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Trained by John Kiernan at Te Horo Beach, Headline News is a 8 year old gelding by the sire Per Incanto, out of the dam Criss Cross.

He has won one race from 20 starts. His career earnings are $30k, with the biggest win of his career coming at Wanganui on February 21st in 2025 when he won $9,219 in the Wanganui Function Centre Mdn (a set weight with allowances race over 1,200 metres).

Betting level stakes of $100 win on all of the horse's starts would have yielded a loss of $-1400.

The gelding tends to run better on soft ground, with an average prize money per start of $2k in those conditions.

Career Statistics

Overall
Prize Money
$30k
Starts
20
Wins
1
Second
1
Third
4
Win %
5
Place %
30
Profit
-14.0
Conditions
Good
2
0-0-1
$1k
Soft
12
1-1-3
$2k
Heavy
4
0-0-0
$1k
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
1600m
2
0-0-0
-2
1400m
4
0-0-0
-4
1200m
7
1-0-1
-1
1000m
2
0-1-0
-2
2140m
2
0-0-0
-2
1340m
1
0-0-1
-1
1300m
1
0-0-1
-1
1360m
1
0-0-1
-1
Race Track
Trentham
5
0-1-0
-5
Wanganui
5
1-0-2
+1
Tauherenikau
2
0-0-1
-2
Awapuni Synthetic
2
0-0-0
-2
Woodville
1
0-0-0
-1
Otaki
5
0-0-1
-5
Race State
13
0-1-2
-13
NZ
7
1-0-2
-1

Race History

May-17 25
7/16
6.8
$31.1
Trentham
6
1600
Harrisons Solar Power (Bm65)
$1k
$35k
B Grylls
57½
98.45
-
9
9,4
-3
May-10 25
4/10
1.4
$13.2
Trentham
10
1400
(Bm65)
$2k
$35k
T Davies
54½
88.22
-
2
2,1
-3
Apr-5 25
8/9
7.6
$17.4
Wanganui
7
1200
(Bm65)
$1k
$40k
C Barnes
58
73.57
-
9
9,8
Mar-22 25
10/12
4.6
$39.7
Trentham
6
1200
Neteffextpayroll (Bm65)
$1k
$65k
K Hercock
58½
67.83
-
5
5,9
-1
Feb-21 25
1/10
1.3
$6
Wanganui
5
1200
Wanganui Function Centre Mdn
$10k
$19k
K Hercock
58½
72.03
-
4
4,5
+4
Feb-6 25
4/10
2.0
$13.2
Tauherenikau
4
1000
Chatham Islands Jockey Club Mdn
$1k
$19k
K Hercock
58½
57.39
-
8
8
+4
Spell of 230 Days
Jun-21 24
9/10
15.9
$3.9
Awapuni Synthetic
0
2140
N. McHugh Construction Mdn
$0k
$17k
L Allpress
58½
134.40
-
1
2,2,2
-7
May-30 24
5/10
4.6
$10.2
Awapuni Synthetic
0
2140
Tomo Aluminium Services Mdn
$0k
$17k
J Doyle
58½
134.34
-
7
7,10,10
+5
May-18 24
4/11
8.6
$6.3
Trentham
7
1400
Tab Odds Surge Every Race At Trentham Mdn
$1k
$20k
L Allpress
58½
86.23
-
8
8,9
+5
May-3 24
8/13
6.4
$11.5
Woodville
6
1400
Happy Birthday Lemon Mdn
$0k
$17k
K Asano
58½
84.98
-
11
11,13
+5
Apr-13 24
9/13
11.8
$9.4
Otaki
8
1600
The Tele Otaki Mdn
$0k
$20k
K Hercock
58½
98.90
-
6
6,6,4
-5
Apr-5 24
3/11
2.4
$14.1
Wanganui
5
1340
Rayner Racing Mdn
$2k
$19k
K Hercock
58½
82.09
-
10
10,11
+8
Mar-24 24
3/9
2.8
$5.9
Tauherenikau
5
1300
Southey Sayer Business Beyond Numbers Mdn
$2k
$19k
J Doyle
58½
77.97
-
7
7,6
+3
Mar-6 24
7/12
4.0
$5.2
Otaki
6
1200
Riverstone Cafe Mdn
$0k
$25k
K Asano
58½
72.93
-
7
7,6
-1
Jan-27 24
2/9
0.5
$5.8
Trentham
7
1000
Happy Hire Mdn
$5k
$25k
K Asano
58½
58.44
-
3
3,2
Spell of 197 Days
Jul-14 23
8/14
7.8
$10.1
Otaki
10
1400
The Tele Otaki Mdn
$0k
$14k
K Hercock
58½
90.69
-
11
11,9
+1
Jun-23 23
7/12
2.7
$5.8
Wanganui
9
1200
Carpet Maintenance Mdn
$0k
$14k
K Hercock
58½
74.42
-
4
7,7
Spell of 78 Days
Apr-6 23
3/11
1.2
$11.1
Wanganui
7
1360
Rathbone Racing Stables Mdn
$1k
$14k
K Hercock
58½
84.00
-
7
7,7
+4
Mar-10 23
4/8
4.2
$5.7
Otaki
5
1200
Harcourts Otaki Maiden
$1k
$14k
K Hercock
58½
71.59
-
4
4,4
Spell of 366 Days
Mar-9 22
3/9
3.8
$3
Otaki
3
1200
The Tele Otaki Maiden
$1k
$12k
L Allpress
58½
71.47
-
8
0,8,5
+2