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Handle The Truth
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Trained by Keith Dryden at Canberra, Handle The Truth is a 8 year old gelding by the sire Star Witness, out of the dam Assertively.

He has won a total of 9 races from 48 starts for a win percentage of 19%. His career earnings are $1.8M, with the biggest win of his career coming at Randwick on October 16th in 2021 when he won $260,000 in the The Kosciuszko (a set weight with penalties race over 1,200 metres).

Handle The Truth 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 $-1010.

The gelding tends to run better on good ground, with an average prize money per start of $41k in those conditions.

Career Statistics

Overall
Prize Money
$1.8M
Starts
48
Wins
9
Second
6
Third
4
Win %
19
Place %
40
Profit
-10.1
Conditions
Good
26
6-3-1
$41k
Soft
17
1-2-2
$27k
Heavy
5
2-1-1
$33k
Race Standard
All
7
0-0-1
Group 1
0
0-0-0
Group 2
2
0-0-0
Group 3
5
0-0-1
Race Distance
1200m
20
5-3-0
+6.1
1300m
1
0-0-0
-1
1500m
2
0-0-0
-2
1400m
9
1-2-1
-4.8
1100m
10
0-0-2
-10
1000m
6
3-1-1
+1.6
Race Track
Randwick
20
1-2-1
-13
Rosehill
13
3-0-2
-3.9
Wagga
4
1-1-0
-2.35
Canberra
6
2-2-0
+2.6
Goulburn
4
1-1-1
-2.45
Canterbury
1
1-0-0
+9
Race State
NSW
42
7-4-4
-12.7
ACT
6
2-2-0
+3.6

Race History

Nov-25 23
8/11
5.3
41
Canberra
6
1400
Canberra Community Chest Hcp
$3k
$200k
54
87.46
-
Oct-21 23
13/15
10.4
$61
Randwick
4
1200
TAB (Bm88)
$0k
$160k
D Gibbons
56½
70.12
34.81
12
12,13
Spell of 70 Days
Aug-12 23
5/8
5.9
$21
Rosehill
4
1200
Schweppes (Bm88)
$5k
$160k
T Schiller
57½
69.12
33.99
6
6,5
Jul-8 23
9/11
6.3
$31
Randwick
4
1200
Bowermans (Bm88)
$4k
$150k
A Hyeronimus
58½
69.60
34.45
9
9,8
-1
Jun-10 23
4/13
1.1
$51
Randwick
4
1300
Tab (Bm94)
$7k
$150k
D Beasley
55½
76.22
35.51
10
10,10
+6
May-20 23
15/18
3.9
$41
Rosehill
5
1500
Precise Air (Bm88)
$0k
$150k
R Dolan
59½
90.70
35.11
13
13,11
-4
May-4 23
4/15
2.1
$26
Wagga
6
1200
Town Plate
$9k
$202k
R Dolan
55
70.26
34.86
13
13,13
+9
Apr-15 23
11/13
11.3
$26
Randwick
7
1400
Petaluma (Bm100)
$0k
$150k
B Prebble
55
85.19
36.95
10
9,9
-2
Mar-12 23
2/8
0.8
$8
Canberra
5
1400
National Sprint
$30k
$152k
T Clark
56½
82.44
34.67
5
5,6
+4
Feb-18 23
10/10
7.9
$31
Rosehill
4
1100
Cleanaway (Bm94)
$4k
$150k
N Rawiller
58
63.24
33.54
7
8
-2
Spell of 109 Days
Nov-1 22
7/10
5.1
$19
Randwick
3
1100
Fujitsu General Choisir-Bm100
$4k
$200k
N Rawiller
57
62.27
33.47
6
6,6
-1
Oct-15 22
9/14
6.1
$13
Randwick
7
1200
The Kosciuszko
$25k
$2.1M
N Rawiller
59
70.12
35.33
11
11,12
+3
Sep-17 22
11/13
6.8
$101
Randwick
7
1100
The Shorts 
$0k
$1M
T Schiller
55
65.01
34.50
8
8,8
-3
Sep-3 22
3/8
4.3
$31
Randwick
9
1000
Concorde Stakes 
$48k
$501k
T Schiller
57
59.55
35.38
6
6,6
+3
Spell of 98 Days
May-28 22
5/11
4.7
$12
Randwick
9
1400
Fujitsu General Handicap
$5k
$130k
E Hennessy
53½
87.94
38.35
8
7,3
-2
May-5 22
5/16
7.2
$9.5
Wagga
4
1200
Town Plate
$5k
$202k
B Owen
59½
69.53
34.61
9
9,9
+4
Spell of 201 Days
Oct-16 21
2/14
0.2
$7
Randwick
5
1200
The Kosciuszko
$260k
$1.4M
N Rawiller
59
70.07
34.57
3
1
-1
Sep-18 21
7/8
6.6
$101
Randwick
7
1100
The Shorts 
$5k
$502k
R King
55
63.54
35.06
7
7
Sep-4 21
4/8
4.4
$31
Randwick
4
1000
Concorde Stakes 
$7k
$161k
J Collett
57
56.66
32.62
6
4
Spell of 121 Days
May-6 21
2/16
4.0
$10
Wagga
4
1200
Town Plate
$37k
$202k
B Owen
61
68.48
34.00
13
13,14
+12
Apr-24 21
11/13
3.1
$19
Randwick
4
1400
Yarraman Park (Bm100)
$0k
$125k
B Avdulla
58
81.82
35.04
8
8,7
-4
Apr-3 21
13/14
10.2
$26
Rosehill
4
1500
Doncaster Prelude 
$0k
$161k
G Boss
54
88.34
35.29
9
8,8
-5
Mar-7 21
1/13
1.5
$4.2
Canberra
3
1400
National Sprint
$90k
$152k
N Rawiller
57
81.63
34.76
10
11,12
+11
Feb-20 21
3/11
5.8
$12
Rosehill
6
1100
Sharp Extensive It (Bm94)
$12k
$125k
B Griffiths
57½
63.82
33.93
9
8
+5
Spell of 108 Days
Nov-4 20
3/10
2.4
$3.1
Goulburn
6
1400
Goulburn Cup
$18k
$202k
N Rawiller
58
81.97
36.32
6
6,6
+3
Oct-17 20
4/14
1.3
$9
Randwick
4
1200
The Kosciuszko
$65k
$1.4M
N Rawiller
59
69.60
35.13
6
4
Oct-3 20
6/9
1.7
$14
Randwick
4
1200
Cerrone (Bm88)
$4k
$125k
T Sherry
60
69.32
34.67
9
8
+2
Spell of 105 Days
Jun-20 20
2/6
1.3
$6
Randwick
9
1200
Winter Dash
$18k
$100k
N Rawiller
56½
72.33
37.42
1
1
-1
Jun-6 20
6/11
4.3
$13
Randwick
7
1100
Bob Charley AO Stakes
$4k
$150k
A Adkins
53½
65.81
36.10
5
7
+1
May-16 20
4/12
2.8
$16
Rosehill
4
1100
Ortensia Stakes
$6k
$113k
N Rawiller
57
62.69
32.94
6
6
+2
Apr-25 20
9/15
3.4
$8
Rosehill
4
1100
Hawkesbury Gold Rush
$3k
$113k
N Rawiller
55½
63.15
33.76
14
14,12
+3
Mar-28 20
8/12
6.2
$7
Rosehill
7
1200
Star Kingdom Stakes 
$4k
$161k
R Dolan
53½
71.00
34.73
6
5
-3
Mar-8 20
1/12
0.1
$4.4
Canberra
6
1000
Camarena Qlty
$44k
$81k
N Rawiller
61½
57.93
33.88
5
5,2
+1
Spell of 99 Days
Nov-30 19
3/12
1.2
$2.8
Rosehill
4
1100
Starlight Stakes
$13k
$140k
N Rawiller
55
64.20
34.10
3
6
+3
Nov-3 19
2/8
0.8
$3.5
Goulburn
4
1400
Goulburn Cup
$37k
$202k
B Mc Dougall
58
82.17
35.36
3
3,4
+2
Oct-19 19
1/14
1.0
$7
Randwick
3
1200
The Kosciuszko
$685k
$1.4M
N Rawiller
57
68.21
33.68
4
5
+4
Oct-5 19
5/12
1.3
$4
Randwick
6
1200
Snitzel Sprint (Bm88)
$5k
$125k
B Mc Dougall
53
71.14
35.25
3
3
-2
Spell of 84 Days
Jul-13 19
1/9
2.3
$2.7
Rosehill
8
1200
Rosehill Bowling Club (Bm78)
$58k
$125k
B Mc Dougall
55
72.74
35.82
4
4
+3
Jun-15 19
4/10
1.5
$13
Rosehill
5
1200
#theraces (Bm78)
$7k
$125k
B Mc Dougall
55
71.88
34.54
4
3
-1
Spell of 105 Days
Mar-2 19
7/15
4.9
$7
Goulburn
3
1400
Sera Ctry C'ships Qualifier-C5
$4k
$150k
M Cahill
59
81.54
34.94
10
10,9
+2
Feb-15 19
1/10
0.3
$10
Canterbury
3
1200
Canterbury Night Sprint (Bm70)
$22k
$50k
B Owen
57
69.33
35.37
2
2,2
+1
Spell of 104 Days
Nov-3 18
1/10
0.8
$3
Rosehill
4
1200
Highway Handicap (C3)
$35k
$75k
N Heywood
58
71.78
34.83
2
2
+1
Oct-20 18
4/13
2.4
$4.4
Randwick
7
1100
Highway Handicap (C3)
$5k
$75k
J Ford
56
64.83
36.00
6
7
+3
Sep-8 18
1/15
0.2
$3.4
Rosehill
8
1200
Highway (C3)
$35k
$75k
J Ford
53½
74.00
37.02
4
4
+3
Aug-3 18
1/9
3.3
$1.55
Goulburn
3
1000
Australian Stockyards Handicap (C1)
$11k
$20k
N Heywood
58
56.88
33.47
3
3,2
+1
Spell of 145 Days
Mar-11 18
6/8
3.8
$17
Canberra
3
1200
Black Opal 
$4k
$307k
M Cahill
56
70.22
34.22
3
3,3
-3
Feb-23 18
2/7
0.5
$3
Canberra
4
1000
Affinity Electr. Techno. Plate
$6k
$31k
M Cahill
56½
58.31
33.40
4
4,4
+2
Feb-9 18
1/8
3.3
$1.65
Wagga
3
1000
Gold 2yo Maiden Plate
$11k
$20k
M Cahill
57
58.40
36.90
1
1,1