Balmoral Castle (GB)
Owner: Mr J G B Portman Trainer: J G Portman Sex: gelding Age: 10
Breeding: Royal Applause / Mimiteh (Maria's Mon)
Form Summary
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Starts | Wins | 2nds | 3rds |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Good | 8 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| Good (Good to Firm in places on the round course) | 1 | 1 | ||
| Good (Good to Firm in places) | 4 | 1 | ||
| Good (Good to Soft in places) | 2 | 1 | 1 | |
| Good (Good to Soft in places, Good to Soft last 2f) | 1 | 1 | ||
| Good (Straight: Good, Good to Soft in places) | 1 | |||
| Good to Firm | 6 | 1 | 2 | |
| Good to Firm (Firm in places) | 3 | 1 | ||
| Good to Firm (Good in places) | 2 | 1 | ||
| Good to Firm (Good in places, Watered) | 1 | 1 | ||
| Good to Firm (Round Course: Good in places) | 1 | |||
| Good to Firm (Watered) | 1 | |||
| Good to Soft | 1 | |||
| Good to Soft (Good in places) | 3 | 1 | ||
| Good to Soft (Soft in places) | 1 | |||
| Heavy | 1 | |||
| Soft | 4 | |||
| Soft (Good to Soft in places) | 2 | |||
| Standard | 5 | 2 | ||
| Standard / Slow | 1 | |||
| Totals | 49 | 8 | 4 | 8 |
Race History
| Date | Course | Going | Distance | Class | Race Winner | Weight | Position | Jockey | SP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 12 Sep 2019 | Epsom Downs | Good (Good to Firm in places) | 1m 113y | 5 | Kingston Kurrajong | 9st 4lbs | 3 of 11 | Tyler Saunders | 25/1 |
| prominent, ridden over 1f out, kept on inside final furlong | |||||||||
| 04 Jul 2019 | Newbury | Good to Firm | 1m 2f | 5 | Prevent | 9st 7lbs | 10 of 11 | Tyler Saunders | 20/1 |
| raced keenly tracking leader, every chance 2f out, lost 2nd soon after, weakened final furlong | |||||||||
| 07 Jun 2019 | Goodwood | Good to Soft (Good in places) | 1m 1f 11y | 5 | Gloweth | 11st | 11 of 13 | Mr J Harding | 6/1 |
| held up in rear, never a factor | |||||||||
| 13 May 2019 | Windsor | Good (Good to Soft in places) | 1m 2f | 4 | Simoon | 9st 2lbs | 3 of 9 | Tyler Saunders | 33/1 |
| soon held up towards rear, good headway on outside chasing leaders over 2f out, ridden and stayed on same pace in 3rd inside final furlong | |||||||||
| 26 Aug 2018 | Goodwood | Soft | 1m 1f 11y | 5 | Red Charmer | 11st 4lbs | of 8 | Mr J Harding | 0/0 |
| NonRunner | |||||||||
| 20 Aug 2018 | Windsor | Good to Firm | 1m 2f | 4 | Hats Off To Larry | 9st 7lbs | 3 of 7 | Rob Hornby | 9/1 |
| chased leaders, pushed along over 3f out, kept on inside final furlong, went 3rd towards finish | |||||||||
| 02 May 2018 | Ascot | Soft | 1m | 4 | Mountain Angel | 9st 2lbs | 19 of 20 | Patrick Pilley | 10/1 |
| raced near side, chased group leaders, edged right and weakened over 2f out, soon behind, tailed off | |||||||||
| 22 Sep 2017 | Newbury | Good (Good to Firm in places) | 1m 2f | 4 | Breden | 9st 8lbs | 8 of 16 | Pierre-Louis Jamin | 25/1 |
| mid-division, ridden and outpaced 2f out, plugged on again inside final furlong, no danger | |||||||||
| 26 Aug 2017 | Goodwood | Good | 1m 1f 11y | 3 | Mountain Hunter | 9st 9lbs | 10 of 13 | Pierre-Louis Jamin | 18/1 |
| held up in rear, never a factor | |||||||||
| 05 Aug 2017 | Goodwood | Soft (Good to Soft in places) | 1m 1f 11y | 3 | Storm King | 9st 8lbs | 11 of 18 | Pierre-Louis Jamin | 16/1 |
| mid-division on outside, ridden over 2f out, kept on same pace, never near leaders | |||||||||
| 14 Jul 2017 | Ascot | Good | 1m | 4 | Fire Tree | 9st 10lbs | 3 of 10 | Pierre-Louis Jamin | 12/1 |
| held up in stands side group, switched right and headway over 1f out, went 3rd inside final furlong, ran on, unable to challenge | |||||||||
| 03 May 2017 | Ascot | Good to Firm (Firm in places) | 1m | 4 | Forceful Appeal | 9st 9lbs | 10 of 14 | Pierre-Louis Jamin | 14/1 |
| chased leaders, every chance 2f out, weakened inside final 2f | |||||||||
| 22 Apr 2017 | Newbury | Good to Firm | 1m 2f 6y | 3 | Signe | 9st 6lbs | 7 of 12 | Pierre-Louis Jamin | 25/1 |
| tracked leaders on inside, ridden and weakened over 1f out | |||||||||
| 22 Oct 2016 | Newbury | Good to Soft | 1m 2f 6y | 2 | What About Carlo | 9st 1lbs | 14 of 14 | Pierre-Louis Jamin | 50/1 |
| in touch, lost place over 3f out | |||||||||
| 07 Oct 2016 | York | Good (Good to Firm in places) | 1m | 2 | Highland Colori | 9st | 12 of 20 | George Wood | 20/1 |
| held up mid-division, ridden 3f out, weakened over 1f out | |||||||||
| 24 Sep 2016 | Newmarket | Good to Firm (Firm in places) | 1m 1f | 2 | Spark Plug | 8st 9lbs | 31 of 35 | Ryan Tate | 66/1 |
| mid-division far side, lost place over 2f out, soon weakened and eased, tailed off | |||||||||
| 02 Sep 2016 | Ascot | Good (Good to Firm in places) | 1m | 2 | Aclaim | 9st 1lbs | 6 of 12 | Ryan Tate | 8/1 |
| tracked leaders, pushed along over 2f out, faded inside final furlong | |||||||||
| 06 Aug 2016 | Ascot | Good to Firm (Round Course: Good in places) | 1m | 2 | Early Morning | 9st 7lbs | of 12 | Reserve 1 | 0/0 |
| NonRunner | |||||||||
| 26 Jul 2016 | Goodwood | Good to Firm (Good in places) | 1m 1f 192y | 2 | Fire Fighting | 8st 12lbs | 8 of 18 | Ryan Tate | 16/1 |
| held up towards rear, ridden over 2f out, edged right and headway over 1f out, never dangerous | |||||||||
| 15 Jun 2016 | Royal Ascot | Soft | 1m | 2 | Portage | 8st 9lbs | of 30 | Reserve 3 | |
| 27 Apr 2016 | Ascot | Good | 1m | 4 | Balmoral Castle | 9st 7lbs | 1 of 17 | Ryan Tate | 16/0 |
| towards rear, headway when switched right and squeezed through to challenge over 2f out, soon chasing leaders, led 2f out, hung right approaching final furlong, ran on strongly | |||||||||
| 19 Oct 2015 | Windsor | Good to Soft (Good in places) | 1m 2f 7y | 4 | Wild Storm | 9st 10lbs | 5 of 12 | Edward Greatrex | 16/0 |
| towards rear, headway and not much room over 1f out, soon switched left, kept on well inside final furlong | |||||||||
| 18 Sep 2015 | Newbury | Soft | 1m 2f 6y | 4 | Kastini | 9st 10lbs | of 11 | Pierre-Louis Jamin | 0/0 |
| Nonrunner | |||||||||
| 29 Aug 2015 | Goodwood | Soft (Good to Soft in places) | 1m 1f | 3 | Imshivalla | 9st 11lbs | 8 of 10 | R Clark | 6/1 |
| held up in touch, headway chasing leaders over 2f out, ridden and hung right over 1f out, weakened final furlong | |||||||||
| 01 Aug 2015 | Goodwood | Good to Firm (Good in places) | 1m 1f | 3 | Balmoral Castle | 9st 5lbs | 1 of 18 | R Clark | 6/1 |
| tracked leader, ridden 1f out, led inside final furlong, held on well | |||||||||
| 04 May 2015 | Windsor | Good to Firm | 1m 2f 7y | 4 | Mythical Madness | 9st 6lbs | 3 of 9 | Ned Curtis | 4/1 |
| tracked leading pair until halfway, chased leaders, pushed along over 3f out, effort on outside over 2f out, went 2nd and hung left inside final furlong, no impression and dropped to 3rd last 100 yards | |||||||||
| 18 Apr 2015 | Newbury | Good to Firm | 1m 2f 6y | 3 | Mahsoob | 9st | 4 of 20 | Ned Curtis | 14/1 |
| chased leading pair, 2nd well over 2f out, challenged in 2nd 2f out, soon every chance, ridden over 1f out, keeping on same pace in 4th when hampered inside final furlong | |||||||||
| 19 Sep 2014 | Newbury | Good to Soft (Soft in places) | 1m 2f 6y | 4 | Starwatch | 9st 8lbs | 5 of 12 | Ned Curtis | 7/1 |
| tracked leaders, ridden 2f out, chased leading pair over 1f out, kept on same pace, never on terms, lost place towards finish | |||||||||
| 23 Aug 2014 | Goodwood | Good (Good to Firm in places on the round course) | 1m 1f | 3 | Balmoral Castle | 9st 5lbs | 1 of 10 | Ned Curtis | 11/2 |
| in touch, headway on wide outside over 2f out, led inside final furlong, driven out | |||||||||
| 31 Jul 2014 | Goodwood | Good to Firm (Watered) | 1m 1f | 3 | Angelic Upstart | 9st 1lbs | of 14 | Ned Curtis | |
| 21 Jul 2014 | Windsor | Good to Firm (Good in places, Watered) | 1m 2f 7y | 5 | Balmoral Castle | 9st 12lbs | 1 of 10 | Ned Curtis | 6/1 |
| held up last, headway and squeezed through over 2f out, sooon chasing leaders, led well over 1f out, hung left inside final furlong, 5 lengths clear when eased up 100 yards out, jinked final 50 yards, just held on | |||||||||
| 06 Jun 2014 | Goodwood | Good | 1m 1f | 5 | Balmoral Castle | 10st 12lbs | 1 of 11 | Mr J Harding | 5/2 |
| held up, headway on outer 2f out, led inside final furlong | |||||||||
| 16 May 2014 | Newbury | Good | 1m 2f 6y | 5 | Choral Festival | 9st 1lbs | 2 of 9 | Matthew Lawson | 9/4 |
| tracked leaders, ridden 2f out, led over 1f out, headed inside final furlong, stayed on, held towards finish | |||||||||
| 05 May 2014 | Warwick | Good to Soft (Good in places) | 1m 20y | 6 | Balmoral Castle | 9st 6lbs | 1 of 12 | Ned Curtis | 6/1 |
| prominent, lost place 6f out, ridden over 3f out, headway over 1f out, led inside final furlong, kept on well | |||||||||
| 31 Mar 2014 | Kempton | Standard | 1m 2f | 5 | Cathedral | 9st 2lbs | 4 of 7 | Ned Curtis | 14/1 |
| in rear, wide into straight 2f out, soon ridden, kept on inside final furlong, not trouble leaders | |||||||||
| 21 Oct 2013 | Windsor | Heavy | 1m 67y | 5 | Collodi | 9st 4lbs | 5 of 10 | Matthew Lawson | 4/1 |
| mid-division, driven and headway over 3f out, soon ridden and weakened | |||||||||
| 27 Sep 2013 | Haydock | Good | 1m 2f 95y | 5 | Bold Duke | 9st 10lbs | 3 of 14 | Kenegan Deniel | 25/1 |
| chased leaders, went 2nd 3f out, led over 2f out, ridden and headed over 1f out, 3rd and one pace when edged left briefly inside final furlong | |||||||||
| 25 Aug 2013 | Goodwood | Good (Straight: Good, Good to Soft in places) | 1m 1f | 5 | Automotive | 11st 3lbs | 9 of 15 | Mr J Harding | 6/1 |
| mid-division, driven over 2f out, kept on same pace, no impression | |||||||||
| 16 Aug 2013 | Newbury | Good | 1m 1f | 5 | Hector's Chance | 9st 10lbs | 3 of 11 | Matthew Lawson | 5/1 |
| towards rear, took keen hold, headway over 3f out to go mid-division, led 3f out, headed inside final furlong, no extra | |||||||||
| 13 Jun 2013 | Newbury | Good | 1m 2f 6y | 5 | Automotive | 11st 6lbs | 8 of 9 | Mr J Harding | 13/8 |
| chased leaders, pushed along and went 2nd over 2f out, weakened over 1f out | |||||||||
| 08 Jun 2013 | Newbury | Good to Firm | 1m 2f 6y | 5 | Balmoral Castle | 10st 8lbs | 1 of 15 | Mr J Harding | 2/1 |
| chased leaders, went 2nd inside final 2f, led 1f out, hung left inside final furlong stayed on well | |||||||||
| 31 May 2013 | Goodwood | Good (Good to Soft in places) | 1m 1f | 5 | Balmoral Castle | 10st 3lbs | 1 of 16 | Mr J Harding | 4/1 |
| in touch on outer, lost place over 4f out, headway over 3f out, led entering final furlong, held on well towards finish | |||||||||
| 16 May 2013 | Salisbury | Good (Good to Soft in places, Good to Soft last 2f) | 6f 212y | 5 | Intomist | 8st 7lbs | 3 of 17 | David Coyle | 6/1 |
| prominent, hung left and outpaced over 2f out, stayed on well, nearest finish | |||||||||
| 06 May 2013 | Warwick | Good to Firm (Firm in places) | 1m 22y | 6 | Evergreen Forest | 8st 12lbs | 2 of 13 | David Coyle | 20/1 |
| tracked leaders, ridden to lead over 1f out, headed inside final furlong | |||||||||
| 14 Mar 2013 | Wolverhampton | Standard | 1m 141y | 6 | Daniel Thomas | 9st 3lbs | 2 of 8 | J P Fahy | 10/1 |
| tracked leader, ridden to challenge over 1f out, soon every chance, ran on closing stages | |||||||||
| 10 Feb 2013 | Southwell | Standard / Slow | 1m | 6 | Our Ivor | 9st 4lbs | 7 of 11 | J P Fahy | 8/1 |
| in rear, outpaced over 4f out | |||||||||
| 20 Dec 2012 | Kempton | Standard | 1m | 6 | Mr Knightley | 8st 9lbs | 2 of 7 | J P Fahy | 50/1 |
| soon led, ridden well over 1f out, headed over 1f out, soon slightly outpaced, rallied to 2nd final stride, no chance with winner | |||||||||
| 15 Nov 2012 | Southwell | Standard | 7f | 5 | Quan | 9st 3lbs | 7 of 13 | Stephen Craine | 66/1 |
| dwelt in rear, ridden halfway, never nearer | |||||||||
| 31 Oct 2012 | Kempton | Standard | 7f | 5 | Tropics | 9st 3lbs | 8 of 11 | M Harley | 50/1 |
| always behind | |||||||||