Laid Back Luke (IRE)
Owner: John Lavery Trainer: S Lavery Sex: gelding Age: 13
Breeding: Quws / Miss Molly (Arzanni)
Form Summary
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Starts | Wins | 2nds | 3rds |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Good | 1 | |||
| Good (Good to Firm in places) | 1 | |||
| Good (Good to Yielding in places) | 1 | |||
| Good to Firm (Straight Course: Good) | 1 | |||
| Good to Yielding | 3 | |||
| Heavy | 10 | 2 | 2 | 2 |
| Soft | 5 | 2 | 1 | |
| Soft (Soft to Heavy in places) | 2 | 1 | ||
| Soft (Yielding in places) | 2 | 1 | ||
| Soft to Heavy | 4 | |||
| Standard | 1 | |||
| Yielding | 1 | |||
| Yielding (Soft in places) | 1 | 1 | ||
| Yielding to Soft | 3 | 1 | ||
| Totals | 36 | 6 | 5 | 2 |
Race History
| Date | Course | Going | Distance | Class | Race Winner | Weight | Position | Jockey | SP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 14 Mar 2021 | Limerick | Heavy | 3m 120y | 0 | Glorious Galway | 11st 3lbs | PulledUp of 12 | Robbie Colgan | 4/1 |
| chased leader in 2nd, led briefly before 6 out where not fluent and headed, remained in close 2nd until pushed along from 3 out and soon weakened, pulled up before next | |||||||||
| 27 Feb 2021 | Fairyhouse | Soft (Soft to Heavy in places) | 2m 6f 165y | 0 | Laid Back Luke | 12st | 1 of 14 | Robbie Colgan | 40/1 |
| disputed lead early, soon led, pushed along approaching straight, soon went on until reduced lead and headed after 2 out, regained lead run-in and stayed on well | |||||||||
| 30 Dec 2020 | Limerick | Heavy | 2m 6f 120y | 0 | Wishmoor | 10st 10lbs | of 10 | Robbie Colgan | 0/0 |
| 20 Jan 2019 | Thurles | Good | 2m 5f 141y | 0 | Double Portrait | 11st | 5 of 8 | Robbie Colgan | 5/1 |
| led and disputed, headed 5 out, ridden and dropped to rear after 3 out, soon no extra and weakened | |||||||||
| 28 Dec 2018 | Limerick | Soft | 2m 6f 120y | 0 | Lilshane | 11st 5lbs | 2 of 11 | Robbie Colgan | 8/1 |
| led, joined 1st, soon headed, led again after 7th and disputed lead at times after, headed 2 out, kept on without matching winner | |||||||||
| 30 Nov 2018 | Limerick | Good to Yielding | 2m | 0 | Just Get Cracking | 11st 12lbs | 8 of 12 | Robbie Colgan | 14/1 |
| chased leader in 2nd, slow jump 2nd, ridden before 2 out, soon no impression and weakened | |||||||||
| 17 Nov 2018 | Punchestown | Good (Good to Yielding in places) | 1m 7f | 0 | Markhan | 12st 9lbs | 7 of 17 | Ganna German | 5/1 |
| 04 Nov 2018 | Naas | Yielding | 1m 6f | 0 | Mr Everest | 8st 7lbs | 18 of 23 | A J Slattery | 50/1 |
| towards rear, good headway to 7th halfway, under pressure and lost place over 4f out, weakened under 4f out | |||||||||
| 15 Oct 2018 | Gowran Park | Soft to Heavy | 1m 6f | 0 | Neverushacon | 10st 4lbs | 10 of 21 | Robbie Colgan | 7/1 |
| led, headed 5f out, ridden to dispute again 2 1/2f out, headed 2f out, no extra over 1f out | |||||||||
| 27 May 2018 | Curragh | Good to Firm (Straight Course: Good) | 2m | 0 | St Stephens Green | 9st 5lbs | 13 of 14 | Robbie Colgan | 16/1 |
| led, headed and ridden 3f out, soon weakened, eased over 1f out | |||||||||
| 03 May 2018 | Clonmel | Heavy | 2m 185y | 0 | Rashaan | 9st 4lbs | 2 of 10 | Robbie Colgan | 10/1 |
| led, pushed along early straight, ridden and headed 1 1/2f out, no impression on winner final furlong, kept on one pace | |||||||||
| 22 Mar 2018 | Cork | Soft to Heavy | 3m | 0 | Shower Cross | 11st 8lbs | PulledUp of 10 | Robbie Colgan | 8/1 |
| led, not fluent 3rd, slight mistake 6th, headed 10th, lost place after 4 out, weakened and pulled up before 2 out | |||||||||
| 24 Feb 2018 | Fairyhouse | Soft (Soft to Heavy in places) | 2m 4f | 0 | Out Of The Loop | 10st 11lbs | 9 of 12 | Robbie Colgan | 10/1 |
| led, pushed along 3 out and soon headed, no extra before next, eased | |||||||||
| 17 Feb 2018 | Gowran Park | Heavy | 2m 4f | 0 | Laid Back Luke | 11st 2lbs | 1 of 9 | Robbie Colgan | 12/1 |
| led, pressed 3 out, ridden and joined 2 out, kept on best from last, led again run-in, rider lost whip closing stages | |||||||||
| 08 Dec 2017 | Dundalk | Standard | 2m | 0 | Elishpour | 8st 12lbs | 8 of 13 | L F Roche | 12/1 |
| pushed along early and led after 1f, ridden and headed 2f out, no impression over 1f out, no extra final furlong | |||||||||
| 18 Nov 2017 | Punchestown | Soft to Heavy | 2m 6f 140y | 0 | Coeur Joyeux | 10st 7lbs | PulledUp of 12 | Robbie Colgan | 10/1 |
| held up, soon in rear, no impression 4 out, pulled up before 2 out | |||||||||
| 02 Nov 2017 | Clonmel | Soft (Yielding in places) | 2m 4f 57y | 0 | Goulane Chosen | 11st 12lbs | 4 of 12 | Robbie Colgan | 2/1 |
| prominent, slight mistake 1st, led before 3rd, pressed approaching straight, soon headed and no extra | |||||||||
| 11 Oct 2017 | Gowran Park | Heavy | 1m 6f | 0 | Laid Back Luke | 9st 11lbs | 1 of 21 | Robbie Colgan | 14/1 |
| soon led on inner, pushed along before straight, went on from over 2f out, stayed on well, comfortably | |||||||||
| 06 Sep 2017 | Gowran Park | Heavy | 1m 6f | 0 | Iolani | 9st 7lbs | 3 of 14 | Robbie Colgan | 25/1 |
| soon led, pressed straight, headed 1 1/2f out, one pace from over 1f out | |||||||||
| 31 Jan 2017 | Down Royal | Soft | 2m 50y | 0 | A Great View | 11st 7lbs | of 8 | Robbie Colgan | 0/0 |
| 15 Jan 2017 | Fairyhouse | Soft | 2m 4f | 0 | Laid Back Luke | 11st 3lbs | 1 of 10 | Robbie Colgan | 4/1 |
| led, disputed at times, pressed straight, wandered slightly approaching last, stayed on best run-in | |||||||||
| 31 Dec 2016 | Punchestown | Soft | 3m 1f 90y | 0 | Childrens List | 11st 12lbs | 4 of 10 | Robbie Colgan | 14/1 |
| tracked leaders, 3rd 5 out, 2nd and slight mistake 3 out, ridden in 4th after next, no impression | |||||||||
| 08 Dec 2016 | Clonmel | Yielding (Soft in places) | 2m 71y | 0 | Powersbomb | 11st 12lbs | 2 of 18 | Robbie Colgan | 5/1 |
| always prominent, 3rd early, closed from 3 out in 2nd, no impression before last until kept on well run-in without reaching winner | |||||||||
| 13 Nov 2016 | Navan | Yielding to Soft | 2m | 0 | That's A Wrap | 11st 3lbs | of 12 | Robbie Colgan | 0/0 |
| 19 Oct 2016 | Navan | Yielding to Soft | 1m 5f | 0 | Vigil | 9st 13lbs | 10 of 21 | Robbie Colgan | 16/1 |
| dwelt, towards rear, never a factor, pushed along and no impression in 12th 2f out, kept on one pace final furlong | |||||||||
| 05 Oct 2016 | Navan | Good to Yielding | 2m | 0 | She's A Star | 10st 2lbs | 4 of 10 | Robbie Colgan | 33/1 |
| dwelt, soon led, joined over 3f out, soon headed, no impression under 2f out, moderate 4th 1f out, one pace | |||||||||
| 13 May 2016 | Kilbeggan | Good (Good to Firm in places) | 3m 140y | 0 | Be The Hero | 11st 10lbs | 4 of 6 | Robbie Colgan | 6/1 |
| tracked leader in 2nd, led before 5th, headed 7th, ridden in 2nd from 3 out, 4th before next, soon weakened | |||||||||
| 28 Apr 2016 | Punchestown | Good to Yielding | 3m | 0 | Cup Final | 10st 4lbs | 14 of 28 | Robbie Colgan | 20/0 |
| tracked leaders, not fluent 8th, slightly impeded before next, mistake 10th, slight mistake 3 out, no impression when tight for room approaching straight, eased run-in | |||||||||
| 31 Mar 2016 | Clonmel | Soft | 2m 2f 200y | 0 | Laid Back Luke | 11st 12lbs | 1 of 15 | Robbie Colgan | 5/0 |
| soon led, slightly slow 2nd, joined from 6th, soon led again, went on from 3 out, pushed along to maintain advantage straight, stayed on well run-in | |||||||||
| 17 Mar 2016 | Down Royal | Soft (Yielding in places) | 2m | 0 | Mount Beckham | 11st 12lbs | 2 of 23 | Robbie Colgan | 6/0 |
| always prominent, disputed after 1st, headed after 3rd, 2nd halfway, progress to lead approaching last, ridden and edged left run-in, headed closing stages, slightly hampered near line | |||||||||
| 30 Jan 2016 | Fairyhouse | Heavy | 2m | 0 | Yes Sir Brian | 11st 12lbs | 3 of 22 | Robbie Colgan | 16/0 |
| led, joined before 3rd, narrowly headed into straight, 3rd and one pace from between last 2 | |||||||||
| 01 Jan 2016 | Fairyhouse | Heavy | 2m 4f | 0 | Dont Tell No One | 11st 12lbs | 5 of 14 | Robbie Colgan | 14/0 |
| tracked leader, 2nd halfway, led briefly before 3 out, soon ridden and no extra in 5th approaching straight, weakened, tailed off | |||||||||
| 12 Dec 2015 | Tramore | Heavy | 2m 5f | 0 | Arkwrisht | 11st 12lbs | 2 of 8 | Robbie Colgan | 9/0 |
| tracked leader, led after 2nd, slight mistake 8th, pushed along and headed before 2 out, soon no impression on easy winner, kept on one pace | |||||||||
| 15 Nov 2015 | Cork | Heavy | 2m | 0 | Champagne Harmony | 12st | 12 of 13 | B Browne | 10/0 |
| soon led, joined from after halfway, headed 6f out, soon lost place and pushed along, weakened, eased straight, completely tailed off | |||||||||
| 15 Mar 2015 | Limerick | Soft to Heavy | 2m 3f | 0 | Ice Cold Soul | 12st | 4 of 6 | Mr J J Codd | 5/2 |
| led, ridden approaching straight, headed 2f out and soon no extra | |||||||||
| 12 Feb 2015 | Thurles | Yielding to Soft | 2m | 0 | Laid Back Luke | 12st | 1 of 9 | Mr J J Codd | 12/1 |
| made all, ridden clear 2f out, kept on strongly, easily | |||||||||


