Kovalica (2019)
About
In the Randwick R8 7 Stakes, Kovalica is a 6yo bay gelding trained by Chris Waller. He is by Ocean Park out of the dam Vitesse. With a Group One win and $4,180,000 in career earnings, he is regarded as an elite racehorse. On 27 May 2023 at Eagle Farm, James McDonald rode Kovalica to his biggest victory, clinching the $1,000,000 Open Set Weight and defeating Fame.
Race Record
| Event Summary | Runner Stats | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| Randwick 06-Sep-25 1400m GOOD 4 R9 G2 3YO+ Open Set Weight With Penalties (of $300,000) Barrier 10, Winning Time: 01:22.380, SP: 61.00 In-running: Settled 15th, 800m 15th, 400m 13th Sectionals: 600m 00:34.490 | A Hyeronimus 57kg 4.77L | 11 (16) |
| Rosehill Gardens 28-Aug-25 1030m SOFT 7 R1 OPEN-BT Barrier 3, Winning Time: 01:01.630 Sectionals: 600m 00:34.340 | N Rawiller 10.91L | 7 (7) |
| Sunshine Coast 19-Aug-25 1200m SOFT 7 R1 OPN-TRL Barrier 2, Winning Time: 01:17.390 Sectionals: 600m 00:36.800 | K Wilson-taylor 2.77L | 3 (5) |
| Eagle Farm 14-Jun-25 2200m GOOD 3 R9 G2 Open Weight For Age $720,000 (of $1,200,000) Barrier 7, Winning Time: 02:15.440, SP: 6.50 In-running: Settled 8th, 1200m 7th, 800m 8th, 400m 5th Sectionals: 600m 00:35.620 | N Rawiller 59kg | 1 (8) |
| Doomben 24-May-25 2000m GOOD 4 R8 G1 Open Weight For Age $90,000 (of $1,000,000) Barrier 5, Winning Time: 02:00.880, SP: 7.00 In-running: Settled 7th, 1200m 6th, 800m 6th, 400m 9th Sectionals: 600m 00:37.160 | J Mcdonald 59kg 4.89L | 3 (12) |
| Gold Coast 10-May-25 1800m HEAVY 9 R7 G2 Open Weight For Age $45,000 (of $500,000) Barrier 2, Winning Time: 01:50.730, SP: 14.00 In-running: Settled 10th, 1200m 12th, 800m 12th, 400m 7th Sectionals: 600m 00:36.680 | J Collett 59kg 3.90L | 3 (13) |
| Warwick Farm 29-Apr-25 1200m HEAVY 8 R2 OPEN-BT Barrier 3, Winning Time: 01:13.370 Sectionals: 600m 00:36.130 | N Rawiller 6.80L | 3 (9) |
| Randwick 05-Apr-25 1600m GOOD 4 R8 G1 Open Hcp (of $4,000,000) Barrier 14, Winning Time: 01:35.280, SP: 41.00 In-running: Settled 18th, 1200m 18th, 800m 18th, 400m 17th Sectionals: 600m 00:34.170 | K Mcevoy 53.5kg 6.67L | 16 (20) |
| Rosehill Gardens 22-Mar-25 1500m GOOD 4 R7 G1 Open Weight For Age $10,000 (of $1,000,000) Barrier 8, Winning Time: 01:29.300, SP: 101.00 In-running: Settled 7th, 800m 7th, 400m 7th Sectionals: 600m 00:33.660 | N Rawiller 59kg 2.36L | 7 (11) |
| Rosehill Gardens 06-Mar-25 1030m SOFT 5 R3 OPEN-BT Barrier 6, Winning Time: 01:03.000 Sectionals: 600m 00:34.950 | J Mcdonald 4.60L | 8 (9) |
| Royal Randwick 24-Feb-25 1050m GOOD 4 R5 OPEN-BT Barrier 5, Winning Time: 01:02.560 Sectionals: 600m 00:33.420 | J Collett 8.84L | 8 (10) |
| Flemington 05-Nov-24 3200m GOOD 4 R7 G1 Open Hcp $160,000 (of $8,560,000) Barrier 16, Winning Time: 03:19.530, SP: 26.00 In-running: Settled 12th, 1200m 15th, 800m 15th, 400m 19th Sectionals: 600m 00:36.630 | D Lane 53.5kg 4.27L | 10 (23) |
| Moonee Valley 26-Oct-24 2040m GOOD 3 R9 G1 Open Weight For Age $100,000 (of $5,000,000) Barrier 9, Winning Time: 02:01.070, SP: 26.00 In-running: Settled 8th, 1200m 8th, 800m 8th, 400m 9th Sectionals: 600m 00:35.360 | M Zahra 59kg 11.80L | 6 (9) |
| Rosehill Gardens 12-Oct-24 1900m GOOD 4 R7 G2 Open Weight For Age $380,000 (of $2,000,000) Barrier 2, Winning Time: 01:55.230, SP: 4.40 In-running: Settled 8th, 1200m 8th, 800m 8th, 400m 8th Sectionals: 600m 00:34.340 | Z Lloyd 59kg 0.24L | 2 (9) |
| Randwick 05-Oct-24 1600m GOOD 4 R9 G1 Open Hcp $68,000 (of $1,500,000) Barrier 1, Winning Time: 01:34.460, SP: 7.50 In-running: Settled 7th, 800m 8th, 400m 5th Sectionals: 600m 00:34.720 | J Mcdonald 55.5kg 2.02L | 4 (20) |
| Canterbury Park 24-Sep-24 1100m GOOD 4 R4 OPEN-BT Barrier 4, Winning Time: 01:07.790 Sectionals: 600m 00:34.810 | J Mcdonald 0 2.64L | 4 (6) |
| Randwick 07-Sep-24 1400m GOOD 4 R9 G2 Open Set Weight With Penalties $27,250 (of $300,000) Barrier 6, Winning Time: 01:20.410, SP: 12.00 In-running: Settled 7th, 800m 8th, 400m 8th Sectionals: 600m 00:34.350 | J Mcdonald 58kg 1.55L | 3 (14) |
| Royal Randwick 30-Aug-24 900m GOOD 4 R1 GROUP-BT Barrier 3, Winning Time: 00:53.740 Sectionals: 600m 00:33.520 | J Collett 0 4.72L | 6 (6) |
| Rosehill Gardens 20-Aug-24 900m SOFT 5 R8 OPEN-BT Barrier 7, Winning Time: 00:54.660 Sectionals: 600m 00:34.190 | J Mcdonald 0 8.70L | 6 (9) |
| Eagle Farm 15-Jun-24 2200m GOOD 3 R9 G2 Open Weight For Age $30,000 (of $1,200,000) Barrier 12, Winning Time: 02:14.410, SP: 8.50 In-running: Settled 13th, 1200m 13th, 800m 13th, 400m 15th Sectionals: 600m 00:35.230 | J Orman 59kg 5.86L | 5 (18) |
| Doomben 25-May-24 2000m SOFT 6 R9 G1 Open Weight For Age $12,000 (of $1,000,000) Barrier 2, Winning Time: 02:03.620, SP: 3.50 In-running: Settled 9th, 1200m 10th, 800m 9th, 400m 9th Sectionals: 600m 00:35.630 | N Rawiller 59kg 2.74L | 6 (14) |
| Sunshine Coast 11-May-24 1800m HEAVY 10 R7 G2 Open Weight For Age $45,000 (of $500,000) Barrier 11, Winning Time: 01:53.260, SP: 3.00 In-running: Settled 10th, 1200m 10th, 800m 11th, 400m 9th Sectionals: 600m 00:36.260 | N Rawiller 59kg 1.60L | 3 (12) |
| Rosehill Gardens 02-May-24 1030m SOFT 6 R1 OPEN-BT Barrier 8, Winning Time: 01:02.780 Sectionals: 600m 00:34.660 | J Mcdonald 2.90L | 3 (8) |
| Randwick 13-Apr-24 2000m GOOD 4 R8 G1 Open Weight For Age $125,000 (of $5,000,000) Barrier 7, Winning Time: 02:02.020, SP: 20.00 In-running: Settled 5th, 1200m 5th, 800m 5th, 400m 3rd Sectionals: 600m 00:37.830 | N Rawiller 59kg 10.04L | 5 (9) |
| Randwick 06-Apr-24 1600m HEAVY 8 R8 G1 Open Hcp $30,000 (of $4,000,000) Barrier 10, Winning Time: 01:35.270, SP: 20.00 In-running: Settled 17th, 1200m 17th, 800m 18th, 400m 18th Sectionals: 600m 00:36.120 | T Berry 53.5kg 2.75L | 9 (19) |
| Rosehill Gardens 23-Mar-24 1500m GOOD 4 R7 G1 Open Weight For Age (of $1,000,000) Barrier 18, Winning Time: 01:28.090, SP: 17.00 In-running: Settled 18th, 800m 17th, 400m 16th Sectionals: 600m 00:34.950 | N Rawiller 59kg 5.63L | 11 (18) |
| Randwick 02-Mar-24 1300m SOFT 5 R10 G3 Open Quality $11,000 (of $250,000) Barrier 4, Winning Time: 01:15.620, SP: 10.00 In-running: Settled 9th, 800m 9th, 400m 8th Sectionals: 600m 00:34.310 | J Mcdonald 59.5kg 2.07L | 4 (11) |
| Rosehill Gardens 15-Feb-24 1030m SOFT 5 R2 OPEN-BT Barrier 6, Winning Time: 01:03.480 Sectionals: 600m 00:35.050 | J Mcdonald 0 3.65L | 7 (9) |
| Rosehill Gardens 05-Feb-24 900m GOOD 4 R3 OPEN-BT Barrier 4, Winning Time: 00:54.210 Sectionals: 600m 00:34.500 | J Mcdonald 0 5.55L | 8 (8) |
| Rosehill Gardens 04-Nov-23 1500m GOOD 4 R8 Open Set Weight $10,000 (of $10,000,000) Barrier 14, Winning Time: 01:29.260, SP: 10.00 In-running: Settled 15th, 800m 15th, 400m 16th Sectionals: 600m 00:34.230 | T Berry 57.5kg 10.57L | 17 (17) |
| Randwick 14-Oct-23 1600m GOOD 3 R9 G1 Open Weight For Age $125,000 (of $5,000,000) Barrier 14, Winning Time: 01:33.790, SP: 21.00 In-running: Settled 12th, 800m 14th, 400m 14th Sectionals: 600m 00:33.450 | T Berry 58.5kg 4.48L | 5 (14) |
| Randwick 30-Sep-23 1600m GOOD 4 R8 G1 Open Hcp $285,000 (of $1,500,000) Barrier 7, Winning Time: 01:34.260, SP: 10.00 In-running: Settled 12th, 1200m 13th, 800m 17th, 400m 13th Sectionals: 600m 00:34.000 | J Moreira 54kg 0.10L | 2 (18) |
| Royal Randwick 22-Sep-23 1050m SOFT 6 R3 OPEN-BT Barrier 4, Winning Time: 01:02.760 Sectionals: 600m 00:34.680 | J Moreira 0 1.42L | 4 (9) |
| Rosehill Gardens 09-Sep-23 1300m GOOD 4 R9 G2 Open Quality $3,750 (of $300,000) Barrier 8, Winning Time: 01:16.350, SP: 16.00 In-running: Settled 10th, 800m 10th, 400m 10th Sectionals: 600m 00:33.330 | K Mcevoy 58kg 3.90L | 9 (12) |
| Rosehill Gardens 22-Aug-23 1000m SOFT 5 R1 GROUP-BT Barrier 2, Winning Time: 01:02.710 Sectionals: 600m 00:34.800 | J Mcdonald 0 1.30L | 2 (6) |
| Rosehill Gardens 11-Aug-23 900m GOOD 4 R2 GROUP-BT Barrier 4, Winning Time: 00:56.540 Sectionals: 600m 00:33.730 | K Mcevoy 0 7.19L | 4 (5) |
| Eagle Farm 27-May-23 2400m GOOD 4 R7 G1 Open Set Weight $600,000 (of $1,000,000) Barrier 4, Winning Time: 02:29.630, SP: 1.70 In-running: Settled 9th, 1200m 9th, 800m 7th, 400m 3rd Sectionals: 600m 00:36.200 | J Mcdonald 57kg | 1 (18) |
| Doomben 20-May-23 2000m SOFT 5 R7 G1 Open Weight For Age $90,000 (of $1,000,000) Barrier 12, Winning Time: 02:02.020, SP: 13.00 In-running: Settled 9th, 1200m 9th, 800m 9th, 400m 8th Sectionals: 600m 00:35.980 | J Orman 56.5kg 1.21L | 3 (12) |
| Eagle Farm 29-Apr-23 1600m GOOD 4 R9 G2 Open Set Weight $203,000 (of $350,000) Barrier 10, Winning Time: 01:36.450, SP: 2.40 In-running: Settled 5th, 1200m 8th, 800m 8th, 400m 7th Sectionals: 600m 00:35.700 Midfield, stuck wide, tough to the line to win | N Rawiller 57kg | 1 (15) |
| Randwick 08-Apr-23 1400m HEAVY 8 R2 LR Open Quality $14,000 (of $160,000) Barrier 12, Winning Time: 01:24.370, SP: 8.00 In-running: Settled 12th, 800m 12th, 400m 11th Sectionals: 600m 00:35.690 Drifted back, edged widest, terrific run for 3rd | J Mcdonald 56.5kg 2.75L | 3 (12) |
| Rosehill Gardens 27-Mar-23 900m SOFT 6 R12 3YC&G-BT Barrier 7, Winning Time: 00:55.740 Sectionals: 600m 00:36.200 | C V D Werf 0 3.85L | 7 (7) |
| Eagle Farm 17-Dec-22 2100m GOOD 4 R5 G3 GRAND PRIX $145,000 (of $250,000) Barrier 8, Winning Time: 02:09.590, SP: 1.45 In-running: Settled 7th, 1200m 8th, 800m 7th, 400m 7th Sectionals: 600m 00:35.260 Near last, strong outside run home, too good | J Orman 57kg | 1 (8) |
| Doomben 03-Dec-22 2000m SOFT 7 R2 EAGLE WAY3YQlty $72,500 (of $125,000) Barrier 1, Winning Time: 02:04.510, SP: 1.45 In-running: Settled 3rd, 1200m 3rd, 800m 3rd, 400m 2nd Sectionals: 600m 00:35.180 Box-seated, took over at 400m, kicked away to win | J Orman 59kg | 1 (7) |
| Warwick Farm 23-Nov-22 1600m GOOD 3 R2 GRAD BM68 $25,400 (of $55,000) Barrier 4, Winning Time: 01:35.830, SP: 3.40 In-running: Settled 6th, 1200m 6th, 800m 6th, 400m 5th Sectionals: 600m 00:34.890 Off midfield, shifted clear top finale and win | J Mcdonald 57.5kg | 1 (7) |
| Wyong 05-Nov-22 1600m GOOD 4 R1 MDN $19,700 (of $40,000) Barrier 2, Winning Time: 01:38.080, SP: 2.05 In-running: Settled 5th, 1200m 5th, 800m 6th, 400m 5th Sectionals: 600m 00:34.460 | L Magorrian 58kg | 1 (9) |
| Newcastle 15-Oct-22 1300m SOFT 6 R6 3Y MDN $2,150 (of $40,000) Barrier 5, Winning Time: 01:19.960, SP: 26.00 In-running: Settled 10th, 800m 10th, 400m 9th Sectionals: 600m 00:34.900 | L Magorrian 59kg 2.36L | 4 (12) |
| Rosehill Gardens 04-Oct-22 900m GOOD 4 R13 3YCGMDN-BT, Winning Time: 00:54.130 Sectionals: 600m 00:35.230 | L Magorrian 0 5.11L | 8 (9) |
| Rosehill Gardens 06-Sep-22 900m SOFT 6 R11 3YCGMDN-BT Barrier 4, Winning Time: 00:56.080 Sectionals: 600m 00:35.280 | L Magorrian 0 5.48L | 4 (10) |
| Warwick Farm 27-May-22 805m HEAVY 8 R8 2YC&G-BT Barrier 6, Winning Time: 00:47.280 Sectionals: 600m 00:34.880 | J Collett 0 4.71L | 6 (8) |