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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 13/09/2026 and their next race is on 03/10/2026 at Hawera.
Career form is 2 wins, seconds, thirds from 5 starts with a lifetime career prize money of $22,075.
With a 40% Win Percentage and 40% Place Percentage. Empirical's last race event was at Te Rapa.
Exposed form for its last starts is 5-1-6-1-9.
Last Updated: 30/09/2026
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