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Sportsman is a 8 year old bay gelding. Sportsman is trained by J A Sylvester, at Cessnock and owned by G Massoud.
Sportsman’s last race event was at 03/07/2023 and it has not been nominated for any upcoming race.
Career form is 4 wins, 1 seconds, 4 thirds from 41 starts with a lifetime career prize money of $67,110.
With a 10% Win Percentage and 22% Place Percentage. Sportsman's last race event was at Nyngan.
Exposed form for its last starts is 3-9-3-8-9.
Last Updated: 01/07/2023
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