Hard To Swallow (IRE)
Owner: Int-ex Contracting Limited Trainer: T H Weston Sex: gelding Age: 10
Breeding: Snurge / Nicat's Daughter (Oscar)
Form Summary
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Starts | Wins | 2nds | 3rds |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Good | 1 | 1 | ||
| Good (Good to Soft in places) | 3 | 1 | ||
| Good to Soft | 1 | |||
| Good to Soft (Good in places) | 1 | |||
| Good to Soft (Soft in places) | 2 | |||
| Heavy | 1 | 1 | ||
| Soft | 2 | 1 | ||
| Soft (Good to Soft in places) | 2 | |||
| Soft (Heavy in places) | 1 | |||
| Soft (Soft to Heavy in places) | 1 | |||
| Standard / Slow | 1 | 1 | ||
| Yielding to Soft (Soft in places) | 1 | |||
| Totals | 17 | 1 | 3 | 1 |
Race History
| Date | Course | Going | Distance | Class | Race Winner | Weight | Position | Jockey | SP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 27 Feb 2016 | Chepstow | Soft (Good to Soft in places) | 2m 7f 131y | 3 | Henri Parry Morgan | 10st 9lbs | PulledUp of 14 | James Davies | 50/0 |
| mid-division, took keen hold, hit 12th, soon weakened, well behind before 5 out, soon pulled up | |||||||||
| 19 Feb 2016 | Fakenham | Good to Soft (Soft in places) | 2m 7f 95y | 4 | Roycano | 11st 12lbs | 5 of 6 | Killian Moore | 16/0 |
| led, not fluent 5th and 6th, ridden and headed approaching 3 out, weakened before next | |||||||||
| 26 Jan 2015 | Ludlow | Soft (Good to Soft in places) | 3m | 3 | Tony Star | 10st 11lbs | PulledUp of 11 | Jake Greenall | |
| 12 Nov 2014 | Bangor | Soft | 3m 110y | 4 | Red Admirable | 11st 7lbs | Fell of 9 | R Johnson | |
| 22 Oct 2014 | Worcester | Good to Soft (Soft in places) | 2m 7f | 3 | Lookslikerainted | 10st 12lbs | 4 of 11 | Jake Greenall | 14/1 |
| held up towards rear, headway after 9th, ridden after 4 out, 4th and beaten last, one pace | |||||||||
| 26 Jan 2013 | Leopardstown | Soft (Soft to Heavy in places) | 2m 4f | 0 | Mala Beach | 11st 12lbs | 6 of 15 | T J Doyle | 8/1 |
| mid-division, 7th 3 out, no impression before next | |||||||||
| 13 Jan 2013 | Navan | Heavy | 2m 7f | 0 | Suntiep | 11st 12lbs | 2 of 13 | T J Doyle | 7/1 |
| prominent, led and disputed before halfway, ridden and challenged 3 out, disputed before last, no extra in 2nd closing stages | |||||||||
| 29 Dec 2012 | Leopardstown | Soft | 2m 4f | 0 | Sizing Gold | 11st 12lbs | 3 of 12 | T J Doyle | 7/1 |
| led, headed 3 out, ridden in 3rd and no extra 2 out, kept on one pace | |||||||||
| 21 Oct 2012 | Cork | Yielding to Soft (Soft in places) | 3m | 0 | Dushrembrandt | 11st 4lbs | 4 of 9 | T J Doyle | 11/10 |
| waited with, closed up to be prominent travelling well 4 out, niggled along before straight, challenged 3 out, no extra and kept on same pace from next | |||||||||
| 16 Mar 2012 | Cheltenham | Good (Good to Soft in places) | 3m | 1 | Brindisi Breeze | 11st 7lbs | 17 of 20 | Alain Cawley | 33/1 |
| mid-division, headway apoproaching 8th, weakened after 3 out, tailed off | |||||||||
| 10 Feb 2012 | Kempton | Standard / Slow | 2m | 6 | Tetlami | 11st | 2 of 15 | Alain Cawley | 5/1 |
| tracked leaders, ridden over 2f out, led well over 1f out, soon edged left, headed inside final furlong, not pace of winner | |||||||||
| 28 Jan 2012 | Cheltenham | Good to Soft | 2m 4f 110y | 1 | Batonnier | 11st 5lbs | 4 of 11 | Alain Cawley | 13/2 |
| mid-division, ridden to chase leaders after 2 out, kept on same pace under pressure approaching last, went 4th after last, no impression | |||||||||
| 01 Jan 2012 | Cheltenham | Good to Soft (Good in places) | 2m 4f 110y | 3 | Barbatos | 11st 2lbs | 4 of 15 | Alain Cawley | 8/1 |
| held up in rear, not fluent 3rd, mistake 5th, headway after 3 out, not fluent last, stayed on same pace | |||||||||
| 31 Dec 2011 | Newbury | Soft (Heavy in places) | 2m 5f | 1 | Fingal Bay | 11st 7lbs | of 6 | Alain Cawley | |
| 22 Oct 2011 | Chepstow | Good (Good to Soft in places) | 2m 4f | 1 | Fingal Bay | 11st | Fell of 12 | Harry Skelton | |
| 21 Sep 2011 | Perth | Good (Good to Soft in places) | 2m 4f 110y | 4 | Mart Lane | 11st | 2 of 6 | A P McCoy | 4/5 |
| tracked leader, led approaching 6th, mistake 3 out, soon ridden and headed, well held from next, mistake last | |||||||||
| 19 Mar 2011 | Ffos Las | Good | 2m | 5 | Hard To Swallow | 11st 3lbs | 1 of 13 | W Marston | 8/1 |
| mid-division, headway over 6f out, led over 3f out, soon hard driven, ran on well | |||||||||


