War Machine (2020)

Foal Date
26-Oct-20
Sex
gelding
Colour
bay
Sire
Harry Angel
Prize Money
3376955
Owners
Lindsay Park Bloodstock (Mgr: Mrs S Steel), R & C Legh Racing Pty Ltd (Mgr: R P Legh), N J Griffin, Mrs J S Griffin, G B Robinson, B C Hollow, S W Kay, Ms M A Keating, G Lygoyris, Mrs S Lygoyris, A S Byron, A Williams, K McCaul, J B Hart, M J Davies, D W Wallace & J V Wallace
About

War Machine is a 5yo bay gelding trained by Ben, Will and Jd Hayes at Pakenham 3. He is by Harry Angel out of Caserta. With a Group One win and career earnings of $3,376,955, he is regarded as an elite racehorse. On 14 June 2025 at Eagle Farm, jockey Tim Clark rode him to his biggest victory, capturing the $3,000,000 Open Handicap and beating Yellow Brick. He has been a profitable runner for punters; backing him throughout his career would have yielded about a 40% return on investment.

Raced At
Randwick • Flemington • Eagle Farm • Doomben • Caulfield • Mornington • Rosehill Gardens • Moonee Valley • Bendigo • Cranbourne • Kyneton • Sandown Hillside • Geelong
Race Record
Event SummaryRunner StatsRank
Randwick 01-Nov-25 1300m SOFT 7 R7 3YO+ Open Set Weight With Penalties (of $3,000,000) Barrier 5, Winning Time: 01:16.570, SP: 7.00 In-running: Settled 5th, 800m 5th, 400m 5th Sectionals: 600m 00:35.860T Clark 58.5kg 10.09L12 (15)
Randwick 18-Oct-25 1200m GOOD 4 R7 G1 Open Weight For Age $700,000 (of $20,000,000) Barrier 4, Winning Time: 01:08.130, SP: 10.00 In-running: Settled 8th, 800m 8th, 400m 10th Sectionals: 600m 00:33.620T Clark 58.5kg 3.53L10 (12)
Flemington 04-Oct-25 1200m GOOD 3 R9 G2 3YO+ Open Set Weight With Penalties $184,945 (of $300,000) Barrier 15, Winning Time: 01:08.530, SP: 2.90 In-running: Settled 9th, 800m 9th, 400m 5th Sectionals: 600m 00:32.640B Shinn 601 (15)
Eagle Farm 14-Jun-25 1400m GOOD 3 R8 G1 Open Hcp $1,800,000 (of $3,000,000) Barrier 12, Winning Time: 01:21.170, SP: 3.20 In-running: Settled 8th, 800m 8th, 400m 7th Sectionals: 600m 00:35.370T Clark 53kg1 (18)
Doomben 24-May-25 1350m GOOD 4 R9 G3 Open Quality $174,000 (of $300,000) Barrier 6, Winning Time: 01:18.760, SP: 2.40 In-running: Settled 5th, 800m 5th, 400m 4th Sectionals: 600m 00:35.030B Shinn 56.5kg1 (16)
Caulfield 10-May-25 1400m GOOD 3 R8 BM 100 Hcp $82,500 (of $150,000) Barrier 10, Winning Time: 01:22.780, SP: 1.90 In-running: Settled 3rd, 800m 3rd, 400m 3rd Sectionals: 600m 00:35.200J Mott 58kg1 (11)
Mornington 19-Apr-25 1200m GOOD 3 R9 LR Open Hcp $36,000 (of $200,000) Barrier 1, Winning Time: 01:09.310, SP: 2.50 In-running: Settled 5th, 800m 5th, 400m 7th Sectionals: 600m 00:33.540D Bates 54kg 0.02L2 (9)
Caulfield 16-Nov-24 1400m GOOD 4 R9 G1 Open Hcp (of $1,000,000) Barrier 4, Winning Time: 01:23.560, SP: 12.00 In-running: Settled 3rd, 800m 3rd, 400m 2nd Sectionals: 600m 00:35.600D Bates 52kg 7.72L11 (14)
Rosehill Gardens 02-Nov-24 1500m GOOD 4 R8 Open Set Weight $120,000 (of $10,000,000) Barrier 7, Winning Time: 01:27.980, SP: 71.00 In-running: Settled 3rd, 800m 4th, 400m 3rd Sectionals: 600m 00:35.690J Ford 57.5kg 3.06L8 (20)
Randwick 19-Oct-24 1300m SOFT 5 R8 G3 Open Set Weight With Penalties $96,000 (of $1,000,000) Barrier 2, Winning Time: 01:16.640, SP: 9.00 In-running: Settled 3rd, 800m 3rd, 400m 3rd Sectionals: 600m 00:34.060D Bates 56kg 0.74L3 (14)
Moonee Valley 27-Sep-24 1200m GOOD 4 R2 BM 84 Hcp $23,400 (of $130,000) Barrier 9, Winning Time: 01:09.670, SP: 2.50 In-running: Settled 4th, 800m 4th, 400m 3rd Sectionals: 600m 00:34.980B Shinn 57kg 0.75L2 (12)
Bendigo 13-Apr-24 1400m GOOD 3 R8 LR Open Set Weight With Penalties $120,000 (of $200,000) Barrier 2, Winning Time: 01:22.710, SP: 4.20 In-running: Settled 3rd, 800m 4th, 400m 4th Sectionals: 600m 00:35.240J Childs 58kg1 (16)
Cranbourne 29-Mar-24 1300m GOOD 4 R4 CL1 Hcp $22,000 (of $40,000) Barrier 1, Winning Time: 01:16.510, SP: 1.75 In-running: Settled 2nd, 800m 2nd, 400m 1st Sectionals: 600m 00:35.220D Bates 59.5kg1 (5)
Kyneton 07-Mar-24 1225m SOFT 5 R1 Mdn Set Weight $14,850 (of $27,000) Barrier 1, Winning Time: 01:11.740, SP: 6.00 In-running: Settled 3rd, 800m 3rd, 400m 4th Sectionals: 600m 00:35.540D Bates 58kg1 (9)
Sandown Hillside 30-Aug-23 1300m SOFT 6 R1 Mdn Set Weight $1,100 (of $55,000) Barrier 10, Winning Time: 01:18.820, SP: 10.00 In-running: Settled 10th, 800m 10th, 400m 10th Sectionals: 600m 00:34.190D Bates 57kg 8.15L9 (10)
Geelong 11-Aug-23 1230m GOOD 3 R1 Mdn Set Weight $2,160 (of $27,000) Barrier 3, Winning Time: 01:13.050, SP: 7.50 In-running: Settled 2nd, 800m 2nd, 400m 2nd Sectionals: 600m 00:34.160D Bates 58kg 2.05L3 (12)