Van Duke (AUS) Horse

Country
Australia
Foal Date
08-Aug-22
Sex
gelding
Colour
bay or brown
Sire
Vancouver
Prize Money
1500
Owners
S A Foster, A Tesoriero, C Parke, Grandview Lodge Pty Ltd (Mgr: M Salameh), A Refai, D E Atkinson, T R Spinks, J P Kazzi, T Kotevski, T Dimcevski, T Velevski, L Hodge, Mrs M A Carey, Dr J A Carey, Ms B M Carey, R A Carey & J K Cheatham
About

Van Duke is a 3yo bay or brown gelding (male) from Australia trained by Wayne Wilkes, who is based at Taree. He is sired by the stallion Vancouver out of the dam Empress Eleven. Van Duke is yet to break his maiden status, having not won a race yet from 1 attempt. During his most recent race at Tamworth on 22nd Jan 2026, Van Duke was ridden by Andrew Gibbons and finished 7th, behind the winner Siragusa.

Race Record
Event SummaryRunner StatsRank
Tamworth 22-Jan-26 1200m GOOD 3 R3 SUPER MDN-SW $1,500 (of $50,000) Barrier 7, Winning Time: 01:09.810, SP: 51.00 In-running: 800m 7th, 400m 7th Sectionals: 600m 00:34.750 1st Siragusa ( A Bullock 57.5 , Cd 58 ) 2nd Our Boy Tom ( J Duggan 59 ) 3.07L 3rd Chasing Quivers ( A Roper 57 ) 4.52L 7th Van Duke ( A Gibbons 57.5 ) 8.29L See full resultsA Gibbons 57.5kg 8.29L7 (8)
Tamworth 08-Jan-26 950m GOOD 4 R5 MDN-BT, Winning Time: 00:56.030 1st Kenisis ( C Hillier ) 2nd Van Duke ( S Wilkes ) 0.66L 3rd Perpetuous ( E Drews ) 1.99LS Wilkes 0.66L2 (5)
Port Macquarie 24-Jun-25 1006m SOFT 5 R1 OPEN-BT, Winning Time: 01:02.330 Sectionals: 600m 00:36.620 1st She's A Wild One ( B Looker ) 2nd Bellerata ( S Wilkes ) 0.39L 3rd Welcome Back ( L Wakely ) 2.91L 5th Van Duke ( T Bailey ) 7.64LT Bailey 7.64L5 (6)