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Fifth Essence is a 4 year old chestnut gelding. Fifth Essence is trained by Brett Pope, at Coolup and owned by B E Pope & R M B Brown.
Fifth Essence’s last race event was at 08/08/2026 and their next race is on 05/09/2026 at Belmont Park.
Career form is 4 wins, 3 seconds, 1 thirds from 19 starts with a lifetime career prize money of $204,550.
With a 21% Win Percentage and 42% Place Percentage. Fifth Essence's last race event was at Belmont Park.
Exposed form for its last starts is 7-6-6-2-3.
Last Updated: 02/09/2026
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