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Lightning Express
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Trained by Aaron Purcell at Warrnambool, Lightning Express is a 6 year old gelding by the sire Impending, out of the dam Doojah.

He has won a total of 6 races from 25 starts for a win percentage of 24%. His career earnings are $213k, with the biggest win of his career coming at Singapore on October 21st in 2023 when he won $25,672 in the Hcp (a handicap race over 1,600 metres).

Lightning Express has started 2 times at group race level.

Betting level stakes of $100 win on all of the horse's starts would have yielded a loss of $-485.

The gelding tends to run better on good ground, with an average prize money per start of $9k in those conditions.

Career Statistics

Overall
Prize Money
$213k
Starts
25
Wins
6
Second
0
Third
5
Win %
24
Place %
44
Profit
-4.9
Conditions
Good
20
6-0-5
$9k
Soft
5
0-0-0
$1k
Heavy
0
0-0-0
$0k
Race Standard
All
2
0-0-0
Group 1
1
0-0-0
Group 2
1
0-0-0
Group 3
0
0-0-0
Race Distance
1620m
1
0-0-0
-1
2000m
1
0-0-0
-1
1600m
10
3-0-1
-1.9
1550m
1
1-0-0
+3.4
1200m
3
0-0-0
-3
1400m
6
1-0-3
-0.5
1800m
3
1-0-1
-0.85
Race Track
Donald
1
0-0-0
-1
Mortlake
1
0-0-0
-1
Hamilton
1
0-0-0
-1
Pooncarie
1
1-0-0
+3.4
Naracoorte
1
0-0-0
-1
Bendigo
3
1-0-0
+2.5
Kilmore
1
0-0-1
-1
Echuca
1
0-0-1
-1
Singapore
15
4-0-3
-4.75
Race State
VIC
8
1-0-2
-2.5
NSW
1
1-0-0
+3.4
SA
1
0-0-0
-1
15
4-0-3
-4.75

Race History

Nov-16 25
7/9
3.2
$31
Donald
3
1620
Bet365 Donald Cup
$2k
$80k
T Madden
54½
99.16
35.74
2
2,2,2
-5
Nov-1 25
4/6
4.5
$7.5
Mortlake
3
2000
bet365 Mortlake Cup (Bm78)
$2k
$40k
L Meech
58
122.58
35.20
4
4,4,2
-2
Oct-11 25
10/12
11.7
$61
Hamilton
5
1600
Kinvonvie (Bm70)
$2k
$80k
T Madden
62½
97.81
36.48
8
8,8,8
-2
Sep-20 25
1/9
1.0
$4.4
Pooncarie
4
1550
Bendigo Bank Community Bank Wentworth & District Pooncarie Cup
$12k
$21k
J Webb
58½
95.22
-
Aug-31 25
4/10
4.9
$11
Naracoorte
7
1200
Coopers Brewery (Bm66)
$2k
$20k
S Potter
60½
74.54
-
6
6,6
+2
Spell of 78 Days
Jun-14 25
8/11
7.7
$5.5
Bendigo
6
1600
O’Sullivans Transport Elmore Cup (Bm70)
$1k
$27k
M Aitken
61½
98.92
38.62
5
4,4,4
-4
May-30 25
1/10
0.1
$5.5
Bendigo
4
1400
Happy Birthday Peter Downward (Bm64)
$15k
$27k
J Kennedy
61
85.36
34.74
5
5,5
+4
May-20 25
3/7
2.3
$2.4
Kilmore
4
1600
C+M Build Group (Bm64)
$2k
$27k
B Mertens
62½
100.57
34.98
5
5,4,3
May-6 25
5/11
1.8
$5.5
Bendigo
4
1600
Bendigo Service Centre (Bm64)
$1k
$27k
T Prebble
61
97.10
35.54
9
9,10,8
+3
Apr-18 25
3/9
0.9
$9
Echuca
4
1400
Good Friday Appeal (Bm64)
$6k
$65k
H Coffey
62½
85.81
35.53
8
9,8
+5
Spell of 195 Days
Oct-5 24
10/13
4.7
$2.6
Singapore
4
1600
S.R. Nathan Cup (C4)
$0k
$94k
R Curatolo
59
94.44
-
11
11,10
Sep-14 24
5/12
2.3
$6
Singapore
4
1400
Hcp (C3)
$1k
$78k
S Kok
54
82.34
-
12
12,9
+4
Jul-21 24
5/12
4.6
$4.6
Singapore
4
1800
Singapore Derby 
$8k
$444k
H Bowman
57
107.36
-
12
6
+1
Jun-30 24
4/11
1.4
$11
Singapore
0
1600
Stewards' Cup 
$7k
$167k
C Schofield
57
95.03
-
5
6
+2
May-25 24
3/8
0.7
$2.6
Singapore
4
1800
Hcp (C3)
$8k
$78k
R Curatolo
54
108.42
-
7
7,4
+1
Apr-21 24
4/11
1.8
$4.2
Singapore
4
1600
Hcp (C3)
$4k
$78k
C Schofield
54½
94.36
-
8
8
+4
Mar-30 24
3/10
2.3
$4
Singapore
4
1400
Hcp (C3)
$8k
$78k
R Curatolo
54½
81.52
-
3
3,4
+1
Spell of 91 Days
Dec-30 23
1/12
1.3
$2.15
Singapore
4
1800
Hcp (C4)
$30k
$56k
V Duric
58
107.37
-
11
4
+3
Nov-11 23
1/14
0.1
$1.7
Singapore
4
1600
Cooptado 2015 Hcp (C4)
$30k
$56k
V Duric
55½
94.31
-
5
6
+5
Oct-21 23
1/13
1.5
$3.5
Singapore
4
1600
Hcp (C4)
$30k
$56k
R Stewart
52½
94.22
-
8
6
+5
Sep-23 23
1/10
4.0
$2.9
Singapore
4
1600
Debt Collector 2016 Hcp (C5)
$18k
$33k
V Duric
58
94.98
-
6
5
+4
Aug-27 23
3/14
1.5
$2.7
Singapore
4
1400
Lim's Kosciuszko 2022 Stks Hcp (C5)
$3k
$33k
H Bowman
58
82.99
-
8
7
+4
Jul-30 23
4/12
7.6
$5
Singapore
4
1400
Mdn
$4k
$83k
K A'Isisuhairi
57
82.41
-
2
2
-2
Jul-15 23
4/12
1.0
$3.8
Singapore
4
1200
2&3yo Mdn
$4k
$83k
M Lerner
57
70.37
-
7
6
+2
Jun-11 23
7/14
5.5
$5
Singapore
6
1200
What's New 2019 Stakes Mdn
$0k
$83k
M Zahra
57
70.00
-
10
9
+2