Confrontational (AUS) Horse

Country

Australia

Foal Date

11-Sep-17

Sex

gelding

Colour

bay

Sire

Redoute's Choice

Dam

Zastava

Prize Money

425910

Trainer

Darrell Burnet

Owners

J Warren, G Harvey, D J Searle, Cranky Pants (Mgr: Ms G Dacakis), P J Graf, Mrs A M Hilet, D J Hilet, T Prodromou, B S Wilson, Mounting Hard Racing (Mgr: B S Wilson), Mrs A Graf, B W Myers, M B Felgate, S S Roth, D Padwick, S R Leoni & Dad Bodz Racing (Mgr: B K Semmens)

About

Confrontational is a 9yo bay gelding from Australia, trained by Darrell Burnet. He is by Redoute's Choice out of Zastava. As a stakes winner with career earnings of $425,910, he is considered a racehorse of above‑average ability. On 21 Oct 2020 at Geelong, ridden by Noel Callow, he secured his premier victory, winning the $140,000 3yo Geelong Classic over Azaly.

Raced At

Wagga • Wagga Riverside • Caulfield • Oakbank • Morphettville

Race Record

Event Summary	Runner Stats	Rank
Wagga 17-Oct-26 1000m GOOD 4 R1 OPEN-BT, Winning Time: 00:58.060 Sectionals: 600m 00:33.820 1st Super Infinity ( C Frater ) 2nd Miss Fennell ( B Mcdougall ) 0.05L 3rd Confrontational ( N Heywood ) 0.14L	N Heywood 0.14L	3 (5)
Wagga Riverside 03-Oct-26 1000m SOFT 6 R1 OPEN-BT Barrier 1, Winning Time: 01:02.410 Sectionals: 600m 00:34.350 1st Doc March ( H G Williams ) 2nd Southern Dancer ( D Cole ) 0.11L 3rd Confrontational ( J Loy ) 1.49L	J Loy 1.49L	3 (10)
Caulfield 27-Apr-24 1800m GOOD 4 R2 BM 70 Hcp $1,600 (of $80,000) Barrier 4, Winning Time: 01:49.670, SP: 61.00 In-running: Settled 7th, 1200m 5th, 800m 5th, 400m 5th Sectionals: 600m 00:35.430 1st Albanian I Am ( J Fry 58 ) 2nd Carisbrook ( T M Nugent 56.5 ) 2.75L 3rd Perfect Ending ( T Stockdale 57 ) 3.50L 9th Confrontational ( J Maskiell 59.5 ) 7.05L See full results	J Maskiell 59.5kg 7.05L	9 (13)
Oakbank 30-Mar-24 2150m SOFT 5 R6 Open Hcp $2,325 (of $108,600) Barrier 10, Winning Time: 02:17.010, SP: 6.00 In-running: Settled 9th, 1200m 9th, 800m 9th, 400m 7th 1st Oath Of Omerta ( J Eaton 54 ) 2nd I Need A Drink ( R L Milnes 57.5 , Cd 54.5 ) 0.10L 3rd Thrill Kill ( M Collett 58.5 , Cd 56.5 ) 0.70L 9th Confrontational ( Z Spain 54 , Cd 54.5 ) 3.30L See full results	Z Spain 54kg, Cd 54.5kg 3.30L	9 (10)
Morphettville 23-Mar-24 2500m GOOD 4 R1 BM 76 Hcp $1,300 (of $65,000) Barrier 5, Winning Time: 02:41.280, SP: 11.00 In-running: Settled 5th, 1200m 6th, 800m 6th, 400m 6th Sectionals: 600m 00:36.180 1st Crimson Vine ( J B Opperman 54 , Cd 54.5 ) 2nd Oath Of Omerta ( T Pannell 57 ) 0.20L 3rd Cherokee Brave ( L Riordan 54 ) 0.60L 6th Confrontational ( P Gatt 60 ) 10.20L See full results	P Gatt 60 10.20L	6 (8)