Purposely (AUS) Horse

Country

Australia

Foal Date

09-Oct-20

Sex

gelding

Colour

chestnut

Sire

Reward for Effort

Dam

She's a Knockout

Prize Money

4485

Trainer

Paul Duncan

Owners

P H Duncan, R R Burt, R Burt, J E Pickering & S W Wilde

About

Purposely, a 5yo chestnut gelding from Australia, is trained by Paul Duncan and is by Reward for Effort out of She's a Knockout. He remains a maiden after four attempts, having not yet won a race. In his most recent start at Doomben on 4 June 2025, Cody Collis rode him to a tenth‑place finish behind the winner Battesimo.

Raced At

Doomben • Rockhampton • Great Western • Colac • Warrnambool • Horsham • Casterton • Coleraine • Rosehill Gardens

Race Record

Event Summary	Runner Stats	Rank
Sunshine Coast@Inner Track 16-Sep-25 850m SOFT 6 R15 MDN-TRL Barrier 3, Winning Time: 00:52.180 Sectionals: 600m 00:35.250 1st Daitanna ( M A Butler ) 2nd Hurricane Lu ( P F Hamblin ) 0.66L 3rd Victoire D'amour ( O R M Webb ) 1.47L 6th Purposely ( C Sutherland ) 8.04L	C Sutherland 8.04L	6 (8)
Doomben 04-Jun-25 1350m SOFT 5 R3 Mdn Hcp $800 (of $40,000) Barrier 5, Winning Time: 01:21.110, SP: 101.00 In-running: Settled 9th, 800m 10th, 400m 10th Sectionals: 600m 00:36.260 1st Battesimo ( A M Thompson 59.5 ) 2nd Green Spring ( R Maloney 59.5 ) 1.87L 3rd Cambridge Bay ( M R D Plessis 59.5 ) 2.67L 10th Purposely ( C Collis 59.5 , Cd 57.5 ) 19.48L See full results	C Collis 59.5kg, Cd 57.5kg 19.48L	10 (10)
Rockhampton 13-May-25 1100m SOFT 5 R2 Mdn Hcp $2,200 (of $23,000) Barrier 5, Winning Time: 01:04.260, SP: 3.90 In-running: Settled 3rd, 800m 3rd, 400m 3rd Sectionals: 600m 00:33.550 1st Neptune Legend ( G J Cartwright 56.5 ) 2nd Villandry ( G S Semmens 59.5 , Cd 57.5 ) 0.12L 3rd Purposely ( J P Stanley 59 ) 1.94L See full results	J P Stanley 59kg 1.94L	3 (7)
Sunshine Coast@Inner Track 29-Apr-25 850m HEAVY 9 R18 MDN-TRL Barrier 2, Winning Time: 00:54.710 Sectionals: 600m 00:36.460 1st Pumicestone Road ( N E Palasthy ) 2nd Step Obsessed ( S C Tierney ) 0.20L 3rd Purposely ( L Smyth ) 4.00L	L Smyth 4.00L	3 (8)
Great Western 20-Mar-25 1200m R12 Jump Out-S5, Winning Time: 01:16.410 1st Kovu ( S Field ) 2nd Lady Dexterous ( L Meech ) 3rd Our Santos ( M K Julius ) 4th Purposely ( T Prebble )	T Prebble	4 (7)
Colac 02-Mar-25 1208m GOOD 4 R3 4YO+ Mdn Set Weight $810 (of $27,000) Barrier 7, Winning Time: 01:11.330, SP: 3.10 In-running: Settled 11th, 800m 11th, 400m 10th Sectionals: 600m 00:34.660 1st Coldenkim ( S Clarke 57.5 ) 2nd Inexessive ( R Mcleod 59.5 ) 1.00L 3rd Manhattan Lane ( T Childs 57.5 ) 1.50L 5th Purposely ( D Yendall 59.5 ) 4.75L See full results	D Yendall 59.5kg 4.75L	5 (11)
Warrnambool 19-Feb-25 1000m R10 Jump Out-G4 1st Purposely ( L Meech ) 2nd My Uncle Did It ( L Grace ) 3rd Rhooky ( J Allen )	L Meech	1 (4)
bet365 Colac 10-Feb-25 800m GOOD 4 R9 2UP -TRL, Winning Time: 00:46.700 1st Reina Isabella ( O I East ) 2nd Naarm ( J E Z Diaz ) 2.00L 3rd Barbie'sdreamworld ( L Riordan ) 3.25L 4th Purposely ( R Hurdle ) 4.00L	R Hurdle 4.00L	4 (9)
Ladbrokes Geelong 29-Jan-25 1000m GOOD 4 R11 3UP-TRL, Winning Time: 01:02.470 1st Moonraker ( M K Julius ) 2nd Si Si Milano ( M J Dee ) 0.40L 3rd Flamboyant Lad ( H T Coffey ) 2.40L 8th Purposely ( J Childs ) 8.80L	J Childs 8.80L	8 (11)
Horsham 26-Aug-24 1100m HEAVY 8 R3 Mdn Set Weight $675 (of $27,000) Barrier 4, Winning Time: 01:08.790, SP: 4.40 In-running: Settled 6th, 800m 6th, 400m 6th Sectionals: 600m 00:36.120 1st Chesspiece ( R K Houston 57.5 , Cd 56 ) 2nd Pharoahzano ( H T Coffey 57 ) 1.25L 3rd Budjik Boy ( C Puls 59.5 ) 1.35L 6th Purposely ( T Madden 59.5 ) 7.35L See full results	T Madden 59.5kg 7.35L	6 (7)
bet365 Hamilton 06-Aug-24 1200m HEAVY 8 R2 TRL, Winning Time: 01:15.920 Sectionals: 600m 00:36.920 1st Alisent ( L Williams ) 2nd Purposely ( T Brassart ) 4.50L 3rd Chipilly ( T Madden ) 7.00L	T Brassart 4.50L	2 (8)
Casterton 29-Jul-24 880m R9 Jump Out-S6 Sectionals: 600m 00:37.420 1st Purposely ( A Kuru ) 2nd La Narradora ( L Grace ) 3rd Kassadino ( H Grace )	A Kuru	1 (5)
Coleraine 09-Jul-24 900m R7 Jump Out-S5, Winning Time: 00:55.160 Sectionals: 600m 00:34.320 1st Antidote ( H Grace ) 2nd La Zampa ( P C Bell ) 3rd Purposely ( C Rawiller )	C Rawiller	3 (5)
Casterton 01-Jul-24 880m SOFT 6 R6 2UP-TRL, Winning Time: 00:57.510 Sectionals: 600m 00:36.550 1st Bubbling ( L Riordan ) 2nd Lacemaker ( J Allen ) 1.50L 3rd Chipilly ( L Meech ) 1.56L 6th Purposely ( T Madden 0 ) 3.31L	T Madden 0 3.31L	6 (9)
Rosehill Gardens 19-Sep-23 1030m GOOD 4 R4 3Y+ MDN-BT, Winning Time: 01:02.770 Sectionals: 600m 00:35.830 1st Taipan Legend ( T Schiller 0 ) 2nd Chartwell ( C Schofield 0 ) 3.12L 3rd Godzilla ( T Sherry 0 ) 3.38L 5th Purposely ( R Jones 0 ) 4.71L	R Jones 0 4.71L	5 (8)
Rosehill Gardens 05-Sep-23 900m GOOD 4 R9 3Y+BT, Winning Time: 00:54.960 Sectionals: 600m 00:35.950 1st Afterlight ( B Prebble 0 ) 2nd O'so Demanding ( R King 0 ) 4.25L 3rd Godzilla ( C Schofield 0 ) 6.53L 4th Purposely ( Z Lloyd 0 ) 6.54L	Z Lloyd 0 6.54L	4 (10)
Rosehill Gardens 11-Aug-23 900m GOOD 4 R15 3Y+ MDN-BT, Winning Time: 00:55.390 Sectionals: 600m 00:35.270 1st Starboard ( A Adkins 0 ) 2nd Sekani ( Z T Lloyd 0 ) 1.17L 3rd Purposely ( T Clark 0 ) 1.40L	T Clark 0 1.40L	3 (10)