Cifonelli (AUS) Horse

Country
Australia
Foal Date
02-Aug-21
Sex
gelding
Colour
bay
Dam
Romantic Affair
Prize Money
19750
Owners
Arrowfield Pastoral Pty Ltd (Mgr: J M Messara), Planette Thoroughbred (Mgr: J Leaver)
About

Cifonelli is a 4yo bay gelding (male) from Australia trained by Gary Portelli, who is based at Warwick Farm. He is sired by the stallion Castelvecchio out of the dam Romantic Affair. Cifonelli has managed to win 1 race in his career so far. On 6th Jun 2025 at Canberra Acton, Cifonelli scored his most significant win to date, getting the money in the $22000.00 Maiden Handicap. He has proven a profitable horse for the punters over the journey. If you had backed Cifonelli throughout his career you'd have achieved a 8% return on investment.

Race Record
Event SummaryRunner StatsRank
Kembla Grange 11-Dec-25 1000m GOOD 4 R5 CL1 $1,050 (of $42,000) Barrier 1, Winning Time: 00:56.400, SP: 51.00 In-running: 800m 8th, 400m 8th Sectionals: 600m 00:32.800 1st Big Red Tequila ( S Clipperton 58.5 ) 2nd All Adore ( C Keatings 55 , Cd 58 ) 1.00L 3rd The New Sinatra ( T Schiller 59 ) 2.00L 8th Cifonelli ( A Collett 55 ) 4.30L See full resultsA Collett 55kg 4.30L8 (8)
Warwick Farm 25-Nov-25 793m SOFT 5 R3 OPEN-BT, Winning Time: 00:47.000 Sectionals: 600m 00:33.790 1st Monte Kate ( J Collett ) 2nd Gold Revolver ( R King ) 1.40L 3rd Cifonelli ( A Collett ) 1.53LA Collett 1.53L3 (10)
Warwick Farm 13-Nov-25 801m GOOD 4 R7 OPEN-BT, Winning Time: 00:47.950 Sectionals: 600m 00:33.620 1st Spywire ( A Farragher ) 2nd Bella Corazon ( C Schofield ) 0.57L 3rd Willie Oppa ( Z T Lloyd ) 1.51L 6th Cifonelli ( A Collett ) 2.15LA Collett 2.15L6 (9)
Gosford 19-Jul-25 1200m SOFT 5 R4 CH&G CL1 Hcp $1,050 (of $42,000) Barrier 4, Winning Time: 01:11.490, SP: 19.00 In-running: Settled 8th, 800m 8th, 400m 8th Sectionals: 600m 00:35.820 1st Orthies ( R P Downey 57.5 ) 2nd Harlex ( M Fitzgerald 60 , Cd 58 ) 0.52L 3rd Jared ( K Latham 55 , Cd 56 ) 0.81L 7th Cifonelli ( B Ryan 56 ) 4.24L See full resultsB Ryan 56kg 4.24L7 (8)
Canberra Acton 20-Jun-25 1206m SYNTHETIC R7 CL1 Hcp $1,800 (of $22,000) Barrier 4, Winning Time: 01:10.820, SP: 5.50 In-running: Settled 8th, 800m 8th, 400m 7th Sectionals: 600m 00:35.360 1st Angel In The Wind ( Q Krogh 57 ) 2nd Royal Detective ( R Bensley 55.5 ) 1.67L 3rd Cifonelli ( C Keatings 57.5 ) 2.58L See full resultsC Keatings 57.5kg 2.58L3 (10)
Canberra Acton 06-Jun-25 1280m SYNTHETIC R6 Mdn Hcp $13,000 (of $22,000) Barrier 9, Winning Time: 01:15.440, SP: 6.50 In-running: Settled 9th, 800m 9th, 400m 8th Sectionals: 600m 00:35.330 1st Cifonelli ( C Keatings 58.5 ) 2nd Cold Mist ( Q Krogh 56.5 ) 1.03L 3rd Darken ( T Martin 55.5 , Cd 53.5 ) 4.68L See full resultsC Keatings 58.5kg1 (10)
Kembla Grange 17-May-25 1200m SOFT 7 R2 CH&G Mdn Hcp $1,050 (of $42,000) Barrier 2, Winning Time: 01:13.420, SP: 10.00 In-running: Settled 7th, 800m 7th, 400m 6th Sectionals: 600m 00:34.880 1st Pick Up The Tab ( R P Downey 59 ) 2nd Steel Rain ( L Beuzelin 55 ) 3.00L 3rd Homeric ( M Bell 58 ) 3.10L 7th Cifonelli ( G Buckley 59 ) 6.50L See full resultsG Buckley 59kg 6.50L7 (8)
Warwick Farm 17-Apr-25 813m GOOD 4 R14 3Y-BT, Winning Time: 00:48.660 Sectionals: 600m 00:33.880 1st Indefensible ( C Schofield ) 2nd City Gold Field ( R Bayliss ) 1.18L 3rd Cifonelli ( N Rawiller ) 4.30LN Rawiller 4.30L3 (8)
Warwick Farm 07-Apr-25 799m GOOD 4 R13 3UP MDN-BT, Winning Time: 00:47.380 Sectionals: 600m 00:33.740 1st Winner Of Kowloon ( R King ) 2nd Spiv ( J Ford ) 3.16L 3rd Cifonelli ( N Rawiller ) 3.50LN Rawiller 3.50L3 (10)
Newcastle 01-Dec-24 1300m SOFT 5 R5 Mdn Set Weight $1,800 (of $60,000) Barrier 4, Winning Time: 01:17.200, SP: 19.00 In-running: Settled 6th, 800m 6th, 400m 8th Sectionals: 600m 00:35.180 1st Burj ( B Nock 55.5 , Cd 53 ) 2nd Endure ( L Magorrian 55.5 ) 0.30L 3rd Floodgates ( D B Mcmonagle 57 ) 3.97L 6th Cifonelli ( K Latham 57.5 ) 9.89L See full resultsK Latham 57.5kg 9.89L6 (8)
Royal Randwick 11-Nov-24 1050m GOOD 4 R5 3YCGMDN-BT, Winning Time: 01:04.440 Sectionals: 600m 00:34.660 1st Tomba ( R King ) 2nd Louisburgh ( M Fitzgerald ) 1.18L 3rd Wholelottalove ( T Sherry ) 1.29L 6th Cifonelli ( K Latham 0 ) 4.67LK Latham 0 4.67L6 (9)
Warwick Farm 29-Oct-24 789m GOOD 4 R12 3YCGMDN-BT, Winning Time: 00:46.680 Sectionals: 600m 00:33.680 1st Overland ( A B Collett ) 2nd Divil A Bit ( R Jones ) 0.78L 3rd Admiral Unyielding ( T Sherry ) 1.27L 5th Cifonelli ( J Collett 0 ) 1.50LJ Collett 0 1.50L5 (9)
Warwick Farm 12-Mar-24 801m GOOD 4 R9 2Y-BT, Winning Time: 00:47.960 Sectionals: 600m 00:34.400 1st Global Miss ( C Schofield ) 2nd Monte Veebee ( T Berry ) 1.21L 3rd Insinuate ( J B Mcdonald ) 1.39L 5th Cifonelli ( J Collett 0 ) 2.37LJ Collett 0 2.37L5 (8)