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Sharpen The Knives
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Trained by Sam Kavanagh at Newcastle, Sharpen The Knives is a 4 year old mare by the sire Snitzel, out of the dam Raphie's Choice.

She has won one race from 14 starts. Her career earnings are $64k, with the biggest win of her career coming at Armidale on December 8th in 2024 when she won $22,000 in the Maria River Cattle Super Mdn (a set weight race over 1,100 metres).

Betting level stakes of $100 win on all of the horse's starts would have yielded a loss of $-1140.

The mare tends to run better on heavy ground, with an average prize money per start of $9k in those conditions.

Career Statistics

Overall
Prize Money
$64k
Starts
14
Wins
1
Second
6
Third
3
Win %
7
Place %
71
Profit
-11.4
Conditions
Good
5
1-0-1
$2k
Soft
8
0-5-2
$6k
Heavy
1
0-1-0
$9k
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
4
1-2-1
-1.4
1000m
3
0-1-0
-3
900m
4
0-0-2
-4
1250m
1
0-1-0
-1
1200m
2
0-2-0
-2
Race Track
Armidale
2
1-1-0
+0.6
Muswellbrook
1
0-0-0
-1
Taree
1
0-1-0
-1
Newcastle
6
0-2-2
-6
Hawkesbury
1
0-0-0
-1
Wyong
2
0-1-1
-2
Kempsey
1
0-1-0
-1
Race State
NSW
14
1-6-3
-11.4

Race History

Dec-8 24
1/10
0.0
2.6
Armidale
4
1100
Maria River Cattle Super Mdn
$22k
$50k
Nick Heywood
57
63.64
-
1
1,1
Nov-18 24
2/7
0.5
$2.6
Armidale
5
1100
www.armidalejockey.club Mdn Plate
$5k
$27k
A Morgan
58
65.28
34.52
2
2,2
Nov-5 24
7/11
3.1
$5
Muswellbrook
4
1000
Hollydene Estate Wines Mdn Plate
$1k
$27k
S Wilkes
55
57.32
33.87
4
4,4
-3
Oct-18 24
2/11
1.3
$6
Taree
8
1000
Stacks Law Firm Super Mdn Showcase Plate
$9k
$50k
S Wilkes
55
58.36
35.12
6
6,3
+1
Oct-5 24
5/8
4.1
$6.5
Newcastle
4
900
A Plus Contracting & Polywelding Mdn Hcp
$1k
$42k
A Bullock
59
52.00
33.87
4
4
-1
Sep-7 24
8/10
5.1
$11
Hawkesbury
4
1000
Wasteflex Provincial Mdn Plate
$1k
$45k
J Van Overmeire
57
57.77
33.71
6
6,6
-2
Aug-24 24
3/9
2.3
$3.6
Newcastle
6
900
Midway Mdn Plate
$4k
$45k
J Van Overmeire
57
51.84
33.50
4
4
+1
Aug-18 24
3/10
2.0
$4.4
Wyong
6
1100
2024 WRC Trainers Premiership Peter & Paul Snowden Mdn Hcp
$4k
$42k
A Hyeronimus
58
65.49
36.25
6
6,6
+3
Jul-30 24
2/10
0.5
$1.95
Kempsey
5
1250
Akubra Hats Mdn Plate
$5k
$27k
B Looker
57
75.53
36.31
4
4,6
+4
Jul-16 24
2/8
3.3
$1.9
Newcastle
5
1200
Horsepower Mdn Plate
$7k
$42k
J Van Overmeire
58
72.59
35.92
2
2,2
Jun-29 24
2/11
1.8
$7.5
Newcastle
6
1200
Lake Macquarie Carpet Cleaning Provincial Mdn Hcp
$8k
$45k
J Van Overmeire
57½
72.59
35.41
2
2,2
Jun-13 24
2/8
2.3
$9
Wyong
5
1100
Hoodoo Gurus @ TEG 16th November Midway Mdn Plate
$8k
$45k
T Clark
57
64.81
35.53
1
1,2
Spell of 124 Days
Feb-10 24
4/7
1.5
$3.6
Newcastle
6
900
Webber Provincial Mdn Plate
$3k
$45k
K Latham
56½
52.57
33.29
5
5
+1
Jan-27 24
3/8
0.7
$21
Newcastle
4
900
Velich Advisory - Robert Thompson Midway Mdn Plate
$4k
$45k
B Osmond
55
51.66
33.06
6
6
+3