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Playing Around
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Trained by Michael Grantham at North Dandalup, Playing Around is a 5 year old gelding by the sire Playing God, out of the dam Flirt 'n' Hope.

He has won one race from 8 starts. His career earnings are $30k, with the biggest win of his career coming at Bunbury on February 13th in 2025 when he won $13,700 in the Nixon Electrical Mdn (a set weight race over 1,400 metres).

Betting level stakes of $100 win on all of the horse's starts would have yielded a loss of $-605.

The gelding tends to run better on good ground, with an average prize money per start of $3k in those conditions.

Career Statistics

Overall
Prize Money
$30k
Starts
8
Wins
1
Second
1
Third
1
Win %
13
Place %
38
Profit
-6.1
Conditions
Good
7
1-1-1
$3k
Soft
1
0-0-0
$1k
Heavy
0
0-0-0
$0k
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
1200m
2
0-0-0
-2
1600m
2
0-0-0
-2
1400m
2
1-1-0
-0.05
1300m
2
0-0-1
-2
Race Track
Belmont Park
2
0-0-1
-2
Ascot
3
0-0-0
-3
Bunbury
1
1-0-0
+0.95
Pinjarra Scarpside
1
0-1-0
-1
Pinjarra
1
0-0-0
-1
Race State
WA
8
1-1-1
-6.05

Race History

Aug-23 25
7/8
7.5
$7.5
Belmont Park
5
1200
Beau Sovereign – 2025 WA Racing Hall Of Fame Inductee (Rs1mw)
$1k
$60k
C Johnston-Porter
54½
72.83
-
8
8,8
+1
Spell of 140 Days
Apr-5 25
7/9
5.9
$21
Ascot
4
1200
Civil & General Happy 20th Birthday (Rs1mw)
$1k
$60k
W Pike
55
69.55
34.71
7
7,7
Mar-1 25
8/8
11.7
$6
Ascot
4
1600
Mrs Mac's (Rs1mw)
$1k
$60k
C Johnston-Porter
55
97.29
35.55
1
1,1
-7
Feb-13 25
1/9
0.5
$1.95
Bunbury
4
1400
Nixon Electrical Mdn
$14k
$25k
C Johnston-Porter
58
85.07
36.63
7
7,8
+7
Spell of 358 Days
Feb-21 24
8/16
4.3
$4
Ascot
4
1600
Amelia Park Mdn
$0k
$25k
C Parnham
57
99.76
36.08
7
7,7
-1
Feb-11 24
2/12
2.0
$6.5
Pinjarra Scarpside
4
1400
Rowdycool Air Mdn
$5k
$25k
C Parnham
57
84.44
35.33
2
3,2
Jan-24 24
3/16
3.3
$8
Belmont Park
4
1300
2yo+ Mdn
$2k
$25k
C Johnston-Porter
56½
78.11
34.94
4
4,5
+2
Jan-11 24
7/11
2.3
$7
Pinjarra
4
1300
Integra Insurance Brokers Mdn
$0k
$25k
C Parnham
56½
78.78
34.70
8
9,9
+2