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Tuvalu
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Trained by Lindsey Smith at Oldbury, Tuvalu is a 6 year old gelding by the sire Kermadec, out of the dam Hangin' Tough.

He has won a total of 8 races from 20 starts for a win percentage of 40%. His career earnings are $1.9M, with the biggest win of his career coming at Caulfield on October 8th in 2022 when he won $600,000 in the Toorak Handicap (a handicap race over 1,600 metres).

Tuvalu is a top level performer, having started 9 times at group race level, with 1 win, including 1 in Group 1 company.

Betting level stakes of $100 win on all of the horse's starts would have yielded a profit of $883.

The gelding tends to run better on soft ground, with an average prize money per start of $169k in those conditions.

Career Statistics

Overall
Prize Money
$1.9M
Starts
20
Wins
8
Second
6
Third
3
Win %
40
Place %
85
Profit
+8.8
Conditions
Good
13
4-4-2
$70k
Soft
5
3-2-0
$169k
Heavy
2
1-0-1
$66k
Race Standard
All
9
1-2-3
Group 1
5
1-2-1
Group 2
4
0-0-2
Group 3
0
0-0-0
Race Distance
1600m
8
2-3-2
+3.7
1800m
2
1-1-0
-0.9
1400m
7
3-1-1
-0.67
1630m
1
1-0-0
+6
1514m
1
0-1-0
-1
1300m
1
1-0-0
+1.7
Race Track
Moonee Valley
3
0-1-2
-3
Caulfield
4
1-1-1
+5.5
Flemington
7
2-4-0
+2.2
Sandown Hillside
3
2-0-0
-0.25
Warrnambool
3
3-0-0
+4.38
Race State
VIC
20
8-6-3
+8.83

Race History

Oct-28 23
3/6
0.4
$2.7
Moonee Valley
4
1600
McCafe Crystal Mile 
$27k
$300k
J Kah
59
95.79
35.20
1
1,1,1
-2
Sep-23 23
2/15
1.0
$7
Caulfield
3
1800
Underwood Stakes 
$135k
$750k
J Kah
59
108.53
34.89
2
2,3,3
+1
Sep-9 23
3/13
0.9
$4
Moonee Valley
3
1600
Feehan Stakes 
$45k
$500k
B Shinn
59
94.79
35.41
4
4,4,3
Aug-19 23
4/14
2.0
$7
Caulfield
4
1400
P.B. Lawrence Stakes 
$14k
$300k
B Shinn
59
81.71
35.28
11
11,11
+7
Spell of 168 Days
Mar-4 23
9/14
4.7
$4.2
Flemington
4
1600
Blamey Stakes 
$0k
$304k
J Fry
59
95.53
35.02
4
2,2,3
-6
Feb-11 23
7/10
1.4
$6
Sandown Hillside
3
1400
C.F. Orr Stakes 
$15k
$752k
J Fry
59
82.54
33.22
3
3,2
-5
Spell of 98 Days
Nov-5 22
2/11
0.5
$12
Flemington
3
1600
Champions Mile 
$540k
$3M
J Fry
59
95.63
34.54
2
3,3,3
+1
Oct-8 22
1/15
0.8
$9.5
Caulfield
5
1600
Toorak Handicap 
$603k
$1M
J Fry
53½
96.55
36.16
4
3,4,3
+2
Sep-17 22
3/14
0.4
$4
Caulfield
9
1400
Sir Rupert Clarke Stakes 
$90k
$1M
J Fry
54½
86.88
37.52
1
2,2
-1
Spell of 77 Days
Jul-2 22
1/15
2.0
$2.2
Flemington
6
1600
Winter Championship
$120k
$201k
J Fry
54
97.45
35.44
1
1,2,1
Jun-18 22
1/11
0.4
$7
Flemington
7
1630
The David Bourke (Bm90)
$72k
$130k
J Fry
58
99.73
36.16
3
3,3,2
+1
May-21 22
2/11
0.2
$1.95
Flemington
3
1600
Tcl Tv (Bm100)
$23k
$130k
J Fry
53
95.86
35.02
3
2,2
May-5 22
1/9
1.3
$3.4
Warrnambool
10
1400
Handicap
$41k
$76k
J Fry
55
88.87
38.34
3
3,2
+1
Spell of 75 Days
Feb-19 22
2/9
3.8
$1.65
Flemington
4
1600
#buybetter @ Inglis (Bm84)
$23k
$131k
J Fry
58
95.96
34.12
2
2,2,2
Jan-20 22
1/9
3.5
$1.28
Warrnambool
4
1400
Port Fairy Cup
$22k
$40k
J Fry
55½
82.01
35.56
1
1,1
Spell of 162 Days
Aug-11 21
1/3
2.8
$1.1
Sandown Hillside
3
1800
Punter Assist (Bm70)
$28k
$50k
B Prebble
60½
113.50
34.64
2
2,2,1
Jul-31 21
2/10
0.5
$3
Moonee Valley
5
1514
Dominant Cleaning Solution Handicap
$24k
$135k
B Prebble
57
92.22
35.29
3
4,3
+1
Jul-17 21
2/13
4.0
$5.5
Flemington
5
1400
K.A. Morrison Handicap
$24k
$135k
D Bates
55
83.09
34.82
3
3,4
+2
Spell of 157 Days
Feb-10 21
1/8
2.5
$1.65
Sandown Hillside
3
1400
Back Yourself (Bm64)
$28k
$50k
E Brown
59½
83.58
34.80
1
1,1
Jan-25 21
1/13
7.0
$2.7
Warrnambool
4
1300
Star Of The West Maiden Plate
$13k
$23k
E Brown
58
77.68
34.94
1
1,1