Switchblade (AUS)

Country
Australia
Foal Date
10-Aug-20
Sex
gelding
Colour
bay/brown
Sire
More Than Ready
Prize Money
52155
Owners
SMKT Thoroughbreds Pty Ltd (Mgr: S B Matthews), T J Taylor, L W Schwenke & N W Walsh
About

Switchblade is a 5yo bay/brown gelding (male) from Australia trained by Stephen Matthews, who is based at Toowoomba. He is sired by the stallion More Than Ready out of the dam Tree Of Jesse. Switchblade has managed to win 2 races in his career so far. On 13th Nov 2025 at Ipswich, Switchblade scored his most significant win to date, getting the money in the $28000.00 Restricted 58 Handicap.

Raced At
Ipswich • Gatton • Toowoomba Inner Track • Toowoomba • Doomben • Ballarat Synthetic • Geelong • Pakenham
Race Record
Event SummaryRunner StatsRank
Ipswich 13-Nov-25 1350m GOOD 4 R7 Restricted 58 Hcp $15,600 (of $28,000) Barrier 11, Winning Time: 01:20.980, SP: 8.00 In-running: Settled 10th, 800m 10th, 400m 6thM D Plessis 59kg1 (12)
Ipswich 27-Oct-25 1350m SOFT 7 R7 CH&G Restricted 58 Hcp $1,450 (of $28,000) Barrier 9, Winning Time: 01:22.520, SP: 7.00 In-running: Settled 6th, 800m 6th, 400m 4th Sectionals: 600m 00:37.010M D Plessis 59kg 1.06L4 (9)
Warwick 14-Oct-25 800m GOOD 4 R5 CL1-TRL Barrier 2, Winning Time: 00:46.850 Sectionals: 600m 00:32.920N Fazackerley 0.30L2 (4)
Gatton 25-Sep-25 1400m GOOD 4 R6 3YO+ CL1 Set Weight $400 (of $20,000) Barrier 1, Winning Time: 01:23.530, SP: 5.00 In-running: Settled 8th, 800m 8th, 400m 8th Sectionals: 600m 00:36.590N Fazackerley 60 2.31L6 (11)
Ipswich 29-Aug-25 1350m GOOD 4 R3 Restricted 58 Hcp $500 (of $28,000) Barrier 5, Winning Time: 01:21.530, SP: 9.50 In-running: Settled 5th, 800m 5th, 400m 6th Sectionals: 600m 00:36.390N Fazackerley 59.5kg 4.52L8 (10)
Warwick 06-Aug-25 1350m SOFT 5 R6 Restricted 58 Hcp $1,900 (of $20,000) Barrier 3, Winning Time: 01:22.370, SP: 4.80 In-running: Settled 6th, 800m 7th, 400m 4th Sectionals: 600m 00:36.350N Fazackerley 60 0.78L3 (14)
Ipswich 09-Jul-25 1100m SOFT 7 R2 3YO+ CL1 Set Weight $1,100 (of $38,000) Barrier 4, Winning Time: 01:05.110, SP: 31.00 In-running: Settled 6th, 800m 6th, 400m 6th Sectionals: 600m 00:35.160N Fazackerley 60 6.25L5 (7)
Gatton 17-Jun-25 860m GOOD 4 R9 CL3-TRL Barrier 2, Winning Time: 00:50.600 Sectionals: 600m 00:34.010N Fazackerley 2.60L3 (5)
Toowoomba Inner Track 02-Jun-25 870m SOFT 5 R9 CL3-TRL Barrier 3, Winning Time: 00:54.340 Sectionals: 600m 00:36.200N Fazackerley 1.80L2 (3)
Toowoomba 22-Feb-25 1300m GOOD 4 R1 CL1 Hcp $420 (of $22,500) Barrier 7, Winning Time: 01:20.080, SP: 3.00 In-running: Settled 2nd, 800m 2nd, 400m 2nd Sectionals: 600m 00:37.600N Fazackerley 58kg 5.20L6 (10)
Ipswich 05-Feb-25 1350m SOFT 6 R7 CL1 Hcp $760 (of $38,000) Barrier 7, Winning Time: 01:20.580, SP: 8.50 In-running: Settled 7th, 800m 4th, 400m 5th Sectionals: 600m 00:35.720M Hellyer 58.5kg 9.04L9 (12)
Doomben 22-Jan-25 1350m GOOD 4 R7 3YO+ CL1 Set Weight $3,400 (of $38,000) Barrier 14, Winning Time: 01:19.360, SP: 14.00 In-running: Settled 5th, 800m 3rd, 400m 3rd Sectionals: 600m 00:34.050E Lang 60 2.34L3 (15)
Toowoomba 28-Dec-24 1300m GOOD 3 R5 Mdn Set Weight $13,700 (of $24,500) Barrier 10, Winning Time: 01:19.810, SP: 4.20 In-running: Settled 8th, 800m 8th, 400m 6th Sectionals: 600m 00:36.680N Fazackerley 58.5kg1 (12)
Toowoomba 14-Dec-24 1200m SOFT 7 R4 Mdn Set Weight $4,150 (of $24,500) Barrier 7, Winning Time: 01:14.860, SP: 6.50 In-running: Settled 4th, 800m 4th, 400m 4th Sectionals: 600m 00:37.000N Fazackerley 58.5kg 1.00L2 (11)
Toowoomba Inner Track 26-Nov-24 925m GOOD 4 R11 MDN-TRL Barrier 3, Winning Time: 00:57.330 Sectionals: 600m 00:37.230N Fazackerley 0 1.20L4 (7)
Pakenham SYNTHETIC 08-Jul-24 1200m SYNTHETIC R2 3YO Mdn Set Weight $810 (of $27,000) Barrier 8, Winning Time: 01:10.790, SP: 16.00 In-running: Settled 5th, 800m 5th, 400m 4th Sectionals: 600m 00:33.940Z Spain 58kg 5.95L5 (10)
Ballarat SYNTHETIC 28-May-24 1100m SYNTHETIC R2 3YO+ Mdn Set Weight $4,590 (of $27,000) Barrier 1, Winning Time: 01:05.850, SP: 3.20 In-running: Settled 4th, 800m 4th, 400m 5th Sectionals: 600m 00:34.830Z Spain 59.5kg 1.50L2 (11)
Geelong 24-Apr-24 1112m SOFT 5 R1 3YO Mdn Set Weight $3,375 (of $37,500) Barrier 5, Winning Time: 01:05.610, SP: 21.00 In-running: Settled 6th, 800m 6th, 400m 5th Sectionals: 600m 00:34.420D Moor 58kg 4.75L3 (7)
Pakenham 03-Mar-24 1200m GOOD 4 R4 3YO Mdn Set Weight (of $37,500) Barrier 1, Winning Time: 01:10.460, SP: 16.00 In-running: Settled 1st, 800m 1st, 400m 1st Sectionals: 600m 00:34.920C Newitt 58kg 21.00L13 (13)
TAB Park Werribee 16-May-23 800m HEAVY 8 R13 2Y-TRL Barrier 7, Winning Time: 00:50.110B Shinn 0 3.10L7 (9)