Big Better (JPN)
About
Big Better is a 6yo gelding from Japan trained by Shinichi Ideue. He is by the stallion I’ll Have Another out of the mare Pink No Oumasan. To date, Big Better has claimed 14 victories. On 23 April 2024 at Nagoya, he earned his biggest prize, netting $680,400. He has proved a profitable runner for bettors, and anyone who backed him throughout his career would have achieved a 156% return on investment.
Race Record
| Event Summary | Runner Stats | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| Nagoya 17-Sep-25 1500m R6 Race 6 (cond) (of $1,800,000) Barrier 3, Winning Time: 01:37.800, SP: 9.00 | S Myojo 57.2kg 7.55L | 9 (12) |
| Nagoya 02-Sep-25 1699m GOOD R12 Race 12 (b1) (of $1,800,000) Barrier 10, Winning Time: 01:52.000, SP: 51.00 | M Ohata 57.2kg 5.80L | 7 (12) |
| Nagoya 20-Aug-25 1399m GOOD R7 Race 7 (b7) $650,000 (of $1,171,000) Barrier 8, Winning Time: 01:30.400, SP: 2.00 | M Junki 57.2kg | 1 (8) |
| Nagoya 24-Jul-25 1500m GOOD R10 Race 10 (b8) $130,000 (of $1,171,000) Barrier 3, Winning Time: 01:36.000, SP: 7.00 | M Junki 57.2kg 1.30L | 3 (11) |
| Nagoya 10-Jul-25 1699m GOOD R7 Race 7 (b10) $65,000 (of $1,171,000) Barrier 9, Winning Time: 01:51.300, SP: 2.88 | M Junki 57.2kg 6.30L | 5 (10) |
| Nagoya 22-May-25 1500m HEAVY R9 Race 9 (b5) $130,000 (of $1,171,000) Barrier 7, Winning Time: 01:36.900, SP: 7.00 | M Okabe 57.2kg 3.00L | 3 (11) |
| Nagoya 07-May-25 1500m HEAVY R8 Race 8 (b6) (of $1,171,000) Barrier 3, Winning Time: 01:37.200, SP: 9.00 | M Okabe 57.2kg 8.05L | 7 (11) |
| Nagoya 24-Apr-25 1500m SOFT R12 Race 12 (b8) $98,000 (of $1,171,000) Barrier 6, Winning Time: 01:37.700, SP: 2.25 | M Okabe 57.2kg 2.80L | 4 (10) |
| Nagoya 10-Apr-25 1699m GOOD R12 Race 12 (b5) (of $1,171,000) Barrier 3, Winning Time: 01:51.700, SP: 23.00 | G Banno 57.2kg 6.05L | 6 (12) |
| Nagoya 25-Mar-25 1500m HEAVY R8 Race 8 (b2) $113,000 (of $1,351,000) Barrier 10, Winning Time: 01:36.900, SP: 3.00 | S Tsukamoto 55.8kg 3.65L | 4 (10) |
| Nagoya 01-Jan-25 1500m GOOD R10 Race 10 (b3) $210,000 (of $1,080,000) Barrier 6, Winning Time: 01:36.200, SP: 13.00 | M Okabe 55.8kg 1.50L | 2 (11) |
| Nagoya 18-Dec-24 1500m GOOD R11 Race 11 (a8) $315,000 (of $1,620,000) Barrier 3, Winning Time: 01:36.500, SP: 12.00 | S Tsukamoto 55.8kg 1.50L | 2 (12) |
| Nagoya 04-Dec-24 1500m GOOD R11 Race 11 (a7) (of $1,620,000) Barrier 5, Winning Time: 01:36.900, SP: 17.00 | S Tsukamoto 55.8kg 5.65L | 7 (12) |
| Nagoya 20-Nov-24 1699m GOOD R12 Race 12 (a6) (of $1,620,000) Barrier 9, Winning Time: 01:49.600, SP: 26.00 | S Yamada 55.8kg 11.75L | 7 (12) |
| Nagoya 11-Nov-24 1500m GOOD R12 Race 12 (a8) (of $1,620,000) Barrier 12, Winning Time: 01:37.000, SP: 9.00 | M Okabe 55.8kg 4.15L | 8 (12) |
| Nagoya 31-Oct-24 1699m HEAVY R10 Race 10 (a6) (of $1,620,000) Barrier 11, Winning Time: 01:49.600, SP: 34.00 | M Okabe 55.8kg 13.80L | 10 (12) |
| Nagoya 18-Oct-24 1500m GOOD R10 (of $900,000), Winning Time: 01:35.600, SP: 18/1 | H Miyashita 54kg, Cd 0 7.25L | 7 (12) |
| Nagoya 18-Sep-24 1699m GOOD R11 (of $1,000,000), Winning Time: 01:49.600, SP: 20/1 | S Tsukamoto 55.8kg, Cd 0 12.00L | 7 (11) |
| Nagoya 04-Sep-24 1500m GOOD R10 (of $1,000,000), Winning Time: 01:34.800, SP: 10/1 | M Okabe 55.8kg, Cd 0 6.75L | 7 (11) |
| Nagoya 21-Aug-24 1500m HEAVY R11 (of $1,199,999), Winning Time: 01:35.800, SP: 3/1 | M Okabe 55.8kg, Cd 0 6.25L | 10 (10) |
| Nagoya 08-Aug-24 1500m GOOD R10 $150,000 (of $1,000,000), Winning Time: 01:35.400, SP: 9/1 | S Yamada 55.8kg, Cd 0 3.50L | 4 (10) |
| Nagoya 12-Jul-24 1500m SOFT R10 $179,919 (of $1,134,000), Winning Time: 01:34.100, SP: 18/1 | M Okabe 55.8kg 3.75L | 3 (12) |
| Nagoya 26-Jun-24 1500m HEAVY R11 (of $1,020,599), Winning Time: 01:34.500, SP: 13/2 | M Okabe 55.8kg, Cd 0 5.25L | 10 (12) |
| Nagoya 14-Jun-24 1699m GOOD R11 $113,482 (of $1,020,599), Winning Time: 01:51.500, SP: 10/3 | M Okabe 55.8kg, Cd 0 2.25L | 4 (12) |
| Nagoya 29-May-24 1500m HEAVY R10 (of $1,020,599), Winning Time: 01:36.900, SP: 13/8 | M Okabe 55.8kg, Cd 0 5.75L | 9 (12) |
| Nagoya 01-May-24 1699m HEAVY R11 $323,926 (of $1,020,599), SP: 9/4 | M Okabe 55.8kg 1.50L | 2 (9) |
| Nagoya 23-Apr-24 1500m HEAVY R9 $680,353 (of $680,400), Winning Time: 01:37.900, SP: 11/1 | M Okabe 55.8kg | 1 (12) |
| Nagoya 09-Apr-24 1699m SOFT R9 (of $851,131) Barrier 1, Winning Time: 01:53.900, SP: 28/1 | S Yamada 55.8kg, Cd 0 21.00L | 12 (12) |
| Nagoya 12-Mar-24 919m R10 $135,029 (of $851,131) Barrier 7, Winning Time: 00:55.800, SP: 6/1 | S Yamada 55.8kg 0.15L | 3 (9) |
| Nagoya 28-Feb-24 1699m R8 $567,050 (of $567,000) Barrier 8, SP: 28/1 | M Ohata 55.8kg | 1 (8) |
| Nagoya 14-Feb-24 1500m R6 (of $567,000) Barrier 6, SP: 7/1 | M Ohata 55.8kg, Cd 0 12.50L | 9 (9) |
| Nagoya 16-Oct-23 1500m R11 CL (of $1,350,957) Barrier 1, SP: 10.00 | M Okabe 55.8kg 0.00L | 11 (12) |
| Nagoya 07-Sep-23 1500m R11 Race 11 (a4) (of $1,531,126) Barrier 3, SP: 2.10 | M Okabe 55.8kg 0.00L | 6 (9) |
| Nagoya 10-Aug-23 1500m R10 CL $170,002 (of $849,850) Barrier 11, SP: 5.50 | M Okabe 55.8kg 5.00L | 2 (11) |
| Nagoya 14-Jul-23 1500m R11 CL $270,255 (of $1,350,957) Barrier 7, SP: 9.00 | K Niwa 55.8kg 3.00L | 2 (12) |
| Nagoya 13-Jun-23 1500m R9 CL $117,095 (of $1,170,946) Barrier 3, SP: 26.00 | S Yamada 55.8kg 3.50L | 3 (12) |
| Nagoya 30-May-23 1699m R10 CL (of $1,170,946) Barrier 3, SP: 5.50 | S Yamada 55.8kg 0.00L | 10 (11) |
| Nagoya 16-May-23 1699m R11 CL (of $2,700,006) Barrier 5, SP: 51.00 | S Yamada 55.8kg 10.25L | 6 (12) |
| Nagoya 19-Apr-23 919m GOOD R11 CL $94,534 (of $1,350,957) Barrier 5, SP: 3.25 | S Yamada 55.8kg 2.40L | 4 (10) |
| Nagoya 11-Apr-23 1699m R12 Race 12 (b3) $567,043 (of $900,055) Barrier 3, SP: 17.00 | S Yamada 55.8kg | 1 (12) |
| Nagoya 11-Apr-23 1699m CL (of $567,000), SP: 16/1 | S Yamada 55.8kg | 1 (12) |
| Nagoya 15-Mar-23 1699m R8 Race 8 (b4) $70,066 (of $700,025) Barrier 1, SP: 10.00 | S Yamada 55.8kg 6.00L | 3 (12) |
| Nagoya 15-Mar-23 1699m CL (of $441,000), SP: 9/1 | S Yamada 55.8kg 6.00L | 3 (12) |
| Nagoya 28-Feb-23 1699m CL (of $441,000), SP: 2/1 | S Yamada 55.8kg | 3 (10) |
| Nagoya 28-Feb-23 1699m R6 Race 6 (b4) $70,066 (of $700,025) Barrier 9, SP: 3.00 | S Yamada 55.8kg 0.00L | 3 (10) |
| Nagoya 01-Feb-23 1500m R10 Race 10 (b5) $139,973 (of $700,025) Barrier 4, SP: 4.50 | S Yamada 55.8kg 0.15L | 2 (10) |
| Nagoya 01-Feb-23 1500m CL (of $441,000), SP: 7/2 | S Yamada 55.8kg | 2 (10) |
| Nagoya 16-Jan-23 1500m CL (of $674,836), SP: 66/1 | S Yamada 55.8kg, Cd 0 | 11 (11) |
| Nagoya 16-Jan-23 1500m GOOD R11 Race 11 (b1) (of $1,071,009) Barrier 2, SP: 67.00 | S Yamada 55.8kg 0.00L | 11 (11) |
| Nagoya 06-Jan-23 1699m R12 Race 12 (b8) $449,948 (of $714,165) Barrier 10, SP: 15.00 | S Yamada 55.8kg | 1 (10) |
| Nagoya 06-Jan-23 1699m (of $441,000), SP: 14/1 | S Yamada 55.8kg | 1 (10) |
| Nagoya 08-Dec-22 1500m (of $418,321), SP: 2/1 | S Yamada 55.8kg 0.15L | 3 (11) |
| Nagoya 25-Nov-22 1500m R12 Race 12 (c1) $178,581 (of $892,747) Barrier 3, SP: 41.00 | S Yamada 55.8kg 0.50L | 2 (12) |
| Nagoya 25-Nov-22 1500m FIRM (of $551,250), SP: 40/1 | S Yamada 55.8kg 0.50L | 2 (12) |
| Nagoya 28-Oct-22 919m R2 Race 2 (c8) $394,658 (of $626,305) Barrier 9, SP: 1.30 | S Yamada 55.8kg | 1 (12) |
| Nagoya 28-Oct-22 919m (of $386,819), SP: 3/10 | S Yamada 55.8kg | 1 (12) |
| Nagoya 27-Sep-22 1699m R8 Race 8 (cond) (of $1,107,870) Barrier 7, SP: 67.00 | S Yamada 55.8kg 12.00L | 8 (12) |
| Nagoya 27-Sep-22 1699m FIRM (of $684,180), SP: 66/1 | S Yamada 55.8kg, Cd 0 12.00L | 8 (12) |
| Nagoya 12-Sep-22 1500m R4 Race 4 (cond) $404,826 (of $642,669) Barrier 2, SP: 13.00 | K Maruno 55.8kg | 1 (10) |
| Nagoya 12-Sep-22 1500m (of $396,900), SP: 12/1 | K Maruno 55.8kg | 1 (10) |
| Nagoya 16-Aug-22 1500m R3 Race 3 (cond) (of $642,669) Barrier 5, SP: 3.25 | H Ohara 55.8kg 0.00L | 6 (10) |
| Nagoya 03-Aug-22 1500m R1 Race 1 (cond) $404,826 (of $642,669) Barrier 4, SP: 41.00 | S Yamada 55.8kg | 1 (11) |
| Nagoya 20-Jul-22 1500m R2 Race 2 (cond) (of $642,669) Barrier 6, SP: 51.00 | S Yamada 55.8kg 0.00L | 6 (12) |
| Nagoya 04-Jul-22 1500m R2 Race 2 (cond) (of $642,669) Barrier 2, SP: 29.00 | M Okabe 55.8kg 0.00L | 8 (10) |
| Nagoya 22-Jun-22 1500m R2 Race 2 (cond) $142,833 (of $714,165) Barrier 6, SP: 26.00 | H Miyashita 55.8kg 0.00L | 2 (12) |
| Nagoya 08-Jun-22 1500m R2 Race 2 (cond) (of $714,165) Barrier 11, SP: 26.00 | M Okabe 55.8kg 0.00L | 5 (12) |
| Nagoya 26-May-22 1500m R3 Race 3 (cond) (of $714,165) Barrier 3, SP: 126.00 | M Ohata 55.8kg 0.00L | 9 (11) |
| Nagoya 18-May-22 1500m R6 Race 6 (cond) (of $714,165) Barrier 8, SP: 51.00 | M Ohata 55.8kg 0.00L | 10 (11) |
| Nagoya 03-May-22 1500m R2 Race 2 (cond) (of $714,165) Barrier 2, SP: 15.00 | M Okabe 55.8kg 0.00L | 10 (11) |
| Nagoya 20-Apr-22 1500m R7 Race 7 (cond) (of $714,165) Barrier 12, SP: 29.00 | S Yamada 55.8kg 0.00L | 8 (12) |
| Nagoya 11-Apr-22 1500m R1 Race 1 (cond) $449,948 (of $714,165) Barrier 2, SP: 17.00 | M Okabe 55.8kg | 1 (12) |
| Nagoya 09-Mar-22 1399m R1 Race 1 (cond) (of $659,033) Barrier 3, SP: 34.00 | M Ohata 55.8kg 0.00L | 5 (10) |
| Nagoya 02-Mar-22 1399m R2 Race 2 (cond) (of $659,033) Barrier 8, SP: 151.00 | S Yamada 55.8kg 0.00L | 7 (10) |
| Nagoya 16-Feb-22 1399m R2 Race 2 (cond) (of $659,033) Barrier 3, SP: 13.00 | M Okabe 55.8kg 0.00L | 8 (11) |
| Nagoya 02-Feb-22 1399m R1 Race 1 (cond) (of $659,033) Barrier 4, SP: 19.00 | M Okabe 55.8kg 0.00L | 11 (11) |
| Nagoya 02-Sep-21 800m R1 Race 1 (cond) $626,940 (of $995,065) Barrier 6, SP: 8.50 | M Okabe 54.9kg | 1 (9) |
| Nagoya 19-Aug-21 1399m R4 Race 4 (cond) (of $995,065) Barrier 7, SP: 51.00 | M Ohata 54.9kg 0.00L | 5 (10) |
| Nagoya 22-Jul-21 800m R3 Race 3 (cond) (of $995,065) Barrier 5, SP: 21.00 | N Tobe 54.9kg 0.00L | 6 (9) |
| Mombetsu 17-Jun-21 1100m R5 Race 5 (cond) (of $3,827,102) Barrier 3, SP: 41.00 | G Ochiai 54kg 0.00L | 8 (8) |