Oriental Surprise (AUS)

Country
Australia
Foal Date
31-Oct-20
Sex
gelding
Colour
chestnut
Dam
Palatine Hill
Prize Money
$52308
Owners
Michael N Smith
About

Oriental Surprise is a 5yo chestnut gelding from Australia trained by David Hayes. He is by Mikki Isle out of Palatine Hill. The horse has yet to win, remaining winless in 12 starts. In his latest start at Sha Tin on 12 Oct 2025, Luke Ferraris rode him to a fourth‑place finish behind the winner He Was You.

Race Record
Event SummaryRunner StatsRank
Sha Tin 12-Oct-25 1200m GOOD R1 CL5 Hcp $52,500 (of $875,000) Barrier 12, Winning Time: 01:08.690, SP: 13.00 In-running: Settled 11th, 400m 11thL Ferraris 60 5.00L4 (12)
Sha Tin 03-Oct-25 1200m R3 Barrier Trial Catch Weight Barrier 3 In-running: Settled 4th, 400m 4th Sectionals: 400m 00:23.600L Ferraris2 (9)
Sha Tin 14-Sep-25 1400m GOOD R2 CL5 Hcp $17,500 (of $875,000) Barrier 10, Winning Time: 01:21.400, SP: 17.00 In-running: Settled 2nd, 800m 3rd, 400m 4th Sectionals: 400m 00:23.700L Ferraris 60.5kg 2.00L6 (14)
Sha Tin 07-Sep-25 1200m GOOD R1 CL5 Hcp $52,500 (of $875,000) Barrier 7, Winning Time: 01:09.180, SP: 10.00 In-running: Settled 8th, 400m 9th Sectionals: 400m 00:23.140L Ferraris 60.5kg 1.00L4 (14)
Conghua Turf 29-Aug-25 1200m R9 Barrier Trial Catch Weight Barrier 6 In-running: Settled 2nd, 400m 1st Sectionals: 400m 00:22.900E C W Wong3 (10)
Conghua Awt 21-Aug-25 1200m R4 Barrier Trial Catch Weight Barrier 2 In-running: Settled 3rd, 400m 3rd Sectionals: 400m 00:23.300E C W Wong3 (6)
Happy Valley 28-May-25 1200m FIRM R2 CL5 Hcp $100,625 (of $875,000) Barrier 3, Winning Time: 01:09.680, SP: 46.00 In-running: Settled 6th, 400m 3rd Sectionals: 400m 00:23.260B Thompson 61kg 1.30L3 (12)
Happy Valley 07-May-25 1650m GOOD R5 CL4 Hcp (of $1,170,000) Barrier 6, Winning Time: 01:40.670, SP: 113.00 In-running: Settled 2nd, 800m 4th, 400m 4th Sectionals: 400m 00:24.170B Thompson 53kg 4.00L10 (12)
Happy Valley 23-Apr-25 1650m GOOD R6 CL4 Hcp (of $1,170,000) Barrier 6, Winning Time: 01:39.470, SP: 115.00 In-running: Settled 4th, 800m 5th, 400m 6th Sectionals: 400m 00:24.180B Thompson 55kg 9.00L11 (12)
Happy Valley 09-Apr-25 1200m GOOD R2 CL4 Hcp (of $1,170,000) Barrier 7, Winning Time: 01:09.550, SP: 83.00 In-running: Settled 3rd, 400m 4th Sectionals: 400m 00:23.570E C W Wong 56.5kg, Cd 53.5kg 7.00L10 (12)
Conghua Turf 28-Mar-25 1200m R9 Barrier Trial Catch Weight Barrier 5, Winning Time: 01:11.470 In-running: Settled 1st, 400m 1st Sectionals: 400m 00:24.800B Wong 4.30L4 (10)
Conghua Awt 20-Feb-25 1600m R4 Barrier Trial Catch Weight Barrier 2, Winning Time: 01:37.750 In-running: Settled 1st, 800m 1st, 400m 1st Sectionals: 400m 00:24.400T R Han 4.50L3 (5)
Sha Tin 12-Feb-25 1200m SOFT R3 CL4 Hcp (of $1,170,000) Barrier 11, Winning Time: 01:10.690, SP: 99.00 In-running: Settled 8th, 400m 10th Sectionals: 400m 00:24.470B Thompson 58kg 16.30L11 (12)
Conghua Awt 06-Feb-25 1200m R4 Barrier Trial Catch Weight Barrier 7, Winning Time: 01:11.090 In-running: Settled 7th, 400m 5th Sectionals: 400m 00:23.400C M Thabana 2.50L5 (7)
Conghua Turf 20-Jan-25 1000m R6 Barrier Trial Catch Weight Barrier 10, Winning Time: 00:58.850 In-running: Settled 1st, 400m 1st Sectionals: 400m 00:23.600B Thompson 2.70L3 (10)
Sha Tin 01-Jan-25 1400m GOOD R6 CL4 Hcp (of $1,170,000) Barrier 5, Winning Time: 01:22.190, SP: 25.00 In-running: Settled 6th, 800m 6th, 400m 8th Sectionals: 400m 00:23.570B Thompson 56.5kg 20.30L14 (14)
Sha Tin 15-Dec-24 1200m GOOD R3 CL4 Hcp $40,950 (of $1,170,000) Barrier 9, Winning Time: 01:10.250, SP: 139.00 In-running: Settled 8th, 800m 8th, 400m 6th Sectionals: 400m 00:22.240B Thompson 58.5kg 3.30L5 (12)
Conghua Turf 06-Dec-24 1000m R1 Barrier Trial Catch Weight Barrier 1, Winning Time: 00:57.190 In-running: Settled 1st, 400m 7th Sectionals: 400m 00:22.300B Thompson 9.80L9 (10)
Happy Valley 20-Nov-24 1200m GOOD R6 CL4 Hcp (of $1,170,000) Barrier 8, Winning Time: 01:09.870, SP: 57.00 In-running: Settled 11th, 400m 11th Sectionals: 400m 00:23.880B Thompson 59kg 8.30L9 (12)
Happy Valley 13-Nov-24 1200m GOOD R7 CL4 Hcp (of $1,170,000) Barrier 12B Thompson 58.5kg 0.00LUPD (12)
Sha Tin 24-Oct-24 1200m R4 Barrier Trial Catch Weight Barrier 2, Winning Time: 01:10.250 In-running: Settled 5th, 400m 5th Sectionals: 400m 00:22.900Z Purton 11.00L7 (10)
Sha Tin 15-Oct-24 1200m R11 Barrier Trial Catch Weight Barrier 3, Winning Time: 01:10.420 In-running: Settled 1st, 400m 1st Sectionals: 400m 00:23.300B Thompson 0.80L2 (11)
Happy Valley 05-Oct-24 1000m R8 Barrier Trial Catch Weight Barrier 8, Winning Time: 00:59.300 In-running: Settled 5th, 400m 6th Sectionals: 400m 00:23.200B Thompson 5.80L8 (8)
Conghua Turf 19-Sep-24 800m R3 Barrier Trial Catch Weight Barrier 5, Winning Time: 00:45.840 In-running: Settled 5th, 400m 4th Sectionals: 400m 00:21.900K H Tsang 7.80L6 (6)
Tatura 24-May-24 1100m GOOD 4 R3 2YO+ Barrier Trial Open Catch Weight Barrier 6, Winning Time: 01:07.040J Duffy1 (8)