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Too Hard To Refuse
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Trained by Desleigh Forster at Eagle Farm, Too Hard To Refuse is a 5 year old gelding by the sire Heroic Valour, out of the dam Alyssa Jean.

He has won a total of 4 races from 24 starts for a win percentage of 17%. His career earnings are $137k, with the biggest win of his career coming at Ipswich on October 11th in 2023 when he won $21,000 in the The Lawn Shed (a handicap race over 1,350 metres).

Betting level stakes of $100 win on all of the horse's starts would have yielded a profit of $780.

The gelding tends to run better on soft ground, with an average prize money per start of $7k in those conditions.

Career Statistics

Overall
Prize Money
$137k
Starts
24
Wins
4
Second
5
Third
2
Win %
17
Place %
46
Profit
+7.8
Conditions
Good
17
3-4-1
$5k
Soft
7
1-1-1
$7k
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
1400m
8
1-3-1
+0.5
1350m
10
2-2-0
+11
1110m
1
0-0-0
-1
1600m
3
1-0-0
-0.7
1200m
2
0-0-1
-2
Race Track
Gatton
5
1-2-1
-2.7
Doomben
9
1-2-0
+1
Eagle Farm
4
0-1-0
-4
Ipswich
2
1-0-0
+9
Beaudesert
1
1-0-0
+7.5
Sunshine Coast
1
0-0-0
-1
Toowoomba
1
0-0-1
-1
Gold Coast
1
0-0-0
-1
Race State
QLD
24
4-5-2
+8.8

Race History

Oct-24 24
5/9
4.6
5.5
Ipswich
3
1350
Imperial Racing Hcp (C4)
$1k
$28k
Kirk Matheson
58½
80.59
-
1
1,1
-4
Oct-1 24
5/8
2.9
$2.8
Gatton
4
1400
Falvey's Hotel Gatton (Bm70)
$1k
$20k
J Metcalfe
57
82.57
35.13
3
2,2
-3
Sep-25 24
6/8
1.9
$8
Doomben
4
1350
XXXX Gold Plate (C4)
$1k
$38k
C Collis
57
78.58
34.56
1
1,1
-5
Sep-11 24
2/8
0.8
$4
Doomben
4
1350
Sky Racing Hcp (C4)
$7k
$38k
E Lang
56
79.43
33.79
1
1,1
-1
Aug-3 24
6/8
3.1
$21
Doomben
4
1350
The Gibson Plate (C6)
$1k
$85k
C Collis
54
78.69
35.20
1
1,1
-5
Jul-13 24
8/9
6.2
$11
Doomben
6
1110
E&G (Bm78)
$1k
$85k
J Byrne
56½
64.80
35.12
5
5,3
-5
May-18 24
6/16
5.2
$21
Doomben
7
1350
The Star (Bm78)
$1k
$85k
J Byrne
56½
81.21
36.75
2
2,2
-4
Apr-27 24
4/15
1.2
$15
Eagle Farm
5
1400
Sky Racing (Bm75)
$4k
$75k
J Byrne
58
84.60
36.17
2
3,3
-1
Apr-6 24
2/11
0.4
$14
Eagle Farm
6
1400
Dave Irvine's 50th (Rs0mw)
$16k
$85k
J Byrne
54
84.91
36.71
4
4,3
+1
Spell of 126 Days
Dec-2 23
13/13
12.2
$26
Doomben
6
1350
AQWA Constructions Plate (C6)
$0k
$85k
K Matheson
57
79.41
35.67
6
7,6
-7
Nov-15 23
2/8
2.3
$11
Doomben
4
1350
Ladbrokes Owners Incentive Scheme (Bm70)
$7k
$38k
B Wheeler
58½
79.00
33.71
1
3,3
+1
Nov-4 23
6/10
3.7
$8
Eagle Farm
4
1400
Padua College (Rs0mw)
$1k
$85k
K Matheson
54
82.85
35.56
5
5,5
-1
Oct-11 23
1/12
0.5
$11
Ipswich
3
1350
The Lawn Shed (Bm70)
$21k
$38k
K Matheson
57½
79.85
35.03
1
1,1
Sep-16 23
7/9
4.3
$14
Eagle Farm
4
1600
Margot McKinney Well Groomed Plate (C3)
$1k
$85k
K Matheson
59
95.80
34.97
1
1,1,1
-6
Sep-7 23
1/8
2.0
$2.3
Gatton
4
1600
Porters Plainland Hotel (Bm65)
$11k
$20k
K Matheson
58
97.18
35.84
1
1,1,1
Aug-25 23
1/11
1.5
$8.5
Beaudesert
4
1400
Kobayashi At Aquis Stallions Hcp (C1)
$16k
$28k
K Matheson
58
81.66
35.25
2
2,1
Aug-15 23
3/11
7.0
$4.6
Gatton
4
1400
LVTC 22-23 Premiership App Jockey - Congrats Emily Lang Hcp (C2)
$2k
$20k
K Matheson
59
82.40
35.84
2
2,2
-1
Spell of 65 Days
Jun-11 23
9/11
5.4
$12
Sunshine Coast
4
1600
McGrath Buderim (Bm65)
$1k
$28k
D Thornton
57
98.06
35.10
1
1,1,3
-6
May-25 23
2/9
0.4
$2
Gatton
4
1400
Gatton Cup Sat June 24 (Bm60)
$4k
$20k
D Thornton
59½
82.82
35.82
8
8,8
+6
May-12 23
2/11
1.0
$2.5
Gatton
4
1400
Agricultural Requirements (C1)
$4k
$20k
G Cartwright
59
83.12
36.12
3
2,2
Apr-26 23
3/12
2.1
$14
Toowoomba
5
1200
Harry Brown (Bm65)
$3k
$38k
J Byrne
57
72.95
36.43
8
8,10
+7
Spell of 138 Days
Dec-9 22
1/14
0.5
$10
Doomben
7
1350
Girls Day Out 4 March Maiden
$21k
$37k
J Byrne
56
80.54
35.64
2
2,2
+1
Spell of 105 Days
Aug-26 22
4/12
1.3
$26
Gold Coast
3
1350
Member Of The Year K Woods Maiden
$2k
$37k
J Byrne
58
79.56
35.02
1
0,1,1
-3
Aug-10 22
9/12
5.6
$26
Doomben
4
1200
Venue Mode Maiden Handicap
$1k
$37k
S Collett
58½
70.84
35.51
9
0,9,10
+1