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What A Yarn
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Trained by C J Wood at Cambridge, What A Yarn is a 6 year old gelding by the sire What's The Story, out of the dam Miss Pareto.

He has won a total of 3 races from 19 starts for a win percentage of 16%. His career earnings are $68k, with the biggest win of his career coming at Cambridge on August 28th in 2024 when he won $9,219 in the Waipa Earthworks Mdn (a set weight with allowances race over 1,300 metres).

Betting level stakes of $100 win on all of the horse's starts would have yielded a loss of $-320.

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

Career Statistics

Overall
Prize Money
$68k
Starts
19
Wins
3
Second
3
Third
0
Win %
16
Place %
32
Profit
-3.2
Conditions
Good
5
0-1-0
$2k
Soft
7
1-1-0
$3k
Heavy
2
1-0-0
$12k
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
1400m
6
2-0-0
+2.3
1500m
3
0-1-0
-3
1600m
3
0-1-0
-3
2000m
2
0-1-0
-2
1550m
1
0-0-0
-1
1200m
2
0-0-0
-2
1300m
1
1-0-0
+6.5
970m
1
0-0-0
-1
Race Track
Te Aroha
3
2-0-0
+5.3
Ellerslie
5
0-1-0
-5
Te Rapa
2
0-0-0
-2
Pukekohe Park
2
0-1-0
-2
Cambridge Synthetic
5
1-1-0
+2.5
Pukekohe
1
0-0-0
-1
Taupo
1
0-0-0
-1
Race State
3
2-0-0
+5.3
NZ
16
1-3-0
-8.5

Race History

Mar-28 26
1/8
2.5
$5.4
Te Aroha
8
1400
Te Aroha Plumbing & Drainage (Bm65)
$23k
$40k
C Berge
59½
85.91
-
2
2
+1
Spell of 92 Days
Dec-26 25
12/15
6.5
$41.5
Ellerslie
5
1500
Stella Artois 1500 Championship Final
$0k
$110k
C Berge
54½
89.42
-
8
8,7
-5
Dec-20 25
5/13
1.5
$17.4
Te Rapa
5
1600
Norwegian Park Mile (Bm65)
$1k
$40k
S Brown
56
97.72
-
1
1,1
-4
Dec-6 25
5/14
2.2
$14
Pukekohe Park
5
1500
Myracehorse (Bm65)
$1k
$55k
M Cameron
60
90.02
-
2
2,2
-3
Nov-8 25
2/12
0.8
$10.1
Pukekohe Park
4
1500
Show By SkyCity (Bm65)
$7k
$40k
C Berge
59½
88.47
-
3
3,4
+2
Oct-22 25
1/11
0.4
$2.9
Te Aroha
5
1400
Donaghys Butch Coombe Memorial Cup (60)
$10k
$19k
C Grylls
60
83.53
-
3
3,3
+2
Spell of 126 Days
Jun-18 25
4/10
0.6
$2.7
Cambridge Synthetic
0
2000
Group One Turf Bar Hcp (60)
$1k
$17k
V Colgan
60
123.40
-
1
1,1
-3
Jun-4 25
2/9
0.2
$2
Cambridge Synthetic
0
2000
On Track Catering Hcp (59)
$3k
$17k
C Grylls
60
124.34
-
1
1,4
+2
May-21 25
7/12
2.2
$4.6
Cambridge Synthetic
0
1550
Waipa Earthworks Hcp (85)
$0k
$17k
A Lawson-Carroll
53
91.90
-
3
3,5
-2
May-7 25
5/13
3.4
$2.3
Ellerslie
5
1400
Eagle Technology Hcp (60)
$1k
$25k
C Grylls
60
85.13
-
2
2,3
-2
Apr-9 25
2/12
0.1
$4.9
Ellerslie
5
1600
Hcp (60)
$3k
$17k
C Grylls
60
97.93
-
1
1,1
-1
Mar-29 25
4/8
3.7
$11.2
Te Aroha
4
1600
Towes Insurance (Bm65)
$2k
$40k
J Fawcett
57½
97.05
-
1
1,2
-2
Mar-14 25
4/10
3.1
$8.9
Pukekohe
5
1400
Hcp (60)
$1k
$25k
A Lawson-Carroll
59
84.94
-
2
2
-2
Feb-26 25
5/10
2.2
$12.5
Taupo
4
1200
Central Livestock (Bm65)
$1k
$25k
S Spratt
58
72.55
-
6
6,6
+1
Spell of 113 Days
Nov-5 24
9/13
4.1
$27.4
Ellerslie
4
1400
Champion 2yo Sword Of State (Bm65)
$1k
$75k
K Stott
58½
84.55
-
4
4,4
-5
Oct-19 24
6/10
2.4
$34.4
Ellerslie
4
1400
Skycity Horizon (Bm65)
$1k
$55k
J Doyle
58½
85.80
-
2
4,4
-2
Sep-15 24
8/9
6.4
$10.1
Te Rapa
10
1200
Kidney Kids New Zealand (Bm65)
$1k
$40k
J Doyle
59
74.54
-
3
3,4
-4
Aug-28 24
1/8
0.5
$7.5
Cambridge Synthetic
0
1300
Waipa Earthworks Mdn
$10k
$19k
C Grylls
58½
77.63
-
4
4,2
+1
Aug-14 24
6/10
3.7
$12.8
Cambridge Synthetic
0
970
Bright Family Mdn
$0k
$17k
C Grylls
58½
55.27
-
6
6,6