Ballyculla (IRE)
Owner: No Dramas & Robert Aplin Trainer: W Greatrex Sex: gelding Age: 10
Breeding: Westerner / Someone Told Me (Saddlers' Hall)
Form Summary
GoingView detailed form hide detailed form![]() |
Starts | Wins | 2nds | 3rds |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Good | 2 | 1 | ||
| Good (Good to Firm in places) | 1 | |||
| Good (Good to Soft in places) | 2 | 1 | ||
| Good to Soft | 2 | 1 | ||
| Good to Soft (Good in places) | 3 | 1 | 1 | |
| Good to Soft (Soft in places) | 2 | 1 | ||
| Good to Yielding | 1 | |||
| Heavy | 1 | 1 | ||
| Heavy (Soft in places) | 2 | |||
| Heavy (Soft in the back straight) | 1 | |||
| Soft | 5 | 1 | ||
| Soft (Good to Soft in places) | 4 | 1 | 1 | |
| Soft (Heavy in places) | 2 | 1 | 1 | |
| Totals | 28 | 5 | 3 | 4 |
Race History
| Date | Course | Going | Distance | Class | Race Winner | Weight | Position | Jockey | SP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30 Mar 2017 | Warwick | Soft | 3m 2f | 3 | Doctor Look Here | 11st 9lbs | 8 of 15 | G Sheehan | 8/1 |
| chased leaders, led 7th, soon headed, weakened from next, tailed off | |||||||||
| 25 Feb 2017 | Chepstow | Soft | 2m 7f 131y | 2 | Gayebury | 10st 10lbs | 7 of 13 | Thomas Greatrex | 17/2 |
| in touch, mistake 7th, ridden before 3 out, no impression on leaders before next | |||||||||
| 04 Feb 2017 | Sandown | Heavy (Soft in the back straight) | 2m 7f 98y | 1 | Lord Of The Island | 10st 9lbs | 4 of 15 | Thomas Greatrex | 25/1 |
| chased leader until 7th, chased leaders, ridden and outpaced after 3 out, plugged on and went modest 4th run-in | |||||||||
| 12 Jan 2017 | Catterick | Good (Good to Soft in places) | 3m 5f 214y | 3 | Straidnahanna | 11st 10lbs | PulledUp of 15 | L P Aspell | 9/1 |
| towards rear, headway into mid-division 13th, struggling 19th, soon behind, pulled up before last | |||||||||
| 26 Dec 2016 | Wetherby | Good to Soft | 3m 45y | 1 | Definitly Red | 10st 9lbs | 5 of 10 | G Sheehan | 20/1 |
| not always fluent, held up, mistake 13th, modest 5th 15th, no impression, well beaten 4 out | |||||||||
| 16 Apr 2016 | Ayr | Good to Soft (Soft in places) | 3m 7f 176y | 1 | Vicente | 10st 7lbs | PulledUp of 30 | G Sheehan | 25/0 |
| tracked leader, led 7th, headed 9th, reminders 18th, lost place from next, pulled up before 21st | |||||||||
| 22 Mar 2016 | Wetherby | Good to Soft | 3m 45y | 3 | Ballyculla | 11st 5lbs | 1 of 3 | G Sheehan | 8/0 |
| tracked leader until before 5 out, soon ridden, went 2nd before 4 out, led before 2 out, ridden before last, kept on well | |||||||||
| 27 Feb 2016 | Newcastle | Soft (Good to Soft in places) | 4m 122y | 2 | Rocking Blues | 11st 4lbs | Fell of 17 | G Sheehan | 13/0 |
| blundered 1st, soon towards rear, some headway when fell 17th | |||||||||
| 11 Dec 2015 | Bangor | Heavy | 3m 30y | 3 | Ballyculla | 11st 12lbs | 1 of 5 | D F O'Regan | 7/0 |
| tracked leader, led 2nd, headed before 3 out, soon rallied, every chance next, led again before last, stayed on well | |||||||||
| 02 May 2015 | Punchestown | Good to Yielding | 3m 1f | 0 | Gallant Oscar | 10st 4lbs | 5 of 21 | G Sheehan | 14/1 |
| mid-division on outer, headway from 5 out, 3rd next, ridden in 2nd after 3 out, dropped to moderate 5th 2 out, no impression | |||||||||
| 10 Mar 2015 | Cheltenham | Good to Soft (Good in places) | 4m | 1 | Cause Of Causes | 11st 6lbs | 7 of 17 | Harry Bannister | 40/1 |
| held up, mid-division when mistake 13th, closed before 3 out (usual 4 out), ridden and one pace before last (usual 2 out), weakened flat | |||||||||
| 20 Feb 2015 | Exeter | Soft (Good to Soft in places) | 3m | 3 | Salmanazar | 11st 4lbs | 2 of 8 | D C Costello | 8/1 |
| led, hit 14th, driven and headed before last, finished tired but kept on for 2nd | |||||||||
| 27 Dec 2014 | Chepstow | Heavy (Soft in places) | 3m | 3 | Cogry | 11st 4lbs | 4 of 9 | G Sheehan | 6/1 |
| held up in rear, not fluent 1st, mistake and reminder 3rd, headway 10th, 3rd when mistake 5 out, not much room when mistake next, weakened before 2 out | |||||||||
| 06 Dec 2014 | Chepstow | Good to Soft (Good in places) | 3m | 3 | Minellahalfcentury | 11st 8lbs | 2 of 8 | G Sheehan | 7/2 |
| held up and behind, steady headway 13th, went 2nd before the last, no chance with easy winner | |||||||||
| 12 Nov 2014 | Exeter | Soft (Heavy in places) | 3m | 3 | Chase The Spud | 11st 8lbs | 3 of 7 | N D Fehily | 4/1 |
| held up in last pair, smooth headway on long run after 7th, 3rd before 4 out, blundered 4 out, driven and one pace before 2 out, kept on pressing for 2nd but no chance with winner | |||||||||
| 17 Apr 2014 | Cheltenham | Good | 3m | 2 | Kingsmere | 11st | 2 of 20 | G Sheehan | 20/1 |
| held up in rear, not fluent 2nd, headway on inside after 2 out, 4th when not fluent last, stayed on, went 2nd inside final 100 yards, no chance with winner | |||||||||
| 11 Jan 2014 | Warwick | Heavy (Soft in places) | 3m 1f | 2 | Uncle Jimmy | 10st 11lbs | 5 of 12 | G Sheehan | 10/1 |
| held up in rear, not fluent 3rd or 8th, some headway after 4 out, no impression from next | |||||||||
| 21 Dec 2013 | Haydock | Soft (Good to Soft in places) | 3m | 3 | Sausalito Sunrise | 11st 7lbs | 4 of 11 | G Sheehan | 11/2 |
| close up, led 2nd, headed 4 out, weakened 2 out | |||||||||
| 22 Nov 2013 | Ffos Las | Soft (Heavy in places) | 2m 6f | 3 | Ballyculla | 11st 11lbs | 1 of 6 | G Sheehan | 6/4 |
| tracked leaders on outside, mistake 6th, challenged 3 out, soon led narrowly, mistake 2nd, stayed on to draw clear final 150 yards | |||||||||
| 13 Nov 2013 | Exeter | Soft (Good to Soft in places) | 2m 7f 110y | 4 | Ballyculla | 11st 11lbs | 1 of 17 | G Sheehan | 12/1 |
| tracked leaders, challenged after 8th, led before 3 out where not fluent, mistake next, clear last, stayed on well | |||||||||
| 21 Oct 2013 | Plumpton | Soft | 3m 1f 110y | 3 | Cannon Fodder | 11st 9lbs | 3 of 11 | N D Fehily | 5/1 |
| held up towards rear, headway 4 out, challenged in 3rd on inside 3 out, kept on same pace before next | |||||||||
| 23 Apr 2013 | Ffos Las | Good to Soft (Good in places) | 3m | 5 | Ballyculla | 11st | 1 of 8 | Wayne Hutchinson | 3/1 |
| tracked leaders, led before 3 out, clear after last, driven out | |||||||||
| 13 Apr 2013 | Uttoxeter | Good (Good to Soft in places) | 2m 4f 110y | 5 | Tick Tocker | 11st | 3 of 12 | G Sheehan | 9/2 |
| took keen hold, always close up, every chance 3 out, soon ridden, not fluent 2 out, 3rd and stayed on same pace last, no extra final 100 yards | |||||||||
| 24 Feb 2013 | Towcester | Good to Soft (Soft in places) | 2m | 4 | Darkestbeforedawn | 11st 2lbs | 3 of 13 | Wayne Hutchinson | 4/1 |
| led, ridden and headed when not fluent 2 out, stayed on same pace flat | |||||||||
| 09 Feb 2013 | Newbury | Soft | 2m 110y | 3 | Chatterbox | 11st 2lbs | 4 of 12 | N D Fehily | 66/1 |
| pressed leader, hit 4 out, slight lead 3 out, headed 2 out, chased winner until just before last, weakened run-in | |||||||||
| 06 Dec 2011 | Fontwell | Soft | 2m 4f | 4 | Lets Get Serious | 10st 12lbs | 13 of 14 | S Thomas | 100/1 |
| led to 5th, chased leaders, lost place before 7th, soon behind, tailed off | |||||||||
| 16 Nov 2011 | Warwick | Good | 2m | 4 | Sole Survivor | 10st 12lbs | 14 of 17 | S Thomas | 100/1 |
| chased leaders until weakened rapidly after 4th, tailed off | |||||||||
| 30 Oct 2011 | Huntingdon | Good (Good to Firm in places) | 2m 110y | 5 | Greenlaw | 11st 2lbs | 8 of 16 | S Thomas | 10/1 |
| tracked leaders, outpaced over 3f out, weakened over 1f out | |||||||||


