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Designs Of Eight is a 6 year old brown or black mare. Designs Of Eight is trained by Maddie Raymond & Patrick Bell, at Warrnambool and owned by Mrs A J Reed, H S Reed & D E Hoffman.
Designs Of Eight’s last race event was at 29/10/2026 and it has not been nominated for any upcoming race.
Career form is 2 wins, 3 seconds, 1 thirds from 21 starts with a lifetime career prize money of $49,600.
With a 10% Win Percentage and 29% Place Percentage. Designs Of Eight's last race event was at Warrnambool.
Exposed form for its last starts is 4-8-3-4-2.
Last Updated: 29/10/2026
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