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Ship Happens
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Trained by J R Bayliss at Sunshine Coast, Ship Happens is a 4 year old gelding by the sire Merchant Navy, out of the dam Frazil.

Ship Happens is still a maiden as he is yet to win a race from 22 starts. His career earnings are $35k, with the biggest win of his career coming at Ipswich on January 7th in 2025 when he won $1,000 in the Ray White Ipswich Mdn Plate (a set weight race over 1,200 metres).

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
$35k
Starts
22
Wins
0
Second
2
Third
3
Win %
0
Place %
23
Profit
-22.0
Conditions
Good
5
0-0-0
$1k
Soft
14
0-2-3
$2k
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
1800m
5
0-0-3
-5
1950m
2
0-1-0
-2
2200m
2
0-0-0
-2
2070m
1
0-0-0
-1
1600m
2
0-0-0
-2
2000m
1
0-0-0
-1
1400m
3
0-0-0
-3
1700m
1
0-1-0
-1
1350m
3
0-0-0
-3
1000m
1
0-0-0
-1
1200m
1
0-0-0
-1
Race Track
Sunshine Coast
10
0-0-3
-10
Ipswich
5
0-2-0
-5
Doomben
3
0-0-0
-3
Sunshine Coast Poly
2
0-0-0
-2
Gold Coast
2
0-0-0
-2
Race State
QLD
22
0-2-3
-22

Declared to Run

Sunshine Coast 1 • Today Vantage Building Group Mdn Plate
$16Bet

Race History

Aug-2 26
3/7
0.5
$4.8
Sunshine Coast
7
1800
Cheers Mdn Hcp
$3k
$30k
J Bayliss
56
112.64
37.59
7
7,7,4
+1
Jul-24 26
2/8
1.0
$7.5
Ipswich
5
1950
Cruice Creations Mdn Hcp
$5k
$30k
J Bayliss
54½
127.35
38.65
5
6,7,5
+3
Jul-12 26
5/11
5.4
$9
Sunshine Coast
5
2200
Your Capability Store Mdn Hcp
$1k
$30k
K Wilson-Taylor
55½
140.39
37.28
4
4,4,3
-2
Jun-24 26
4/10
7.9
$41
Doomben
6
2070
Country Music Raceday On Sale Now Mdn Plate
$2k
$40k
F Larson
58
130.21
36.09
8
6,7,7
+3
Jun-14 26
5/8
8.2
$13
Sunshine Coast
10
1600
Thank You Carla Dreyer Mdn Hcp
$1k
$30k
F Larson
54
99.57
35.49
7
6,5,3
-2
May-24 26
9/12
12.8
$31
Sunshine Coast
7
2200
Cotton Tree Steaks Mdn Hcp
$1k
$30k
F Larson
56
144.33
38.61
10
9,9,9
May-17 26
6/10
7.0
$13
Sunshine Coast Poly
0
2000
TAB Plate (C1)
$1k
$28k
F Larson
56½
125.60
38.16
6
7,4,5
-1
May-9 26
7/10
3.1
$18
Ipswich
5
1950
TAB Mdn Plate
$1k
$30k
J Bayliss
58
122.94
36.59
4
5,5,6
-1
Apr-19 26
3/7
2.1
$5.5
Sunshine Coast
5
1800
Dunes & Greene Mdn Hcp
$3k
$30k
D Thornton
56
113.01
35.83
5
5,5,5
+2
Apr-12 26
7/8
9.0
$19
Sunshine Coast
5
1600
Tyzac Vacuum Excavation Mdn Hcp
$1k
$30k
M Philpot
53½
99.36
35.45
7
7,7,6
-1
Mar-29 26
9/12
6.9
$31
Sunshine Coast
6
1400
Clayton's Towing Service Mdn Hcp
$1k
$30k
J Bayliss
56½
86.13
36.21
8
8,7
-2
Spell of 99 Days
Dec-20 25
4/5
8.2
$4.8
Sunshine Coast
4
1800
Victa Peach-Tin Mdn Hcp
$2k
$30k
T Brooker
57
111.86
35.26
5
5,5,5
+1
Nov-30 25
3/12
1.8
$8
Sunshine Coast
6
1800
Promo Gear Mdn Hcp
$3k
$30k
K Wilson-Taylor
56
112.48
37.25
11
10,10,7
+4
Nov-15 25
4/7
3.2
$3.6
Gold Coast
7
1800
Samara Mdn Plate
$2k
$30k
C Collis
57
111.96
35.20
2
2,2,3
-1
Oct-31 25
2/8
0.3
$10
Ipswich
5
1700
TAB Mdn Hcp
$5k
$30k
J Bayliss
54½
104.15
38.46
7
8,8,6
+4
Oct-19 25
5/11
4.3
$10
Sunshine Coast
4
1400
Suncoast Cabs Mdn Hcp
$1k
$30k
T Brooker
54½
86.82
36.61
3
3,4
-1
Aug-29 25
7/11
4.7
$71
Ipswich
4
1350
River 94.9 Inaugural Networking Mdn Hcp
$1k
$30k
K Zechner
57
81.47
37.14
9
9,8
+1
Aug-6 25
8/9
5.9
$151
Doomben
4
1350
Trackside With Ricky Ponting Mdn Plate
$1k
$40k
L Tarrant
58
80.65
35.56
4
5,6
-2
Jun-14 25
9/11
5.4
$41
Gold Coast
4
1400
Cornetts Supermarket Mdn Hcp
$1k
$30k
M Philpot
54
85.09
35.33
10
10,10
+1
Jun-4 25
8/12
7.6
$201
Doomben
6
1350
Mullins Lawyers Mdn Plate
$1k
$40k
P Hamblin
58
82.63
36.63
10
9,11
+3
May-11 25
5/7
6.7
$7
Sunshine Coast Poly
0
1000
Gibbs Gearbox & Diff Mdn Plate
$1k
$30k
J Bayliss
58
59.44
34.80
6
6,6
+1
Spell of 124 Days
Jan-7 25
5/6
8.6
$12
Ipswich
5
1200
Ray White Ipswich Mdn Plate
$1k
$30k
G Semmens
56
70.92
35.53
5
5,6
+1