Leading Light (IRE)
Owner: Mr D Smith, Mrs J Magnier, Mr M Tab Trainer: A P O'Brien Sex: colt Age: 4
Breeding: Montjeu / Dance Parade (Gone West)
Form Summary
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Starts | Wins | 2nds | 3rds |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 0 | ||||
| Good | 1 | 1 | ||
| Good to Firm | 3 | 3 | ||
| Good to Firm (Good in places on Round Course) | 1 | 1 | ||
| Good to Firm (Watered) | 1 | 1 | ||
| Good to Soft (Soft in places) | 1 | 1 | ||
| Heavy (Soft in places) | 1 | |||
| Soft | 1 | |||
| Soft (Yielding in places) | 1 | |||
| Yielding (Soft in places) | 1 | 1 | ||
| Totals | 11 | 7 | 1 |
Race History
| Date | Course | Going | Distance | Class | Race Winner | Weight | Position | Jockey | SP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18 Oct 2014 | Ascot | Heavy (Soft in places) | 2m | 1 | Forgotten Rules | 9st 7lbs | 7 of 9 | Joseph O'Brien | 2/1 |
| held up in touch on outside, headway tracking leaders 5f out, pushed along over 3f out, ridden and limited response when badly hampered well over 1f out, weakening when hampered again over 1f out | |||||||||
| 14 Sep 2014 | Curragh | Good to Firm (Watered) | 1m 6f | 1 | Brown Panther | 9st 11lbs | 2 of 11 | Joseph O'Brien | 9/10 |
| soon raced in moderate 6th, pushed along 3f out, no impression and edged right from over 1f out where moderate 3rd, kept on without troubling winner into 2nd near finish | |||||||||
| 24 Aug 2014 | Curragh | Good to Firm | 1m 6f | 1 | Leading Light | 10st | 1 of 6 | Joseph O'Brien | 2/5 |
| raced in 3rd, pushed along 2f out, led over 1f out, soon briefly edged right, stayed on well | |||||||||
| 19 Jun 2014 | Royal Ascot | Good to Firm (Good in places on Round Course) | 2m 4f | 1 | Leading Light | 9st | 1 of 15 | Joseph O'Brien | 10/11 |
| raced wide early, tracked leaders, challenging when edged right approaching final 2f, driven to challenge and hung right over 1f out, led approaching final furlong, hung left inside final furlong, stayed on and always just doing enough | |||||||||
| 18 May 2014 | Navan | Good | 1m 6f | 1 | Leading Light | 9st 8lbs | 1 of 7 | Joseph O'Brien | 1/1 |
| ran 3rd, closer 3f out, ridden to lead over 1f out, kept on well inside final furlong | |||||||||
| 06 Oct 2013 | Longchamp | Soft | 1m 3f 204y | 1 | Treve | 8st 11lbs | of 18 | G Mosse | |
| 14 Sep 2013 | Doncaster | Good to Soft (Soft in places) | 1m 6f 132y | 1 | Leading Light | 9st | 1 of 11 | Joseph O'Brien | 7/2 |
| prominent, led over 2f out, soon headed, rallied to lead approaching final furlong, ridden and ran on | |||||||||
| 21 Jun 2013 | Royal Ascot | Good to Firm | 2m | 1 | Leading Light | 9st 4lbs | 1 of 18 | Joseph O'Brien | 5/4 |
| held up mid-division, headway over 4f out, led over 2f out, ridden and pressed over 1f out, kept on towards finish | |||||||||
| 26 May 2013 | Curragh | Good to Firm | 1m 2f | 1 | Leading Light | 9st 3lbs | 1 of 8 | Joseph O'Brien | 4/6 |
| soon led and made virtually all, pushed along early straight and pressed over 1f out, edged left under pressure inside final furlong but kept on well | |||||||||
| 07 May 2013 | Navan | Yielding (Soft in places) | 1m 2f | 0 | Leading Light | 9st | 1 of 7 | Joseph O'Brien | 11/4 |
| made all, ridden clear from 2f out, stayed on strongly final furlong, easily | |||||||||
| 07 Oct 2012 | Tipperary | 1m 1f | 0 | Leading Light | 9st 5lbs | 1 of 9 | K J Manning | 1/1 | |
| mid-division, 6th halfway, pushed along in 4th 3f out, ridden entering straight, stayed on in 3rd 1f out, challenged inside final furlong and led final 100 yards, kept on well close home | |||||||||
| 04 Aug 2012 | Galway | Soft (Yielding in places) | 1m 100y | 0 | Sugar Boy | 9st 5lbs | 4 of 6 | J A Heffernan | 10/3 |
| chased leaders, 3rd halfway, ridden in 4th and no extra 2f out, kept on one pace | |||||||||