Rita\'s Boy (IRE)
Owner: Middleham Park Racing Cvi & Mrs E Burk Trainer: K R Burke Sex: colt Age: 4
Breeding: Captain Rio / The Oldladysays No (Perugino)
Form Summary
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Starts | Wins | 2nds | 3rds |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Good | 2 | |||
| Good (Good to Firm in places) | 1 | |||
| Good (Good to Soft in places in the back straight) | 1 | |||
| Good (Good to Soft in places) | 3 | 1 | ||
| Good (Watered) | 2 | 1 | ||
| Good to Soft (Good in places) | 3 | 1 | ||
| Good to Soft (Soft in places) | 2 | 1 | ||
| Heavy (Soft in places) | 1 | |||
| Soft | 4 | 1 | ||
| Soft (Good to Soft in places) | 1 | 1 | ||
| Soft (Heavy in Places) | 3 | 1 | ||
| Standard | 10 | 2 | 2 | 1 |
| Standard (to Slow) | 1 | 1 | ||
| Totals | 34 | 3 | 7 | 3 |
Race History
| Date | Course | Going | Distance | Class | Race Winner | Weight | Position | Jockey | SP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 12 Oct 2016 | Nottingham | Soft | 5f 13y | 4 | Appleberry | 8st 13lbs | 8 of 13 | B A Curtis | 9/2 |
| chased leaders, ridden to challenge over 1f out, weakened final furlong | |||||||||
| 16 Sep 2016 | Ayr | Good to Soft (Soft in places) | 5f | 4 | Lincoln | 8st 11lbs | 3 of 24 | J Garritty | 50/1 |
| in touch, ridden inside final furlong, kept on towards finish | |||||||||
| 30 Aug 2016 | Ripon | Good | 5f | 3 | Pipers Note | 8st 5lbs | 8 of 13 | B A Curtis | 14/1 |
| outpaced in rear, never a factor | |||||||||
| 30 Jul 2016 | Hamilton | Good (Good to Soft in places) | 6f 6y | 4 | Naggers | 9st 12lbs | 11 of 14 | Jordan Vaughan | 16/1 |
| mid-division, ridden over 1f out, weakened inside final furlong | |||||||||
| 04 Jul 2016 | Ayr | Soft | 5f | 3 | Dark Defender | 9st 5lbs | 5 of 8 | D C Costello | 10/1 |
| slow to break, soon close up, ridden 2f out, one pace over 1f out, no extra inside final furlong | |||||||||
| 25 Jun 2016 | Chester | Good (Good to Soft in places) | 5f 16y | 4 | Bondi Beach Boy | 9st 4lbs | 8 of 12 | C Lee | 25/1 |
| dwelt, towards rear, no impression final 2f | |||||||||
| 30 Apr 2016 | Thirsk | Soft (Heavy in places) | 5f | 4 | Soul Brother | 9st 3lbs | 10 of 13 | B A Curtis | 11/0 |
| led near side trio, never any chance with main group, lost lead in group in closing stages | |||||||||
| 24 Apr 2016 | Thirsk | Good (Good to Soft in places) | 5f | 4 | Tumblewind | 9st 3lbs | 2 of 11 | B A Curtis | 8/0 |
| soon outpaced, headway when not clear run over 1f out, chased winner inside final furlong, kept on well | |||||||||
| 14 Apr 2016 | Ripon | Heavy (Soft in places) | 6f | 4 | Dandyleekie | 9st 5lbs | 9 of 17 | B A Curtis | 14/0 |
| led stands side group, ridden and headed over 1f out, weakened inside final furlong | |||||||||
| 01 Jan 2016 | Southwell | Standard | 5f | 3 | Dungannon | 9st 1lbs | 9 of 12 | D C Costello | 33/0 |
| soon outpaced and behind, never a threat | |||||||||
| 12 Dec 2015 | Southwell | Standard | 5f | 3 | Meadway | 8st 11lbs | 8 of 14 | D C Costello | 20/0 |
| slowly into stride, always behind | |||||||||
| 12 Nov 2015 | Southwell | Standard | 5f | 4 | Keep It Dark | 9st 11lbs | 4 of 10 | C Lee | 6/0 |
| tracked leaders, ridden over 1f out, every chance inside final furlong, kept on one pace | |||||||||
| 04 Nov 2015 | Nottingham | Soft (Heavy in places) | 5f 13y | 4 | Rita's Boy | 9st 2lbs | 1 of 17 | B A Curtis | 12/0 |
| made most under stand side rail, ridden 2f out, ran on | |||||||||
| 19 Oct 2015 | Pontefract | Good to Soft (Soft in places) | 5f | 4 | Avon Breeze | 9st 2lbs | of 15 | D C Costello | 0/0 |
| Nonrunner | |||||||||
| 18 Sep 2015 | Ayr | Good (Good to Soft in places in the back straight) | 5f | 4 | Compton Heights | 9st 2lbs | 5 of 25 | B A Curtis | 66/0 |
| chased leaders centre, ridden inside final furlong, no extra | |||||||||
| 05 Sep 2015 | Thirsk | Good to Soft (Good in places) | 5f | 4 | Miss Mullberry | 9st 4lbs | of 12 | M Stainton | |
| 08 Aug 2015 | Ayr | Good to Soft (Good in places) | 5f | 4 | Gowanharry | 9st 7lbs | 8 of 8 | Joey Haynes | 13/2 |
| close up, ridden halfway, weakened over 1f out | |||||||||
| 31 Jul 2015 | Musselburgh | Good (Good to Firm in places) | 5f 1y | 3 | Rusty Rocket | 9st 3lbs | 11 of 11 | Joey Haynes | 10/1 |
| held up towards rear, pushed along halfway, never a factor | |||||||||
| 08 May 2015 | Chester | Soft | 5f 16y | 2 | Roudee | 8st 4lbs | 2 of 9 | F Norton | 9/2 |
| ridden along and chased leaders, effort over 1f out, soon went 2nd, pressed winner inside final furlong, no impression towards finish | |||||||||
| 25 Apr 2015 | Ripon | Good (Watered) | 5f | 4 | Canny Kool | 9st 2lbs | 2 of 8 | M Harley | 4/1 |
| chased leaders, not clear run over 1f out, soon switched right, stayed on to go 2nd inside final furlong, no threat to winner | |||||||||
| 08 Apr 2015 | Nottingham | Soft (Good to Soft in places) | 5f 13y | 4 | Waady | 9st | 2 of 7 | S De Sousa | 7/2 |
| tracked leaders, not much room and switched left well over 3f out, driven over 1f out, led inside final furlong, soon headed, hung right, stayed on | |||||||||
| 17 Mar 2015 | Southwell | Standard | 5f | 4 | Crosse Fire | 9st 8lbs | 3 of 6 | D Tudhope | 6/1 |
| tracked leaders, closed over 2f out, ridden and every chance over 1f out, one pace inside final furlong | |||||||||
| 27 Feb 2015 | Lingfield | Standard | 5f 6y | 3 | Primrose Valley | 9st 2lbs | 6 of 7 | Joey Haynes | 33/1 |
| towards rear, ridden halfway, effort over 1f out, weakened inside final furlong | |||||||||
| 04 Feb 2015 | Chelmsford City | Standard | 5f | 2 | Merdon Castle | 9st 3lbs | 5 of 8 | D Tudhope | 33/1 |
| in touch, effort over 1f out, stayed on under pressure inside final furlong, never nearer | |||||||||
| 04 Jan 2015 | Southwell | Standard (to Slow) | 6f | 4 | Apache Storm | 9st 7lbs | 2 of 5 | D Tudhope | 7/4 |
| tracked winner, driven to challenge well over 1f out, soon every chance, kept on same pace final furlong | |||||||||
| 27 Dec 2014 | Southwell | Standard | 5f | 5 | Rita's Boy | 9st 10lbs | 1 of 4 | D Tudhope | 2/9 |
| tracked leader, ridden to lead approaching final furlong, edged left and ran on | |||||||||
| 19 Dec 2014 | Southwell | Standard | 6f | 5 | Spinaminnie | 9st 7lbs | 2 of 4 | Jordan Vaughan | 7/4 |
| tracked leaders, headway 2f out, ridden to lead approaching final furlong, driven inside final furlong, headed post | |||||||||
| 17 Oct 2014 | Haydock | Soft (Heavy in Places) | 5f | 2 | Juncart | 8st 7lbs | 4 of 7 | Cam Hardie | 13/2 |
| soon pushed along and outpaced in rear, rallied into modest 4th well over 1f out, kept on | |||||||||
| 08 Oct 2014 | Nottingham | Soft | 5f 13y | 4 | Charlie Lad | 8st 12lbs | 6 of 16 | M Harley | 8/1 |
| in touch, headway over 1f out, hampered inside final furlong, kept on same pace | |||||||||
| 20 Aug 2014 | Southwell | Standard | 5f | 5 | Rita's Boy | 9st 5lbs | 1 of 9 | D Tudhope | 5/4 |
| prominent, led halfway, ridden and ran on | |||||||||
| 04 Jul 2014 | Warwick | Good (Watered) | 5f | 6 | Zebs Lad | 9st 8lbs | 5 of 10 | Joey Haynes | 3/1 |
| towards rear on outside, pushed along over 3f out, plugged on inside final furlong, well held by leaders | |||||||||
| 12 Jun 2014 | Nottingham | Good | 6f 15y | 5 | Ustinov | 9st 5lbs | 6 of 10 | D Tudhope | 10/1 |
| held up mid-division, ridden over 1f out, weakened last 100 yards | |||||||||
| 16 May 2014 | Hamilton | Good to Soft (Good in places) | 5f 4y | 5 | Billyoakes | 9st 5lbs | 3 of 7 | P J McDonald | 3/1 |
| started slowly, badly outpaced in rear, switched right and ran on inside final furlong, went 3rd towards finish, never nearer | |||||||||
| 30 Apr 2014 | Southwell | Standard | 5f | 5 | Midterm Break | 9st 5lbs | 2 of 6 | D Tudhope | 9/2 |
| very slowly away in rear, ridden and headway over 1f out, stayed on to go 2nd near finish | |||||||||


