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Always Shining is a 5 year old brown gelding. Always Shining is trained by Brent Butcher, at Sale and owned by B G Butcher, G C Butcher, Mrs H J Butcher & A N Woff.
Always Shining’s last race event was at 25/10/2026 and their next race is on 15/11/2026 at Moe.
Career form is wins, 1 seconds, 1 thirds from 15 starts with a lifetime career prize money of $22,365.
With a 0% Win Percentage and 13% Place Percentage. Always Shining's last race event was at Sale.
Exposed form for its last starts is 9-3-2-4-7.
Last Updated: 13/11/2026
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