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Dark Musket
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Trained by Graeme Ballantyne at Karnup, Dark Musket is a 2024 year old gelding by the sire Musket, out of the dam Oriental Lass.

He has won a total of 6 races from 136 starts for a win percentage of 4%. His career earnings are $952k, with the biggest win of his career coming at Ascot on April 21st in 2018 when he won $88,500 in the Western Australia Cup (a quality race over 3,200 metres).

Dark Musket is a top level performer, having started 10 times at group race level.

Betting level stakes of $100 win on all of the horse's starts would have yielded a loss of $-4160.

The gelding tends to run better on heavy ground, with an average prize money per start of $45k in those conditions.

Career Statistics

Overall
Prize Money
$952k
Starts
136
Wins
6
Second
12
Third
16
Win %
4
Place %
25
Profit
-41.6
Conditions
Good
116
6-8-10
$7k
Soft
18
0-0-2
$4k
Heavy
2
0-0-1
$45k
Race Standard
All
10
0-0-1
Group 1
1
0-0-1
Group 2
8
0-0-0
Group 3
1
0-0-0
Race Distance
2200m
11
0-0-1
-11
1800m
5
0-0-0
-5
2100m
8
0-1-1
-8
1650m
1
0-0-0
-1
3200m
3
1-1-1
+1.4
2019m
2
0-0-0
-2
2000m
4
0-1-0
-4
2400m
3
0-0-0
-3
2300m
2
0-1-0
-2
2219m
1
0-0-0
-1
1600m
3
0-0-0
-3
1400m
2
0-0-0
-2
1500m
1
0-0-0
-1
Race Track
Ascot
28
1-2-1
-23.6
Belmont Park
7
0-0-1
-7
Bunbury
7
0-0-1
-7
Albany
1
0-0-0
-1
Pinjarra
3
0-2-0
-3
Race State
WA
46
1-4-3
+3.4

Race History

Dec-26 20
8/9
10.3
101
Ascot
4
2200
A.T.A. Stakes
$1k
$100k
54
148.05
-
7
7,9
+1
Dec-12 20
9/11
6.4
101
Ascot
4
2200
G.A. Towton Cup
$1k
$100k
54
144.99
-
11
9,9
Dec-5 20
12/16
8.3
71
Ascot
4
2200
Amelia Park (Bm66+)
$0k
$70k
57½
144.57
-
15
15,14
+2
Nov-21 20
8/11
4.9
71
Ascot
4
2200
Tabtouch-Better Your Bet-Bm72+
$1k
$70k
56½
141.16
-
9
10,11
+3
Nov-14 20
11/13
12.7
201
Ascot
7
1800
Ascot Gold Cup
$0k
$100k
53½
126.97
-
13
13,13
+2
Oct-31 20
9/12
8.9
71
Ascot
4
1800
Amelia Park (Bm72+)
$1k
$70k
57½
120.13
-
8
8,9
Sep-19 20
12/14
6.3
31
Belmont Park
4
2100
Crown Perth (Bm66+)
$0k
$70k
60½
139.05
-
3
3,6
-6
Sep-5 20
5/8
4.2
26
Belmont Park
4
2200
Mrs Mac's (Bm78+)
$1k
$70k
57½
150.21
-
3
3,4
-1
Aug-22 20
8/11
3.3
91
Belmont Park
5
1650
Amelia Park-Blue Spec (Bm78+)
$1k
$100k
55
106.14
-
10
9,9
+1
Apr-18 20
2/11
4.1
8
Ascot
4
3200
Western Australia Cup
$16k
$80k
55
209.59
-
11
10,8
+6
Mar-22 20
6/10
1.9
26
Bunbury
4
2200
The Bull & Bush Tavern Cup
$1k
$100k
54
142.79
-
8
9,6
Mar-8 20
6/1
5.6
18
Bunbury
4
2019
Bunbury Cup
$1k
$120k
54
131.94
-
7
7,7
+1
Feb-16 20
6/15
2.4
8.5
Albany
4
2100
Albany Cup
$1k
$100k
54½
137.75
-
8
8,5
-1
Feb-1 20
7/7
3.7
16
Ascot
4
1800
Crown Perth (Bm72+)
$1k
$70k
58½
114.83
-
7
7,7
Jan-11 20
2/10
0.0
14
Pinjarra
4
2000
Sandbar S'borough Beach-Bm72+
$14k
$70k
58½
126.24
-
4
4,3
+1
Jan-4 20
12/13
5.6
101
Ascot
4
2400
Perth Cup 
$0k
$400k
52½
159.00
-
6
7,8
-4
Dec-28 19
5/8
2.7
41
Ascot
4
2200
A.T.A. Stakes
$2k
$100k
54
141.58
-
4
4,5
Dec-18 19
6/9
4.3
31
Ascot
4
2200
G.A. Towton Cup
$1k
$100k
54
144.93
-
8
7,8
+2
May-18 19
2/5
2.3
7.5
Ascot
4
2100
Cavalier (Bm76+)
$14k
$70k
57
133.51
-
5
5,5
+3
May-4 19
5/14
1.6
17
Ascot
5
1800
Neometals (Bm64+)
$1k
$70k
63
117.11
-
8
8,9
+4
Apr-20 19
3/8
4.4
3.3
Ascot
6
3200
Western Australia Cup
$9k
$100k
55½
211.48
-
3
3,3
Apr-7 19
4/9
1.7
31
Pinjarra
4
2300
Pinjarra Cup
$5k
$121k
54
147.18
-
9
9,9
+5
Mar-24 19
5/8
3.6
51
Bunbury
4
2219
The Bull & Bush Tavern Cup
$2k
$100k
54
145.63
-
5
6,5
Mar-10 19
9/0
5.5
71
Bunbury
5
2000
Bunbury Cup
$1k
$120k
57
132.41
-
11
11,12
+3
Jan-5 19
9/16
7.5
81
Ascot
4
2400
Perth Cup 
$5k
$524k
53
155.63
-
15
16,12
+3
Apr-21 18
1/13
0.0
4.4
Ascot
4
3200
Western Australia Cup
$89k
$150k
54
202.54
-
5
7,3
+2
Apr-8 18
2/14
0.5
7
Pinjarra
4
2300
Pinjarra Cup
$24k
$121k
54
144.62
-
5
7,8
+6
Mar-25 18
3/13
1.8
16
Bunbury
4
2200
Bunbury Cup
$11k
$121k
54
142.77
-
9
11,10
+7
Mar-11 18
5/
2.0
12
Bunbury
4
2019
The Bull & Bush Tavern Cup
$2k
$101k
54
128.97
-
7
7,7
+2
Feb-24 18
8/
3.8
15
Ascot
4
1800
Aust Chinese Times-Detonator
$1k
$100k
55
114.35
-
7
6,6
-2
Jan-1 18
5/
2.5
151
Ascot
4
2400
Perth Cup 
$10k
$524k
53
151.00
-
11
10,8
+3
Dec-23 17
6/6
5.5
31
Ascot
4
2100
Ted Van Heemst Stakes 
$4k
$402k
59
142.26
-
4
3,4
-2
Dec-9 17
4/8
3.0
17
Ascot
4
2200
G.A. Towton Cup
$4k
$100k
54
142.89
-
6
6,6
+2
Dec-2 17
5/14
2.3
61
Ascot
3
2100
My Rentokil (Bm66+)
$1k
$60k
58½
132.91
-
12
12,11
+6
Nov-25 17
8/13
5.5
101
Ascot
4
1600
Perth Cup
$1k
$60k
56
102.74
-
11
11,11
+3
Oct-28 17
13/13
9.0
101
Ascot
4
1400
Guinness (Bm72+)
$0k
$60k
57½
94.47
-
13
13,13
Oct-14 17
10/11
4.3
91
Bunbury
4
1400
Hannagan Bassett Serv.(Bm78+)
$1k
$60k
54
88.48
-
11
11,11
+1
Jul-15 17
6/
5.8
10
Belmont Park
4
2100
The Tabtouch Masters (Bm78+)
$1k
$60k
55
138.67
-
3
3,3
-3
Jul-1 17
5/
8.0
0
Belmont Park
4
2000
Strickland Stakes 
$3k
$151k
59
137.79
-
8
7,8
+3
Jun-17 17
3/
3.3
14
Belmont Park
3
2100
Tabtouch (Bm78+)
$5k
$60k
55
134.76
-
7
6,3
Jun-3 17
6/
2.3
5.5
Belmont Park
4
2000
Tabtouch (Bm78+)
$1k
$60k
55½
126.36
-
8
7,9
+3
May-20 17
7/
2.5
11
Ascot
5
2100
John Miller Hall Of Fame-Bm72+
$1k
$60k
59
137.74
-
11
11,9
+2
May-6 17
6/
3.3
4.2
Ascot
4
2200
Ramelius Resources (Bm72+)
$1k
$60k
59
140.83
-
7
8,6
Apr-29 17
5/
2.0
8
Ascot
4
1600
Lavazza (Bm78+)
$1k
$60k
57
98.74
-
8
7,4
-1
Apr-15 17
6/
5.5
31
Ascot
4
1600
Old Comrade Stakes
$1k
$100k
54
102.01
-
8
8,8
+2
Apr-1 17
5/
1.8
51
Ascot
4
1500
Western Australia Cup
$2k
$100k
54
92.45
-
5
5,3
-2