The Great Houdini (AUS)

Country

Australia

Foal Date

08-Oct-18

Sex

gelding

Colour

bay

Sire

Written Tycoon

Dam

Sarzameen

Prize Money

$220050

Trainer

Gregory McFarlane

Owners

M D Shaw, Mrs J Shaw & S Colosimo

About

The Great Houdini is a 7yo bay gelding from Australia trained by Gregory McFarlane. His sire is Written Tycoon and his dam is Sarzameen. He has recorded 5 wins so far. On 9 Jun 2025 at Canterbury he earned his biggest victory, the $65,000 Benchmark 72 Handicap. Punters have found him profitable; backing him throughout his career would have yielded a 75% return on investment.

Race Record

Event Summary	Runner Stats	Rank
Randwick 23-Aug-25 1200m HEAVY 10 R4 3YO+ BM 78 Hcp $29,200 (of $160,000) Barrier 1, Winning Time: 01:12.500, SP: 51.00 In-running: Settled 8th, 800m 8th, 400m 7th	A Roper 59.5kg, Cd 61.5kg 0.83L	2 (9)
Rosehill Gardens 19-Jul-25 1200m SOFT 5 R5 BM 78 Hcp $3,500 (of $160,000) Barrier 1, Winning Time: 01:10.600, SP: 26.00 In-running: Settled 7th, 800m 7th, 400m 5th Sectionals: 600m 00:34.080	J Parr 59.5kg 5.08L	7 (9)
Canterbury 09-Jun-25 1250m SOFT 6 R6 BM 72 Hcp $30,500 (of $65,000) Barrier 3, Winning Time: 01:14.390, SP: 20.00 In-running: Settled 6th, 800m 6th, 400m 5th Sectionals: 600m 00:35.880	A Roper 61.5kg, Cd 63.5kg	1 (9)
Gosford 10-May-25 1200m SOFT 7 R1 BM 72 Hcp $4,000 (of $120,000) Barrier 6, Winning Time: 01:12.100, SP: 4.80 In-running: Settled 8th, 800m 8th, 400m 6th Sectionals: 600m 00:34.320	A Roper 60.5kg, Cd 58.5kg 4.20L	6 (8)
Kensington 25-Apr-25 1250m SOFT 7 R6 BM 72 Hcp $30,500 (of $65,000) Barrier 5, Winning Time: 01:15.440, SP: 6.50 In-running: Settled 6th, 800m 6th, 400m 5th Sectionals: 600m 00:35.380	A Roper 59kg, Cd 62kg	1 (6)
Gosford 10-Apr-25 1200m SOFT 6 R6 BM 68 Hcp (of $45,000) Barrier 2	A Bullock 61kg	UPD (9)
Rosehill Gardens 31-Aug-24 1500m GOOD 4 R5 BM 78 Hcp $3,500 (of $160,000) Barrier 9, Winning Time: 01:28.550, SP: 41.00 In-running: Settled 8th, 800m 8th, 400m 9th Sectionals: 600m 00:34.630	M Bourke 55.5kg, Cd 53.5kg 7.49L	9 (10)
Rosehill Gardens 03-Aug-24 1400m GOOD 4 R2 BM 72 Hcp $4,000 (of $120,000) Barrier 4, Winning Time: 01:23.420, SP: 8.00 In-running: Settled 7th, 800m 7th, 400m 7th Sectionals: 600m 00:35.210	J Parr 58.5kg 2.12L	6 (12)
Newcastle 13-Jul-24 1400m SOFT 6 R7 BM 68 Hcp $20,550 (of $42,000) Barrier 7, Winning Time: 01:25.210, SP: 6.00 In-running: Settled 7th, 800m 6th, 400m 6th Sectionals: 600m 00:36.860	A Roper 59.5kg, Cd 61.5kg	1 (11)
Canterbury 19-Jun-24 1250m SOFT 7 R6 BM 72 Hcp $3,600 (of $60,000) Barrier 5, Winning Time: 01:16.070, SP: 10.00 In-running: Settled 8th, 800m 8th, 400m 8th Sectionals: 600m 00:36.810	T Berry 58kg 1.48L	4 (9)
Kensington 15-May-24 1250m HEAVY 9 R4 BM 72 Hcp $1,625 (of $60,000) Barrier 9, Winning Time: 01:17.840, SP: 9.50 In-running: Settled 5th, 800m 5th, 400m 6th Sectionals: 600m 00:37.130	A Hyeronimus 59kg 5.51L	7 (10)
Kensington 25-Apr-24 1400m GOOD 4 R4 BM 72 Hcp $3,800 (of $65,000) Barrier 5, Winning Time: 01:22.840, SP: 8.00 In-running: Settled 7th, 800m 7th, 400m 7th Sectionals: 600m 00:34.800	J Parr 59kg 2.36L	4 (7)
Wyong 30-Mar-24 1350m GOOD 4 R7 CL5 Set Weight $6,700 (of $150,000) Barrier 7, Winning Time: 01:18.210, SP: 21.00 In-running: Settled 10th, 800m 10th, 400m 10th Sectionals: 600m 00:35.160	J Taylor 56kg 2.21L	4 (16)
Gosford 19-Mar-24 1000m SOFT 6 R3 OPEN-BT Barrier 9, Winning Time: 01:01.770 Sectionals: 600m 00:37.090	J Taylor 0.10L	2 (10)
Wyong 04-Mar-24 845m GOOD 4 R6 OPEN-BT Barrier 7, Winning Time: 00:50.760 Sectionals: 600m 00:34.020	A Bullock 1.00L	2 (7)
Hawkesbury 02-Sep-23 1400m GOOD 4 R8 BM 68 Hcp $4,000 (of $45,000) Barrier 7, Winning Time: 01:23.180, SP: 3.60 In-running: Settled 4th, 800m 5th, 400m 3rd Sectionals: 600m 00:34.460	J V Overmeire 60 1.00L	3 (9)
Newcastle 19-Aug-23 1250m SOFT 6 R8 BM 68 Hcp $8,000 (of $45,000) Barrier 7, Winning Time: 01:15.000, SP: 7.50 In-running: Settled 7th, 800m 7th, 400m 7th Sectionals: 600m 00:35.800	J Taylor 59kg 0.24L	2 (8)
Newcastle 29-Jul-23 1300m GOOD 4 R7 CL1 Hcp $21,000 (of $45,000) Barrier 4, Winning Time: 01:17.490, SP: 2.90 In-running: Settled 6th, 800m 6th, 400m 6th Sectionals: 600m 00:34.140	A Bullock 59kg	1 (9)
Gosford 13-Jul-23 1100m GOOD 4 R8 BM 64 Hcp $1,100 (of $40,000) Barrier 6, Winning Time: 01:04.030, SP: 7.50 In-running: Settled 8th, 800m 8th, 400m 8th Sectionals: 600m 00:35.470	D Gibbons 59.5kg 3.04L	6 (10)
Gosford 28-Jun-23 800m SOFT 5 R6 OPEN-BT, Winning Time: 00:48.500 Sectionals: 600m 00:35.500	A Bullock 0 7.01L	4 (7)
Newcastle 09-Mar-23 1200m GOOD 4 R4 BM 64 Hcp $7,050 (of $40,000) Barrier 1, Winning Time: 01:10.460, SP: 6.50 In-running: Settled 6th, 800m 6th, 400m 4th Sectionals: 600m 00:33.400	K Jennings 59.5kg 1.90L	2 (10)
Warwick Farm 22-Feb-23 1200m SOFT 7 R7 BM 72 Hcp $1,700 (of $55,000) Barrier 6, Winning Time: 01:10.580, SP: 4.20 In-running: Settled 5th, 800m 5th, 400m 5th Sectionals: 600m 00:35.640 Midfield with cover stuck on gamely without threat	Z Lloyd 56kg, Cd 54kg 4.48L	6 (12)
Canterbury 01-Feb-23 1250m GOOD 4 R7 BM 64 Hcp $3,475 (of $55,000) Barrier 6, Winning Time: 01:13.710, SP: 6.00 In-running: Settled 8th, 800m 8th, 400m 6th Sectionals: 600m 00:34.490 Caught wide midfield, brave run to hit line hard	B Prebble 60.5kg 4.63L	4 (10)
Rosehill Gardens 07-Jan-23 1100m HEAVY 8 R3 BM 72 Hcp $6,700 (of $150,000) Barrier 6, Winning Time: 01:04.900, SP: 4.60 In-running: Settled 5th, 800m 5th, 400m 5th Sectionals: 600m 00:34.530 Drifted back, worked home to the line OK, sound	T Berry 55.5kg 3.75L	4 (6)
Rosehill Gardens 29-Dec-22 900m GOOD 4 R4 OPEN-BT, Winning Time: 00:53.750 Sectionals: 600m 00:33.610	B Avdulla 0 0.40L	2 (9)
Sale 08-Jul-22 1213m GOOD 4 R6 CL1 $6,300 (of $35,000) Barrier 3, Winning Time: 01:11.880, SP: 3.70 In-running: Settled 6th, 800m 6th, 400m 9th Sectionals: 600m 00:35.960	L German 60 0.20L	2 (11)
bet365 Geelong 17-Jun-22 1125m HEAVY 10 R4 MDN-SW $19,250 (of $35,000) Barrier 4, Winning Time: 01:08.270, SP: 4.80 In-running: Settled 8th, 800m 8th, 400m 7th Sectionals: 600m 00:35.920	L German 59.5kg	1 (10)