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Chance Taken
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Trained by Chris Bieg at Morphettville 1, Chance Taken is a 5 year old gelding by the sire Unusual Suspect, out of the dam More In Store.

He has won a total of 2 races from 15 starts for a win percentage of 13%. His career earnings are $59k, with the biggest win of his career coming at Waverley on March 19th in 2025 when he won $12,792 in the Waverley 4 Square Mdn (a set weight with allowances race over 2,200 metres).

Betting level stakes of $100 win on all of the horse's starts would have yielded a loss of $-770.

The gelding tends to run better on heavy ground, with an average prize money per start of $10k in those conditions.

Career Statistics

Overall
Prize Money
$59k
Starts
15
Wins
2
Second
0
Third
2
Win %
13
Place %
27
Profit
-7.7
Conditions
Good
9
0-0-1
$1k
Soft
4
1-0-0
$8k
Heavy
2
1-0-1
$10k
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
2400m
2
0-0-0
-2
1800m
1
0-0-0
-1
1600m
3
1-0-0
+1.8
1400m
1
0-0-0
-1
2250m
1
0-0-0
-1
2000m
2
0-0-1
-2
1700m
1
0-0-0
-1
2200m
1
1-0-0
+1.5
1650m
1
0-0-1
-1
2040m
1
0-0-0
-1
2060m
1
0-0-0
-1
Race Track
Balaklava
1
0-0-0
-1
Morphettville
3
0-0-1
-3
Murray Bridge Gh
3
1-0-0
+1.8
Sandown Lakeside
1
0-0-0
-1
Morphettville Parks
1
0-0-0
-1
Gawler
1
0-0-0
-1
Waverley
2
1-0-1
+0.5
Wanganui
2
0-0-0
-2
Tauherenikau
1
0-0-0
-1
Race State
SA
9
1-0-1
-4.2
VIC
1
0-0-0
-1
3
1-0-1
-0.5
NZ
2
0-0-0
-2

Race History

Feb-22 26
6/6
5.1
$3.4
Balaklava
4
2400
Adelaide Galvanising Industries (Bm66)
$1k
$25k
C Tootell
53½
156.70
-
4
4,4,5
-1
Feb-7 26
8/11
5.5
$12
Morphettville
4
1800
AIG Security Hcp (66)
$1k
$50k
W Price
56½
109.23
35.78
10
10,8,8
Jan-31 26
5/14
2.8
$101
Morphettville
4
1600
Happy 60th D'Arcy Evans (Bm66)
$2k
$50k
W Price
55½
96.30
36.03
11
12,12,10
+5
Jan-10 26
9/10
8.8
$51
Murray Bridge Gh
4
1400
Sportsbet More Places (Bm66)
$1k
$50k
D Caboche
56½
85.01
37.42
5
5,5
-4
Spell of 143 Days
Aug-20 25
10/10
16.1
$5.5
Sandown Lakeside
4
2400
Sportsbet Green Tick (Bm64)
$1k
$50k
J Noonan
58
150.04
35.75
9
9,10,10
Aug-16 25
5/12
2.2
$14
Morphettville Parks
5
2250
Sportsbet Jockey Watch (Bm76)
$2k
$65k
B Price
54½
148.96
37.57
9
9,9,11
+6
Aug-2 25
11/12
3.7
$3.8
Murray Bridge Gh
5
2000
Ridleys SA (Bm62)
$0k
$50k
F Atkinson
56½
126.91
36.18
12
12,12,9
-2
Jul-26 25
3/13
3.0
$7
Morphettville
10
2000
Dominant (Bm68)
$5k
$55k
F Atkinson
53½
134.73
42.45
7
7,7,4
+1
Jul-5 25
5/12
10.8
$3.5
Gawler
7
1700
Sanders Fodder (Bm62)
$2k
$50k
F Atkinson
57
106.76
-
2
2,2,4
-1
Jun-14 25
1/12
0.5
$4.8
Murray Bridge Gh
6
1600
Sportsbet Jockey Watch (Bm64)
$27k
$50k
F Atkinson
54
100.54
35.53
5
5,5,5
+4
Spell of 87 Days
Mar-19 25
1/8
3.3
$2.5
Waverley
10
2200
Waverley 4 Square Mdn
$14k
$25k
C Grylls
58½
145.63
-
Feb-28 25
3/8
2.3
$2.8
Waverley
4
1650
NZB Mega Mdn Series
$2k
$25k
C Grylls
58½
102.05
-
8
6
+3
Jan-20 25
4/14
4.8
$18.1
Wanganui
4
2040
Smart Naturals Mdn
$1k
$19k
C Barnes
58½
128.37
-
3
3,2,2
-2
Dec-29 24
4/9
3.8
$7.9
Wanganui
4
2060
Happy Hire Mdn
$1k
$19k
U Holmquist
58½
131.13
-
6
6,6,5
+1
Dec-11 24
6/11
1.5
$7.4
Tauherenikau
3
1600
Happy Birthday Rob (Chalky) Calder Mdn
$0k
$25k
U Holmquist
58½
97.47
-
3
2,3
-3