Hit The Headlines (IRE)
Owner: Mr N A Dunger Trainer: N Dunger Sex: gelding Age: 12
Breeding: Flemensfirth / Heather Breeze (Lord Americo)
Form Summary
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Starts | Wins | 2nds | 3rds |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Good | 5 | 1 | ||
| Good (Cross Country: Good, Good to Firm in places) | 1 | 1 | ||
| Good (Good to Firm in places) | 1 | |||
| Good (Good to Soft in places ) | 1 | 1 | ||
| Good (Watered) | 1 | |||
| Good (Yielding in places) | 2 | 2 | ||
| Good to Soft | 1 | 1 | ||
| Good to Soft (Good in places) | 1 | |||
| Good to Soft (Soft in places) | 2 | |||
| Good to Yielding (Yielding in places) | 1 | |||
| Heavy | 2 | 1 | ||
| Heavy (Soft in places) | 1 | |||
| Soft | 5 | 1 | 2 | |
| Soft (Good to Soft in places in the home straight) | 1 | |||
| Soft (Soft to Heavy in places) | 1 | |||
| Soft (Yielding to Soft in places) | 1 | |||
| Yielding | 1 | 1 | ||
| Totals | 28 | 2 | 5 | 4 |
Race History
| Date | Course | Going | Distance | Class | Race Winner | Weight | Position | Jockey | SP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30 Jan 2018 | Lingfield | Heavy | 2m 3f 110y | 5 | Stolberg | 11st 4lbs | PulledUp of 10 | L P Aspell | 33/1 |
| soon well behind, tailed off pulled up before 2 out | |||||||||
| 05 Dec 2017 | Lingfield | Soft (Good to Soft in places in the home straight) | 2m 3f 110y | 4 | The Game Is A Foot | 10st | of 10 | Rex Dingle | 0/0 |
| NonRunner | |||||||||
| 10 Jan 2017 | Lingfield | Heavy (Soft in places) | 2m 3f 110y | 5 | Up Four It | 11st 9lbs | of 13 | Mr H Hunt | 0/0 |
| NonRunner | |||||||||
| 12 Dec 2016 | Plumpton | Good to Soft (Good in places) | 2m 3f 164y | 5 | Miss Oscarose | 12st | 5 of 8 | William Clarke | 14/1 |
| held up in rear, hit 2nd, reminder after 5th, ridden 7th, behind 10th | |||||||||
| 24 May 2016 | Southwell | Good (Watered) | 2m 4f 62y | 4 | Ever So Much | 11st 12lbs | 5 of 7 | Tom Cannon | 5/1 |
| chased leader until 4th, 2nd again 7th, mistake 9th, lost place 11th, well beaten 4 out | |||||||||
| 17 May 2016 | Huntingdon | Good (Good to Firm in places) | 2m 3f 189y | 4 | Kassis | 11st 10lbs | of 8 | Tom Cannon | 0/0 |
| NonRunner | |||||||||
| 09 Apr 2016 | Chepstow | Soft | 2m 3f 98y | 4 | Long Lunch | 11st 5lbs | 2 of 7 | Tom Cannon | 9/0 |
| held up in touch, under pressure 6 out, left in 2nd 4 out, effort 2 out, weakened after last | |||||||||
| 11 Mar 2016 | Leicester | Heavy | 1m 7f 201y | 4 | Swizzler | 11st 2lbs | 2 of 4 | Tom Cannon | 5/0 |
| pressed leader, not fluent 5th, 3rd and ridden approaching 2 out, went 2nd again last, no impression on winner, stayed on same pace | |||||||||
| 14 Mar 2014 | Fakenham | Good | 3m 110y | 3 | Baile Anrai | 11st 12lbs | 4 of 6 | Killian Moore | 14/1 |
| tracked winner until blundered 14th, soon lost touch | |||||||||
| 08 Mar 2014 | Sandown | Good to Soft (Soft in places) | 2m 4f 110y | 3 | Midnight Sail | 11st 12lbs | 8 of 10 | Harry Skelton | 20/1 |
| always off the pace towards rear, tailed off and eased after 4 out | |||||||||
| 19 Jan 2014 | Fairyhouse | Soft | 2m 5f 100y | 0 | Grand Jesture | 11st 12lbs | 2 of 7 | W Renwick | 7/4 |
| tracked leaders, 3rd 4 out, pushed along and improved into 2nd after 3 out, ridden after 2 out, no impression on winner from last | |||||||||
| 26 Dec 2013 | Down Royal | Soft (Yielding to Soft in places) | 2m 4f | 0 | Leish Oscar | 11st 12lbs | Fell of 11 | R P McNally | |
| 13 Dec 2013 | Cheltenham | Good (Cross Country: Good, Good to Firm in places) | 2m 5f | 3 | King Massini | 11st 6lbs | 2 of 17 | Keith Donoghue | 9/2 |
| held up in mid-division, headway from 13th, hampered 4 out, went 2nd last, led flat, idled, headed post | |||||||||
| 24 Nov 2013 | Navan | Good to Yielding (Yielding in places) | 2m 1f | 0 | Ballycasey | 11st 12lbs | 4 of 13 | W Renwick | 8/1 |
| tracked leaders in moderate 4th, ridden 3 out, kept on one paced in moderate 4th from 2 out | |||||||||
| 10 Nov 2013 | Navan | Yielding | 2m | 0 | The Shepherd King | 11st 12lbs | 2 of 11 | W Renwick | 12/1 |
| chased leaders in 6th, pushed along and no impression after 2 out, left moderate 2nd after last, kept on same pace | |||||||||
| 10 Oct 2013 | Tramore | Good | 2m | 0 | Passage Vendome | 11st 12lbs | 3 of 7 | W Renwick | 3/1 |
| settled behind leaders, 4th halfway, ridden in 3rd after 3 out, no impression 2 out, kept on one pace | |||||||||
| 04 May 2013 | Limerick | Good (Yielding in places) | 2m 1f | 0 | Burn And Turn | 11st 12lbs | 3 of 17 | Ruby Walsh | 9/2 |
| chased leaders, 3rd halfway, 2nd 3 out, challenged before straight, led before 2 out, headed 2 out and ridden, no extra in 2nd last, lost 2nd run-in | |||||||||
| 04 Apr 2013 | Thurles | Good (Yielding in places) | 2m 5f | 0 | Forty Foot Tom | 11st 12lbs | 3 of 12 | D N Russell | 2/1 |
| chased leaders, 4th halfway, headway into 2nd before 4 out, ridden 3 out, no extra in 4th approaching 2 out, left 3rd, kept on one pace | |||||||||
| 10 Mar 2013 | Naas | Soft | 2m 3f | 0 | Dressedtothenines | 10st 11lbs | 13 of 21 | B J Geraghty | 15/2 |
| mid-division on outer, 8th 3 out, soon ridden, no impression straight | |||||||||
| 26 Jan 2013 | Leopardstown | Soft (Soft to Heavy in places) | 2m | 0 | Abbey Lane | 10st 4lbs | 13 of 30 | Miss J M Mangan | 12/1 |
| prominent, ridden in 7th 2 out, weakened | |||||||||
| 28 Dec 2012 | Leopardstown | Soft | 2m | 0 | Supreme Carolina | 11st 2lbs | 4 of 16 | B J Geraghty | 7/1 |
| mid-division, 8th 3 out, headway into 3rd 2 out, ridden approaching last, no impression and kept on one pace run-in | |||||||||
| 01 Mar 2012 | Ludlow | Good | 2m 5f | 3 | Themilanhorse | 11st 10lbs | 4 of 7 | B J Geraghty | 13/8 |
| tracked leaders, mistake 6th, ridden before 3 out, weakened 2 out | |||||||||
| 14 Jan 2012 | Kempton | Good (Good to Soft in places ) | 2m 5f | 3 | The Druids Nephew | 11st 8lbs | 3 of 10 | B J Geraghty | 5/2 |
| tracked leaders, led before 5th, headed 3 out, outpaced when switched left approaching next, no extra when left 3rd last, no chance with leading pair flat | |||||||||
| 08 Dec 2011 | Huntingdon | Good to Soft | 2m 4f 110y | 4 | Hit The Headlines | 10st 12lbs | 1 of 16 | B J Geraghty | 5/4 |
| tracked leaders, led before 2 out, ridden approaching last, kept on under pressure flat | |||||||||
| 05 Mar 2011 | Newbury | Good to Soft (Soft in places) | 2m 110y | 5 | Medinas | 11st 9lbs | 6 of 8 | B J Geraghty | 11/8 |
| chased leaders, went 2nd halfway until ridden over 3f out, weakened 2f out | |||||||||
| 14 Jan 2011 | Huntingdon | Soft | 2m 110y | 6 | Hit The Headlines | 11st | 1 of 13 | B J Geraghty | 11/10 |
| mid-division, headway 7f out, led over 2f out, clear over 1f out, easily | |||||||||


