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Short Stories
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Trained by Robert King at Port Lincoln, Short Stories is a 7 year old gelding by the sire Shamus Award, out of the dam Ravaged Heart.

He has won a total of 4 races from 31 starts for a win percentage of 13%. His career earnings are $121k, with the biggest win of his career coming at Morphettville Parks on July 23rd in 2022 when he won $23,850 in the Pike & Joyce (a handicap race over 1,300 metres).

Betting level stakes of $100 win on all of the horse's starts would have yielded a profit of $770.

The gelding tends to run better on soft ground, with an average prize money per start of $6k in those conditions.

Career Statistics

Overall
Prize Money
$121k
Starts
31
Wins
4
Second
4
Third
2
Win %
13
Place %
32
Profit
+7.7
Conditions
Good
16
1-2-1
$2k
Soft
13
3-1-1
$6k
Heavy
2
0-1-0
$5k
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
1350m
7
1-2-0
-3.3
1000m
5
0-0-0
-5
1600m
4
1-0-0
+3
1550m
3
0-0-1
-3
1500m
1
0-0-0
-1
1050m
1
0-0-0
-1
1250m
1
0-0-0
-1
1200m
4
0-1-1
-4
1300m
2
2-0-0
+26
1400m
1
0-0-0
-1
1323m
1
0-1-0
-1
1100m
1
0-0-0
-1
Race Track
Port Lincoln
9
1-2-0
-5.3
Port Augusta
1
0-0-0
-1
Morphettville
6
1-1-0
+1
Morphettville Parks
8
2-0-1
+20
Balaklava
1
0-0-0
-1
Murray Bridge Gh
3
0-0-0
-3
Mt Gambier
1
0-1-0
-1
Gawler
2
0-0-1
-2
Race State
SA
31
4-4-2
+7.7

Declared to Run

Port Lincoln 7 • Today Sparky Plus (Bm68)
$23Bet

Race History

Oct-27 24
11/12
7.1
$61
Port Lincoln
4
1350
McDonald's (Bm62)
$0k
$23k
F Atkinson
56½
82.90
-
11
11,10
-1
Oct-13 24
11/12
7.8
$61
Port Lincoln
4
1000
Swettenham Stud (Bm64)
$0k
$23k
A Livesey
58½
59.13
-
11
11,11
Spell of 340 Days
Nov-8 23
6/12
4.3
$4.8
Port Lincoln
4
1350
AVIS Port Lincoln (Bm64)
$1k
$23k
C Murray
59
82.56
-
7
6,6
Oct-15 23
6/12
2.5
$6.5
Port Lincoln
4
1350
AVIS Port Lincoln (Bm66)
$1k
$23k
C Murray
58½
83.11
-
2
2,3
-3
Oct-1 23
7/10
3.3
$3.3
Port Lincoln
4
1350
Avis Port Lincoln (Bm66)
$1k
$23k
C Murray
59
83.55
-
7
7,7
Spell of 135 Days
May-19 23
7/9
5.5
$6.5
Port Augusta
3
1600
Northpoint Toyota (Bm64)
$1k
$17k
C Murray
60½
95.17
-
5
5,4,6
-1
Apr-15 23
7/10
2.0
$18
Morphettville
5
1600
Grand Syndicates (Bm68)
$1k
$45k
C Murray
58
100.23
35.43
9
10,10,10
+3
Mar-25 23
3/10
1.4
$31
Morphettville Parks
4
1550
Grand Syndicates (Bm68)
$4k
$45k
C Murray
58
94.85
35.63
7
6,6
+3
Mar-19 23
1/10
0.1
$3.7
Port Lincoln
4
1350
West Coast Bitumen (Bm62)
$8k
$17k
C Murray
60
83.24
-
9
9,7
+6
Mar-3 23
2/11
2.5
$3.9
Port Lincoln
4
1350
Kym Clarke Constructions-Bm62
$4k
$22k
C Murray
59½
82.68
-
11
10,8
+6
Feb-19 23
2/12
1.8
$20
Port Lincoln
4
1350
Ep Temperature Control (Bm62)
$4k
$22k
C Murray
59
82.89
-
12
12,12
+10
Feb-3 23
6/11
4.0
$20
Port Lincoln
4
1000
Riding For The Disabled (Bm62)
$1k
$22k
C Murray
59½
59.84
-
4
4,6
Spell of 97 Days
Oct-29 22
6/8
4.6
$10
Morphettville
4
1600
Croser (Bm70)
$1k
$45k
K Crowther
55½
96.43
34.41
4
4,2,2
-4
Oct-22 22
5/10
3.7
$20
Morphettville
4
1500
Antonio & Elisabeth Romeo-Bm64
$2k
$45k
B Price
57
90.20
34.59
9
9,9
+4
Oct-12 22
10/10
13.7
$21
Balaklava
4
1050
Coopers (Bm68)
$0k
$22k
E Boyd
57½
59.91
33.53
10
10,10
Oct-1 22
9/10
7.9
$51
Morphettville Parks
4
1250
The Junction (Bm72)
$1k
$55k
B Price
54½
74.91
35.12
6
6,7
-2
Sep-10 22
6/7
10.7
$8.5
Morphettville Parks
6
1550
Caitlin Forrest (Bm68)
$1k
$45k
B Price
57½
96.99
37.61
7
0,7,7
+1
Sep-3 22
1/11
0.2
$7
Morphettville
6
1600
Australian Clinical Labs-Bm60
$22k
$41k
B Price
59½
101.89
35.96
9
9,8,5
+4
Aug-27 22
7/11
2.3
$8
Morphettville Parks
6
1550
Fresh Kitchen Solutions (Bm60)
$1k
$41k
B Price
59½
96.92
37.63
9
9,8,5
-2
Aug-13 22
8/10
5.6
$18
Morphettville
9
1200
The Junction (Bm68)
$1k
$45k
E Boyd
58
73.95
37.93
10
0,10,10
+2
Jul-23 22
1/12
0.2
$13
Morphettville Parks
5
1300
Pike & Joyce (Bm64)
$24k
$45k
E Boyd
58
78.73
36.59
8
0,8,7
+6
Jul-16 22
4/12
1.7
$21
Morphettville Parks
6
1000
Grand Synd.-New Yearlings-Bm60
$2k
$41k
E Boyd
60
60.82
35.88
10
0,10,11
+7
Jul-2 22
10/12
6.9
$7.5
Murray Bridge Gh
5
1400
Beyond Ink (Bm60)
$1k
$41k
B Price
59
84.74
35.38
4
0,3,3
-7
Jun-19 22
2/8
3.0
$6.5
Mt Gambier
6
1323
Scott Group Of Companies-Bm68
$4k
$22k
B Price
57
81.38
-
7
0,7,6
+4
May-28 22
10/14
6.8
$15
Murray Bridge Gh
6
1200
Northpoint Murraylands (Bm60)
$1k
$40k
B Price
59½
72.70
35.85
4
0,4,3
-7
May-11 22
3/11
4.0
$10
Gawler
6
1200
Pure Wine Co (Bm58)
$2k
$22k
S Callow
59½
74.39
36.95
5
0,5,5
+2
Spell of 305 Days
Jul-10 21
4/9
4.0
$8
Gawler
7
1100
Gj Civil (Bm62)
$2k
$45k
T Pannell
60½
67.40
-
8
0,8,7
+3
Jun-26 21
2/9
0.8
$15
Morphettville
8
1200
Accolade Wines (Bm68)
$9k
$52k
T Pannell
57
74.26
37.66
7
0,7,6
+4
Jun-5 21
1/11
0.2
$15
Morphettville Parks
5
1300
G.H. Mumm Maiden Plate
$19k
$37k
K Crowther
57½
79.68
36.18
2
0,2,2
+1
May-29 21
4/11
6.7
$31
Morphettville Parks
5
1000
Barossa Fine Foods Maiden Plate
$2k
$37k
K Crowther
57½
58.75
34.73
11
0,11,8
+4
Apr-21 21
9/12
8.4
$5
Murray Bridge Gh
4
1000
Riverscape Food And Wine Maiden
$0k
$19k
T Pannell
57
58.21
34.16
10
0,10,10
+1