Horse Profile
Chop The Ice

Trained by G P Vella at Canberra, Chop The Ice is a 4 year old gelding by the sire Santos, out of the dam Lady Ice.
He has won a total of 3 races from 17 starts for a win percentage of 18%. His career earnings are $66k, with the biggest win of his career coming at Canberra Acton on July 26th in 2024 when he won $13,200 in the Thoroughbred Park Function Centre Hcp (a handicap race over 1,280 metres).
Chop The Ice has started 1 time at group race level.
Betting level stakes of $100 win on all of the horse's starts would have yielded a loss of $-580.
The gelding tends to run better on soft ground, with an average prize money per start of $4k in those conditions.
Career Statistics
Overall
Prize Money
$66k
Starts
17
Wins
3
Second
2
Third
3
Win %
18
Place %
47
Profit
-5.8
Conditions
Good
7
0-2-0
$2k
Soft
4
1-0-1
$4k
Heavy
2
0-0-1
$2k
Race Standard
All
1
0-0-0
Group 1
0
0-0-0
Group 2
0
0-0-0
Group 3
1
0-0-0
Race Distance
1000m
4
0-1-1
-4
1280m
2
1-0-1
+2
1200m
4
1-0-1
-0.1
1500m
1
0-0-0
-1
1080m
2
1-0-0
+1.3
1175m
2
0-1-0
-2
1400m
1
0-0-0
-1
1425m
1
0-0-0
-1
Race Track
Goulburn
3
0-0-0
-3
Canberra Acton
4
2-0-1
+3.3
Wagga
1
0-0-1
-1
Albury
2
0-1-0
-2
Canberra
6
1-1-1
-2.1
Moruya
1
0-0-0
-1
Race State
NSW
7
0-1-1
-6
ACT
10
3-1-2
+1.2
Race History
Feb-24 25
5/9
1.8
8.5
Albury
4
1175
Hutchinson Civil (Bm66)
$1k
$27k
Damon Budler
61
70.89
-
Jan-28 25
7/9
4.7
$12
Goulburn
4
1000
ICU Security Cameras (Bm66)
$1k
$27k
D Budler
61
58.20
34.90
5
5,5
-2
Spell of 172 Days
Aug-9 24
3/9
3.0
$2
Canberra Acton
0
1280
TAB Federal (Bm78)
$3k
$30k
D Budler
55
75.63
34.86
3
3,3
Jul-26 24
1/9
8.0
$4
Canberra Acton
0
1280
Thoroughbred Park Function Centre Hcp (C2)
$13k
$22k
D Budler
60
75.13
35.62
1
1,1
Jul-5 24
6/6
7.8
$5.5
Goulburn
9
1200
Elite Haulage (Bm66)
$1k
$27k
D Budler
58½
74.81
37.26
4
4,6
Jun-21 24
7/13
6.8
$18
Goulburn
7
1500
Worklocker Goulburn Hcp (C2)
$1k
$30k
D Budler
60
92.77
38.26
10
11,11
+4
May-31 24
3/8
1.1
$11
Wagga
9
1200
Riverina Signmakers Hcp (C2)
$3k
$27k
D Budler
59½
73.86
36.52
7
7,4
+1
May-17 24
4/9
4.6
$1.6
Canberra Acton
0
1080
TAB Federal (Bm75)
$1k
$30k
D Budler
55
62.64
34.35
8
8,9
+5
Apr-15 24
2/9
0.1
$6
Albury
4
1175
Vale Chops Stratton Hcp (C2)
$5k
$27k
D Budler
59
69.78
35.59
6
6,6
+4
Spell of 178 Days
Oct-20 23
10/10
12.5
$10
Canberra
4
1400
John McGrath Auto Group (Bm65)
$0k
$22k
J Martin
57
83.04
34.95
7
4,4
-6
Sep-29 23
7/8
4.2
$8
Moruya
4
1425
SCB Distributors The Legend Of The South (Bm74)
$2k
$50k
J Martin
55½
84.90
34.97
6
3,3
-4
Sep-15 23
1/4
2.0
$3.9
Canberra
5
1200
Petstock Country Brindabella Hcp
$13k
$22k
J Martin
59½
72.25
33.89
1
1,1
Aug-18 23
1/10
1.3
$3.3
Canberra Acton
0
1080
Infinite Joinery Mdn Hcp
$13k
$22k
J Martin
58
63.26
35.68
3
3,2
+1
Spell of 159 Days
Mar-12 23
9/11
8.9
$151
Canberra
5
1200
Black Opal
$0k
$207k
S Guymer
56
70.06
34.80
10
10,11
+2
Feb-24 23
4/8
3.4
$7.5
Canberra
4
1000
Ets Refri.&Aircon. Black Opal
$2k
$51k
S Guymer
56½
57.10
33.08
5
5,4
Feb-3 23
3/10
2.0
$12
Canberra
5
1000
Mike Cramsie Memorial Race Day
$2k
$22k
S Guymer
57½
57.85
33.54
4
4,4
+1
Jan-20 23
2/9
0.5
$13
Canberra
4
1000
Alliance Building Group (Act)
$4k
$22k
S Guymer
57
58.58
34.25
1
1,1
-1