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Retrostar
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Trained by Andrew Forsman at Cambridge, Retrostar is a 4 year old gelding by the sire Vespa, out of the dam Celestial Nymph.

He has won a total of 2 races from 13 starts for a win percentage of 15%. His career earnings are $53k, with the biggest win of his career coming at Tauherenikau on December 11th in 2024 when he won $12,792 in the Pete's Kitchen & Joinery (a handicap race over 1,400 metres).

Retrostar has started 2 times at group race level.

Betting level stakes of $100 win on all of the horse's starts would have yielded a profit of $1440.

The gelding tends to run better on soft ground, with an average prize money per start of $6k in those conditions.

Career Statistics

Overall
Prize Money
$53k
Starts
13
Wins
2
Second
1
Third
1
Win %
15
Place %
31
Profit
+14.4
Conditions
Good
6
1-0-0
$3k
Soft
3
0-0-0
$6k
Heavy
1
0-0-0
$0k
Race Standard
All
2
0-0-0
Group 1
0
0-0-0
Group 2
0
0-0-0
Group 3
0
0-0-0
Race Distance
1600m
5
0-0-0
-5
1400m
3
1-0-0
+8.5
1550m
2
1-0-1
+13.9
1300m
1
0-1-0
-1
2100m
1
0-0-0
-1
1200m
1
0-0-0
-1
Race Track
Pukekohe Park
1
0-0-0
-1
Tauherenikau
2
1-0-0
+9.5
Trentham
2
0-0-0
-2
Cambridge Synthetic
3
1-1-1
+12.9
Te Rapa
1
0-0-0
-1
Ellerslie
3
0-0-0
-3
Ruakaka
1
0-0-0
-1
Race State
NZ
8
1-1-1
+7.9
5
1-0-0
+6.5

Race History

Nov-22 25
8/12
4.5
$33
Pukekohe Park
4
1600
Dunstan Horsefeeds Stayers Championship Qualifier (Bm65)
$1k
$75k
K Myers
59
96.92
-
9
11,11
+3
Nov-9 25
4/9
1.6
$6.4
Tauherenikau
4
1400
Wairarapa Music In The Country (Bm65)
$1k
$19k
C Grylls
59
83.03
-
7
7,6
+2
Oct-18 25
13/14
17.2
$8.3
Trentham
8
1600
Grant Plumbing (Bm65)
$0k
$40k
K Myers
60
102.96
-
12
10,10
-3
Sep-24 25
3/9
1.5
$3.2
Cambridge Synthetic
0
1550
Remembering 'Taiki' (Bm68)
$2k
$19k
G Rooke
58½
94.31
-
6
6,4
+1
Sep-10 25
2/10
0.2
$7.7
Cambridge Synthetic
0
1300
Howden Insurance Mile @ Te Rapa 27 September (Bm69)
$3k
$19k
G Rooke
57
78.00
-
Spell of 137 Days
Apr-26 25
10/12
6.0
$45.9
Te Rapa
5
1600
3yo Swp
$1k
$35k
R Goyaram
55
96.02
-
12
12,12
+2
Mar-29 25
8/13
8.0
$20.5
Trentham
4
1400
Herrick Perry Memorial (Bm65)
$1k
$65k
L Sutherland
59½
81.47
-
13
11
+3
Spell of 63 Days
Jan-25 25
13/13
25.6
$70.7
Ellerslie
5
1600
TAB Karaka Millions 3yo 
$17k
$1.5M
R Hutchings
57
96.49
-
13
13
Jan-12 25
8/9
6.5
$18.8
Ellerslie
4
2100
Gingernuts Salver 
$2k
$100k
L Sutherland
57
133.05
-
2
2,2,3
-5
Jan-1 25
7/8
11.9
$18.7
Ellerslie
4
1600
Horizon By Skycity 3yo
$1k
$80k
C Grylls
58
97.18
-
8
8,8,8
+1
Dec-11 24
1/11
0.8
$11.5
Tauherenikau
3
1400
Pete's Kitchen & Joinery (Bm65)
$14k
$25k
L Sutherland
56½
82.14
-
11
11,9
+8
Spell of 105 Days
Aug-28 24
1/11
2.0
$15.9
Cambridge Synthetic
0
1550
"Give A Little" Rahul Shinde Mdn
$10k
$19k
C Grylls
56
93.01
-
1
1,1
Aug-17 24
9/10
23.8
$25.8
Ruakaka
7
1200
Croft Poles Mdn
$0k
$20k
T Moodley
54
73.69
-
5
5,7
-2