Mekong River (IRE)
Owner: Mrs John Magnier & Michael Tabor & Derrick Smith Trainer: A P O'Brien Sex: colt Age: 3
Breeding: Galileo / Simply Perfect (Danehill)
Form Summary
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Starts | Wins | 2nds | 3rds |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Good (Good to Firm in places) | 2 | 1 | 1 | |
| Good (Good to Soft in places) | 1 | |||
| Good to Firm | 1 | 1 | ||
| Soft | 1 | 1 | ||
| Yielding | 2 | 1 | 1 | |
| Totals | 7 | 4 | 2 |
Race History
| Date | Course | Going | Distance | Class | Race Winner | Weight | Position | Jockey | SP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 29 Jun 2014 | Curragh | Good to Firm | 1m 2f | 1 | Mekong River | 8st 12lbs | 1 of 5 | J A Heffernan | 5/1 |
| led, pushed along under 4f out, ridden and strongly pressed 2f out, headed 1 12f out, rallied well to dispute lead 1f out, stayed on well to lead close home | |||||||||
| 25 May 2014 | Curragh | Yielding | 1m 2f | 1 | Adelaide | 9st 3lbs | 2 of 7 | J A Heffernan | 7/1 |
| led and soon clear, ridden 3f out, headed 2f out, dropped to 3rd 1f out, no impression on winner but rallied to regain 2nd close home | |||||||||
| 10 May 2014 | Lingfield | Good (Good to Soft in places) | 1m 3f 106y | 1 | Snow Sky | 9st 3lbs | 9 of 9 | Joseph O'Brien | 3/1 |
| in touch, ridden over 3f out, weakened 2f out, eased final furlong | |||||||||
| 03 Nov 2013 | Leopardstown | Soft | 1m 1f | 1 | Mekong River | 9st 3lbs | 1 of 6 | J A Heffernan | 4/6 |
| soon led and made virtually all, ridden to assert early straight and clear 1f out, stayed on well inside final furlong | |||||||||
| 16 Sep 2013 | Listowel | Yielding | 1m | 0 | Mekong River | 9st 5lbs | 1 of 8 | Joseph O'Brien | 9/4 |
| bustled along away from stalls, pushed along in 5th under 4f out, ridden in last approaching straight, switched to inner to get a run from 1f out, stayed on well final furlong to get on top final 50yds | |||||||||
| 31 Aug 2013 | Killarney | Good (Good to Firm in places) | 1m 100y | 0 | Mekong River | 9st 7lbs | 1 of 3 | Joseph O'Brien | 4/5 |
| made all, ridden along on bend entering straight, strongly pressed from 2f out, stayed on well under pressure final furlong | |||||||||
| 14 Aug 2013 | Gowran Park | Good (Good to Firm in places) | 7f | 0 | Green Tag | 9st 5lbs | 2 of 10 | Joseph O'Brien | 4/9 |
| chased leader, 2nd halfway, ridden 2f out, soon disputed 2nd, hampered under 1f out, kept on to press winner close home and drifted right (promoted to first) | |||||||||