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Specialty
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Trained by Bruce Tapper at Timaru, Specialty is a 6 year old gelding by the sire Rip Van Winkle, out of the dam Rio Tennille.

He has won a total of 3 races from 20 starts for a win percentage of 15%. His career earnings are $160k, with the biggest win of his career coming at Ashburton on October 15th in 2022 when he won $43,494 in the Barneswood Farm Stakes (a set weight race over 1,400 metres).

Specialty has started 3 times at group race level, with 1 win.

Betting level stakes of $100 win on all of the horse's starts would have yielded a profit of $1470.

The gelding tends to run better on good ground, with an average prize money per start of $22k in those conditions.

Career Statistics

Overall
Prize Money
$160k
Starts
20
Wins
3
Second
1
Third
1
Win %
15
Place %
25
Profit
+14.7
Conditions
Good
5
2-0-0
$22k
Soft
12
1-1-1
$4k
Heavy
3
0-0-0
$1k
Race Standard
All
3
1-0-0
Group 1
2
0-0-0
Group 2
0
0-0-0
Group 3
1
1-0-0
Race Distance
1200m
4
1-0-1
-1.2
1400m
7
1-0-0
+16.9
1000m
3
0-0-0
-3
1600m
4
0-1-0
-4
1500m
1
1-0-0
+7
1800m
1
0-0-0
-1
Race Track
Riccarton Park
11
0-0-1
-11
Wingatui
4
2-0-0
+6.8
Kurow
1
0-0-0
-1
Trentham
1
0-0-0
-1
Ascot Park
1
0-1-0
-1
Gore
1
0-0-0
-1
Ashburton
1
1-0-0
+22.9
Race State
NZ
11
0-0-1
-11
9
3-1-0
+25.7

Race History

Sep-13 25
3/10
1.5
$40.7
Riccarton Park
5
1200
The Sefton Tavern Sprint
$5k
$50k
D Cooper
52
69.51
-
Spell of 104 Days
Jun-1 25
8/9
20.7
$8.6
Wingatui
10
1400
The Mosgiel Tavern Hcp
$1k
$40k
D Cooper
52
93.74
-
6
6,8
Apr-26 25
9/13
5.7
$39.4
Riccarton Park
8
1400
Great Easter Stakes
$1k
$80k
D Cooper
53
85.93
-
8
8,8
-1
Apr-12 25
11/13
5.5
$19.1
Riccarton Park
4
1400
(Bm75)
$0k
$35k
T Ladouceur
55
82.78
-
Spell of 103 Days
Dec-30 24
7/9
4.6
$19.6
Kurow
6
1400
Kurow Cup West Coast Steeplechaser
$1k
$35k
R Beeharry
54
87.16
-
4
4,4
-3
Spell of 93 Days
Sep-28 24
4/9
1.9
$10.4
Riccarton Park
3
1400
Marshall Batteries Hcp
$3k
$50k
D Cooper
51
82.13
-
3
3,2
-2
Sep-14 24
5/12
4.4
$25.8
Riccarton Park
7
1200
Pryde's EasiFeed Hcp
$1k
$50k
D Cooper
51
70.52
-
11
11
+6
Aug-31 24
6/10
6.9
$8.3
Riccarton Park
5
1000
Pryde's Easifeed Open Sprint
$1k
$50k
D Cooper
54
56.29
-
4
4
-2
Spell of 364 Days
Sep-2 23
4/11
3.3
$4.1
Riccarton Park
5
1000
Pryde's Easifeed Sprint
$3k
$50k
Y Atchamah
54
57.71
-
5
5,4
Spell of 168 Days
Mar-18 23
10/16
6.1
$29.4
Trentham
5
1600
Levin Classic 
$5k
$350k
J Laking
57
97.13
-
6
6,7
-3
Feb-18 23
2/14
0.8
$1.9
Ascot Park
5
1600
Southland Guineas
$19k
$100k
B May
57
97.61
-
1
1,1,3
+1
Feb-4 23
1/15
1.5
$8
Wingatui
4
1500
Dunedin Guineas
$46k
$80k
B May
57
88.86
-
5
7
+6
Jan-21 23
7/12
10.9
$2.6
Gore
7
1800
Gore Town & Country Club-Bm75
$0k
$30k
B May
57½
116.74
-
5
5,5
-2
Dec-26 22
4/16
2.1
$9.5
Wingatui
5
1600
Odt Southern Qualifier (Bm75)
$2k
$40k
B May
56½
97.29
36.57
5
5,5,5
+1
Nov-5 22
5/14
2.7
$50.3
Riccarton Park
3
1600
New Zealand 2000 Guineas 
$14k
$550k
B May
57
96.72
32.64
6
6,7,6
+1
Oct-15 22
1/9
1.3
$23.9
Ashburton
3
1400
Barneswood Farm Stakes 
$49k
$85k
B May
57
83.66
35.64
4
3,3
+2
Oct-1 22
4/15
1.7
$15.1
Riccarton Park
6
1400
Rangiora New World (Bm65)
$2k
$30k
Y Atchamah
54
84.82
35.49
6
6,6
+2
Sep-9 22
1/6
0.5
$2.8
Wingatui
7
1200
Positive Signs Maiden
$8k
$14k
Y Atchamah
53
73.53
-
3
0,2,4
+3
Sep-3 22
4/11
2.0
$79.2
Riccarton Park
7
1000
Murray Gillanders Memorial 3yo
$2k
$30k
D Montes De Oca
55
57.25
-
5
0,5,5
+1
Aug-6 22
4/5
8.8
$14.7
Riccarton Park
10
1200
Gavelhouse.Com-61 Lots 8/8 3yo
$2k
$30k
R Beeharry
57
74.90
-
4
0,4,4