Horse Profile

Speech Craft
Stable

Trained by Trina Riddell at Awapuni, Speech Craft is a 2024 year old gelding by the sire Oratorio, out of the dam Chaleur.

He has won a total of 7 races from 64 starts for a win percentage of 11%. His career earnings are $256k, with the biggest win of his career coming at Trentham on January 21st in 2017 when he won $0 in the J R & N Berkett Telegraph (a set weight with penalties race over 1,200 metres).

Speech Craft is a top level performer, having started 6 times at group race level.

Betting level stakes of $100 win on all of the horse's starts would have yielded a loss of $-1200.

The gelding tends to run better on good ground, with an average prize money per start of $5k in those conditions.

Career Statistics

Overall
Prize Money
$256k
Starts
64
Wins
7
Second
11
Third
7
Win %
11
Place %
41
Profit
-12.0
Conditions
Good
30
4-5-1
$5k
Soft
33
3-4-6
$3k
Heavy
1
0-0-0
$1k
Race Standard
All
6
0-0-0
Group 1
2
0-0-0
Group 2
1
0-0-0
Group 3
3
0-0-0
Race Distance
1200m
11
0-2-0
-11
1400m
1
0-0-0
-1
Race Track
Ellerslie
5
0-0-0
-5
Te Rapa
3
0-1-0
-3
Matamata
1
0-0-0
-1
Awapuni
1
0-0-0
-1
Trentham
2
0-1-0
-2
Race State
12
0-2-0

Race History

Jan-13 19
-9/6
0.0
0
Ellerslie
3
1200
Swiss Deli Handicap
$0k
$37k
60
0.00
-
May-5 18
9/16
6.7
0
Te Rapa
5
1200
Team Wealleans (Bm85)
$0k
$28k
61½
76.82
-
14
13
+4
Apr-28 18
5/6
5.7
0
Te Rapa
5
1200
Aon Insurance Brokers Handicap
$0k
$37k
56
75.42
-
5
4
-1
Feb-24 18
6/
3.9
0
Matamata
5
1200
Westbury Waikato Handicap
$0k
$37k
60
74.46
-
7
7
+1
Jan-27 18
13/
4.8
0
Ellerslie
4
1200
Concorde Handicap 
$0k
$65k
55½
74.22
-
7
10
-3
Jan-1 18
7/
3.8
0
Ellerslie
3
1200
Sistema Railway 
$0k
$186k
55½
74.45
-
3
5
-2
Dec-9 17
7/9
5.1
0
Ellerslie
3
1200
Ray White N.Z Handicap
$0k
$37k
58½
75.16
-
8
7
Nov-11 17
2/10
0.2
0
Te Rapa
4
1200
Legacy Lodge Sprint
$0k
$47k
59½
70.29
-
5
5
+3
Apr-1 17
6/
8.8
0
Awapuni
7
1400
Cafe Cuba Flying Handicap
$0k
$47k
58
95.57
-
5
6,5
-1
Mar-18 17
2/
1.0
0
Trentham
8
1200
Lightning Handicap
$0k
$47k
57½
69.78
-
2
2
Mar-4 17
9/
6.7
0
Ellerslie
4
1200
Darley Plate 
$0k
$93k
55½
75.97
-
11
10
+1
Jan-21 17
9/
3.0
0
Trentham
6
1200
J R & N Berkett Telegraph 
$0k
$233k
55½
70.71
-
15
12
+3