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The Great Houdini
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Trained by G McFarlane at Gosford, The Great Houdini is a 6 year old gelding by the sire Written Tycoon, out of the dam Sarzameen.

He has won a total of 3 races from 17 starts for a win percentage of 18%. His career earnings are $126k, with the biggest win of his career coming at Newcastle on July 29th in 2023 when he won $21,000 in the Clevertronics - IPD - SAL (a handicap race over 1,300 metres).

Betting level stakes of $100 win on all of the horse's starts would have yielded a loss of $-330.

The gelding tends to run better on heavy ground, with an average prize money per start of $9k in those conditions.

Career Statistics

Overall
Prize Money
$126k
Starts
17
Wins
3
Second
3
Third
1
Win %
18
Place %
41
Profit
-3.3
Conditions
Good
10
1-2-1
$6k
Soft
4
1-1-0
$9k
Heavy
3
1-0-0
$9k
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
1400m
4
1-0-1
+2
1250m
4
0-1-0
-4
1350m
1
0-0-0
-1
1300m
1
1-0-0
+1.9
1100m
2
0-0-0
-2
1200m
2
0-1-0
-2
1213m
1
0-1-0
-1
1125m
1
1-0-0
+3.8
1500m
1
0-0-0
-1
Race Track
Rosehill
3
0-0-0
-3
Newcastle
4
2-2-0
+4.9
Canterbury
2
0-0-0
-2
Randwick Kensington
2
0-0-0
-2
Wyong
1
0-0-0
-1
Hawkesbury
1
0-0-1
-1
Gosford
1
0-0-0
-1
Warwick Farm
1
0-0-0
-1
Sale
1
0-1-0
-1
Geelong
1
1-0-0
+3.8
Race State
NSW
15
2-2-1
-5.1
VIC
2
1-1-0
+2.8

Race History

Aug-31 24
9/10
7.5
41
Rosehill
4
1500
Cabra-Vale Diggers (Bm78)
$4k
$160k
Molly Bourke
55½
89.80
-
8
9,8
-1
Aug-3 24
6/12
2.1
$8
Rosehill
4
1400
Midway (Bm72)
$4k
$120k
J Parr
58½
83.42
35.21
7
7,7
+1
Jul-13 24
1/11
2.3
$6
Newcastle
6
1400
(Bm68)
$21k
$42k
A Roper
57½
85.21
36.86
7
6,6
+5
Jun-19 24
4/9
1.5
$10
Canterbury
7
1250
TAB (Bm72)
$4k
$60k
T Berry
58
76.07
36.81
8
8,8
+4
May-15 24
7/10
5.5
$9.5
Randwick Kensington
9
1250
Petaluma (Bm72)
$2k
$60k
A Hyeronimus
59
77.84
37.13
5
5,6
-1
Apr-25 24
4/7
2.4
$8
Randwick Kensington
4
1400
Battle of Amiens (Bm72)
$4k
$65k
J Parr
59
82.84
34.80
7
7,7
+3
Mar-30 24
4/16
2.2
$21
Wyong
4
1350
Polytrack Provincial-Midway Championships Qualifier (C5)
$7k
$150k
J Taylor
56
78.21
35.16
10
10,10
+6
Spell of 210 Days
Sep-2 23
3/9
1.0
$3.6
Hawkesbury
4
1400
Richmond Club Midway (Bm68)
$4k
$45k
J Van Overmeire
60
83.18
34.46
4
5,3
Aug-19 23
2/8
0.2
$7.5
Newcastle
6
1250
Tooheys Extra Dry Adamstown Bowlo (Bm68)
$8k
$45k
J Taylor
59
75.00
35.80
7
7,7
+5
Jul-29 23
1/9
1.0
$2.9
Newcastle
4
1300
Clevertronics - IPD - SAL (C1)
$21k
$45k
A Bullock
59
77.49
34.14
6
6,6
+5
Jul-13 23
6/10
3.0
$7.5
Gosford
4
1100
Family Of League (Bm64)
$1k
$40k
D Gibbons
59½
64.03
35.47
8
8,8
+2
Spell of 126 Days
Mar-9 23
2/10
2.0
$6.5
Newcastle
4
1200
H'valley Premium Meats (Bm64)
$7k
$40k
K Jennings
59½
70.46
33.40
6
6,4
+2
Feb-22 23
6/12
4.4
$4.2
Warwick Farm
7
1200
Acy Securities (Bm72)
$2k
$55k
Z Lloyd
54
70.58
35.64
5
5,5
-1
Feb-1 23
4/10
4.6
$6
Canterbury
4
1250
Exceedance's 1st Yearl. (Bm64)
$3k
$55k
B Prebble
60½
73.71
34.49
8
8,6
+2
Jan-7 23
4/6
3.8
$4.6
Rosehill
8
1100
Ora Farnan (Bm72)
$7k
$150k
T Berry
55½
64.90
34.53
5
5
+1
Spell of 183 Days
Jul-8 22
2/11
0.2
$3.7
Sale
4
1213
Ultra Blinds Handicap (C1)
$6k
$35k
L German
60
71.88
35.96
6
0,6,9
+7
Jun-17 22
1/10
0.8
$4.8
Geelong
10
1125
Right Mate Maiden Plate
$19k
$35k
L German
59½
68.27
35.92
8
0,8,7
+6