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Approaching
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Trained by R & A McKay at Riccarton Park, Approaching is a 4 year old mare by the sire Impending, out of the dam Sexy Pins.

She has won one race from 15 starts. Her career earnings are $17k, with the biggest win of her career coming at New Plymouth Raceway on December 27th in 2024 when she won $1,482 in the Entain/ NZB Insurance Pearl Series Mdn (a set weight with allowances race over 1,400 metres).

Betting level stakes of $100 win on all of the horse's starts would have yielded a profit of $800.

The mare tends to run better on good ground, with an average prize money per start of $2k in those conditions.

Career Statistics

Overall
Prize Money
$17k
Starts
15
Wins
1
Second
0
Third
2
Win %
7
Place %
20
Profit
+8.0
Conditions
Good
6
1-0-1
$2k
Soft
5
0-0-0
$0k
Heavy
3
0-0-1
$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
1600m
4
1-0-0
+19
1400m
8
0-0-1
-8
1200m
2
0-0-1
-2
1150m
1
0-0-0
-1
Race Track
Riccarton Park
3
0-0-0
-3
Phar Lap Raceway
3
1-0-0
+20
Riccarton Park Synthetic
1
0-0-0
-1
Oamaru
1
0-0-0
-1
Tauranga
1
0-0-0
-1
Ellerslie
1
0-0-0
-1
Matamata
1
0-0-1
-1
Ruakaka
1
0-0-0
-1
New Plymouth Raceway
1
0-0-1
-1
Te Aroha
2
0-0-0
-2
Race State
NZ
6
0-0-1
-6
9
1-0-1
+14

Race History

Jan-14 26
17/17
17.0
$65.1
Riccarton Park
5
1600
White Robe Lodge at Karaka 2026 (Bm65)
$0k
$25k
A Riddell
55
96.27
-
Dec-28 25
14/14
19.6
$52
Phar Lap Raceway
5
1600
Entain/NZB Insurance Pearl Series (Bm65)
$0k
$19k
A Riddell
56½
97.15
-
4
4,4,6
-8
Nov-19 25
1/14
1.8
$23
Phar Lap Raceway
4
1600
NZB Mega Maiden Series Mdn
$10k
$19k
A Riddell
55½
98.30
-
Oct-25 25
8/11
8.5
$36.6
Riccarton Park
4
1400
Cup Week Tickets Selling Fast Mdn
$0k
$25k
L Kauri
54½
82.61
-
7
7
-1
Oct-9 25
7/14
3.1
$25.2
Phar Lap Raceway
5
1600
South Canterbury Saddlery Mdn
$0k
$19k
K Bakker
53½
99.78
-
4
3,3
-4
Sep-27 25
6/10
9.1
$57
Riccarton Park
4
1400
Promenade Hospitality For Cup Week Mdn
$0k
$25k
F Moerman
53½
83.47
-
10
10,10
+4
Aug-6 25
5/9
3.2
$40.2
Riccarton Park Synthetic
0
1400
3F At West Fitzroy Apartments Mdn
$1k
$20k
T Davies
54½
83.51
-
6
6,8
+3
Jul-20 25
13/14
13.1
$42.6
Oamaru
10
1200
Oamaru Scaffolding Mdn
$0k
$20k
K Chowdhoory
56½
77.83
-
11
11,13
May-28 25
8/10
13.5
$18
Tauranga
10
1400
Entain/NZB Insurance Pearl Series Mdn
$0k
$17k
V Colgan
57½
95.88
-
May-7 25
13/15
8.5
$28.2
Ellerslie
5
1400
Entain/NZB Insurance Pearl Series Mdn
$0k
$25k
V Colgan
57½
86.08
-
Apr-17 25
3/10
2.7
$26
Matamata
8
1200
2yo+ Mdn
$2k
$17k
V Colgan
57
74.62
-
6
6
+3
Spell of 100 Days
Jan-7 25
10/11
10.4
$19.6
Ruakaka
3
1400
Whangaripo Valley Free Range Egg Cup Race Mdn
$0k
$19k
U Holmquist
55½
83.94
-
4
4,3
-7
Dec-27 24
3/8
3.3
$25.7
New Plymouth Raceway
3
1400
Entain/ NZB Insurance Pearl Series Mdn
$2k
$19k
Y Okubo
52
84.28
-
1
1,1
-2
Dec-8 24
10/11
4.9
$61.9
Te Aroha
4
1400
Mark Wyborn Mdn
$0k
$19k
C Barnes
55
85.58
-
7
7,9
-1
Nov-12 24
8/9
7.0
$18.2
Te Aroha
5
1150
Woburn Farm Mdn
$0k
$19k
G Rooke
55½
67.48
-
3
3,3
-5