Popaflora (GB)
Owner: The Punchestown Syndicate Trainer: D Skelton Sex: gelding Age: 9
Breeding: Alflora / Poppet (Terimon)
Form Summary
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Starts | Wins | 2nds | 3rds |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 0 | ||||
| Good | 2 | 1 | 1 | |
| Good (Watered) | 1 | 1 | ||
| Good to Firm (Good in places) | 1 | |||
| Good to Firm (Good in places, Watered) | 1 | |||
| Good to Soft | 1 | |||
| Good to Soft (Soft in places) | 1 | |||
| Heavy | 8 | 2 | 2 | |
| Soft | 1 | |||
| Soft (Heavy in places) | 3 | 1 | ||
| Soft (Soft to Heavy in places) | 2 | 1 | ||
| Soft (Yielding in places) | 2 | |||
| Soft to Heavy | 1 | 1 | ||
| Soft to Heavy (Heavy in places) | 1 | |||
| Soft to Heavy (Soft in places) | 1 | |||
| Yielding (Chase: Yielding to Soft) | 1 | |||
| Yielding (Good to Yielding in places) | 1 | |||
| Yielding (Yielding to Soft in places) | 1 | |||
| Totals | 29 | 3 | 6 | 1 |
Race History
| Date | Course | Going | Distance | Class | Race Winner | Weight | Position | Jockey | SP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 17 Apr 2015 | Fontwell | Good (Watered) | 2m 2f | 5 | The Informant | 11st 12lbs | 2 of 7 | R Mahon | 11/4 |
| pressed leader, led 8th, headed narrowly 3 out, soon ridden, one pace when switched right approaching last, kept on, held flat | |||||||||
| 21 Mar 2015 | Bangor | Good to Soft (Soft in places) | 2m 4f 110y | 3 | Minella Forfitness | 10st 1lbs | 5 of 11 | R T Dunne | 8/1 |
| tracked leader, led 9th, ridden and headed 3 out, tailed off | |||||||||
| 11 Mar 2015 | Huntingdon | Good | 2m 4f 110y | 5 | Forresters Folly | 11st 10lbs | 2 of 6 | R Mahon | 9/2 |
| led to 2 out, every chance last, kept on and just held post | |||||||||
| 12 Feb 2015 | Fontwell | Good to Soft | 2m 6f | 4 | Strawberry Hill | 11st 7lbs | 7 of 9 | Harry Skelton | 5/1 |
| pressed leader, reminder before 11th, led 4 out, soon ridden and headed, lost place 2 out, weakened before last | |||||||||
| 04 Jan 2015 | Plumpton | Soft (Heavy in places) | 2m 4f | 4 | Bravo Riquet | 11st 7lbs | 2 of 8 | R Mahon | 5/1 |
| chased winner throughout, outpaced 3 out (usual 4 out), no chance with easy winner after | |||||||||
| 26 Dec 2014 | Fontwell | Soft (Heavy in places) | 2m 2f | 4 | Venetian Lad | 11st 9lbs | 4 of 7 | David England | 6/4 |
| 3rd and one pace going to 3 out, soon ridden, no impression on leading duo, kept on same pace, weakened into modest 4th in closing stages | |||||||||
| 02 Jul 2014 | Worcester | Good to Firm (Good in places, Watered) | 2m 7f | 4 | Ladfromhighworth | 11st 1lbs | 8 of 11 | Harry Skelton | 8/1 |
| hedl up towards rear, blundered badly 5th, headway after 8th, not fluent next, lost place after 12th, well beaten 4 out, tailed off | |||||||||
| 03 Jun 2014 | Southwell | Good to Firm (Good in places) | 2m | 5 | Nomadic Storm | 11st 11lbs | 5 of 12 | Harry Skelton | 5/4 |
| with leader, ridden before 3 out, soon weakened | |||||||||
| 25 May 2014 | Fontwell | Good | 2m 2f | 5 | Popaflora | 11st 9lbs | 1 of 10 | Harry Skelton | 13/8 |
| made all, hard ridden 3 out, stayed on strongly | |||||||||
| 16 Mar 2014 | Navan | Soft | 2m 4f | 0 | Knock Beauty | 10st 5lbs | 8 of 10 | I J McCarthy | 12/1 |
| prominent, slight mistake 2nd, led 3rd, disputed from 7th, headed 5 out, ridden in 2nd entering straight, no extra before 2 out, weakened, eased run-in | |||||||||
| 01 Mar 2014 | Navan | Soft to Heavy | 2m 1f | 0 | Refused A Name | 9st 10lbs | 2 of 17 | Andrew Ring | 10/1 |
| chased leader, slight mistake 3rd, 2nd halfway, pecked 5 out, led entering straight, ridden 3 out, kept on under pressure, headed bypassing last, kept on same pace | |||||||||
| 05 Feb 2014 | Down Royal | Heavy | 2m | 0 | Mark Me Up | 10st 1lbs | 2 of 9 | I J McCarthy | 7/1 |
| tracked leader in 2nd, ridden before 3 out, strongly pressed leader next, dropped to 3rd after 2 out, kept on without threatening winner to go 2nd inside final furlong | |||||||||
| 11 Jan 2014 | Punchestown | Soft to Heavy (Soft in places) | 2m 4f | 0 | Refused A Name | 10st 2lbs | 7 of 10 | K C Sexton | 5/1 |
| chased leader, left in lead 5th, headed at 8th and remained close up, carried left by loose horse 3 out, ridden next and soon no extra, weakened | |||||||||
| 26 Dec 2013 | Limerick | Soft (Soft to Heavy in places) | 2m 3f 120y | 0 | Rory's Brother | 10st 3lbs | 3 of 9 | B T O'Connell | 7/1 |
| tracked leaders, not fluent 5 out, no extra in 3rd from before straight | |||||||||
| 27 Oct 2013 | Galway | Heavy | 2m 1f | 0 | Georgie | 10st | 6 of 11 | B J Cooper | 7/1 |
| soon prominent and raced in 2nd, led before 4 out, joined next, headed last, weakened | |||||||||
| 16 May 2013 | Tipperary | Heavy | 2m 4f | 0 | Popaflora | 9st 10lbs | 1 of 8 | Andrew Ring | 20/1 |
| chased leader in 2nd, moderate 2nd 4 out and slow, soon ridden and no impression leader, left lead 2 out, kept on | |||||||||
| 12 May 2013 | Killarney | Soft (Yielding in places) | 2m 4f 120y | 0 | Wrong Turn | 9st 12lbs | PulledUp of 15 | N P Madden | |
| 16 Apr 2013 | Fairyhouse | Soft (Yielding in places) | 2m 5f 100y | 0 | Lord Alfie | 10st 7lbs | 13 of 23 | Reserve 1 | 14/1 |
| mid-division, ridden 4 out, no impression from next | |||||||||
| 06 Mar 2013 | Downpatrick | Yielding (Good to Yielding in places) | 2m 2f 110y | 0 | Deputy Consort | 10st 8lbs | 5 of 10 | A Ring | 4/1 |
| tracked leaders, mistake 3rd, 3rd halfway, pushed along when left 5th and slight hampered 3 out, no impression next where left moderate 4th, no extra run-in and eased closing stages | |||||||||
| 14 Feb 2013 | Thurles | Heavy | 2m 5f | 0 | Letterlee Star | 10st 9lbs | PulledUp of 16 | A Ring | |
| 19 Jan 2013 | Naas | Heavy | 2m | 0 | Reality Dose | 10st 7lbs | 6 of 11 | B T O'Connell | 4/1 |
| tracked leader in 2nd, ridden early straight and dropped to 3rd at last, no extra run-in | |||||||||
| 12 Jan 2013 | Punchestown | Heavy | 2m 4f | 0 | Popaflora | 10st 5lbs | 1 of 9 | A Ring | 11/2 |
| led, slight mistake 1st and slow 3rd, headed after 4th but remained prominent, led again entering straight and asserted after 2 out, kept on under pressure run-in, held on | |||||||||
| 26 Dec 2012 | Down Royal | Heavy | 2m 4f | 0 | Take A Shot | 10st 8lbs | 2 of 11 | B R Dalton | 12/1 |
| led, headed before 7th but remained prominent, disputed again approaching straight, ridden and headed approaching 2 out, kept on under pressure but no impression on winner run-in | |||||||||
| 15 Dec 2012 | Fairyhouse | Soft (Heavy in places) | 2m 5f 100y | 0 | Robertstown Rover | 10st 5lbs | 9 of 17 | A Ring | 25/1 |
| mid-division, weakened from 4 out | |||||||||
| 29 Nov 2012 | Thurles | Heavy | 2m 6f | 0 | Whiskey And Red | 10st 11lbs | 10 of 17 | A Ring | 33/1 |
| prominent, tracked leader in 2nd, 3rd 5 out, no extra approaching next, weakened | |||||||||
| 08 Nov 2012 | Thurles | Yielding (Chase: Yielding to Soft) | 2m 2f | 0 | Best Of Bocelli | 10st 7lbs | 10 of 14 | A Ring | 12/1 |
| soon towards rear, never a factor | |||||||||
| 31 Oct 2012 | Punchestown | Soft (Soft to Heavy in places) | 2m | 0 | Oscars Well | 11st 12lbs | 13 of 13 | B T O'Connell | 50/1 |
| always behind | |||||||||
| 25 Oct 2012 | Thurles | Yielding (Yielding to Soft in places) | 2m 6f | 0 | Farrells Fancy | 11st 12lbs | 13 of 16 | B T O'Connell | 33/1 |
| always towards rear, never a factor, tailed off | |||||||||
| 14 Oct 2012 | Limerick | Soft to Heavy (Heavy in places) | 2m 3f 120y | 0 | Argocat | 11st 12lbs | BroughtDown of 17 | A Ring | |