Ben Button (IRE)
Owner: Martin McHale Trainer: W P Mullins Sex: gelding Age: 9
Breeding: Double Eclipse / Lady Coldunell (Deploy)
Form Summary
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Starts | Wins | 2nds | 3rds |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Good | 3 | 1 | 1 | |
| Good (Good to Firm in places) | 1 | |||
| Good to Yielding (Yielding in places) | 1 | |||
| Heavy | 3 | 1 | 1 | |
| Soft | 2 | 1 | 1 | |
| Soft (Heavy in places) | 1 | |||
| Soft (Soft to Heavy in places) | 1 | 1 | ||
| Soft to Heavy | 1 | |||
| Soft to Heavy (Soft in places) | 1 | 1 | ||
| Yielding | 2 | |||
| Yielding (Yielding to Soft in places) | 1 | |||
| Yielding to Soft (Soft in places) | 2 | 1 | ||
| Totals | 19 | 3 | 3 | 3 |
Race History
| Date | Course | Going | Distance | Class | Race Winner | Weight | Position | Jockey | SP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 02 May 2019 | Punchestown | Good to Yielding (Yielding in places) | 3m | 0 | My Sister Sarah | 11st 2lbs | 13 of 28 | D E Mullins | 25/1 |
| mid-division early, no impression before 2 out | |||||||||
| 30 Sep 2017 | Gowran Park | Soft to Heavy | 3m | 0 | Kilcarry Bridge | 11st 8lbs | 4 of 14 | Ruby Walsh | 2/1 |
| held up, moderate 10th before 8th, closed to chase leaders in 5th into straight, no impression when mistake 2 out, kept on same pace without threatening, just failed for 3rd | |||||||||
| 14 Sep 2017 | Listowel | Heavy | 3m | 0 | Ben Button | 11st 7lbs | 1 of 8 | Ruby Walsh | 1/1 |
| settled behind leaders, moderate 5th halfway, improved into 3rd before 5 out, closed 3 out, challenged 2 out, led before last, ridden and kept on well run-in, comfortably | |||||||||
| 10 Aug 2017 | Sligo | Good | 2m 4f 110y | 0 | Ben Button | 10st 12lbs | 1 of 12 | Ruby Walsh | 2/5 |
| mid-division early, headway into 3rd at 5th, 4th 4 out, pushed along in 3rd 2 out, ridden to lead at last, stayed on well run-in | |||||||||
| 06 Aug 2017 | Galway | Soft | 3m 51y | 0 | Ben Button | 11st 1lbs | 1 of 23 | Ruby Walsh | 11/4 |
| mid-division early, 7th approaching 5 out, slight mistake 3 out, went 2nd travelling smoothly approaching straight, led before last, stayed on well to assert run-in, easily | |||||||||
| 17 Jun 2017 | Downpatrick | Good | 2m 6f 100y | 0 | The King Of Brega | 11st | 2 of 12 | Ruby Walsh | 8/11 |
| held up, mid-division early, towards rear from 5th, progress into 6th after 3 out, ridden in 5th 2 out, stayed on into 3rd last, kept on run-in into 2nd, no impression on winner | |||||||||
| 07 Aug 2016 | Downpatrick | Good (Good to Firm in places) | 2m 7f | 0 | Sam King | 11st 4lbs | of 10 | Adrian Heskin | 0/0 |
| 04 Aug 2016 | Sligo | Soft (Heavy in places) | 3m | 0 | Emma Beag | 11st 4lbs | 4 of 7 | Mark Walsh | 2/1 |
| prominent, raced on inner, no impression from 2 out, soon no extra | |||||||||
| 05 Jul 2016 | Roscommon | Yielding | 2m 4f 100y | 0 | Herbiegoesbananas | 11st 4lbs | of 16 | Andrew Ring | 0/0 |
| 06 May 2016 | Downpatrick | Good | 2m 5f 110y | 0 | Rise Of An Empire | 11st 4lbs | of 11 | L P Dempsey | 0/0 |
| 29 Mar 2016 | Fairyhouse | Yielding to Soft (Soft in places) | 3m | 0 | Coney Island | 10st 6lbs | 10 of 16 | Andrew Ring | 33/0 |
| mid-division, dropped towards rear before 5 out, ridden in rear and slight mistake 4 out, weakened next, tailed off | |||||||||
| 13 Mar 2016 | Limerick | Heavy | 2m 6f | 0 | Instant Smile | 11st 12lbs | 2 of 6 | Mark Walsh | 2/0 |
| tracked leader in 2nd, mistake 7th, not fluent 4 out, led narrowly after 3 out, ridden after last, no extra run-in and headed closing stages | |||||||||
| 31 Dec 2015 | Punchestown | Heavy | 3m | 0 | Up For Review | 11st 3lbs | 4 of 6 | Mark Walsh | 66/0 |
| held up in rear, moderate 5th 4 out, ridden and no impression from next, went remote 4th close home | |||||||||
| 19 Nov 2015 | Thurles | Soft (Soft to Heavy in places) | 2m 6f 110y | 0 | Roman Gold | 11st 3lbs | 3 of 5 | Mark Walsh | 11/0 |
| tracked leader, inclined to jump slightly left, pushed along to challenge on inner after 3 out, soon on terms, headed from 2 out, dropped to 3rd approaching last and no impression | |||||||||
| 01 Nov 2015 | Cork | Soft | 3m | 0 | Moylisha Tim | 11st | 2 of 5 | Mark Walsh | 16/0 |
| raced in 4th, not fluent 1st, took closer order after 4 out and soon went 3rd, ridden in 2nd after 3 out and challenged next, no impression run-in and kept on same pace | |||||||||
| 12 May 2015 | Limerick | Yielding to Soft (Soft in places) | 2m 5f | 0 | Killer Miller | 11st 4lbs | 3 of 15 | D J Mullins | 20/1 |
| close up, disputed lead early, slight mistake 6th, 5th halfway, slight mistake 7th, still tracking leaders and pushed along before straight, no impression and slightly impeded after 2 out, moderate 3rd before last, kept on same pace | |||||||||
| 05 Mar 2015 | Clonmel | Soft to Heavy (Soft in places) | 2m 110y | 0 | Sizinguptheamazon | 12st | 3 of 7 | Ms N Carberry | 8/1 |
| led, pushed along approaching straight, soon headed, dropped to 3rd and no impression from under 2f out | |||||||||
| 08 Feb 2015 | Leopardstown | Yielding (Yielding to Soft in places) | 2m | 0 | Archive | 11st 13lbs | 5 of 8 | Ms N Carberry | 7/1 |
| in rear, never a factor, no impression in 7th entering straight, kept on one pace into moderate 5th final furlong | |||||||||


