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BETTER CHOICE

Experienced · Ran 10303d ago

Form 11543327212 finishing position trend

BETTER CHOICE is a Chestnut gelding, sired by Bob Back out of Candle Hill. In 47 career starts in Hong Kong, he has won 6 times and placed in the first three 17 times. He most recently ran on 1998-05-03 at Sha Tin, finishing 2nd.

Career Record

Record

47-6-17

Runs-Wins-Places

Current Rating

—

with season change

Win rate

12.8%

Place 36.2%

Season prize (HK$)

—

Total 2,279,488

Age

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IRE · SG

Profile & pedigree

Sire

Bob Back

Dam

Candle Hill

Colour / Sex

Chestnut / Gelding

Owner

Patrick Iu Po Shing & Dominic Lai

Race History

47 runs
Date Race Pos Odds
1998-05-03 Sha Tin · 2000m · Class 4 E Saint-Martin · 2-3/4 2 4.8
1998-03-07 Sha Tin · 2000m · Class 4 E Saint-Martin · 1-1/4 1 12.0
1998-02-04 Happy Valley · 2400m · Class 4 & 5 D Whyte · 5-1/4 2 3.8
1997-12-06 Sha Tin · 1800m · Class 4 D Whyte · 12-1/4 7 6.2
1997-11-26 Happy Valley · 2200m · Class 4 & 5 D Harrison · 1-1/2 2 6.3
1997-11-12 Happy Valley · 1800m · Class 5 K M Chin · 1-3/4 3 4.7
1997-10-08 Happy Valley · 1800m · Class 5 K M Chin · 2-1/4 3 9.5
1997-06-11 Happy Valley · 1800m · Class 4 K S Yu · 3 4 17.0
1997-05-14 Happy Valley · 2200m · Class 3 G Boss · 14 5 22.0
1997-05-03 Sha Tin · 1800m · Class 3 D Lee · 10 11 48.0
Full history (37 more runs)
1997-03-22 Sha Tin · 2000m · Class 4 P Robinson · 10-1/4 11 8.6
1997-02-26 Happy Valley · 2200m · Class 3 & 4 P Robinson · 7-3/4 7 8.5
1997-02-15 Sha Tin · 1600m · Class 3 P Robinson · 4-1/2 5 35.0
1997-01-29 Happy Valley · 1650m · Class 3 Y S Wong · 5-1/4 7 29.0
1997-01-22 Happy Valley · 2200m · Class 3 B Marcus · 15-1/4 10 11.0
1997-01-08 Happy Valley · 2200m · Class 3 & 4 H K Yim · 6-1/4 6 9.1
1997-01-01 Sha Tin · 1800m · Class 3 C W Choi · 4-1/4 4 10.0
1996-12-14 Sha Tin · 1800m · Class 3 C W Choi · 5 7 99.0
1996-11-30 Happy Valley · 1800m · Class 3 H K Cheung · 23-1/4 14 20.0
1996-04-20 Sha Tin · 2000m · Class 3 & 4 K S Yu · 1/2 3 8.1
1996-04-10 Happy Valley · 2200m · Class 2 & 3 D Holland · 5-1/4 6 5.5
1996-03-20 Happy Valley · 2200m · Class 4 & 5 K S Yu · HD 1 4.3
1996-03-06 Happy Valley · 2400m · Class 4 & 5 K S Yu · 2-1/2 2 13.0
1996-03-02 Sha Tin · 1800m · Class 4 K S Yu · 7-3/4 12 7.5
1996-02-11 Sha Tin · 1900m · Class 4 K S Yu · 1-3/4 1 53.0
1996-01-31 Sha Tin · 1800m · Class 4 T Quinn · 12-1/2 6 19.0
1996-01-14 Sha Tin · 1900m · Class 4 C W Choi · 9-3/4 14 36.0
1995-11-29 Sha Tin · 1800m · Class 4 K S Yu · 26-3/4 9 39.0
1995-04-22 Sha Tin · 1600m · Class 4 K S Yu · 22-1/4 12 61.0
1994-06-05 Sha Tin · 2000m · Class 3 & 4 B Marcus · 4-3/4 3 3.6
1994-05-07 Sha Tin · 1800m · Class 4 B Marcus · 1-3/4 1 3.3
1994-03-13 Sha Tin · 1900m · Class 4 B Marcus · 1-1/4 3 3.2
1994-02-05 Sha Tin · 1600m · Class 4 D Gauci · 12 9 2.0
1993-11-28 Sha Tin · 1800m · Class 3 D Beadman · 2 5 7.3
1993-11-06 Sha Tin · 1600m · Class 4 D McKeown · 3 3 19.0
1993-10-13 Happy Valley · 1650m · Class 4 D McKeown · 9-3/4 9 13.0
1993-09-18 Sha Tin · 1400m · Class 4 D McKeown · 5-3/4 11 23.0
1993-05-16 Sha Tin · 1800m · Class 4 D Murphy · HD 1 6.5
1993-05-01 Sha Tin · 1400m · Class 4 D Murphy · 12 5 8.7
1993-03-21 Sha Tin · 1600m · Class 4 D Beadman · 4-3/4 3 9.4
1993-02-27 Sha Tin · 1000m · Class 4 D Murphy · 6-3/4 7 16.0
1992-10-31 Sha Tin · 1400m · Class 5 D Murphy · 1 1 30.0
1992-10-03 Happy Valley · 1235m · Class 4 D Murphy · 20-1/2 10 62.0
1992-09-19 Sha Tin · 1400m · Class 4 D Murphy · 4-3/4 8 99.0
1992-03-07 Sha Tin · 1400m · Griffin A S Cruz · 6-1/4 6 15.0
1992-02-06 Sha Tin · 1200m · Griffin B Marcus · 4-1/2 4 32.0
1991-12-29 Sha Tin · 1000m · Griffin D Brereton · 9-1/4 7 19.0

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