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Better Not Bitter
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Trained by Owen Glue at Ballina, Better Not Bitter is a 5 year old gelding by the sire Starspangledbanner, out of the dam Catadalya.

He has won a total of 3 races from 18 starts for a win percentage of 17%. His career earnings are $81k, with the biggest win of his career coming at Tuncurry on August 11th in 2023 when he won $13,950 in the Forster Bowling Club (a handicap race over 1,600 metres).

Betting level stakes of $100 win on all of the horse's starts would have yielded a loss of $-1050.

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

Career Statistics

Overall
Prize Money
$81k
Starts
18
Wins
3
Second
3
Third
2
Win %
17
Place %
44
Profit
-10.5
Conditions
Good
8
1-1-0
$4k
Soft
8
2-2-1
$6k
Heavy
2
0-0-1
$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
1610m
1
0-0-0
-1
1410m
1
0-0-0
-1
1200m
1
0-0-0
-1
1600m
3
1-1-0
+1.8
1800m
3
1-0-0
-1.65
2000m
1
0-1-0
-1
1500m
2
1-1-0
-0.65
1300m
2
0-0-0
-2
1100m
1
0-0-0
-1
1400m
1
0-0-1
-1
1408m
1
0-0-1
-1
1680m
1
0-0-0
-1
Race Track
Grafton
2
0-0-0
-2
Ipswich
2
0-0-0
-2
Eagle Farm
2
0-0-0
-2
Sunshine Coast
1
0-0-0
-1
Tuncurry
1
1-0-0
+3.8
Port Macquarie
3
2-1-0
-0.3
Taree
1
0-1-0
-1
Newcastle
3
0-1-1
-3
Hawkesbury
2
0-0-0
-2
Ire - Curragh
1
0-0-1
-1
Race State
NSW
12
3-3-1
-4.5
QLD
5
0-0-0
-4
1
0-0-1
-1

Race History

May-15 24
10/13
10.2
151
Ipswich
4
1680
Grason Park Hcp (C3)
$1k
$38k
Noriyuki Masuda
59½
103.32
-
8
9,8,8
-2
Apr-30 24
10/13
7.9
$61
Grafton
5
1610
Hip Pocket Grafton Pty Ltd (Bm82)
$1k
$27k
C Vitler
53
96.72
35.10
6
6,6,6
-4
Apr-14 24
11/12
12.1
$41
Grafton
5
1410
Thompson Tree Services / Thompson Contract Fencing (Bm66)
$0k
$30k
C Vitler
60
83.77
36.54
10
11,12
+1
Mar-21 24
10/10
8.8
$41
Ipswich
4
1200
Vince Insurance Hcp (C3)
$1k
$50k
D Peisley
60
71.62
34.77
6
6,5
-5
Spell of 159 Days
Oct-14 23
10/11
8.2
$51
Eagle Farm
4
1600
Canadian Club (Bm68)
$1k
$50k
S Cormack
59½
96.05
34.48
1
1,2,1
-9
Sep-24 23
4/9
2.1
$3.6
Sunshine Coast
4
1800
Baringa Tavern (Bm68)
$1k
$28k
A Mallyon
59½
111.87
35.65
3
3,3,3
-1
Sep-2 23
4/11
1.7
$7.5
Eagle Farm
4
1800
Tattersall's Arcade (Rs0mw)
$4k
$75k
A Mallyon
57½
110.50
36.32
2
3,4,3
-1
Aug-11 23
1/9
0.3
$4.8
Tuncurry
5
1600
Forster Bowling Club (Bm66)
$14k
$27k
D Mc Lellan
61
97.94
35.44
6
6,6,5
+4
Spell of 74 Days
May-29 23
2/9
0.5
$2.4
Port Macquarie
4
2000
Panthers Port Macquarie (Bm66)
$5k
$27k
A Bullock
60
126.96
35.50
2
2,3,3
+1
May-16 23
1/9
0.5
$1.35
Port Macquarie
4
1800
Gemlife Rainbow Beach (C1)
$14k
$27k
A Bullock
59
113.15
35.97
4
4,4,4
+3
May-8 23
2/9
1.8
$2.5
Taree
6
1600
Adrian Owen Equine Vet (C1)
$5k
$27k
A Bullock
59
98.79
36.45
4
4,5,5
+3
Apr-23 23
1/8
3.8
$1.35
Port Macquarie
5
1500
Willing And Able Mdn Plate
$14k
$27k
A Bullock
59
90.61
36.58
6
6,6
+5
Apr-8 23
2/9
1.5
$3.4
Newcastle
7
1500
New Zealand Bloodstock Mdn
$7k
$40k
A Bullock
58
92.24
36.96
3
3,3
+1
Mar-23 23
5/11
3.0
$7
Hawkesbury
5
1300
Pioneer Services Mdn Hcp
$2k
$45k
C Schofield
57½
77.56
34.93
6
6,7
+2
Mar-4 23
6/11
2.4
$7
Hawkesbury
4
1100
Sky Racing Maiden Plate
$1k
$45k
A Bullock
59
63.75
34.50
6
6,7
+1
Spell of 144 Days
Oct-11 22
6/13
6.5
$3
Newcastle
8
1300
Lees Racing Maiden Plate
$1k
$40k
J Collett
59
79.28
36.13
5
5,6
Sep-24 22
3/9
3.1
$4.4
Newcastle
8
1400
Denton Engineering Group Maiden
$4k
$40k
K Latham
59
87.12
35.08
7
6,5
+2
Spell of 399 Days
Aug-21 21
3/17
1.3
$8
Ire - Curragh
6
1408
2yo Mdn
$2k
$25k
D Browne McMonagle
59
90.70
-
0,0,0