Great Link (GB)
Owner: Mr Alan Hill Trainer: Mrs L Hill Sex: colt Age: 8
Breeding: Rail Link / The Strand (Gone West)
Form Summary
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Starts | Wins | 2nds | 3rds |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 0 | ||||
| Good | 5 | |||
| Good (Good to Firm in places) | 2 | 1 | ||
| Good (Good to Soft in places) | 2 | 1 | ||
| Good to Soft | 3 | 2 | ||
| Good to Soft (Soft in places) | 7 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Good to Soft (Soft in places. National: Soft, Good to Soft in places) | 1 | 1 | ||
| Heavy | 4 | 1 | 1 | |
| Heavy (Soft in places) | 1 | |||
| Soft | 4 | |||
| Soft (Good to Soft in places) | 3 | |||
| Soft (Heavy in places) | 4 | |||
| Standard | 1 | 1 | ||
| Totals | 37 | 5 | 2 | 4 |
Race History
| Date | Course | Going | Distance | Class | Race Winner | Weight | Position | Jockey | SP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 17 Feb 2017 | Fakenham | Good to Soft (Soft in places) | 2m 3y | 5 | Edward Elgar | 11st 9lbs | 3 of 8 | Mr Joe Hill | 8/1 |
| behind, headway to chase clear leaders before last, nearest finish | |||||||||
| 30 Jan 2017 | Plumpton | Heavy (Soft in places) | 1m 7f 195y | 5 | Bol D'air | 12st 3lbs | 5 of 8 | Mr Joe Hill | 7/1 |
| held up in rear, steady headway on outside tracking leaders before 3 out, modest 4th and no impression before next, weakened into 5th at the last | |||||||||
| 12 Jan 2017 | Leicester | Good to Soft (Soft in places) | 2m 4f 110y | 5 | Paddocks Lounge | 11st 6lbs | 5 of 7 | Fergus Gregory | 5/1 |
| held up in touch, ridden before 3 out, weakened before 2 out | |||||||||
| 01 Jan 2017 | Fakenham | Good to Soft | 2m 4f 1y | 5 | Bowdler's Magic | 11st 6lbs | 3 of 7 | Adam Wedge | 4/1 |
| tracked leaders, hit 3 out, soon ridden and slightly outpaced, kept on to go 3rd again last | |||||||||
| 28 Dec 2016 | Leicester | Good to Soft (Soft in places) | 2m 4f 110y | 5 | Rathealy | 10st 12lbs | 2 of 5 | Nick Scholfield | 2/1 |
| tracked winner to 5 out, chased winner before 2 out, one pace and no impression | |||||||||
| 07 Dec 2016 | Leicester | Good (Good to Soft in places) | 2m 6f 151y | 4 | Foundation Man | 11st 8lbs | of 4 | Nick Scholfield | 0/0 |
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| 30 Nov 2016 | Catterick | Good | 3m 1f 54y | 4 | Nortonthorpelegend | 11st 12lbs | PulledUp of 9 | A Thornton | 25/1 |
| in rear, slow 10th and reminder, some headway 12th, struggling 14th, soon well beaten, pulled up | |||||||||
| 22 Jan 2016 | Market Rasen | Heavy | 2m 4f 139y | 3 | Salmanazar | 10st 13lbs | 3 of 11 | Harry Skelton | 15/0 |
| led, pushed along before 2 out, soon headed, no extra | |||||||||
| 28 Dec 2015 | Leicester | Soft (Heavy in places) | 2m 4f 45y | 3 | Mystifiable | 11st 9lbs | 4 of 8 | Harry Skelton | 11/0 |
| held up, not fluent 2nd, headway 5th, ridden after 11th, closed before 4 out, one pace next, well held 4th from 2 out | |||||||||
| 05 Dec 2015 | Aintree | Good to Soft (Soft in places. National: Soft, Good to Soft in places) | 2m 3f 200y | 3 | Bally Beaufort | 10st 13lbs | 2 of 6 | R T Dunne | 11/0 |
| held up, well in touch 8th, hit next, every chance 2 out, no impression on winner last, stayed on same pace | |||||||||
| 05 Jun 2015 | Market Rasen | Good (Good to Firm in places) | 2m 3f 34y | 4 | Great Link | 11st 12lbs | 1 of 7 | Harry Skelton | 6/5 |
| tracked leaders, not fluent 4th, went 2nd 4 out, led next, headed 2 out, soon driven, stayed on under pressure to lead again towards finish | |||||||||
| 06 Mar 2015 | Ayr | Soft (Good to Soft in places) | 2m 4f 110y | 4 | Plus Jamais | 11st 8lbs | 5 of 5 | Lee Edwards | 11/2 |
| chased winner until mistake 3rd, pushed along before 5 out, blundered 2 out, soon weakened | |||||||||
| 27 Feb 2015 | Doncaster | Good | 2m 3f | 4 | Tiptoeaway | 11st 11lbs | of 7 | Lee Edwards | |
| 23 Feb 2015 | Ayr | Heavy | 2m 4f 110y | 4 | No Deal | 11st 11lbs | UnseatedRider of 7 | T E Whelan | |
| 20 Jan 2015 | Wetherby | Soft (Good to Soft in places) | 2m 4f 110y | 4 | Rowdy Rocher | 11st 12lbs | UnseatedRider of 7 | T E Whelan | |
| 10 Jan 2015 | Warwick | Soft | 2m | 3 | Upepito | 10st 10lbs | 6 of 7 | D A Jacob | 9/2 |
| veered away start and lost many lengths, behind, closed 3rd, pushed along 7th, weakened 3 out | |||||||||
| 17 Dec 2014 | Ludlow | Good to Soft | 2m 4f | 4 | It's A Steal | 11st 8lbs | 3 of 12 | T E Whelan | 33/1 |
| 30 Oct 2014 | Stratford | Good to Soft (Soft in places) | 2m 1f 110y | 4 | Cody Wyoming | 11st 8lbs | 7 of 9 | Lee Edwards | 3/1 |
| tracked leaders, jumped left and bumped rival 6th, went 2nd next until not fluent 3 out, soon ridden, lost place before next, no extra | |||||||||
| 12 Jun 2014 | Uttoxeter | Good (Good to Firm in places) | 2m 4f | 4 | Sedgemoor Express | 12st 5lbs | PulledUp of 11 | Mr J Hamer | |
| 07 Jun 2014 | Worcester | Good to Soft (Soft in places) | 2m 110y | 4 | Great Link | 11st 12lbs | 1 of 11 | Mr J Hamer | 17/2 |
| in touch on outside, led narrowly 6th, driven clear before last, ridden out flat | |||||||||
| 05 May 2014 | Kempton | Good | 2m | 4 | Purple 'n Gold | 11st 9lbs | 6 of 16 | Freddie Mitchell | 12/1 |
| hampered 1st, held up in mid-division, headway chasing leaders before 2 out, ridden and weakened between last 2 | |||||||||
| 13 Apr 2014 | Stratford | Good | 2m 110y | 4 | Calaf | 11st 5lbs | 7 of 11 | Conor Shoemark | 18/1 |
| held up in rear, headway approaching 3 out, ridden and no extra in 5th before last | |||||||||
| 13 Mar 2014 | Towcester | Good to Soft (Soft in places) | 2m | 4 | Scots Gaelic | 11st 6lbs | 4 of 6 | Mr J Hamer | 11/2 |
| took keen hold tracking leaders, outpaced before 2 out, no chance after | |||||||||
| 07 Mar 2014 | Sandown | Soft (Heavy in places) | 2m 110y | 4 | Old Way | 12st 3lbs | 5 of 7 | Lucy Gardner | 11/4 |
| held up off the pace in 5th, closed before 3 out, tracked leading pair travelling well on inside after 3 out, weakened between last 2 | |||||||||
| 28 Feb 2014 | Newbury | Heavy | 2m 110y | 4 | Whispering Harry | 12st | of 7 | Mr J Hamer | |
| 20 Feb 2014 | Ayr | Heavy | 2m | 3 | Great Link | 10st 3lbs | 1 of 6 | Mr J Hamer | 7/1 |
| held up in 3rd, headway before 3 out, led before next, ridden between last 2, kept on under pressure flat | |||||||||
| 31 Jan 2014 | Catterick | Soft (Heavy in places) | 2m 3f | 5 | Makhzoon | 11st 13lbs | of 5 | Mr J Hamer | |
| 23 Jan 2014 | Fakenham | Soft | 2m 4f | 4 | Akdam | 11st 10lbs | of 6 | Lee Edwards | |
| 03 Jan 2014 | Wolverhampton | Standard | 1m 4f 50y | 6 | Great Link | 9st 9lbs | 1 of 7 | M Coumbe | 6/4 |
| took keen hold, tracked leader, shaken up to challenge 2f out, led well over 1f out, ridden and hung left over 1f out, stayed on, ridden out | |||||||||
| 27 Dec 2013 | Leicester | Soft (Heavy in places) | 2m | 3 | Act Of Kalanisi | 10st 13lbs | of 9 | Mr J Hamer | |
| 04 Dec 2013 | Ludlow | Good (Good to Soft in places) | 2m | 4 | Great Link | 11st 8lbs | 1 of 11 | Mr J Hamer | 7/2 |
| tracked leaders, headway to lead 3 out, driven before last, kept on | |||||||||
| 18 Nov 2013 | Leicester | Good to Soft (Soft in places) | 2m | 4 | Dubai Prince | 11st 5lbs | 5 of 12 | Mr J Hamer | 33/1 |
| led until 2nd, tracked leaders, no impression before 3 out | |||||||||
| 15 Oct 2013 | Huntingdon | Soft (Good to Soft in places) | 2m 4f 110y | 4 | Oscar Fortune | 11st 5lbs | 8 of 12 | Mr J Hamer | 50/1 |
| led, not always fluent, clear until 3rd, headed 7th, weakened 3 out | |||||||||
| 25 Sep 2013 | Enghien | Good | 2m 1f 196y | 0 | Lugano | 10st 12lbs | of 13 | D Cottin | |
| 03 Mar 2013 | Auteuil | 2m 1f 196y | 0 | Soleil De Vati | 10st 3lbs | 3 of 13 | E Chazelle | 33/1 | |
| 27 Sep 2012 | Maisons-Laffitte | Soft | 1m 1f 207y | 0 | Novelty Seeker | 9st 2lbs | of 9 | A Crastus | |
| 24 Apr 2012 | Maisons-Laffitte | Soft | 1m 208y | 1 | Mustaheel | 9st 2lbs | of 6 | I Mendizabal | |
| 15 Apr 2012 | Longchamp | Good to Soft | 1m 1f 207y | 0 | Last Train | 9st 2lbs | of 14 | A Coutier | |


