Brown Bear (IRE)
Owner: The Bear Necessities Trainer: N J Gifford Sex: gelding Age: 8
Breeding: Yeats / Moray Firth (Halling)
Form Summary
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Starts | Wins | 2nds | 3rds |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Good | 7 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Good (Good to Firm in places) | 6 | 2 | ||
| Good (Good to Soft in places) | 2 | 1 | ||
| Good (Watered) | 2 | 1 | ||
| Good to Firm (Good in places) | 2 | 1 | ||
| Good to Firm (Good in places, watered) | 1 | 1 | ||
| Good to Firm (Watered) | 1 | |||
| Good to Soft | 2 | 1 | ||
| Good to Soft (Good in places) | 1 | 1 | ||
| Good to Soft (Soft in places) | 2 | 1 | ||
| Heavy (Soft in places) | 2 | |||
| Soft | 2 | |||
| Soft (Heavy in places) | 5 | 1 | ||
| Soft (Heavy on bend adjacent to lake) | 1 | |||
| Totals | 36 | 5 | 3 | 5 |
Race History
| Date | Course | Going | Distance | Class | Race Winner | Weight | Position | Jockey | SP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 22 Oct 2019 | Exeter | Good | 2m 3f 48y | 4 | Primal Focus | 10st 9lbs | 7 of 10 | L P Aspell | 4/1 |
| in rear, headway after 4th, ridden 11th, closed home bend, soon weakened | |||||||||
| 05 Oct 2019 | Fontwell | Good | 2m 3f 104y | 5 | Agent Westy | 11st 6lbs | 2 of 8 | L P Aspell | 2/1 |
| tracked leaders, slow 12th, driven to challenge when hit last, no extra closing stages | |||||||||
| 22 Aug 2019 | Fontwell | Good to Firm (Good in places) | 2m 5f 164y | 5 | Black Anthem | 12st 4lbs | 2 of 6 | Tabitha Worsley | 9/1 |
| tracked leaders, driven and outpaced by front pair 2 out, ridden and stayed on to take narrow 2nd near finish, no chance with winner | |||||||||
| 12 Jun 2019 | Fontwell | Good to Soft | 2m 5f 135y | 5 | Out For Justice | 11st 5lbs | 2 of 11 | Tabitha Worsley | 5/1 |
| mid-division, headway 4 out, outpaced next, soon ridden, stayed on to take 2nd flat, no impression with winner | |||||||||
| 26 May 2019 | Fontwell | Good (Good to Firm in places) | 2m 5f 164y | 5 | Multigifted | 12st | 3 of 14 | L P Aspell | 14/1 |
| raced wide in mid-division, headway chasing leaders approaching 6th, close 2nd when hit 4 out, led narrowly next, hit last and headed, weakened run-in | |||||||||
| 08 May 2019 | Fontwell | Good (Good to Firm in places) | 2m 5f 164y | 5 | It's For Alan | 12st 2lbs | BroughtDown of 14 | Tabitha Worsley | 10/1 |
| held up behind, brought down 5th | |||||||||
| 11 Apr 2019 | Huntingdon | Good (Good to firm in places) | 2m 7f 129y | 5 | Eaton Miller | 11st 12lbs | 7 of 11 | James Davies | 10/1 |
| held up towards rear, not fluent 8th, effort 14th, mistake next, soon weakened, tailed off | |||||||||
| 20 Nov 2018 | Southwell | Good | 2m 7f 209y | 4 | Miss Spent | 11st 12lbs | PulledUp of 14 | L P Aspell | 25/1 |
| always towards rear, well behind when pulled up before 2 out | |||||||||
| 31 Oct 2018 | Fakenham | Good | 2m 7f 95y | 4 | Our Reward | 11st 11lbs | 3 of 7 | L P Aspell | 20/1 |
| held up in rear, headway on outside after 9th, no chance with winner, not fluent 4 out, disputing 2nd 2 out, plugged on | |||||||||
| 06 Oct 2018 | Fontwell | Good to Soft | 2m 5f 135y | 5 | Between The Waters | 11st 12lbs | PulledUp of 7 | Mitchell Bastyan | 4/1 |
| held up, behind from 4th, reminders 8th, soon struggling, tailed off when pulled up before 3 out | |||||||||
| 16 Jun 2018 | Fontwell | Good (Watered) | 3m 1f 166y | 4 | I'm Always Trying | 11st 7lbs | PulledUp of 12 | Tom Cannon | 12/1 |
| mid-division on inside, not fluent 2nd, headway after 5th, not fluent 7th, weakened before 4 out, pulled up after 3 out | |||||||||
| 05 Jun 2018 | Fontwell | Good (Good to Firm in places) | 2m 5f 135y | 4 | I See You Well | 11st | 3 of 7 | Tom Cannon | 9/2 |
| mistake 1st, mostly 4th or 5th, improved from 9th, close 3rd 2 out, held and one pace last | |||||||||
| 07 May 2018 | Kempton | Good (Good to Firm in Places) | 2m 5f | 4 | Faint Hope | 11st 6lbs | 6 of 9 | James Bowen | 12/1 |
| held up in 6th, headway before 3 out, ridden and weakened before next | |||||||||
| 25 Feb 2018 | Fontwell | Good to Soft (Soft in Places) | 2m 5f 135y | 4 | The Last But One | 11st 9lbs | 6 of 9 | L P Aspell | 4/1 |
| not that fluent, held up, steady headway approaching 10th, jumped slowly next, weakened before 3 out | |||||||||
| 26 Dec 2017 | Fontwell | Soft (Heavy in places) | 2m 1f 165y | 4 | Bredon Hill Lad | 12st 1lbs | PulledUp of 6 | L P Aspell | 11/8 |
| held up in last pair, modest 5th from 8th, struggling before 3 out, never involved, pulled up before last | |||||||||
| 30 Nov 2017 | Towcester | Good (Good to Soft in places) | 2m 4f 217y | 3 | Bastien | 11st 2lbs | 5 of 12 | L P Aspell | 8/1 |
| mid-division, headway 3 out, 3rd 2 out, no impression on front pair, faded into 5th flat | |||||||||
| 04 Nov 2017 | Ascot | Good | 2m 3f 58y | 4 | Brown Bear | 10st 13lbs | 1 of 16 | L P Aspell | 16/1 |
| mid-division, headway under pressure after 3 out, chased leaders next, soon ridden, went 2nd between last 2, edged left flat, stayed on well to lead towards finish | |||||||||
| 15 Jun 2017 | Fontwell | Good to Firm (Good in places, watered) | 2m 5f 31y | 5 | Brown Bear | 11st 10lbs | 1 of 9 | L P Aspell | 5/2 |
| tracked leaders, 2nd 8th, led after next, clear 3 out, mistake 2 out, comfortably | |||||||||
| 28 May 2017 | Fontwell | Good (Good to Soft in places) | 2m 5f 139y | 5 | Brown Bear | 11st 9lbs | 1 of 13 | L P Aspell | 6/1 |
| raced wide, chased leaders, 2nd after 7th, led approaching next, clear before 2 out, ridden right out | |||||||||
| 05 May 2017 | Fontwell | Good to Firm (Good in places) | 2m 5f 31y | 4 | Minella Tweet | 10st 9lbs | of 8 | L P Aspell | 0/0 |
| Nonrunner | |||||||||
| 04 May 2017 | Towcester | Good to Firm (Watered) | 2m 5f 153y | 5 | Bertie Lugg | 11st 12lbs | 6 of 7 | Mitchell Bastyan | 3/1 |
| in rear, outpaced before 4 out, headway before 3 out, weakened before 2 out | |||||||||
| 21 Apr 2017 | Fontwell | Good (Watered) | 2m 1f 96y | 5 | Brown Bear | 11st 12lbs | 1 of 5 | L P Aspell | 6/4 |
| tracked leaders, outpaced 4 out, rallied and headway 2 out, hard driven to challenge last, stayed on strongly to lead close home | |||||||||
| 31 Mar 2017 | Fontwell | Good (Good to Firm in places) | 2m 5f 31y | 4 | Easy Street | 10st 4lbs | 4 of 8 | Tom Cannon | 5/1 |
| chased leaders, pushed along approaching 4 out, modest 4th 2 out | |||||||||
| 14 Feb 2017 | Fontwell | Soft (Heavy in places) | 2m 3f 33y | 4 | Bound Hill | 11st 8lbs | 4 of 10 | Lizzie Kelly | 4/1 |
| tracked leaders, ridden after 3 out, no extra before next, hanging left before last | |||||||||
| 29 Jan 2017 | Fontwell | Soft (Heavy in places) | 2m 5f 139y | 4 | Letemgo | 11st 6lbs | 3 of 13 | Lizzie Kelly | 8/1 |
| prominent, 4 lengths 2nd when left in lead 2 out, edged left and headed flat, kept on same pace | |||||||||
| 10 Jan 2017 | Lingfield | Heavy (Soft in places) | 2m 7f | 5 | Burgess Dream | 11st 11lbs | of 16 | Lizzie Kelly | 0/0 |
| NonRunner | |||||||||
| 02 Jan 2017 | Plumpton | Soft | 2m 3f 164y | 4 | Johns Luck | 11st 3lbs | 6 of 7 | Tom Cannon | 5/2 |
| held up in last pair in touch, dropped to last 6th, mistake next, not fluent 8th, lost touch next | |||||||||
| 15 Dec 2016 | Towcester | Good to Soft (Soft in places) | 2m 3f 179y | 5 | Brown Bear | 11st 10lbs | 1 of 9 | L P Aspell | 9/2 |
| held up in mid-division, headway 6th, not fluent next, led after 3 out, hard pressed from 2 out, held on | |||||||||
| 24 Nov 2016 | Towcester | Good to Soft (Good in places) | 2m 20y | 4 | Adarenna | 11st 8lbs | 3 of 11 | L P Aspell | 9/1 |
| held up in rear, not fluent 4th, headway when not fluent 4 out, 3rd when jumped left last, no impression on front pair | |||||||||
| 22 Nov 2016 | Lingfield | Heavy (Soft in places) | 2m 4f | 4 | Remember Forever | 11st 6lbs | of 10 | L P Aspell | 0/0 |
| Nonrunner | |||||||||
| 22 Mar 2016 | Exeter | Good | 2m 2f 111y | 4 | Quieto Sol | 11st 3lbs | PulledUp of 11 | David Noonan | 4/0 |
| towards rear, behind from 5th, tailed off 7th, pulled up soon after | |||||||||
| 12 Feb 2016 | Kempton | Soft (Heavy on bend adjacent to lake) | 2m | 4 | Taweyla | 10st 13lbs | 9 of 15 | David Noonan | 13/0 |
| mid-division, ridden after 5th, weakened before 2 out, mistake last | |||||||||
| 06 Jan 2016 | Huntingdon | Soft (Heavy in places) | 1m 7f 171y | 5 | Potters Legend | 11st 2lbs | 9 of 14 | B J Geraghty | 25/0 |
| tracked leaders, ridden after 5th, weakened 3 out | |||||||||
| 16 Dec 2015 | Newbury | Soft (Heavy in places) | 2m 69y | 4 | Wait For Me | 11st | 9 of 16 | Tom Cannon | 66/0 |
| mid-division, weakened 4 out | |||||||||
| 04 Nov 2015 | Chepstow | Soft | 2m 11y | 4 | The Gipper | 11st | 8 of 13 | Tom Cannon | 16/0 |
| held up towards rear, weakened before 4 out | |||||||||
| 01 May 2015 | Fontwell | Good | 1m 6f | 6 | Ilewin Geez | 10st 12lbs | 5 of 14 | Tom Cannon | 8/1 |
| held up towards rear, pushed along before 3f out, headway over 2f out, kept on same pace | |||||||||