Polished Wood Racehorse Profile

Polished Wood is a 3-year-old Gelding, trained by Matthew Smerdon, based at Ballarat. With 3 career starts and 1 win, it has earned $18,275.

Age: 3
Sex: Gelding
Trainer: Matthew Smerdon
Trained at: Ballarat
Sire: Ole Kirk
Dam: Glamorize
Sire of dam: Sepoy (AUS)
Owner: Price Bloodstock Management Ltd (Mgr: Ms J G Chapman)
Career: 3:1-0-0
Prize money: $18,275
Last start: 30 June 2026
Recent form: 10x8

Polished Wood Form Guide

Polished Wood — last 6 starts
Date	Track	Dist	Class	Going	Bar	Wgt	Jockey	Result	Margin	Time	SP	Winner / 2nd
12 June 2026	Ballarat	1100m	RST62	H8	5	59kg	Will Gordon	8 of 10	8.8L	1:08.07	21	In And Out
16 Dec 2025	Terang	1200m	BM62	G3	2	58.5kg	Will Gordon	12 of 13	9.2L	1:10.36	6.5	He's Godspeed
25 Nov 2025	Ararat	1100m	Mdn	G4	8	58kg	Will Gordon	1 of 12	0.8L	1:03.80	5.5	Swoboda
20 Mar 2025	Caulfield Heath	1000m	Barrier Trial	G4	4	—	Daniel Stackhouse	7 of 9	4.6L	0:59.94	—	My Triumph
4 Mar 2025	Wangaratta	900m	Barrier Trial	G4	3	—	Cory Parish	1 of 5	0.5L	0:52.64	—	Postwar
17 Feb 2025	Benalla	1000m	Barrier Trial	G3	4	—	Blaike Mc Dougall	8 of 9	5L	1:00.82	—	Poet's Reign

Record by Condition

Starts, record (wins-seconds-thirds) and strike rate by condition
Condition	Starts	Record	Win %	Place %
Good	2	1-0-0	50%	50%
Heavy	1	0-0-0	0%	0%
First-up	2	1-0-0	50%	50%
Second-up	1	0-0-0	0%	0%

Record by Track

Performance at each track raced
Track	Runs	Wins	Places	Win %	Place %
Ararat	1	1	1	100%	100%
Terang	1	0	0	0%	0%
Ballarat	1	0	0	0%	0%
Echuca	1	0	0	0%	0%
Ballarat Synthetic	2	0	0	0%	0%
Bordertown	1	0	0	0%	0%

Record by Jockey

Performance with each jockey ridden
Jockey	Runs	Wins	Places	Win %	Place %
Will Gordon	4	1	1	25%	25%
John Allen	1	0	0	0%	0%
Harry Grace	1	0	0	0%	0%

Career Wins

Races won
Date	Race	Event	Dist	Jockey
25 Nov 2025	R1	Harvey Norman Ararat Mdn Plate	1100m	Will Gordon