Better Shape Up (AUS) Horse

Country
Australia
Foal Date
05-Sep-21
Sex
gelding
Colour
brown
Dam
I Am
Prize Money
8040
Owners
Mrs L Joyce, Mrs M Macmichael & D Boxall
About

Better Shape Up is a 4yo brown gelding from Australia trained by Archie Alexander. He is by Toronado out of I Am. The horse has yet to win, having been unplaced in six starts. In his most recent start at Ballarat Synthetic on 27 Jun 2025, he rode under Declan Bates and finished eighth, behind the winner Aqueduct.

Raced At
Ballarat Synthetic • Geelong • Bendigo • Swan Hill
Race Record
Event SummaryRunner StatsRank
Ballarat SYNTHETIC 27-Jun-25 1000m SYNTHETIC R3 2YO+ Mdn Set Weight $675 (of $27,000) Barrier 8, Winning Time: 00:58.640, SP: 10.00 In-running: Settled 8th, 800m 8th, 400m 9th Sectionals: 600m 00:33.640 1st Aqueduct ( J Allen 59.5 ) 2nd Breeches ( D Moor 57.5 ) 1.50L 3rd Hi Tiago ( Z Spain 57.5 ) 2.75L 8th Better Shape Up ( D Bates 59.5 ) 8.40L See full resultsD Bates 59.5kg 8.40L8 (9)
Ballarat SYNTHETIC 13-Jun-25 1000m SYNTHETIC R1 2YO+ Mdn Set Weight $4,590 (of $27,000) Barrier 5, Winning Time: 00:58.840, SP: 26.00 In-running: Settled 5th, 800m 5th, 400m 5th Sectionals: 600m 00:34.170 1st Night Flash ( H Coffey 57 ) 2nd Better Shape Up ( D Bates 59.5 ) 0.06L 3rd Next Step Iowa ( J Noonan 57.5 ) 0.41L See full resultsD Bates 59.5kg 0.06L2 (11)
Geelong 23-May-25 1443m GOOD 4 R2 2YO+ Mdn Set Weight $675 (of $27,000) Barrier 10, Winning Time: 01:27.790, SP: 61.00 In-running: Settled 8th, 800m 6th, 400m 6th Sectionals: 600m 00:35.740 1st Shimonoseki ( F W Kersley 57.5 ) 2nd Ask Your Mother ( L Riordan 59.5 ) 0.46L 3rd Ekanite ( J Childs 59.5 ) 0.96L 10th Better Shape Up ( D Bates 59.5 ) 7.81L See full resultsD Bates 59.5kg 7.81L10 (10)
Bendigo 24-Apr-25 1300m GOOD 4 R4 3YO+ Mdn Set Weight $675 (of $27,000) Barrier 4, Winning Time: 01:17.030, SP: 19.00 In-running: Settled 10th, 800m 10th, 400m 11th Sectionals: 600m 00:35.020 1st Elizabass ( J Hill 57 ) 2nd Jamesjohno ( T Stockdale 59 ) 0.10L 3rd Shubael ( T Nugent 57.5 ) 1.85L 8th Better Shape Up ( Z Spain 59 ) 8.10L See full resultsZ Spain 59kg 8.10L8 (11)
Swan Hill 29-Oct-24 1300m GOOD 4 R3 Mdn Set Weight $675 (of $27,000) Barrier 11, Winning Time: 01:16.100, SP: 11.00 In-running: Settled 8th, 800m 8th, 400m 8th Sectionals: 600m 00:34.300 1st Yes Yes Tess ( B Mcdougall 55 ) 2nd Presocratics ( C Newitt 57 ) 0.06L 3rd Supido's Littleone ( C Pang 57.5 , Cd 60.5 ) 0.12L 7th Better Shape Up ( H Coffey 57 ) 4.14L See full resultsH Coffey 57kg 4.14L7 (13)
Geelong 26-Sep-24 1147m SOFT 5 R4 3YO Mdn Set Weight $750 (of $37,500) Barrier 4, Winning Time: 01:07.270, SP: 14.00 In-running: Settled 7th, 800m 7th, 400m 8th Sectionals: 600m 00:34.560 1st Catoggio ( J Mcneil 58 ) 2nd Cora Lynn ( D Lane 56 ) 2.25L 3rd Sociable ( M Zahra 58 ) 2.71L 8th Better Shape Up ( M Dee 58 ) 13.26L See full resultsM Dee 58kg 13.26L8 (8)