Horse Profile
Babalola
Trained by Lee & Shannon Hope at Seymour, Babalola is a 5 year old gelding by the sire Nostradamus, out of the dam Belle Melba.
He has won one race from 13 starts. His career earnings are $55k, with the biggest win of his career coming at Cranbourne on April 19th in 2024 when he won $22,000 in the Grand Ridge Arenas Mdn Plate (a set weight race over 1,000 metres).
Betting level stakes of $100 win on all of the horse's starts would have yielded a loss of $-980.
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
$55k
Starts
13
Wins
1
Second
5
Third
3
Win %
8
Place %
69
Profit
-9.8
Conditions
Good
7
0-3-3
$3k
Soft
6
1-2-0
$6k
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
1112m
2
0-2-0
-2
1106m
1
0-1-0
-1
1000m
6
1-1-2
-2.8
1100m
1
0-0-0
-1
1175m
2
0-1-0
-2
900m
1
0-0-1
-1
Race Track
Kilmore
1
0-1-0
-1
Werribee
1
0-1-0
-1
Seymour
1
0-0-0
-1
Cranbourne
2
1-0-0
+1.2
Benalla
1
0-1-0
-1
Bendigo
1
0-0-0
-1
Albury
4
0-2-1
-4
Gundagai
1
0-0-1
-1
Deniliquin
1
0-0-1
-1
Race State
VIC
7
1-3-0
-3.8
NSW
6
0-2-3
-6
Race History
Feb-11 25
2/9
0.1
$5.5
Kilmore
4
1112
bet365 (Bm58)
$5k
$27k
J Bowditch
59½
64.66
35.58
4
4,3
+1
Dec-21 24
2/13
1.3
$13
Werribee
4
1106
Tobin Brothers Hcp (58)
$5k
$27k
J Bowditch
59½
65.12
34.86
2
2,2
Spell of 204 Days
May-31 24
8/9
9.7
$12
Seymour
7
1000
Ray White Seymour (Bm64)
$1k
$27k
W Gordon
57½
59.17
35.07
2
2,3
-5
May-10 24
8/8
7.7
$11
Cranbourne
7
1000
Happy Mother's Day from Southside Racing (Bm64)
$1k
$40k
B Mertens
58
59.14
35.58
2
2,5
-3
Apr-19 24
1/7
1.0
$3.2
Cranbourne
6
1000
Grand Ridge Arenas Mdn Plate
$22k
$40k
T Hope
59½
60.05
35.16
1
1,1
Apr-5 24
2/11
0.2
$12
Benalla
4
1112
Annabell Cleeland Mdn Plate
$5k
$27k
T Hope
59½
66.14
35.02
1
1,1
-1
Spell of 110 Days
Dec-17 23
6/6
5.7
$31
Bendigo
4
1100
Budget Bendigo Mdn Plate
$1k
$38k
B Vale
59½
63.98
35.02
1
1,1
-5
Dec-9 23
2/7
1.0
$6
Albury
5
1175
Stewart Gould Mdn Plate
$5k
$30k
F Sandkuhl
57½
71.08
35.84
1
1,1
-1
Nov-28 23
2/4
2.3
$3
Albury
5
1000
Habitat Planning Mdn Hcp
$5k
$30k
F Sandkuhl
57½
59.65
35.38
1
1,1
-1
Nov-18 23
3/10
1.6
$9
Gundagai
4
1000
XXXX Gold Mdn Hcp
$3k
$30k
F Sandkuhl
57½
57.82
34.46
1
1,2
-1
Oct-28 23
3/13
1.0
$101
Albury
4
900
Allure Lash & Beauty Bar Mdn Plate
$3k
$27k
F Sandkuhl
57½
52.77
33.99
1
1,2
-1
Spell of 169 Days
May-12 23
12/14
9.9
$61
Albury
7
1175
Wodonga Springs Mdn Hcp
$0k
$27k
N Souquet
59
72.28
38.30
3
3,4
-8
Apr-25 23
3/7
3.8
$4
Deniliquin
4
1000
Mdn Plate
$1k
$12k
C Keatings
55½
57.98
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