Tennis Cap (FR)
Owner: Mrs Violet O'Leary Trainer: W P Mullins Sex: gelding Age: 10
Breeding: Snow Cap / Jijie (Africanus)
Form Summary
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Starts | Wins | 2nds | 3rds |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Good | 2 | 1 | ||
| Good (Good to Yielding in places) | 1 | 1 | ||
| Good to Soft (Good in places) | 1 | 1 | ||
| Good to Yielding | 1 | |||
| Good to Yielding (Yielding in places) | 1 | |||
| Heavy | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Soft | 2 | 1 | ||
| Soft (Chase; Soft to Heavy, Heavy in places) | 1 | 1 | ||
| Soft (Heavy in places) | 1 | |||
| Soft (Soft to heavy in places) | 1 | 1 | ||
| Soft (Yielding in places) | 1 | 1 | ||
| Soft (Yielding to Soft in places) | 1 | |||
| Soft to Heavy | 3 | 1 | 2 | |
| Soft to Heavy (Heavy in places) | 1 | 1 | ||
| Yielding | 1 | |||
| Yielding to Soft | 2 | |||
| Yielding to Soft (Soft in places) | 1 | 1 | ||
| Totals | 25 | 6 | 4 | 5 |
Race History
| Date | Course | Going | Distance | Class | Race Winner | Weight | Position | Jockey | SP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 22 Jan 2017 | Leopardstown | Good | 2m 5f | 0 | A Toi Phil | 10st 13lbs | PulledUp of 19 | Paul Townend | 33/1 |
| tracked leaders, 4th early, still prominent when pulled up quickly 4 out | |||||||||
| 27 Dec 2016 | Leopardstown | Yielding to Soft | 3m 100y | 0 | Noble Endeavor | 11st 5lbs | 13 of 31 | N M Kelly | 50/1 |
| soon prominent, 2nd when slight mistake 11th, bumped 4 out, lost place 2 out and no extra | |||||||||
| 26 Nov 2016 | Gowran Park | Yielding to Soft | 2m 4f | 0 | Zabana | 11st 10lbs | 4 of 5 | Ruby Walsh | 12/1 |
| soon behind in rear, no impression 10th, never a factor | |||||||||
| 21 Apr 2016 | Perth | Good | 2m 4f 20y | 2 | Witness In Court | 11st 7lbs | 2 of 10 | Paul Townend | 7/0 |
| midfield, headway to chase leaders 4 out, went 2nd after next, no extra towards finish | |||||||||
| 14 Mar 2016 | Cork | Soft to Heavy | 2m 4f | 0 | Tennis Cap | 11st 2lbs | 1 of 5 | M P Fogarty | 1/0 |
| made all, ridden and strongly pressed before 3 out, asserted before 2 out, kept on well | |||||||||
| 25 Feb 2016 | Thurles | Soft (Soft to heavy in places) | 2m 2f | 0 | Lord Scoundrel | 11st | 2 of 4 | Ruby Walsh | 1/0 |
| tracked leaders, 3rd halfway, ridden to challenge approaching last, no impression on winner run-in | |||||||||
| 28 Jan 2016 | Thurles | Heavy | 2m 2f | 1 | Smashing | 11st 3lbs | 2 of 4 | Paul Townend | 20/0 |
| chased leaders early, held up behind leaders from 7th, 4th halfway, left 3rd 3 out, ridden into 2nd 2 out, no impression on winner before last, kept on same pace | |||||||||
| 10 Jan 2016 | Fairyhouse | Heavy | 2m 1f | 0 | Nearly Nama'd | 10st 11lbs | 4 of 11 | D E Mullins | 7/0 |
| held up in touch, not fluent and slightly impeded 2nd, last and pushed along briefly 7th, not fluent next, 6th approaching straight, no impression and one pace 2 out | |||||||||
| 21 Nov 2015 | Gowran Park | Heavy | 2m 4f | 0 | Smashing | 11st 5lbs | 3 of 5 | Paul Townend | 4/0 |
| led, headed after 3rd, led briefly 4 out, pushed along before 2 out and no impression in 3rd when slight mistake last, no extra | |||||||||
| 11 May 2015 | Killarney | Good (Good to Yielding in places) | 2m 6f | 0 | Tennis Cap | 11st 10lbs | 1 of 6 | Ruby Walsh | 5/2 |
| chased leaders, 3rd halfway, progress to lead 2 out, ridden and kept on run-in | |||||||||
| 01 May 2015 | Punchestown | Good to Yielding | 2m 5f | 0 | Blood Cotil | 10st 13lbs | PulledUp of 18 | D E Mullins | |
| 05 Apr 2015 | Cork | Soft to Heavy (Heavy in places) | 2m 4f | 0 | Tennis Cap | 11st 12lbs | 1 of 10 | D E Mullins | 5/4 |
| close up, led 1st, slight mistake 5th, not fluent 7th, clear 2 out, stayed on well run-in, easily | |||||||||
| 08 Mar 2015 | Naas | Soft | 2m | 0 | Rossvoss | 11st 12lbs | 3 of 4 | D J Casey | 4/7 |
| chased leader, led before 3rd, disputed 4 out, headed next, ridden in 3rd 2 out, soon no impression | |||||||||
| 23 Apr 2013 | Punchestown | Soft (Heavy in places) | 2m | 0 | Il Fenomeno | 11st 7lbs | Fell of 20 | Ruby Walsh | |
| 01 Apr 2013 | Fairyhouse | Yielding | 2m | 1 | Pique Sous | 11st 7lbs | 4 of 6 | Ruby Walsh | 11/8 |
| led, headed and folded quickly approaching 2 out, weakened | |||||||||
| 15 Mar 2013 | Cheltenham | Good to Soft (Good in places) | 2m 1f | 1 | Ted Veale | 10st 13lbs | 2 of 28 | Paul Townend | 11/1 |
| led, driven and hard pressed between last 2, headed soon after last, ridden and kept on flat | |||||||||
| 09 Feb 2013 | Leopardstown | Soft (Yielding in places) | 2m | 0 | Tennis Cap | 11st 2lbs | 1 of 24 | Paul Townend | 6/1 |
| made all, ridden entering straight and kept on well from before last | |||||||||
| 19 Jan 2013 | Naas | Heavy | 2m | 0 | Tennis Cap | 11st 1lbs | 1 of 11 | Ruby Walsh | 3/1 |
| made all, 6 lengths lead from 2nd until reduced advantage after halfway, jumped right 2 out and soon ridden to assert, driven out and kept on well run-in | |||||||||
| 27 Dec 2012 | Leopardstown | Soft (Yielding to Soft in places) | 2m | 0 | Cairdin | 10st 4lbs | 10 of 18 | Paul Townend | 11/4 |
| chased leaders, 6th halfway, ridden entering straight, no extra before last | |||||||||
| 18 Nov 2012 | Cork | Soft (Chase; Soft to Heavy, Heavy in places) | 2m 4f | 0 | Tennis Cap | 11st 12lbs | 1 of 7 | Paul Townend | 2/1 |
| tracked leaders, led 3 out, pressed and good fast jump last, stayed on well run-in | |||||||||
| 22 Mar 2012 | Cork | Good to Yielding (Yielding in places) | 2m | 0 | Tabhachtach | 11st 12lbs | 7 of 17 | Ruby Walsh | 5/4 |
| led and disputed, strongly pressed 3 out, headed from before next, soon no extra | |||||||||
| 19 Feb 2012 | Navan | Yielding to Soft (Soft in places) | 2m | 0 | Oconnells Pike | 11st 11lbs | 3 of 20 | Ruby Walsh | 1/1 |
| soon prominent, on terms going well 3 out, headed and no impression under pressure from before last, kept on same pace | |||||||||
| 29 Jan 2012 | Leopardstown | Soft | 2m | 0 | Burn And Turn | 11st 10lbs | 4 of 14 | Ruby Walsh | 6/4 |
| tracked leaders, soon pulled way into 2nd, led briefly in straight, headed just before last and no extra run-in, finished 4th but placed 3rd | |||||||||
| 01 Jan 2012 | Fairyhouse | Soft to Heavy | 2m | 0 | Woodville Lady | 11st 10lbs | 3 of 13 | Paul Townend | 11/8 |
| always prominent, led or disputed from halfway, led before 3 out, strongly pressed next, headed before last, no extra in 3rd on run-in | |||||||||
| 10 Dec 2011 | Navan | Soft to Heavy | 2m | 0 | Monksland | 11st 7lbs | 3 of 21 | E Mullins | 9/2 |
| chased leaders, 3rd halfway, improved to lead after 2 out, ridden before last, headed after last, kept on same pace run-in | |||||||||


