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Lovely Friends
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Trained by P S Richards at Matamata, Lovely Friends is a 5 year old gelding by the sire Almanzor, out of the dam Salkantay.

Lovely Friends is still a maiden as he is yet to win a race from 8 starts. His career earnings are $12k, with the biggest win of his career coming at Waverley on January 29th in 2025 when he won $4,116 in the Wanganui Well Drillers Mdn (a set weight with allowances race over 1,650 metres).

The gelding tends to run better on good ground, with an average prize money per start of $2k in those conditions.

Career Statistics

Overall
Prize Money
$12k
Starts
8
Wins
0
Second
3
Third
1
Win %
0
Place %
50
Profit
-8.0
Conditions
Good
6
0-2-1
$2k
Soft
2
0-0-0
$0k
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
1650m
1
0-1-0
-1
1400m
5
0-1-0
-5
1200m
1
0-0-1
-1
2000m
1
0-1-0
-1
Race Track
Waverley
2
0-2-0
-2
Ruakaka
1
0-0-0
-1
Matamata
3
0-0-0
-3
Hastings
1
0-0-1
-1
New Plymouth Raceway
1
0-1-0
-1
Race State
4
0-3-0
-3
NZ
4
0-0-1
-4

Race History

Feb-14 25
2/12
2.0
5
New Plymouth Raceway
5
2000
HTL Group Mdn
$4k
$25k
58½
123.33
-
7
5,8,7
+5
Jan-29 25
2/9
0.2
$3.5
Waverley
3
1650
Wanganui Well Drillers Mdn
$5k
$25k
J Riddell
58½
101.70
-
Jan-7 25
5/11
4.2
$3.4
Ruakaka
3
1400
Lion Red Mdn
$0k
$19k
R Hutchings
58½
85.82
-
7
7,8
+3
Dec-20 24
6/13
3.5
$3.4
Matamata
4
1400
Matamata Veterinary Services Mdn
$0k
$25k
O Bosson
58½
84.10
-
Spell of 246 Days
Apr-18 24
2/11
0.2
$3.5
Waverley
4
1400
Emmetts Service Centre Mdn
$3k
$17k
J Riddell
58
83.86
-
9
7
+5
Feb-29 24
10/12
3.8
$3.7
Matamata
6
1400
Farewell Dave Bradford Mdn
$0k
$19k
M Mc Nab
57½
84.63
-
11
11,10
Feb-7 24
6/14
1.2
$5.4
Matamata
4
1400
Te Akau Racing Stable Mdn
$0k
$25k
S Weatherley
58
83.84
-
4
4,3
-3
Dec-31 23
3/8
0.5
$12.3
Hastings
4
1200
Three Wise Birds Mdn
$2k
$19k
S Weatherley
57½
72.32
-
6
6,5
+2