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Purple Prose
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Trained by Mark Walker & Sam Bergerson at Riccarton Park, Purple Prose is a 4 year old gelding by the sire Embellish, out of the dam Lady Masako.

He has won one race from 10 starts. His career earnings are $25k, with the biggest win of his career coming at Riccarton Park on January 25th in 2025 when he won $4,116 in the Riccarton Park Function Centre 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 loss of $-830.

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

Career Statistics

Overall
Prize Money
$25k
Starts
10
Wins
1
Second
2
Third
0
Win %
10
Place %
30
Profit
-8.3
Conditions
Good
3
0-1-0
$2k
Soft
2
0-0-0
$1k
Heavy
0
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
1600m
4
1-0-0
-2.3
1400m
3
0-2-0
-3
1200m
3
0-0-0
-3
Race Track
Riccarton Park Synthetic
5
1-1-0
-3.3
Riccarton Park
3
0-1-0
-3
Otaki
1
0-0-0
-1
Matamata
1
0-0-0
-1
Race State
6
1-1-0
-4.3
NZ
4
0-1-0
-4

Race History

Aug-6 25
5/13
1.9
$9.8
Riccarton Park Synthetic
0
1600
Racecourse Hotel & Motor Lodge (Bm65)
$1k
$35k
J Doyle
58½
96.06
-
11
11,11
+6
Jul-9 25
1/14
0.8
$1.7
Riccarton Park Synthetic
0
1600
Speight's Summit Ultra On Tap Mdn
$13k
$22k
B Queiroz
58½
97.34
-
Jun-11 25
2/12
0.8
$6.6
Riccarton Park Synthetic
0
1400
3yo+ Mdn
$3k
$17k
B Queiroz
58½
82.84
-
7
7,6
+4
May-29 25
5/14
2.9
$7.4
Riccarton Park Synthetic
0
1400
Herman's Hermits 2 August Christchurch Mdn
$0k
$17k
G Rooke
58½
83.52
-
9
8
+3
May-15 25
6/14
7.3
$15.7
Riccarton Park Synthetic
0
1200
Betcha Bet Back Tool Mdn
$0k
$20k
C Barnes
58½
69.72
-
12
12,12
+6
Spell of 85 Days
Feb-19 25
8/13
7.0
$3.9
Riccarton Park
7
1600
TAB Southern Punters Challenge - 12 April Mdn
$0k
$25k
M Mc Nab
58
99.42
-
Feb-5 25
4/14
0.5
$2.8
Riccarton Park
4
1600
Fiona Stuart Memorial Mdn
$1k
$25k
W Pinn
58
97.91
-
5
5
+1
Jan-25 25
2/12
0.3
$3.8
Riccarton Park
4
1400
Riccarton Park Function Centre Mdn
$5k
$25k
M Lerner
57
83.84
-
6
6,5
+3
Jan-6 25
4/6
2.2
$8.1
Otaki
5
1200
AR Painters Mdn
$1k
$19k
J Riddell
57½
72.05
-
4
4
Dec-20 24
10/11
7.7
$28
Matamata
4
1200
Bell & Graham Mdn
$0k
$25k
V Colgan
57
71.02
-