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Empirical is a 3 year old brown gelding. Empirical is trained by S Ramsay & J Ritchie, at Matamata and owned by Sir Peter Vela.
Empirical’s last race event was at 11/01/2026 and their next race is on 16/08/2026 at Taupo.
Career form is 1 wins, seconds, thirds from 3 starts with a lifetime career prize money of $11,555.
With a 33% Win Percentage and 33% Place Percentage. Empirical's last race event was at Ellerslie.
Exposed form for its last starts is 6-1-9 .
Last Updated: 14/08/2026
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