Cognoscenti (AUS) Horse
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Cognoscenti, a 5yo brown/black gelding from Australia, is trained by Mark Walker and Sam Bergerson. He is by the stallion Castelvecchio out of Irish Goodbye. He has accumulated four career wins, highlighted by a victory on 5 Dec 2025 at Riccarton Park Synthetic, where he captured the $40000.00 Benchmark 65 Handicap.
Race Record
| Event Summary | Runner Stats | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| Ashburton 10-Oct-26 1600m SOFT 5 R7 Open Hcp (of $40,266) Barrier 9, Winning Time: 01:37.120, SP: 13.00 1st Peachy Keen ( Y Atchamah 54 ) 2nd Sir Albert ( L Hemi 61 ) 0.40L 3rd Star Ballot ( L Allpress 56 ) 1.80L 11th Cognoscenti ( J Chung 54 ) 6.20L See full results | J Chung 54kg 6.20L | 11 (14) |
| Timaru 23-Sep-26 1600m SOFT 6 R8 Open Hcp $503 (of $20,120) Barrier 8, Winning Time: 01:39.310, SP: 4.00 In-running: Settled 2nd, 800m 2nd, 400m 2nd 1st Way Out West ( M Cameron 54 ) 2nd Eight Pence ( K Bakker 54.5 , Cd 53.5 ) 0.20L 3rd Megalomaniac ( O Najib 54 , Cd 52 ) 2.20L 5th Cognoscenti ( H Hassman 56 , Cd 55 ) 3.20L See full results | H Hassman 56kg, Cd 55kg 3.20L | 5 (9) |
| Timaru 06-Sep-26 1600m SOFT 7 R1 Open Hcp $3,781 (of $20,437) Barrier 2, Winning Time: 01:44.750, SP: 2.70 In-running: Settled 2nd, 1200m 2nd, 800m 2nd, 400m 2nd 1st O'Riordan ( J J Fawcett 54 ) 2nd Cognoscenti ( H Hassman 55.5 , Cd 54.5 ) 1.90L 3rd Way Out West ( A Strawbridge 54 ) 4.80L See full results | H Hassman 55.5kg, Cd 54.5kg 1.90L | 2 (5) |
| Riccarton Park 11-Apr-26 2000m GOOD 3 R9 BM 75 Hcp $16,636 (of $28,933) Barrier 15, Winning Time: 02:02.060, SP: 4.50 In-running: Settled 2nd, 1200m 2nd, 800m 2nd, 400m 2nd 1st Cognoscenti ( O Bosson 59.5 ) 2nd Miss Enzed ( C A Campbell 56 ) 1.80L 3rd Jaffa ( Y Atchamah 56 ) 2.00L See full results | O Bosson 59.5kg | 1 (14) |
| Riccarton Park 04-Mar-26 2000m SOFT 7 R6 BM 75 Hcp $12,072 (of $20,995) Barrier 10, Winning Time: 02:05.970, SP: 4.60 In-running: Settled 2nd, 800m 2nd, 400m 2nd 1st Cognoscenti ( C Barnes 57.5 ) 2nd Miss Enzed ( K Williams 54.5 ) 0.20L 3rd Peecee Pussycat ( F Moerman 60 , Cd 57 ) 0.30L See full results | C Barnes 57.5kg | 1 (9) |