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Better To Excel
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Trained by A & D Simpson at Sunshine Coast, Better To Excel is a 5 year old gelding by the sire Better Than Ready, out of the dam Ultimo.

He has won one race from 13 starts. His career earnings are $26k, with the biggest win of his career coming at Rockhampton on August 30th in 2022 when he won $12,200 in the A Days Graze Catering Maiden Handicap (a handicap race over 1,100 metres).

Betting level stakes of $100 win on all of the horse's starts would have yielded a loss of $-750.

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

Career Statistics

Overall
Prize Money
$26k
Starts
13
Wins
1
Second
2
Third
0
Win %
8
Place %
23
Profit
-7.5
Conditions
Good
6
0-0-0
$0k
Soft
6
1-1-0
$3k
Heavy
1
0-1-0
$4k
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
1000m
4
0-1-0
-4
1200m
1
0-0-0
-1
1100m
3
1-1-0
+2.5
1050m
2
0-0-0
-2
800m
3
0-0-0
-3
Race Track
Sunshine Coast
3
0-0-0
-3
Rockhampton
3
1-0-0
+2.5
Mackay
1
0-1-0
-1
Yeppoon
1
0-0-0
-1
Ipswich
3
0-1-0
-3
Doomben
1
0-0-0
-1
Kilcoy
1
0-0-0
-1
Race State
QLD
13
1-2-0
-6.5

Race History

May-4 23
9/12
4.8
16
Kilcoy
5
800
Diggers Pte F. T. Adam (Bm55)
$0k
$20k
Emily Lang
56½
50.00
-
2
Dec-11 22
11/11
18.3
$151
Sunshine Coast
4
1000
Haymans Electrical Warana (C1)
$0k
$24k
M Castle
52
57.12
33.74
3
3,5
-6
Nov-17 22
10/12
8.6
$13
Rockhampton
4
1200
Casino Night Sat 10th Dec (55)
$0k
$20k
L Tilley
58
69.03
34.05
2
2,2
-8
Oct-21 22
2/12
1.0
$12
Mackay
6
1100
R & T Pumps (Bm55)
$4k
$20k
N Day
57½
64.33
-
8
8,9
+7
Oct-4 22
8/10
11.7
$16
Rockhampton
5
1050
Caught In The Act Handicap (C1)
$0k
$20k
L Tilley
57
60.26
33.40
1
1,3
-5
Sep-13 22
11/11
7.1
$13
Yeppoon
3
1100
Feel Like Pizza/Roscos Handicap-55
$0k
$20k
L Tilley
58½
63.99
-
4
4,5
-6
Aug-30 22
1/10
1.5
$5.5
Rockhampton
5
1100
A Days Graze Catering Maiden Handicap
$12k
$22k
L Tilley
58½
64.25
34.65
1
1,1
Jul-29 22
5/13
3.4
$20
Ipswich
5
800
The Barn Family Restaurant Maiden
$1k
$26k
A Jones
58
46.07
32.28
5
5
Jul-13 22
11/13
5.9
$51
Doomben
7
1050
Venue Mode Maiden Plate
$0k
$37k
A Patis
54
63.13
35.84
5
5,6
-5
Jun-19 22
9/10
15.6
$9
Sunshine Coast
4
1000
Pelican Waters Golf Club Maiden
$1k
$26k
R Maloney
57
59.58
35.46
1
1,5
-4
Jun-2 22
2/10
1.0
$2.7
Ipswich
8
1000
Ipswich Cup Tix On Sale Maiden
$4k
$26k
A Patis
56½
60.20
35.11
5
5,5
+3
Spell of 195 Days
Nov-19 21
5/10
5.9
$9
Ipswich
4
800
Vale Grant Lowe Maiden Plate
$1k
$27k
B Thompson
56
45.43
31.90
3
3
-2
Oct-8 21
6/11
3.3
$51
Sunshine Coast
4
1000
Arc Utilities Management Maiden
$1k
$27k
A Patis
56½
58.22
34.01
4
4,5
-1