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Big Barry is a 3 year old brown gelding. Big Barry is trained by Kris Thomas, at Mackay and owned by Burgs Racing (Mgr: K A Thomas).
Big Barry’s last race event was at 24/04/2026 and it has not been nominated for any upcoming race.
Career form is wins, seconds, 1 thirds from 4 starts with a lifetime career prize money of $4,450.
With a 0% Win Percentage and 25% Place Percentage. Big Barry's last race event was at Rockhampton.
Exposed form for its last starts is 7-6-5-3 .
Last Updated: 24/04/2026
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