Fine Article (IRE)
Owner: Mrs K Browne Trainer: P Nolan Sex: gelding Age: 7
Breeding: Definite Article / Finemar Lady (Montelimar)
Form Summary
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Starts | Wins | 2nds | 3rds |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Good (Good to Yielding in places) | 1 | 1 | ||
| Good to Yielding | 2 | |||
| Heavy | 3 | 2 | ||
| Soft | 2 | 1 | ||
| Soft (Yielding in places) | 1 | |||
| Soft to Heavy | 4 | 2 | ||
| Yielding | 1 | 1 | ||
| Yielding to Soft | 3 | 2 | 1 | |
| Totals | 17 | 2 | 5 | 3 |
Race History
| Date | Course | Going | Distance | Class | Race Winner | Weight | Position | Jockey | SP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 20 Apr 2016 | Fairyhouse | Soft | 2m 5f | 0 | Katnap | 11st 3lbs | PulledUp of 7 | R M Power | 9/0 |
| chased leaders early, soon settled 4th, 5th and pushed along briefly 4th and again at 5th, dropped behind 5 out, pulled up before 3 out | |||||||||
| 05 Apr 2016 | Fairyhouse | Soft to Heavy | 2m 5f 100y | 0 | Festive Day | 11st 12lbs | UnseatedRider of 6 | R M Power | 1/0 |
| pecked 1st, bad mistake and unseated rider 2nd | |||||||||
| 24 Mar 2016 | Thurles | Yielding | 2m 6f | 0 | Kansas City Chief | 11st 12lbs | 3 of 9 | M P Fogarty | 6/0 |
| disputed lead, not fluent 1st, led after 4th, pressed from before 2 out where not fluent, soon headed and no impression, not fluent and left disputing and badly hampered last, soon headed and no impression, one pace, dropped to 3rd closing stages | |||||||||
| 28 Feb 2016 | Leopardstown | Soft (Yielding in places) | 2m 1f | 0 | Alisier D'irlande | 11st 4lbs | 5 of 6 | M P Fogarty | 6/0 |
| always towards rear, mistakes 1st and 3rd, no impression from 4 out, never a factor (carried 12lbs more than declared weight) | |||||||||
| 14 Dec 2015 | Navan | Heavy | 2m 4f | 0 | Black Hercules | 11st 12lbs | PulledUp of 11 | D N Russell | 11/0 |
| tracked leaders, 3rd from 5th, bumped 9th, soon no danger, eased 3 out, pulled up before 2 out | |||||||||
| 27 Oct 2015 | Punchestown | Good (Good to Yielding in places) | 2m 4f | 0 | No More Heroes | 11st 12lbs | 3 of 9 | M P Fogarty | 5/0 |
| chased leaders, prominent from 4th, 3rd on inner before straight, soon pushed along, mistake 2 out and bumped, one pace | |||||||||
| 29 Apr 2015 | Punchestown | Good to Yielding | 3m | 1 | Killultagh Vic | 11st 10lbs | of 11 | M P Fogarty | |
| 07 Apr 2015 | Fairyhouse | Yielding to Soft | 3m | 0 | Jimmy Two Times | 11st 9lbs | 2 of 17 | L P Dempsey | 8/1 |
| chased leader in 2nd, narrow lead after 3 out and strongly pressed, ridden and disputed before 2 out, kept on, narrowly headed last, rallied and every chance run-in, just held close home | |||||||||
| 15 Mar 2015 | Navan | Soft to Heavy | 2m 7f | 0 | Vedettariat | 11st 4lbs | 2 of 6 | M P Fogarty | 11/8 |
| tracked leaders, 3rd entering straight, soon ridden, 4th 2 out, under pressure in 3rd at last, kept on without threatening winner to go 2nd close home | |||||||||
| 10 Feb 2015 | Clonmel | Yielding to Soft | 2m 6f | 1 | Roi Des Francs | 11st 2lbs | 2 of 9 | M P Fogarty | 6/1 |
| held up, 7th halfway, progress into 4th before straight, ridden to challenge before 2 out, disputed briefly before last where slight mistake, no extra run-in and kept on same pace | |||||||||
| 27 Dec 2014 | Limerick | Heavy | 2m 6f | 0 | Fine Article | 11st 12lbs | 1 of 8 | M P Fogarty | 1/5 |
| in rear early, improved to be prominent at 3rd, 3rd after 8th, on terms approaching straight, led approaching 2 out where jumped left and not fluent, soon clear, kept on well run-in, comfortably | |||||||||
| 29 Nov 2014 | Fairyhouse | Yielding to Soft | 2m 2f | 0 | Marinero | 11st 12lbs | 3 of 23 | M P Fogarty | 11/10 |
| stumbled after 1st, soon raced in 4th, on terms from 5th, slightly slow 4 out, pushed along to lead before straight, joined 2 out, soon headed, 3rd and not fluent last, one pace run-in | |||||||||
| 08 Nov 2014 | Naas | Soft | 2m 4f | 0 | Killer Crow | 11st 12lbs | 2 of 24 | M P Fogarty | 7/4 |
| tracked leaders, slight mistake 6th, 2nd approaching straight, on terms 2 out, not fluent last, kept on without matching winner run-in | |||||||||
| 30 Apr 2014 | Punchestown | Good to Yielding | 2m | 1 | Shaneshill | 12st | 4 of 13 | Mr M N Doran | 33/1 |
| mid-division, progress into 5th 5f out, ridden in 3rd 4f out, no extra in 5th 3f out, kept on one pace | |||||||||
| 22 Mar 2014 | Gowran Park | Heavy | 2m | 0 | Fine Article | 12st | 1 of 12 | Mr R P McNamara | 13/8 |
| chased leader, 5th halfway, progress to challenge early straight and led under 2f out, pushed out and kept on well inside final furlong, comfortably | |||||||||
| 22 Feb 2014 | Fairyhouse | Soft to Heavy | 2m | 0 | Westhorpe | 11st 13lbs | 2 of 8 | Mr M N Doran | 9/2 |
| held up in rear, progress headway from 3f out, ridden and improved into 2nd 2f out, stayed on well under pressure in 2nd final furlong | |||||||||
| 09 Feb 2014 | Leopardstown | Soft to Heavy | 2m | 0 | Vigil | 11st 13lbs | of 14 | Mr M N Doran | |


