BETTER BE GOUDA Harness



Better Be Gouda is a standardbred horse born in Canada in 2016. Better Be Gouda is by Betterthancheddar (USA) out of My Ideal , trained by Blake Macintosh. Better Be Gouda form is available here. Owned by LEANNE M MURPHY.


Pedigree :
Sire BETTERTHANCHEDDAR (USA) 2008
Dam MY IDEAL 0
Dam Sire WESTERN IDEAL (USA) 1995

About the horse :
Foal Date 22 May 2016
Description 9yo B Gelding
Trainer Blake Macintosh
Owner Leanne M Murphy
Career 19 Wins (16%) - 40 Placings (51%) - 116 starts
Wins 1609m (19)
PM Canada : CAD $97,471
United States of America : USD $58,242



Starts:

116

Win Rate:

16%

Place Rate:

51%










Better Be Gouda Past Races

3 of 8, 28 Apr 2026, R5 RACE 5 1m | USD $ 9,000 | -kg | J: R CUSHING | T: B MACINTOSH | | Fr2 | 1:55.30 | Winner: RUSTY BEACH
1 of 8, 21 Apr 2026, R8 RACE 8 1m | USD $ 7,300 | -kg | J: G MERTON | T: B MACINTOSH | | Fr4 | 1:55.10 | 2nd: WE BE JAMMIN
3 of 7, 03 Mar 2026, R8 RACE 8 1m | USD $ 7,900 | -kg | J: M MERTON | T: B MACINTOSH | | Fr6 | 1:57.30 | Winner: HURRIKANE JONNYBOY



Horse Stat

Jockey
Win
Win%
Place
Place%
Starts
PM
Profit
POT
GREGORY MERTON 5 62% 2 25% 8 $33,673 27 71
SA FILLION 3 20% 5 33% 15 $22,016 -51 46
TRA HENRY 2 10% 8 38% 21 $29,496 -161 14
J HARRIS 2 40% 2 40% 5 $11,457 36 131
A SORRIE 2 33% 3 50% 6 $15,092 96 227
COLIN KELLY 2 25% 3 38% 8 $26,389 -40 26
MICHAEL MERTON 2 18% 3 27% 11 $16,243 -64 24
D THIESSEN 1 25% 0 0% 4 $6,424 2 81
J JAMIESON 0 0% 0 0% 2 $1,355 -20 0
JA MACDONALD 0 0% 3 100% 3 $7,450 -30 0
BR RICHARDSON 0 0% 1 100% 1 $1,359 -10 0
T CULLEN 0 0% 1 33% 3 $5,464 -30 0
P MACKENZIE 0 0% 0 0% 4 $883 -40 0
TREV HENRY 0 0% 3 75% 4 $5,724 -40 0
L ROY 0 0% 0 0% 2 $841 -20 0
T RATCHFORD 0 0% 0 0% 1 $0 -10 0
A HAUGHAN 0 0% 1 100% 1 $1,379 -10 0
T BORTH 0 0% 0 0% 1 $0 -10 0
BRETT BECKWITH 0 0% 0 0% 1 $634 -10 0
BRUCE ALDRICH (JNR) 0 0% 1 50% 2 $1,730 -20 0
FERN PAQUET (JNR) 0 0% 1 50% 2 $2,353 -20 0
LEON BAILEY 0 0% 0 0% 1 $0 -10 0
ADAM MOEYKENS 0 0% 0 0% 1 $711 -10 0
JIM TAGGART (JNR) 0 0% 2 40% 5 $4,642 -50 0
RON CUSHING 0 0% 1 33% 3 $2,145 -30 0
THOMAS MERTON 0 0% 0 0% 1 $546 -10 0

Course
Win
Win%
Place
Place%
Starts
PM
Profit
POT
MONTICELLO RACEWAY 9 22% 13 32% 41 $88,432 -216 25
FLAMBORO DOWNS 7 19% 15 41% 37 $62,590 -58 65
WESTERN FAIR RACEWAY 2 33% 1 17% 6 $14,638 -11 48
GEORGIAN DOWNS 1 20% 1 20% 5 $6,064 22 123
MOHAWK PARK 0 0% 7 44% 16 $20,834 -160 0
GRAND RIVER RACEWAY 0 0% 1 25% 4 $1,790 -40 0
CLINTON RACEWAY 0 0% 1 50% 2 $1,224 -20 0
HANOVER RACEWAY 0 0% 1 100% 1 $1,359 -10 0
KAWARTHA DOWNS 0 0% 0 0% 2 $441 -20 0
SARATOGA 0 0% 0 0% 2 $634 -20 0