Samurai (2020)

Foal Date

01-Sep-20

Sex

gelding

Colour

bay

Sire

Saxon Warrior

Dam

Trail Blazer

Prize Money

$88325

Trainer

Matthew Dale

Owners

O T I Racing (Mgr: T F Henderson), Four-Point Racing (Mgr: C Mobilio), Travaglini Racing (Mgr: G Travaglini), J M Gurrieri, L Webb, Ms D McKeown, Triton Lennox (Mgr: B B Martin Oam), Top Level Racing (Mgr: J Versace), A W Bruhn, S W Bruhn, Red Hot Saveloys (Mgr: C G Matthews) & B E Johnson

About

Samurai is a 5yo bay gelding trained by Matthew Dale. He is by Saxon Warrior out of Trail Blazer. He has recorded 2 career wins. On 19 Dec 2024 at Seymour, Samurai claimed his most important victory, taking the $35,000 Benchmark 64 Handicap.

Race Record

Event Summary	Runner Stats	Rank
Canterbury 10-Sep-25 1550m HEAVY 9 R7 5YO+ BM 72 Hcp $5,500 (of $60,000) Barrier 6, Winning Time: 01:40.430, SP: 26.00 In-running: Settled 5th, 1200m 6th, 800m 5th, 400m 5th Sectionals: 600m 00:40.440	A Morgan 55kg 1.28L	3 (6)
Goulburn 24-Aug-25 1600m HEAVY 9 R5 CL2 Hcp $1,475 (of $30,000) Barrier 3, Winning Time: 01:38.360, SP: 6.00 In-running: Settled 4th, 1200m 4th, 800m 4th, 400m 3rd Sectionals: 600m 00:37.300	A Morgan 60 4.79L	4 (7)
Goulburn 11-Aug-25 1200m SOFT 7 R3 CL3 Hcp $600 (of $27,000) Barrier 5, Winning Time: 01:13.030, SP: 10.00 In-running: Settled 6th, 800m 6th, 400m 6th Sectionals: 600m 00:36.230	N Heywood 61kg 3.34L	6 (9)
Sale 12-Jun-25 1615m SOFT 7 R6 BM 64 Hcp $1,050 (of $35,000) Barrier 9, Winning Time: 01:41.470, SP: 3.30 In-running: Settled 7th, 1200m 7th, 800m 8th, 400m 7th Sectionals: 600m 00:37.360	L Bates 60, Cd 58.5kg 4.65L	5 (12)
Bendigo 30-May-25 1400m GOOD 4 R8 BM 64 Hcp $1,215 (of $27,000) Barrier 10, Winning Time: 01:25.360, SP: 4.20 In-running: Settled 1st, 800m 2nd, 400m 2nd Sectionals: 600m 00:34.740	L Currie 60 2.35L	4 (10)
Ballarat 11-May-25 1200m GOOD 4 R5 BM 64 Hcp $6,300 (of $35,000) Barrier 4, Winning Time: 01:13.320, SP: 3.30 In-running: Settled 7th, 800m 7th, 400m 5th Sectionals: 600m 00:35.020	L Currie 60 0.25L	2 (7)
Geelong 04-Jan-25 1700m GOOD 4 R2 BM 64 Hcp $1,600 (of $80,000) Barrier 8, Winning Time: 01:43.550, SP: 3.10 In-running: Settled 4th, 1200m 4th, 800m 3rd, 400m 3rd Sectionals: 600m 00:34.740	T Prebble 60.5kg, Cd 57.5kg 7.60L	6 (8)
Seymour 19-Dec-24 1600m GOOD 3 R5 BM 64 Hcp $19,250 (of $35,000) Barrier 1, Winning Time: 01:37.310, SP: 2.20 In-running: Settled 3rd, 1200m 3rd, 800m 5th, 400m 4th	S Hateley 58.5kg	1 (12)
Geelong 05-Dec-24 1321m GOOD 3 R9 Restricted 64 Hcp $6,300 (of $35,000) Barrier 5, Winning Time: 01:16.760, SP: 5.50 In-running: Settled 5th, 800m 5th, 400m 5th Sectionals: 600m 00:33.960	C Williams 58kg 0.75L	2 (12)
Kyneton 18-Nov-24 1212m GOOD 3 R7 Restricted 62 Hcp $1,215 (of $27,000) Barrier 5, Winning Time: 01:10.600, SP: 4.80 In-running: Settled 7th, 800m 7th, 400m 7th Sectionals: 600m 00:35.200	S Hateley 59kg, Cd 55kg 1.92L	4 (9)
Sale 09-Oct-24 1210m GOOD 4 R8 BM 64 Hcp $1,050 (of $35,000) Barrier 9, Winning Time: 01:10.240, SP: 8.50 In-running: Settled 10th, 800m 10th, 400m 10th Sectionals: 600m 00:34.820	J Mcneil 58kg 0.59L	5 (11)
Cranbourne-Trn 16-Sep-24 800m SOFT 5 R9 MDN-CL2 TRL Barrier 6, Winning Time: 00:46.250	S Hateley 0 4.80L	8 (9)
Flemington 08-Jun-24 2000m GOOD 4 R5 Open Quality (of $150,000) Barrier 10, Winning Time: 02:03.230, SP: 21.00 In-running: Settled 14th, 1200m 14th, 800m 14th, 400m 13th Sectionals: 600m 00:35.040	C Newitt 54kg 12.34L	13 (14)
Flemington 18-May-24 2000m SOFT 7 R6 Open Hcp $7,500 (of $150,000) Barrier 9, Winning Time: 02:03.820, SP: 15.00 In-running: Settled 9th, 1200m 8th, 800m 8th, 400m 5th Sectionals: 600m 00:36.480	D Bates 54kg 8.80L	4 (15)
Echuca 03-May-24 2100m GOOD 4 R4 Mdn Set Weight $14,850 (of $27,000) Barrier 8, Winning Time: 02:14.090, SP: 1.40 In-running: Settled 5th, 1200m 2nd, 800m 2nd, 400m 2nd Sectionals: 600m 00:36.460	B Egan 59.5kg	1 (10)
Seymour 19-Apr-24 2000m GOOD 4 R1 Mdn Set Weight $4,590 (of $27,000) Barrier 1, Winning Time: 02:06.790, SP: 1.70 In-running: Settled 6th, 1200m 6th, 800m 7th, 400m 6th Sectionals: 600m 00:35.490	D Bates 59kg 0.30L	2 (9)
Benalla 05-Apr-24 1612m GOOD 4 R3 Mdn Set Weight $4,590 (of $27,000) Barrier 8, Winning Time: 01:36.650, SP: 2.60 In-running: Settled 9th, 1200m 10th, 800m 10th, 400m 9th Sectionals: 600m 00:37.240	B Egan 59kg 2.50L	2 (12)
Geelong 16-Mar-24 1412m GOOD 4 R3 Mdn Set Weight $2,160 (of $27,000) Barrier 1, Winning Time: 01:24.720, SP: 1.75 In-running: Settled 4th, 800m 3rd, 400m 3rd Sectionals: 600m 00:34.180	T Madden 59kg 0.20L	3 (14)
Bendigo 27-Feb-24 1300m GOOD 3 R4 Mdn Set Weight $2,160 (of $27,000) Barrier 9, Winning Time: 01:16.480, SP: 5.00 In-running: Settled 9th, 800m 9th, 400m 8th Sectionals: 600m 00:34.040	M Dee 58kg 1.75L	3 (13)
Bendigo 14-Sep-23 1300m GOOD 4 R3 Mdn Set Weight $1,875 (of $37,500) Barrier 7, Winning Time: 01:16.730, SP: 3.80 In-running: Settled 8th, 800m 8th, 400m 8th Sectionals: 600m 00:35.200	M Dee 57kg 6.40L	4 (13)
Ruakaka 10-Jun-23 1200m SOFT 5 R1 Open Set Weight With Penalties $5,550 (of $30,000) Barrier 6, Winning Time: 01:11.470, SP: 8.30 In-running: Settled 6th, 400m 6th	C Grylls 57kg 0.10L	2 (9)