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The Great Houdini
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Trained by G McFarlane at Gosford, The Great Houdini is a 7 year old gelding by the sire Written Tycoon, out of the dam Sarzameen.

He has won a total of 5 races from 25 starts for a win percentage of 20%. His career earnings are $228k, with the biggest win of his career coming at Newcastle on July 29th in 2023 when he won $21,000 in the Clevertronics - IPD - SAL (a handicap race over 1,300 metres).

Betting level stakes of $100 win on all of the horse's starts would have yielded a profit of $1520.

The gelding tends to run better on heavy ground, with an average prize money per start of $14k in those conditions.

Career Statistics

Overall
Prize Money
$228k
Starts
25
Wins
5
Second
4
Third
1
Win %
20
Place %
40
Profit
+15.2
Conditions
Good
12
1-2-1
$5k
Soft
9
3-1-0
$12k
Heavy
4
1-1-0
$14k
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
1250m
7
2-1-0
+19.5
1200m
6
0-2-0
-6
1400m
5
1-0-1
+1
1500m
1
0-0-0
-1
1350m
1
0-0-0
-1
1300m
1
1-0-0
+1.9
1100m
2
0-0-0
-2
1213m
1
0-1-0
-1
1125m
1
1-0-0
+3.8
Race Track
Canterbury
4
1-0-0
+16
Randwick
3
0-1-0
-3
Rosehill
4
0-0-0
-4
Gosford
2
0-0-0
-2
Randwick Kensington
3
1-0-0
+3.5
Newcastle
4
2-2-0
+4.9
Wyong
1
0-0-0
-1
Hawkesbury
1
0-0-1
-1
Warwick Farm
1
0-0-0
-1
Sale
1
0-1-0
-1
Geelong
1
1-0-0
+3.8
Race State
NSW
23
4-3-1
+12.4
VIC
2
1-1-0
+2.8

Declared to Run

Randwick 10 • Tomorrow Petaluma (Bm78)
$61Bet

Race History

Nov-28 25
7/9
4.7
$26
Canterbury
4
1250
Kia Evening Star (Bm78)
$2k
$80k
A Roper
58
72.87
35.89
9
9,8
+1
Nov-4 25
5/6
3.6
$13
Randwick
7
1200
Alinta Energy (Bm84)
$5k
$125k
A Roper
55½
70.98
33.85
5
5,5
Sep-20 25
13/13
8.3
$71
Randwick
4
1400
The Agency Real Estate (Bm78)
$0k
$160k
A Roper
58
83.96
34.01
8
8,9
-4
Aug-23 25
2/9
0.8
$51
Randwick
10
1200
Jersey Day Andrew Wisemantel (Bm78)
$29k
$160k
A Roper
57½
72.50
35.40
8
8,7
+5
Jul-19 25
7/9
5.1
$26
Rosehill
5
1200
Private Life @ Coolmore (Bm78)
$4k
$160k
J Parr
59½
70.60
34.08
7
7,5
-2
Jun-9 25
1/9
0.1
$20
Canterbury
6
1250
Schweppes (Bm72)
$31k
$65k
A Roper
59½
74.39
35.88
6
6,5
+4
May-10 25
6/8
4.2
$4.8
Gosford
7
1200
Gosford It Midway (Bm72)
$4k
$120k
A Roper
58½
72.10
34.32
8
8,6
Apr-25 25
1/6
2.8
$6.5
Randwick Kensington
7
1250
The Kokoda (Bm72)
$31k
$65k
A Roper
56
75.44
35.38
6
6,5
+4
Spell of 237 Days
Aug-31 24
9/10
7.5
$41
Rosehill
4
1500
Cabra-Vale Diggers (Bm78)
$4k
$160k
M Bourke
53½
88.55
34.63
8
8,9
Aug-3 24
6/12
2.1
$8
Rosehill
4
1400
Midway (Bm72)
$4k
$120k
J Parr
58½
83.42
35.21
7
7,7
+1
Jul-13 24
1/11
2.3
$6
Newcastle
6
1400
(Bm68)
$21k
$42k
A Roper
57½
85.21
36.86
7
6,6
+5
Jun-19 24
4/9
1.5
$10
Canterbury
7
1250
TAB (Bm72)
$4k
$60k
T Berry
58
76.07
36.81
8
8,8
+4
May-15 24
7/10
5.5
$9.5
Randwick Kensington
9
1250
Petaluma (Bm72)
$2k
$60k
A Hyeronimus
59
77.84
37.13
5
5,6
-1
Apr-25 24
4/7
2.4
$8
Randwick Kensington
4
1400
Battle of Amiens (Bm72)
$4k
$65k
J Parr
59
82.84
34.80
7
7,7
+3
Mar-30 24
4/16
2.2
$21
Wyong
4
1350
Polytrack Provincial-Midway Championships Qualifier (C5)
$7k
$150k
J Taylor
56
78.21
35.16
10
10,10
+6
Spell of 210 Days
Sep-2 23
3/9
1.0
$3.6
Hawkesbury
4
1400
Richmond Club Midway (Bm68)
$4k
$45k
J Van Overmeire
60
83.18
34.46
4
5,3
Aug-19 23
2/8
0.2
$7.5
Newcastle
6
1250
Tooheys Extra Dry Adamstown Bowlo (Bm68)
$8k
$45k
J Taylor
59
75.00
35.80
7
7,7
+5
Jul-29 23
1/9
1.0
$2.9
Newcastle
4
1300
Clevertronics - IPD - SAL (C1)
$21k
$45k
A Bullock
59
77.49
34.14
6
6,6
+5
Jul-13 23
6/10
3.0
$7.5
Gosford
4
1100
Family Of League (Bm64)
$1k
$40k
D Gibbons
59½
64.03
35.47
8
8,8
+2
Spell of 126 Days
Mar-9 23
2/10
2.0
$6.5
Newcastle
4
1200
H'valley Premium Meats (Bm64)
$7k
$40k
K Jennings
59½
70.46
33.40
6
6,4
+2
Feb-22 23
6/12
4.4
$4.2
Warwick Farm
7
1200
Acy Securities (Bm72)
$2k
$55k
Z Lloyd
54
70.58
35.64
5
5,5
-1
Feb-1 23
4/10
4.6
$6
Canterbury
4
1250
Exceedance's 1st Yearl. (Bm64)
$3k
$55k
B Prebble
60½
73.71
34.49
8
8,6
+2
Jan-7 23
4/6
3.8
$4.6
Rosehill
8
1100
Ora Farnan (Bm72)
$7k
$150k
T Berry
55½
64.90
34.53
5
5
+1
Spell of 183 Days
Jul-8 22
2/11
0.2
$3.7
Sale
4
1213
Ultra Blinds Handicap (C1)
$6k
$35k
L German
60
71.88
35.96
6
0,6,9
+7
Jun-17 22
1/10
0.8
$4.8
Geelong
10
1125
Right Mate Maiden Plate
$19k
$35k
L German
59½
68.27
35.92
8
0,8,7
+6