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Back Up Plan is a 4 year old bay gelding. Back Up Plan is trained by Darrell Burnet, at Wagga Wagga and owned by D J Corcoran & Mrs S M Corcoran.
Back Up Plan’s last race event was at 13/06/2026 and their next race is on 13/11/2026 at Gundagai.
Career form is 1 wins, 1 seconds, thirds from 2 starts with a lifetime career prize money of $23,475.
With a 50% Win Percentage and 100% Place Percentage. Back Up Plan's last race event was at Narrandera.
Exposed form for its last starts is 2-1 .
Last Updated: 12/11/2026
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