A Pinch Of Luck
(Australia)About
A Pinch Of Luck is a 7-year-old bay mare from Australia, trained by Mitchell Leek in Pakenham. She is the offspring of the stallion Shamus Award and the mare A Pinch Of Salt. Throughout her career, A Pinch Of Luck has secured 6 race victories. Her most notable win occurred on November 25, 2022, at Cranbourne, where she was ridden by Beau Mertens and triumphed in the $40,000 3yo+ Benchmark 64 Handicap, beating Teser. She has proven to be a lucrative horse for bettors; those who supported A Pinch Of Luck during her career would have seen an 11 percent return on their investment.
Race Record
| Event Summary | Runner Stats | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| Yarra Glen 20-Dec-24 1500m GOOD 3 R6 BM 58 Hcp $2,160 (of $27,000) Barrier 3, Winning Time: 01:29.900, SP: 3.50 In-running: Settled 7th, 800m 7th, 400m 10th | T Stockdale 59.5kg 1.50L | 3 (11) |
| Mornington 06-Dec-24 1200m GOOD 4 R8 BM 58 Hcp $675 (of $27,000) Barrier 12, Winning Time: 01:11.490, SP: 16.00 In-running: Settled 10th, 800m 10th, 400m 6th Sectionals: 600m 00:37.100 | J Mott 59.5kg 1.50L | 6 (12) |
| Moonee Valley 27-Jan-24 1600m GOOD 4 R3 3YO+ F&M BM 70 Hcp $3,900 (of $130,000) Barrier 1, Winning Time: 01:36.910, SP: 31.00 In-running: Settled 7th, 1200m 7th, 800m 7th, 400m 7th Sectionals: 600m 00:34.320 | T Bull 56kg, Cd 53kg 6.10L | 5 (8) |
| Wodonga 14-Jan-24 1590m GOOD 4 R4 3YO+ Restricted 58 Hcp $14,850 (of $27,000) Barrier 5, Winning Time: 01:35.280, SP: 5.50 In-running: Settled 3rd, 1200m 3rd, 800m 4th, 400m 3rd Sectionals: 600m 00:35.440 | L Riordan 58kg | 1 (11) |
| Sale 23-Dec-23 1400m GOOD 4 R6 0-58 $810 (of $27,000) Barrier 7, Winning Time: 01:24.510, SP: 6.50 In-running: Settled 11th, 800m 13th, 400m 13th Sectionals: 600m 00:35.150 | L Lafferty 58kg 3.35L | 5 (14) |
| Pakenham 16-Nov-23 1600m GOOD 4 R7 BM58 $700 (of $35,000) Barrier 10, Winning Time: 01:40.789, SP: 15.00 In-running: Settled 12th, 1200m 12th, 800m 12th, 400m 12th Sectionals: 600m 00:37.630 | D Keane 59kg, Cd 56kg 4.85L | 8 (12) |
| Moonee Valley 03-Nov-23 1600m GOOD 3 R8 F&M BM70 $3,000 (of $60,000) Barrier 7, Winning Time: 01:36.870, SP: 7.50 In-running: Settled 7th, 1200m 7th, 800m 7th, 400m 6th Sectionals: 600m 00:35.920 | W Pinn 55kg, Cd 53kg 1.95L | 4 (7) |
| Pakenham 20-Oct-23 1400m GOOD 4 R3 F&M BM78 $2,000 (of $40,000) Barrier 4, Winning Time: 01:26.330, SP: 16.00 In-running: Settled 5th, 800m 5th, 400m 5th Sectionals: 600m 00:35.580 | T Bull 55kg, Cd 53kg 1.85L | 4 (5) |
| Morphettville Parks 30-Sep-23 1300m GOOD 4 R1 NMW BM70 $2,500 (of $50,000) Barrier 5, Winning Time: 01:17.990, SP: 11.00 In-running: Settled 5th, 800m 5th, 400m 5th Sectionals: 600m 00:33.540 | A Kelly 54.5kg 5.10L | 4 (6) |
| Sandown Hillside 13-Sep-23 1600m GOOD 4 R3 F&M BM70 $2,500 (of $50,000) Barrier 1, Winning Time: 01:37.539, SP: 19.00 In-running: Settled 6th, 1200m 6th, 800m 5th, 400m 5th Sectionals: 600m 00:35.070 | W Pinn 56kg, Cd 54kg 5.00L | 4 (9) |
| Pakenham Synthetic 24-Aug-23 1400m SYNTHETIC R7 BM64 $6,300 (of $35,000) Barrier 8, Winning Time: 01:24.760, SP: 10.00 In-running: Settled 7th, 800m 7th, 400m 6th Sectionals: 600m 00:34.930 | W Pinn 57kg 0.20L | 2 (8) |
| Pakenham Synthetic 14-Aug-23 1400m SYNTHETIC R8 BM58 $1,688 (of $27,000) Barrier 10, Winning Time: 01:24.670, SP: 15.00 In-running: Settled 12th, 800m 12th, 400m 10th Sectionals: 600m 00:35.460 | D Keane 60, Cd 57kg 1.50L | 3 (12) |
| Bairnsdale 30-Jul-23 1200m GOOD 3 R6 0-58 $14,850 (of $27,000) Barrier 9, Winning Time: 01:11.600, SP: 19.00 In-running: Settled 11th, 800m 11th, 400m 10th Sectionals: 600m 00:35.140 | D Keane 58kg, Cd 55kg | 1 (12) |
| Moe 15-May-23 1600m SOFT 6 R5 BM58 (of $27,000) Barrier 9, Winning Time: 01:40.250, SP: 61.00 In-running: Settled 6th, 1200m 6th, 800m 3rd, 400m 12th Sectionals: 600m 00:38.920 | T Chapman 59.5kg, Cd 57.5kg 18.20L | 12 (12) |
| Bairnsdale 01-May-23 1200m SOFT 6 R8 BM58 $675 (of $27,000) Barrier 7, Winning Time: 01:12.100, SP: 61.00 In-running: Settled 10th, 800m 10th, 400m 8th Sectionals: 600m 00:35.510 | T Chapman 59.5kg, Cd 57.5kg 3.60L | 7 (11) |
| Pakenham 10-Mar-23 1600m GOOD 4 R8 BM64 $800 (of $40,000) Barrier 7, Winning Time: 01:39.330, SP: 21.00 In-running: Settled 7th, 800m 7th, 400m 8th Sectionals: 600m 00:35.570 | B M Dougall 57.5kg 17.60L | 9 (10) |
| Kilmore 24-Feb-23 1457m GOOD 4 R8 0-64 $675 (of $27,000) Barrier 8, Winning Time: 01:29.430, SP: 31.00 In-running: Settled 9th, 800m 8th, 400m 9th Sectionals: 600m 00:35.940 | J Noonan 58kg 4.00L | 6 (9) |
| Pakenham 09-Feb-23 1400m GOOD 4 R7 BM64 $800 (of $40,000) Barrier 8, Winning Time: 01:25.740, SP: 18.00 In-running: Settled 11th, 800m 11th, 400m 11th Sectionals: 600m 00:35.360 | M Zahra 58.5kg 6.50L | 9 (11) |
| Moonee Valley 24-Dec-22 1500m GOOD 4 R2 F&M BM70 $2,600 (of $130,000) Barrier 7, Winning Time: 01:30.370, SP: 31.00 In-running: Settled 8th, 800m 7th, 400m 9th Sectionals: 600m 00:35.740 | B Mertens 58kg 5.50L | 7 (9) |
| Moonee Valley 09-Dec-22 1600m FIRM 2 R5 4YU BM64 Hcp $1,200 (of $60,000) Barrier 3, Winning Time: 01:36.330, SP: 11.00 In-running: Settled 3rd, 1200m 3rd, 800m 4th, 400m 4th Sectionals: 600m 00:36.000 | B Mertens 59kg 2.80L | 6 (8) |
| Cranbourne 25-Nov-22 1400m GOOD 3 R9 BM64 $22,000 (of $40,000) Barrier 3, Winning Time: 01:24.870, SP: 12.00 In-running: Settled 7th, 800m 6th, 400m 8th Sectionals: 600m 00:36.980 | B Mertens 57kg | 1 (10) |
| Pakenham Synthetic 28-Oct-22 1400m SYNTHETIC R9 BM58 $4,590 (of $27,000) Barrier 1, Winning Time: 01:26.020, SP: 8.00 In-running: Settled 8th, 800m 9th, 400m 9th Sectionals: 600m 00:35.030 | B Mertens 60 1.50L | 2 (11) |
| Pakenham Synthetic 16-Oct-22 1200m SYNTHETIC R5 0-64 $1,215 (of $27,000) Barrier 2, Winning Time: 01:11.380, SP: 10.00 In-running: Settled 6th, 800m 6th, 400m 5th Sectionals: 600m 00:35.480 | J Noonan 57kg 5.70L | 4 (7) |
| Morphettville Parks 26-Mar-22 1950m GOOD 4 R3 BM68 $1,075 (of $44,750) Barrier 11, Winning Time: 02:01.290, SP: 20.00 In-running: Settled 8th, 1200m 8th, 800m 6th, 400m 5th Sectionals: 600m 00:36.100 | D Holland 55.5kg 7.80L | 9 (11) |
| Echuca 13-Mar-22 1600m GOOD 4 R3 BM58 $3,150 (of $35,000) Barrier 7, Winning Time: 01:38.370, SP: 4.60 In-running: Settled 6th, 1200m 6th, 800m 6th, 400m 5th Sectionals: 600m 00:36.480 | D Lane 62.5kg 0.30L | 3 (8) |
| Sale 25-Feb-22 1623m GOOD 4 R8 BM58 $13,750 (of $25,000) Barrier 2, Winning Time: 01:40.780, SP: 4.20 In-running: Settled 6th, 1200m 6th, 800m 6th, 400m 5th Sectionals: 600m 00:37.000 | J Noonan 60.5kg | 1 (10) |
| Sale 13-Feb-22 1500m GOOD 4 R5 BM58 $3,150 (of $35,000) Barrier 4, Winning Time: 01:32.150, SP: 1.70 In-running: Settled 3rd, 800m 4th, 400m 3rd Sectionals: 600m 00:35.120 | E Brown 60.5kg 2.60L | 3 (6) |
| Hamilton 28-Jan-22 1400m HEAVY 9 R7 BM58 $625 (of $25,000) Barrier 3, Winning Time: 01:27.720, SP: 4.80 In-running: Settled 7th, 800m 7th, 400m 7th Sectionals: 600m 00:37.370 | D Holland 61.5kg 5.10L | 8 (10) |
| Kilmore 11-Jan-22 1450m GOOD 4 R5 BM58 $4,250 (of $25,000) Barrier 3, Winning Time: 01:30.010, SP: 2.90 In-running: Settled 6th, 800m 5th, 400m 4th Sectionals: 600m 00:36.250 | E Brown 61.5kg 0.20L | 2 (8) |
| Geelong 21-Dec-21 1335m GOOD 4 R8 BM64 $625 (of $25,000) Barrier 2, Winning Time: 01:19.910, SP: 6.00 In-running: Settled 10th, 800m 10th, 400m 7th Sectionals: 600m 00:35.880 | E Brown 57kg 3.80L | 10 (11) |
| Morphettville Parks 17-Jul-21 1550m HEAVY 8 R2 BM68 (of $44,750) Barrier 11, Winning Time: 01:37.420, SP: 14.00 In-running: Settled 11th, 1200m 9th, 800m 8th, 400m 10th Sectionals: 600m 00:37.410 | J Toeroek 56kg 16.60L | 11 (11) |
| Flemington 03-Jul-21 1400m SOFT 6 R5 RIVETTE FINAL $3,000 (of $150,000) Barrier 4, Winning Time: 01:25.110, SP: 41.00 In-running: Settled 12th, 800m 12th, 400m 10th Sectionals: 600m 00:35.730 Awkward start, last, always a long way back | D Thornton 56kg 6.20L | 9 (12) |
| Sandown Hillside 02-Jun-21 1300m GOOD 4 R6 F&M BM64 (of $50,000) Barrier 8, Winning Time: 01:19.310, SP: 18.00 In-running: Settled 11th, 800m 11th, 400m 11th Sectionals: 600m 00:33.570 Hampered at start, near last, well beaten, forgive | L Neindorf 61.5kg, Cd 59.5kg 6.30L | 12 (12) |
| Cranbourne 14-May-21 1400m SOFT 7 R8 BM64 $1,750 (of $35,000) Barrier 4, Winning Time: 01:26.980, SP: 5.00 In-running: Settled 9th, 800m 11th, 400m 7th Sectionals: 600m 00:38.600 | D Stackhouse 60 4.20L | 4 (12) |
| Ballarat 28-Apr-21 1200m GOOD 4 R4 BM70 $3,150 (of $35,000) Barrier 9, Winning Time: 01:12.090, SP: 8.00 In-running: Settled 9th, 800m 9th, 400m 8th Sectionals: 600m 00:35.420 | D Stackhouse 56.5kg 2.10L | 3 (12) |
| Cranbourne 05-Mar-21 1500m SOFT 5 R6 BM64 $6,300 (of $35,000) Barrier 5, Winning Time: 01:32.240, SP: 4.40 In-running: Settled 4th, 800m 5th, 400m 3rd Sectionals: 600m 00:36.540 | D Stackhouse 59.5kg 0.10L | 2 (9) |
| Flemington 13-Feb-21 1400m GOOD 4 R5 G3 VANITY $3,200 (of $160,000) Barrier 6, Winning Time: 01:22.320, SP: 21.00 In-running: Settled 7th, 800m 7th, 400m 6th Sectionals: 600m 00:34.730 No speed early, tried to run on just whacked away | E Brown 56kg 8.40L | 7 (9) |
| Sandown Hillside 03-Feb-21 1300m GOOD 3 R5 F&M BM64 $1,000 (of $50,000) Barrier 2, Winning Time: 01:17.660, SP: 5.50 In-running: Settled 7th, 800m 7th, 400m 8th Sectionals: 600m 00:34.230 Held up approaching 100m, touch unlucky, good run | E Brown 61.5kg 1.80L | 6 (10) |
| Flemington 03-Oct-20 1600m GOOD 3 R5 G2 E MANIFOLD (of $300,000) Barrier 16, Winning Time: 01:37.330, SP: 13.00 In-running: Settled 15th, 1200m 15th, 800m 12th, 400m 13th Sectionals: 600m 00:34.560 Raced 4 wide, no cover, worked hard late, forgive | E Brown 56kg 6.40L | 11 (16) |
| Sale 24-Sep-20 1415m GOOD 4 R8 CL1 $19,250 (of $35,000) Barrier 3, Winning Time: 01:27.300, SP: 2.25 In-running: Settled 4th, 800m 4th, 400m 4th Sectionals: 600m 00:35.200 | E Brown 57kg | 1 (10) |
| Pakenham Synthetic 28-Aug-20 1400m SYNTHETIC R7 CL1 $6,300 (of $35,000) Barrier 7, Winning Time: 01:25.539, SP: 3.70 In-running: Settled 9th, 800m 8th, 400m 8th Sectionals: 600m 00:35.000 | E Brown 56.5kg 1.30L | 2 (9) |
| Sandown Lakeside 02-Aug-20 1200m GOOD 4 R5 3Y BM64 $2,500 (of $50,000) Barrier 5, Winning Time: 01:12.039, SP: 2.10 In-running: Settled 6th, 800m 6th, 400m 6th Sectionals: 600m 00:33.070 | B Melham 59.5kg 3.50L | 4 (7) |
| Ballarat Synthetic 16-Jul-20 1100m SYNTHETIC R1 F&M MDN-SW $17,325 (of $31,500) Barrier 7, Winning Time: 01:05.650, SP: 2.50 In-running: Settled 5th, 800m 5th, 400m 4th Sectionals: 600m 00:34.700 | L Neindorf 55.5kg, Cd 54kg | 1 (7) |
| Pakenham 14-Jan-20 900m GOOD 4 R5 2YO F Barrier Trial Open Catch Weight Barrier 6, Winning Time: 00:54.880 Sectionals: 600m 00:34.960 | B Allen 2.90L | 6 (8) |