To Be Frank

Foal Date

25-Oct-20

Sex

gelding

Colour

bay

Sire

Almanzor

Dam

Veronica Franco

Prize Money

$87160

Trainer

Sue Grills

Owners

Ms S G Grills, Mrs S M Burnett, Miss H J Overton, Ms J R Lockyer, Ms L J Jeffriess, S J Haslem, Mrs J L Haslem, M N Crowe, D M Rowney, V R Little, A H Green, Mrs C M Green & J Flynn

About

To Be Frank is a 5yo bay gelding from trainer Sue Grills. He is sired by Almanzor out of Veronica Franco. To Be Frank has won 4 races in his career. On 4th Oct 2023 at Pakenham Synthetic, To Be Frank secured his most important win, taking first place in the $37500 Maiden Plate. He has been a profitable horse for punters. Backing To Be Frank throughout his career would have yielded a 30% return on investment.

Race Record

Event Summary	Runner Stats	Rank
Tamworth 27-Jun-25 1400m SOFT 6 R7 CL3 Hcp $15,000 (of $30,000) Barrier 6, Winning Time: 01:24.180, SP: 3.70 In-running: Settled 6th, 800m 6th, 400m 6th Sectionals: 600m 00:34.550	S Grima 57kg, Cd 55.5kg	1 (14)
Rosehill Gardens 31-May-25 1500m HEAVY 9 R2 3YO+ CL3 Set Weight $4,000 (of $120,000) Barrier 1, Winning Time: 01:33.050, SP: 71.00 In-running: Settled 6th, 1200m 6th, 800m 5th, 400m 5th Sectionals: 600m 00:36.140	S Grima 59kg, Cd 56kg 5.30L	6 (15)
Tamworth 20-May-25 1400m HEAVY 8 R6 BM 58 Hcp $13,950 (of $27,000) Barrier 2, Winning Time: 01:24.170, SP: 18.00 In-running: Settled 2nd, 800m 3rd, 400m 3rd	S Grima 60.5kg, Cd 59kg	1 (8)
Gunnedah 05-May-25 1400m GOOD 4 R5 BM 58 Hcp $800 (of $30,000) Barrier 12, Winning Time: 01:23.430, SP: 15.00 In-running: Settled 4th, 800m 2nd, 400m 2nd Sectionals: 600m 00:35.540	K Nestor 61kg 3.70L	6 (14)
Wellington 31-Mar-25 1700m HEAVY 8 R4 BM 58 Hcp $725 (of $30,000) Barrier 7, Winning Time: 01:48.090, SP: 8.00 In-running: Settled 1st, 1200m 1st, 800m 1st, 400m 2nd	K Nestor 61.5kg 2.80L	7 (9)
Coonamble 16-Mar-25 1600m GOOD 4 R3 BM 66 Hcp $800 (of $30,000) Barrier 7, Winning Time: 01:36.600, SP: 2.45 In-running: Settled 4th, 1200m 4th, 800m 4th, 400m 3rd	C Gallagher 57.5kg 3.20L	6 (8)
Quirindi 21-Feb-25 1600m GOOD 4 R3 CL1 Hcp $15,000 (of $30,000) Barrier 1, Winning Time: 01:38.140, SP: 1.75 In-running: Settled 4th, 1200m 4th, 800m 4th, 400m 6th Sectionals: 600m 00:35.040	C Gallagher 59kg	1 (8)
Tamworth 14-Feb-25 1400m GOOD 4 R6 BM 58 Hcp $2,600 (of $27,000) Barrier 7, Winning Time: 01:24.450, SP: 4.00 In-running: Settled 8th, 800m 8th, 400m 8th Sectionals: 600m 00:35.040	C Gallagher 59kg 0.40L	3 (11)
Gunnedah 20-Jan-25 1300m GOOD 3 R6 CL2 Hcp $1,300 (of $26,862) Barrier 1, Winning Time: 01:15.270, SP: 41.00 In-running: Settled 7th, 800m 7th, 400m 7th	J Baker 56kg, Cd 54kg 2.80L	4 (13)
Tamworth 16-Aug-24 1400m HEAVY 10 R7 CL1 Hcp $500 (of $27,000) Barrier 9, Winning Time: 01:26.710, SP: 14.00 In-running: Settled 2nd, 800m 2nd, 400m 2nd Sectionals: 600m 00:37.580	J Baker 59kg, Cd 57kg 8.30L	9 (14)
Tamworth 19-Jul-24 1400m SOFT 5 R7 CL1 Hcp $825 (of $27,000) Barrier 1, Winning Time: 01:24.870, SP: 7.00 In-running: Settled 7th, 800m 7th, 400m 7th Sectionals: 600m 00:37.690	J Baker 59kg, Cd 56kg 1.50L	5 (13)
Ballarat Synthetic 21-May-24 1500m SYNTHETIC R5 BM 58 Hcp $810 (of $27,000) Barrier 11, Winning Time: 01:30.660, SP: 6.50 In-running: Settled 9th, 800m 11th, 400m 10th Sectionals: 600m 00:35.660	B Allen 61kg 2.90L	5 (11)
Geelong 10-May-24 1525m HEAVY 8 R8 BM 58 Hcp $675 (of $27,000) Barrier 6, Winning Time: 01:35.450, SP: 6.00 In-running: Settled 2nd, 800m 2nd, 400m 2nd Sectionals: 600m 00:37.560	B Shinn 61.5kg 6.00L	7 (14)
Cranbourne 19-Apr-24 2025m SOFT 6 R7 3YO+ BM 58 Hcp $800 (of $40,000) Barrier 6, Winning Time: 02:06.880, SP: 7.00 In-running: Settled 8th, 1200m 9th, 800m 8th, 400m 11th Sectionals: 600m 00:37.720	B Allen 62kg 7.80L	8 (12)
Pakenham 28-Mar-24 1600m GOOD 4 R7 3YO+ BM 64 Hcp $2,000 (of $40,000) Barrier 1, Winning Time: 01:39.580, SP: 26.00 In-running: Settled 5th, 1200m 5th, 800m 3rd, 400m 5th Sectionals: 600m 00:35.370	T Ladd 59kg 5.50L	4 (10)
Donald 20-Mar-24 1200m GOOD 4 R4 2UP-TRL Barrier 5, Winning Time: 01:11.940	M Aitken 0 9.00L	4 (6)
Flemington 04-Nov-23 2500m GOOD 4 R7 G1 VIC DERBY (of $2,170,325) Barrier 10, Winning Time: 02:37.380, SP: 91.00 In-running: Settled 15th, 1200m 15th, 800m 15th, 400m 16th Sectionals: 600m 00:35.740	J P Spencer 57kg 19.65L	14 (16)
Caulfield 21-Oct-23 2000m GOOD 4 R2 G3 N ROBINSON $4,000 (of $200,990) Barrier 2, Winning Time: 02:05.500, SP: 21.00 In-running: Settled 5th, 1200m 5th, 800m 5th, 400m 5th Sectionals: 600m 00:34.610	M Zahra 57kg 8.90L	7 (7)
Pakenham Synthetic 04-Oct-23 1600m SYNTHETIC R4 MDN-SW $20,625 (of $37,500) Barrier 2, Winning Time: 01:40.100, SP: 1.28 In-running: Settled 3rd, 1200m 3rd, 800m 3rd, 400m 3rd Sectionals: 600m 00:34.360	M Zahra 57kg	1 (4)
Sandown Hillside 20-Sep-23 1500m GOOD 4 R2 3Y MDN-SW $2,750 (of $55,000) Barrier 4, Winning Time: 01:33.160, SP: 19.00 In-running: Settled 6th, 800m 6th, 400m 8th Sectionals: 600m 00:34.630	E Brown 58kg 2.20L	4 (10)
Cranbourne Training 04-Sep-23 990m GOOD 4 R19 3UP-MDN-CL2-TRL Barrier 8, Winning Time: 00:59.790	B Allen 0 5.40L	8 (9)