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Better Not Fuss
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Trained by Paul Gardner at Alice Springs, Better Not Fuss is a 5 year old gelding by the sire Better Than Ready, out of the dam Fusspot.

He has won a total of 5 races from 38 starts for a win percentage of 13%. His career earnings are $144k, with the biggest win of his career coming at Pioneer Park on March 27th in 2024 when he won $32,000 in the Great Northern Brewing Co NT Guineas (a set weight race over 1,600 metres).

Betting level stakes of $100 win on all of the horse's starts would have yielded a profit of $8460.

The gelding tends to run better on good ground, with an average prize money per start of $4k in those conditions.

Career Statistics

Overall
Prize Money
$144k
Starts
38
Wins
5
Second
6
Third
2
Win %
13
Place %
34
Profit
+84.6
Conditions
Good
37
5-6-2
$4k
Soft
0
0-0-0
$0k
Heavy
1
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
1600m
14
3-3-1
+92.5
1400m
4
0-0-0
-4
1450m
2
0-0-0
-2
1200m
8
1-2-0
-4.9
1000m
4
1-0-1
+9
2050m
1
0-0-0
-1
1100m
2
0-1-0
-2
1180m
1
0-0-0
-1
1300m
1
0-0-0
-1
950m
1
0-0-0
-1
Race Track
Pioneer Park
22
3-4-1
+88.5
Tennant Creek
2
0-0-0
-2
Fannie Bay
4
1-0-0
+5
Pentland
1
0-0-0
-1
Townsville
5
1-0-1
-1.9
Bowen
1
0-1-0
-1
Ewan
1
0-1-0
-1
Home Hill
1
0-0-0
-1
Cairns
1
0-0-0
-1
Race State
NT
28
4-4-1
+91.5
QLD
10
1-2-1
-6.9

Race History

Jul-27 25
2/6
4.0
$3.7
Pioneer Park
4
1600
Truckies Day 29th August (Bm54)
$4k
$21k
L Maloney
59
96.21
36.73
Jul-13 25
2/6
1.0
$7
Pioneer Park
4
1600
Ladbrokes Top 2/3/4 Hcp (70)
$4k
$22k
L Maloney
54
96.47
37.88
Jun-30 25
2/8
1.0
$6
Pioneer Park
4
1600
Mulgas Adventures Hcp (64)
$4k
$21k
J Booth
55
96.13
37.39
Jun-16 25
9/9
8.8
$9.5
Pioneer Park
4
1600
Hardy Fencing (Bm54)
$0k
$21k
S Tsaikos
62
97.18
38.07
May-31 25
6/7
8.9
$3
Pioneer Park
4
1400
Pioneer Park Anniversary Cup (Bm76)
$0k
$28k
S Logan
56
83.01
-
May-17 25
5/8
14.6
$3.2
Tennant Creek
4
1450
Territory Water Solutions Hcp (64)
$0k
$22k
S Logan
60½
87.64
-
May-3 25
4/8
2.4
$4.6
Pioneer Park
4
1600
Hoskings Jewellers Hcp (64)
$0k
$21k
A Stead
61
95.54
36.51
Apr-20 25
7/7
5.6
$18
Pioneer Park
4
1200
Hcp (70)
$0k
$22k
R Vigar
59
68.06
-
Apr-5 25
8/10
11.0
$3.2
Pioneer Park
4
1600
CKS Electrical (Bm68)
$0k
$29k
R Vigar
61
93.07
-
Mar-29 25
9/10
12.2
$31
Pioneer Park
4
1600
Red Centre Technology Partners Chief Minister's Cup
$0k
$41k
D Hirini
59
93.02
-
Mar-22 25
1/7
0.2
$6.5
Pioneer Park
4
1600
Plaza Wellbeing Centre Hcp (70)
$15k
$23k
D Hirini
58
94.73
36.49
Mar-8 25
5/8
4.9
$7
Pioneer Park
4
1200
Ladbrokes Red Centre Luncheon 4 April Hcp (70)
$0k
$22k
R Vigar
58½
68.87
34.91
Mar-1 25
5/7
2.6
$31
Pioneer Park
4
1200
Ladies Day March 22 Hcp
$0k
$25k
R Vigar
56
68.47
34.03
Feb-15 25
1/7
1.0
$13
Pioneer Park
4
1000
Ladbrokes Punter Assist Hcp (64)
$13k
$21k
R Vigar
59½
56.08
-
Spell of 196 Days
Aug-3 24
7/7
16.5
$10
Fannie Bay
4
1600
Silks Darwin Hcp (66)
$0k
$22k
A Nicholls
59½
94.45
35.97
Jul-20 24
4/12
3.6
$12
Fannie Bay
4
2050
Ladbrokes NT Derby
$7k
$138k
K Yuill
58
125.88
38.71
Jul-6 24
4/11
2.4
$21
Fannie Bay
4
1600
DCOH Darwin Guineas
$5k
$76k
A Kennedy
58
95.80
36.85
Jun-22 24
1/7
2.3
$9
Fannie Bay
4
1600
Ladies' Day Luncheon July 17 Hcp (64)
$13k
$21k
J Hampson
56
96.07
38.43
Jun-1 24
4/8
8.3
$8.5
Pioneer Park
4
1400
Colemans Printing (Bm54)
$0k
$20k
E Lines
59½
82.15
-
May-18 24
4/6
11.0
$3.7
Tennant Creek
4
1450
Ronin Security Technologies Hcp (64)
$0k
$21k
L Maloney
57
88.24
-
May-5 24
3/10
4.6
$21
Pioneer Park
4
1600
Red Centre Technology Partners Hcp (64)
$3k
$21k
K Yuill
58½
94.56
-
Apr-20 24
6/10
5.5
$21
Pioneer Park
4
1400
BT Daley Painting Contractors Hcp (64)
$0k
$21k
C Hunter
59½
83.65
36.51
Apr-6 24
5/10
13.6
$14
Pioneer Park
4
1600
Robyn Lambley MLA (Bm68)
$0k
$28k
C Hunter
59
94.32
36.63
Mar-27 24
1/10
0.8
$91
Pioneer Park
4
1600
Great Northern Brewing Co NT Guineas
$33k
$51k
C Hunter
57½
96.54
39.39
Mar-9 24
6/9
8.7
$41
Pioneer Park
4
1400
Trobis Three-Years-Old Bm68 Handicap
$0k
$25k
A Darmanin
55
82.72
35.86
Feb-24 24
5/6
8.3
$12
Pioneer Park
4
1200
Gallagher Insurance Brokers (Bm56)
$0k
$21k
S Tsaikos
55½
70.19
35.69
Feb-10 24
2/5
4.3
$7
Pioneer Park
4
1100
Let's Talk Racing Luncheon, Friday 5th April Hcp
$4k
$21k
S Tsaikos
57½
64.17
34.54
Jan-27 24
8/10
8.0
$41
Pioneer Park
4
1100
Astc Cup Weekend 6 & 7 April Hcp (64)
$0k
$21k
C Hunter
55½
63.43
34.12
Spell of 63 Days
Nov-25 23
5/6
4.5
$4.2
Pentland
3
1200
(Bm45)
$0k
$10k
D Smith
64
74.99
-
Nov-19 23
9/16
5.5
$14
Townsville
4
1000
Queensland Thoroughbred Owners Association Hcp (C1)
$0k
$21k
J Murphy
55
56.57
33.26
11
11,11
+2
Oct-14 23
2/10
3.8
$11
Bowen
4
1200
(Bm45)
$2k
$11k
C Spry
61½
70.59
-
Sep-23 23
2/8
2.5
$3.5
Ewan
3
1200
(Bm45)
$3k
$15k
C Spry
61½
70.18
-
Aug-31 23
7/12
2.4
$21
Home Hill
4
1180
Silverlink Hcp (55)
$0k
$21k
P Romeo
57
68.58
-
2
2,3
-4
Aug-12 23
7/8
6.2
$26
Townsville
4
1300
Ladbrokes Hcp
$1k
$31k
C Spry
57½
77.41
35.18
2
2,3
-4
Jul-27 23
7/8
3.6
$15
Cairns
8
950
Archers The Strata Professionals Hcp
$0k
$21k
I Teh
57
56.20
35.85
3
3,5
-2
Spell of 94 Days
Apr-24 23
1/6
0.2
$3.1
Townsville
4
1200
Hygain Mdn Hcp
$13k
$23k
G Kliese
58
72.59
37.12
2
2,2
+1
Apr-6 23
3/8
0.9
$4.4
Townsville
4
1000
Follow Cluden Park On Fb Mdn
$2k
$23k
C Spry
58
58.11
34.42
2
2,1
-2
Mar-16 23
4/7
0.9
$31
Townsville
4
1000
Brown Brothers Maiden Handicap
$1k
$23k
I Teh
54
58.52
34.02
1
1,2
-2