Sonny B (IRE)
Owner: Anthony Byrne Trainer: J J Walsh Sex: gelding Age: 15
Breeding: Spadoun / Miss Ell (Houmayoun)
Form Summary
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Starts | Wins | 2nds | 3rds |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Good to Yielding | 2 | |||
| Heavy | 10 | 1 | 2 | 2 |
| Soft | 8 | 1 | 2 | |
| Soft (Heavy in places) | 1 | |||
| Soft (Yielding in places) | 3 | 1 | ||
| Soft to Heavy | 4 | 2 | ||
| Soft to Heavy (Heavy in places) | 4 | |||
| Yielding | 1 | |||
| Yielding (Good to Yielding in places) | 1 | |||
| Yielding (Yielding to Soft in places) | 1 | |||
| Yielding to Soft | 4 | 1 | ||
| Yielding to Soft (Soft in places) | 1 | |||
| Totals | 40 | 4 | 3 | 5 |
Race History
| Date | Course | Going | Distance | Class | Race Winner | Weight | Position | Jockey | SP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 03 Mar 2022 | Clonmel | Heavy | 2m 7f | 0 | Three Loud Knocks | 12st | of 17 | A McCurtin | 0/0 |
| 21 Mar 2020 | Thurles | Soft | 2m 4f 91y | 0 | Well Joey | 11st 9lbs | 8 of 19 | A McCurtin | 50/1 |
| tracked leaders, 4th halfway, headway 4 out and 2nd next, 4th and pushed along 2 out, no extra approaching last | |||||||||
| 05 Mar 2020 | Thurles | Soft to Heavy (Heavy in places) | 2m 6f 197y | 0 | Bay Ambition | 11st | 4 of 7 | A McCurtin | 33/1 |
| slow at 1st, waited with, headway to chase leaders and slight mistake 3 out, no extra and one pace after | |||||||||
| 16 Feb 2020 | Navan | Heavy | 3m | 0 | Se Mo Laoch | 11st | of 13 | P T Enright | 0/0 |
| 04 Jan 2020 | Cork | Soft | 2m 4f | 0 | Minella Till Dawn | 10st 10lbs | 7 of 9 | K J Brouder | 4/1 |
| tracked leaders, headway to lead after 2nd, headed 6th and 3rd halfway, slight mistake 7th and lost place when mistake next, soon weakened, completely tailed off | |||||||||
| 27 Dec 2019 | Limerick | Heavy | 2m 6f 120y | 0 | Cappacurry Zak | 11st 7lbs | 3 of 15 | A McCurtin | 12/1 |
| soon chased leaders, 3rd from 7th, travelling smoothly before straight, soon not much room briefly, on terms before 2 out, soon headed and pecked slightly, no extra and one pace from before last | |||||||||
| 12 Apr 2019 | Ballinrobe | Yielding (Good to Yielding in places) | 2m 6f 7y | 0 | Maeve's Choice | 11st 4lbs | of 19 | P T Enright | 0/0 |
| 21 Mar 2019 | Cork | Yielding to Soft (Soft in places) | 3m | 0 | Ronald Pump | 11st 1lbs | PulledUp of 14 | A McCurtin | 40/1 |
| mid-division, slight mistakes 2nd and 6th, ridden towards rear after 4 out, soon no extra and weakened, pulled up before 3 out | |||||||||
| 28 Dec 2018 | Limerick | Soft | 2m 6f 120y | 0 | Lilshane | 11st 10lbs | 5 of 11 | A McCurtin | 10/1 |
| chased leaders, not always fluent jumping, 5th after 7th, soon headway, no impression from before 2 out, one pace | |||||||||
| 09 Dec 2018 | Cork | Soft to Heavy (Heavy in places) | 2m | 0 | Chatham Street Lad | 11st 10lbs | 14 of 17 | A McCurtin | 33/1 |
| waited with, 13th after 3rd, no impression when not fluent 3 out, one pace | |||||||||
| 18 Nov 2018 | Cork | Yielding (Yielding to Soft in places) | 2m 4f | 0 | Allez Kal | 11st 5lbs | 7 of 12 | A McCurtin | 33/1 |
| settled behind leaders, 6th halfway, ridden and no impression before 3 out, kept on one pace | |||||||||
| 01 Apr 2018 | Cork | Soft to Heavy (Heavy in places) | 2m | 0 | Dr Mikey | 11st 4lbs | 5 of 7 | A McCurtin | 33/1 |
| held up, 4th halfway, no impression on leaders before 4 out, soon weakened and completely tailed off | |||||||||
| 17 Apr 2017 | Fairyhouse | Good to Yielding | 2m 6f | 0 | Showem Silver | 11st 5lbs | 15 of 20 | B T O'Connell | 16/1 |
| prominent, a little keen, slight mistakes 5th and 7th, almost on terms 3 out, 3rd before straight, soon weakened | |||||||||
| 18 Feb 2017 | Gowran Park | Heavy | 2m 4f | 0 | Killaro Boy | 11st 8lbs | 4 of 13 | B T O'Connell | 7/1 |
| not much room before 1st and slight mistake, held up, not always fluent jumping, 8th at 6th, pushed along after 4 out, headway approaching straight on outer, chased leaders but no impression from before 2 out, soon no extra | |||||||||
| 27 Dec 2016 | Leopardstown | Yielding to Soft | 3m 100y | 0 | Noble Endeavor | 10st | 8 of 31 | R C Colgan | 33/1 |
| soon mid-division, hampered 10th, closed up 2 out, challenged and every chance straight, dropped to dispute 3rd between horses when bad mistake last, no extra | |||||||||
| 11 Dec 2016 | Punchestown | Yielding to Soft | 3m 1f 100y | 0 | Kansas City Chief | 11st 6lbs | 3 of 10 | B T O'Connell | 7/2 |
| soon tracked leaders, slightly slow 2nd, some slight mistakes, 3rd from 9th, challenged 2 out, kept on same pace from last | |||||||||
| 27 Nov 2016 | Navan | Yielding to Soft | 3m | 0 | Empire Of Dirt | 9st 12lbs | of 28 | Reserve 3 | 0/0 |
| 19 Nov 2016 | Punchestown | Soft | 2m 6f | 0 | Rogue Trader | 11st 2lbs | 3 of 13 | P T Enright | 8/1 |
| chased leaders, 5th halfway, lost place before 3 out where hampered, ridden in 7th entering straight, stayed on and slightly hampered 2 out, 3rd before last, no impression run-in and kept on same pace | |||||||||
| 17 Oct 2016 | Roscommon | Heavy | 3m 1f 76y | 0 | He Rock's | 11st 8lbs | 2 of 7 | B T O'Connell | 4/1 |
| held up, some slight mistakes, last after 10th, headway into 3rd before straight, chased winner 2 out, soon no impression, kept on same pace | |||||||||
| 28 Apr 2016 | Punchestown | Good to Yielding | 3m | 0 | Cup Final | 11st 2lbs | 6 of 28 | B T O'Connell | 14/0 |
| chased leaders, impeded 1st, slightly slow 3 out, not fluent 2 out, tight for room approaching straight, soon 5th, no extra from before last where not fluent, one pace | |||||||||
| 28 Mar 2016 | Fairyhouse | Yielding to Soft | 2m 6f | 0 | Just Cause | 11st 8lbs | UnseatedRider of 20 | A McCurtin | 11/0 |
| mid-division, 12th halfway, progress after 3 out and went 3rd next, ridden and 1 length down when mistake and unseated rider last | |||||||||
| 14 Mar 2016 | Cork | Soft to Heavy | 3m | 0 | Sonny B | 11st 1lbs | 1 of 9 | B T O'Connell | 4/0 |
| held up early, mid-division in 5th halfway, closer in 3rd after 4 out, slight mistake 3 out, close 2nd and slight mistake next, travelled well to narrow lead before last, ridden to assert run-in, comfortably | |||||||||
| 25 Feb 2016 | Thurles | Soft | 3m | 0 | Sonny B | 10st 8lbs | 1 of 6 | B T O'Connell | 14/0 |
| chased leader, slow 1st and not fluent 2nd, 4th halfway, slight mistake 4 out, progress into 2nd next, ridden to lead before last where slight mistake, kept on well run-in | |||||||||
| 13 Feb 2016 | Gowran Park | Heavy | 2m 4f | 0 | Toushan | 11st 8lbs | 6 of 8 | B T O'Connell | 20/0 |
| tracked leaders, 5th early, some slight mistakes, closed up approaching straight towards outer, pushed along 3 out, soon no impression, no extra when mistake last | |||||||||
| 27 Dec 2015 | Limerick | Heavy | 2m 3f 120y | 0 | Pairofbrowneyes | 10st 12lbs | PulledUp of 11 | B T O'Connell | 9/0 |
| tracked leaders, 5th from 7th, mistake 10th, under pressure from 3 out, moderate 8th approaching straight and no impression, soon pulled up | |||||||||
| 10 Dec 2015 | Punchestown | Soft (Heavy in places) | 2m 4f | 0 | Thomas Hobson | 11st 9lbs | 6 of 7 | B T O'Connell | 50/0 |
| raced in 5th, slight mistake 2nd, 6th when mistake 4 out, soon pushed along, not fluent 3 out and no impression, not fluent last, no extra | |||||||||
| 26 Nov 2015 | Thurles | Soft (Yielding in places) | 2m 6f 110y | 0 | Mount Colah | 11st | 6 of 9 | S W Flanagan | 20/0 |
| chased leader, 7th halfway, progress into 4th 3 out, pushed along and slight mistake next, no extra approaching last | |||||||||
| 05 Apr 2015 | Cork | Soft to Heavy (Heavy in places) | 3m | 1 | On His Own | 10st 12lbs | 4 of 7 | B T O'Connell | 12/1 |
| soon moderate 3rd, not always fluent jumping, dropped to 4th at 11th, soon no danger, no extra and eased into straight | |||||||||
| 08 Mar 2015 | Naas | Soft | 3m | 0 | Miss Xian | 10st 9lbs | 3 of 9 | B T O'Connell | 10/1 |
| soon chased leader, 3rd halfway, slight mistake 11th, mistake 5 out, improved to challenge before 2 out, slight mistake 2 out and ridden, close 3rd and challenged last, no extra closing stages run-in | |||||||||
| 14 Feb 2015 | Gowran Park | Soft to Heavy | 2m 4f | 0 | Toon River | 11st 8lbs | 6 of 13 | B T O'Connell | 12/1 |
| prominent, 3rd from 6th, close up before straight, mistake 3 out, soon no impression, 6th and jumped right last | |||||||||
| 29 Dec 2014 | Limerick | Soft to Heavy | 2m 6f | 0 | Sonny B | 11st 12lbs | 1 of 9 | B T O'Connell | 16/1 |
| took keen hold early, prominent, slight mistake 7th, on terms 4 out, travelling smoothly straight, not fluent 2 out, gained narrow lead when left clear last, pushed out run-in, easily | |||||||||
| 20 Nov 2014 | Thurles | Soft | 2m 2f | 0 | Aerlite Supreme | 11st 12lbs | 8 of 16 | B T O'Connell | 33/1 |
| mid-division, ridden in moderate 9th 5 out, no impression (poor visibility) | |||||||||
| 15 Nov 2014 | Punchestown | Soft | 2m 4f | 0 | Valseur Lido | 11st 12lbs | 8 of 13 | B T O'Connell | 40/1 |
| held up, not fluent 4th and almost unseated rider, soon raced in 9th, jumped right 7 out, moderate 9th next, slightly impeded 5 out, soon moderate 8th and eased, one pace | |||||||||
| 09 May 2014 | Cork | Yielding | 2m 4f | 0 | Band Of Blood | 11st 2lbs | of 12 | B T O'Connell | |
| 27 Mar 2014 | Cork | Heavy | 2m 4f | 0 | Sonny B | 11st 12lbs | 1 of 23 | B T O'Connell | 11/4 |
| soon chased leaders, not fluent 6th, closed to challenge in 3rd 2 out, jinked left before last where led, stayed on well run-in to draw clear closing stages | |||||||||
| 30 Jan 2014 | Thurles | Soft to Heavy | 2m | 0 | Synchronicity | 11st 4lbs | 12 of 21 | B T O'Connell | 4/1 |
| mid-division, not fluent 2nd, closer 3 out where mistake, pushed along and no impression in 8th approaching straight, hampered 2 out, no extra | |||||||||
| 28 Dec 2013 | Limerick | Heavy | 2m 5f | 0 | Captainofthefleet | 11st 12lbs | 3 of 12 | B T O'Connell | 3/1 |
| soon chased leaders, not fluent 6th, mistake 6 out, 2nd from 3 out, dropped to 3rd and no extra into straight | |||||||||
| 03 Nov 2013 | Cork | Soft (Yielding in places) | 2m 4f | 0 | Azorian | 11st 12lbs | of 16 | B T O'Connell | |
| 27 Oct 2013 | Galway | Heavy | 2m | 0 | Aerlite Supreme | 11st 12lbs | 2 of 17 | B T O'Connell | 5/1 |
| chased leaders, 6th before halfway, improved from before 3 out, ridden and challenged on outer from before straight, every chance in 2nd from last, kept on well, not quite match winner | |||||||||
| 16 Apr 2013 | Fairyhouse | Soft (Yielding in places) | 2m | 0 | Storm Of Swords | 12st | 2 of 22 | A McCurtin | 10/1 |
| soon tracked leaders, in pursuit of winner from over 1f out, soon no impression, kept on same pace | |||||||||