Better Draw (NZ) 2021

Profile

5g Savabeel (AUS) x Red Delicious (No Excuse Needed (GB))
Foaled Oct 11, 2021
Career: 17 starts, 1 - 2 - 0 $34,700
Trainer: Sharlee Hoffman, Tolga
Ownership: S C A Hoffman, L W Buckley & RJL Livestock Pty Ltd (Mgr: R J Lockhart)
Better Draw is a 5 year old gelding by Savabeel out of the No Excuse Needed mare, Red Delicious.
Last start was 10th at Atherton on Sep 19, 2026 in the Savannah Camper Trailers (Bm50) over 1400 metres.

Sale Details

Lot 459 2023 NZB Karaka Book 1
Vendor: Landsdowne Park Ltd Buyer: Vandyke Bloodstock $220,000
Lot 207 2025 Inglis July (Late) Online Sale
Vendor: Vandyke Racing as agent for Owners Buyer: Robert Jones $600
Lot 40 2026 Inglis May (Late) Online Sale
Vendor: David Vandyke Racing Buyer: R J L Livestock Pty Ltd $5,500
Savabeel (AUS)
Red Delicious (NZ)
Zabeel (NZ)
Savannah Success (AUS)
No Excuse Needed (GB)
Aroon (NZ)
Sir Tristram (IRE)
Lady Giselle (FR)
Success Express (USA)
Alma Mater (AUS)
Machiavellian (USA)
Nawaiet (USA)
Volksraad (GB)
O'Really (NZ)
Sir Ivor (USA)
Nureyev (USA)
Hold Your Peace (USA)
Semipalatinsk (USA)
Mr. Prospector (USA)
Zilzal (USA)
Green Desert (USA)
Centaine (AUS)

Race Record

5yo
19Sep26
10th
Atherton
Good(4) Ms L Morrison (63) 9/2 - 1st: It's Been A Trek (7.7L)
5yo
22Aug26
8th
Cairns
Soft(6) Ms L Morrison (60) 15/1 - 1st: Avenue Montaigne (9.6L)
5yo
15Aug26
4th
Innisfail
Good(4) Ms L Morrison (61.5) 2/1 - 1st: Superstitions (3.9L)
5yo
1Aug26
14th
Townsville
Good(4) Mitch Goring (57.5) 40/1 - 1st: She's Speedy (5.7L)
4yo
10May26
6th
Sunshine Coast
Soft(5) Ben Thompson (58) 16/1 - 1st: Bodhran (3L)
4yo
19Apr26
10th
Sunshine Coast
Good(4) Rob Thorburn (58) 20/1 - 1st: Forty Times (9.2L)
4yo
4Apr26
2nd
Gold Coast
Good(4) Rob Thorburn (55) 50/1 - 1st: Stranglehold (2.3L)
4yo
20Mar26
7th
Ipswich
Good(4) Ben Thompson (59) 8/1 - 1st: He'sgotthesay (4.3L)
4yo
19Feb26
2nd
Deagon
Soft(6) Ben Thompson () - 1st: Arizona Dreaming (0.5L)
4yo
3Feb26
7th
Sunshine Coast Inner
Good(4) P Hamblin () - 1st: Sailor's Rum (5.4L)
3yo
17Jul25
7th
Ipswich
Soft(5) Leslie Tilley (59.5) 15/1 - 1st: Demarcay (7.7L)
3yo
5Jul25
8th
Gold Coast
Soft(5) Rob Thorburn (57.5) 9/2 - 1st: Planned Encounter (12.7L)
3yo
14Jun25
1st
Gold Coast
Good(4) R Wiggins (58) 13/8 - 2nd: O'caldino (0.1L)
3yo
30May25
6th
Sunshine Coast
Heavy(10) Cody Collis (58) 12/1 - 1st: Pee Bee Noir (3.4L)
3yo
10May25
2nd
Ipswich
Soft(5) Luke Tarrant (57) 7/2 - 1st: Intruder (3.4L)
3yo
29Apr25
2nd
Sunshine Coast Inner
Heavy(9) Cody Collis () - 1st: Lucifer's Way (0.1L)
3yo
16Oct24
6th
Doomben
Soft(6) Angela Jones (56) 6/1 - 1st: Savannah Gangster (11.7L)
3yo
2Oct24
5th
Eagle Farm
Good(4) Ryan Maloney (58) 13/4 - 1st: Misting (3.4L)
3yo
20Sep24
8th
Eagle Farm
Good(4) James Orman (58) 4/1 - 1st: Rapid Cheval (6.5L)
3yo
1Sep24
5th
Sunshine Coast
Good(4) James Orman (60) 16/1 - 1st: Heart And Spirit (3.5L)
3yo
6Aug24
3rd
Deagon
Good(4) Ryan Maloney () - 1st: Rapid Cheval (2.5L)
2yo
23Jul24
6th
Sunshine Coast Inner
Soft(6) Cody Collis () - 1st: Make It So (10.2L)
2yo
25Jun24
5th
Sunshine Coast Inner
Soft(6) P Hamblin () - 1st: Defiant Boom (16.1L)