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Best Defence
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Trained by T S Howlett at Muswellbrook, Best Defence is a 4 year old gelding by the sire National Defense, out of the dam Dowager Girl.

Best Defence is still a maiden as he is yet to win a race from 6 starts. His career earnings are $13k, with the biggest win of his career coming at Coonabarabran on October 27th in 2024 when he won $6,000 in the Pursehouse Coonabarabran and Coona Bakery Mdn Plate (a set weight race over 900 metres).

The gelding tends to run better on heavy ground, with an average prize money per start of $0k in those conditions.

Career Statistics

Overall
Prize Money
$13k
Starts
6
Wins
0
Second
1
Third
1
Win %
0
Place %
33
Profit
-6.0
Conditions
Good
4
0-1-0
$0k
Soft
2
0-0-1
$0k
Heavy
0
0-0-0
$0k
Race Standard
All
--
Group 1
--
Group 2
--
Group 3
--
Race Distance
900m
1
0-1-0
-1
950m
2
0-0-0
-2
1200m
1
0-0-0
-1
1000m
2
0-0-1
-2
Race Track
Coonabarabran
1
0-1-0
-1
Moree
2
0-0-0
-2
Tamworth
3
0-0-1
-3
Race State
NSW
6
0-1-1
-6

Race History

Oct-27 24
2/9
2.5
$3.2
Coonabarabran
4
900
Pursehouse Coonabarabran and Coona Bakery Mdn Plate
$6k
$35k
C Gallagher
59
51.70
-
1
1
-1
Sep-1 24
5/12
5.6
$11
Moree
4
950
Moree Champion Super Mdn hcp
$2k
$50k
J Pracey-Holmes
57
53.47
-
5
5,2
-3
Spell of 152 Days
Apr-2 24
8/10
4.7
$1.8
Moree
4
950
Patrons Mdn Plate
$1k
$27k
B Nock
58½
54.43
-
3
3,2
-6
Mar-10 24
7/12
5.8
$4.2
Tamworth
4
1200
Mdn Plate
$1k
$40k
A Villiers
57
69.55
37.10
2
2,2
-5
Feb-16 24
3/12
0.2
$6
Tamworth
5
1000
Tamworth Property Co Mdn Plate
$3k
$27k
G Buckley
58½
56.83
35.07
4
4,1
-2
Jan-8 24
5/8
6.5
$3
Tamworth
5
1000
Furneys Stock Feeds Mdn Hcp
$1k
$30k
A Bullock
58½
56.72
-
2
2,2
-3