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Cardinal Gem
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Trained by Grahame Begg at Cranbourne, Cardinal Gem is a 5 year old gelding by the sire Choisir, out of the dam Eloquent Ruby.

He has won a total of 6 races from 22 starts for a win percentage of 27%. His career earnings are $719k, with the biggest win of his career coming at Sandown Lakeside on April 8th in 2023 when he won $120,000 in the Victoria Handicap (a handicap race over 1,400 metres).

Cardinal Gem is a top level performer, having started 5 times at group race level, with 2 wins.

Betting level stakes of $100 win on all of the horse's starts would have yielded a loss of $-350.

The gelding tends to run better on soft ground, with an average prize money per start of $50k in those conditions.

Career Statistics

Overall
Prize Money
$719k
Starts
22
Wins
6
Second
4
Third
3
Win %
27
Place %
59
Profit
-3.5
Conditions
Good
9
0-1-1
$17k
Soft
10
4-2-2
$50k
Heavy
1
1-0-0
$30k
Race Standard
All
5
2-0-1
Group 1
0
0-0-0
Group 2
1
0-0-0
Group 3
3
1-0-1
Race Distance
1350m
1
0-0-1
-1
1400m
10
4-2-1
+3.6
1200m
6
1-1-1
-3.4
1500m
1
0-0-0
-1
1420m
1
1-0-0
+1.3
1600m
2
0-1-0
-2
1000m
1
0-0-0
-1
Race Track
Doomben
1
0-0-1
-1
Sandown Hillside
1
1-0-0
+1.7
Sandown Lakeside
1
1-0-0
+2
Flemington
10
1-3-1
-7.7
Rosehill
1
0-0-0
-1
Caulfield
5
2-0-1
+2.9
Ballarat Synthetic
1
1-0-0
+1.6
Pakenham Synthetic
1
0-1-0
-1
Eagle Farm
1
0-0-0
-1
Race State
QLD
2
0-0-1
-1
VIC
19
6-4-2
-0.5
NSW
1
0-0-0
-1

Race History

Jun-10 23
14/18
6.2
11
Eagle Farm
4
1400
Stradbroke Handicap 
$0k
$3M
Jordan Childs
54
88.75
-
9
10,13
-1
May-20 23
3/16
1.0
$5
Doomben
5
1350
BRC Sprint 
$29k
$300k
J Childs
58
78.83
35.50
8
8,7
+4
Apr-29 23
1/12
0.2
$2.7
Sandown Hillside
5
1400
Anniversary Vase 
$106k
$175k
J Childs
60
83.88
35.10
6
7,6
+5
Apr-8 23
1/10
2.3
$3
Sandown Lakeside
7
1400
Victoria Handicap 
$121k
$200k
J Childs
54
86.09
37.52
2
6,5
+4
Mar-25 23
2/13
1.3
$4.4
Flemington
4
1400
Choices Flooring Hcp
$27k
$150k
J Childs
56
83.36
33.78
3
3,3
+1
Mar-4 23
6/8
3.4
$9
Flemington
4
1200
Resimax Group Plate (Bm90)
$3k
$150k
L McNeil
60
70.44
34.08
4
4,7
+1
Spell of 126 Days
Oct-29 22
10/20
5.6
$41
Rosehill
4
1500
Golden Eagle
$75k
$10M
J Childs
57½
88.19
35.45
9
9,9
-1
Oct-8 22
1/10
0.8
$4.6
Caulfield
6
1400
Weekend Hussler
$106k
$175k
J Childs
54
84.20
35.78
10
10,6
+5
Sep-18 22
1/11
2.5
$2.3
Flemington
10
1420
The Rose Room Trophy (Bm70)
$30k
$55k
L McNeil
58
88.80
36.32
9
10,10
+9
Aug-27 22
3/13
0.8
$4
Caulfield
6
1400
Evergreen Turf (Bm78)
$7k
$80k
J Childs
57
85.75
35.90
11
10,8
+5
Jul-2 22
2/11
0.2
$2.35
Flemington
6
1600
Silver Bowl Series Final
$27k
$150k
B Egan
56½
97.78
35.45
6
6,6,6
+4
Jun-25 22
1/10
1.0
$3.3
Caulfield
6
1400
Stephen Howell Mem. Trophy Handicap
$72k
$130k
M Dee
54
86.45
35.42
5
5,3
+2
Jun-4 22
4/12
1.0
$4
Flemington
6
1400
Silver Bowl Series Handicap
$7k
$130k
J Childs
54½
85.81
34.88
5
4,8
+4
May-14 22
2/11
0.2
$4.4
Flemington
5
1400
Silver Bowl Series Handicap
$23k
$130k
M Dee
54
85.81
34.72
10
9,10
+8
Apr-25 22
3/13
7.3
$9
Flemington
4
1200
Flt Lt Peter Armytage Handicap
$12k
$130k
T Clark
54
68.84
33.43
11
11,13
+10
Spell of 149 Days
Nov-27 21
5/11
2.0
$6
Caulfield
3
1600
Sandown Guineas 
$8k
$300k
J Childs
57
97.45
34.44
8
8,8,9
+4
Nov-6 21
4/16
1.7
$16
Flemington
4
1400
The Amanda Elliott Handicap
$8k
$175k
J Childs
54
83.99
35.10
14
15,16
+12
Oct-13 21
6/9
8.6
$101
Caulfield
4
1200
Blue Sapphire 
$4k
$200k
J Childs
57
70.06
34.52
9
9,9
+3
Spell of 102 Days
Jul-3 21
5/10
2.0
$6
Flemington
6
1200
Next Generation Final
$5k
$150k
M Dee
57½
71.70
36.10
10
10,9
+4
Jun-15 21
1/11
1.8
$2.6
Ballarat Synthetic
0
1200
Cervus Equipment Maiden Plate
$13k
$23k
M Dee
57
72.61
36.04
7
7,5
+4
May-31 21
2/7
1.8
$3.3
Pakenham Synthetic
0
1200
Spendthrift Australia Maiden
$4k
$23k
M Dee
58
71.17
34.62
5
5,7
+5
Spell of 142 Days
Jan-9 21
8/11
5.5
$9
Flemington
4
1000
Summer Twilight Series Plate
$3k
$125k
J Childs
58
58.22
34.15
9
9
+1