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Better Than Groovy
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Trained by Tom Bourke at , Better Than Groovy is a 2024 year old gelding by the sire , out of the dam .

He has won a total of 10 races from 78 starts for a win percentage of 13%. His career earnings are $234k, with the biggest win of his career coming at Rockhampton on July 9th in 2021 when he won $14,000 in the Great Northern Handicap (a handicap race over 1,200 metres).

Betting level stakes of $100 win on all of the horse's starts would have yielded a profit of $605.

The gelding tends to run better on good ground, with an average prize money per start of $4k in those conditions.

Career Statistics

Overall
Prize Money
$234k
Starts
78
Wins
10
Second
8
Third
15
Win %
13
Place %
42
Profit
+6.1
Conditions
Good
36
8-2-5
$4k
Soft
34
2-1-2
$2k
Heavy
6
0-1-0
$2k
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
1650m
1
0-0-0
-1
1400m
5
1-0-0
+26
1100m
1
0-0-1
-1
1660m
1
0-0-0
-1
1600m
1
0-0-0
-1
1200m
13
2-3-4
-7.35
1300m
4
1-0-0
-1
1050m
1
0-0-1
-1
1000m
8
1-1-1
-5.6
1350m
1
0-0-0
-1
Race Track
Doomben
6
0-1-0
-6
Eagle Farm
3
0-0-0
-3
Sunshine Coast Poly
1
0-0-1
-1
Sunshine Coast
19
4-3-3
+20.8
Rockhampton
3
1-0-2
-0.75
Mackay
2
0-0-0
-2
Gold Coast
2
0-0-1
-2
Race State
QLD
36
5-4-7
+37.05

Race History

Apr-4 22
10/11
10.0
21
Doomben
6
1650
Venue Mode (Bm70)
$1k
$35k
Stephanie Lacy
58
110.77
-
10
10,8,9
-1
Mar-16 22
5/11
2.0
10
Eagle Farm
4
1400
Mm National Sale 19/5-2/6-Bm70
$1k
$35k
Stephanie Lacy
58½
86.60
-
5
8,9
+4
Feb-23 22
3/7
2.5
4.2
Sunshine Coast Poly
0
1100
St Pats Day Festival 19/3 (C5)
$3k
$35k
Stephanie Lacy
55½
67.44
-
3,3
Jan-15 22
5/5
4.9
10
Doomben
4
1660
Venue Mode Handicap (C5)
$1k
$35k
Stephanie Lacy
56
104.71
-
4
4,4,4
-1
Dec-26 21
4/
0.7
61
Doomben
7
1600
Doreen Bird (Bm78)
$4k
$75k
Stephanie Lacy
55
98.46
-
7
7,7,8
+4
Dec-5 21
1/
0.0
31
Sunshine Coast
7
1400
Broncos Game Development-Bm75
$12k
$22k
Stephanie Lacy
54½
83.88
-
9
9,8
+7
Oct-23 21
8/
5.8
61
Doomben
5
1200
Sqs Haulage Handicap (C6)
$1k
$75k
Stephanie Lacy
54
75.73
-
6,6
Oct-10 21
5/
2.2
17
Sunshine Coast
4
1200
Chomley Family Law (Bm68)
$1k
$22k
Stephanie Lacy
59½
72.72
-
8,8
Aug-8 21
6/
3.3
6
Sunshine Coast
4
1300
Wimmers Premium Soft Drinks-C5
$1k
$25k
Stephanie Lacy
57
80.99
-
6,7
Jul-25 21
3/
1.7
19
Sunshine Coast
5
1200
Henzell Property Group Handicap-C5
$2k
$22k
Stephanie Lacy
57
73.92
-
8,7
Jul-9 21
1/
0.0
2.25
Rockhampton
4
1200
Great Northern Handicap (C6)
$14k
$25k
Stephanie Lacy
55
70.27
-
8,8
Jun-17 21
7/
8.2
4.8
Mackay
7
1300
Mackay Cup Sat 24th July (C6)
$0k
$19k
Stephanie Lacy
54½
84.23
-
7,7
Jun-1 21
3/
2.3
4.4
Rockhampton
4
1200
Wizard William Pike Handicap (C6)
$2k
$19k
Stephanie Lacy
55½
71.62
-
9,6
May-21 21
4/
2.8
3.5
Mackay
4
1300
Peter&Alicja Burns B'day-Bm70
$1k
$19k
Stephanie Lacy
58
79.77
-
1,1
Apr-29 21
3/
0.4
6.5
Rockhampton
5
1050
Callaghan Pk Functions Ctre-C5
$2k
$19k
Stephanie Lacy
58
60.58
-
6,6
Apr-11 21
5/
1.9
9.5
Sunshine Coast
7
1000
Coastal Style Constructions-C4
$1k
$22k
Stephanie Lacy
58
61.39
-
8,7
Dec-26 20
13/13
7.7
81
Eagle Farm
5
1400
Thank You Brc Members Handicap (C6)
$0k
$75k
Stephanie Lacy
54
91.02
-
12
13,11
-2
Dec-4 20
1/6
0.0
3
Sunshine Coast
4
1300
Stripe Pro Signs Handicap (C4)
$12k
$21k
Stephanie Lacy
56
78.99
-
3,3
Nov-21 20
3/12
1.1
41
Sunshine Coast
4
1200
Landmark Resort & Spa Plate-C3
$5k
$50k
Stephanie Lacy
57½
71.54
-
5,5
Nov-3 20
3/6
0.3
3.8
Sunshine Coast
6
1000
Gold Handicap (C3)
$2k
$21k
Stephanie Lacy
57
58.89
-
4,3
Sep-30 20
4/6
1.1
4.8
Gold Coast
4
1200
Live Sky Racing Vision-C3
$2k
$35k
Stephanie Lacy
56½
71.01
-
5,5
Sep-11 20
2/6
0.4
2.2
Sunshine Coast
7
1200
Archers The Strata Pro. (Bm65)
$5k
$30k
Stephanie Lacy
58
73.90
-
3,4
Aug-30 20
1/12
0.0
3.4
Sunshine Coast
4
1200
Vili's Family Bakery (Bm62)
$12k
$21k
Stephanie Lacy
57½
71.66
-
7,6
Aug-9 20
7/10
5.1
5
Sunshine Coast
6
1400
Chaps Menswear Handicap (C1)
$0k
$21k
Stephanie Lacy
58½
91.52
-
9
9,8
+1
Jul-29 20
6/14
5.4
13
Doomben
6
1350
Millers Swim School Handicap
$1k
$35k
Stephanie Lacy
55
86.56
-
13
13,10
+4
Jul-19 20
2/16
0.5
10
Sunshine Coast
5
1200
Happy B'day Caitlin Lavin (C1)
$5k
$30k
Stephanie Lacy
57½
72.72
-
15,1
Jul-5 20
6/11
5.5
10
Sunshine Coast
7
1000
Dry Handicap (C1)
$1k
$30k
Stephanie Lacy
58
63.73
-
9,9
May-20 20
9/10
8.4
51
Sunshine Coast
9
1000
Gt Print Handicap
$0k
$21k
Stephanie Lacy
55
68.23
-
4,6
May-1 20
9/9
8.1
11
Sunshine Coast
5
1000
Creative Stone (Bm65)
$0k
$21k
Stephanie Lacy
58½
66.21
-
3,3
Feb-28 20
5/11
2.6
2.9
Sunshine Coast
9
1400
Vandyke Racing (Bm62)
$1k
$21k
Stephanie Lacy
59
89.46
-
6
6,6
+1
Feb-19 20
2/9
1.8
4.4
Doomben
5
1200
Memberships @ Brc (Bm70)
$6k
$35k
Stephanie Lacy
54½
72.02
-
1,1
Jan-29 20
3/10
0.2
5
Gold Coast
6
1200
Fmd Produce/ Sam's Butcher Handicap
$3k
$30k
Stephanie Lacy
56
70.28
-
1,1
Jan-18 20
7/12
3.8
4.2
Eagle Farm
5
1200
Handicap
$1k
$75k
Stephanie Lacy
54
74.26
-
7,5
Jan-5 20
1/7
0.0
2.4
Sunshine Coast
4
1000
Mellington Smash Repairs Maiden
$12k
$21k
Stephanie Lacy
56
56.83
-
2,1
Apr-21 19
2/6
2.5
8.5
Sunshine Coast
8
1000
Sunshine R.L Centenary Maiden
$4k
$21k
Stephanie Lacy
55½
64.08
-
3,3
Apr-7 19
10/12
8.4
31
Sunshine Coast
6
1000
Sctc Craft Beer & Food Maiden
$0k
$21k
Stephanie Lacy
58
68.20
-
12,11