Need For Spieth (AUS) Horse

Country

Australia

Foal Date

18-Oct-22
Sex
gelding

Colour

chestnut

Sire

Spieth

Dam

Send Us a Sign

Prize Money

27450

Owners

I Turner, M Jackson, A S Cruddas, Tradepro Punters (Mgr: S P Starkey), B Heffernan, S Paynter, G Richardson, T Priddey, B M Webb, R Strates, T Gaske, J A Boston, T Clough, M B Hart, Mrs T Brockhurst, B L Hamilton & A Krayem

About

Need For Spieth, a 3yo chestnut gelding from Australia, is trained by Indiana Turner. He is by Spieth out of Send Us a Sign. To date he has recorded two victories. On 22 Sep 2025 at Grafton he captured his biggest triumph, winning the $27,000 Maiden Handicap. The horse has been a money‑maker for bettors; backing him throughout his career would have yielded a 178% ROI.

Race Record

Event SummaryRunner StatsRank
Toowoomba 13-Jun-26 1300m SOFT 7 R2 BM55 $12,500 (of $22,500) Barrier 3, Winning Time: 01:22.130, SP: 11.00 In-running: 800m 10th, 400m 4th Sectionals: 600m 00:40.030 1st Need For Spieth ( C Baker 60 ) 2nd Miss Dramatic ( K Yoshida 56.5 ) 0.13L 3rd Araminta ( C Krahnen 61.5 , Cd 58.5 ) 2.17L See full resultsC Baker 601 (10)
Gold Coast 02-Jun-26 1000m SOFT 6 R11 CL3-TRL Barrier 2, Winning Time: 00:59.760 Sectionals: 600m 00:35.760 1st Need For Spieth ( C Baker ) 2nd Sarah's Sonnets ( F T Larson ) 1.00L 3rd Eagle's Fire ( N Tomizawa ) 1.10LC Baker1 (8)
Aquis Park Gold Coast Poly 04-Nov-25 1200m SYNTHETIC R2 BM60 $1,000 (of $28,000) Barrier 5, Winning Time: 01:10.280, SP: 21.00 In-running: Settled 4th, 800m 4th, 400m 5th Sectionals: 600m 00:35.230 1st Spiethtacular ( M Wishart 58.5 ) 2nd King Kryptos ( C Bellamy 62 , Cd 59 ) 1.30L 3rd Spirit Of Brodie ( C M Krahnen 62.5 , Cd 59.5 ) 5.10L 5th Need For Spieth ( B Lerena 57.5 ) 11.80L See full resultsB Lerena 57.5kg 11.80L5 (6)
Ballina 05-Oct-25 1250m GOOD 3 R7 CL1 (of $27,000) Barrier 6, Winning Time: 01:14.170, SP: 5.50 In-running: Settled 6th, 800m 6th, 400m 5th Sectionals: 600m 00:34.030 1st National Interest ( M Palmer 56 , Cd 56.5 ) 2nd Deep Stealth ( D L Turner 55 ) 0.04L 3rd Assent ( A M Thompson 57.5 ) 2.22L 11th Need For Spieth ( D Thornton 55.5 ) 10.30L See full resultsD Thornton 55.5kg 10.30L11 (11)
Grafton 22-Sep-25 1206m SOFT 5 R2 MDN $13,950 (of $27,000) Barrier 7, Winning Time: 01:11.240, SP: 2.90 In-running: Settled 1st, 800m 1st, 400m 1st Sectionals: 600m 00:35.750 1st Need For Spieth ( D Thornton 56.5 ) 2nd Deodee ( J L Bayliss 55 ) 1.54L 3rd Pineto Lad ( B S Lerena 55.5 , Cd 56 ) 2.69L See full resultsD Thornton 56.5kg1 (9)