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Better Explain
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Trained by Tony Ball at Taree, Better Explain is a 4 year old gelding by the sire Better Than Ready, out of the dam Never Explain.

He has won a total of 3 races from 16 starts for a win percentage of 19%. His career earnings are $64k, with the biggest win of his career coming at Kilcoy on September 16th in 2022 when he won $14,500 in the Peter Boyce Oam Maiden Handicap (a handicap race over 1,200 metres).

Betting level stakes of $100 win on all of the horse's starts would have yielded a loss of $-770.

The gelding tends to run better on heavy ground, with an average prize money per start of $6k in those conditions.

Career Statistics

Overall
Prize Money
$64k
Starts
16
Wins
3
Second
0
Third
6
Win %
19
Place %
56
Profit
-7.7
Conditions
Good
8
1-0-4
$3k
Soft
4
1-0-1
$5k
Heavy
4
1-0-1
$6k
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
4
0-0-2
-4
1400m
2
0-0-1
-2
1200m
5
1-0-2
-2.3
1350m
2
1-0-1
+0.8
1680m
1
0-0-0
-1
1310m
1
1-0-0
+1.8
1280m
1
0-0-0
-1
Race Track
Newcastle
2
0-0-1
-2
Taree
1
0-0-0
-1
Rosehill
1
0-0-0
-1
Gosford
1
0-0-0
-1
Gatton
1
0-0-1
-1
Ipswich
2
0-0-1
-2
Warwick
3
1-0-1
-0.2
Sunshine Coast
1
0-0-1
-1
Lismore
1
1-0-0
+1.8
Grafton
1
0-0-1
-1
Kilcoy
1
1-0-0
+1.7
Muswellbrook
1
0-0-0
-1
Race State
NSW
8
1-0-2
-4.2
QLD
8
2-0-4
-2.5

Race History

Apr-21 24
5/12
3.5
31
Muswellbrook
8
1280
Muswellbrook RSL Club Hcp (C3)
$1k
$27k
59½
78.32
-
6
6,6
+1
Apr-13 24
11/13
4.8
$71
Newcastle
4
1600
Lambourne Partners Merewether Mile (Bm68)
$0k
$42k
M Fitzgerald
54
97.11
34.58
2
1,1,1
-10
Mar-26 24
6/11
4.2
$21
Taree
8
1600
Cross Family Como Dairy Hannam Vale Cup (Bm82)
$1k
$30k
M Fitzgerald
53
98.36
36.49
3
3,3,3
-3
Feb-28 24
12/12
15.3
$71
Rosehill
5
1400
Sharp EIT Solutions (Bm72)
$0k
$60k
M Fitzgerald
53½
84.13
37.17
12
12,12
Feb-17 24
3/12
0.2
$41
Newcastle
6
1600
NHS (Bm64)
$4k
$42k
M Fitzgerald
57
97.26
35.50
8
6,2,2
-1
Feb-1 24
10/10
10.7
$31
Gosford
4
1200
Annika Rose (Bm64)
$1k
$42k
A Bullock
60½
71.21
34.22
10
10,10
Spell of 104 Days
Oct-20 23
3/8
1.4
$3.1
Gatton
3
1400
Rock Trade Industries (Bm65)
$2k
$20k
J Guthmann-Chester
59½
83.19
34.82
2
2,2
-1
Sep-25 23
3/9
3.0
$17
Ipswich
4
1350
Ray White Ipswich Hcp (C3)
$5k
$50k
B Wheeler
58½
80.36
35.54
5
4,4
+1
Aug-24 23
3/12
3.1
$5
Warwick
4
1200
SJG Plumbing & Drainage (Bm65)
$2k
$20k
C Graham
59½
69.25
34.56
6
6,6
+3
Spell of 106 Days
May-10 23
5/8
4.7
$5
Ipswich
4
1680
Kingsley Lawson Lawyers (Bm65)
$1k
$38k
J Guthmann-Chester
59
104.93
35.35
7
7,7,7
+2
Apr-16 23
3/6
2.8
$2.6
Sunshine Coast
4
1600
Cmbm Toowoomba Hcp (C3)
$3k
$28k
B Loy
57½
99.02
34.07
2
3,4,2
-1
Mar-14 23
1/8
3.5
$2.8
Warwick
4
1350
J Costello President Wtc-Bm62
$11k
$20k
J Guthmann-Chester
58
79.82
36.29
5
5,4
+3
Feb-24 23
1/7
0.2
$2.8
Lismore
9
1310
Cherry Street Sports Group-C1
$14k
$27k
B Loy
58½
78.36
37.19
2
2,2
+1
Feb-7 23
5/8
2.3
$4
Warwick
6
1200
The Juice Bar (Bm65)
$1k
$20k
E Chaves
55
68.86
-
4
4,6
+1
Spell of 128 Days
Oct-2 22
3/9
2.6
$1.95
Grafton
10
1200
Cav Security Handicap (C1)
$3k
$27k
B Looker
56½
71.65
37.47
6
6,6
+3
Sep-16 22
1/9
0.3
$2.7
Kilcoy
6
1200
Peter Boyce Oam Maiden Handicap
$15k
$26k
J Guthmann-Chester
56½
70.55
36.30
3
3,2
+1