Horse Profile

Cross Talk
Stable

Trained by Gai Waterhouse & Adrian Bott at Randwick, Cross Talk is a 6 year old gelding by the sire Keano, out of the dam Mrs Cross.

He has won a total of 6 races from 15 starts for a win percentage of 40%. His career earnings are $429k, with the biggest win of his career coming at Newcastle on March 3rd in 2023 when he won $109,000 in the Newcastle Newmarket Handicap (a quality race over 1,400 metres).

Cross Talk is a top level performer, having started 5 times at group race level, with 1 win.

Betting level stakes of $100 win on all of the horse's starts would have yielded a loss of $-400.

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
$429k
Starts
15
Wins
6
Second
2
Third
3
Win %
40
Place %
73
Profit
-4.0
Conditions
Good
7
1-2-1
$27k
Soft
2
1-0-1
$50k
Heavy
6
4-0-1
$24k
Race Standard
All
5
1-0-1
Group 1
1
0-0-0
Group 2
1
0-0-0
Group 3
3
1-0-1
Race Distance
1500m
3
1-0-0
-0.4
1300m
1
0-0-0
-1
1400m
7
3-2-1
-1.3
1600m
2
0-0-1
-2
1250m
1
1-0-0
+0.6
1550m
1
0-0-1
-1
1200m
1
1-0-0
+1.1
Race Track
Rosehill
5
1-1-0
-2.4
Tamworth
1
0-0-0
-1
Newcastle
1
1-0-0
+1
Randwick
4
1-1-1
-1.8
Hawkesbury
2
1-0-1
-0.5
Canterbury
2
1-0-1
-0.4
New Plymouth Raceway
1
1-0-0
+1.1
Race State
NSW
15
5-2-3
-5.1
1
1-0-0
+1.1

Race History

Sep-23 23
8/11
4.3
$8.5
Rosehill
4
1500
Shannon Stakes 
$4k
$300k
R King
56
88.51
34.10
1
1,1
-7
Sep-9 23
11/12
4.2
$7
Rosehill
4
1300
Theo Marks Stakes 
$0k
$300k
R King
55½
76.35
33.33
1
1,1
-10
Spell of 141 Days
Apr-21 23
12/14
7.3
$4
Tamworth
4
1400
Tamworth Cup
$0k
$202k
K Jennings
61½
81.25
34.68
2
1,1
-11
Mar-25 23
4/16
2.9
$3.9
Rosehill
4
1500
Racing & Sports Doncaster Prel 
$9k
$201k
T Clark
56½
89.97
33.98
1
1,1
-3
Mar-3 23
1/12
0.5
$2
Newcastle
4
1400
Newcastle Newmarket Handicap 
$110k
$201k
T Clark
54½
82.72
34.41
1
1,1
Feb-18 23
2/9
1.5
$1.85
Rosehill
4
1400
Chandon (Bm100)
$27k
$150k
T Clark
59
82.44
33.59
1
1,1
-1
Spell of 140 Days
Oct-1 22
8/10
9.8
$8
Randwick
8
1600
Epsom Handicap 
$15k
$1.5M
R King
51
98.12
36.79
1
1,1,1
-7
Sep-17 22
3/7
2.1
$2.5
Randwick
7
1400
Bill Ritchie Handicap 
$18k
$200k
T Clark
53
85.09
37.22
2
2,2
-1
Aug-18 22
3/10
1.2
$1.75
Hawkesbury
4
1600
Rowley Mile 
$18k
$186k
T Clark
57½
95.52
33.42
1
1,1,1
-2
Jul-30 22
1/10
2.0
$2.6
Rosehill
7
1500
Winter Challenge 
$83k
$160k
J Van Overmeire
53
90.80
35.85
1
1,1
Jul-9 22
1/13
3.8
$2.2
Randwick
9
1400
Ranvet (Bm78)
$77k
$150k
T Clark
59
88.50
39.51
5
4,3
+2
Jun-11 22
2/15
0.8
$3.5
Randwick
4
1400
Chandon (Bm78)
$24k
$130k
R Bayliss
58
85.53
35.26
1
1,1
-1
May-25 22
1/8
2.8
$1.6
Canterbury
10
1250
Victor Ludorum @ Darley (Bm72)
$22k
$50k
T Clark
59
81.28
41.04
2
2,2
+1
Spell of 180 Days
Nov-26 21
3/9
4.1
$1.45
Canterbury
10
1550
The Agency Real Estate (Bm72)
$5k
$50k
T Clark
59
97.61
38.00
1
1,1,1
-2
Nov-4 21
1/6
4.8
$1.5
Hawkesbury
8
1400
St Johns Park Bowling Clb-Bm64
$17k
$35k
T Clark
60
83.95
34.45
1
1,1
Spell of 173 Days
May-15 21
1/9
4.0
$2.1
New Plymouth Raceway
10
1200
Whitaker Civil Constr. Maiden
$5k
$10k
R Schofer
57½
77.03
-
1
2,1