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Mark Twain
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Trained by R James & R Wellwood at Cambridge (NZ), Mark Twain is a 6 year old gelding by the sire Shocking, out of the dam Pinders Prize.

He has won a total of 4 races from 17 starts for a win percentage of 24%. His career earnings are $479k, with the biggest win of his career coming at Flemington on March 30th in 2024 when he won $300,000 in the Lexus Roy Higgins (a set weight with penalties race over 2,600 metres).

Mark Twain is a top level performer, having started 7 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 $990.

The gelding tends to run better on good ground, with an average prize money per start of $37k in those conditions.

Career Statistics

Overall
Prize Money
$479k
Starts
17
Wins
4
Second
1
Third
2
Win %
24
Place %
41
Profit
+9.9
Conditions
Good
12
3-0-2
$37k
Soft
3
1-1-0
$10k
Heavy
2
0-0-0
$8k
Race Standard
All
7
1-0-0
Group 1
3
0-0-0
Group 2
0
0-0-0
Group 3
3
0-0-0
Race Distance
2000m
2
0-0-0
-2
2520m
1
0-0-0
-1
1600m
3
1-0-0
+2.6
1200m
1
0-0-0
-1
2600m
1
1-0-0
+8.5
3200m
1
0-0-1
-1
2100m
2
2-0-0
+8.8
2040m
1
0-0-1
-1
1400m
2
0-0-0
-2
2400m
2
0-0-0
-2
Race Track
Caulfield
2
0-0-0
-2
Flemington
3
1-0-0
+6.5
Te Rapa
3
1-0-0
+2.1
Ellerslie
1
0-0-1
-1
Wanganui
1
0-0-1
-1
Otaki
1
0-0-0
-1
Randwick
1
0-0-0
-1
Hastings
1
1-0-0
+4.7
Trentham
1
0-0-0
-1
Hawera
1
1-0-0
+4.6
Pukekohe Park
1
0-0-0
-1
Race State
VIC
5
1-0-0
+4.5
NZ
8
3-0-2
+8.4
2
0-0-0
-2
NSW
1
0-0-0
-1

Race History

Oct-15 25
11/13
8.4
$26
Caulfield
3
2000
Sportsbet Coongy Cup 
$0k
$242k
J Mott
58
121.75
34.22
9
4,3,5
-6
Oct-4 25
13/16
9.6
$31
Flemington
3
2520
The Lexus Bart Cummings 
$0k
$355k
J Mott
58
156.21
36.90
10
8,8,9
-4
Sep-20 25
11/16
8.3
$15
Caulfield
3
2000
Tobin Brothers Naturalism Stakes 
$0k
$202k
J Mott
57
121.12
34.76
16
15,15,13
+2
Sep-13 25
6/6
5.1
$101
Flemington
4
1600
Crown Makybe Diva Stakes 
$15k
$756k
J Mott
59
98.75
32.66
2
2,2,2
-4
Aug-9 25
8/8
10.6
$28.2
Te Rapa
10
1200
Dunstan Horsefeeds Hcp
$1k
$40k
J Taplin
57½
74.77
-
8
8
Spell of 497 Days
Mar-30 24
1/12
0.5
$9.5
Flemington
3
2600
Lexus Roy Higgins 
$301k
$501k
M Dee
55
164.02
33.90
12
12,12,11
+10
Mar-9 24
3/18
1.8
$5
Ellerslie
4
3200
Auckland Cup
$43k
$500k
M Cameron
52
204.38
-
9
10,10,15
+12
Feb-10 24
1/12
0.8
$5.1
Te Rapa
4
2100
Peter Kelly - Bayleys Real Estate (Bm75)
$37k
$65k
M Hashizume
59
130.94
-
10
10,11,10
+9
Jan-11 24
3/14
3.9
$4
Wanganui
3
2040
Rivercity Cabs (Bm75)
$2k
$19k
M Hashizume
59
126.92
-
12
12,10,9
+6
Nov-30 23
4/13
1.5
$15
Otaki
5
1400
Riverbank Construction (Bm75)
$2k
$40k
M Hashizume
59
82.18
-
11
11,7
+3
Spell of 243 Days
Apr-1 23
10/18
9.3
$7.5
Randwick
9
2400
Australian Derby 
$15k
$2.1M
K Mc Evoy
56½
160.37
36.72
16
15,6,8
-2
Mar-4 23
4/18
2.2
$15.1
Te Rapa
4
2400
New Zealand Derby 
$40k
$1M
W Kennedy
57
149.47
-
16
16,16,11
+7
Feb-10 23
1/10
1.3
$5.7
Hastings
5
2100
Colliers Comm. Hawkes Bay-Bm65
$17k
$30k
W Kennedy
58½
129.80
-
9
9,9,6
+5
Jan-14 23
10/18
4.5
$8.3
Trentham
4
1600
Blue Star (Bm65)
$0k
$50k
W Kennedy
57½
96.65
34.76
17
17,17
+7
Dec-24 22
1/9
1.3
$5.6
Hawera
3
1600
Monstavision Maiden
$8k
$14k
K Asano
57½
99.42
35.28
8
8,8
+7
Nov-8 22
10/13
11.5
$11.2
Pukekohe Park
3
1400
Maiden
$0k
$14k
C Grylls
57
83.19
34.36
12
12,12
+2