Special Skill

 (AUS)
Country
Australia
Foal Date
02-Oct-17
Sex
gelding
Colour
bay
Sire
Al Maher
Prize Money
$950
Trainer
Dave Hopperton
Owners
Mrs J K Hopperton, D H Hopperton, M J Jenkins, M Sturm, B G Gould, N N Proudfoot, B D Watkins, A J Snelling, J D McKeown & B J Whitehead
About

Special Skill is a 7yo bay gelding (male) from Australia trained by Dave Hopperton, who is based at North Boyanup. He is sired by the stallion Al Maher out of the dam Special Reserve. Special Skill is yet to break his maiden status, having not won a race yet from 6 attempts. During his most recent race at Pinjarra Park on 10th Mar 2022, Special Skill was ridden by Andrew Castle and finished 6th, behind the winner Harvey's Angel. Special Skill has concluded his racing career, last running on the 10th Mar 2022 at Pinjarra Park.

Race Record
Event SummaryRunner StatsRank
Pinjarra Park 10-Mar-22 2300m GOOD 4 R4 Mdn $200 (of $20,000) Barrier 7, Winning Time: 02:27.170, SP: $41 In-running: Settled 8th, 800m 9th, 400m 9thA Castle 58kg 3.64L6 (9)
Pinjarra Park 20-Feb-22 2000m GOOD 4 R2 Mdn (of $20,000) Barrier 5, Winning Time: 02:04.650, SP: $201 In-running: Settled 8th, 800m 10th, 400m 10thA Castle 58kg 4.58L11 (13)
Belmont 07-Feb-22 2000m GOOD 4 R2 Mdn hcp $150 (of $15,000) Barrier 9, Winning Time: 02:07.340, SP: $61 In-running: Settled 11th, 800m 9th, 400m 12th Sectionals: 600m 00:36.450A Castle 58kg 9.56L10 (14)
Pinjarra Scarpside 20-Jan-22 2200m GOOD 4 R2 Mdn $200 (of $20,000) Barrier 4, Winning Time: 02:18.360, SP: $101 In-running: Settled 9th, 800m 9th, 400m 9th Sectionals: 600m 00:35.060A Castle 58kg 8.21L8 (9)
Pinjarra Park 06-Jan-22 2000m GOOD 4 R5 Mdn $200 (of $20,000) Barrier 1, Winning Time: 02:05.640, SP: $61 In-running: Settled 7th, 800m 7th, 400m 7th Sectionals: 600m 00:36.370P Carbery 58kg 10.31L6 (7)
Pinjarra Park 23-Dec-21 1500m GOOD 4 R4 Mdn $200 (of $20,000) Barrier 11, Winning Time: 01:31.720, SP: $101 In-running: Settled 11th, 800m 11th, 400m 11th Sectionals: 600m 00:34.700J Whiting 58kg 11.12L10 (11)
Lark Hill 13-Dec-21 1450m GOOD 4 R16 2up-trl, Winning Time: 01:31.730J Mcnaught 0 7.48L8 (10)
Lark Hill 29-Nov-21 950m GOOD 4 R14 4UP MDN-TRL, Winning Time: 00:56.160J Mcnaught 0, Cd 0 8.49L6 (9)
Lark Hill 19-Apr-21 1450m GOOD 4 R14 3up-trl, Winning Time: 01:33.590J Mcnaught 0 2.61L4 (8)
Lark Hill 11-Jan-21 1450m GOOD 4 R13 3UP-TRL, Winning Time: 01:29.820J Mcnaught 7.16L5 (9)
Bunbury 18-Dec-20 1000m GOOD 4 R4 3YMDN-TRL, Winning Time: 01:01.370J Mcnaught 4.08L4 (5)
Lark Hill 18-May-20 1100m GOOD 4 R2 2Y-TRL, Winning Time: 01:08.500W Pike 9.38L8 (8)
Belmont 11-May-20 1000m GOOD 4 R14 2Y-TRL, Winning Time: 01:02.920B Paterson 10.17L8 (8)