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Never Too Soon
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Trained by D J Hall at Hong Kong, Never Too Soon is a 6 year old gelding by the sire Written Tycoon, out of the dam Best Yet to Come.

He has won a total of 6 races from 38 starts for a win percentage of 16%. His career earnings are $589k, with the biggest win of his career coming at Happy Valley on October 18th in 2023 when he won $174,260 in the Speedy Hcp (a handicap race over 1,200 metres).

Never Too Soon has started 1 time at group race level.

Betting level stakes of $100 win on all of the horse's starts would have yielded a profit of $385.

The gelding tends to run better on good ground, with an average prize money per start of $21k in those conditions.

Career Statistics

Overall
Prize Money
$589k
Starts
38
Wins
6
Second
0
Third
4
Win %
16
Place %
29
Profit
+3.9
Conditions
Good
33
6-0-4
$21k
Soft
1
0-0-0
$0k
Heavy
3
0-0-0
$3k
Race Standard
All
1
0-0-0
Group 1
0
0-0-0
Group 2
0
0-0-0
Group 3
1
0-0-0
Race Distance
1400m
13
2-0-1
+1.6
1200m
10
2-0-1
+12.3
1600m
7
0-0-1
-7
1650m
1
0-0-0
-1
1000m
1
0-0-1
-1
1350m
1
1-0-0
+0.55
1300m
2
0-0-0
-2
1250m
1
1-0-0
+2.4
1100m
2
0-0-0
-2
Race Track
Sha Tin
20
1-0-2
-12.9
Happy Valley
11
2-0-2
+11.3
Warwick Farm
2
1-0-0
+5.5
Wyong
1
1-0-0
+0.55
Randwick Kensington
1
0-0-0
-1
Canterbury
1
1-0-0
+2.4
Kembla Grange
1
0-0-0
-1
Randwick
1
0-0-0
-1
Race State
31
3-0-4
-0.6
NSW
7
3-0-0
+5.45

Race History

May-13 23
0/14
0.0
0
Sha Tin
0
1600
Coloane Hcp (C3)
$0k
$247k
56½
0.00
-
Mar-16 24
6/14
2.8
$27
Sha Tin
4
1400
Hcp (C3)
$5k
$242k
K De Melo
58
81.83
23.37
6
7,7,5
-1
Feb-21 24
8/12
4.5
$24
Happy Valley
4
1200
Sing Woo Hcp (C3)
$0k
$242k
K De Melo
55½
69.44
23.48
11
11
+3
Jan-31 24
7/12
3.9
$7.7
Happy Valley
4
1200
Lockhart Hcp (C3)
$0k
$242k
K De Melo
59
70.27
24.56
9
10
+3
Jan-10 24
4/12
3.0
$22
Happy Valley
4
1200
Causeway Hcp (C3)
$15k
$242k
K De Melo
59½
69.89
23.14
7
7
+3
Dec-3 23
10/14
3.9
$16
Sha Tin
4
1400
Salisbury Hcp (C3)
$0k
$242k
K De Melo
59½
82.34
23.71
11
12,10
Nov-22 23
1/12
0.3
$15
Happy Valley
4
1200
High Island Hcp (C3)
$135k
$242k
K De Melo
56
70.10
24.02
11
9
+8
Oct-18 23
1/12
1.0
$7.3
Happy Valley
4
1200
Speedy Hcp (C3)
$135k
$242k
K De Melo
54
70.06
23.99
7
7
+6
Spell of 109 Days
Jul-1 23
8/14
5.4
$6.7
Sha Tin
4
1400
Better Future Hcp (C3)
$0k
$224k
Z Purton
55
81.88
23.48
5
7,7
-1
Jun-10 23
7/14
3.3
$12
Sha Tin
9
1600
Lung Mun Road Hcp (C3)
$0k
$247k
Y Chung
54½
96.82
25.09
12
11,10
+3
May-28 23
11/14
8.3
$28
Sha Tin
4
1600
Indigenous Hcp (C3)
$0k
$247k
M Dee
58½
95.08
23.67
1
1,1
-10
May-7 23
7/12
6.0
$38
Sha Tin
6
1400
Tulip Hcp (C3)
$0k
$224k
L Hewitson
56½
83.43
24.01
10
10,10
+3
Apr-15 23
12/14
4.0
$24
Sha Tin
4
1600
Advancing Sports & Culture-C3
$0k
$247k
L Ferraris
59
95.45
23.08
5
3,5
-7
Apr-2 23
6/12
4.5
$23
Sha Tin
4
1400
Pearce Mem. Challenge Cup (C3)
$0k
$1.7M
L Ferraris
61
83.57
23.41
9
9,7
+1
Mar-19 23
14/14
11.3
$12
Sha Tin
4
1400
Designs On Rome Handicap (C3)
$0k
$224k
J Mc Donald
59½
82.16
22.71
10
10,9
-5
Feb-26 23
3/14
0.4
$14
Sha Tin
4
1400
Citi Mortgage Services Handicap-C3
$26k
$224k
J Mc Donald
59
82.61
22.96
12
10,9
+6
Feb-8 23
8/11
2.8
$87
Happy Valley
4
1200
Sing Woo Handicap (C3)
$0k
$1.7M
L Hewitson
56½
69.12
23.41
10
10
+2
Jan-15 23
14/14
17.5
$25
Sha Tin
4
1600
Ping Shan Handicap (C3)
$0k
$1.9M
M Poon
58
94.88
24.38
3
5,5
-9
Dec-18 22
14/14
16.0
$11
Sha Tin
4
1600
Lukfook Beloved Collection-C3
$0k
$1.9M
H Bowman
61
94.78
23.41
12
12,7
-7
Nov-16 22
4/12
0.9
$7.7
Happy Valley
3
1650
Hanshin Handicap (C3)
$114k
$1.9M
M Poon
59
99.04
24.27
6
5,5
+1
Oct-23 22
3/11
1.1
$20
Sha Tin
3
1600
Shrike Handicap (C3)
$28k
$247k
L Hewitson
58½
93.48
23.42
3
3,3
Sep-25 22
7/14
4.9
$22
Sha Tin
3
1400
Fuk Loi Handicap (C3)
$0k
$224k
L Currie
59
81.50
23.15
12
12,6
-1
Sep-11 22
12/14
4.3
$3.5
Sha Tin
4
1400
Sunset Peak Handicap (C3)
$0k
$224k
Z Purton
58½
82.37
23.12
13
12,10
-2
Jul-16 22
1/14
2.8
$7.1
Sha Tin
4
1400
All You Wish Handicap (C3)
$116k
$204k
Z Purton
55½
81.46
22.70
10
10,3
+2
Jun-28 22
8/12
3.5
$6.6
Happy Valley
4
1200
Hillier Handicap (C3)
$0k
$204k
Z Purton
54½
69.36
23.68
12
11
+3
Spell of 69 Days
Apr-20 22
3/10
0.5
$3.9
Happy Valley
4
1200
Cha Kwo Ling Handicap (C3)
$23k
$204k
Z Purton
55
69.48
22.60
6
5
+2
Spell of 76 Days
Feb-3 22
13/14
7.6
$9.2
Sha Tin
4
1400
Kung Hei Handicap (C3)
$0k
$204k
L Currie
55
81.66
23.65
3
1,1
-12
Jan-1 22
11/13
10.3
$20
Sha Tin
4
1400
Cotton Tree Handicap (C3)
$0k
$204k
L Ferraris
54½
81.81
23.31
1
1,2
-9
Dec-15 21
9/12
2.0
$8
Happy Valley
4
1200
Venus Handicap (C3)
$0k
$204k
M Poon
56
69.92
23.20
4
5
-4
Nov-21 21
12/14
6.8
$18
Sha Tin
4
1200
Bochk Boc Pay Handicap (C3)
$0k
$204k
M Poon
55½
68.70
22.51
9
9
-3
Oct-31 21
3/12
2.6
$111
Happy Valley
4
1000
Zhaoqing Handicap (C3)
$23k
$204k
M Poon
55
56.61
22.83
12
12
+9
Spell of 263 Days
Feb-10 21
1/9
3.0
$7.5
Warwick Farm
4
1400
Frosted @ Darley (Bm68)
$22k
$50k
T Clark
61
82.35
34.42
1
1,1
Jan-20 21
1/8
1.5
$1.55
Wyong
4
1350
Jeff Englebrecht Racing (Bm64)
$17k
$35k
T Schiller
57
79.09
34.28
2
2,2
+1
Jan-2 21
7/8
5.3
$7.5
Randwick Kensington
8
1300
Precise Air (Bm72)
$4k
$125k
J Innes
55½
77.08
35.39
4
5,5
-2
Dec-11 20
1/6
2.3
$3.4
Canterbury
3
1250
Maiden Handicap
$22k
$50k
T Clark
55½
72.23
34.70
2
2,2
+1
Spell of 237 Days
Apr-18 20
7/10
3.9
$4.2
Kembla Grange
4
1300
Perkins Beach Maiden Handicap
$1k
$32k
A Layt
55
77.23
34.24
1
1,1
-6
Apr-4 20
6/7
8.1
$31
Randwick
8
1100
Widden Kindergarten Stakes 
$4k
$201k
R Dolan
56½
65.90
35.42
3
1
-5
Mar-25 20
4/6
3.8
$3.8
Warwick Farm
4
1100
Sky Racing Active Maiden Plate
$3k
$50k
R Dolan
54½
63.62
34.53
3
3,4