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Telling Tales
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Trained by J C Blackadder at Rangiora, Telling Tales is a 6 year old gelding by the sire Sweynesse, out of the dam Likely Story.

He has won one race from 34 starts. His career earnings are $34k, with the biggest win of his career coming at Oamaru on June 23rd in 2022 when he won $5,980 in the Sthn Demolition & Salvage Maiden (a set weight with allowances race over 1,600 metres).

Betting level stakes of $100 win on all of the horse's starts would have yielded a loss of $-2470.

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

Career Statistics

Overall
Prize Money
$34k
Starts
34
Wins
1
Second
4
Third
5
Win %
3
Place %
29
Profit
-24.7
Conditions
Good
9
0-0-2
$1k
Soft
18
1-1-3
$1k
Heavy
4
0-2-0
$2k
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
2000m
4
0-0-1
-4
1800m
3
0-0-1
-3
1810m
2
0-1-0
-2
1500m
1
0-1-0
-1
1600m
10
1-1-1
-0.7
2200m
6
0-0-1
-6
2030m
4
0-0-1
-4
2500m
1
0-0-0
-1
1400m
2
0-0-0
-2
1550m
1
0-1-0
-1
Race Track
Riccarton Park
6
0-0-1
-6
Kumara
2
0-1-0
-2
Greymouth
2
0-1-0
-2
Kurow
1
0-0-0
-1
Riccarton Park Synthetic
2
0-0-0
-2
Ashburton
7
0-0-1
-7
Oamaru
3
1-0-0
+6.3
Phar Lap Raceway
1
0-0-1
-1
Cromwell
4
0-0-1
-4
Reefton
1
0-0-0
-1
Tauranga
1
0-1-0
-1
Taupo
1
0-0-1
-1
Cambridge
1
0-1-0
-1
Pukekohe Park
1
0-0-0
-1
Wingatui
1
0-0-0
-1
Race State
34
1-4-5
-23.7

Race History

Mar-2 24
13/14
7.9
15.7
Wingatui
4
1600
Be My Guest Design (Bm65)
$0k
$25k
57½
7.90
-
Feb-10 24
13/14
11.3
$39
Riccarton Park
5
2000
Rural Livestock (Bm75)
$0k
$40k
L Callaway
54½
124.07
-
4
4,4,7
-6
Jan-27 24
5/15
4.5
$14.1
Riccarton Park
3
1800
D Reynolds Electrical (Bm65)
$1k
$40k
L Callaway
56½
110.00
-
14
14,14,15
+10
Jan-6 24
2/9
2.0
$7.5
Kumara
9
1810
Hynds Pipe Systems / Birchfield Ross Mining (Bm65)
$3k
$19k
A Najib
52½
115.02
-
2
2,2,2
Jan-3 24
2/12
2.0
$9.8
Greymouth
8
1500
Greg Daly Real Estate (Bm65)
$3k
$19k
K Chowdhoory
55½
97.72
-
6
5,5
+3
Dec-30 23
4/11
2.5
$34.8
Kurow
5
1800
Cochranes Farm Machinery (Bm65)
$1k
$19k
A Najib
52½
115.96
-
4
4,4,4
Dec-8 23
8/14
5.5
$67.4
Riccarton Park Synthetic
0
1600
Murphy's Construction (Bm65)
$0k
$25k
L Callaway
56
96.74
-
12
12,9
+1
Nov-9 23
7/9
11.3
$45.5
Ashburton
7
1600
Agraforum Growing Innovation Hcp
$0k
$25k
K Hercock
54
99.06
-
4
4,4
-3
Spell of 104 Days
Jul-28 23
11/12
10.8
$10.7
Riccarton Park Synthetic
0
2200
Rfl (Bm65&Jmps)
$0k
$14k
T Comignaghi
57
0.00
-
4
4,4
-7
Jul-6 23
13/14
16.2
$10.5
Ashburton
8
2200
Smallbone Isuzu (Bm65&Jmps)
$0k
$30k
J Fawcett
57½
145.87
-
12
13,13,13
Jun-22 23
4/10
2.1
$8.5
Oamaru
7
1600
Crombie & Price Ltd (Bm65)
$1k
$14k
K Hercock
57½
99.17
-
6
6,6,5
+1
Jun-11 23
3/14
0.9
$16.9
Phar Lap Raceway
4
1600
Thank U Phar Lap R'way (Bm65)
$1k
$14k
J Fawcett
59
97.51
-
5
5,5,2
-1
Spell of 155 Days
Jan-7 23
9/10
12.0
$13.1
Kumara
7
1810
A Hayward/N Wafer Pow Mem-Bm65
$0k
$14k
K Mudhoo
58
114.66
-
4
2,2
-7
Jan-3 23
7/10
8.2
$13.7
Greymouth
3
2000
Greg Daly Real Estate (Bm65)
$0k
$14k
L Callaway
58½
123.69
-
Nov-27 22
6/13
2.1
$7.2
Cromwell
6
2030
River Terrace Lifestyle (Bm65)
$0k
$30k
J Fawcett
58½
131.18
-
2
2,2,5
-1
Nov-25 22
3/13
0.7
$7
Cromwell
4
2030
Cromwell New World (Bm65)
$1k
$14k
J Fawcett
58½
126.84
-
3
3,3,3
Nov-9 22
12/18
8.1
$51.5
Riccarton Park
3
2500
Champion Flour (Bm65)
$0k
$50k
R Mudhoo
58½
157.99
35.11
5
5,5,5
-7
Oct-30 22
4/11
1.0
$8.3
Ashburton
5
2200
Equine Products Nz (Bm65)
$1k
$14k
R Mudhoo
59
141.43
35.38
4
4,4,3
-1
Oct-15 22
6/14
3.1
$24.7
Ashburton
3
2200
Rd Petroleum (Bm65)
$0k
$30k
R Mudhoo
58½
138.51
36.05
14
14,14,14
+8
Oct-1 22
6/15
3.6
$51.8
Riccarton Park
6
1400
Rangiora New World (Bm65)
$0k
$30k
L Callaway
58½
84.82
35.49
7
7,7
+1
Spell of 69 Days
Jul-24 22
11/14
43.8
$21
Oamaru
10
2200
Tony Willetts Mem. (Bm65&Jmps)
$0k
$30k
D Montes De Oca
57½
155.20
-
14
14,14,10
-1
Jul-7 22
5/14
5.3
$13.6
Ashburton
7
1600
Agraforum Growing Innov.-Bm65
$1k
$30k
D Montes De Oca
57½
101.40
-
5
5,6,7
+2
Jun-23 22
1/10
0.5
$9.3
Oamaru
4
1600
Sthn Demolition & Salvage Maiden
$7k
$12k
D Montes De Oca
57½
99.14
-
3
3,3,3
+2
Spell of 78 Days
Apr-6 22
5/14
6.0
$7.6
Ashburton
6
1600
Heartland Print Maiden
$0k
$12k
J Fawcett
59½
98.82
-
8
8,10,6
+1
Spell of 76 Days
Jan-20 22
3/13
0.7
$5.9
Riccarton Park
5
2000
Riccarton Pk Function Ctre Maiden
$1k
$12k
K Asano
58½
126.15
-
3
6,7,6
+3
Jan-5 22
7/9
10.4
$4.2
Reefton
3
2000
Birchfield Coal Mines Maiden
$0k
$12k
J Lowry
58½
128.31
-
6
6,6,8
+1
Dec-21 21
3/14
0.4
$5.2
Ashburton
4
2200
Hygain Stayers Challenge Maiden
$1k
$12k
J Lowry
58½
138.75
-
4
4,5,3
Nov-28 21
8/14
4.3
$5.5
Cromwell
5
2030
Otago Lakes Equestrian Ctr Maiden
$0k
$15k
K Williams
58½
128.26
-
12
12
+4
Nov-26 21
6/14
3.1
$5.5
Cromwell
4
2030
Alexandra New World Maiden
$0k
$12k
K Williams
58½
130.32
-
3
1,2,1
-5
Nov-6 21
9/18
6.3
$12.8
Riccarton Park
3
1600
Garrards Horse & Hound Maiden
$0k
$20k
S Weatherley
58½
97.23
-
10
8,8
-1
Oct-20 21
2/9
4.0
$2.3
Tauranga
7
1600
Emac Electrical Maiden
$2k
$12k
J Riddell
58½
99.08
37.23
2
2,2,2
Oct-6 21
3/14
1.2
$4.8
Taupo
9
1800
The Patrons Maiden
$1k
$12k
J Riddell
58½
116.66
-
5
5,5,5
+2
Sep-15 21
2/9
0.2
$13.8
Cambridge
0
1550
The Oaks Stud Maiden
$2k
$12k
J Riddell
59½
92.89
-
2
3,9
+7
Spell of 175 Days
Mar-24 21
9/12
9.0
$18.4
Pukekohe Park
4
1400
Dunstan Horsefeeds Maiden
$0k
$10k
D Johnson
57½
84.89
-
11
11,9