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Te Akau Shark
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Trained by J W Richards at , Te Akau Shark is a 2024 year old gelding by the sire , out of the dam .

He has won a total of 11 races from 20 starts for a win percentage of 55%. His career earnings are $2.3M, with the biggest win of his career coming at Randwick on February 29th in 2020 when he won $344,000 in the Chipping Norton Stakes (a weight for age race over 1,600 metres).

Te Akau Shark is a top level performer, having started 10 times at group race level, with 4 wins, including 2 in Group 1 company.

Betting level stakes of $100 win on all of the horse's starts would have yielded a loss of $-420.

The gelding tends to run better on good ground, with an average prize money per start of $151k in those conditions.

Career Statistics

Overall
Prize Money
$2.3M
Starts
20
Wins
11
Second
3
Third
3
Win %
55
Place %
85
Profit
-4.2
Conditions
Good
8
4-1-1
$151k
Soft
9
5-2-1
$101k
Heavy
3
2-0-0
$13k
Race Standard
All
10
4-3-2
Group 1
6
2-1-2
Group 2
3
1-2-0
Group 3
1
1-0-0
Race Distance
2000m
1
0-0-0
-1
1500m
1
0-0-1
-1
1600m
2
1-0-0
+0.8
1400m
2
2-0-0
-2
1100m
1
1-0-0
-1
Race Track
Randwick
2
1-0-0
+0.8
Rosehill
1
0-0-1
-1
Te Rapa
2
2-0-0
-2
Riccarton Park
1
0-0-0
-1
Matamata
1
1-0-0
-1
Race State
NSW
3
1-0-1
+1.8
4
3-0-0
-3

Race History

Apr-11 20
5/12
5.0
5.5
Randwick
8
2000
Queen Elizabeth Stakes 
$45k
$2.1M
Opie Bosson
59
131.92
-
10
9,7,8
+3
Mar-21 20
3/9
1.5
1.95
Rosehill
6
1500
George Ryder Stakes 
$98k
$1M
Opie Bosson
59
91.65
-
5
6,6
+3
Feb-29 20
1/13
0.0
2.8
Randwick
4
1600
Chipping Norton Stakes 
$344k
$605k
Opie Bosson
59
93.87
-
10
10,10,9
+8
Feb-8 20
1/8
0.0
0
Te Rapa
4
1400
Bcd Group Sprint 
$0k
$186k
Opie Bosson
59
81.70
-
Nov-11 17
4/12
1.9
0
Riccarton Park
3
1600
New Zealand 2000 Guineas 
$0k
$465k
Opie Bosson
56½
96.70
-
11
9,9
+5
Oct-14 17
1/9
0.0
0
Matamata
8
1400
Fairview Motors Matamata 3yo
$0k
$23k
Opie Bosson
57½
85.36
-
6
5,5
+4
Sep-20 17
1/16
0.0
0
Te Rapa
10
1100
Hamilton Waikato Cup 16/12 Maiden
$0k
$9k
Opie Bosson
57½
67.61
-
9
8
+7