Shield (IRE)
Owner: John P McManus Trainer: A P O'Brien Sex: gelding Age: 6
Breeding: Dylan Thomas / American Queen (Fairy King)
Form Summary
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Starts | Wins | 2nds | 3rds |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Good | 8 | 2 | 2 | |
| Good (Good to Firm in places) | 1 | |||
| Good (Good to Firm in places, watering) | 1 | 1 | ||
| Good (Good to Yielding in places on straight course) | 1 | 1 | ||
| Good (Good to Yielding in places) | 1 | 1 | ||
| Good to Firm | 2 | 1 | ||
| Good to Firm (Watering) | 2 | 1 | ||
| Good to Soft (Soft in places) | 1 | |||
| Good to Yielding | 1 | 1 | ||
| Good to Yielding (Yielding in places) | 1 | |||
| Heavy (Soft in places) | 1 | |||
| Soft (Heavy in places) | 1 | |||
| Soft (Soft to Heavy in places) | 1 | 1 | ||
| Soft to Heavy | 3 | 1 | 1 | |
| Soft to Heavy (Yielding to Soft in places) | 1 | |||
| Standard | 2 | 1 | 1 | |
| Yielding | 4 | 1 | ||
| Yielding to Soft | 1 | 1 | ||
| Yielding to Soft (Soft in places) | 2 | 1 | ||
| Totals | 35 | 6 | 6 | 6 |
Race History
| Date | Course | Going | Distance | Class | Race Winner | Weight | Position | Jockey | SP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 14 Oct 2015 | Punchestown | Good (Good to Firm in places, watering) | 2m 4f | 0 | Colms Dream | 11st 1lbs | 2 of 9 | B J Geraghty | 3/0 |
| held up in mid-division, 7th halfway, progress into 4th 4 out, ridden in 3rd 3 out, close in 2nd and slight mistake 2 out, no impression on winner before last, kept on run-in, pressed winner close home | |||||||||
| 28 Sep 2015 | Roscommon | Yielding | 2m 5f | 0 | Colms Dream | 11st 9lbs | 4 of 11 | B J Geraghty | 5/0 |
| towards rear, 8th after 8th, driven and improved to 3rd 3 out, ridden before 2 out where dropped to 4th, no impression, kept on one pace | |||||||||
| 08 Sep 2015 | Galway | Good to Yielding | 2m 6f 111y | 0 | Abarta | 11st 12lbs | 3 of 16 | B J Geraghty | 6/1 |
| prominent, slight mistake 4th, not fluent next, 5th from 7th, not fluent 3 out, 4th approaching straight, challenged and every chance final furlong, kept on without quite matching 1st 2 | |||||||||
| 31 Jul 2015 | Galway | Good | 2m | 0 | Vive La France | 11st 7lbs | of 16 | M P Walsh | |
| 14 Jul 2015 | Killarney | Good | 2m 6f | 0 | Valours Minion | 11st 10lbs | 8 of 15 | A P Crowe | 25/1 |
| towards rear, 11th from 9th, no extra straight, tailed off | |||||||||
| 22 Jun 2015 | Kilbeggan | Good to Firm (Watering) | 2m 4f | 0 | Harangue | 11st 12lbs | 10 of 13 | M P Walsh | 9/2 |
| held up, pushed along briefly after 5th towards rear, soon 11th, no impression 4 out, soon no extra, completely tailed off | |||||||||
| 08 Jun 2015 | Roscommon | Good | 2m 5f | 0 | Railway Zira | 11st 12lbs | of 17 | A P Crowe | |
| 11 Jan 2015 | Fairyhouse | Soft to Heavy | 2m 1f | 0 | Florishwells D'ete | 11st 12lbs | 6 of 9 | M P Walsh | 16/1 |
| mid-division, no impression from 4 out, remote 8th next, never a factor | |||||||||
| 14 Dec 2014 | Navan | Yielding to Soft (Soft in places) | 2m 1f | 0 | Lots Of Memories | 11st 12lbs | 10 of 19 | M P Walsh | 40/1 |
| settled behind leaders early, mid-division in 9th halfway, no impression before 4 out | |||||||||
| 22 Nov 2014 | Gowran Park | Soft (Heavy in places) | 2m 4f | 0 | Don Poli | 11st 11lbs | 8 of 14 | A P Crowe | 33/1 |
| towards rear, slight mistake 3rd, no impression from 5 out, never a factor | |||||||||
| 04 Oct 2014 | Gowran Park | Good | 2m 2f | 0 | Benemeade | 11st 11lbs | 5 of 8 | R M Power | 9/2 |
| held up behind leaders, not always fluent, mistake 7th, remote 5th 5 out, no impression | |||||||||
| 17 Sep 2014 | Listowel | Good (Good to Firm in places) | 2m 4f | 0 | Hash Brown | 11st 10lbs | Fell of 5 | A P McCoy | |
| 23 Aug 2014 | Killarney | Good | 2m 6f | 0 | Klepht | 11st 10lbs | 3 of 5 | R M Power | 15/8 |
| held up in touch in last, ridden in last 3 out, moderate last next, kept on without threatening leaders to go 3rd after last | |||||||||
| 29 Jul 2014 | Galway | Good | 2m | 0 | Shield | 11st 12lbs | 1 of 7 | R M Power | 15/8 |
| held up in 6th, pushed along before 3 out, ridden and headway on inner entering straight, went 2nd at last, improved to lead inside final furlong, stayed on well | |||||||||
| 17 Jul 2014 | Killarney | Good | 2m 1f | 0 | Shield | 11st 12lbs | 1 of 9 | M P Walsh | 11/4 |
| held up in rear, slight mistake 5 out, headway 3 out, improved into 2nd travelling well 2 out, ridden to lead at last, stayed on well, comfortably | |||||||||
| 06 Jul 2014 | Bellewstown | Good to Firm | 2m 4f | 0 | Aranhill Chief | 11st 6lbs | 3 of 8 | R M Power | 2/1 |
| chased leaders, 4th halfway, 3rd 5 out, progress into 2nd 3 out, soon ridden and switched out to challenge before 2 out, no extra run-in, kept on same pace | |||||||||
| 18 Jun 2014 | Wexford | Good to Firm (Watering) | 2m 2f | 0 | Shield | 11st 12lbs | 1 of 4 | R M Power | 7/4 |
| tracked leader in 2nd, mistake 3 out and not fluent next, soon pushed along and progress run-in, led over 1f out and kept on well, disqualified as rider weighed in light | |||||||||
| 10 Jun 2014 | Roscommon | Good to Firm | 2m 4f | 0 | Takeyourcapoff | 11st 5lbs | of 15 | R M Power | |
| 18 May 2014 | Limerick | Good | 2m 3f | 0 | Draycott Place | 11st 10lbs | 3 of 7 | R M Power | 5/2 |
| raced in 3rd, mistake 5 out, slight mistake next and pushed along briefly, under pressure into straight, soon no impression, mistake last, kept on same pace run-in | |||||||||
| 09 May 2014 | Cork | Yielding | 2m | 0 | Shield | 11st 12lbs | 1 of 27 | R M Power | 5/4 |
| soon tracked leaders, closer order 3 out, challenged next, led run-in and stayed on well | |||||||||
| 22 Mar 2014 | Gowran Park | Soft to Heavy | 2m 4f | 0 | Allied Victory | 11st 12lbs | 3 of 16 | R M Power | 4/9 |
| chased leaders, 7th halfway, progress to go 3rd 3 out, soon ridden, under pressure and no impression approaching last, no extra run-in | |||||||||
| 09 Mar 2014 | Naas | Yielding to Soft | 3m | 0 | Ttebbob | 11st 10lbs | 2 of 12 | R M Power | 9/4 |
| towards rear, headway from 3 out, ridden in 4th next, led before last, headed early run-in, kept on same pace inside final furlong | |||||||||
| 23 Feb 2014 | Naas | Soft to Heavy | 2m | 0 | Katie T | 11st 11lbs | 2 of 17 | A P McCoy | 9/10 |
| tracked leaders, mainly 4th, challenged 2 out, soon on terms, led before last, narrowly headed run-in, kept on without matching winner closing stages | |||||||||
| 31 Jan 2014 | Dundalk | Standard | 2m | 0 | Shield | 9st 12lbs | 1 of 11 | Joseph O'Brien | 1/2 |
| tracked leaders, headway into 2nd 3f out, ridden entering straight, led 2f out, pressed 1f out, stayed on well under pressure inside final furlong | |||||||||
| 28 Dec 2013 | Leopardstown | Soft (Soft to Heavy in places) | 2m 4f | 0 | Sure Reef | 11st 7lbs | 2 of 10 | R M Power | 4/1 |
| held up in 7th, closer in 5th 2 out and 3rd at last, ridden and kept on same pace run-in to go 2nd final 100 yards, no impression on winner | |||||||||
| 20 Dec 2013 | Dundalk | Standard | 1m 4f | 0 | Ballyadam Brook | 9st 10lbs | 2 of 17 | Joseph O'Brien | 5/4 |
| chased leaders, 7th over 4f out, ridden straight, in pursuit of winner but no impression from over 1f out, kept on same pace | |||||||||
| 28 Nov 2013 | Thurles | Good (Good to Yielding in places) | 2m | 0 | Lucky Bridle | 11st 7lbs | 2 of 21 | R M Power | 5/1 |
| soon chased leaders, not fluent 5 out, 5th after 3 out, in pursuit of winner from next, no impression and kept on same pace from last | |||||||||
| 24 Nov 2013 | Navan | Good to Yielding (Yielding in places) | 2m | 0 | Moyle Park | 11st 9lbs | 6 of 20 | R M Power | 25/1 |
| mid-division, 10th 4 out, soon ridden, went moderate 6th 2 out, no extra | |||||||||
| 17 Nov 2013 | Cork | Soft to Heavy (Yielding to Soft in places) | 2m | 0 | Valseur Lido | 11st 7lbs | 10 of 14 | R M Power | 13/2 |
| held up, 12th early, not fluent 5 out and pushed along briefly, 9th approaching straight, soon no impression | |||||||||
| 15 Oct 2013 | Curragh | Good (Good to Yielding in places on straight course) | 1m 4f | 0 | Mckinley | 9st 12lbs | 3 of 14 | Joseph O'Brien | 9/1 |
| settled in rear and well off pace halfway, some headway into 5th 2f out, kept on well inside final furlong, nearest at finish | |||||||||
| 09 Oct 2013 | Navan | Yielding | 2m | 0 | Sardinia | 10st 2lbs | of 21 | Reserve 3 | |
| 27 Aug 2013 | Ballinrobe | Yielding | 1m 6f | 0 | Orgilgo Bay | 10st 3lbs | 12 of 12 | Joseph O'Brien | 11/4 |
| chased leaders, ridden 5f out, soon weakened quickly, in rear when eased 3f out | |||||||||
| 13 Mar 2013 | Cheltenham | Good to Soft (Soft in places) | 2m 110y | 1 | Briar Hill | 10st 11lbs | 17 of 24 | Joseph O'Brien | 16/1 |
| mid-division, lost place over 3f out, soon weakened | |||||||||
| 03 Mar 2013 | Leopardstown | Yielding to Soft (Soft in places) | 2m | 0 | Shield | 11st 5lbs | 1 of 11 | Miss K Harrington | 8/1 |
| settled in rear, went 6th approaching straight, ridden and headway to lead 1f out, kept on best under pressure final furlong | |||||||||
| 20 Feb 2013 | Punchestown | Heavy (Soft in places) | 2m | 0 | Yes Sir Brian | 11st 7lbs | 4 of 9 | Miss K Harrington | 10/1 |
| chased leaders, 4th halfway, ridden in 5th 2f out, under pressure in 4th 1 1/2f out, kept on same pace | |||||||||