BETTER THAN GOLD Thoroughbred



Better Than Gold is a thoroughbred horse born in United States of America in 2021. Race horse Better Than Gold is by Nyquist (USA) out of Sweet Tess (USA) , trained by Gary Mandella. Better Than Gold form is available here. Owned by COLUMBINE STABLE LLC.


Pedigree :
Sire NYQUIST (USA) 2013
Dam SWEET TESS (USA) 2010
Dam Sire AFLEET ALEX (USA) 2002

About the horse :
Foal Date 16 Jan 2021
Description 4yo DK B/BR Horse
Trainer Gary Mandella
Owner Columbine Stable Llc
Career 1 Win (11%) - 2 Placings (33%) - 9 starts
Wins 1609m (1)
PM United States of America : USD $68,560



Starts:

9

Win Rate:

11%

Place Rate:

33%










Better Than Gold Past Races

5 of 10, 19 Jul 2025, R10 ALW OPT CLM 1760y | USD $ 81,000 | 56.0kg | J: MIKE E SMITH | T: G MANDELLA | | 1:35.71 | Winner: INDISPENSABLE
6 of 8, 15 Jun 2025, R10 ALW OPT CLM 1760y | USD $ 61,000 | 56.0kg | J: MIKE E SMITH | T: G MANDELLA | | 1:35.48 | Winner: PONY EXPRESS
6 of 7, 03 Feb 2024, R5 ROBERT B. LEWIS S. 1760y | USD $ 200,000 | 54.5kg | J: MIKE E SMITH | T: G MANDELLA | Last-Never in the hunt | 1:36.65 | Winner: NYSOS



Horse Stat

Jockey
Win
Win%
Place
Place%
Starts
PM
Profit
POT
MIKE E SMITH 1 17% 0 0% 6 $66,171 47 162
HECTOR ISAAC BERRIOS 0 0% 0 0% 1 $775 -10 0
ANTONIO FRESU 0 0% 2 100% 2 $37,358 -20 0

Course
Win
Win%
Place
Place%
Starts
PM
Profit
POT
DEL MAR 1 25% 2 50% 4 $95,039 67 242
SANTA ANITA 0 0% 0 0% 5 $9,265 -50 0