Virtuous Circle (2019) Horse

Foal Date

15-Oct-19
Sex
gelding

Colour

bay or brown

Sire

Almanzor

Dam

She Is Stryking

Prize Money

814200

Owners

C W Kwok, Miss E McDonald, Ms D F Howley, F J Howley, Upper Bloodstock (Mgr: H F Lau), B Smith, Stag's Leap (Mgr: A Williams), Whiskey Racing (Mgr: W C Phillips), Ms D L McDonald & R G Mulcaster

About

Virtuous Circle is a 6yo bay or brown gelding trained by Liam Howley at Kyneton. He is by Almanzor out of She Is Stryking. The horse has secured three wins so far. On 8 Jun 2024 at Flemington, he captured his biggest victory, taking the $150,000 3yo+ Benchmark 100 Handicap. He has been a profitable runner for bettors; a lifetime backer would have earned a 261% ROI.

Race Record

Event SummaryRunner StatsRank
Flemington 20-Jun-26 2540m SOFT 7 R3 Qlty Hcp (of $150,000) Barrier 6, Winning Time: 02:44.650, SP: 9.50 In-running: Settled 13th, 1200m 13th, 800m 11th, 400m 10th Sectionals: 600m 00:37.100 1st Vegas Jack ( D Yendall 54 ) 2nd The Western Front ( D Stackhouse 57.5 ) 1.25L 3rd Bold Soul ( B Egan 59 ) 1.75L 12th Virtuous Circle ( D Bates 58 ) 11.72L See full resultsD Bates 58kg 11.72L12 (13)
Flemington 06-Jun-26 2000m HEAVY 8 R7 BM100 $3,000 (of $150,000) Barrier 6, Winning Time: 02:08.910, SP: 12.00 In-running: Settled 7th, 1200m 8th, 800m 8th, 400m 10th Sectionals: 600m 00:35.470 1st Ghetto Supastar ( N Farley 53 , Cd 54 ) 2nd Star Of India ( J Mcneil 57.5 ) 0.75L 3rd Zahrann ( J A Johnstone 60 , Cd 57 ) 1.05L 7th Virtuous Circle ( J Radley 55 , Cd 52 ) 2.25L See full resultsJ Radley 55kg, Cd 52kg 2.25L7 (14)
Sandown Hillside 23-May-26 1800m SOFT 6 R4 BM100 $4,500 (of $150,000) Barrier 1, Winning Time: 01:54.970, SP: 61.00 In-running: Settled 8th, 1200m 8th, 800m 8th, 400m 8th Sectionals: 600m 00:35.630 1st Pudding ( C Williams 56 ) 2nd Bankers Choice ( J G Radley 60 , Cd 57 ) 0.25L 3rd Cadmus ( D Thornton 54 ) 2.00L 5th Virtuous Circle ( A Kelly 56 ) 6.00L See full resultsA Kelly 56kg 6.00L5 (9)
Caulfield 09-May-26 2000m SOFT 7 R8 BM100 $3,000 (of $150,000) Barrier 10, Winning Time: 02:05.880, SP: 31.00 In-running: Settled 11th, 1200m 11th, 800m 11th, 400m 11th Sectionals: 600m 00:36.210 1st Plymouth ( J Mott 59 ) 2nd Howlin' Rain ( L J Bates 53 , Cd 51.5 ) 0.75L 3rd Brayden Star ( C Newitt 59 ) 1.25L 7th Virtuous Circle ( J Radley 56.5 , Cd 53.5 ) 4.26L See full resultsJ Radley 56.5kg, Cd 53.5kg 4.26L7 (12)
Caulfield Heath 23-Apr-26 1500m GOOD 4 R3 3UP-TRL, Winning Time: 01:36.520 1st Virtuous Circle ( J Maskiell ) 2nd Malborough Bay ( L J Neindorf ) 0.02L 3rd Move On In ( B Mertens ) 0.12LJ Maskiell1 (6)