Only The Best (AUS)

Country

Australia

Foal Date

23-Oct-20

Sex

gelding

Colour

bay

Sire

Exceed And Excel

Dam

Faith's Encore

Prize Money

164230

Trainer

Will Savage

Owners

W A Savage, Clip Clop Racing (Mgr: J Westwood) & S Anning

About

Only The Best is a 5yo bay gelding from Australia trained by Will Savage in Alice Springs. He is by the stallion Exceed And Excel out of the mare Faith's Encore. To date, he has secured five victories. On 22 Dec 2023 at Yarra Valley, Only The Best earned his most notable win, taking the $27,000 Maiden Set Weight.

Raced At

Alice Springs • Warrnambool • Geelong • Cranbourne • Yarra Valley • Caulfield • Sale • Murray Bdge • Bendigo

Race Record

Event Summary	Runner Stats	Rank
Alice Springs 01-Nov-25 1000m GOOD R4 Restricted 64 Hcp (of $23,000) Barrier 6, Winning Time: 00:57.310, SP: 3.30	I Luximon 59kg 10.20L	6 (6)
Alice Springs 26-Oct-25 1000m GOOD R4 BM 54 Hcp $13,650 (of $21,000) Barrier 1, Winning Time: 00:58.090, SP: 1.55 Sectionals: 600m 00:33.650	H L Blanc 60.5kg	1 (6)
Alice Springs 11-Oct-25 1200m GOOD R2 BM 54 Hcp $13,650 (of $21,000) Barrier 8, Winning Time: 01:10.030, SP: 2.90 Sectionals: 600m 00:34.750	H L Blanc 58.5kg	1 (8)
Alice Springs 05-Oct-25 1200m GOOD R1 BM 54 Hcp $13,650 (of $21,000) Barrier 7, Winning Time: 01:09.530, SP: 9.00 Sectionals: 600m 00:34.930	H L Blanc 56.5kg	1 (7)
Alice Springs 22-Sep-25 1000m GOOD R3 CL2 Hcp $3,150 (of $21,000) Barrier 4, Winning Time: 00:57.470, SP: 3.50 Sectionals: 600m 00:33.620	H L Blanc 55kg 3.30L	3 (6)
Alice Springs 14-Sep-25 1200m GOOD R1 Restricted 58 Hcp (of $21,000) Barrier 3, Winning Time: 01:10.070, SP: 6.00	H L Blanc 57.5kg 3.80L	6 (8)
Alice Springs 29-Aug-25 1200m GOOD R1 CL2 Hcp $3,300 (of $22,000) Barrier 1, Winning Time: 01:10.480, SP: 5.50 Sectionals: 600m 00:35.800	H L Blanc 55.5kg 0.30L	3 (8)
Alice Springs 27-Jul-25 1200m GOOD R1 Restricted 64 Hcp (of $21,300) Barrier 5, Winning Time: 01:09.930, SP: 5.00 Sectionals: 600m 00:34.970	K Sardelic 55.5kg 8.30L	6 (7)
Alice Springs 13-Jul-25 1000m GOOD R2 BM 54 Hcp $4,100 (of $20,500) Barrier 5, Winning Time: 00:58.030, SP: 3.60 Sectionals: 600m 00:34.130	S Tsaikos 58kg 0.50L	2 (7)
Alice Springs 31-May-25 1100m GOOD R2 CL2 Hcp $13,325 (of $20,500) Barrier 1, Winning Time: 01:03.030, SP: 2.10	H L Blanc 55kg	1 (5)
Alice Springs 06-Apr-25 1100m GOOD R1 Restricted 58 Hcp (of $31,000) Barrier 8, Winning Time: 01:02.030, SP: 11.00	S Tsaikos 57kg 4.30L	6 (12)
Alice Springs 16-Mar-25 1100m GOOD R2 CL2 Hcp (of $23,000) Barrier 10, Winning Time: 01:03.030, SP: 5.00	P Denton 55.5kg 5.90L	7 (11)
Alice Springs 01-Mar-25 1000m GOOD R4 Restricted 58 Hcp $3,900 (of $19,500) Barrier 8, Winning Time: 00:56.080, SP: 6.50	P Denton 57kg 3.85L	2 (9)
Alice Springs 05-Jan-25 1100m GOOD R3 Restricted 58 Hcp (of $19,500) Barrier 6, Winning Time: 01:03.180, SP: 5.00 Sectionals: 600m 00:34.080	J Todd 58kg 8.50L	8 (8)
Alice Springs 07-Dec-24 1400m GOOD R4 CL2 Hcp (of $19,500) Barrier 4, Winning Time: 01:23.040, SP: 3.40	S Tsaikos 57kg 8.20L	6 (7)
Alice Springs 23-Nov-24 1100m GOOD R3 BM 54 Hcp $2,925 (of $19,500) Barrier 5, Winning Time: 01:04.020, SP: 5.50	J Booth 59kg 1.00L	3 (10)
Alice Springs 09-Nov-24 1100m GOOD R3 Restricted 58 Hcp $3,900 (of $19,500) Barrier 5, Winning Time: 01:03.020, SP: 4.00	J Booth 57.5kg 0.57L	2 (9)
Alice Springs 02-Nov-24 1200m GOOD R1 Restricted 66 Hcp $3,300 (of $22,000) Barrier 6, Winning Time: 01:10.760, SP: 12.00 Sectionals: 600m 00:36.200	J Booth 56.5kg 1.50L	3 (9)
Alice Springs 27-Oct-24 1100m GOOD R3 CL2 Hcp (of $19,500) Barrier 2, Winning Time: 01:02.060, SP: 7.50	H L Blanc 57.5kg, Cd 55.5kg 6.80L	4 (8)
Alice Springs 06-Oct-24 1100m GOOD R2 CL2 Hcp (of $19,500) Barrier 2, Winning Time: 01:03.600, SP: 3.10 Sectionals: 600m 00:34.890	H L Blanc 59kg, Cd 56kg 11.30L	5 (9)
Alice Springs 16-Jun-24 1100m GOOD R2 Restricted 64 Hcp (of $20,500) Barrier 8, Winning Time: 01:02.900, SP: 6.50	J Hampson 57.5kg, Cd 56kg 6.20L	10 (11)
Alice Springs 01-Jun-24 1100m GOOD R2 CL2 Hcp $3,900 (of $19,500) Barrier 5, Winning Time: 01:02.770, SP: 3.20 Sectionals: 600m 00:34.220	J Hampson 58kg 3.50L	2 (10)
Alice Springs 07-Apr-24 1200m GOOD R3 BM 68 Hcp $3,000 (of $30,000) Barrier 4, Winning Time: 01:08.280, SP: 2.90	I Luximon 56.5kg 7.80L	3 (6)
Alice Springs 30-Mar-24 1100m GOOD R3 BM 66 Hcp $4,000 (of $25,000) Barrier 1, Winning Time: 01:02.090, SP: 1.55	I Luximon 59kg 1.30L	2 (3)
Warrnambool 12-Mar-24 1400m SOFT 5 R7 BM 58 Hcp $675 (of $27,000) Barrier 5, Winning Time: 01:23.650, SP: 4.20 In-running: Settled 2nd, 800m 2nd, 400m 4th Sectionals: 600m 00:36.220	L Riordan 60.5kg 16.30L	10 (10)
Hamilton 15-Feb-24 1200m GOOD 3 R8 BM 58 Hcp $1,215 (of $27,000) Barrier 6, Winning Time: 01:10.200, SP: 4.20 In-running: Settled 2nd, 800m 2nd, 400m 2nd Sectionals: 600m 00:33.540	T Prebble 60.5kg, Cd 58.5kg 1.45L	4 (9)
Geelong 28-Jan-24 1206m GOOD 4 R8 BM 64 Hcp $700 (of $35,000) Barrier 10, Winning Time: 01:11.030, SP: 7.00 In-running: Settled 1st, 800m 1st, 400m 1st Sectionals: 600m 00:35.380	F W Kersley 57.5kg 8.45L	9 (11)
Cranbourne 12-Jan-24 1200m GOOD 3 R7 CL1 Hcp $7,200 (of $40,000) Barrier 5, Winning Time: 01:11.630, SP: 6.50 In-running: Settled 3rd, 800m 3rd, 400m 2nd Sectionals: 600m 00:36.060	J Childs 57.5kg 0.75L	2 (6)
Yarra Valley 22-Dec-23 1209m GOOD 4 R2 Mdn Set Weight $14,850 (of $27,000) Barrier 6, Winning Time: 01:10.860, SP: 4.60 In-running: Settled 2nd, 800m 2nd, 400m 2nd Sectionals: 600m 00:34.660	F W Kersley 58kg	1 (10)
Caulfield 22-Jul-23 1400m GOOD 4 R4 Open Set Weight With Penalties $8,750 (of $175,000) Barrier 3, Winning Time: 01:23.110, SP: 31.00 In-running: Settled 1st, 800m 1st, 400m 1st Sectionals: 600m 00:35.280	B Egan 57kg 3.30L	4 (9)
Sale 07-Jul-23 1100m SOFT 7 R2 Mdn Set Weight $750 (of $37,500) Barrier 1, Winning Time: 01:06.000, SP: 20.00 In-running: Settled 6th, 800m 6th, 400m 7th Sectionals: 600m 00:36.340	L Riordan 58kg 5.70L	10 (14)
Murray Bdge 04-Mar-23 1200m GOOD 4 R4 MM 2YO CLASSIC $16,225 (of $202,250) Barrier 3, Winning Time: 01:10.110, SP: 6.00 In-running: Settled 3rd, 800m 3rd, 400m 3rd Sectionals: 600m 00:33.750	L Riordan 57kg 3.60L	3 (8)
Bendigo 18-Feb-23 1000m GOOD 4 R1 Mdn Set Weight $1,215 (of $27,000) Barrier 2, Winning Time: 00:58.830, SP: 20.00 In-running: Settled 6th, 800m 6th, 400m 4th Sectionals: 600m 00:34.880	L Riordan 58kg 1.20L	4 (11)
bet365 Geelong 31-Jan-23 1000m SOFT 5 R10 2Y-TRL Barrier 4, Winning Time: 01:03.650	J Mott 0 2.10L	4 (10)