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Balance Play
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Trained by Gai Waterhouse & Adrian Bott at Randwick, Balance Play is a 5 year old gelding by the sire Lope De Vega, out of the dam Bezique.

He has won a total of 3 races from 11 starts for a win percentage of 27%. His career earnings are $155k, with the biggest win of his career coming at Newcastle on November 16th in 2024 when he won $13,250 in the The New Zealand Bloodstock Beauford (a handicap race over 2,300 metres).

Betting level stakes of $100 win on all of the horse's starts would have yielded a loss of $-425.

The gelding tends to run better on heavy ground, with an average prize money per start of $69k in those conditions.

Career Statistics

Overall
Prize Money
$155k
Starts
11
Wins
3
Second
1
Third
2
Win %
27
Place %
55
Profit
-4.3
Conditions
Good
1
0-0-0
$4k
Soft
6
2-1-0
$10k
Heavy
1
1-0-0
$69k
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
1800m
1
0-0-0
-1
1600m
1
0-0-0
-1
2012m
2
1-0-1
+2
2414m
1
0-0-0
-1
2213m
1
1-0-0
-1
2118m
1
1-0-0
+1.75
1408m
2
0-1-1
-2
1709m
1
0-0-0
-1
2300m
1
0-0-0
-1
Race Track
Randwick Kensington
1
0-0-0
-1
Warwick Farm
1
0-0-0
-1
G B - Newbury
1
1-0-0
+3
G B - York
1
0-0-0
-1
G B - Goodwood
1
1-0-0
-1
G B - Chester
1
1-0-0
+1.75
G B - Epsom
1
0-0-1
-1
G B - Salisbury
1
0-1-0
-1
G B - Kempton Park
1
0-0-1
-1
G B - Nottingham
1
0-0-0
-1
Newcastle
1
0-0-0
-1
Race State
NSW
3
0-0-0
-2
GB
4
2-0-1
0
4
1-1-1
-1.25

Race History

Nov-16 24
4/11
1.9
12
Newcastle
5
2300
The New Zealand Bloodstock Beauford 
$13k
$300k
Rachel King
53
143.68
-
1
1,1,1
-3
Oct-30 24
4/6
5.8
$8.5
Randwick Kensington
4
1800
Star Turn @ Vinery Stud (Bm88)
$4k
$60k
T Clark
58
108.58
36.35
1
1,1,1
-3
Oct-16 24
8/9
4.7
$11
Warwick Farm
5
1600
Schweppes (Bm88)
$2k
$60k
T Clark
58
96.57
-
1
1,1,1
-7
Spell of 389 Days
Sep-23 23
1/8
1.8
$4
G B - Newbury
9
2012
Hcp (105)
$69k
$131k
H Crouch
57½
133.04
-
0,0,0
Aug-25 23
10/14
8.0
$4
G B - York
2
2414
Hcp (C2)
$0k
$209k
H Crouch
58½
150.04
-
0,0,0
Aug-4 23
1/12
1.8
$0
G B - Goodwood
6
2213
3yo Hcp (90)
$32k
$61k
H Crouch
61
152.30
-
0,0,0
Jun-30 23
1/7
1.0
$2.75
G B - Chester
6
2118
3yo Hcp (85)
$11k
$21k
H Crouch
60½
132.27
-
0,0,0
Jun-3 23
3/13
3.8
$5
G B - Epsom
2
2012
3yo Hcp (100)
$16k
$131k
A Atzeni
54
127.21
-
0,0,0
May-4 23
2/8
0.3
$4.5
G B - Salisbury
6
1408
3yo Nov (C5)
$4k
$15k
R Ryan
60½
90.65
-
0,0,0
Spell of 157 Days
Nov-28 22
3/12
3.6
$4.6
G B - Kempton Park
0
1408
2yo Nov (C4)
$3k
$26k
R Ryan
59
87.54
-
0,0,0
Oct-26 22
4/10
4.0
$4
G B - Nottingham
6
1709
2yo C&G Mdn (C4)
$1k
$22k
R Hornby
58
109.57
-
0,0,0