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Dictation
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Trained by P & C Nelson & McDougal at Hastings, Dictation is a 8 year old gelding by the sire Tavistock, out of the dam Solo.

He has won a total of 7 races from 34 starts for a win percentage of 21%. His career earnings are $167k, with the biggest win of his career coming at Riccarton Park on August 10th in 2024 when he won $17,909 in the Michael "Mickey" Beecroft Memorial (0-1) Hrdl (a handicap race over 3,100 metres).

Betting level stakes of $100 win on all of the horse's starts would have yielded a loss of $-510.

The gelding tends to run better on heavy ground, with an average prize money per start of $0k in those conditions.

Career Statistics

Overall
Prize Money
$167k
Starts
34
Wins
7
Second
4
Third
3
Win %
21
Place %
41
Profit
-5.1
Conditions
Good
2
0-0-0
$0k
Soft
8
0-1-2
$0k
Heavy
22
7-3-1
$0k
Race Standard
All
--
Group 1
--
Group 2
--
Group 3
--
Race Distance
3100m
4
2-1-0
+2
2200m
10
0-1-2
-10
3200m
2
1-1-0
+2.3
2800m
1
0-0-1
-1
2100m
5
1-0-0
+0.9
3000m
2
1-1-0
-0.2
2500m
1
1-0-0
+2.6
2000m
2
0-0-0
-2
1500m
1
0-0-0
-1
1600m
4
0-0-0
-4
2060m
1
1-0-0
+6.3
1550m
1
0-0-0
-1
Race Track
Riccarton Park
3
2-0-0
+3
Arawa Park
3
0-0-1
-3
Te Rapa
6
1-0-1
-1.7
Waverley
3
0-1-0
-3
Trentham
2
0-0-0
-2
Woodville
2
1-1-0
-0.2
Hastings
7
2-1-0
+2.5
Te Aroha
1
0-1-0
-1
Taupo
1
0-0-0
-1
Otaki
1
0-0-0
-1
Awapuni
1
0-0-1
-1
Wanganui
1
1-0-0
+6.3
Matamata
1
0-0-0
-1
Cambridge
2
0-0-0
-2
Race State
NZ
22
6-1-2
+5.1
12
1-3-1
-10.2

Race History

Aug-2 25
1/8
4.5
$3.3
Riccarton Park
10
3100
Avon City Ford Sydenham Hrdl
$29k
$50k
M Gillies
66
220.53
-
1
1,1,1
Jul-19 25
9/12
11.4
$7.8
Arawa Park
10
2200
Campbell Infrastructure (Bm65)
$1k
$35k
A Riddell
56
149.06
-
6
6,5,5
-4
Jun-14 25
1/10
4.8
$4.3
Te Rapa
10
3200
Fairview Motors Waikato Hrdl
$35k
$60k
M Gillies
66
225.98
-
2
1,1,1
May-24 25
3/8
2.0
$9.1
Te Rapa
6
2800
Jones Trucking Hrdl
$4k
$40k
M Gillies
66
195.58
-
3
3,2,1
-2
May-10 25
6/9
12.6
$14.2
Arawa Park
10
2200
Peter Ludgate Memorial Race (Bm65)
$1k
$35k
L Satherley
58½
149.90
-
3
2,2,4
-2
Apr-21 25
4/10
3.5
$16.8
Waverley
9
2100
Kevin Myers Racing (Bm75)
$1k
$17k
K Hercock
54
139.93
-
2
2,2,2
-2
Spell of 170 Days
Nov-2 24
11/11
13.4
$3.5
Trentham
10
2200
Ratanui Development Company (Bm65)
$0k
$40k
K Hercock
59½
147.60
-
5
2,3,9
-2
Sep-29 24
1/5
4.3
$1.8
Woodville
10
3000
Toll Free Tararua Hrdl
$17k
$30k
H Mc Neill
67½
217.70
-
2
1,1,1
Sep-24 24
2/12
1.8
$8.3
Waverley
9
3200
NZB Airfreight Road To The Jericho (Bm75)
$7k
$40k
K Hercock
54
216.65
-
6
6,6,1
-1
Sep-8 24
2/6
1.8
$4.4
Woodville
10
3000
Talana Hill Hrdl
$6k
$30k
H Mc Neill
66
220.09
-
2
2,2,1
-1
Aug-10 24
1/8
5.0
$2.7
Riccarton Park
10
3100
Michael "Mickey" Beecroft Memorial (0-1) Hrdl
$20k
$35k
H Mc Neill
69½
226.12
-
2
2,2,1
Aug-3 24
0/6
0.0
$9.5
Riccarton Park
10
3100
Avon City Ford Sydenham Hrdl
$1k
$50k
H Mc Neill
66
222.01
-
2
1,1,1
+1
Jun-29 24
1/8
0.1
$3.6
Hastings
10
2500
Birchleigh Polo Club Mdn Hrdl
$12k
$20k
H Mc Neill
69
179.62
-
1
1,1,1
Jun-3 24
2/10
0.4
$9.9
Te Aroha
8
3100
The Grand Tavern Mdn Hrdl
$4k
$20k
H Mc Neill
69
217.13
-
5
5,4,2
May-22 24
10/12
15.1
$23.1
Taupo
9
2000
D.J. O'Sullivan-Master Trainer @ Wexford Stables (Jmpfl) Bm65 Hwt
$0k
$20k
H Mc Neill
69
128.41
-
5
5
-5
Spell of 307 Days
Jul-20 23
6/10
10.9
$4
Hastings
10
2200
Ross Dyer Livestock (Bm65)
$0k
$14k
K Hercock
59
146.43
-
1
3,3,4
-2
Jul-8 23
6/14
19.2
$20
Te Rapa
10
2100
Otl Group Ltd (Bm65)
$0k
$30k
E Nicholas
57½
146.55
-
7
9,9,12
+6
Jun-17 23
11/12
14.9
$24
Te Rapa
10
1500
Hayden Roe @ Richardsons-Bm75
$0k
$30k
K Asano
55
97.15
-
2
9
-2
Spell of 106 Days
Mar-3 23
4/6
4.1
$8.3
Waverley
4
2200
Emma Thurlow's Birthday (Bm75)
$1k
$14k
K Hercock
55
138.35
-
2
2,2,2
-2
Feb-25 23
11/12
15.1
$10.6
Otaki
6
2200
Vets On Riverbank (Bm75)
$0k
$30k
L Hemi
56
141.79
-
11
11,10,10
-1
Jan-14 23
16/18
10.8
$19.1
Trentham
4
2200
Devan Plastics (Bm75)
$0k
$50k
J Doyle
56½
137.10
33.95
11
9,9,6
-10
Dec-31 22
2/7
0.3
$8.5
Hastings
5
2200
G Best-Best Travel Mem.-Bm75
$3k
$14k
S O'Malley
59
137.08
37.78
7
6,6,5
+3
Nov-19 22
3/9
2.5
$5.6
Awapuni
10
2200
John Turkington Forestry (74)
$4k
$40k
S O'Malley
56½
139.94
36.16
Oct-15 22
4/10
4.1
$26.5
Hastings
10
1600
Dan Desposito Memorial (Bm75)
$3k
$60k
K Hercock
56
103.37
38.36
9
9,9,8
+4
Spell of 119 Days
Jun-18 22
10/16
15.2
$7.8
Te Rapa
10
2100
See You @ Te Rapa Tavern-Bm74
$0k
$30k
S Weatherley
56½
140.93
41.68
14
14,16,11
+1
Jun-6 22
1/16
1.5
$5.9
Hastings
10
2100
Flair Amateur (Bm65)
$17k
$30k
L Zydenbos
68½
143.86
-
7
7,9,5
+4
May-12 22
1/10
1.5
$7.3
Wanganui
9
2060
Flair (Amateur Riders) Maiden
$7k
$12k
L Zydenbos
68½
137.28
-
5
5,4,4
+3
Apr-16 22
4/8
3.7
$3.8
Hastings
6
1600
Maiden
$1k
$15k
J Riddell
59½
101.75
-
6
6,6,7
+3
Spell of 109 Days
Dec-28 21
3/8
6.2
$26.2
Arawa Park
5
2200
Stephen Smithy Smith Mem. Maiden
$1k
$12k
C Burdan
56½
139.62
-
2
2,3,5
+2
Dec-23 21
9/16
5.7
$115.8
Matamata
4
1600
Donaghys Maiden
$0k
$12k
S O'Malley
58½
96.25
37.34
8
0,6,6
-3
Dec-8 21
11/11
11.4
$62.8
Hastings
4
2100
Brews & Ques On Sale Now Maiden
$0k
$12k
T Newman
58½
131.12
-
1
1,2,3
-8
Nov-3 21
8/11
8.7
$28
Cambridge
0
2000
Bruce Harvey Maiden
$0k
$12k
C Lindsay
54½
123.94
-
1
1,1,2
-6
Oct-25 21
12/16
11.6
$61.5
Te Rapa
5
1600
Waikato Draught Maiden
$0k
$15k
S O'Malley
58½
96.66
-
12
12,11,11
-1
Oct-13 21
9/10
18.1
$16.3
Cambridge
0
1550
Cambridge Equine Hospital Maiden
$0k
$12k
C Barnes
58½
92.37
-
4
4,4,8
-1