Vespa
(NZ)About
Vespa is a 13yo brown from New Zealand trained by Johno Benner. It is sired by the stallion Elusive City out of the dam Miss Avalon. Vespa has won 7 races in its career. On 26th Jan 2014 at Ellerslie, Vespa achieved its most notable victory, taking the $921404 Karaka Million. Vespa has retired from racing, with its final race on 19th Mar 2016 at Trentham.
Race Record
| Event Summary | Runner Stats | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| Trentham 19-Mar-16 1200m GOOD R7 (of $50,000) Barrier 8 | M D Plessis 57kg, Cd 0 | UPD (12) |
| Otaki 27-Feb-16 1600m GOOD R7 Open (of $200,000) Barrier 6, Winning Time: 01:36.120, SP: 0 In-running: Settled 3rd | M D Plessis 59kg | 6 (10) |
| Te Rapa 13-Feb-16 1400m GOOD R8 Open (of $200,000) Barrier 11, Winning Time: 01:21.920, SP: 0 In-running: Settled 5th | M D Plessis 59kg 8.00L | 2 (11) |
| Trentham 16-Jan-16 1200m SOFT R8 Open (of $250,000) Barrier 11, Winning Time: 01:08.350, SP: 0 In-running: Settled 5th | M D Plessis 56kg | 5 (18) |
| Hastings 29-Aug-15 1400m SOFT R7 Open (of $200,000) Barrier 6, Winning Time: 01:22.250, SP: 0 In-running: Settled 6th | J Riddell 58.5kg | 5 (16) |
| Ellerslie 18-Apr-15 1600m SOFT R9 Open $37,292 (of $191,241) Barrier 1, Winning Time: 01:38.500, SP: 0 In-running: Settled 3rd | M D Plessis 52kg 0.20L | 2 (18) |
| Awapuni 28-Mar-15 1400m GOOD R8 Open $26,893 (of $47,810) Barrier 2, Winning Time: 01:21.250, SP: 0 In-running: Settled 5th | M D Plessis 53kg | 1 (12) |
| Trentham 14-Mar-15 1400m SOFT R7 Open $56,775 (of $95,621) Barrier 3, Winning Time: 01:21.690, SP: 0 In-running: Settled 5th | M D Plessis 56.5kg | 1 (13) |
| Otaki 21-Feb-15 1200m SOFT R1 Open $3,347 (of $16,734) Barrier 2, Winning Time: 01:12.410, SP: 0 In-running: Settled 1st | N Teeluck 57.5kg 0.20L | 2 (3) |
| Flemington 01-Nov-14 1600m GOOD R1 G3 Open (of $200,000) Barrier 1, Winning Time: 01:37.290, SP: 11.00 In-running: Settled 1st, 800m 1st, 400m 3rd Sectionals: 600m 00:34.780 travelled well in front, found little when asked | C Williams 56.5kg 7.40L | 11 (13) |
| Caulfield 28-Sep-14 1400m FIRM R6 Open $3,500 (of $175,000) Barrier 1, Winning Time: 01:23.490, SP: 10.00 In-running: Settled 3rd, 800m 3rd, 400m 4th Sectionals: 600m 00:35.670 box seated, checked badly 230m, lost momentum | M D Plessis 57kg 6.70L | 6 (13) |
| Ruakaka 13-Sep-14 1200m SOFT R6 Open $28,794 (of $46,070) Barrier 9, Winning Time: 01:10.980, SP: 0 In-running: Settled 3rd | M D Plessis 56.5kg | 1 (10) |
| Ellerslie 08-Mar-14 1200m GOOD R6 Open $110,569 (of $184,281) Barrier 8, Winning Time: 01:11.700, SP: 0 In-running: Settled 1st | M D Plessis 56.5kg | 1 (10) |
| Ellerslie 26-Jan-14 1200m SOFT R5 Open $507,233 (of $921,404) Barrier 4, Winning Time: 01:12.070, SP: 0 In-running: Settled 1st | M D Plessis 56.5kg | 1 (14) |
| Ellerslie 01-Jan-14 1200m SOFT R3 Open $6,127 (of $64,498) Barrier 4, Winning Time: 01:10.950, SP: 0 In-running: Settled 9th | M D Plessis 56.5kg 2.70L | 3 (13) |
| Trentham 07-Dec-13 1000m SOFT R1 Open $9,980 (of $15,968) Barrier 3, Winning Time: 00:57.000, SP: 0 In-running: Settled 1st | M D Plessis 59kg | 1 (7) |
| Otaki 14-Nov-13 800m GOOD R2 Open $3,992 (of $6,387) Barrier 7, Winning Time: 00:45.870, SP: 0 In-running: Settled 2nd | J Riddell 58kg | 1 (7) |
| Wanganui 07-Sep-13 800m SOFT R1 Open $1,996 (of $9,980) Barrier 5, Winning Time: 00:48.130, SP: 0 In-running: Settled 2nd | J Riddell 57.5kg 0.10L | 2 (5) |