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Dark Vador
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Trained by Matthew Smith at Warwick Farm, Dark Vador is a 6 year old gelding by the sire Invader, out of the dam Miss Cosmetic.

He has won a total of 4 races from 32 starts for a win percentage of 13%. His career earnings are $122k, with the biggest win of his career coming at Port Macquarie on January 24th in 2025 when he won $13,950 in the Kove Kitchen At Panthers (a handicap race over 1,509 metres).

Betting level stakes of $100 win on all of the horse's starts would have yielded a loss of $-2060.

The gelding tends to run better on good ground, with an average prize money per start of $5k in those conditions.

Career Statistics

Overall
Prize Money
$122k
Starts
32
Wins
4
Second
8
Third
3
Win %
13
Place %
47
Profit
-20.6
Conditions
Good
20
4-4-2
$5k
Soft
11
0-4-1
$3k
Heavy
1
0-0-0
$1k
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
7
1-0-1
-3.1
1350m
1
0-0-0
-1
1300m
9
1-3-2
-7
1509m
1
1-0-0
+2.2
1400m
7
1-3-0
-4.7
1203m
1
0-0-0
-1
1200m
4
0-1-0
-4
1405m
1
0-0-0
-1
1280m
1
0-1-0
-1
Race Track
Gosford
1
0-0-0
-1
Newcastle
7
0-1-1
-7
Wagga
1
1-0-0
+2.9
Eagle Farm
1
0-0-0
-1
Canberra
6
0-1-2
-6
Port Macquarie
1
1-0-0
+2.2
Orange
3
1-2-0
-0.7
Mudgee
1
0-0-0
-1
Kyneton
1
0-0-0
-1
Kembla Grange
2
0-0-0
-2
Nowra
2
0-1-0
-2
Tuncurry
2
1-0-0
0
Scone
1
0-1-0
-1
Goulburn
2
0-1-0
-2
Muswellbrook
1
0-1-0
-1
Race State
NSW
24
4-7-1
-12.6
QLD
1
0-0-0
-1
ACT
6
0-1-2
-6
VIC
1
0-0-0
-1

Race History

Nov-6 25
9/11
6.0
$31
Gosford
4
1600
New Year's Eve Family Race Day 31 December 2025 (Bm64)
$1k
$42k
M Fitzgerald
56½
96.30
35.50
9
9,9,9
Oct-18 25
8/10
7.3
$101
Newcastle
5
1350
TLE Electrical Jungle Juice Cup Conditional Hcp
$2k
$50k
A Gibbons
56
81.67
35.27
7
7,7
-1
Oct-2 25
9/9
5.2
$20
Newcastle
4
1300
NZB Ready To Run 12 & 13 Nov Conditional (Bm68)
$1k
$42k
A Morgan
57
78.44
35.35
7
7,8
-1
Spell of 154 Days
May-1 25
1/11
0.1
$3.9
Wagga
4
1600
Devcore Property Group Showcase (Bm66)
$15k
$30k
A Morgan
59
96.49
35.49
6
7,6,5
+4
Apr-12 25
4/15
1.2
$31
Newcastle
4
1600
(Bm68)
$2k
$42k
G Buckley
55
98.37
36.32
8
7,7,7
+3
Mar-26 25
5/7
2.4
$21
Eagle Farm
7
1600
BRC Milliners Market 11 April Plate (C3)
$1k
$38k
C Collis
58
97.29
35.91
1
2,2,1
-4
Mar-1 25
3/7
2.8
$5.5
Newcastle
4
1300
Cangon Stud Farm (Bm64)
$4k
$42k
K Latham
57
78.36
34.68
3
3,3
Feb-7 25
3/7
1.1
$10
Canberra
6
1600
Ray Irwin Memorial (Bm65)
$2k
$22k
A Morgan
59½
97.11
33.69
5
5,5,4
+1
Jan-24 25
1/12
1.3
$3.2
Port Macquarie
4
1509
Kove Kitchen At Panthers (Bm58)
$14k
$27k
A Morgan
61
90.99
37.26
5
5,4
+3
Jan-10 25
2/9
0.4
$2.4
Orange
4
1400
Diggermate Orange Hcp (C2)
$5k
$27k
M Cahill
57
82.72
-
3
3,3
+1
Dec-16 24
1/8
3.3
$2.3
Orange
4
1400
WIN Network Hcp (C1)
$14k
$27k
A Morgan
56½
83.29
-
2
2,2
+1
Dec-6 24
4/9
6.0
$15
Mudgee
4
1400
Hamilton Island Hcp (C1)
$1k
$30k
S Grima
55
84.50
-
6
0,5,7
+3
Nov-22 24
2/9
1.0
$8
Orange
4
1400
Tamburlaine Organic Wines Hcp (C1)
$5k
$27k
A Morgan
56½
83.31
-
5
5,5
+3
Nov-6 24
6/13
4.8
$91
Kyneton
4
1203
Evolve Interiors (Bm64)
$1k
$35k
T Nugent
54
70.51
35.18
12
12,10
+4
Sep-20 24
6/11
10.8
$16
Canberra
4
1600
Super Helpful for The Kosciuszko Plate (C1)
$0k
$22k
N Heywood
59
96.39
35.62
7
7,7,7
+1
Aug-31 24
8/10
5.3
$31
Kembla Grange
4
1400
Little Gong Beer Garden Powered By Carlton 3.5 @ The Gong Race Day Hcp (C1)
$1k
$42k
J Van Overmeire
55
84.30
34.97
5
5,5
-3
Aug-12 24
4/10
2.3
$7
Nowra
4
1200
The Country Club St Georges Basin (Bm58)
$1k
$27k
J Lloyd
59
70.32
35.70
4
4,4
Spell of 155 Days
Mar-10 24
6/9
4.6
$26
Canberra
5
1300
Class 2 Handicap
$0k
$31k
A Collett
56½
76.74
35.81
3
3,5
-1
Feb-23 24
9/11
6.2
$13
Canberra
6
1200
Alan Rummery Bookmaker Shane Connolly Memorial Handicap
$0k
$22k
R Downey
58½
70.93
35.66
7
7,9
Jan-29 24
11/14
16.4
$6
Tuncurry
7
1405
Thank You To Our Volunteers (Bm66)
$0k
$27k
A Morgan
57
85.66
37.57
5
8,9
-2
Jan-12 24
3/8
1.3
$3
Canberra
4
1300
Adam Van Arkel Hcp (C1)
$2k
$22k
J Van Overmeire
59½
76.58
35.42
1
1,1
-2
Dec-29 23
2/10
1.0
$2.5
Canberra
5
1300
Matt Kelley Racing Hcp (C1)
$4k
$22k
S Guymer
59
77.99
36.44
6
6,6
+4
Dec-11 23
1/13
1.0
$2
Tuncurry
4
1300
Solaris Mdn Hcp
$14k
$27k
A Morgan
59
77.64
34.46
3
3,3
+2
Nov-20 23
2/9
0.2
$10
Scone
5
1200
Yarraman Park Mdn Plate
$5k
$27k
R Bronett Prag
56
72.42
35.13
6
6,7
+5
Spell of 157 Days
Jun-16 23
2/9
2.0
$3.9
Goulburn
4
1300
Douglass Blinds & Security Mdn
$5k
$27k
B Spriggs
59
78.26
35.39
4
4,4
+2
Jun-1 23
2/12
0.2
$1.9
Nowra
5
1400
Hanlon Windows Mdn Hcp
$5k
$27k
A Collett
58
83.81
35.82
3
3,3
+1
May-21 23
2/14
4.0
$6.5
Muswellbrook
4
1280
Pirtek Muswellbrook Mdn Plate
$5k
$27k
A Morgan
59
76.25
35.45
7
7,5
+3
May-6 23
6/12
4.5
$6
Kembla Grange
4
1200
Dawn Campbell Memorial Mdn
$1k
$40k
B Spriggs
56½
70.75
34.40
11
11,5
-1
Apr-12 23
2/10
3.0
$71
Newcastle
5
1300
Hellbent @ Yarraman Park Mdn
$7k
$40k
B Spriggs
58½
77.93
34.46
5
5,5
+3
Spell of 164 Days
Oct-30 22
8/13
4.6
$18
Goulburn
3
1600
Rj Sidney Craig Maiden Handicap
$1k
$30k
B Spriggs
55
96.04
36.23
6
6,7,8
Oct-15 22
7/12
6.5
$26
Newcastle
6
1300
Klein Tools Maiden Handicap
$1k
$40k
B Spriggs
58
79.65
35.36
9
9,8
+1
Sep-24 22
7/9
7.7
$26
Newcastle
8
1400
Denton Engineering Group Maiden
$1k
$40k
G Schofield
56½
87.12
35.08
4
4,2
-5