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Dark Vador
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Trained by Matthew Smith at Warwick Farm, Dark Vador is a 5 year old gelding by the sire Invader, out of the dam Miss Cosmetic.

He has won a total of 2 races from 22 starts for a win percentage of 9%. His career earnings are $64k, with the biggest win of his career coming at Tuncurry on December 11th in 2023 when he won $13,950 in the Solaris Mdn Hcp (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 $-1770.

The gelding tends to run better on good ground, with an average prize money per start of $3k in those conditions.

Career Statistics

Overall
Prize Money
$64k
Starts
22
Wins
2
Second
7
Third
1
Win %
9
Place %
45
Profit
-17.7
Conditions
Good
12
1-3-1
$3k
Soft
9
1-4-0
$3k
Heavy
1
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
1400m
6
1-2-0
-3.7
1203m
1
0-0-0
-1
1600m
2
0-0-0
-2
1200m
4
0-1-0
-4
1300m
7
1-3-1
-5
1405m
1
0-0-0
-1
1280m
1
0-1-0
-1
Race Track
Mudgee
1
0-0-0
-1
Orange
2
1-1-0
+0.3
Kyneton
1
0-0-0
-1
Canberra
5
0-1-1
-5
Kembla Grange
2
0-0-0
-2
Nowra
2
0-1-0
-2
Tuncurry
2
1-0-0
0
Scone
1
0-1-0
-1
Goulburn
2
0-1-0
-2
Muswellbrook
1
0-1-0
-1
Newcastle
3
0-1-0
-3
Race State
NSW
16
2-6-0
-11.7
VIC
1
0-0-0
-1
ACT
5
0-1-1
-5

Race History

Dec-16 24
1/8
0.0
2.3
Orange
5
1400
WIN Network Hcp (C1)
$14k
$27k
Ashley Morgan
56½
83.29
-
Dec-6 24
4/9
6.0
$15
Mudgee
4
1400
Hamilton Island Hcp (C1)
$1k
$30k
S Grima
55
84.50
-
6
0,5,7
+3
Nov-22 24
2/9
1.0
$8
Orange
4
1400
Tamburlaine Organic Wines Hcp (C1)
$5k
$27k
A Morgan
56½
83.31
-
5
5,5
+3
Nov-6 24
6/13
4.8
$91
Kyneton
4
1203
Evolve Interiors (Bm64)
$1k
$35k
T Nugent
54
70.51
35.18
12
12,10
+4
Sep-20 24
6/11
10.8
$16
Canberra
4
1600
Super Helpful for The Kosciuszko Plate (C1)
$0k
$22k
N Heywood
59
96.39
35.62
7
7,7,7
+1
Aug-31 24
8/10
5.3
$31
Kembla Grange
4
1400
Little Gong Beer Garden Powered By Carlton 3.5 @ The Gong Race Day Hcp (C1)
$1k
$42k
J Van Overmeire
55
84.30
34.97
5
5,5
-3
Aug-12 24
4/10
2.3
$7
Nowra
4
1200
The Country Club St Georges Basin (Bm58)
$1k
$27k
J Lloyd
59
70.32
35.70
4
4,4
Spell of 155 Days
Mar-10 24
6/9
4.6
$26
Canberra
5
1300
Class 2 Handicap
$0k
$31k
A Collett
56½
76.74
35.81
3
3,5
-1
Feb-23 24
9/11
6.2
$13
Canberra
6
1200
Alan Rummery Bookmaker Shane Connolly Memorial Handicap
$0k
$22k
R Downey
58½
70.93
35.66
7
7,9
Jan-29 24
11/14
16.4
$6
Tuncurry
7
1405
Thank You To Our Volunteers (Bm66)
$0k
$27k
A Morgan
57
85.66
37.57
5
8,9
-2
Jan-12 24
3/8
1.3
$3
Canberra
4
1300
Adam Van Arkel Hcp (C1)
$2k
$22k
J Van Overmeire
59½
76.58
35.42
1
1,1
-2
Dec-29 23
2/10
1.0
$2.5
Canberra
5
1300
Matt Kelley Racing Hcp (C1)
$4k
$22k
S Guymer
59
77.99
36.44
6
6,6
+4
Dec-11 23
1/13
1.0
$2
Tuncurry
4
1300
Solaris Mdn Hcp
$14k
$27k
A Morgan
59
77.64
34.46
3
3,3
+2
Nov-20 23
2/9
0.2
$10
Scone
5
1200
Yarraman Park Mdn Plate
$5k
$27k
R Bronett Prag
56
72.42
35.13
6
6,7
+5
Spell of 157 Days
Jun-16 23
2/9
2.0
$3.9
Goulburn
4
1300
Douglass Blinds & Security Mdn
$5k
$27k
B Spriggs
59
78.26
35.39
4
4,4
+2
Jun-1 23
2/12
0.2
$1.9
Nowra
5
1400
Hanlon Windows Mdn Hcp
$5k
$27k
A Collett
58
83.81
35.82
3
3,3
+1
May-21 23
2/14
4.0
$6.5
Muswellbrook
4
1280
Pirtek Muswellbrook Mdn Plate
$5k
$27k
A Morgan
59
76.25
35.45
7
7,5
+3
May-6 23
6/12
4.5
$6
Kembla Grange
4
1200
Dawn Campbell Memorial Mdn
$1k
$40k
B Spriggs
56½
70.75
34.40
11
11,5
-1
Apr-12 23
2/10
3.0
$71
Newcastle
5
1300
Hellbent @ Yarraman Park Mdn
$7k
$40k
B Spriggs
58½
77.93
34.46
5
5,5
+3
Spell of 164 Days
Oct-30 22
8/13
4.6
$18
Goulburn
3
1600
Rj Sidney Craig Maiden Handicap
$1k
$30k
B Spriggs
55
96.04
36.23
6
6,7,8
Oct-15 22
7/12
6.5
$26
Newcastle
6
1300
Klein Tools Maiden Handicap
$1k
$40k
B Spriggs
58
79.65
35.36
9
9,8
+1
Sep-24 22
7/9
7.7
$26
Newcastle
8
1400
Denton Engineering Group Maiden
$1k
$40k
G Schofield
56½
87.12
35.08
4
4,2
-5