Paluca (AUS) Horse
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Paluca is a 4yo bay gelding from Australia trained by Shane Bottomley in Cranbourne. His sire is the stallion Palentino and his dam is Keluca. He has yet to break his maiden, having not won in his only start. In his latest race at Towong on 7 Mar 2026, Liana Wood rode him to a seventh-place finish, behind the winner Left On Read.
Race Record
| Event Summary | Runner Stats | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| Towong 07-Mar-26 1400m SOFT 6 R5 MDN-SW $625 (of $25,000) Barrier 2, Winning Time: 01:24.810, SP: 26.00 In-running: Settled 8th, 800m 8th, 400m 10th 1st Left On Read ( B Treloar 59.5 , Cd 56.5 ) 2nd Untethered Soul ( L King 57.5 ) 1.25L 3rd Pub Feed ( L Mcneil 59.5 ) 4.50L 7th Paluca ( L Wood 59.5 , Cd 55.5 ) 10.81L See full results | L Wood 59.5kg, Cd 55.5kg 10.81L | 7 (10) |
| Southside Cranbourne 09-Feb-26 800m R7 Jump Out-G4, Winning Time: 00:47.630 1st Captain Cat ( B R Kinninmont ) 2nd Upper West Side ( R L Hammond ) 4th Paluca ( L Wood ) | L Wood | 4 (6) |
| Southside Cranbourne 02-Feb-26 800m R3 Jump Out-G4, Winning Time: 00:46.300 1st Gentle Steel ( J Mott ) 2nd Mystical Gem ( C Ma ) 3rd Zoussential ( C Newitt ) 10th Paluca ( I Laveglia ) | I Laveglia | 10 (10) |
| Southside Cranbourne 08-Sep-25 800m R6 Jump Out-G4, Winning Time: 00:47.000 1st St Edward ( B Mertens ) 2nd Giddy Girl ( C Hefel ) 3rd Lyrics 'N' Song ( B A Shinn ) 5th Paluca ( A Mccabe ) | A Mccabe | 5 (9) |
| Southside Cranbourne 25-Aug-25 800m R7 Jump Out-G4, Winning Time: 00:46.800 1st Educated ( M Zahra ) 2nd Poker ( J Mcneil ) 3rd Cyber Outage ( L J Bates ) 4th Paluca ( A Mccabe ) | A Mccabe | 4 (8) |
| Cranbourne 21-Apr-25 650m R11 Jump Out-G4, Winning Time: 00:40.200 1st Galagacisco ( L Wood ) 2nd Paluca ( S Harman ) 3rd My Girl Lily ( J Beriman ) | S Harman | 2 (4) |
| Cranbourne 21-Oct-24 800m R5 Jump Out-S5, Winning Time: 00:46.400 1st Playlist ( J Childs ) 2nd Jasmin Rouge ( B J Melham ) 3rd Bold Strike ( J C Maskiell ) 9th Paluca ( A Mccabe ) | A Mccabe | 9 (9) |
| Cranbourne 07-Oct-24 650m R13 Jump Out-G4 2nd Zoom To The Moon ( S Clarke ) 3rd Prince Of Brooky ( B R Kinninmont ) 4th Paluca ( S Harman ) | S Harman | 4 (4) |