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The Big Wheel
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Trained by Scott Irlam at Bordertown, The Big Wheel is a 5 year old gelding by the sire War Decree, out of the dam Tantalising.

He has won a total of 3 races from 11 starts for a win percentage of 27%. His career earnings are $39k, with the biggest win of his career coming at Mildura on November 5th in 2024 when he won $8,250 in the Trentham Estate Maiden Plate (a set weight race over 1,100 metres).

Betting level stakes of $100 win on all of the horse's starts would have yielded a loss of $-10.

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

Career Statistics

Overall
Prize Money
$39k
Starts
11
Wins
3
Second
1
Third
0
Win %
27
Place %
36
Profit
-0.1
Conditions
Good
8
2-1-0
$3k
Soft
3
1-0-0
$4k
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
1250m
2
0-0-0
-2
1100m
2
1-0-0
+3
1075m
1
1-0-0
+1.4
1200m
4
0-1-0
-4
1400m
1
0-0-0
-1
1300m
1
1-0-0
+2.5
Race Track
Morphettville Parks
3
0-0-0
-3
Bordertown
2
0-0-0
-2
Penola
2
2-0-0
+3.9
Gawler
1
0-0-0
-1
Strathalbyn
2
0-1-0
-2
Mildura
1
1-0-0
+4
Race State
SA
10
2-1-0
-4.1
VIC
1
1-0-0
+4

Race History

May-16 26
13/13
11.8
$21
Morphettville Parks
5
1250
AIG Security (Bm64)
$0k
$50k
B King
55½
74.48
34.72
11
11,13
May-1 26
9/10
3.8
$5
Bordertown
3
1100
Woolshed Inn (Bm66)
$0k
$20k
B King
59
64.81
-
8
8,6
-3
Apr-18 26
5/14
1.5
$13
Morphettville Parks
4
1250
Sportsbet More Places Hcp (64)
$2k
$50k
B King
56
74.38
35.18
7
7,8
+3
Apr-5 26
1/3
2.3
$2.4
Penola
4
1075
TDC Livestock & Property (Bm68)
$10k
$20k
B King
55
64.25
-
3
0,3,3
+2
Spell of 130 Days
Nov-26 25
7/12
4.8
$13
Gawler
4
1200
Irongate Australia (Bm58)
$1k
$25k
C Munro
58½
70.82
36.17
8
8,7
Nov-14 25
6/11
2.6
$5
Bordertown
3
1200
Woolshed Inn (Bm68)
$1k
$20k
B King
54½
70.62
-
2
2,2
-4
Spell of 181 Days
May-17 25
6/10
3.9
$11
Morphettville Parks
4
1400
Sportsbet Hcp (C2)
$1k
$55k
F Atkinson
56
84.55
35.72
4
4,5
-1
Apr-20 25
1/10
0.8
$3.5
Penola
6
1300
Hcp (C1)
$10k
$20k
B King
57½
81.75
-
4
4,6
+5
Mar-26 25
6/11
4.2
$2.1
Strathalbyn
5
1200
Sportsbet Photo Finish Refund Hcp (C1)
$1k
$25k
B King
58
74.77
37.63
5
5,4
-2
Mar-12 25
2/13
0.4
$5.5
Strathalbyn
4
1200
Hcp (C1)
$4k
$25k
B King
58
74.37
37.01
5
5,7
+5
Spell of 127 Days
Nov-5 24
1/7
1.8
$5
Mildura
4
1100
Trentham Estate Maiden Plate
$8k
$15k
A Jordsjo
59½
65.29
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