It Is What It Is (AUS)

Country
Australia
Foal Date
23-Nov-20
Sex
gelding
Colour
brown
Sire
Red Dazzler
Dam
Kristina
Prize Money
4635
Trainer
Rex Lipp
Owners
R G Lipp, J J McMahon, Mrs K J McMahon & Mrs R J Lipp
About

It Is What It Is is a 5yo brown gelding (male) from Australia trained by Rex Lipp, who is based at Toowoomba. He is sired by the stallion Red Dazzler out of the dam Kristina. It Is What It Is is yet to break his maiden status, having not won a race yet from 6 attempts. During his most recent race at Ipswich on 13th Nov 2025, It Is What It Is was ridden by Jag Guthmann-chester and finished 7th, behind the winner Global.

Raced At
Ipswich • Dalby • Toowoomba • Toowoomba Inner Track
Race Record
Event SummaryRunner StatsRank
Ipswich 13-Nov-25 1350m GOOD 4 R2 CH&G Mdn Set Weight $500 (of $30,000) Barrier 10, Winning Time: 01:21.630, SP: 41.00 In-running: Settled 8th, 800m 8th, 400m 7thJ Guthmann-chester 58kg 2.99L7 (10)
Dalby 05-Nov-25 800m GOOD 4 R14 MDN-TRL Barrier 4, Winning Time: 00:47.520 Sectionals: 600m 00:35.140K Yoshida 0.25L2 (4)
Warwick 14-Oct-25 800m GOOD 4 R6 MDN-TRL Barrier 2, Winning Time: 00:46.870 Sectionals: 600m 00:32.940K Yoshida 2.05L3 (6)
Ipswich 19-Aug-24 1350m SOFT 7 R1 Mdn Set Weight $500 (of $30,000) Barrier 6, Winning Time: 01:22.190, SP: 41.00 In-running: Settled 6th, 800m 6th, 400m 6th Sectionals: 600m 00:35.740D Thornton 58.5kg 9.25L6 (8)
Ipswich 24-Jul-24 1200m GOOD 4 R2 3YO Mdn Set Weight $800 (of $40,000) Barrier 3, Winning Time: 01:10.970, SP: 81.00 In-running: Settled 9th, 800m 9th, 400m 9th Sectionals: 600m 00:35.960B Thornton 58kg 3.83L10 (10)
Dalby 27-Jun-24 1400m GOOD 3 R6 3YO Mdn Set Weight $750 (of $22,000) Barrier 4, Winning Time: 01:22.720, SP: 61.00 In-running: Settled 7th, 800m 7th, 400m 8th Sectionals: 600m 00:36.560J Huxtable 58kg 4.20L5 (10)
Ipswich 07-Jun-24 1350m SOFT 5 R4 3YO Mdn Hcp $1,000 (of $50,000) Barrier 2, Winning Time: 01:22.540, SP: 41.00 In-running: Settled 5th, 800m 3rd, 400m 3rd Sectionals: 600m 00:37.520K Wilson-taylor 59kg 23.13L8 (9)
Toowoomba 11-May-24 1100m SOFT 6 R6 3YO Mdn Set Weight $1,085 (of $24,500) Barrier 7, Winning Time: 01:09.000, SP: 41.00 In-running: Settled 7th, 800m 7th, 400m 4th Sectionals: 600m 00:37.350K Yoshida 58kg 8.50L4 (7)
Toowoomba Inner Track 07-May-24 925m GOOD 4 R3 3Y-TRL Barrier 1, Winning Time: 00:57.090 Sectionals: 600m 00:35.560K Yoshida 6.20L5 (7)