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Trooper's Ploy
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Trained by John Hickmott at Murray Bridge, Trooper's Ploy is a 2024 year old gelding by the sire Bushranger, out of the dam Destiny Lady.

He has won a total of 8 races from 68 starts for a win percentage of 12%. His career earnings are $136k, with the biggest win of his career coming at Pioneer Park on May 7th in 2018 when he won $16,750 in the Mercure Alice Springs Handicap-66 (a handicap race over 1,400 metres).

Betting level stakes of $100 win on all of the horse's starts would have yielded a loss of $-1020.

The gelding tends to run better on good ground, with an average prize money per start of $3k in those conditions.

Career Statistics

Overall
Prize Money
$136k
Starts
68
Wins
8
Second
8
Third
9
Win %
12
Place %
37
Profit
-10.2
Conditions
Good
62
8-4-5
$3k
Soft
4
0-0-1
$1k
Heavy
2
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
2038m
1
0-0-0
-1
1700m
1
0-0-0
-1
1600m
8
0-1-3
-8
1500m
2
1-0-0
+5
1200m
3
0-0-0
-3
1867m
1
1-0-0
+1.2
1400m
3
1-0-0
+4
1732m
1
0-0-0
-1
1522m
1
1-0-0
+2.6
1516m
1
0-1-0
-1
1550m
2
0-0-0
-2
1515m
1
0-0-0
-1
1100m
1
0-0-0
-1
900m
2
0-2-0
-2
1000m
1
0-0-0
-1
1006m
1
0-0-0
-1
Race Track
Morphettville
2
0-0-0
-2
Gawler
7
2-1-0
+3.6
Murray Bridge Gh
3
0-0-0
-3
Port Augusta
3
1-0-2
-0.8
Oakbank
1
0-0-0
-1
Penola
1
0-0-0
-1
Murray Bridge
6
0-2-0
-6
Bordertown
1
0-0-0
-1
Fannie Bay
3
0-1-0
-3
Morphettville Parks
1
0-0-0
-1
Pioneer Park
2
1-0-1
+5
Race State
SA
25
3-3-2
+9.8
NT
5
1-1-1
+6

Race History

Feb-1 20
8/10
10.9
19
Morphettville
8
2038
Holdfast Insurance (Bm66)
$1k
$40k
Zac Spain
54
141.81
-
7
7,7,9
+1
Jan-25 20
4/8
3.2
17
Gawler
4
1700
Kaesler Wines Stonehorse (64)
$2k
$40k
Zac Spain
54½
108.66
-
8
7,6,6
+2
Jan-18 20
9/16
6.4
41
Murray Bridge Gh
4
1600
Australia Day Races (Bm58)
$1k
$35k
Zac Spain
57
103.03
-
16
16,16,15
+6
Jan-1 20
5/12
4.9
8
Murray Bridge Gh
4
1600
Fibretrack (Bm54)
$1k
$20k
Zac Spain
60
102.49
-
10
10,8,6
+1
Dec-21 19
10/11
9.5
20
Gawler
4
1500
Gbjc-Merry Xmas Everyone-Bm64
$1k
$35k
Zac Spain
55
103.07
-
10
10,11
+1
Dec-1 19
9/13
2.7
21
Murray Bridge Gh
4
1200
Lake Breeze (Bm56)
$0k
$20k
Zac Spain
59½
74.37
-
11,11
May-17 19
1/9
0.0
2.2
Port Augusta
4
1867
Westside Vegie Patch (Bm64)
$8k
$12k
Zac Spain
54½
113.13
-
3
3,3,3
+2
May-5 19
3/12
1.7
6.5
Port Augusta
4
1600
Radio 5au (Bm56)
$1k
$12k
Zac Spain
58½
95.63
-
10
10,9,6
+3
Apr-14 19
3/10
2.6
6.5
Port Augusta
4
1600
Port Augusta Bus Service-Bm64
$1k
$12k
Zac Spain
56
95.76
-
6
7,8,5
+2
Apr-7 19
11/14
9.9
18
Oakbank
4
1400
Websters (Bm64)
$0k
$15k
Zac Spain
54½
98.70
-
12
12,11
Mar-31 19
4/12
3.9
17
Penola
4
1400
Di Giorgio Family Wines (Bm60)
$1k
$12k
Zac Spain
57
89.83
-
9
9,9
+5
Feb-27 19
4/8
8.9
7.5
Gawler
4
1732
Coopers (Bm60)
$1k
$15k
Zac Spain
58
117.83
-
5
4,4,4
Feb-13 19
8/9
8.0
7.5
Murray Bridge
4
1600
Terry Critchley Account.-Bm60
$0k
$15k
Zac Spain
59
105.60
-
5
5,5,7
-1
Jan-30 19
1/9
0.0
3.6
Gawler
4
1522
Kingsford Hotel (Bm56)
$10k
$15k
Zac Spain
59
92.45
-
7
7,6
+5
Jan-20 19
2/6
0.3
5.5
Gawler
4
1516
Coopers Handicap (C2)
$3k
$15k
Zac Spain
54½
91.02
-
5
4,4
+2
Jan-9 19
8/10
5.2
4
Bordertown
3
1550
Willow Grove Stud (Bm60)
$0k
$15k
Zac Spain
57½
100.54
-
3
2,3,4
-4
Jul-14 18
2/7
2.5
2.5
Fannie Bay
4
1600
Frm Refrigeration Handicap (62)
$4k
$20k
Zac Spain
60
98.58
-
Jul-7 18
4/11
3.0
4.8
Fannie Bay
4
1600
Territory Uniforms Handicap (66)
$0k
$20k
Zac Spain
59
99.90
-
Jun-30 18
5/11
2.2
5
Fannie Bay
4
1200
Southern Cross Telev. Handicap (66)
$0k
$19k
Zac Spain
59½
71.65
-
May-26 18
4/9
2.5
21
Morphettville Parks
4
1550
Australian Made Advantage-Bm64
$1k
$30k
Zac Spain
59
97.07
-
6
6,8
+4
May-7 18
1/11
0.0
7
Pioneer Park
3
1400
Mercure Alice Springs Handicap-66
$17k
$25k
Zac Spain
58
83.07
-
May-5 18
3/9
1.6
3.1
Pioneer Park
4
1600
Landmark Handicap (62)
$3k
$20k
Zac Spain
59½
97.88
-
Apr-25 18
1/14
0.0
7
Gawler
4
1500
Holdfast Insurance Maiden Plate
$9k
$13k
Zac Spain
58
91.56
-
11
11,10
+9
Apr-4 18
4/10
1.8
13
Gawler
4
1515
Gawler Anzac Day 25/4 Maiden
$1k
$13k
Zac Spain
58
94.82
-
6
8,6
+2
Mar-21 18
4/13
5.3
20
Murray Bridge
4
1200
Wellington Lodge Maiden Plate
$1k
$13k
Zac Spain
58
78.97
-
9,9
Feb-17 18
7/
5.3
19
Morphettville
4
1100
Maiden Plate
$1k
$30k
Zac Spain
58
69.71
-
7,8
Feb-7 18
2/
1.1
3.5
Murray Bridge
3
900
Carlton Draught Maiden Plate
$3k
$13k
Zac Spain
58
53.04
-
4
Jan-25 18
2/
0.1
6
Murray Bridge
4
900
Dutton Motors Maiden Plate
$3k
$13k
Zac Spain
58
52.87
-
6
Jul-26 17
5/
2.3
6.5
Murray Bridge
4
1000
5mu The Afternoon Swing Maiden
$0k
$12k
Zac Spain
58
61.48
-
9,9
Jul-5 17
5/
4.0
31
Murray Bridge
5
1006
Win A Pallet Of Beer Maiden Plate
$0k
$12k
Zac Spain
58
64.59
-
8,7