/7
0.8
$8.9
Trentham
4
1200
Harcourts 3yo
$37k
$65k
R Hutchings
57
66.83
-
4
4,4
+3
Dec-21 24
2/5
1.8
$3.5
Trentham
4
1200
The Breeze Wellington 3yo
$7k
$40k
M Mc Nab
57
68.46
-
3
3,4
+2
Nov-28 24
1/14
1.3
$2.6
Otaki
5
1200
Racing This Time TV Facebook Mdn
$14k
$25k
N Parmar
56
71.18
-
4
4,4
+3
Oct-12 24
6/9
4.0
$19.9
Te Rapa
6
1400
Three Wise Birds Spec Mdn
$1k
$65k
M Cartwright
54½
84.19
-
5
5,4
-2
Sep-20 24
2/11
2.0
$3.5
Taupo
7
1200
Chris Jolly Outdoors Mdn
$3k
$19k
C Grylls
56
75.30
-
8
8,7
+5
Sep-7 24
8/8
9.7
$35.4
Hastings
4
1200
El Roca - Sir Colin Meads Trophy 
$1k
$90k
M Hashizume
57
70.37
-
3
3,3
-5
Aug-8 24
2/8
0.1
$4.7
Cambridge
0
970
Horse Transport Ltd Mdn
$3k
$17k
C Grylls
56
55.03
-
Spell of 96 Days
May-4 24
7/10
6.3
$18.6
Te Rapa
7
1400
Waikato Equine Veterinary Centre Stakes 
$1k
$80k
M Hashizume
57
85.35
-
6
5,7
Apr-13 24
2/5
0.1
$2
Otaki
8
1300
McMillan Equine Feeds 2yo
$6k
$35k
M Hashizume
57
80.34
-
2
2,1
-1
Apr-1 24
3/9
2.1
$7.6
Otaki
4
1200
Farmlands Otaki Mdn
$2k
$19k
M Hashizume
57½
71.88
-
3
3,3