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Too Close The Sun
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Trained by Lindsey Smith at , Too Close The Sun is a 2024 year old gelding by the sire , out of the dam .

He has won a total of 15 races from 49 starts for a win percentage of 31%. His career earnings are $1.5M, with the biggest win of his career coming at Ascot on November 21st in 2020 when he won $200,000 in the Railway Stakes (a handicap race over 1,600 metres).

Too Close The Sun is a top level performer, having started 7 times at group race level.

Betting level stakes of $100 win on all of the horse's starts would have yielded a loss of $-580.

The gelding tends to run better on heavy ground, with an average prize money per start of $59k in those conditions.

Career Statistics

Overall
Prize Money
$1.5M
Starts
49
Wins
15
Second
7
Third
8
Win %
31
Place %
61
Profit
-5.8
Conditions
Good
35
8-4-3
$29k
Soft
13
6-0-1
$39k
Heavy
1
1-0-0
$59k
Race Standard
All
7
0-2-0
Group 1
5
0-1-0
Group 2
1
0-0-0
Group 3
1
0-1-0
Race Distance
1600m
2
0-1-0
-2
1420m
1
0-0-0
-1
1800m
4
1-0-1
-1.8
1300m
1
1-0-0
+1.45
1400m
4
0-1-1
-4
1700m
1
0-0-0
-1
2040m
2
1-0-0
+2.2
2800m
1
0-0-0
-1
2350m
1
1-0-0
+1.5
2150m
1
1-0-0
+1.5
2000m
2
1-0-1
+0.35
2019m
1
0-1-0
-1
1500m
1
0-0-1
-1
Race Track
Moonee Valley
3
1-0-0
+1.2
Flemington
4
0-0-1
-4
Ascot
8
1-2-2
-5.8
Belmont Park
2
1-0-1
+0.45
Caulfield
1
0-0-0
-1
Warrnambool
1
1-0-0
+1.5
Terang
1
1-0-0
+1.5
Pinjarra
1
1-0-0
+1.35
Bunbury
1
0-1-0
-1
Race State
VIC
10
3-0-1
+6.2
WA
12
3-3-3
+4

Race History

Jul-30 22
7/13
6.0
21
Moonee Valley
6
1600
Travis Harrison Cup
$3k
$130k
P Knuckey
60½
105.94
-
1
1,1,2
-5
Jun-18 22
8/8
5.9
6
Flemington
7
1420
Brian Beattie Handicap
$3k
$130k
P Knuckey
60
91.95
-
1
1,2
-6
Dec-4 21
4/
1.2
61
Ascot
4
1800
Kingston Town Classic 
$40k
$1M
P Knuckey
59
110.02
-
1
1,1
-3
Aug-28 21
1/
0.0
2.45
Belmont Park
4
1300
Idyllic Prince Stakes
$73k
$125k
P Knuckey
59
78.00
-
1
1,1
Aug-7 21
3/
1.6
2.2
Belmont Park
5
1400
Ngawyni (Bm78+)
$9k
$100k
P Knuckey
62
86.76
-
5
5,5
+2
Apr-25 21
13/
18.7
7.5
Flemington
5
1700
The Les Carlyon
$0k
$125k
P Knuckey
59
121.59
-
7
6,3,3
-10
Mar-13 21
5/
5.0
3.4
Moonee Valley
4
2040
Xtreme Freight Handicap
$5k
$150k
P Knuckey
59½
129.34
-
3
1,1,1
-4
Feb-20 21
7/
6.4
101
Caulfield
4
1400
Futurity Stakes 
$10k
$502k
P Knuckey
59
89.16
-
2
4,4
-3
Dec-5 20
4/16
3.5
7
Ascot
4
1800
Kingston Town Classic 
$40k
$1M
P Knuckey
59
111.81
-
2
2,2
-2
Nov-21 20
2/16
1.8
6
Ascot
4
1600
Railway Stakes 
$200k
$1M
P Knuckey
53
95.63
-
4
5,2
Nov-14 20
1/13
0.0
2.2
Ascot
7
1800
Ascot Gold Cup
$59k
$100k
P Knuckey
57
114.25
-
2
2,1
Oct-31 20
2/11
0.3
26
Ascot
4
1400
Asian Beau Stakes 
$30k
$150k
P Knuckey
54½
86.01
-
3
3,3
+1
May-16 20
10/12
23.9
7
Flemington
5
2800
The Andrew Ramsden
$0k
$321k
P Knuckey
58
198.67
-
1
1,1,4
-6
May-6 20
1/12
0.0
2.5
Warrnambool
7
2350
Warrnambool Cup
$135k
$225k
P Knuckey
56
150.12
-
1
1,1,1
Apr-19 20
1/12
0.0
2.5
Terang
5
2150
Terang Cup
$35k
$63k
P Knuckey
56
135.51
-
1
1,1,1
Mar-20 20
1/12
0.0
4.2
Moonee Valley
4
2040
Simpson Construction (Bm70)
$41k
$75k
P Knuckey
63
125.08
-
2
1,2,1
Mar-4 20
3/15
0.5
3.6
Flemington
4
2000
Melb Cup Carnival On Sale-Bm78
$5k
$50k
P Knuckey
59
122.97
-
2
2,2,2
-1
Feb-8 20
1/14
0.0
2.35
Pinjarra
4
2000
Rockingham Ram (Bm66+)
$41k
$70k
P Knuckey
56½
124.99
-
2
2,2
+1
Jan-25 20
3/12
2.0
4.2
Ascot
4
1800
Iron Jack (Rs1mw)
$5k
$50k
P Knuckey
59½
113.23
-
1
1,1
-2
Mar-24 19
2/11
0.2
2.5
Bunbury
4
2019
Plumbers/Gasfitters Maiden Plate
$3k
$17k
P Knuckey
57
128.29
-
4
4,2
Mar-13 19
3/0
3.3
7.5
Ascot
4
1500
Hahn Superdry (Rs0ly)
$2k
$25k
P Knuckey
58½
95.85
-
3
3,4
+1
Feb-27 19
5/8
3.5
9.5
Ascot
4
1400
N Giorgetta 70th B'day (Rs0mw)
$0k
$25k
P Knuckey
58
88.17
-
7
7,7
+2