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Pretty Good Excuse
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Trained by Andrew Carston at Riccarton, Pretty Good Excuse is a 2024 year old mare by the sire No Excuse Needed, out of the dam Pretty Vegas.

She has won a total of 11 races from 61 starts for a win percentage of 18%. Her career earnings are $122k, with the biggest win of her career coming at Hokitika on January 11th in 2017 when she won $0 in the West Coast Miss Scenicland Stk (a weight for age race over 1,645 metres).

Pretty Good Excuse has started 3 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 mare tends to run better on good ground, with an average prize money per start of $5k in those conditions.

Career Statistics

Overall
Prize Money
$122k
Starts
61
Wins
11
Second
7
Third
5
Win %
18
Place %
39
Profit
-12.0
Conditions
Good
21
0-2-4
$5k
Soft
29
7-3-1
$4k
Heavy
11
4-1-0
$5k
Race Standard
All
3
0-0-0
Group 1
0
0-0-0
Group 2
0
0-0-0
Group 3
3
0-0-0
Race Distance
1600m
8
1-1-0
-8
1400m
1
0-0-0
-1
1800m
1
0-0-0
-1
1950m
1
0-0-0
-1
1645m
1
1-0-0
-1
Race Track
Tauherenikau
1
0-0-0
-1
Reefton
1
0-0-0
-1
Riccarton Park
5
1-0-0
-5
Oamaru
1
0-1-0
-1
Waterlea
1
0-0-0
-1
Trentham
1
0-0-0
-1
Wingatui
1
0-0-0
-1
Hokitika
1
1-0-0
-1
Race State
12
2-1-0
-2

Race History

Feb-6 18
-9/
0.0
0
Tauherenikau
3
1600
Wairarapa Thoroughbred Breeders Stakes
$0k
$47k
57
0.00
-
Jan-16 18
8/
7.7
0
Reefton
4
1400
Evelyn Carran Mem. Reefton Cup
$0k
$24k
54
91.99
-
8
8,10
+2
Sep-23 17
8/11
14.4
0
Riccarton Park
10
1800
C'church Casino Nz Cup Trial
$0k
$33k
56
131.40
-
1
1,1,1
-7
Sep-9 17
4/
3.8
0
Riccarton Park
6
1600
Mick & Melba Murfitt Mem Handicap
$0k
$33k
56
103.03
-
1
1,1
-3
Aug-25 17
2/
0.4
0
Oamaru
11
1600
Crombie And Price Oamaru Cup
$0k
$33k
54
106.12
-
1
2,2
Jun-24 17
8/
25.6
0
Riccarton Park
11
1600
Greenwood Amberley Cup
$0k
$28k
57
132.31
-
5
3,3
-5
May-19 17
1/
0.0
0
Riccarton Park
8
1600
Yesberg Insurance Serv. Handicap
$0k
$28k
54
106.97
-
1
1,1
Apr-30 17
8/
4.5
0
Waterlea
5
1950
Yealands Wines Marlborough Cup
$0k
$23k
54
126.23
-
3
2,1,1
-7
Mar-25 17
6/
3.7
0
Riccarton Park
6
1600
Breeders Stakes 
$0k
$74k
55
101.80
-
4
2,2
-4
Mar-18 17
7/
5.0
0
Trentham
8
1600
Wentwood Grange Cuddle Stakes 
$0k
$65k
55
102.16
-
3
7,1
-6
Feb-4 17
8/
5.8
0
Wingatui
6
1600
White Robe Lodge 
$0k
$65k
53
103.74
-
10
11,9
+1
Jan-11 17
1/
0.0
0
Hokitika
11
1645
West Coast Miss Scenicland Stk
$0k
$19k
57
135.44
-
1
1,1