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Duke De Sessa
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Trained by Ciaron Maher at Cranbourne, Duke De Sessa is a 6 year old gelding by the sire Lope De Vega, out of the dam Dark Crusader.

He has won a total of 5 races from 25 starts for a win percentage of 20%. His career earnings are $4M, with the biggest win of his career coming at Caulfield on October 19th in 2024 when he won $3,000,000 in the Sportsbet Caulfield Cup (a handicap race over 2,400 metres).

Duke De Sessa is a top level performer, having started 10 times at group race level, with 1 win, including 1 in Group 1 company.

Betting level stakes of $100 win on all of the horse's starts would have yielded a loss of $-387.

The gelding tends to run better on soft ground, with an average prize money per start of $373k in those conditions.

Career Statistics

Overall
Prize Money
$4M
Starts
25
Wins
5
Second
2
Third
5
Win %
20
Place %
48
Profit
-3.9
Conditions
Good
13
1-2-2
$25k
Soft
9
3-0-3
$373k
Heavy
3
1-0-0
$26k
Race Standard
All
10
1-0-2
Group 1
7
1-0-0
Group 2
1
0-0-1
Group 3
1
0-0-1
Race Distance
2400m
3
1-0-1
+8
2000m
4
0-1-0
-4
1800m
1
0-0-0
-1
2040m
1
0-0-0
-1
1600m
3
0-0-0
-3
2600m
1
0-0-1
-1
1400m
1
0-0-0
-1
2377m
1
1-0-0
+1.63
3000m
1
0-0-1
-1
2414m
1
1-0-0
-1
2012m
2
0-1-1
-2
1609m
2
1-0-0
-2
1810m
1
1-0-0
+5.5
1408m
2
0-0-1
-2
Race Track
Caulfield
7
1-1-1
+4
Flemington
5
0-0-1
-5
Moonee Valley
1
0-0-0
-1
Randwick
1
0-0-0
-1
Ire - Naas
1
1-0-0
+1.63
Fr - Longchamp
1
0-0-1
-1
Ire - Leopardstown
3
2-0-1
+3.5
Ire - Curragh
4
1-1-0
-4
Ire - Galway
1
0-0-1
-1
Race State
VIC
13
1-1-2
-1
NSW
1
0-0-0
-1
10
4-1-3
-0.87

Race History

Nov-9 24
9/11
8.8
21
Flemington
4
2000
TAB Champions Stakes 
$0k
$3M
H Coffey
59
123.33
-
3
3,2,2
-7
Oct-19 24
1/18
1.3
$11
Caulfield
6
2400
Sportsbet Caulfield Cup 
$3.2M
$5.2M
H Coffey
52
151.42
37.40
2
2,2,1
Oct-5 24
4/16
2.1
$13
Flemington
6
2000
TAB Turnbull Stakes 
$34k
$755k
D Bates
55
122.62
35.64
1
1,1,1
-3
Sep-21 24
4/12
4.8
$15
Caulfield
4
1800
Henley Homes Underwood Stakes 
$34k
$756k
D Bates
59
109.00
36.24
1
1,1,1
-3
Aug-31 24
2/10
0.8
$3.6
Caulfield
4
2000
Quayclean Hcp
$27k
$150k
M Zahra
61
121.41
35.20
1
1,1,1
-1
Aug-10 24
5/11
4.6
$9
Moonee Valley
6
2040
Ranvet Travis Harrison Cup (Bm100)
$5k
$150k
C Gaudray
60½
129.78
37.52
5
5,5,6
+1
Jul-27 24
5/8
6.7
$8
Caulfield
8
1600
Sportsbet Race Replays (Bm100)
$5k
$150k
R Houston
59
98.96
36.68
5
5,5,5
Jul-6 24
7/12
4.2
$8
Flemington
4
1600
VRC-CRV Winter Championship Series Final 
$4k
$201k
J Allen
58½
95.65
36.04
12
12,12,11
+4
Spell of 217 Days
Dec-2 23
3/8
3.0
$3.5
Caulfield
7
2400
Whispering Angel Zipping Classic 
$68k
$752k
M Zahra
59
151.73
37.56
2
2,2,1
-2
Nov-11 23
3/13
3.0
$4.6
Flemington
4
2600
Queen Elizabeth Stakes 
$27k
$303k
J Allen
57½
162.26
36.00
4
3,4,7
+4
Oct-21 23
9/18
7.7
$41
Caulfield
4
2400
Caulfield Cup 
$120k
$5.2M
J Allen
53
146.45
37.01
16
16,16,14
+5
Oct-7 23
6/16
4.9
$26
Flemington
4
2000
Turnbull Stakes 
$15k
$755k
B Allen
56
121.62
35.43
12
12,11,12
+6
Sep-2 23
10/14
4.3
$51
Caulfield
4
1400
Memsie Stakes 
$0k
$755k
E Brown
59
83.22
34.18
10
11,11
+1
Spell of 154 Days
Apr-1 23
8/20
3.4
$11
Randwick
9
1600
Doncaster Mile 
$40k
$4.1M
D Gibbons
52
98.76
36.60
15
14,14,13
+5
Spell of 146 Days
Nov-6 22
1/16
0.1
$2.63
Ire - Naas
9
2377
Finale Stakes
$35k
$55k
C Hayes
61
169.72
-
0,0,0
Oct-1 22
3/7
0.6
$2.9
Fr - Longchamp
6
3000
Prix Chaudenay
$33k
$313k
C Soumillon
58
204.68
-
0,0,0
Sep-10 22
1/9
0.1
$0
Ire - Leopardstown
6
2414
Paddy Power
$0k
$157k
C Hayes
57½
161.29
-
0,0,0
Spell of 77 Days
Jun-25 22
2/7
4.3
$7.5
Ire - Curragh
4
2012
Intl Stakes
$0k
$147k
C Hayes
57
128.15
-
0,0,0
May-21 22
5/9
6.0
$51
Ire - Curragh
6
1609
2000 Guineas
$16k
$720k
C Hayes
58
99.28
-
0,0,0
Apr-2 22
3/9
3.9
$0
Ire - Leopardstown
4
2012
Ballysax Stakes
$0k
$74k
C Hayes
61
129.80
-
0,0,0
Spell of 161 Days
Oct-23 21
1/13
0.5
$6.5
Ire - Leopardstown
4
1810
Eyrefield Stakes
$47k
$74k
C Keane
59½
116.74
-
0,0,0
Sep-12 21
6/7
10.3
$9
Ire - Curragh
4
1408
National Stakes
$5k
$447k
C Keane
59½
86.27
-
0,0,0
Aug-21 21
1/11
4.8
$0
Ire - Curragh
6
1609
2yo Mdn
$0k
$0k
C Keane
60½
102.26
-
0,0,0
Jul-26 21
3/9
0.5
$3
Ire - Galway
6
1408
2yo C&G Mdn
$2k
$25k
C Keane
59½
91.01
-
0,0,0