Horse Profile

Only The Best
Stable

Trained by W A Savage at Alice Springs, Only The Best is a 4 year old gelding by the sire Exceed And Excel, out of the dam Faith's Encore.

He has won one race from 19 starts. His career earnings are $97k, with the biggest win of his career coming at Murray Bridge Gh on March 4th in 2023 when he won $16,225 in the Magic Millions SA 2yo Classic (a set weight race over 1,200 metres).

Betting level stakes of $100 win on all of the horse's starts would have yielded a loss of $-1440.

The gelding tends to run better on good ground, with an average prize money per start of $5k in those conditions.

Career Statistics

Overall
Prize Money
$97k
Starts
19
Wins
1
Second
4
Third
4
Win %
5
Place %
47
Profit
-14.4
Conditions
Good
15
1-4-4
$5k
Soft
2
0-0-0
$1k
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
1100m
8
0-3-1
-8
1200m
5
0-1-3
-5
1400m
3
0-0-0
-3
1206m
1
0-0-0
-1
1209m
1
1-0-0
+3.6
1000m
1
0-0-0
-1
Race Track
Pioneer Park
10
0-3-3
-10
Warrnambool
1
0-0-0
-1
Hamilton
1
0-0-0
-1
Geelong
1
0-0-0
-1
Cranbourne
1
0-1-0
-1
Yarra Glen
1
1-0-0
+3.6
Caulfield
1
0-0-0
-1
Sale
1
0-0-0
-1
Murray Bridge Gh
1
0-0-1
-1
Bendigo
1
0-0-0
-1
Race State
NT
10
0-3-3
-9
VIC
8
1-1-0
-3.4
SA
1
0-0-1
-1

Race History

Dec-7 24
6/7
8.2
3.4
Pioneer Park
0
1400
Mulgas Adventures Hcp (C2)
$0k
$20k
Stan Tsaikos
57
84.41
-
Nov-23 24
3/10
1.0
$5.5
Pioneer Park
4
1100
Alice Springs Ladies Day 22nd March 2025 (Bm54)
$3k
$20k
J Booth
56
64.02
-
Nov-9 24
2/9
0.5
$4
Pioneer Park
4
1100
Centreline Saddlery ASTC Awards Night Hcp (58)
$4k
$20k
J Booth
54½
63.02
-
Nov-2 24
3/9
1.5
$12
Pioneer Park
4
1200
Bluedust NT Hcp (66)
$3k
$22k
J Booth
53½
70.76
36.20
Oct-27 24
4/8
6.8
$7.5
Pioneer Park
0
1100
Red Centre Technology Partners Hcp (C2)
$0k
$20k
H Le Blanc
55½
62.06
-
Oct-6 24
5/9
11.3
$3.1
Pioneer Park
4
1100
Red Centre Technology Partners Hcp (C2)
$0k
$20k
H Le Blanc
56
63.60
34.89
Spell of 112 Days
Jun-16 24
10/11
6.2
$6.5
Pioneer Park
4
1100
Red Centre Technology Partners Hcp (64)
$0k
$21k
J Hampson
56
62.90
-
Jun-1 24
2/10
3.5
$3.2
Pioneer Park
4
1100
Mulgas Adventures Hcp (C2)
$4k
$20k
J Hampson
56½
62.77
34.22
Apr-7 24
3/6
7.8
$2.9
Pioneer Park
4
1200
Paul Hassett Memorial (Bm68)
$3k
$30k
I Luximon
56½
68.28
-
Mar-30 24
2/3
1.3
$1.55
Pioneer Park
4
1100
Hot Stuff Alice Springs (Bm66)
$4k
$25k
I Luximon
57
62.09
-
Mar-12 24
10/10
16.3
$4.2
Warrnambool
5
1400
3yo+ (Bm58)
$1k
$27k
L Riordan
60½
83.65
36.22
2
2,4
-6
Feb-15 24
4/9
1.5
$4.2
Hamilton
3
1200
bet365 (Bm58)
$1k
$27k
T Prebble
58½
70.20
33.54
2
2,2
-2
Jan-28 24
9/11
8.5
$7
Geelong
4
1206
Roderick Insurance Brokers (Bm64)
$1k
$35k
F Kersley
57½
71.03
35.38
1
1,1
-8
Jan-12 24
2/6
0.8
$6.5
Cranbourne
3
1200
Grand Ridge Arenas Hcp (C1)
$7k
$40k
J Childs
57½
71.63
36.06
3
3,2
Dec-22 23
1/10
1.3
$4.6
Yarra Glen
4
1209
DAAC Mdn Plate
$15k
$27k
F Kersley
58
70.86
34.66
2
2,2
+1
Spell of 153 Days
Jul-22 23
4/9
3.3
$31
Caulfield
4
1400
Vobis Gold Ingot
$9k
$175k
B Egan
57
83.11
35.28
1
1,1
-3
Jul-7 23
10/14
5.7
$20
Sale
7
1100
Victory Treadmills Mdn Plate
$1k
$38k
L Riordan
58
66.00
36.34
6
6,7
-3
Spell of 125 Days
Mar-4 23
3/8
3.6
$6
Murray Bridge Gh
4
1200
Magic Millions SA 2yo Classic
$16k
$204k
L Riordan
57
70.11
33.75
3
3,3
Feb-18 23
4/11
1.2
$20
Bendigo
4
1000
Golden Square Hotel Maiden Plate
$1k
$27k
L Riordan
58
58.83
34.88
6
6,4