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Surely Special is a 9 year old bay or brown gelding. Surely Special is trained by C J Davis, at Seymour and owned by Mrs K J Davis & Mrs B J Arnott.
Surely Special’s last race event was at 24/10/2026 and their next race is on 17/11/2026 at Kyneton.
Career form is 7 wins, 6 seconds, 6 thirds from 59 starts with a lifetime career prize money of $163,577.
With a 12% Win Percentage and 32% Place Percentage. Surely Special's last race event was at Yarra Glen.
Exposed form for its last starts is 1-1-1-6-3.
Last Updated: 14/11/2026
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