BALKANS Thoroughbred



Balkans is a thoroughbred horse born in Australia in 2020. Race horse Balkans is by Lonhro (AUS) out of Ottoman (AUS) , trained by Richard Litt. Balkans form is available here. Owned by R Litt, T McDermott, M R Belcher, M N Bayly, S Rock, J Jacobson, D Hardy, J Pereira, L B Kunde, Mrs D E Patterson, D J Patterson, Dr J Brazel & W T Brazel.


Pedigree :
Sire LONHRO (AUS) 1998
Dam OTTOMAN (AUS) 2012
Dam Sire EXCEED AND EXCEL (AUS) 2000

About the horse :
Foal Date 12 Nov 2020
Description 5yo B Gelding
Trainer Richard Litt
Owner R Litt, T Mcdermott, M R Belcher, M N Bayly, S Rock, J Jacobson, D Hardy, J Pereira, L B Kunde, Mrs D E Patterson, D J Patterson, Dr J Brazel & W T Brazel
Career 5 Wins (24%) - 5 Placings (48%) - 21 starts
Wins 1100m (2), 1200m (2), 1250m (1)

Sale Information :
offline

2026 January Online Sale (350)  

James Jacobson 

Psd. AUD $

Res. AUD $ 6,000

offline

2026 January Online Sale (351)  

James Jacobson 

Psd. AUD $

Res. AUD $ 9,000

offline

2024 AUGUST (Late) Online Sale (71)  

Eternity Racing 

Litt Racing

AUD $ 30,000

offline

2024 MAY (Early) Online Sale (1)  

Godolphin 

Eternity Racing

AUD $ 17,000



Starts:

21

Win Rate:

24%

Place Rate:

48%










Balkans Past Races

10 of 11, 25 Apr 2026, R4 AUSTRALIAN FLYING CORPS HANDICAP 1200m | AUD $160,000 | 58.5kg | J: TOM SHERRY | T: RICHARD LITT | Back. Never a winning hope. | 1:09.67 | Winner: MIDNIGHT DYNAMITE
1 of 9, 28 Nov 2025, R7 KIA EVENING STAR 1250m | AUD $80,000 | 57.5kg | J: TOM SHERRY | T: RICHARD LITT | Back. Finished over the top. | 1:12.87 | 2nd: ISTOLEA MERC
1 of 8, 28 Feb 2025, R6 KIA CANTERBURY NIGHT SPRINT SERIES FINAL 1100m | AUD $80,000 | 57.5kg | J: TOM SHERRY | T: RICHARD LITT | Last-Finished on top | 1:03.33 | 2nd: WORLD ALLIANCE



Horse Stat

Jockey
Win
Win%
Place
Place%
Starts
PM
Profit
POT
TOM SHERRY 3 33% 3 33% 9 $137,000 111 190
ZAC LLOYD 2 29% 1 14% 7 $78,475 -17 47
SAM CLIPPERTON 0 0% 0 0% 1 $2,250 -10 0
ADAM HYERONIMUS 0 0% 0 0% 1 $3,500 -10 0
NASH RAWILLER 0 0% 1 50% 2 $10,350 -20 0
JAMES MCDONALD 0 0% 0 0% 1 $1,625 -10 0

Course
Win
Win%
Place
Place%
Starts
PM
Profit
POT
CANTERBURY 3 38% 3 38% 8 $131,850 121 214
WARWICK FARM 1 50% 1 50% 2 $33,900 6 80
WYONG 1 50% 0 0% 2 $30,025 7 85
ROSEHILL 0 0% 1 25% 4 $18,100 -40 0
RANDWICK 0 0% 0 0% 3 $14,100 -30 0
RANDWICK KENSINGTON 0 0% 0 0% 2 $5,225 -20 0