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Hard To Excel
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Trained by G Clarke at Darwin, Hard To Excel is a 5 year old gelding by the sire All Too Hard, out of the dam Cocoexcel.

He has won a total of 5 races from 22 starts for a win percentage of 23%. His career earnings are $97k, with the biggest win of his career coming at Fannie Bay on July 29th in 2023 when he won $14,300 in the TAB Bets Friends Hcp (a handicap race over 1,000 metres).

Betting level stakes of $100 win on all of the horse's starts would have yielded a profit of $105.

The gelding tends to run better on heavy ground, with an average prize money per start of $5k in those conditions.

Career Statistics

Overall
Prize Money
$97k
Starts
22
Wins
5
Second
2
Third
2
Win %
23
Place %
41
Profit
+1.1
Conditions
Good
16
4-2-1
$4k
Soft
2
0-0-0
$1k
Heavy
3
1-0-1
$5k
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
1100m
15
2-2-1
-4.1
1000m
4
1-0-1
-2.1
1200m
1
1-0-0
+7
1300m
1
0-0-0
-1
1400m
1
1-0-0
+1.25
Race Track
Fannie Bay
12
4-1-1
+8.8
Scone
1
0-0-0
-1
Muswellbrook
1
0-0-0
-1
Nowra
1
0-0-1
-1
Bathurst
2
0-1-0
-2
Tuncurry
1
1-0-0
+1.25
Wyong
1
0-0-0
-1
Gosford
1
0-0-0
-1
Mudgee
1
0-0-0
-1
Hawkesbury
1
0-0-0
-1
Race State
NT
12
4-1-1
+9.8
NSW
10
1-1-1
-7.75

Race History

Sep-23 23
9/10
17.7
4.2
Fannie Bay
0
1100
Melbourne Cup Day 7th November Hcp (64)
$0k
$21k
59½
81.69
-
Sep-2 23
1/8
0.2
$4.4
Fannie Bay
3
1100
The Makrylos Group Hcp (64)
$13k
$21k
J Todd
57½
63.67
34.96
Aug-7 23
10/10
19.8
$2.7
Fannie Bay
3
1100
TAB We're On Hcp (66)
$0k
$30k
J Todd
58
62.06
34.55
Jul-29 23
1/5
4.3
$1.9
Fannie Bay
3
1000
TAB Bets Friends Hcp (66)
$15k
$22k
J Todd
56
57.12
34.00
Jul-1 23
1/12
0.5
$8
Fannie Bay
3
1200
Top End Steel Fixing Hcp (58)
$13k
$20k
J Todd
57
68.95
35.70
Jun-10 23
1/7
1.5
$6.5
Fannie Bay
3
1100
Tab Same Race Multi (Bm54)
$13k
$20k
J Todd
56
63.45
34.95
Jun-3 23
3/8
2.5
$31
Fannie Bay
3
1000
Norbuilt Pty Ltd Hcp (58)
$3k
$20k
W Davis
55
57.83
34.54
Apr-14 23
8/8
18.1
$15
Fannie Bay
3
1100
Silks 4.21 Happy Hour Hcp (58)
$0k
$20k
C Hunter
55½
62.69
-
Spell of 132 Days
Dec-3 22
7/8
10.4
$8.5
Fannie Bay
3
1100
Darwin Racing (Bm54)
$0k
$20k
P Denton
57½
63.50
35.06
Nov-19 22
2/6
4.8
$5
Fannie Bay
3
1100
Off The Track Lightning (58)
$4k
$20k
J Todd
56½
63.49
34.69
Nov-1 22
8/8
10.3
$7
Fannie Bay
3
1100
Australian Turf Club Handicap (C2)
$0k
$21k
J Todd
56
64.31
36.05
Oct-15 22
8/8
9.7
$3.7
Fannie Bay
3
1100
Book Your Christmas Party-Bm54
$0k
$18k
J Todd
59½
64.81
35.95
Spell of 123 Days
Jun-14 22
10/12
8.3
$10
Scone
4
1100
Ora Handicap (C1)
$1k
$24k
D Gibbons
56½
64.00
34.40
1
1,1
-9
May-22 22
5/9
6.7
$3.7
Muswellbrook
9
1000
Valiant Stud (Bm58)
$1k
$24k
A Morgan
59
59.68
36.07
3
3,3
-2
May-8 22
3/5
3.0
$3.9
Nowra
9
1100
Bomaderry Bowling Club Handicap-C1
$2k
$24k
A Collett
57½
67.70
36.80
1
1,1
-2
Spell of 139 Days
Dec-20 21
11/14
11.4
$6
Bathurst
5
1300
Erin Quality Outdoor Power-C1
$0k
$24k
M Bell
56½
76.21
-
1
1,1
-10
Dec-6 21
1/14
0.3
$2.25
Tuncurry
8
1400
Mid Coast Automotive Group Maiden
$12k
$24k
A Morgan
57½
86.86
35.89
1
1,1
Nov-16 21
5/12
3.2
$31
Wyong
4
1100
Great Northern Maiden Plate
$1k
$35k
H Van Der Hoven
57½
63.46
34.15
2
2,2
-3
Oct-28 21
4/7
4.0
$11
Gosford
4
1000
Christmas @ Teg Maiden Handicap
$2k
$35k
A Collett
55½
57.30
33.86
1
1,2
-2
Spell of 172 Days
May-9 21
4/10
5.6
$8.5
Mudgee
7
1100
Handicap
$1k
$22k
B Lerena
58
69.24
-
4
4,4
Apr-25 21
2/9
0.2
$7.5
Bathurst
4
1100
Kings Hotel Gold Nugget Handicap
$4k
$24k
B Lerena
57
64.08
-
3
3,3
+1
Apr-14 21
9/9
8.9
$12
Hawkesbury
4
1100
Hrc Trainers Day Maiden
$1k
$50k
T Marquand
56
63.06
34.22
3
3,3
-6