Horse Profile

Brave Spirit
Stable

Trained by Joseph Waldron at Wingatui, Brave Spirit is a 6 year old gelding by the sire Swiss Ace, out of the dam Spirit Of Joy.

He has won a total of 3 races from 13 starts for a win percentage of 23%. His career earnings are $90k, with the biggest win of his career coming at Trentham on January 18th in 2025 when he won $33,260 in the Mode Technology (a handicap race over 1,200 metres).

Betting level stakes of $100 win on all of the horse's starts would have yielded a loss of $-120.

The gelding tends to run better on good ground, with an average prize money per start of $7k in those conditions.

Career Statistics

Overall
Prize Money
$90k
Starts
13
Wins
3
Second
2
Third
3
Win %
23
Place %
62
Profit
-1.2
Conditions
Good
10
2-1-3
$7k
Soft
1
0-0-0
$2k
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
9
1-1-3
-0.4
1400m
2
1-0-0
-0.4
1300m
2
1-1-0
-0.4
Race Track
Riccarton Park
1
0-1-0
-1
Trentham
3
1-0-0
+5.6
Te Rapa
3
0-0-1
-3
Ruakaka
1
1-0-0
+0.6
Ellerslie
1
0-0-0
-1
Matamata
1
0-0-1
-1
Tauranga
1
0-0-1
-1
Cambridge Synthetic
2
1-1-0
-0.4
Race State
NZ
8
1-2-2
-6.4
5
2-0-1
+5.2

Race History

Oct-25 25
2/14
0.3
$7
Riccarton Park
4
1200
Helston & Associates (Bm75)
$7k
$40k
M Cartwright
57
67.52
-
5
5
+3
Spell of 210 Days
Mar-29 25
6/8
4.6
$8.7
Trentham
4
1200
Japac Homes (Bm75)
$1k
$65k
J Doyle
58
66.43
-
5
7
+1
Mar-2 25
8/12
3.9
$4.9
Trentham
3
1200
MG Tiling & Clarky's Painting (Bm75)
$1k
$40k
K Stott
59
66.84
-
2
2,2
-6
Feb-8 25
5/13
4.1
$13.6
Te Rapa
4
1200
Dr John Southworth Memorial Vase (Bm75)
$2k
$65k
K Stott
58
70.62
-
3
3
-2
Jan-18 25
1/13
0.1
$8.6
Trentham
4
1200
Mode Technology (Bm75)
$37k
$65k
K Stott
56
67.90
-
2
2,3
+2
Spell of 259 Days
May-4 24
4/14
2.8
$9.3
Te Rapa
7
1400
Metalco (Bm75)
$2k
$35k
M Mc Nab
56
85.41
-
8
8,7
+3
Apr-3 24
1/7
0.1
$1.6
Ruakaka
4
1400
Truweld Engineering (Bm65)
$10k
$19k
M Mc Nab
59
82.37
-
2
2,2
+1
Mar-9 24
4/14
3.3
$6.2
Ellerslie
4
1200
(Bm65)
$4k
$80k
M Mc Nab
59
70.42
-
7
9
+5
Feb-24 24
3/12
1.2
$9.6
Matamata
4
1200
Rich Hill Stud (BM65)
$4k
$40k
M Mc Nab
59
70.97
-
6
6,6
+3
Jan-12 24
3/8
0.9
$3.6
Tauranga
4
1200
Ray White Mount Maunganui (Bm65)
$4k
$40k
M Mc Nab
59
71.47
-
6
6,7
+4
Dec-23 23
3/9
1.7
$5.8
Te Rapa
4
1200
Peter R Wilson Memorial (Bm65)
$4k
$40k
M Cameron
59
70.17
-
2
2,2
-1
Spell of 150 Days
Jul-26 23
2/9
3.3
$4.9
Cambridge Synthetic
0
1300
Martin Collins New Zealand Spec Mdn
$7k
$40k
S Weatherley
58
77.65
-
4
4,2
Jul-13 23
1/8
1.0
$1.6
Cambridge Synthetic
0
1300
Stratton Fencing Mdn
$8k
$14k
M Mc Nab
57½
77.24
-
2
2,2
+1