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The First Link
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Trained by Acacia Gartshore at Matamata, The First Link is a 6 year old gelding by the sire El Hermano, out of the dam The Link.

He has won a total of 2 races from 20 starts for a win percentage of 10%. His career earnings are $36k, with the biggest win of his career coming at Hastings on July 20th in 2023 when he won $6,977 in the Stephenson Transport (a handicap race over 1,650 metres).

Betting level stakes of $100 win on all of the horse's starts would have yielded a loss of $-800.

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
$36k
Starts
20
Wins
2
Second
3
Third
2
Win %
10
Place %
35
Profit
-8.0
Conditions
Good
2
0-0-0
$1k
Soft
7
1-0-1
$2k
Heavy
11
1-3-1
$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
1200m
1
0-0-0
-1
2200m
2
0-0-0
-2
1600m
4
0-0-1
-4
2000m
1
0-0-0
-1
1650m
1
1-0-0
+6
1400m
10
1-2-1
-5
1300m
1
0-1-0
-1
Race Track
Matamata
4
0-1-0
-4
Pukekohe Park
1
0-0-0
-1
Tauranga
6
1-1-1
-1
Te Rapa
4
0-1-1
-4
New Plymouth Raceway
1
0-0-0
-1
Hastings
2
1-0-0
+5
Arawa Park
1
0-0-0
-1
Avondale
1
0-0-0
-1
Race State
20
2-3-2
-8

Declared to Run

Matamata 6 • Wednesday Matamata Tractors And Machinery Hcp (60)

Race History

Apr-26 24
5/11
3.6
$15
Matamata
8
1200
Ngaruawahia RSA Hcp (60)
$0k
$17k
J Doyle
60
72.85
-
9
9,9
+4
Spell of 181 Days
Oct-28 23
10/12
9.2
$28.3
Pukekohe Park
4
2200
Westbury Stud (Bm65)
$1k
$40k
L Satherley
58
138.93
-
2
2,2,2
-8
Oct-18 23
12/14
6.8
$11.1
Tauranga
6
1600
Gartshore Interior Fit-Outs (Bm65)
$0k
$19k
L Satherley
58½
97.40
-
12
12,12,12
Sep-17 23
3/10
2.0
$34.2
Te Rapa
5
1600
Bidfood (Bm65)
$4k
$40k
L Satherley
58½
97.57
-
9
9,9,9
+6
Aug-19 23
10/11
15.8
$14.5
New Plymouth Raceway
10
2000
PSP (Bm65)
$1k
$35k
B Grylls
59
135.84
-
9
8,6,9
-1
Jul-29 23
9/12
7.8
$35.2
Te Rapa
8
2200
Taumarunui RSA Gold Cup (88)
$1k
$50k
A Goindasamy
54
141.70
-
12
11,11
+2
Jul-20 23
1/9
0.4
$7
Hastings
10
1650
Stephenson Transport (Bm65)
$8k
$14k
L Douglas
55
106.17
-
5
5,5,4
+3
Jul-1 23
7/10
7.0
$7.5
Hastings
10
1400
King Of Comedy @ Novara Park (Bm65)
$0k
$30k
K Hercock
57½
89.70
-
5
5,6
-1
May-13 23
6/13
6.3
$5.1
Arawa Park
10
1400
Rotorua Club (Bm65)
$0k
$30k
C Lammas
58
91.65
-
13
9
+3
Apr-25 23
6/13
3.4
$6.4
Avondale
6
1400
Avondale Sunday Markets (Bm65)
$0k
$14k
C Lammas
58½
87.15
-
8
8,9
+3
Spell of 199 Days
Oct-8 22
12/15
5.7
$18.3
Matamata
5
1400
Fairview Motors Matamata-Bm65
$0k
$40k
J Fawcett
59
84.35
36.19
15
15,15
+3
Sep-18 22
12/14
3.9
$15.5
Te Rapa
7
1400
Vodafone Warriors (Bm75)
$0k
$30k
D Danis
54½
85.88
-
13
14,14
+2
Aug-13 22
9/14
7.3
$5.5
Tauranga
10
1600
Iline Clients (Bm65)
$0k
$30k
K Hercock
60
103.38
-
13
13,13,11
+2
Jul-30 22
2/14
0.2
$8.1
Te Rapa
10
1400
Woods Contracting (Bm65)
$6k
$30k
K Hercock
59
89.26
-
14
0,13,9
+7
Jun-25 22
3/14
7.7
$3.5
Tauranga
10
1400
R Mischefski, Bayleys (Bm65)
$3k
$30k
J Fawcett
59
94.34
-
7
0,7,9
+6
Jun-8 22
2/14
2.3
$15.6
Matamata
10
1400
Fairview Motors Matamata-Bm65
$2k
$12k
J Fawcett
58
87.91
39.40
14
0,14,4
+2
May-13 22
8/14
8.6
$19
Matamata
5
1400
Stable Books (Bm65)
$0k
$12k
J Fawcett
58½
84.46
36.20
11
0,11,13
+5
Spell of 154 Days
Dec-10 21
10/10
16.4
$6.4
Tauranga
3
1600
Dobsons Refrig. & Electr-Bm65
$0k
$30k
R Elliot
59
95.85
34.96
4
0,2,2
-8
Nov-24 21
1/11
0.3
$5
Tauranga
5
1400
Sarah Browne Eves Maiden
$7k
$12k
C Grylls
58½
85.07
36.11
6
0,6,6
+5
Oct-30 21
2/8
0.2
$31.1
Tauranga
10
1300
Lee Stringer Powers Realty Maiden
$3k
$15k
J Fawcett
58½
82.92
38.40
7
0,7,5
+3