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Virtuous Circle
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Trained by Liam Howley at Mount Macedon, Virtuous Circle is a 6 year old gelding by the sire Almanzor, out of the dam She Is Stryking.

He has won a total of 3 races from 23 starts for a win percentage of 13%. His career earnings are $803k, with the biggest win of his career coming at Randwick on April 1st in 2023 when he won $380,000 in the Australian Derby (a set weight race over 2,400 metres).

Virtuous Circle is a top level performer, having started 14 times at group race level.

Betting level stakes of $100 win on all of the horse's starts would have yielded a profit of $7800.

The gelding tends to run better on heavy ground, with an average prize money per start of $184k in those conditions.

Career Statistics

Overall
Prize Money
$803k
Starts
23
Wins
3
Second
2
Third
1
Win %
13
Place %
26
Profit
+78.0
Conditions
Good
14
2-0-0
$15k
Soft
6
0-0-1
$8k
Heavy
3
1-2-0
$184k
Race Standard
All
14
0-2-1
Group 1
4
0-1-0
Group 2
4
0-1-1
Group 3
3
0-0-0
Race Distance
2600m
1
0-0-0
-1
2540m
1
0-0-0
-1
2000m
5
1-0-0
+9
2800m
1
0-0-0
-1
2350m
1
0-0-0
-1
1600m
5
0-0-1
-5
3200m
1
0-0-0
-1
2400m
2
0-1-0
-2
2520m
1
0-0-0
-1
1400m
1
0-0-0
-1
2040m
1
0-1-0
-1
1500m
2
2-0-0
+85
1200m
1
0-0-0
-1
Race Track
Flemington
10
1-0-0
+4
Warrnambool
1
0-0-0
-1
Randwick
2
0-1-0
-2
Caulfield
2
0-0-0
-2
Geelong
1
0-0-0
-1
Moonee Valley
4
1-1-1
+22
Sandown Hillside
1
0-0-0
-1
Mornington
1
1-0-0
+60
Pakenham
1
0-0-0
-1
Race State
VIC
21
3-1-1
+80
NSW
2
0-1-0
-2

Race History

Jul-5 25
4/10
5.2
$8
Flemington
6
2600
Banjo Paterson Series Final
$8k
$150k
T Stockdale
59½
164.18
36.08
10
10,10,10
+6
Jun-21 25
4/12
1.0
$26
Flemington
4
2540
Bruce Gadsden Hcp
$8k
$150k
T Stockdale
58½
160.27
35.62
12
12,12,10
+6
Jun-7 25
9/15
7.6
$41
Flemington
6
2000
2025 Country Achiever Eric Musgrove (Bm100)
$3k
$150k
R Hammond
55½
124.96
34.74
13
12,12,13
+4
May-17 25
7/18
9.8
$31
Flemington
7
2800
Lexus Andrew Ramsden 
$6k
$304k
A Kelly
58½
177.88
37.42
18
18,18,14
+7
May-1 25
9/16
11.0
$12
Warrnambool
7
2350
Sungold Milk Warrnambool Cup 
$0k
$304k
J Childs
57
151.21
-
11
11,10,5
-4
Mar-8 25
9/12
6.5
$41
Randwick
4
2000
Tokyo City Keiba Randwick City Stakes 
$4k
$200k
R Bayliss
56½
121.86
34.70
12
12,12,12
+3
Spell of 273 Days
Jun-8 24
1/13
0.8
$14
Flemington
4
2000
RDA Daylesford Lesley Hewitt Trophy (Bm100)
$83k
$150k
E Brown
58½
122.58
35.78
13
13,13,12
+11
May-18 24
6/16
3.1
$41
Flemington
7
1600
L.V Lachal (Bm100)
$3k
$150k
E Brown
58
97.34
36.01
16
16,13,11
+5
May-4 24
7/8
5.8
$26
Caulfield
4
1600
Ive > (Bm100)
$3k
$150k
D Moor
58
97.99
33.71
8
7,7,7
Spell of 179 Days
Nov-7 23
18/23
32.3
$151
Flemington
4
3200
Melbourne Cup 
$0k
$8.4M
C Newitt
51
198.37
35.98
23
23,23,22
+4
Oct-25 23
8/13
4.6
$5
Geelong
4
2400
bet365 Geelong Cup 
$10k
$500k
D Lane
55
150.70
35.74
7
7,7,7
-1
Oct-7 23
10/16
3.6
$21
Flemington
4
2520
The Bart Cummings 
$0k
$505k
D Lane
57½
159.03
35.28
13
13,12,12
+2
Sep-23 23
9/16
4.3
$61
Caulfield
3
2000
MRC Foundation Cup 
$0k
$201k
B Egan
55½
120.74
34.89
10
14,15,13
+4
Sep-9 23
12/13
12.5
$41
Moonee Valley
3
1600
Feehan Stakes 
$0k
$502k
M Zahra
58½
94.79
35.41
13
13,13,13
+1
Spell of 161 Days
Apr-1 23
2/18
0.8
$19
Randwick
9
2400
Australian Derby 
$380k
$2.1M
B Prebble
56½
160.37
36.72
17
14,12,6
+4
Mar-25 23
12/16
6.4
$20
Flemington
4
2000
Australian Cup 
$0k
$3M
D Moor
54½
121.43
35.70
8
9,8,8
-4
Mar-4 23
8/15
2.6
$101
Flemington
4
1600
Australian Guineas 
$20k
$1M
B Mc Dougall
57
96.34
34.92
14
14,13,12
+4
Feb-11 23
8/9
4.0
$13
Sandown Hillside
4
1400
Autumn Stakes 
$6k
$302k
B Mc Dougall
57
84.42
33.26
7
7,6
-2
Spell of 112 Days
Oct-22 22
2/9
0.8
$5
Moonee Valley
8
2040
Vase Stakes 
$90k
$508k
J Mc Donald
57
130.35
36.82
7
7,8,8
+6
Sep-23 22
3/9
0.9
$15
Moonee Valley
6
1600
Stutt Stakes 
$27k
$302k
J Mc Donald
57
99.32
37.80
9
8,8,7
+4
Aug-20 22
1/9
0.1
$26
Moonee Valley
9
1500
Hugh Wallace-Smith Handicap
$83k
$150k
B Mc Dougall
59½
96.28
39.42
8
0,7,8
+7
Spell of 147 Days
Mar-26 22
1/8
0.1
$61
Mornington
4
1500
Cleanaway Sustainability Sires
$72k
$130k
F Kersley
58
92.51
36.38
8
0,8,7
+6
Feb-24 22
9/10
6.8
$91
Pakenham
4
1200
Tom Scanlon Maiden
$1k
$35k
B Mc Dougall
58
71.35
34.64
5
0,5,6
-3