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Gentle Ben
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Trained by Bill McNamara at Ascot Park, Gentle Ben is a 6 year old gelding by the sire Mongolian Falcon, out of the dam Mikabella.

He has won a total of 3 races from 31 starts for a win percentage of 10%. His career earnings are $62k, with the biggest win of his career coming at Riverton on March 30th in 2024 when he won $12,792 in the Rosie Brown Training / Forde Auto Services Mdn Plate (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 $-270.

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

Career Statistics

Overall
Prize Money
$62k
Starts
31
Wins
3
Second
3
Third
3
Win %
10
Place %
29
Profit
-2.7
Conditions
Good
5
0-0-0
$1k
Soft
13
1-1-2
$2k
Heavy
13
2-2-1
$3k
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
13
2-1-3
+9.6
2200m
4
0-1-0
-4
2147m
1
0-0-0
-1
2000m
6
0-1-0
-6
2215m
1
0-0-0
-1
1400m
4
1-0-0
+1.7
1335m
1
0-0-0
-1
1800m
1
0-0-0
-1
Race Track
Ascot Park
11
2-1-0
+11.6
Riverton
6
1-0-2
-0.3
Wingatui
4
0-1-1
-4
Riccarton Park
6
0-1-0
-6
Gore
4
0-0-0
-4
Race State
25
3-2-3
+3.3
NZ
6
0-1-0
-6

Race History

Nov-23 25
1/12
1.5
$16.5
Ascot Park
5
1600
Wayne ‘Ox’ McEwan Memorial Cup (Bm65)
$10k
$19k
B Jacobson
56½
100.16
-
12
12,12
+11
Nov-2 25
8/12
10.1
$22.4
Riverton
10
1600
Wrens (Bm65)
$0k
$19k
C Kwo
56½
109.15
-
11
11,11
+3
Oct-3 25
6/9
8.9
$8.5
Ascot Park
10
2200
Vale Peter Williams (Bm65)
$1k
$40k
C Campbell
57
152.62
-
Sep-5 25
8/14
7.0
$17.5
Wingatui
10
1600
KB Contractors (Bm65)
$0k
$19k
B Jacobson
58
104.97
-
14
14,13
+5
Spell of 139 Days
Apr-19 25
12/13
13.2
$7.2
Riverton
8
2147
(Bm65)
$0k
$40k
B Jacobson
58
141.43
-
13
13,13,13
+1
Apr-12 25
13/15
6.3
$49.4
Riccarton Park
4
2000
(Bm75)
$0k
$35k
B Jacobson
55
122.98
-
Mar-28 25
2/11
0.1
$6.3
Wingatui
9
2200
KB Contractors (Bm65)
$3k
$19k
B Jacobson
57
144.63
-
11
10,9,9
+7
Mar-22 25
12/13
5.7
$14.1
Riccarton Park
7
1600
Pat Reardon Family (Bm65)
$0k
$25k
B Jacobson
58
100.13
-
12
12
Mar-9 25
11/14
8.8
$22
Gore
6
2000
Hillside Metals Pine Bush Cup (Bm65)
$0k
$20k
D Bothamley
58
128.02
-
14
14,14,13
+2
Feb-15 25
8/14
6.7
$23.8
Ascot Park
4
2200
House Of Travel Invercargill (Bm65)
$1k
$50k
D Bothamley
58½
138.42
-
13
14,14,14
+6
Jan-1 25
8/12
4.9
$13.7
Riverton
6
1600
ODT Southern Mile Qualifier (Bm65)
$0k
$30k
B May
59
101.49
-
9
11,12
+4
Dec-26 24
11/14
11.0
$12.8
Wingatui
10
1600
ODT Southern Mile Qualifier (Bm65)
$0k
$50k
A Najib
56½
102.29
-
Dec-14 24
8/14
3.9
$10.7
Ascot Park
4
1600
The Edge (Bm65)
$1k
$40k
D Bothamley
60
99.28
-
12
12,10
+2
Nov-24 24
6/9
4.6
$5.4
Ascot Park
7
2215
Travellers Rest Tavern & Mudd & Dags (Bm75)
$0k
$20k
T Comignaghi
55½
145.86
-
5
5,6,6
Nov-9 24
6/13
4.7
$31.2
Riccarton Park
5
1400
NZB Ready To Run Sale Trainers Series (Bm75)
$1k
$65k
S Wynne
55½
82.51
-
8
8,9
+3
Nov-1 24
1/8
1.0
$6.1
Ascot Park
10
1600
Group ILT (Bm65)
$10k
$19k
D Bothamley
59
112.52
-
6
6,6,5
+4
Oct-23 24
8/14
5.3
$21.2
Gore
8
1335
Aon Insurance Brokers (Bm65)
$0k
$19k
D Bothamley
58½
88.09
-
14
14,13
+5
Spell of 164 Days
May-12 24
11/13
33.9
$6.6
Ascot Park
10
2200
Homestead Villa Motel & Majestic Float (Bm65)
$0k
$17k
T Moseley
59½
158.72
-
11
11,11,11
May-4 24
5/16
2.0
$10.1
Riccarton Park
5
2000
Rohan Mudhoo Trust Fundraiser (Bm65)
$1k
$35k
T Comignaghi
59½
126.32
-
8
7,5
Apr-20 24
12/18
4.9
$15.9
Riccarton Park
5
1800
Norwood Farm Machinery (Bm65)
$0k
$35k
B Rogerson
58
109.71
-
14
14,14,8
-4
Apr-13 24
2/15
1.3
$11.3
Riccarton Park
7
2000
David Emerson Accountant & Business Consultant (Bm75)
$6k
$35k
K Asano
54
126.60
-
10
14,14,13
+11
Apr-1 24
3/14
1.8
$3.1
Riverton
10
1600
Trenz Homes / Macaulay Motors Mdn
$2k
$20k
D Bothamley
60½
108.10
-
11
11,11,9
+6
Mar-30 24
1/14
2.3
$5.7
Riverton
10
1400
Rosie Brown Training / Forde Auto Services Mdn Plate
$14k
$25k
D Bothamley
59
91.22
-
11
11,8
+7
Mar-17 24
3/13
0.7
$9
Wingatui
5
1600
3yo+ Mdn
$2k
$19k
D Bothamley
58½
99.56
-
11
11,11,11
+8
Mar-10 24
4/11
6.6
$4.5
Gore
5
2000
3yo+ Mdn
$1k
$20k
D Bothamley
59
126.20
-
9
9,9,7
+3
Feb-17 24
4/12
1.8
$5.2
Ascot Park
4
1600
Heineken Mdn
$1k
$25k
D Bothamley
58½
99.83
-
12
12,12
+8
Feb-8 24
2/12
0.1
$16.7
Ascot Park
9
1600
Marquee & Party Hire Mdn
$3k
$19k
D Bothamley
58½
104.27
-
11
11,11,4
+2
Jan-20 24
12/13
25.0
$11.9
Gore
6
2000
Goon Squad/ Roofcraft Mdn
$0k
$25k
D Bothamley
58½
129.41
-
12
13,13,13
+1
Jan-1 24
3/11
5.1
$6.7
Riverton
6
1600
Ricki Egerton Dagging / Grant Horrell Contracting Mdn
$2k
$20k
D Bothamley
58½
101.36
-
9
10,10
+7
Dec-16 23
4/14
3.6
$58.5
Ascot Park
4
1400
Southland Honda Mdn
$1k
$25k
S Toolooa
58½
85.18
-
14
13,9
+5
Spell of 258 Days
Apr-2 23
8/8
7.2
$13.7
Ascot Park
8
1400
Ilt Centrepoint&Southcity Mdn
$0k
$14k
S Khetoo
55
89.85
-
5
6,7
-1