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Benz
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Trained by Gordon Richards at Morphettville, Benz is a 2024 year old gelding by the sire Bushranger, out of the dam Mycedes.

He has won a total of 8 races from 52 starts for a win percentage of 15%. His career earnings are $676k, with the biggest win of his career coming at Caulfield on February 25th in 2017 when he won $90,000 in the Zeditave Stakes (a set weight with penalties race over 1,200 metres).

Benz is a top level performer, having started 4 times at group race level, with 1 win.

Betting level stakes of $100 win on all of the horse's starts would have yielded a loss of $-1240.

The gelding tends to run better on heavy ground, with an average prize money per start of $26k in those conditions.

Career Statistics

Overall
Prize Money
$676k
Starts
52
Wins
8
Second
7
Third
3
Win %
15
Place %
35
Profit
-12.4
Conditions
Good
40
6-4-1
$13k
Soft
11
1-0-1
$7k
Heavy
1
1-0-0
$26k
Race Standard
All
4
1-0-0
Group 1
0
0-0-0
Group 2
2
0-0-0
Group 3
2
1-0-0
Race Distance
1000m
1
0-0-0
-1
1200m
10
1-3-1
-5.4
1100m
5
0-0-0
-5
1050m
1
0-0-0
-1
Race Track
Morphettville Parks
1
0-0-0
-1
Morphettville
11
0-2-0
-11
Oakbank
1
0-0-0
-1
Moonee Valley
2
0-1-1
-2
Flemington
1
0-0-0
-1
Caulfield
1
1-0-0
+3.6
Race State
SA
13
0-2-0
VIC
4
1-1-1
+3.6

Race History

May-30 20
10/10
8.0
21
Morphettville Parks
5
1000
Adelaide Appeals Comm. (Rs2ly)
$1k
$45k
B Shinn
58½
66.00
-
5,5
May-9 20
13/14
4.8
41
Morphettville
7
1200
Kangaroo Island (Rs2ly)
$0k
$45k
B Shinn
55½
76.60
-
7,7
May-2 20
10/11
7.8
81
Morphettville
7
1100
D C McKay Stakes 
$1k
$120k
B Shinn
55
72.27
-
9,9
Apr-18 20
12/12
7.7
41
Morphettville
4
1050
Holdfast Insurance (Bm78)
$0k
$45k
B Shinn
62½
69.60
-
10,11
Dec-28 19
8/9
6.7
7.5
Morphettville
4
1200
(Bm85)
$1k
$50k
B Shinn
58½
76.61
-
7,8
Dec-14 19
7/12
4.7
18
Morphettville
4
1200
Xmas Handicap
$1k
$100k
B Shinn
54½
73.87
-
4,5
Mar-31 18
8/12
5.7
2.9
Oakbank
4
1100
Hills Railway
$1k
$100k
B Shinn
54
72.70
-
5,5
Mar-16 18
3/13
4.8
4.4
Moonee Valley
4
1200
Abell Stakes
$11k
$121k
B Shinn
54
75.09
-
1,1
Feb-17 18
4/
1.9
2.7
Morphettville
4
1200
Ubet Adelaide Cup 12/3 Handicap
$2k
$50k
B Shinn
54
71.43
-
5,6
Feb-3 18
2/
0.1
1.95
Morphettville
4
1200
Ubet Adelaide Cup Mon 12/3 Handicap
$9k
$50k
B Shinn
55
69.05
-
3,4
Jan-13 18
4/
3.1
4.4
Flemington
4
1100
Better Beyond Plate
$5k
$100k
B Shinn
54
67.73
-
3,2
Sep-30 17
4/10
1.0
2.7
Morphettville
5
1100
W H Wylie Handicap
$4k
$100k
B Shinn
54
65.20
-
4,4
Jun-3 17
2/
0.1
8
Moonee Valley
4
1200
Dominant Handicap
$18k
$100k
B Shinn
60
70.90
-
2,2
May-13 17
2/
0.8
9.5
Morphettville
4
1200
Southaustralia.Com (Bm90)
$17k
$100k
B Shinn
54
70.38
-
1,1
May-6 17
14/
7.4
8
Morphettville
4
1200
Euclase Stakes 
$0k
$500k
B Shinn
57½
77.36
-
5,8
Apr-22 17
7/
5.2
4
Morphettville
5
1100
Redelva Stakes
$1k
$110k
B Shinn
58½
68.91
-
9,6
Feb-25 17
1/
0.0
4.6
Caulfield
3
1200
Zeditave Stakes 
$90k
$151k
B Shinn
55
68.71
-
3,3