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Purple Prose
Stable

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 a total of 2 races from 17 starts for a win percentage of 12%. His career earnings are $43k, 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 $-1170.

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
$43k
Starts
17
Wins
2
Second
3
Third
0
Win %
12
Place %
29
Profit
-11.7
Conditions
Good
3
0-1-0
$2k
Soft
7
0-1-0
$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
8
2-0-0
-2.7
1400m
5
0-2-0
-5
1200m
4
0-1-0
-4
Race Track
Riccarton Park Synthetic
7
2-1-0
-1.7
Ashburton
1
0-0-0
-1
Wingatui
1
0-0-0
-1
Riccarton Park
5
0-1-0
-5
Phar Lap Raceway
1
0-1-0
-1
Otaki
1
0-0-0
-1
Matamata
1
0-0-0
-1
Race State
11
2-2-0
-5.7
NZ
6
0-1-0
-6

Declared to Run

Riccarton Park Synthetic 6 • Today Windsor Park Stallions 2026 (Bm65)

Race History

Apr-30 26
1/11
2.0
$3.6
Riccarton Park Synthetic
0
1600
BetaVet Hcp (60)
$10k
$17k
T Moodley
59
97.68
-
5
5,5
+4
Apr-2 26
6/14
2.5
$12.6
Ashburton
7
1400
Agraforum Growing Innovation (Bm65)
$0k
$19k
C Barnes
58
85.32
-
8
8,8
+2
Feb-28 26
4/13
0.3
$2.3
Wingatui
6
1600
Speights (Bm65)
$1k
$25k
O Bosson
59
98.39
-
2
5,4
Feb-4 26
4/16
2.6
$11.5
Riccarton Park
6
1600
ODT Southern Mile Qualifier (Bm65)
$2k
$35k
B Queiroz
58
96.84
-
9
9,9
+5
Jan-14 26
8/15
4.4
$4.2
Riccarton Park
5
1400
Karaka Summer Sale 29 Jan (Bm65)
$0k
$25k
B Queiroz
58½
82.61
-
9
9,10
+2
Dec-28 25
2/13
3.0
$14.8
Phar Lap Raceway
5
1200
Go Racing & Preen Fashion In The Field (Bm65)
$3k
$19k
T Moodley
57
70.62
-
9
9,8
+6
Spell of 129 Days
Aug-21 25
8/12
4.4
$2.8
Riccarton Park Synthetic
0
1600
Racecourse Hotel & Motor Lodge (Bm65)
$1k
$35k
O Bosson
58½
96.53
-
6
5,5
-3
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
-
11
11,8
+7
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
-
13
13,12
+4
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
-
11
11,11
+1