Chance Encounter (IRE)
Owner: Over The Last Racing Trainer: Miss L Blackford Sex: gelding Age: 9
Breeding: Anshan / Glittering Grit (Sheer Grit)
Form Summary
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Starts | Wins | 2nds | 3rds |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Firm (Good to Firm in places) | 1 | 1 | ||
| Good | 2 | 1 | ||
| Good (Good to Firm in places back straight) | 1 | |||
| Good (Good to Firm in places) | 3 | 1 | 1 | |
| Good (Good to Soft in places) | 2 | 1 | 1 | |
| Good to Firm | 2 | 2 | ||
| Good to Soft | 3 | 1 | 1 | |
| Good to Soft (Soft in places) | 1 | |||
| Heavy | 1 | |||
| Heavy (Soft in places) | 1 | |||
| Soft (Good to Soft in places) | 1 | |||
| Totals | 18 | 2 | 5 | 3 |
Race History
| Date | Course | Going | Distance | Class | Race Winner | Weight | Position | Jockey | SP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 09 Apr 2015 | Taunton | Good (Good to Firm in places) | 2m 3f | 5 | Chance Encounter | 11st 12lbs | 1 of 6 | Nick Scholfield | 3/1 |
| raced keenly, tracked leader, led after 4th until 7th, led again 9th, clear from 2 out, stayed on well, finished lame | |||||||||
| 26 Dec 2014 | Wincanton | Good to Soft | 2m | 3 | Minella Definitely | 10st | 4 of 8 | T Scudamore | 9/1 |
| tracked leaders, lost place 4 out, kept on same pace, no impression in modest 4th from next | |||||||||
| 04 Dec 2014 | Wincanton | Good (Good to Soft in places) | 2m | 5 | Chance Encounter | 11st | 1 of 9 | Nick Scholfield | 10/1 |
| tracked leader after 1st, led 8th, in command from 3 out, well clear flat, easily | |||||||||
| 20 Nov 2014 | Wincanton | Good to Soft | 2m 4f 110y | 4 | Trickaway | 10st 4lbs | 3 of 6 | M G Nolan | 4/1 |
| tracked leaders, hampered 5th, outpaced when left 4th 4 out, ridden next, stayed on to take modest 3rd 2 out, no chance with front pair | |||||||||
| 29 Oct 2014 | Taunton | Firm (Good to Firm in places) | 2m 3f | 5 | Captain Knock | 11st 7lbs | 3 of 9 | M G Nolan | 3/1 |
| midfield, headway when jumped left 4 out, challenging when jumped left 2 out, kept on same pace after last | |||||||||
| 16 Jun 2014 | Newton Abbot | Good (Good to Firm in places) | 2m 110y | 5 | Respectueux | 11st 4lbs | 2 of 9 | Conor Smith | 12/1 |
| chased winner throughout, driven along after 4 out, never able to get on terms, mistake last | |||||||||
| 19 May 2014 | Towcester | Good | 2m 110y | 5 | Regal One | 11st 5lbs | PulledUp of 11 | Conor Smith | |
| 08 May 2014 | Wincanton | Good (Good to Soft in places) | 2m | 4 | Barrison | 10st 9lbs | 3 of 10 | Conor Smith | 14/1 |
| tended to jump left, led, headed before 3 out, lost 2nd 3 out, chased leading pair until 2 out, soon beaten, left in modest 3rd and hampered last | |||||||||
| 05 Apr 2014 | Chepstow | Good to Soft (Soft in places) | 2m 4f | 5 | On The Record | 11st 6lbs | 15 of 16 | Conor Smith | 6/1 |
| mid-division, headway to chase leaders 6th, went 2nd after 7th, weakened after 3 out, mistake next, tailed off | |||||||||
| 20 Mar 2014 | Chepstow | Good (Good to Firm in places) | 2m 110y | 5 | Take The Crown | 11st 7lbs | 4 of 18 | Conor Smith | 14/1 |
| chased leader, ridden before 2 out, kept on and no impression | |||||||||
| 10 Mar 2014 | Taunton | Soft (Good to Soft in places) | 2m 3f 110y | 5 | Area Access | 11st 7lbs | of 15 | Conor Smith | |
| 18 Jan 2014 | Taunton | Heavy | 2m 1f | 5 | Withy Mills | 11st 9lbs | 7 of 17 | Conor Smith | 8/1 |
| not fluent 1st, prominent after next, led 3rd, headed after 3 out, weakened flat | |||||||||
| 26 Dec 2013 | Wincanton | Heavy (Soft in places) | 2m | 5 | Exemplary | 11st 9lbs | Fell of 10 | Conor Smith | |
| 05 Dec 2013 | Wincanton | Good (Good to Firm in places back straight) | 2m | 5 | Stand To Reason | 11st | 6 of 18 | Ian Popham | 25/1 |
| took keen hold, chased leader, pushed along after 3 out, weakened before next | |||||||||
| 25 Mar 2012 | Wincanton | Good to Firm | 2m | 4 | Sonoran Sands | 11st | 2 of 8 | A Glassonbury | 13/2 |
| chased clear leaders, headway approaching 2 out, soon under pressure, left in moderate 2nd at last, never able to challenge | |||||||||
| 08 Mar 2012 | Wincanton | Good to Soft | 2m | 4 | Monte Cavallo | 11st 1lbs | 2 of 11 | A Glassonbury | 8/1 |
| took keen hold, chased leading pair, went 2nd 5th, ridden and no chance with winner from 3 out | |||||||||
| 09 Apr 2011 | Chepstow | Good | 2m 110y | 6 | Sin Bin | 11st 4lbs | 2 of 12 | A Glassonbury | 6/1 |
| led, driven along and stayed on final 2f, headed close home | |||||||||
| 11 Mar 2011 | Wincanton | Good to Firm | 2m | 6 | Shinko Moon | 11st 4lbs | 2 of 17 | Danny Cook | 40/1 |
| always prominent, ridden over 2f out, switched right inside final furlong, stayed on | |||||||||


