Purple Prose (2021) Horse

Foal Date

25-Sep-21
Sex
gelding

Colour

bay

Sire

Embellish

Dam

Lady Masako

Prize Money

67144

Owners

Te Akau Cherry Blossom Syndicate (Mgr: K W Fenton-Ellis)

About

Purple Prose is a 5yo bay gelding trained by Mark Walker and Sam Bergerson at Riccarton Park. He is by Embellish out of Lady Masako. He has won 4 races to date. On 14 May 2026 at Riccarton Park Synthetic, he earned his biggest win, the $35,000.00 Benchmark 65 Handicap.

Raced At

Riccarton Park Synthetic

Race Record

Event Summary Runner Stats Rank
Riccarton Park SYNTHETIC 05-Aug-26 2200m SYNTHETIC R6 Open Hcp $1,883 (of $37,662) Barrier 4, Winning Time: 02:15.190, SP: 4.60 1st Star Ballot ( M Cartwright 57.5 ) 2nd Possess ( A Riddell 54 , Cd 53 ) 0.30L 3rd Kick On ( F Moerman 55 , Cd 53 ) 3.20L 4th Purple Prose ( H Hassman 56 , Cd 55 ) 4.20L See full results H Hassman 56kg, Cd 55kg 4.20L 4 (7)
Riccarton Park SYNTHETIC 23-Jul-26 1600m SYNTHETIC R7 BM 75 Hcp $2,546 (of $14,142) Barrier 1, Winning Time: 01:36.870, SP: 5.00 In-running: Settled 3rd, 800m 4th, 400m 4th 1st Powerofpersuasion ( J Taplin 55.5 , Cd 54 ) 2nd Purple Prose ( T Moodley 59.5 , Cd 58.5 ) 0.10L 3rd Queen Of Naples ( M Hashizume 54.5 ) 0.30L See full results T Moodley 59.5kg, Cd 58.5kg 0.10L 2 (8)
Riccarton Park SYNTHETIC 10-Jun-26 1600m SYNTHETIC R6 BM 75 Hcp $7,880 (of $14,071) Barrier 1, Winning Time: 01:36.960, SP: 3.90 In-running: Settled 3rd, 800m 3rd, 400m 1st 1st Purple Prose ( T Moodley 57.5 , Cd 56.5 ) 2nd Queen Of Naples ( A K Riddell 54.5 , Cd 53.5 ) 0.20L 3rd Dimaggio ( A Strawbridge 61 , Cd 58 ) 0.40L See full results T Moodley 57.5kg, Cd 56.5kg 1 (7)
Riccarton Park SYNTHETIC 27-May-26 1600m SYNTHETIC R1 BM 75 Hcp $1,247 (of $13,861) Barrier 5, Winning Time: 01:34.950, SP: 3.30 In-running: Settled 6th, 800m 6th, 400m 4th 1st Bella Luce ( K Bakker 58.5 , Cd 56.5 ) 2nd Ballistic Miss ( A Comignaghi 55.5 ) 1.00L 3rd Purple Prose ( B Queiroz 57 ) 1.10L See full results B Queiroz 57kg 1.10L 3 (8)
Riccarton Park SYNTHETIC 14-May-26 1600m SYNTHETIC R6 BM 65 Hcp $16,466 (of $28,636) Barrier 6, Winning Time: 01:35.990, SP: 5.30 In-running: Settled 5th, 800m 5th, 400m 4th 1st Purple Prose ( H Hassman 59.5 , Cd 57.5 ) 2nd Aliena ( M K Hudson 56.5 ) 0.30L 3rd Lucky Ferrando ( A Comignaghi 58 ) 0.80L See full results H Hassman 59.5kg, Cd 57.5kg 1 (14)