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Book Launch
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Trained by J G McArthur at Terang, Book Launch is a 7 year old gelding by the sire Smart Missile, out of the dam Novel Dancer.

He has won one race from 19 starts. His career earnings are $34k, with the biggest win of his career coming at Terang on December 20th in 2022 when he won $14,850 in the Bet365 Top Tote Plus Maiden Plate (a set weight race over 1,000 metres).

Betting level stakes of $100 win on all of the horse's starts would have yielded a profit of $2200.

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
$34k
Starts
19
Wins
1
Second
1
Third
0
Win %
5
Place %
11
Profit
+22.0
Conditions
Good
12
1-0-0
$2k
Soft
5
0-1-0
$2k
Heavy
2
0-0-0
$1k
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
2
0-0-0
-2
1000m
7
1-1-0
+34
1400m
2
0-0-0
-2
1100m
4
0-0-0
-4
1014m
1
0-0-0
-1
1300m
2
0-0-0
-2
1135m
1
0-0-0
-1
Race Track
Ballarat
2
0-0-0
-2
Warrnambool
3
0-0-0
-3
Colac
1
0-0-0
-1
Terang
6
1-1-0
+35
Hamilton
1
0-0-0
-1
Naracoorte
1
0-0-0
-1
Flemington
1
0-0-0
-1
Werribee
1
0-0-0
-1
Stawell
1
0-0-0
-1
Geelong
1
0-0-0
-1
Mortlake
1
0-0-0
-1
Race State
VIC
18
1-1-0
+24
SA
1
0-0-0
-1

Race History

Nov-2 24
10/10
16.1
20
Mortlake
5
1300
Moyne Shire (Bm52)
$1k
$20k
J Webb
59
83.74
-
Oct-17 24
6/6
15.3
$101
Ballarat
4
1200
Hertz Hcp (C1)
$1k
$35k
T Childs
54
73.02
34.95
4
4,5
-1
Oct-4 24
6/10
4.4
$61
Warrnambool
4
1000
Graham's Cleaning Supplies (Bm58)
$1k
$27k
J Webb
57½
58.10
34.56
5
5,5
-1
Spell of 293 Days
Dec-16 23
9/10
10.0
$16
Colac
3
1000
bet365 Hcp (58)
$1k
$27k
J Booth
54
57.73
33.55
8
8,8
-1
Spell of 244 Days
Apr-16 23
6/6
20.5
$71
Terang
10
1400
Lawd Jim McKinnon (Bm70)
$1k
$40k
A Herrmann
54
88.60
37.72
4
1,6
Apr-2 23
6/7
2.3
$7
Hamilton
6
1100
Taylor Motors Hcp (58)
$1k
$27k
A Herrmann
58
64.99
34.06
3
3,3
-3
Mar-23 23
4/6
5.2
$16
Warrnambool
4
1000
Whalers Hotel (Bm58)
$1k
$27k
A Herrmann
58½
58.82
35.10
3
3,2
-2
Mar-17 23
2/8
0.2
$5.5
Terang
5
1000
Provico Rural (Bm58)
$5k
$27k
A Herrmann
58
58.07
34.82
3
3,2
Feb-26 23
4/10
5.0
$18
Terang
8
1400
Midfield Group Handicap
$1k
$27k
A Herrmann
58½
87.46
39.37
2
2,1
-3
Feb-12 23
9/11
6.6
$13
Naracoorte
4
1100
Coopers Handicap (58)
$0k
$17k
L Williams
59½
66.96
-
6
6,7
-2
Jan-20 23
10/14
7.0
$101
Flemington
4
1000
Greenville Sprint (C1)
$1k
$55k
A Herrmann
56½
57.40
33.62
7
7,4
-6
Jan-7 23
4/12
4.4
$13
Werribee
4
1014
Tobin Brothers Handicap (58)
$1k
$27k
A Herrmann
60
59.11
34.90
4
4,3
-1
Dec-20 22
1/14
1.0
$41
Terang
4
1000
Bet365 Top Tote Plus Maiden Plate
$15k
$27k
A Herrmann
59½
56.98
32.99
1
1,1
Nov-12 22
6/14
3.9
$21
Terang
7
1000
Bonner Transport Maiden Plate
$1k
$27k
A Herrmann
59½
59.68
34.78
10
10,10
+4
Spell of 177 Days
May-19 22
8/10
8.3
$26
Stawell
4
1300
Bet 365 Maiden Plate
$1k
$25k
J Keating
59½
79.34
36.18
5
0,5,5
-3
Apr-29 22
5/11
5.3
$61
Geelong
4
1135
Bet365 Odds Protector Maiden
$1k
$25k
L German
59½
67.22
34.59
9
0,9,10
+5
Apr-24 22
5/7
3.9
$26
Ballarat
4
1100
Suez Maiden Plate
$1k
$35k
L German
59½
65.78
34.65
5
0,5,7
+2
Apr-10 22
7/10
6.4
$151
Terang
4
1200
Brandt Terang Maiden Plate
$1k
$35k
A Kelly
59½
72.52
34.12
1
0,1,3
-4
Mar-14 22
9/11
8.4
$31
Warrnambool
5
1100
Warrnambool Sheetmetal Maiden
$1k
$35k
L King
59½
67.15
37.38
5
0,5,4
-5