Horse Profile

California Gold
Stable

Trained by Ms V Mackle at Ashworth Beach, California Gold is a 6 year old gelding by the sire Vespa, out of the dam Fantamo.

He has won a total of 2 races from 24 starts for a win percentage of 8%. His career earnings are $58k, with the biggest win of his career coming at Riccarton Park on February 19th in 2025 when he won $12,792 in the NZB Mega Maiden Series Mdn (a set weight with allowances race over 2,000 metres).

Betting level stakes of $100 win on all of the horse's starts would have yielded a loss of $-1150.

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

Career Statistics

Overall
Prize Money
$58k
Starts
24
Wins
2
Second
4
Third
4
Win %
8
Place %
42
Profit
-11.5
Conditions
Good
3
0-1-1
$3k
Soft
7
1-1-2
$3k
Heavy
7
1-0-1
$2k
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
2600m
1
0-0-0
-1
3000m
1
0-0-0
-1
2200m
8
1-2-1
-2.2
1600m
1
0-0-0
-1
2000m
5
1-1-3
+1.7
1550m
3
0-1-0
-3
1300m
1
0-0-0
-1
970m
1
0-0-0
-1
1200m
2
0-0-0
-2
1400m
1
0-0-0
-1
Race Track
Riccarton Park
4
1-0-1
+2.7
Phar Lap Raceway
3
1-1-0
+2.8
Oamaru
2
0-0-0
-2
Riccarton Park Synthetic
2
0-1-0
-2
Ashburton
3
0-1-1
-3
Gore
1
0-0-1
-1
Reefton
1
0-0-1
-1
Cambridge Synthetic
5
0-1-0
-5
New Plymouth Raceway
1
0-0-0
-1
Taupo
1
0-0-0
-1
Tauranga
1
0-0-0
-1
Race State
NZ
12
1-1-1
-5.3
12
1-3-3
-6.2

Race History

Nov-15 25
9/10
28.9
$22.5
Riccarton Park
8
2600
Racecourse Hotel & Motor Lodge Premier (Bm82)
$1k
$65k
L Hemi
54
164.46
-
Oct-25 25
4/13
1.9
$18.8
Riccarton Park
4
3000
NZB Airfreight Road To Jericho (Bm82)
$3k
$50k
L Hemi
54
189.53
-
7
6,4,6
+2
Oct-9 25
4/7
4.1
$3.2
Phar Lap Raceway
5
2200
Loveracing.nz & Celebrating Phar Lap (Bm75)
$1k
$19k
K Bakker
56
140.98
-
2
2,2,2
-2
Sep-24 25
1/12
1.0
$5.8
Phar Lap Raceway
8
2200
Ecoglo International NZ (Bm75)
$10k
$19k
L Hemi
55½
144.92
-
Sep-7 25
2/8
2.0
$8.1
Phar Lap Raceway
3
2200
Jon Snow & Echoes Of Heaven @ Clearview Park (Bm75)
$3k
$19k
C Kwo
54
138.88
-
1
1,1,1
-1
Aug-15 25
6/13
8.6
$10.8
Oamaru
7
2200
Blackadder Racing (Bm65)
$0k
$17k
L Hemi
59
143.26
-
9
9,9,9
+3
Jul-20 25
8/14
8.0
$15.2
Oamaru
10
1600
Dan Parker Contracting (Bm65)
$1k
$35k
L Hemi
59½
105.27
-
2
2,4
-4
Spell of 66 Days
May-15 25
8/11
5.9
$5.3
Riccarton Park Synthetic
0
2200
Firefighters Challenge - Phil Leabourn (Bm75)
$1k
$35k
L Hemi
57
136.53
-
2
2,2,1
-7
May-3 25
2/8
0.3
$3.4
Riccarton Park Synthetic
0
2000
Racecourse Hotel & Motor Lodge (Bm65)
$6k
$35k
T Davies
56½
132.80
-
1
1,1,1
-1
Apr-16 25
2/10
0.1
$4.7
Ashburton
6
2200
(Bm65)
$3k
$17k
T Davies
56
140.33
-
1
1,1,1
-1
Apr-3 25
4/14
0.7
$5.6
Ashburton
7
2200
Ashburton Racing Club Committee (Bm65)
$1k
$19k
L Hemi
59
142.34
-
1
1,1,1
-3
Mar-13 25
3/14
3.5
$12
Ashburton
8
2200
(Bm65)
$2k
$19k
L Hemi
58½
143.87
-
3
3,4,5
+2
Feb-19 25
1/16
1.3
$6.7
Riccarton Park
7
2000
NZB Mega Maiden Series Mdn
$14k
$25k
L Hemi
58½
126.83
-
Feb-2 25
3/14
2.6
$6.7
Gore
5
2000
Auto Funds O'Connor Richmond Mdn
$2k
$25k
L Hemi
58½
125.22
-
10
10,10,9
+6
Jan-15 25
3/12
2.8
$10.4
Riccarton Park
4
2000
Riccarton Park Function Centre Mdn
$2k
$25k
L Hemi
58½
122.91
-
3
3,3
Jan-8 25
3/7
4.6
$8.2
Reefton
6
2000
Federation Mining / Tasman Agriculture Mdn
$2k
$19k
L Hemi
58½
129.27
-
Spell of 97 Days
Oct-3 24
5/9
3.6
$8.7
Cambridge Synthetic
0
1550
Cambridge Equine Hospital Mdn
$0k
$19k
M Hashizume
58½
93.20
-
8
8,7,7
+2
Sep-18 24
5/7
4.0
$7.3
Cambridge Synthetic
0
1550
Cambridge Equine Hospital Mdn
$0k
$19k
M Hashizume
58½
93.96
-
3
3,4
-1
Aug-28 24
2/11
2.0
$8.6
Cambridge Synthetic
0
1550
"Give A Little" Rahul Shinde Mdn
$3k
$19k
M Hashizume
58½
93.01
-
6
6,5
+3
Aug-14 24
5/7
5.1
$4.9
Cambridge Synthetic
0
1300
Saddlery Warehouse Mdn
$0k
$17k
S Spratt
58½
76.41
-
4
4,4
-1
Jul-10 24
5/9
2.2
$4
Cambridge Synthetic
0
970
Waipa Eartworks Mdn
$0k
$17k
K Asano
58½
55.87
-
7
7,5
Jun-6 24
10/10
15.2
$26.5
New Plymouth Raceway
9
1200
One Bold Cat Counties Cup Winner Mdn
$0k
$17k
J Allen
55½
72.74
-
9
9,9
-1
May-22 24
8/12
4.9
$6.9
Taupo
8
1400
Pike Racing - Tony Pike Mdn
$0k
$20k
J Fawcett
58½
89.64
-
2
2
-6
Spell of 305 Days
Jul-22 23
6/7
3.7
$4.6
Tauranga
9
1200
Gartshore Construction Mdn
$0k
$15k
T Mitchell
55½
77.36
-
1
1
-5