Unfortunate Lad (AUS) Horse

Country

Australia

Foal Date

07-Sep-22
Sex
gelding

Colour

bay or brown

Sire

I'm All the Talk

Dam

Mygirlfrankie

Prize Money

38051

Trainer

Steve Wolfe

Owners

Mrs M Wolfe, Mrs J A Carter, Mrs P J Patten, Mrs Y Virgo, Ms P A Hann, Ms K J Dill-Macky, Mrs K E Barras & Mrs L Benson

About

Unfortunate Lad is a 4yo bay or brown gelding from Australia, trained by Steve Wolfe in Albany. He is by the stallion I'm All the Talk out of the mare Mygirlfrankie. To date he has recorded a single win. His most notable victory came on 12 Feb 2026 at Bunbury, when he captured the $25,000 Maiden race.

Race Record

Event Summary Runner Stats Rank
Pinjarra Scarpside 12-Aug-26 1400m SOFT 5 R5 CL1 (of $30,000) Barrier 12, Winning Time: 01:25.600, SP: 26.00 In-running: Settled 12th, 800m 11th, 400m 12th Sectionals: 600m 00:34.830 1st Buderim ( L Fiore 58.5 ) 2nd Cosmic Waltz ( S Mcgruddy 59.5 ) 1.25L 3rd Diamond Warrior ( B Parnham 60 ) 1.93L 12th Unfortunate Lad ( J Turner 59.5 ) 12.49L See full results J Turner 59.5kg 12.49L 12 (12)
Belmont 29-Jul-26 1200m GOOD 4 R2 3YO 0MWLY $630 (of $35,000) Barrier 10, Winning Time: 01:11.090, SP: 101.00 In-running: 800m 9th, 400m 9th Sectionals: 600m 00:35.300 1st Flash Dancer ( C J Parnham 59.5 ) 2nd Sunset Session ( C T Johnston-porter 58 ) 0.06L 3rd Cosmic Waltz ( S F Mcgruddy 57.5 ) 0.52L 6th Unfortunate Lad ( J Turner 58 ) 3.53L See full results J Turner 58kg 3.53L 6 (10)
Bunbury 15-Jul-26 1000m SOFT 5 R3 CL1 $540 (of $30,000) Barrier 1, Winning Time: 00:59.380, SP: 6.00 In-running: 800m 5th, 400m 6th Sectionals: 600m 00:35.020 1st Deepest Desire ( Z T Johnston-porter 60 , Cd 58 ) 2nd Dark Avalanche ( J K H Tsang 60 , Cd 57 ) 0.99L 3rd Snip Of Romance ( N J Riordan 55.5 , Cd 53.5 ) 1.05L 7th Unfortunate Lad ( S Mcgruddy 60 ) 6.48L See full results S Mcgruddy 60 6.48L 7 (9)
Belmont 06-Jul-26 1000m SOFT 7 R12 3UP 0-71 TRL, Winning Time: 01:03.200 1st Unfortunate Lad ( S Mcgruddy ) 2nd Divine Impact ( N J Riordan ) 1.13L 3rd Late Arrival ( T W Dyson ) 1.70L S Mcgruddy 1 (8)
Albany 19-Mar-26 1230m SOFT 5 R6 CL2 $936 (of $24,000) Barrier 11, Winning Time: 01:16.880, SP: 3.60 In-running: 800m 2nd, 400m 2nd Sectionals: 600m 00:38.700 1st Cruise To Rio ( N J Riordan 62 , Cd 60 ) 2nd Niccy's Affair ( A J H Hayes 55 ) 0.49L 3rd Reggio Calabria ( S L Webster 61.5 , Cd 58.5 ) 0.62L 4th Unfortunate Lad ( S Mcgruddy 59 ) 0.85L See full results S Mcgruddy 59kg 0.85L 4 (11)