Hard To Excel

(AUS)

Country

Australia

Foal Date

23-Oct-18

Sex

gelding

Colour

bay

Sire

All Too Hard

Dam

Cocoexcel

Prize Money

$91805

Trainer

Gary Clarke

Owners

Bjorn Baker Racing (Mgr: B Baker), W K Lee, A M Blackmore, Brut Force Racing (Mgr: Mrs C A Membrey), I Y Hui, C J Nichols, C J Hallivan, D Bell, Keeping Schtum (Mgr: C O'Loughlin), K Reeves, M J Prebble, P W Griffin, RMSW Racing (Mgr: L M Randal) & S E Hodson

About

Hard To Excel is a 6yo bay gelding from Australia trained by Gary Clarke. He is sired by the stallion All Too Hard out of the dam Cocoexcel. Hard To Excel has won 5 races in his career so far. On 29th Jul 2023 at Darwin, Hard To Excel achieved his most notable victory, taking the prize in the $22000 0 - 66 Hcp. He has been a profitable horse for bettors. If you had backed Hard To Excel throughout his career you'd have gained a 5% return on investment.

Race Record

Event Summary	Runner Stats	Rank
Darwin 23-Sep-23 1100m GOOD R5 0-64 (of $20,500) Barrier 5, Winning Time: 01:03.970, SP: $4.20EF	J Todd 59.5kg 17.70L	9 (9)
Darwin 02-Sep-23 1100m GOOD R3 0-64 $13,325 (of $20,500) Barrier 8, Winning Time: 01:03.670, SP: $4.40 Sectionals: 600m 00:34.960	J Todd 57.5kg	1 (8)
Darwin 07-Aug-23 1100m GOOD R3 0-66 (of $30,000) Barrier 6, Winning Time: 01:02.060, SP: $2.70F Sectionals: 600m 00:34.550	J Todd 58kg 19.80L	10 (10)
Darwin 29-Jul-23 1000m GOOD R5 0-66 $14,550 (of $22,000) Barrier 1, Winning Time: 00:57.120, SP: $1.90F Sectionals: 600m 00:34.000	J Todd 56kg	1 (5)
Darwin 01-Jul-23 1200m GOOD R3 0-58 $12,675 (of $19,500) Barrier 10, Winning Time: 01:08.950, SP: $8 Sectionals: 600m 00:35.700	J Todd 57kg	1 (12)
Darwin 10-Jun-23 1100m GOOD R5 Bm54 $12,675 (of $19,500) Barrier 2, Winning Time: 01:03.450, SP: $6.50 Sectionals: 600m 00:34.950	J Todd 56kg	1 (7)
Darwin 03-Jun-23 1000m GOOD R5 0-58 $2,925 (of $19,500) Barrier 7, Winning Time: 00:57.830, SP: $31 Sectionals: 600m 00:34.540	W Davis 55kg 2.50L	3 (8)
Darwin 14-Apr-23 1100m WET FAST R3 0-58 (of $19,500) Barrier 3, Winning Time: 02:45.210, SP: $15	C Hunter 55.5kg 18.10L	8 (8)
Darwin 03-Dec-22 1100m GOOD R5 Bm54 (of $20,000) Barrier 8, Winning Time: 01:03.500, SP: $8.50 Sectionals: 600m 00:35.060	P Denton 57.5kg 10.40L	7 (8)
Darwin 19-Nov-22 1100m GOOD R5 0-58 $4,000 (of $20,000) Barrier 1, Winning Time: 01:03.490, SP: $5 Sectionals: 600m 00:34.690	J Todd 56.5kg 4.80L	2 (6)
Darwin 01-Nov-22 1100m GOOD R5 Cl2 (of $21,000) Barrier 5, Winning Time: 01:04.310, SP: $7 Sectionals: 600m 00:36.050	J Todd 56kg 10.40L	8 (8)
Darwin 15-Oct-22 1100m GOOD R3 Bm54 (of $18,375) Barrier 8, Winning Time: 01:04.810, SP: $3.70F Sectionals: 600m 00:35.950	J Todd 59.5kg 9.80L	8 (8)
Scone 14-Jun-22 1100m SOFT 5 R8 Cl1 $500 (of $24,000) Barrier 9, Winning Time: 01:04.000, SP: $10 In-running: Settled 1st, 800m 1st, 400m 1st Sectionals: 600m 00:34.400	D Gibbons 56.5kg 8.32L	10 (12)
Muswellbrook 22-May-22 1000m SOFT 7 R2 Bm58 $750 (of $24,000) Barrier 1, Winning Time: 00:59.680, SP: $3.70F In-running: Settled 3rd, 800m 3rd, 400m 3rd Sectionals: 600m 00:36.070	A Morgan 59kg 6.74L	5 (9)
Nowra 08-May-22 1100m HEAVY 9 R4 Cl1 $2,300 (of $24,000) Barrier 3, Winning Time: 01:07.700, SP: $3.90 In-running: Settled 1st, 800m 1st, 400m 1st Sectionals: 600m 00:36.800	A Collett 57.5kg 3.00L	3 (5)
Rosehill Gardens 29-Apr-22 1030m HEAVY 8 R2 Open-bt, Winning Time: 01:04.240 Sectionals: 600m 00:36.100	R King 0	1 (8)
Muswellbrook 13-Apr-22 800m SOFT 6 R9 Open-bt, Winning Time: 00:46.570	A Morgan 0 0.47L	3 (7)
Bathurst 20-Dec-21 1300m SOFT 6 R7 Cl1 (of $24,000) Barrier 11, Winning Time: 01:16.210, SP: $6 In-running: Settled 1st, 800m 1st, 400m 1st	M Bell 56.5kg 11.43L	11 (14)
Tuncurry 06-Dec-21 1400m HEAVY 8 R4 Mdn-sw $12,280 (of $24,000) Barrier 4, Winning Time: 01:26.860, SP: $2.25F In-running: Settled 1st, 800m 1st, 400m 1st Sectionals: 600m 00:35.890	A Morgan 57.5kg	1 (14)
Wyong 16-Nov-21 1100m GOOD 4 R5 Mdn-sw $1,280 (of $35,000) Barrier 3, Winning Time: 01:03.460, SP: $31 In-running: Settled 2nd, 800m 2nd, 400m 2nd Sectionals: 600m 00:34.150	H V D Hoven 57.5kg 3.21L	5 (12)
Gosford 28-Oct-21 1000m GOOD 4 R1 Mdn $1,980 (of $35,000) Barrier 7, Winning Time: 00:57.300, SP: $11 In-running: Settled 1st, 800m 1st, 400m 2nd Sectionals: 600m 00:33.860	A Collett 55.5kg 4.02L	4 (7)
Rosehill Gardens 22-Oct-21 900m GOOD 4 R10 3y+ mdn-bt, Winning Time: 00:53.910 Sectionals: 600m 00:34.340	R King 0 2.39L	2 (9)
Warwick Farm 05-Oct-21 793m SOFT 5 R14 3y+cl1mdn-bt, Winning Time: 00:47.380 Sectionals: 600m 00:33.730	B Lerena 0	1 (6)
Mudgee 09-May-21 1100m SOFT 7 R1 2y hcp $1,100 (of $22,000) Barrier 5, Winning Time: 01:09.240, SP: $8.50 In-running: Settled 4th, 800m 4th, 400m 4th	B Lerena 58kg 5.61L	4 (10)
Bathurst 25-Apr-21 1100m GOOD 4 R2 Gold nugg $4,440 (of $24,000) Barrier 1, Winning Time: 01:04.080, SP: $7.50 In-running: Settled 3rd, 800m 3rd, 400m 3rd	B Lerena 57kg 0.13L	2 (9)
Hawkesbury 14-Apr-21 1100m GOOD 4 R1 2ycg mdn-sw $1,400 (of $50,000) Barrier 8, Winning Time: 01:03.060, SP: $12 In-running: Settled 3rd, 800m 3rd, 400m 3rd Sectionals: 600m 00:34.220	T Marquand 56kg 8.90L	9 (9)
Rosehill Gardens 29-Mar-21 895m SOFT 6 R14 2YC&G-BT, Winning Time: 00:55.490 Sectionals: 600m 00:35.710	J Collett	1 (7)
Rosehill Gardens 15-Mar-21 900m HEAVY 8 R12 2YC&G-BT, Winning Time: 00:55.190 Sectionals: 600m 00:35.200	J Collett 1.30L	3 (7)