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Happy Venture
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Trained by C E Goss at Tauranga, Happy Venture is a 4 year old gelding by the sire El Roca, out of the dam Margravine.

He has won one race from 13 starts. His career earnings are $26k, with the biggest win of his career coming at Tauranga on November 16th in 2024 when he won $1,112 in the Devan Plastics Mdn (a set weight with allowances race over 1,600 metres).

Betting level stakes of $100 win on all of the horse's starts would have yielded a loss of $-300.

The gelding tends to run better on good ground, with an average prize money per start of $4k in those conditions.

Career Statistics

Overall
Prize Money
$26k
Starts
13
Wins
1
Second
1
Third
1
Win %
8
Place %
23
Profit
-3.0
Conditions
Good
4
1-0-1
$4k
Soft
5
0-1-0
$2k
Heavy
4
0-0-0
$0k
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
1530m
1
0-0-0
-1
1400m
4
1-0-0
+6
1600m
7
0-1-1
-7
1200m
1
0-0-0
-1
Race Track
Tauranga
9
1-1-1
+1
Matamata
3
0-0-0
-3
Te Rapa
1
0-0-0
-1
Race State
9
1-1-1
+1
NZ
4
0-0-0
-4

Race History

Nov-15 25
10/14
6.9
$8.1
Tauranga
6
1530
Devan Plastics (Bm65)
$1k
$40k
J Fawcett
58½
93.49
-
4
4,4,5
-5
Nov-1 25
1/13
0.2
$10
Tauranga
4
1400
Epic Journeys 2026 Royal Ascot Tour Mdn
$14k
$25k
J Fawcett
58½
83.99
-
3
3
+2
Spell of 157 Days
May-28 25
10/12
16.2
$5
Tauranga
10
1400
Gartshore Construction Mdn
$0k
$17k
J Fawcett
58½
95.01
-
May-14 25
5/11
3.2
$3.3
Matamata
9
1600
2yo+ Mdn
$0k
$17k
J Fawcett
58½
102.08
-
Apr-26 25
6/12
3.1
$15.1
Te Rapa
5
1600
2yo+ Mdn
$0k
$20k
U Holmquist
58
97.21
-
4
4,4
-2
Mar-30 25
3/8
1.1
$4.1
Tauranga
4
1600
Gartshore Construction Mdn
$2k
$19k
U Holmquist
57½
96.46
-
5
5,5,3
Mar-15 25
2/12
0.2
$15
Tauranga
5
1600
3yo+ Mdn
$5k
$25k
U Holmquist
58
98.99
-
2
2,2
Jan-27 25
7/13
4.3
$6.7
Tauranga
7
1600
Gartshore Construction Mdn
$0k
$19k
C Grylls
57½
99.95
-
5
5,5,4
-3
Jan-2 25
4/12
1.6
$12.2
Tauranga
4
1400
Epic Journeys Mdn
$1k
$19k
R Hutchings
57½
86.09
-
Dec-20 24
11/11
11.2
$30.7
Matamata
4
1600
Ancroft Stud Mdn
$0k
$25k
U Holmquist
57½
96.99
-
3
3,7
-4
Nov-16 24
4/10
4.6
$32.1
Tauranga
7
1600
Devan Plastics Mdn
$1k
$25k
U Holmquist
57
99.28
-
4
4,3
-1
Oct-5 24
8/10
3.8
$25.3
Tauranga
8
1400
Gartshore Construction Mdn
$0k
$25k
B Rogerson
54
87.11
-
6
6,7
-1
Sep-4 24
6/6
14.1
$12.5
Matamata
10
1200
Pam Gerard - Ballymore Racing Mdn
$0k
$19k
J Allen
55½
78.12
-
6
6,6