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The Big Opal
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Trained by Kevin Myers at Wanganui, The Big Opal is a 2024 year old gelding by the sire Storm Creek, out of the dam Opal Desire.

He has won a total of 14 races from 89 starts for a win percentage of 16%. His career earnings are $178k, with the biggest win of his career coming at Te Aroha on October 1st in 2017 when he won $0 in the Bayley Waikato Hunt R-Opn Stpl (a handicap race over 4,250 metres).

Betting level stakes of $100 win on all of the horse's starts would have yielded a loss of $-2100.

The gelding tends to run better on soft ground, with an average prize money per start of $7k in those conditions.

Career Statistics

Overall
Prize Money
$178k
Starts
89
Wins
14
Second
6
Third
10
Win %
16
Place %
36
Profit
-21.0
Conditions
Good
11
2-1-3
$2k
Soft
40
5-3-4
$7k
Heavy
38
7-1-2
$4k
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
4100m
1
0-0-0
-1
4150m
1
0-0-0
-1
3800m
1
0-0-0
-1
2060m
1
0-0-0
-1
3000m
3
1-0-1
-3
4000m
5
2-1-0
-5
3900m
1
0-0-0
-1
2200m
3
0-0-0
-3
2040m
1
0-0-0
-1
5600m
1
0-0-0
-1
4250m
1
1-0-0
-1
2100m
1
0-0-0
-1
2000m
1
0-0-0
-1
Race Track
Hawera
1
0-0-0
-1
Ellerslie
1
0-0-0
-1
Wanganui
6
1-0-1
-6
Trentham
3
1-0-0
-3
Hastings
2
0-1-0
-2
Te Rapa
2
1-0-0
-2
Woodville
1
0-0-0
-1
Riccarton Park
2
1-0-0
-2
Te Aroha
1
0-0-0
-1
Otaki
1
0-0-0
-1
New Plymouth Raceway
1
0-0-0
-1
Race State
21
4-1-1
-4

Race History

Oct-10 20
-9/10
0.0
0
Hawera
4
4100
Kent Myers Livestock Stpl
$0k
$18k
Niall Quinn
70
0.00
-
Sep-12 20
6/11
23.9
0
Ellerslie
10
4150
Barfoot & Thompson R-Opn Stpl
$0k
$18k
Niall Quinn
70½
324.34
-
6
3,2,2
-4
Sep-5 20
9/12
18.5
0
Wanganui
10
3800
Wanganui Chronicle Stpl
$0k
$18k
Niall Quinn
71½
301.82
-
1
7,2,1
-8
Jul-24 20
14/15
29.0
0
Wanganui
11
2060
Taranaki-Wang. Owners Assn-62
$0k
$13k
Niall Quinn
70½
174.80
-
10
11,12,12
-2
Jul-10 20
8/12
42.9
0
Wanganui
11
3000
Kevin Myers Stables Stpl
$0k
$14k
Niall Quinn
74
281.91
-
3
4,2,2
-6
Jun-9 18
1/12
0.0
0
Trentham
11
4000
Irvines McGregor Grant Stpl
$0k
$47k
Niall Quinn
67
296.50
-
4
1,1,1
May-24 18
5/10
7.7
0
Hastings
6
4000
Stu Covell Memorial R-Opn Stpl
$0k
$19k
Niall Quinn
74
304.33
-
7
6,5,5
May-19 18
5/10
13.3
0
Te Rapa
7
3900
Signature Homes Waikato Stpl
$0k
$47k
Niall Quinn
67½
288.80
-
3
3,1,1
-4
Apr-19 18
8/11
16.2
0
Woodville
9
2200
Farmlands Co-Operative Jmp Hwt
$0k
$9k
Niall Quinn
65
158.13
-
6
3,3,4
-4
Mar-29 18
10/12
10.6
0
Wanganui
5
2040
Kevin Myers Stables Hwt(Jmpfl)
$0k
$9k
Niall Quinn
65
143.20
-
9
11,9,8
-2
Sep-21 17
1/14
0.0
0
Wanganui
9
3000
Class Carpentry Maiden Hrdl
$0k
$9k
Niall Quinn
68
224.88
-
3
1,1,1
Aug-12 17
5/
13.3
0
Riccarton Park
11
5600
Racecourse Hotel G.N. Stpl
$0k
$70k
Niall Quinn
67
455.42
-
1
1,1,1
-4
Aug-5 17
1/
0.0
0
Riccarton Park
11
4250
Nzi Koral Stpl
$0k
$33k
Niall Quinn
67½
326.34
-
3
1,1,1
Jul-27 17
3/
3.5
0
Wanganui
10
3000
T Lee & Ara Maiden Hrdl
$0k
$9k
Niall Quinn
68
239.01
-
3
2,1,1
-2
Jul-9 17
8/
14.3
0
Te Aroha
11
2200
Stallion Placement Hwt (Jmpfl)
$0k
$9k
Niall Quinn
65
172.71
-
9
8,9,9
+1
Jun-17 17
-7/
0.0
0
Trentham
11
4000
Lj Hooker Manawatu Stpl
$0k
$47k
Niall Quinn
69
295.50
-
4
1
+8
Jun-10 17
10/
22.7
0
Trentham
11
2200
Shoe Clinic Amateur (Bm65)
$0k
$19k
Niall Quinn
67
178.04
-
7
10,6,8
-2
May-20 17
1/
0.0
0
Te Rapa
6
4000
Warren Waikato Stpl
$0k
$47k
Niall Quinn
66½
294.30
-
1
1,1,1
May-11 17
2/
0.5
0
Hastings
5
4000
Fruitfed Services R-Opn Stpl
$0k
$19k
Niall Quinn
71
295.34
-
1
1,1,1
-1
May-4 17
6/
11.4
0
Otaki
10
2100
Vets On Riverbank (Bm65)
$0k
$9k
Niall Quinn
56
151.44
-
5
6,5,5
-1
Apr-13 17
9/
19.1
0
New Plymouth Raceway
6
2000
Warrnambool Carnival Hwt-Bm65
$0k
$9k
Niall Quinn
67
148.07
-
10
9,8,9