Gala Ball (IRE)
Owner: Mrs Janet Gibbs Trainer: P Hobbs & J White Sex: gelding Age: 11
Breeding: Flemensfirth / Nuit Des Chartreux (Villez)
Form Summary
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Starts | Wins | 2nds | 3rds |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Good | 2 | 1 | ||
| Good (Good to Soft in places) | 2 | 1 | ||
| Good to Soft | 1 | 1 | ||
| Good to Soft (Good in places) | 2 | 1 | 1 | |
| Good to Soft (Soft in places) | 3 | 1 | ||
| Heavy | 2 | 1 | ||
| Heavy (Soft in places) | 1 | |||
| Soft | 3 | 1 | 2 | |
| Soft (Good to Soft in places) | 4 | 1 | 1 | |
| Soft (Heavy in places) | 4 | 3 | ||
| Soft (Soft to Heavy in places) | 1 | |||
| Yielding to Soft | 2 | 1 | 1 | |
| Totals | 27 | 6 | 8 | 3 |
Race History
| Date | Course | Going | Distance | Class | Race Winner | Weight | Position | Jockey | SP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 28 Mar 2021 | Ascot | Good (Good to Soft in places) | 2m 7f 180y | 2 | Singlefarmpayment | 11st 3lbs | of 8 | Non Runner | 0/0 |
| NonRunner | |||||||||
| 06 Mar 2021 | Newbury | Good | 2m 3f 187y | 1 | Umbrigado | 11st 3lbs | 10 of 14 | T J O'Brien | 25/1 |
| chased leaders on inside, bad blunder 5th, losing place when hit 8th, towards rear and never on terms after | |||||||||
| 15 Feb 2021 | Warwick | Soft (Heavy in places) | 2m 4f | 2 | Two For Gold | 11st 3lbs | PulledUp of 13 | T J O'Brien | 33/1 |
| tracked leader, close up when not fluent 7th, pushed along and lost place 10th, ridden before 11th, weakened and lost touch 12th, tailed off from 4 out, pulled up before 3 out | |||||||||
| 09 Jan 2021 | Wincanton | Soft (Good to Soft in places) | 2m 4f 35y | 2 | Capeland | 11st 9lbs | 5 of 9 | M G Nolan | 11/2 |
| chased leaders, lost position and ridden before 4 out, weakened 3 out | |||||||||
| 09 Jan 2021 | Chepstow | Heavy | 2m 3f 98y | 2 | Cepage | 11st 5lbs | of 7 | 2nd Preference | 0/0 |
| NonRunner | |||||||||
| 27 Nov 2020 | Newbury | Good (Good to Soft in places) | 2m 3f 187y | 2 | Clondaw Castle | 11st 4lbs | 2 of 11 | Sean Houlihan | 33/1 |
| led, blundered 1st, ridden and headed before last, switched right last, kept on to grab second final strides | |||||||||
| 08 Feb 2020 | Warwick | Good to Soft (Soft in Places) | 2m 4f | 2 | Clondaw Castle | 11st 12lbs | 4 of 8 | T Scudamore | 12/1 |
| led until 2nd, led 7th, not fluent 10th, headed next, lost place when not much room 3 out, soon beaten, plugged on before last | |||||||||
| 04 Jan 2020 | Wincanton | Soft (Heavy in places) | 2m 4f 35y | 2 | Gala Ball | 11st 6lbs | 1 of 5 | T J O'Brien | 4/1 |
| prominent, hit 6th, slow next and 8th, pushed along 13th, just over 1 length down when left in lead 3 out, edged right flat, driven out | |||||||||
| 29 Nov 2019 | Newbury | Soft (Good to Soft in Places) | 2m 3f 187y | 2 | Oldgrangewood | 11st 5lbs | 12 of 12 | R Johnson | 9/1 |
| mid-division, weakened 5 out, tailed off | |||||||||
| 23 Mar 2019 | Newbury | Good to Soft (Good in places) | 2m 3f 187y | 2 | Gala Ball | 11st 12lbs | 1 of 5 | R Johnson | 13/8 |
| tracked leader, not fluent and lost place briefly 5 out, led 3 out, ridden before last, kept on well under pressure flat | |||||||||
| 02 Mar 2019 | Newbury | Good to Soft | 2m 3f 187y | 1 | San Benedeto | 10st 13lbs | 2 of 16 | T J O'Brien | 20/1 |
| chased leader until 4th, prominent, 2nd again 4 out, led soon after next, headed and no extra run-in | |||||||||
| 25 Mar 2017 | Newbury | Good to Soft (Good in places) | 2m 3f 187y | 2 | Warriors Tale | 11st 6lbs | 2 of 14 | R Johnson | 7/1 |
| mid-division, headway on outside 6 out, soon in touch, challenged 4 out, ridden and one pace after 2 out, 2 lengths down last, stayed on under pressure closing stages, not reach winner | |||||||||
| 04 Mar 2017 | Newbury | Soft | 2m 3f 187y | 3 | Warriors Tale | 11st 8lbs | 2 of 5 | R Johnson | 6/4 |
| tracked winner, not fluent 2nd, hit 4 out and reminder, ridden and loooked held when blundered badly 2 out, not recover | |||||||||
| 12 Feb 2017 | Exeter | Soft | 2m 3f 48y | 3 | Gala Ball | 10st 12lbs | 1 of 7 | R Johnson | 10/11 |
| tracked leading trio, went 3rd 5th, blundered 9th, 2nd approaching 4 out where mistake, ridden before next, about 4 lengths down and looking held when left clear 2 out | |||||||||
| 31 Dec 2016 | Warwick | Soft (Good to Soft in places) | 2m 54y | 4 | Buveur D'air | 11st | 3 of 5 | M G Nolan | 7/2 |
| blundered 1st, tracked leader, not fluent 4 out, driven after next, ridden when lost place before 2 out, no chance with front pair after, tailed off | |||||||||
| 09 Dec 2016 | Bangor | Soft | 2m 1f 77y | 4 | A Hare Breath | 10st 13lbs | 2 of 8 | M G Nolan | 7/2 |
| pressed leader, led before 3rd, joined 2 out, ridden and headed flat, no extra | |||||||||
| 01 Apr 2016 | Newbury | Good to Soft (Soft in places) | 2m 69y | 2 | Thunder Sheik | 11st 12lbs | 2 of 7 | M G Nolan | 15/0 |
| tracked leaders, led approaching and not fluent 3 out, headed after next, kept on same pace | |||||||||
| 05 Mar 2016 | Newbury | Soft (Good to Soft in places) | 2m 69y | 3 | Gala Ball | 11st 5lbs | 1 of 11 | T J O'Brien | 7/0 |
| chased leaders, every chance 2 out, led before last, ran on well | |||||||||
| 20 Feb 2016 | Wincanton | Soft (Heavy in places) | 1m 7f 65y | 4 | Gala Ball | 11st 8lbs | 1 of 9 | M G Nolan | 5/0 |
| led until before 3rd, led again after 3 out, mistake 2 out, stayed on flat, ridden out | |||||||||
| 21 Jan 2016 | Wincanton | Soft (Heavy in places) | 1m 7f 65y | 4 | Gala Ball | 11st 4lbs | 1 of 13 | M G Nolan | 3/0 |
| tracked leader, mistake 3 out, led before next, not fluent last, ran on well (1 hurdle omitted) | |||||||||
| 01 Jan 2016 | Exeter | Heavy | 2m 175y | 5 | Emerging Talent | 11st 5lbs | 2 of 18 | T J O'Brien | 12/0 |
| tracked leaders, ridden before last, chased winner from last, no impression | |||||||||
| 19 Nov 2015 | Wincanton | Heavy (Soft in places) | 2m 5f 82y | 4 | Final Nudge | 10st 12lbs | 6 of 12 | T J O'Brien | 10/0 |
| never better than mid-division | |||||||||
| 03 Nov 2015 | Exeter | Good to Soft (Soft in places) | 2m 5f 135y | 3 | Yala Enki | 10st 12lbs | Fell of 15 | T J O'Brien | 25/0 |
| mid-division, headway after 7th, 4th and beaten 3 out, weakened next, fell last | |||||||||
| 12 Apr 2015 | Tramore | Good | 2m | 0 | Childrens List | 12st | 3 of 10 | Ms N Carberry | 6/1 |
| tracked leaders, pushed along 3f out, ridden in 4th 2f out, 3rd 1f out, kept on same pace final furlong | |||||||||
| 17 Mar 2015 | Down Royal | Yielding to Soft | 2m | 0 | Danielle's Journey | 12st | 2 of 9 | Miss K Harrington | 6/1 |
| towards rear, soon well off pace, improved 6f out, chased winner from 3f out, one pace from over 1f out | |||||||||
| 12 Feb 2015 | Thurles | Yielding to Soft | 2m | 0 | Laid Back Luke | 11st 13lbs | 3 of 9 | Ms N Carberry | 15/8 |
| chased leader in 2nd, ridden 3f out, no impression entering straight, kept on one pace, lost 2nd inside final furlong | |||||||||
| 01 Jan 2015 | Fairyhouse | Soft (Soft to Heavy in places) | 2m | 0 | Jetstream Jack | 11st 12lbs | 5 of 9 | Mr D O'Connor | 6/1 |
| tracked leader in 2nd, ridden in 2nd entering straight, weakened from 2f out | |||||||||


