Handytalk (IRE)
Owner: Cantay Racing Trainer: B R Millman Sex: colt Age: 9
Breeding: Lilbourne Lad / Dancing With Stars (Where Or When)
Form Summary
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Starts | Wins | 2nds | 3rds |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Firm | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Good | 8 | 1 | 1 | |
| Good (Good to Firm in places) | 4 | 2 | ||
| Good (Good to Soft in places) | 5 | 2 | ||
| Good to Firm | 10 | 1 | 1 | |
| Good to Firm (Firm in places) | 2 | 1 | ||
| Good to Firm (Good in places ) | 1 | 1 | ||
| Good to Firm (Good in places) | 5 | 2 | 1 | |
| Good to Firm (Good in places, watered) | 1 | 1 | ||
| Good to Firm (Good on the Bends) | 1 | |||
| Good to Firm (Watered) | 1 | |||
| Good to Soft | 4 | 1 | ||
| Good to Soft (Good in places) | 4 | 2 | ||
| Good to Soft (Soft in places) | 4 | 1 | 1 | |
| Heavy | 2 | |||
| Soft | 2 | 1 | 1 | |
| Soft (Good to Soft in places) | 4 | 1 | 1 | |
| Soft (Heavy in places) | 2 | 1 | 1 | |
| Standard | 2 | 1 | ||
| Standard / Slow | 5 | |||
| Totals | 71 | 6 | 14 | 9 |
Race History
| Date | Course | Going | Distance | Class | Race Winner | Weight | Position | Jockey | SP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 14 Dec 2022 | Kempton | Standard / Slow | 7f | 6 | Satin Snake | 9st 8lbs | 12 of 14 | Oliver Searle | 66/1 |
| disputed lead, driven along over 3f out, headed over 2f out, soon weakened | |||||||||
| 13 Oct 2022 | Brighton | Soft (Good to Soft in places) | 5f 60y | 5 | Pop Dancer | 9st 1lbs | 7 of 10 | Oliver Searle | 17/2 |
| chased leaders, outpaced over 2f out, soon weakened | |||||||||
| 25 Sep 2022 | Ffos Las | Good (Good to Soft in Places) | 5f | 5 | Coup De Force | 9st 6lbs | 2 of 11 | Oliver Searle | 9/2 |
| led, pushed along and challenged 2f out, ridden over 1f out, joined 1f out, ran on but headed closing stages | |||||||||
| 11 Sep 2022 | Chepstow | Soft (Good to Soft in places) | 6f 16y | 2 | Soi Dao | 8st 13lbs | 2 of 13 | Oliver Searle | 7/2 |
| led in centre, ridden over 1f out, headed and not pace of winner inside final furlong | |||||||||
| 29 Aug 2022 | Chepstow | Good | 6f 16y | 6 | Hagia Sophia | 9st 13lbs | 3 of 11 | R Coakley | 11/2 |
| led on rail, narrowly headed over 2f out, hung left and ridden inside final 2f, lost 2nd inside final furlong, plugged on in 3rd | |||||||||
| 02 Aug 2022 | Ffos Las | Heavy | 7f 80y | 6 | Bonus | 10st 1lbs | 4 of 14 | R Coakley | 28/1 |
| led on inside, pushed along over 2f out, headed over 1f out, ran on one pace final furlong | |||||||||
| 10 Jun 2022 | Chepstow | Good (Good to Soft in places) | 6f 16y | 5 | Trusty Rusty | 9st 7lbs | 2 of 13 | R Coakley | 14/1 |
| led, headed over 4f out, chased winner, no impression from over 1f out, just held on to 2nd | |||||||||
| 24 May 2022 | Bath | Good to Soft (Soft in places) | 5f 10y | 6 | Bluebell Time | 10st 4lbs | 9 of 14 | Oliver Searle | 9/1 |
| handy, ridden over 2f out, weakened over 1f out | |||||||||
| 10 May 2022 | Chepstow | Good to Firm (Good in places) | 6f 16y | 5 | Macs Dilemma | 9st 5lbs | 2 of 15 | R Kingscote | 20/1 |
| close up, held every chance when pushed along over 1f out, kept on final furlong, always held | |||||||||
| 20 Apr 2022 | Salisbury | Good to Firm | 6f | 5 | Majeski Man | 9st 5lbs | 5 of 12 | R Coakley | 20/1 |
| chased leaders, pushed along and outpaced entering final furlong, weakened final 100 yards | |||||||||
| 13 Oct 2021 | Bath | Good to Firm | 5f 160y | 5 | Cherish | 9st 8lbs | 13 of 17 | R Coakley | 33/1 |
| mid-division, ridden halfway, weakened over 1f out | |||||||||
| 26 Sep 2021 | Ffos Las | Good to Soft (Soft in Places) | 5f | 5 | Mister Bluebird | 9st 9lbs | 7 of 11 | Oisin Murphy | 5/1 |
| mid-division, driven over 2f out, no impression | |||||||||
| 09 Sep 2021 | Chepstow | Soft | 6f 16y | 4 | Russco | 8st 13lbs | 3 of 7 | R Coakley | 5/1 |
| led, headed 3f out, soon ridden, kept on, no extra from 1f out | |||||||||
| 23 Aug 2021 | Chepstow | Good to Soft (Soft in places) | 5f 16y | 6 | Handytalk | 9st 9lbs | 1 of 9 | R Coakley | 15/2 |
| raced in 4th towards centre, headway over 2f out, challenged over 1f out, slightly hampered and carried right inside final furlong, soon led and ran on | |||||||||
| 12 Aug 2021 | Ffos Las | Good | 6f | 5 | Flip Mode | 9st 11lbs | 5 of 7 | R Coakley | 15/2 |
| slowly into stride, soon recovered chasing leaders and raced alone in centre, pushed along over 2f out, weakened final furlong | |||||||||
| 22 Jul 2021 | Newbury | Good to Firm | 7f | 5 | Lamorna Cove | 10st | 6 of 6 | Tom Marquand | 11/4 |
| made most, ridden and headed 2f out, soon weakened and behind | |||||||||
| 08 Jul 2021 | Epsom Downs | Good to Soft (Good in places) | 6f 3y | 4 | Evasive Power | 9st 1lbs | 2 of 7 | Laura Pearson | 9/2 |
| pressed winner, ridden over 1f out, kept on one pace final furlong | |||||||||
| 29 Jun 2021 | Chepstow | Good to Firm (Good in places ) | 7f 16y | 5 | Star Of Valour | 10st | 2 of 12 | Oisin Murphy | 4/1 |
| quickly away, led on near side rail, ridden and strongly pressed inside final furlong, headed and no extra last 100 yards | |||||||||
| 12 Jun 2021 | Bath | Firm | 5f 160y | 4 | Temple Bruer | 10st 6lbs | 7 of 9 | Hayley Turner | 15/2 |
| tracked leader, pushed along over 2f out but little response and weakened quickly, eased final furlong | |||||||||
| 29 May 2021 | Salisbury | Good to Soft (Good in places) | 6f | 5 | Be Prepared | 9st 7lbs | 4 of 9 | Saffie Osborne | 18/1 |
| raced keenly in mid-division out wide, headway chasing leaders hanging right 2f out, ridden and no impression in 4th when hung right inside final furlong | |||||||||
| 03 May 2021 | Windsor | Good (Good to Soft in places) | 6f 12y | 4 | Capote's Dream | 9st 2lbs | 4 of 9 | Oisin Murphy | 25/1 |
| chased leaders out wide, went 2nd halfway until inside final furlong, stayed on same after | |||||||||
| 27 Oct 2020 | Catterick | Heavy | 5f 212y | 4 | Lucky Lucky Man | 9st 2lbs | 10 of 10 | B A Curtis | 14/1 |
| keen close up, ridden and weakened over 2f out | |||||||||
| 07 Oct 2020 | Kempton | Standard / Slow | 7f | 4 | Manton Grange | 9st 4lbs | 8 of 14 | Saffie Osborne | 50/1 |
| led briefly, chased leader until over 1f out, weakened final furlong | |||||||||
| 10 Sep 2020 | Chepstow | Good | 6f 16y | 4 | Gambon | 9st 9lbs | 8 of 9 | Oliver Searle | 11/2 |
| awkwardly away, raced alone on near side rail, chased leaders, pushed along halfway, weakened over 1f out | |||||||||
| 19 Aug 2020 | Bath | Soft (Good to Soft in places) | 5f 160y | 5 | Handytalk | 9st 5lbs | 1 of 10 | Oliver Searle | 7/2 |
| soon led, ridden and clear over 1f out, pushed out | |||||||||
| 01 Aug 2020 | Chepstow | Good (Good to Firm in places) | 6f 16y | 4 | Iconic Knight | 9st 5lbs | 4 of 9 | Oliver Searle | 11/1 |
| soon led, edged right over 1f out, headed inside final furlong, bumped slightly, kept on | |||||||||
| 11 Jul 2020 | Salisbury | Good to Firm | 6f | 5 | Rewaayat | 9st 7lbs | 6 of 14 | M Harley | 14/1 |
| Chased leaders, ridden 2f out, weakened final furlong | |||||||||
| 25 Jun 2020 | Bath | Good to Firm (Firm in places) | 5f 160y | 4 | Delagate This Lord | 9st 4lbs | 5 of 12 | Rob Hornby | 6/1 |
| raced wide prominent, led halfway, ridden and headed approaching final furlong, no extra | |||||||||
| 10 Jun 2020 | Kempton | Standard / Slow | 7f | 4 | Tintoretto | 9st 5lbs | 8 of 12 | A Kirby | 50/1 |
| held up in rear, ridden over 2f out, no impression | |||||||||
| 12 Sep 2019 | Chepstow | Good to Soft (Good in places) | 6f 16y | 4 | Young John | 9st 7lbs | 2 of 7 | Oliver Searle | 10/1 |
| led, headed over 3f out, no impression on winner from over 1f out, stayed on same pace | |||||||||
| 09 Aug 2019 | Brighton | Good to Firm | 5f 215y | 4 | Tin Hat | 9st 13lbs | 8 of 10 | Cieren Fallon | 6/1 |
| led, ridden and headed inside final 2f, chased winner until over 1f out, weakened final furlong | |||||||||
| 29 Jul 2019 | Ffos Las | Good to Firm | 6f | 5 | Handytalk | 10st 2lbs | 1 of 7 | Oisin Murphy | 5/2 |
| led, ridden over 1f out, headed narrowly inside final furlong, rallied to regain lead towards finish | |||||||||
| 04 Jul 2019 | Epsom Downs | Good (Good to Firm in Places) | 6f 3y | 3 | Count Otto | 8st 13lbs | 7 of 7 | Rob Hornby | 7/1 |
| prominent, outpaced over 2f out, no impression after | |||||||||
| 15 Jun 2019 | Bath | Good to Soft | 5f 160y | 4 | Miracle Garden | 10st 5lbs | 5 of 11 | Georgia Dobie | 13/8 |
| raced freely, prominent, hampered after 1f, every chance over 1f out, stayed on same pace closing stages | |||||||||
| 11 Jun 2019 | Salisbury | Soft (Heavy in places) | 6f | 5 | Handytalk | 9st 12lbs | 1 of 10 | Oliver Searle | 13/2 |
| always handy, pushed along from over 2f out, wanting to edge right from over 1f out, kept on, led close home | |||||||||
| 24 May 2019 | Goodwood | Good to Firm (Good in places) | 7f | 4 | La Maquina | 8st 12lbs | 3 of 9 | Oisin Murphy | 8/1 |
| led set strong pace and soon clear, reduced lead over 2f out, ridden inside final furlong, headed and no extra towards finish | |||||||||
| 06 May 2019 | Bath | Firm | 1m | 4 | Mr Tyrrell | 9st 3lbs | 2 of 6 | Rob Hornby | 13/2 |
| always in touch, ridden to chase winner over 1f out, no impression | |||||||||
| 27 Apr 2019 | Leicester | Good to Firm (Good on the Bends) | 6f | 4 | Last Page | 9st 6lbs | 11 of 16 | Andrea Atzeni | 10/1 |
| prominent, ridden 3f out, lost place over 1f out | |||||||||
| 08 Apr 2019 | Windsor | Good (Good to Firm in places) | 6f 12y | 3 | Diamond Dougal | 8st 10lbs | 3 of 14 | David Egan | 20/1 |
| raced keenly, chased leaders on outside, ridden to lead over 1f out, headed 150 yards, no extra in 3rd towards finish | |||||||||
| 15 Oct 2018 | Kempton | Standard / Slow | 6f | 4 | Lightning Charlie | 9st 1lbs | 11 of 12 | Oisin Murphy | 11/2 |
| led, headed over 2f out, weakened over 1f out | |||||||||
| 26 Sep 2018 | Goodwood | Good to Soft (Soft in places) | 6f | 4 | Lady Dancealot | 9st 5lbs | 3 of 12 | Oisin Murphy | 15/2 |
| prominent, led over 4f out, headed over 2f out, every chance inside final furlong, held close home | |||||||||
| 28 Aug 2018 | Epsom Downs | Good to Soft | 6f 3y | 3 | Desert Frost | 9st 2lbs | 5 of 5 | Jason Watson | 11/4 |
| chased leaders, pushed along in 3rd and chance 2f out, weakened inside final furlong | |||||||||
| 15 Aug 2018 | Kempton | Standard / Slow | 7f | 4 | Peak Princess | 9st 12lbs | 5 of 9 | Joey Haynes | 25/1 |
| led and set decent pace, ridden over 1f out, headed approaching final furlong, no extra | |||||||||
| 01 Aug 2018 | Goodwood | Good | 7f | 3 | Medahim | 9st 1lbs | 18 of 20 | Joey Haynes | 50/1 |
| held up in touch, took keen hold, driven over 2f out, soon lost place | |||||||||
| 19 Jul 2018 | Epsom Downs | Good to Firm (Good in places) | 7f 3y | 4 | Big Storm Coming | 9st 13lbs | of 6 | Joey Haynes | 0/0 |
| NonRunner | |||||||||
| 05 Jul 2018 | Epsom Downs | Good to Firm (Good in places) | 6f 3y | 3 | Baron Bolt | 9st 2lbs | 2 of 5 | Joey Haynes | 8/1 |
| pressed leader on outside, effort over 2f out, soon ridden and every chance, stayed on to lead narrowly inside final 100 yards, headed near finish | |||||||||
| 17 Jun 2018 | Salisbury | Good to Firm (Watered) | 5f | 4 | Open Wide | 9st 13lbs | 8 of 9 | Jason Watson | 11/2 |
| raced keenly, chased leaders until hampered and lost place over 3f out, towards rear and never on terms after | |||||||||
| 25 May 2018 | Bath | Firm | 5f 10y | 4 | Silverrica | 9st 7lbs | 3 of 8 | Oisin Murphy | 3/1 |
| chased leaders and wide, ridden to lead inside final furlong, headed towards finish, lost 2nd final strides | |||||||||
| 02 May 2018 | Bath | Good (Good to Soft in places) | 5f 160y | 4 | The Daley Express | 9st 7lbs | 5 of 8 | A Kirby | 9/2 |
| led, hung badly right to centre of course 2f out, soon ridden, headed over 1f out, weakened final furlong | |||||||||
| 15 Oct 2017 | Goodwood | Soft (Good to Soft in places) | 6f | 3 | Pettochside | 9st 1lbs | of 13 | Ted Durcan | 0/0 |
| NonRunner | |||||||||
| 30 Sep 2017 | Chelmsford City | Standard | 5f | 3 | Udontdodou | 8st 12lbs | 4 of 12 | Oisin Murphy | 14/1 |
| in rear, stayed on inside final furlong, went 4th post, no impression | |||||||||
| 29 Aug 2017 | Epsom Downs | Good to Firm | 6f 3y | 3 | Highland Acclaim | 9st 6lbs | 2 of 7 | Oisin Murphy | 4/1 |
| pressed leader, ridden to lead approaching final furlong, headed inside final furlong, kept on same pace | |||||||||
| 07 Aug 2017 | Windsor | Good to Soft | 6f 12y | 3 | Ice Age | 9st 7lbs | 5 of 10 | Oisin Murphy | 10/3 |
| prominent in centre, led overall halfway, headed inside final 2f, soon ridden and lost overall 2nd, no extra final furlong | |||||||||
| 20 Jul 2017 | Epsom Downs | Good to Soft | 7f 3y | 4 | Frank Bridge | 9st 11lbs | 2 of 8 | Oisin Murphy | 3/1 |
| led, strongly pressed inside final furlong, kept slight lead, headed final stride | |||||||||
| 05 Jul 2017 | Bath | Firm | 5f 160y | 4 | Handytalk | 9st 11lbs | 1 of 8 | A Kirby | 4/1 |
| made all, ridden out | |||||||||
| 19 Jun 2017 | Windsor | Good to Firm | 6f 12y | 4 | Bahamian Dollar | 9st | 6 of 9 | P J Dobbs | 5/1 |
| took keen hold, held up in last pair, some headway in 5th over 2f out, soon ridden and never dangerous | |||||||||
| 26 May 2017 | Goodwood | Good (Good to Firm in places) | 7f | 4 | Noble Peace | 9st | 3 of 14 | Oisin Murphy | 15/2 |
| took keen hold, tracked leader, ridden to lead narrowly approaching final furlong, headed and no extra towards finish | |||||||||
| 05 May 2017 | Lingfield | Standard | 1m 1y | 5 | Berrahri | 9st 7lbs | 2 of 9 | Lulu Stanford | 11/4 |
| pulled hard, pressed leader, led over 6f out, clear 5f out, ridden over 1f out, hung right inside final furlong, headed post | |||||||||
| 07 Apr 2017 | Leicester | Good (Good to Soft in places) | 7f | 4 | Gallipoli | 8st 13lbs | 6 of 18 | Oisin Murphy | 7/1 |
| led stands side group, ridden 2f out, kept on same pace | |||||||||
| 25 Jul 2016 | Windsor | Good to Firm (Good in places, watered) | 1m 67y | 4 | September Stars | 9st 3lbs | 3 of 5 | George Wood | 5/1 |
| steadied start, held up last, headway on outside over 2f out, not quicken over 1f out, went well held 3rd post | |||||||||
| 09 Jul 2016 | Salisbury | Good to Firm | 1m | 4 | Alnashama | 9st 4lbs | 4 of 14 | J Mitchell | 9/1 |
| took keen hold, mid-division, ridden to chase leaders over 1f out, one pace when wandered inside final furlong, no impression | |||||||||
| 20 Jun 2016 | Windsor | Soft (Heavy in places) | 6f | 3 | Young John | 8st 10lbs | 3 of 8 | F Tylicki | 6/1 |
| raced near side, outpaced over 1f out, went 2nd in group and 3rd overall towards finish, no chance with winner far side | |||||||||
| 30 May 2016 | Leicester | Good to Firm (Good in places) | 6f | 3 | Taneen | 8st 12lbs | 10 of 10 | F Tylicki | 12/1 |
| in touch, ridden and weakened over 1f out | |||||||||
| 22 Apr 2016 | Sandown | Good to Soft (Good in places) | 5f 6y | 2 | Willytheconqueror | 8st 7lbs | 4 of 9 | Andrea Atzeni | 9/0 |
| off the pace in last trio, headway on outside 2f out, went modest 4th inside final furlong | |||||||||
| 11 Apr 2016 | Windsor | Soft | 6f | 4 | Ower Fly | 9st 7lbs | 2 of 7 | F Tylicki | 4/0 |
| held up, headway on outside 2f out, chased leaders over 1f out, went 2nd inside final 150 yards, no chance with winner | |||||||||
| 03 Oct 2015 | Redcar | Good | 6f | 1 | Log Out Island | 9st | 10 of 20 | D Tudhope | 33/0 |
| in touch, ridden over 1f out, faded entering final furlong | |||||||||
| 09 Sep 2015 | Doncaster | Good | 6f | 2 | Venturous | 8st 13lbs | 6 of 7 | Andrea Atzeni | 14/1 |
| held up towards rear and keen, pushed along and weakened over 2f out | |||||||||
| 28 May 2015 | Sandown | Good to Firm | 5f 6y | 1 | King Of Rooks | 9st | 4 of 9 | Ted Durcan | 33/1 |
| slowly into stride, soon in touch, ridden and not quicken over 1f out, plugged on in 4th inside final furlong | |||||||||
| 16 May 2015 | Newbury | Good | 6f 8y | 2 | Birchwood | 9st 5lbs | 4 of 8 | Andrea Atzeni | 9/1 |
| chased leader, ridden over 1f out, no extra towards finish | |||||||||
| 29 Apr 2015 | Ascot | Good to Firm (Firm in places) | 5f | 2 | Log Out Island | 9st 1lbs | 2 of 6 | Andrea Atzeni | 7/1 |
| close up in rear, pushed along halfway, ridden and headway entering final furlong, kept on to go 2nd towards finish, no threat to winner | |||||||||
| 13 Apr 2015 | Windsor | Good | 5f 10y | 5 | Handytalk | 9st 5lbs | 1 of 8 | Ted Durcan | 11/1 |
| chased leading trio, effort between horses over 1f out, shaken up to chase leader inside final furlong, ran on to lead post | |||||||||


