Nichols Canyon (GB)
Owner: Andrea Wylie & Graham Wylie Trainer: W P Mullins Sex: colt Age: 7
Breeding: Authorized / Zam Zoom (Dalakhani)
Form Summary
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Starts | Wins | 2nds | 3rds |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Good (G/Firm sprint course,Round,G/Firm,Good in places) | 1 | 1 | ||
| Good (Good to Soft in places) | 4 | 2 | 2 | |
| Good (Good to Yielding in places) | 1 | |||
| Good to Firm | 2 | |||
| Good to Firm (Good in places) | 1 | 1 | ||
| Good to Firm (Good in places;Sprint Good,Good to Firm in places) | 1 | 1 | ||
| Good to Soft (Soft in places) | 1 | 1 | ||
| Good to Yielding | 2 | 1 | 1 | |
| Heavy | 1 | 1 | ||
| Heavy (Soft in places) | 1 | |||
| Soft | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 |
| Soft (Soft to Heavy in places) | 1 | 1 | ||
| Soft (Yielding in places) | 1 | |||
| Soft to Heavy | 1 | 1 | ||
| Yielding | 1 | 1 | ||
| Yielding (Yielding to Soft in places) | 2 | 1 | 1 | |
| Yielding to Soft | 1 | 1 | ||
| Totals | 28 | 11 | 6 | 6 |
Race History
| Date | Course | Going | Distance | Class | Race Winner | Weight | Position | Jockey | SP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 28 Dec 2017 | Leopardstown | Soft (Yielding in places) | 3m | 1 | Apple's Jade | 11st 10lbs | Fell of 6 | P Townend | 7/2 |
| raced in 3rd, fell 5th | |||||||||
| 03 Dec 2017 | Fairyhouse | Soft | 2m 4f | 1 | Apple's Jade | 11st 10lbs | 2 of 7 | P Townend | 2/1 |
| raced in 2nd, pushed along and not match winner from 2 out, no impression when jumped right last, one pace | |||||||||
| 27 Apr 2017 | Punchestown | Good to Yielding | 3m | 1 | Unowhatimeanharry | 11st 10lbs | 2 of 12 | Ruby Walsh | 7/4 |
| mid-division, 7th from 5th, closed 3 out, 3rd next, 2nd before straight travelling smoothly, challenged at last, every chance and stayed on well run-in, just failed | |||||||||
| 16 Mar 2017 | Cheltenham | Good (Good to Soft in places) | 2m 7f 213y | 1 | Nichols Canyon | 11st 10lbs | 1 of 16 | Ruby Walsh | 10/1 |
| held up towards rear, headway between last 2, switched right before pressing for close 2nd last, led flat, stayed on strongly | |||||||||
| 29 Jan 2017 | Leopardstown | Good (Good to Yielding in places) | 2m | 1 | Petit Mouchoir | 11st 10lbs | Fell of 5 | P Townend | 7/4 |
| tracked leader, closed up approaching 2 out where jumped right, soon under pressure, not match winner and almost joined for 2nd when fell last | |||||||||
| 29 Dec 2016 | Leopardstown | Yielding (Yielding to Soft in places) | 2m | 1 | Petit Mouchoir | 11st 10lbs | 2 of 5 | Ruby Walsh | 2/5 |
| led early, headed 1st, tracked leader, 2nd halfway, closer 3 out, pushed along and no impression on winner after next, ridden and kept on one pace run-in | |||||||||
| 20 Nov 2016 | Punchestown | Soft | 2m | 1 | Nichols Canyon | 11st 10lbs | 1 of 5 | Ruby Walsh | 8/13 |
| made all, stretched clear from 2 out and kept on well run-in, easily | |||||||||
| 07 Apr 2016 | Aintree | Soft | 2m 4f | 1 | Annie Power | 11st 7lbs | 3 of 6 | P Townend | 11/0 |
| jumped right, led until just after 5th, tracked winner after until before 4 out, pushed along and one pace 3 out, weakened next | |||||||||
| 15 Mar 2016 | Cheltenham | Good to Soft (Soft in places) | 2m 87y | 1 | Annie Power | 11st 10lbs | 3 of 13 | P Townend | 15/0 |
| prominent, not fluent 3rd, ridden and not pace of winner when blundered last, stayed on flat, closing on 2nd close home | |||||||||
| 24 Jan 2016 | Leopardstown | Soft (Soft to Heavy in places) | 2m | 1 | Faugheen | 11st 10lbs | 3 of 5 | P Townend | 10/0 |
| raced 2nd and pressed leader, slight mistake and ridden 2 out, no extra in 3rd entering straight, kept on one pace | |||||||||
| 29 Dec 2015 | Leopardstown | Soft to Heavy | 2m | 1 | Nichols Canyon | 11st 10lbs | 1 of 5 | Ruby Walsh | 2/0 |
| tracked leader in 2nd, progress to lead before 4th, slight mistake and headed 2 out, ridden to challenge last, under pressure and led run-in, kept on well close home | |||||||||
| 15 Nov 2015 | Punchestown | Soft | 2m | 1 | Nichols Canyon | 11st 10lbs | 1 of 6 | D J Mullins | 7/0 |
| made all, driven and asserted before last where not fluent, reduced advantage run-in, kept on best, ridden out | |||||||||
| 01 May 2015 | Punchestown | Good to Yielding | 2m 4f | 1 | Nichols Canyon | 11st 10lbs | 1 of 7 | Ruby Walsh | 4/5 |
| made all, slight mistakes 4 out and 3 out, asserted straight, soon clear, stayed on well, easily | |||||||||
| 11 Apr 2015 | Aintree | Good (Good to Soft in places) | 2m 4f | 1 | Nichols Canyon | 11st 4lbs | 1 of 14 | Ruby Walsh | 3/1 |
| tracked leaders in 3rd, led 2 out, kept on well run-in | |||||||||
| 11 Mar 2015 | Cheltenham | Good (Good to Soft in places) | 2m 5f | 1 | Windsor Park | 11st 7lbs | 3 of 10 | Ruby Walsh | 7/2 |
| raced keenly, tracked leaders, headway and effort when hit 2 out, one pace approaching last, ridden and kept on under pressure in 3rd flat, not pace to reach leaders | |||||||||
| 08 Feb 2015 | Leopardstown | Yielding (Yielding to Soft in places) | 2m 2f | 1 | Nichols Canyon | 11st 9lbs | 1 of 9 | Ruby Walsh | 9/2 |
| made virtually all, joined briefly 3 out, asserted early straight and 5 lengths clear before last, kept on well run-in | |||||||||
| 27 Dec 2014 | Leopardstown | Heavy (Soft in places) | 2m | 1 | Sizing John | 11st 7lbs | UnseatedRider of 5 | Ruby Walsh | |
| 30 Nov 2014 | Fairyhouse | Yielding | 2m | 1 | Nichols Canyon | 11st 7lbs | 1 of 7 | P Townend | 7/2 |
| held up in touch, 5th halfway, progress into 3rd travelling well entering straight led after 2 out, and soon ridden clear, slight mistake at last, stayed on well run-in, comfortably | |||||||||
| 02 Nov 2014 | Cork | Yielding to Soft | 2m | 0 | Nichols Canyon | 11st 7lbs | 1 of 11 | Ruby Walsh | 1/4 |
| chased leaders, took keen hold and some slight mistakes, 2nd from 3rd, 3rd from 4 out, 2nd again and challenged 2 out, gained narrow lead before last, eased on to assert close home | |||||||||
| 26 Oct 2013 | Newbury | Heavy | 1m 4f 5y | 1 | Cubanita | 8st 10lbs | 2 of 8 | W Buick | 7/4 |
| chased leaders, smooth headway over 2f out, led over 1f out, hung right under pressure when challenged inside final furlong, soon headed, no extra | |||||||||
| 04 Oct 2013 | Ascot | Soft | 1m 6f | 1 | Nichols Canyon | 9st | 1 of 8 | W Buick | 5/1 |
| led, headed 9f out, pressed leader over 2f out, ridden to lead and edged right over 1f out, ran on | |||||||||
| 21 Aug 2013 | York | Good to Firm | 1m 4f | 1 | Telescope | 8st 12lbs | 7 of 7 | W Buick | 8/1 |
| led, pushed along 4f out, joined 3f out, soon headed, weakened 2f out, soon eased, tailed off | |||||||||
| 21 Jun 2013 | Royal Ascot | Good to Firm | 2m | 1 | Leading Light | 9st 1lbs | 6 of 18 | W Buick | 7/1 |
| held up towards rear, headway over 1f out, ridden and one pace inside final furlong | |||||||||
| 17 May 2013 | Newbury | Good to Firm (Good in places) | 1m 3f 5y | 4 | Prairie Ranger | 9st 7lbs | 2 of 9 | W Buick | 2/1 |
| tracked leaders, ridden to chase winner and edged left 2f out, swerved right over 1f out, hung right inside final furlong, ran on well to close final 100 yards, just failed | |||||||||
| 27 Apr 2013 | Sandown | Good (Good to Soft in places) | 1m 2f 7y | 3 | Spillway | 9st 5lbs | 3 of 8 | W Buick | 11/4 |
| tracked leading pair, pushed along over 2f out, ridden and one pace when badly hampered and dropped to 4th just over 1f out, rallied to well held 3rd again last half furlong | |||||||||
| 14 Oct 2012 | Goodwood | Soft | 1m 1f | 4 | Nichols Canyon | 9st 3lbs | 1 of 11 | W Buick | 10/3 |
| slowly into stride, pushed along and soon tracking leaders, effort on outside and pushed along over 2f out, went 2nd over 1f out, ridden to lead and edged right briefly inside final furlong, stayed on strongly | |||||||||
| 19 Sep 2012 | Sandown | Good (G/Firm sprint course,Round,G/Firm,Good in places) | 1m 14y | 5 | Havana Beat | 9st 3lbs | 3 of 10 | W Buick | 11/4 |
| restless in stalls and slowly into stride, towards rear, pushed along 3f out, well outpaced until headway to 4th over 1f out, stayed on well in closing stages, went 3rd last strides and going on close home | |||||||||
| 09 Aug 2012 | Sandown | Good to Firm (Good in places;Sprint Good,Good to Firm in places) | 1m 14y | 5 | Excess Knowledge | 9st 3lbs | 2 of 8 | L Dettori | 7/1 |
| slowly into stride, ran green in rear, pushed along inside final 3f, distracted by hanging rival inside final 2f, headway and green again over 1f out, stayed on to 2nd final 100 yards, kept on | |||||||||