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Banju
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Trained by Lyle Chandler at Scone, Banju is a 7 year old gelding by the sire Benfica, out of the dam Overlooked.

He has won a total of 8 races from 30 starts for a win percentage of 27%. His career earnings are $648k, with the biggest win of his career coming at Tamworth on April 21st in 2023 when he won $109,000 in the Tamworth Cup (a quality race over 1,400 metres).

Banju 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 $1105.

The gelding tends to run better on good ground, with an average prize money per start of $25k in those conditions.

Career Statistics

Overall
Prize Money
$648k
Starts
30
Wins
8
Second
7
Third
4
Win %
27
Place %
63
Profit
+11.1
Conditions
Good
22
7-4-2
$25k
Soft
6
1-2-1
$12k
Heavy
2
0-1-1
$9k
Race Standard
All
1
0-0-0
Group 1
0
0-0-0
Group 2
0
0-0-0
Group 3
0
0-0-0
Race Distance
1600m
5
2-0-0
+4.45
1400m
10
3-1-3
+6.3
1900m
1
0-1-0
-1
1500m
4
2-0-0
+6.3
1300m
2
0-0-1
-2
1200m
3
1-1-0
+2
1100m
3
0-2-0
-3
1120m
1
0-1-0
-1
1020m
1
0-1-0
-1
Race Track
Randwick
7
2-1-0
+2.45
Rosehill
7
2-1-0
+3.3
Scone
5
0-1-2
-5
Tamworth
2
1-0-1
+7
Randwick Kensington
1
1-0-0
+4
Newcastle
1
0-0-0
-1
Bathurst
2
1-0-1
+0.3
Dubbo
3
0-3-0
-3
Quirindi
1
1-0-0
+4
Armidale
1
0-1-0
-1
Race State
NSW
30
8-7-4
+12.05

Race History

Dec-2 23
10/11
9.3
26
Rosehill
5
1500
James Squire Festival Stakes 
$4k
$250k
55
98.34
-
9
5,5
-5
Nov-7 23
7/20
4.5
$101
Randwick
4
1600
Big Dance
$45k
$3M
J Van Overmeire
58
94.49
36.54
5
5,3,3
-4
Oct-21 23
13/13
21.1
$26
Randwick
4
1600
Robrick Lodge Filante Hcp
$0k
$160k
J Van Overmeire
56½
95.40
35.47
1
3,3,6
-7
Oct-7 23
17/18
6.4
$101
Rosehill
4
1400
Alan Brown Stakes
$0k
$1.5M
J Van Overmeire
55
81.22
34.25
5
3,4
-13
Spell of 148 Days
May-12 23
9/16
4.7
$3.7
Scone
4
1600
Scone Cup 
$4k
$202k
A Bullock
57½
94.66
34.82
1
1,1,1
-8
Apr-21 23
1/14
1.0
$9
Tamworth
4
1400
Tamworth Cup
$111k
$202k
A Bullock
58
81.25
34.68
4
4,4
+3
Spell of 62 Days
Feb-18 23
2/10
0.2
$7
Rosehill
4
1900
Parramatta Cup
$29k
$161k
K Mc Evoy
54
115.90
34.19
1
1,1,1
-1
Feb-4 23
1/8
0.8
$1.95
Randwick
4
1600
Drinkwise Mile
$76k
$150k
R Jones
51
95.81
34.90
3
3,3,2
+1
Jan-14 23
1/12
0.2
$4.8
Rosehill
4
1500
(Bm78)
$76k
$150k
K Mc Evoy
59½
90.44
35.21
6
7,6
+5
Dec-31 22
1/11
3.8
$7.5
Randwick
4
1600
Ora Prague (Bm78)
$76k
$150k
R Jones
55
95.02
34.49
1
1,1,1
Dec-10 22
4/13
1.7
$5.5
Randwick
4
1400
Pfd (Bm78)
$7k
$150k
A Mc Lucas
53½
81.69
34.85
2
2,2
-2
Nov-26 22
4/11
2.6
$11
Rosehill
3
1400
Elite Quarry Products (Bm78)
$7k
$150k
A Mc Lucas
54
81.67
34.16
4
3,2
-2
Nov-1 22
4/14
3.4
$11
Randwick
3
1300
Handicap
$8k
$175k
W Pike
54
75.44
33.75
6
6,6
+2
Spell of 226 Days
Mar-20 22
3/14
1.4
$4.8
Scone
4
1400
Newhaven C'ships Wild Card-C5
$5k
$50k
W Costin
57½
81.12
34.80
4
4,4
+1
Mar-6 22
3/14
0.7
$3.7
Tamworth
8
1400
Newhaven Pk H&Nw Championship Qlf-C5
$13k
$150k
J Van Overmeire
57½
84.40
35.20
7
2,3
Jan-15 22
1/14
5.0
$5.5
Rosehill
6
1500
Highway Handicap (C3)
$46k
$100k
J Van Overmeire
57½
90.57
36.06
1
1,1
Jan-1 22
1/12
1.0
$5
Randwick Kensington
4
1400
Highway Handicap (C3)
$46k
$100k
J Van Overmeire
55
82.87
35.89
3
3,3
+2
Dec-18 21
2/16
0.1
$20
Randwick
4
1400
Highway Handicap (C2)
$18k
$100k
J Van Overmeire
56½
83.34
36.23
11
6,4
+2
Dec-4 21
6/12
3.9
$9
Newcastle
4
1200
Hobson Engineering (Bm68)
$1k
$35k
J Innes
56
72.21
35.11
10
10,12
+6
Spell of 203 Days
May-15 21
15/15
23.3
$4.8
Rosehill
7
1500
Highway Handicap (C3)
$0k
$75k
J Van Overmeire
54
92.10
37.10
5
5,8
-7
May-2 21
1/9
1.5
$2.3
Bathurst
4
1400
Jb Civil Concreting (Bm58)
$11k
$22k
J Van Overmeire
60
82.35
-
2
2,2
+1
Apr-20 21
11/12
6.8
$4.8
Scone
4
1100
Emirates Park Handicap (C2)
$0k
$22k
R Jones
58
63.57
34.09
12
12,12
+1
Mar-5 21
2/12
1.3
$3.2
Dubbo
4
1200
Maas Group Handicap (C1)
$4k
$22k
J Van Overmeire
59½
69.24
-
3
3,3
+1
Feb-19 21
1/14
1.0
$5
Quirindi
3
1200
John Deere Pvm Maiden
$20k
$40k
B Cray
59
68.36
33.05
4
4,4
+3
Spell of 145 Days
Sep-27 20
3/6
1.0
$1.85
Bathurst
7
1400
Markey Saddlery Cup Maiden
$3k
$30k
G Ryan
59
85.33
-
1
1,1
-2
Sep-8 20
3/9
3.8
$1.65
Scone
4
1300
Get Your Kosciuszko Ticket Maiden
$2k
$22k
K Latham
59
76.99
33.63
4
4,4
+1
Aug-25 20
2/14
0.8
$3.6
Scone
4
1100
Segenhoe Maiden Handicap
$4k
$22k
J Penza
59½
64.87
34.82
2
2,2
Aug-9 20
2/11
3.5
$2.15
Dubbo
8
1120
Life Members Maiden Plate
$4k
$22k
D Northey
59
66.32
-
2
2,2
Jul-17 20
2/11
0.3
$6
Dubbo
7
1020
Pastoral Hotel Maiden
$4k
$22k
D Northey
59
59.00
-
3
3,4
+2
Spell of 138 Days
Mar-1 20
2/14
3.0
$21
Armidale
6
1100
Armidale Ex Services Club Maiden
$5k
$31k
D Northey
58½
65.50
35.85
7
7,6
+4