Empirical (2022) Horse

Foal Date

06-Nov-22
Sex
gelding

Colour

brown

Sire

Eminent

Dam

Pink Bubbles

Prize Money

10078

Owners

Sir Peter Vela

About

Empirical is a 4yo brown gelding trained by S Ramsay & J Ritchie in Matamata. His sire is Eminent and his dam is Pink Bubbles. He has won one race to date. On 2 Nov 2025 at Woodville, he secured his biggest victory, earning the $18,500 prize in the 3yo Maiden Set Weight. He has proved to be a profitable runner for bettors, and backing him throughout his career would have yielded a 137% ROI.

Race Record

Event SummaryRunner StatsRank
Ellerslie 11-Jan-26 1500m GOOD 4 R3 3YO Open Set Weight With Penalties $825 (of $55,000) Barrier 7, Winning Time: 01:30.430, SP: 13.10 1st Chilling Out ( C Grylls 55 ) 2nd Miss Ziggy ( K Williams 56 ) 0.60L 3rd That's Gold ( S Collett 58.5 ) 1.00L 6th Empirical ( W Kennedy 57 ) 6.30L See full resultsW Kennedy 57kg 6.30L6 (7)
Woodville 02-Nov-25 1600m SOFT 5 R4 3YO Mdn Set Weight $10,360 (of $18,500) Barrier 3, Winning Time: 01:39.500, SP: 7.10 In-running: Settled 1st, 800m 1st, 400m 1st 1st Empirical ( L Hemi 57.5 ) 2nd Iffigive ( K R Hercock 55.5 ) 0.10L 3rd Loose Jewels ( B Queiroz 57.5 ) 0.50L See full resultsL Hemi 57.5kg1 (7)
Taupo 10-Oct-25 1300m SOFT 6 R3 3YO+ Mdn Set Weight With Allowances $370 (of $18,500) Barrier 9, Winning Time: 01:20.150, SP: 32.80 In-running: Settled 14th, 800m 14th, 400m 14th 1st Aksil ( M Hashizume 56 ) 2nd Ashoka ( S T Collett 56 ) 1.30L 3rd High Society ( C J Grylls 56 ) 2.60L 9th Empirical ( S Weatherley 56 ) 7.50L See full resultsS Weatherley 56kg 7.50L9 (14)