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Happy Star
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Trained by Kevin Myers at Wanganui, Happy Star is a 8 year old gelding by the sire Fabulous, out of the dam Carlton Queen.

He has won a total of 13 races from 39 starts for a win percentage of 33%. His career earnings are $328k, with the biggest win of his career coming at Riccarton Park Synthetic on August 10th in 2022 when he won $51,169 in the 132nd Grand National Hrdl (a handicap race over 4,200 metres).

Happy Star is a top level performer, having started 5 times at group race level.

Betting level stakes of $100 win on all of the horse's starts would have yielded a profit of $1410.

The gelding tends to run better on heavy ground, with an average prize money per start of $9k in those conditions.

Career Statistics

Overall
Prize Money
$328k
Starts
39
Wins
13
Second
5
Third
4
Win %
33
Place %
56
Profit
+14.1
Conditions
Good
1
1-0-0
$8k
Soft
5
0-1-0
$2k
Heavy
33
12-4-4
$9k
Race Standard
All
5
0-0-2
Group 1
0
0-0-0
Group 2
0
0-0-0
Group 3
3
0-0-0
Race Distance
4200m
2
1-1-0
+1.2
3100m
2
2-0-0
+1.3
2000m
1
0-0-0
-1
3000m
1
1-0-0
+0.7
2800m
1
0-0-1
-1
2200m
2
0-0-1
-2
1600m
16
2-4-2
-5.3
1800m
2
1-0-0
+9.8
2500m
1
1-0-0
+3.1
2040m
2
0-0-0
-2
1400m
8
5-0-0
+10.3
3200m
1
0-0-0
-1
Race Track
Riccarton Park
5
2-1-0
+8.3
New Plymouth Raceway
4
1-0-0
-1
Hastings
2
1-0-0
-0.2
Woodville
2
2-0-0
+3.3
Trentham
9
3-0-1
+6.4
Arawa Park
1
0-0-1
-1
Awapuni
6
3-1-1
+5.1
Riccarton Park Synthetic
1
1-0-0
+2.2
Hawera
2
0-2-0
-2
Wanganui
3
0-1-0
-3
Otaki
3
0-0-1
-3
Te Rapa
1
0-0-0
-1
Race State
39
13-5-4
+15.1

Race History

Aug-26 23
4/9
0.0
0
Te Rapa
8
3200
Bridges Insurance Services Hrdl
$3k
$60k
70
0.00
-
Aug-12 23
2/9
5.0
$1.5
Riccarton Park
10
4200
Hospitality NZ Canterbury 133rd Grand National Hrdl
$19k
$100k
S Fannin
70
298.89
-
1
1,1,1
-1
Aug-5 23
1/6
2.3
$1.5
Riccarton Park
10
3100
Avon City Ford Sydenham Hrdl
$29k
$50k
S Fannin
70
221.00
-
1
1,1,1
Jul-22 23
9/13
7.3
$10.3
New Plymouth Raceway
9
2000
Revital Fertiliser (Bm75)
$0k
$30k
J Chung
60½
133.42
-
5
5,5,8
-1
Jul-1 23
1/7
6.0
$1.8
Hastings
10
3100
Te Whangai Romneys H.Bay Hrdl
$40k
$70k
S Fannin
69
225.39
-
1
1,1,1
Jun-25 23
1/6
4.8
$1.7
Woodville
10
3000
Murray Contractors Hrdl
$17k
$30k
S Fannin
70½
219.72
-
1
1,1,1
May-27 23
3/8
25.2
$2.1
Trentham
10
2800
Manawatu Itm Awapuni Hrdl
$6k
$70k
S Fannin
70
221.60
-
7
7,5,5
+2
May-13 23
3/13
4.6
$5.8
Arawa Park
10
2200
Rotorua Cup 
$8k
$85k
R Elliot
56½
147.05
-
10
10,7
+4
Apr-23 23
3/9
0.9
$8
Awapuni
10
1600
Anzac Mile 
$6k
$65k
M Hudson
55½
100.63
-
4
4,3,3
Apr-10 23
1/12
1.8
$3.6
Woodville
4
1600
Hobson Horse Coaches Jmp Hwt
$8k
$14k
S Fannin
71½
99.71
-
Spell of 243 Days
Aug-10 22
1/7
16.0
$3.2
Riccarton Park Synthetic
10
4200
132nd Grand National Hrdl
$58k
$100k
S Phelan
67
314.63
-
Aug-6 22
1/12
0.2
$11.8
Riccarton Park
10
1800
Gold Club (Bm75)
$17k
$30k
R Elliot
60
117.78
-
5
5,3,1
Jul-16 22
1/7
8.0
$4.1
Trentham
10
2500
S Murray Mortgages Maiden Hrdl
$12k
$20k
D Parker
68
202.86
-
6
6,4,1
Jul-2 22
7/10
9.7
$7.1
Hastings
10
2200
Birchleigh Polo Club (Bm74)
$0k
$30k
R Schofer
60
146.63
-
5
5,5,6
-1
Jun-18 22
7/8
14.0
$9.8
Trentham
10
1600
Platinum Homes Taranaki (Bm74)
$0k
$30k
L Sutherland
58
105.50
-
7
7,4,6
-1
May-28 22
4/7
8.6
$5.6
Trentham
8
1600
John Griffith & Co (Bm74)
$2k
$30k
L Sutherland
58½
100.46
-
4
2,2
-2
May-22 22
2/7
1.3
$4.1
Hawera
10
1600
Wyndspelle@grangewilliam-Bm74
$2k
$12k
L Sutherland
58½
102.44
-
2
1,1,2
Spell of 253 Days
Sep-11 21
9/10
7.7
$3.7
New Plymouth Raceway
10
1800
Revital Fertilisers Handicap
$1k
$40k
L Allpress
58
125.22
-
6
6,7
-2
Sep-4 21
5/10
3.1
$5.8
Wanganui
8
2040
Fredrik Paul Westby Mem. Handicap
$1k
$40k
L Allpress
55
135.64
-
6
6,6,4
-1
Aug-7 21
6/18
3.7
$11.6
Riccarton Park
11
1600
Winter Cup 
$2k
$100k
L Allpress
55½
107.59
-
11
8
+2
Jul-31 21
3/12
4.3
$3.7
Otaki
11
1600
Courtesy Ford Handicap
$3k
$33k
L Allpress
54
104.98
-
7
5,2
-1
Jun-19 21
2/8
2.0
$2.8
Awapuni
11
1600
Ipl Marketing Ltd Handicap
$6k
$33k
L Allpress
57
107.65
-
7
7,5
+3
Jun-12 21
1/4
0.5
$4.4
Trentham
11
1400
Thanks Melody Belle Handicap
$18k
$33k
L Allpress
59
89.73
-
4
4,4
+3
May-22 21
14/14
10.7
$17.3
Awapuni
8
1600
Rangitikei Gold Cup
$1k
$50k
L Allpress
53
98.16
-
6
6,8
-6
Spell of 209 Days
Oct-25 20
11/12
16.3
$24.2
Trentham
5
1600
Thompson Handicap 
$1k
$70k
L Allpress
53
98.86
-
2
2,2,2
-9
Sep-26 20
9/14
12.1
$12.1
New Plymouth Raceway
10
1400
Trainers Series 
$1k
$70k
R Myers
54
87.32
-
13
13,13
+4
Sep-5 20
4/14
4.3
$6.7
Wanganui
10
2040
H Robinson Mem. Foxton Cup-101
$1k
$30k
R Myers
54
137.16
-
4
5,5,5
+1
Aug-15 20
9/18
5.6
$4.8
Riccarton Park
5
1600
Winter Cup
$1k
$70k
L Allpress
53
97.39
-
2
2,2
-7
Jul-18 20
1/9
0.2
$1.8
Awapuni
11
1400
Waterforce Handicap (99)
$8k
$15k
L Allpress
55
90.54
-
5
5,5
+4
Jul-4 20
1/14
0.4
$2.2
Awapuni
11
1400
Norwood Handicap (95)
$8k
$15k
L Allpress
55
90.90
-
7
4
+3
Spell of 289 Days
Sep-19 19
2/10
0.5
$4.6
Wanganui
6
1600
Jolt Coffee House (Bm82)
$2k
$11k
C O'Beirne
53
100.31
-
2
2,2
Aug-24 19
1/13
3.5
$3
New Plymouth Raceway
11
1400
Itm Superior Doors Spec Maiden
$19k
$30k
C O'Beirne
57
93.27
-
6
6,3
+2
Aug-17 19
4/10
5.1
$3.4
Otaki
11
1600
Sunrans Spa (Bm72)
$1k
$25k
L Allpress
58
113.88
-
3
3,3
-1
Aug-1 19
2/7
0.8
$3.1
Hawera
10
1600
Taranaki Steelformers (Bm72)
$2k
$11k
L Allpress
58½
106.70
-
6
5,6
+4
Jun-15 19
1/13
0.5
$7.1
Awapuni
11
1600
Nelson Pine Industries (Bm65)
$14k
$23k
L Allpress
59
105.30
-
3
2,2
+1
Jun-8 19
1/10
2.5
$6.9
Trentham
11
1400
Nz Campus Of Innovation Maiden
$6k
$10k
L Allpress
58½
91.91
-
7
7,1
May-25 19
5/13
8.3
$18.9
Trentham
10
1600
Embellish @ Cambridge Stud Maiden
$0k
$10k
R Hannam
58½
101.78
-
2
1,1
-4
May-16 19
5/11
7.6
$22.4
Otaki
10
1400
Vets On Riverbank Maiden
$0k
$10k
E Wright
53½
87.89
-
4
5,6
+1
May-5 19
8/8
15.5
$19.8
Trentham
10
1400
Crown Prosecutor Cup
$0k
$25k
C Johnson
56
86.48
-
8
8