Ascot (WA)
1
R1
Placid Ark Stakes GrLR
1200m | 3:00am
RAIL POSITION
RACE CONDITIONS
Open Set Weight
Apprentices Cannot Claim
RESTRICTIONS
3yo
No sex restrictions
PRIZE MONEY
$500,000
 
 
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R1
6 - Fiery Spark (4)
  • 6 Fiery Spark (4)
  • J: S Mc Gruddy 57.0kg
  • T: S J Wolfe
  • 1-x-4-2-7-6
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RACE COMMENT
Beaten but not disgraced when 9-3/4 len 7th of 9 (7) $16.00 58.0 Playin'it Sweet 1000m Belmont Park 3yo Plate Soft(5) Sep 20. Difficult to load when 2-3/4 len 6th of 10 (9) $21.00 58.0 Rubens' Ceiling 1400m Ascot 3yo (Open) Swp Good(4) Oct 18. Freshened. On pace, not beaten far this venue. Drops to shorter trip. Form points elsewhere.
TODAY'S STATISTICS
2-1-0-0
GOOD
1-0-0-0
TRACK
1-1-0-0
DISTANCE
0-0-0-0
TRK / DIST
4-1-1-0
JKY RIDING
CAREER STATISTICS
20%
WIN S/RATE
40%
PLACE S/RATE
5-1-1-0
CAREER
$90,020
PRIZE MONEY
1200
WIN RANGE
28
DAYS LAST RACE
Career Statistics
Stats Win % Place % Rank
Total 5-1-1-0 20% 40% 13
Distance 1-1-0-0 100% 100% 1
Track 1-0-0-0 0% 0% N/A
Track / Dist 0-0-0-0 0% 0% N/A
Day 0-0-0-0 0% 0% N/A
Night 0-0-0-0 0% 0% N/A
1st up 2-1-0-0 50% 50% 7
2nd up 1-0-1-0 0% 100% 10
3rd up 1-0-0-0 0% 0% N/A
4th up 1-0-0-0 0% 0% N/A
Group 1 0-0-0-0 0% 0% N/A
Group 2 0-0-0-0 0% 0% N/A
Group 3 0-0-0-0 0% 0% N/A
Listed 0-0-0-0 0% 0% N/A
WFA 0-0-0-0 0% 0% N/A
Jumps 0-0-0-0 0% 0% N/A
Win distances: 1200m (1)
Track Conditions
Stats Win % Place % Rank
Firm 0-0-0-0 0% 0% N/A
Good 2-1-0-0 50% 50% 2
Soft 3-0-1-0 0% 33% 8
Heavy 0-0-0-0 0% 0% N/A
Synthetic 0-0-0-0 0% 0% N/A
All wet 3-0-1-0 0% 33% 9
Stable Stats
Stats Win % Place % Rank
Jockey 12mth 329-32-28-27 10% 26% 8
S Mc Gruddy
Trainer 12mth 371-41-42-34 11% 32% 11
S J Wolfe
Trained at: Albany
Owners: S J Wolfe, G T Evans, G D Hann, G J Green, N W Carter, K L Patten, Mrs P J Patten, S J Quinlivan, G R Daws, M Vanstone, G M Screaigh & E D Stewart
Colours: Light Blue, Red Maltese Cross
Age/Sex: 3 year old bay gelding
Breeding: Ole Kirk - More Spark
RECENT FORM
RESULT DAY RACE DETAILS RESULT
6 of 10 28
Ascot (Good) 18/10/2025, Race 3, 1400m, 3yo (Open) Swp
Finished 6/10 2.9L, $1440, Jockey S Mc Gruddy, Barrier 9, Weight 58kg
$21.00, In-running Settled 2, 800m 2nd, 400m 2nd, Sectional 600m 0:34.91s
1st Rubens' Ceiling
2nd Saam Time Lucky 56kg 0.2L
3rd Holler Nuff 56kg 1.2L
7 of 9 63
Belmont Park (Soft) 20/09/2025, Race 1, 1000m, 3yo Plate
Finished 7/9 9.8L, $1440, Jockey S Mc Gruddy, Barrier 7, Weight 58kg
$16.00, In-running Settled 6, 800m 6th, 400m 7th, Sectional 600m 0:34.41s
1st Playin'It Sweet
2nd Snitzalatte 56kg 0.4L
3rd Ourgirlcanrun 54kg 1.2L
2 of 11 14
Bunbury (Soft) 19/07/2025, Race 1, 1000m, 2yo Plate
Finished 2/11 0.1L, $14880, Jockey S Mc Gruddy, Barrier 6, Weight 58kg
$6.00, In-running Settled 7, 800m 7th, 400m 8th, Sectional 600m 0:35.63s
1st Paint It Red
2nd Fiery Spark 58kg 0.1L
3rd Ourgirlcanrun 54kg 0.6L
4 of 9 119
Pinjarra (Soft) 05/07/2025, Race 1, 1300m, 2yo Plate
Finished 4/9 4.4L, $3120, Jockey Natasha Faithfull, Barrier 7, Weight 58kg
$10.00, In-running Settled 2, 800m 3rd, 400m 4th,
1st King Of Light
2nd Aberdeen Flyer 56kg 0.5L
3rd Bannered 56kg 3.5L
TRIAL 107
Belmont Park (Soft) 23/06/2025, Race 4, 1000m, Barrier Trl
Finished 1/10 0.8L, Jockey S Mc Gruddy, Barrier 10, Weight 0kg
N/A
1st Fiery Spark
2nd Zourun Run 0kg 0.8L
3rd Binky's War 0kg 1.1L
1 of 10 N/A
Bunbury (Good) 08/03/2025, Race 5, 1200m, 2yo (Open) Swp
Finished 1/10 0.2L, $43840, Jockey S Mc Gruddy, Barrier 8, Weight 56kg
$26.00, In-running Settled 8, 800m 8th, 400m 7th, Sectional 600m 0:36.10s
1st Fiery Spark
2nd Hard Solo 54kg 0.2L
3rd Loves Talking 56kg 0.6L
TRIAL N/A
Belmont Park (Good) 17/02/2025, Race 5, 1000m, Barrier Trl
Finished 3/8 2.7L, Jockey S Mc Gruddy, Barrier 9, Weight 0kg
N/A
1st Cawarra
2nd Ripper Rupert 0kg 2.5L
3rd Fiery Spark 0kg 2.7L
TRIAL N/A
Albany (Good) 31/01/2025, Race 1, 1000m, Barrier Trl
Finished 3/6 8.0L, Jockey Rosie Mahony, Barrier 2, Weight 0kg
N/A
1st American Que Tee
2nd Ricordari 0kg 1L
3rd Fiery Spark 0kg 8.0L