Astronomer (AUS) Horse

Country

Australia

Foal Date

18-Oct-09

Sex

gelding

Colour

chestnut

Sire

Monashee Mountain

Dam

Heaven's Eyes

Prize Money

53900

Trainer

Ben Waldron

Owners

L R Waldron, S C Sellars, D Burke, B A Cherry, M Curley & A W Grant

About

Astronomer is a 15yo chestnut gelding from Australia trained by Ben Waldron. He is sired by the stallion Monashee Mountain out of the dam Heaven's Eyes. Astronomer has secured 5 wins in his career. On 30th Aug 2013 at Canberra Acton, Astronomer achieved his most notable victory in the $13000.00 Benchmark 65 Handicap. Astronomer has retired from racing, with his final race on 7th Mar 2015 at Dalby.

Raced At

Dalby • Grafton • Sunshine Coast • Gold Coast • Doomben • Canberra Acton • Narrandera • Sapphire Coast • Queanbeyan • Narromine • Goulburn

Race Record

Event Summary	Runner Stats	Rank
Dalby 07-Mar-15 800m GOOD 3 R4 Hcp (of $10,000) Barrier 6	S Apthorpe 54kg, Cd 0	UPD (8)
Grafton 10-Jul-14 1000m GOOD 3 R8 Kirby Qual $275 (of $50,000) Barrier 1, Winning Time: 00:56.280, SP: $10 In-running: 800m 5th, 400m 6th Sectionals: 600m 00:33.560	G Lynch 54kg 9.80L	9 (11)
Sunshine Coast 28-Jun-14 1000m GOOD 4 R3 Bm 90 Hcp (of $50,000) Barrier 2, Winning Time: 00:57.050, SP: $13 In-running: 800m 3rd, 400m 4th Sectionals: 600m 00:33.720 box seated, close enough but one-paced from 200m	T Bell 54kg 6.20L	10 (13)
Gold Coast 17-Jun-14 1000m GOOD 3 R3 OPN-TRL Barrier 1, Winning Time: 00:59.560	N Masuda	4 (6)
Gold Coast 27-May-14 900m SOFT 5 R9 OPN-TRL Barrier 2, Winning Time: 00:55.730	N Masuda 2.50L	3 (5)
Doomben 01-Feb-14 1020m FIRM 2 R2 Bm 80 Hcp $4,500 (of $45,000) Barrier 3, Winning Time: 00:58.190, SP: $7 In-running: 800m 2nd, 400m 2nd Sectionals: 600m 00:32.960 sat length and half back, lacked sprint late	M Cahill 56kg 1.70L	3 (7)
Doomben 22-Jan-14 1010m GOOD 3 R2 BM 85 HCP $3,400 (of $17,000) Barrier 1, Winning Time: 00:57.870, SP: $2.80F In-running: 800m 1st, 400m 1st Sectionals: 600m 00:33.180	M Cahill 54.5kg 0.80L	2 (7)
Gold Coast 04-Jan-14 900m GOOD 3 R4 QLTY (of $75,000) Barrier 6, Winning Time: 00:50.700, SP: $11 In-running: 400m 4th Sectionals: 600m 00:32.960 Settled on rails behind leaders, couldn't sprint	M Cahill 54kg 4.40L	7 (13)
Gold Coast 10-Dec-13 900m GOOD 3 R12 HCP-TRL Barrier 2, Winning Time: 00:55.870	T Harrison 0.10L	2 (4)
Canberra Acton 30-Aug-13 1080m GOOD 3 R3 BM65 $8,450 (of $13,000) Barrier 3, Winning Time: 01:02.930, SP: $1.85F In-running: 800m 2nd, 400m 2nd Sectionals: 600m 00:35.960	B Ward 58.5kg	1 (6)
Narrandera 23-Aug-13 1000m SOFT 5 R8 BM60 $675 (of $15,000) Barrier 11, Winning Time: 00:59.020, SP: $2.20F In-running: 800m 2nd, 400m 1st	M Wright 61kg, Cd 57kg 1.50L	4 (11)
Sapphire Coast 11-Aug-13 900m GOOD 4 R2 BM55 $8,200 (of $15,000) Barrier 9, Winning Time: 00:51.130, SP: $2.30F In-running: 400m 5th Sectionals: 600m 00:33.970	W Costin 62kg	1 (11)
Royal Randwick 17-Jul-13 1200m HEAVY 8 R7 3Y BM70 $450 (of $40,000) Barrier 9, Winning Time: 01:13.500, SP: $6 In-running: 800m 2nd, 400m 2nd Sectionals: 600m 00:37.530 second on turn then faded out of it from 250m	B Avdulla 54kg 11.30L	10 (10)
Canberra Acton 07-Jul-13 1080m GOOD 3 R4 CL2 $8,450 (of $13,000) Barrier 6, Winning Time: 01:02.580, SP: $1.75F In-running: 800m 2nd, 400m 2nd Sectionals: 600m 00:34.780	B Ward 58kg	1 (12)
Canberra Acton 21-Jun-13 1080m GOOD 3 R7 CL2 $2,600 (of $13,000) Barrier 11, Winning Time: 01:01.610, SP: $3.70 In-running: 800m 2nd, 400m 2nd Sectionals: 600m 00:34.350	B Ward 58kg 2.00L	2 (12)
Queanbeyan 31-May-13 1000m GOOD 3 R7 CL1 $8,200 (of $15,000) Barrier 1, Winning Time: 00:57.100, SP: $2.10F In-running: 800m 1st, 400m 1st Sectionals: 600m 00:34.130	B Ward 58kg	1 (12)
Narromine 20-Oct-12 800m GOOD 3 R3 2&3YMDN-SW $8,200 (of $15,000) Barrier 7, Winning Time: 00:45.010, SP: $1.40F In-running: 400m 3rd	M Cahill 58.5kg	1 (12)
Goulburn 16-Jun-12 1000m GOOD 8 R2 MDN $500 (of $5,000) Barrier 2, Winning Time: 01:02.100, SP: $2.25F In-running: 800m 7th, 400m 5th Sectionals: 600m 00:37.590	M Cahill 55.5kg 1.50L	3 (14)
Goulburn 17-Feb-12 800m SOFT 5 R1 BT-OPN, Winning Time: 00:46.200 Sectionals: 600m 00:33.990	M Cahill 0.50L	2 (9)