Oranmore Castle (IRE)
Owner: The Knavesmire Alliance Trainer: D Nicholls Sex: Gelding Age: 23
Form Summary
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Starts | Wins | 2nds | 3rds |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Firm | 2 | 2 | ||
| Good | 8 | |||
| Good (Good to Firm in places on round course) | 1 | |||
| Good (Good to Firm in places) | 1 | |||
| Good (Good to Soft in places) | 1 | |||
| Good to Firm | 13 | 1 | 3 | 1 |
| Good to Firm (Good in places) | 1 | |||
| Good to Firm (Good places)(Round Good, Good to Firm places) | 1 | |||
| Good to Soft | 4 | 1 | ||
| Good to Soft (Good in places) | 1 | |||
| Soft | 2 | |||
| Totals | 35 | 3 | 3 | 2 |
Race History
| Date | Course | Going | Distance | Class | Race Winner | Weight | Position | Jockey | SP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 12 Aug 2008 | Musselburgh | Soft | 5f | 6 | Highland Warrior | 9st | 8 of 12 | P Hanagan | 8/1 |
| reared start, soon in touch, ridden halfway and weakened final furlong | |||||||||
| 25 Jul 2008 | York | Good to Firm | 6f | 4 | Methaaly | 8st 8lbs | 10 of 11 | P Hanagan | 9/1 |
| slow into stride, soon chasing leaders, ridden halfway, soon weakened | |||||||||
| 03 May 2008 | Thirsk | Good | 5f | 4 | Royal Envoy | 8st 6lbs | 12 of 17 | P Hanagan | 10/1 |
| reared start, always behind stands side | |||||||||
| 26 Apr 2008 | Leicester | Good to Soft | 5f 218y | 4 | Nobilissima | 8st 4lbs | 12 of 12 | Greg Fairley | 18/1 |
| reared start, raced freely in mid-division, ridden and weakened 2f out | |||||||||
| 19 Apr 2008 | Thirsk | Good (Good to Soft in places) | 6f | 5 | Imperial Echo | 9st 3lbs | 15 of 17 | F Tylicki | 10/1 |
| chased leaders stands side, ridden along over 2f out, weakened over 1f out | |||||||||
| 26 Sep 2007 | Goodwood | Good to Soft (Good in places) | 6f | 4 | Don Pele | 9st 2lbs | of 18 | T Hamilton | 12/1 |
| prominent on stand's side, ridden over 2f out, soon one pace | |||||||||
| 14 Sep 2007 | Doncaster | Good to Firm | 5f | 4 | Inter Vision | 8st 7lbs | of 17 | P Hanagan | 6/1 |
| chased leaders stands side, ridden well over 1f out, kept on final furlong | |||||||||
| 08 Sep 2007 | Thirsk | Good to Firm | 6f | 5 | Cornus | 9st 5lbs | 2 of 12 | Jamie Moriarty | 11/2 |
| led, ridden over 1f out, headed inside final furlong, stayed on well towards finish | |||||||||
| 31 Aug 2007 | Sandown | Good to Firm (Good places)(Round Good, Good to Firm places) | 5f 6y | 5 | Canadian Danehill | 9st 9lbs | of 15 | T Hamilton | 6/1 |
| chased leaders, hard driven over 1f out, soon weakened | |||||||||
| 10 Aug 2007 | Newmarket | Good to Firm | 6f | 4 | Tamagin | 9st 6lbs | of 7 | Non Runner | |
| Nonrunner | |||||||||
| 03 Aug 2007 | Goodwood | Good to Firm (Good in places) | 6f | 2 | Pearly Wey | 8st 7lbs | of 27 | S Hitchcott | 50/1 |
| led far side, ridden 2f out, headed entering final furlong of that group and weakened | |||||||||
| 02 Aug 2007 | Goodwood | Good (Good to Firm in places on round course) | 5f | 3 | Continent | 8st 9lbs | of 22 | S Hitchcott | 28/1 |
| prominent in centre, fading when squeezed out just inside final furlong | |||||||||
| 09 Jun 2007 | Musselburgh | Good (Good to Firm in places) | 5f | 3 | How's She Cuttin' | 9st 10lbs | of 13 | Adrian Nicholls | 14/1 |
| dwelt, always towards rear | |||||||||
| 19 May 2007 | THIRSK | Good | 1100 | 2 | Magic Glade | 8st 5lbs | 9 of 9 | Adrian Nicholls | |
| in touch, ridden along halfway, weakened final furlong | |||||||||
| 05 May 2007 | THIRSK | Firm | 1100 | 4 | Oranmore Castle | 9st 1lbs | 1 of 8 | Adrian Nicholls | |
| led, headed over 1f out, driven and rallied inside final furlong to regain lead close home | |||||||||
| 08 Apr 2007 | MUSSELBURGH | Good to Firm | 1100 | 4 | Geojimali | 8st 7lbs | 11 of 12 | Adele Rothery | |
| towards rear, never dangerous | |||||||||
| 16 Oct 2006 | PONTEFRACT | Good to Soft | 1100 | 4 | Kay Two | 9st | 7 of 18 | Adrian Nicholls | |
| with leaders, challenged 2f out, one pace final furlong | |||||||||
| 15 Sep 2006 | AYR | Good to Soft | 1100 | 4 | Ptarmigan Ridge | 9st | 3 of 18 | P M Quinn | |
| tracked leaders, ridden over 1f out, switched left and one pace inside final furlong | |||||||||
| 03 Aug 2006 | GOODWOOD | Good to Firm | 1100 | 3 | Holbeck Ghyll | 9st 3lbs | 8 of 19 | Adrian Nicholls | |
| chased leaders on far side, kept on same pace final 2f | |||||||||
| 08 Jul 2006 | BEVERLEY | Firm | 1100 | 3 | Oranmore Castle | 9st 4lbs | 1 of 11 | R Ffrench | |
| held up behind leaders, ridden over 1f out, led inside final furlong, ran on | |||||||||
| 24 Jun 2006 | NEWMARKET | Good to Firm | 1320 | 4 | Zidane | 9st 9lbs | 9 of 15 | Ted Durcan | |
| held up, effort approaching final furlong, soon one pace | |||||||||
| 17 Jun 2006 | YORK | Good to Firm | 1320 | 4 | Blackheath | 9st 7lbs | 2 of 20 | T Quinn | |
| chased leaders, ridden and not much room, switched left over 1f out, stayed on inside final furlong, no chance with winner | |||||||||
| 05 Jun 2006 | WINDSOR | Good to Firm | 1320 | 4 | Royal Challenge | 9st 1lbs | 3 of 16 | T Quinn | |
| held up in rear, headway, switched outside 2f out, driven, every chance approaching final furlong, not quicken inside final furlong | |||||||||
| 19 May 2006 | NEWBURY | Good | 1328 | 4 | Exmoor | 8st 8lbs | 6 of 18 | S Hitchcott | |
| keen hold in touch, effort over 1f out, no extra final furlong | |||||||||
| 06 May 2006 | GOODWOOD | Good | 1320 | 4 | Romany Nights | 9st | 8 of 15 | S O'Hara | |
| led against near side rail, headed over 2f out, hung right over 1f out, soon weakened | |||||||||
| 27 Aug 2005 | NEWMARKET | Good | 1320 | 4 | Pure Imagination | 9st 1lbs | 15 of 15 | Willie Supple | |
| always behind | |||||||||
| 17 Aug 2005 | YORK | Good | 1100 | 2 | Folga | 8st 5lbs | 7 of 14 | T Quinn | |
| behind, ridden halfway, one pace final furlong | |||||||||
| 06 Aug 2005 | WINDSOR | Good | 1320 | 2 | Gimasha | 8st 4lbs | 13 of 15 | T Quinn | |
| mid-division, hampered halfway, no chance after | |||||||||
| 29 Jul 2005 | GOODWOOD | Good to Soft | 1100 | 4 | Abientot | 8st 11lbs | 7 of 12 | Michael Hills | |
| steadied rear, shaken up and kept on final furlong, nearest finish | |||||||||
| 22 Jul 2005 | NEWBURY | Good to Firm | 1328 | 3 | Kodiac | 8st 13lbs | 6 of 17 | Michael Hills | |
| held up, headway over 1f out, not clear run inside final furlong, kept on, never nearer | |||||||||
| 05 Jul 2005 | NEWMARKET | Good | 1320 | 2 | Tax Free | 8st 4lbs | 20 of 20 | E Ahern | |
| raced stand side, led 2f, remained prominent until weakened quickly over 2f out | |||||||||
| 14 May 2005 | NOTTINGHAM | Good to Firm | 1335 | 3 | Intoxicating | 9st | 5 of 11 | Dean McKeown | |
| led over 3f, soon hung left, weakened final furlong | |||||||||
| 14 Apr 2005 | NEWMARKET | Good to Firm | 1320 | 5 | Oranmore Castle | 9st | 1 of 10 | Michael Hills | |
| tracked leader, led over 4f out, ridden clear approaching final furlong | |||||||||
| 29 Oct 2004 | NEWMARKET | Soft | 1320 | 0 | Maggie Jordan | 9st | 6 of 10 | Michael Hills | |
| led, ridden and headed over 1f out, weakened final furlong | |||||||||
| 17 Sep 2004 | NEWBURY | Good to Firm | 1328 | 0 | Newsround | 9st | 2 of 10 | Michael Hills | |
| held up, headway 2f out, shaken up to chase winner over 1f out, kept on same pace final furlong | |||||||||


