Big Country (IRE)
Owner: The Horse Watchers Trainer: M Appleby Sex: gelding Age: 11
Breeding: High Chaparral / Mount Eliza (Danehill)
Form Summary
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Starts | Wins | 2nds | 3rds |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Good | 2 | 1 | ||
| Good (Good to Firm in places) | 1 | 1 | ||
| Good (Good to Soft in places) | 1 | 1 | ||
| Good to Firm | 7 | 1 | ||
| Good to Firm (Good in places) | 1 | 1 | ||
| Good to Firm (Watered) | 1 | 1 | ||
| Good to Soft | 2 | |||
| Good to Yielding | 1 | |||
| Soft | 2 | |||
| Soft (Heavy in places) | 1 | |||
| Standard | 11 | 4 | 4 | |
| Standard / Slow | 3 | |||
| Yielding | 2 | |||
| Yielding to Soft | 2 | 1 | ||
| Totals | 37 | 7 | 5 | 3 |
Race History
| Date | Course | Going | Distance | Class | Race Winner | Weight | Position | Jockey | SP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 26 Dec 2020 | Wolverhampton | Standard | 1m 1f 104y | 2 | Make It Rain | 8st 10lbs | Fell of 7 | L Morris | 7/2 |
| led at steady pace, pushed along after 2f where veered left and fell | |||||||||
| 10 Dec 2020 | Chelmsford City | Standard | 1m 2f | 4 | Big Country | 9st 10lbs | 1 of 6 | L Morris | 2/1 |
| prominent, led after 1f, kicked on 2f out, edged left and clear inside final furlong, stayed on | |||||||||
| 25 Nov 2020 | Kempton | Standard / Slow | 1m 2f 219y | 4 | No Nay Bella | 10st | 4 of 9 | L Morris | 9/2 |
| raced keenly tracking leaders, went 2nd over 10f out until over 9f out, handy 3rd, 2nd again 7f out, led inside final 2f, ridden over 1f out, headed inside final furlong, weakened towards finish | |||||||||
| 22 Aug 2020 | Chelmsford City | Standard | 1m 2f | 3 | Red October | 9st 9lbs | 2 of 13 | Saffie Osborne | 33/1 |
| soon pushed along in rear, wide into straight 2f out, ridden and ran on inside final furlong, not quite reach winner | |||||||||
| 07 Jul 2020 | Leicester | Good to Soft | 1m 2f | 3 | Red October | 9st 9lbs | 5 of 8 | Saffie Osborne | 11/1 |
| dwelt, tracked leaders, ridden 2f out, weakened final furlong | |||||||||
| 26 Jun 2020 | Doncaster | Good to Firm | 1m 2f 43y | 3 | Harrovian | 9st 5lbs | 7 of 10 | D C Costello | 25/1 |
| raced keenly, held up and always towards rear, never a factor | |||||||||
| 02 Jun 2020 | Newcastle | Standard / Slow | 1m 2f 42y | 3 | Medal Winner | 9st 7lbs | 11 of 12 | D C Costello | 11/1 |
| prominent, led over 3f out, headed 2f out, weakened from over 1f out | |||||||||
| 12 Oct 2019 | York | Soft | 1m 2f 56y | 2 | Coolagh Forest | 9st 4lbs | 5 of 7 | M Crehan | 14/1 |
| in touch, headway to chase leaders over 3f out, weakened entering final furlong | |||||||||
| 19 Sep 2019 | Ayr | Good (Good to Soft in places) | 1m 2f | 1 | Encapsulation | 9st 3lbs | 3 of 7 | Alistair Rawlinson | 7/1 |
| prominent, led over 2f out, headed approaching final furlong, kept on | |||||||||
| 11 Sep 2019 | Doncaster | Good to Firm | 1m 2f 43y | 2 | Fox Tal | 9st 2lbs | 4 of 6 | Alistair Rawlinson | 33/1 |
| held up in touch in rear, wide and headway entering final 2f, kept on one pace final furlong | |||||||||
| 24 Aug 2019 | Windsor | Good to Firm | 1m 3f 99y | 1 | Raakib Alhawa | 9st 5lbs | 5 of 6 | L Morris | 8/1 |
| held up in 4th place, pushed along 3f out, ridden and weakened 2f out, eased inside final furlong | |||||||||
| 30 Mar 2019 | Kempton | Standard / Slow | 1m 1f 219y | 1 | Mootasadir | 9st | 9 of 10 | L Morris | 8/1 |
| close up, pushed along over 3f out, weakened and eased 2f out, tailed off | |||||||||
| 23 Feb 2019 | Lingfield | Standard | 1m 2f | 1 | Wissahickon | 9st | 4 of 7 | L Morris | 10/1 |
| prominent, hard driven over 2f out, soon outpaced, no extra final furlong | |||||||||
| 02 Feb 2019 | Lingfield | Standard | 1m 2f | 1 | Wissahickon | 9st | 2 of 9 | L Morris | 5/1 |
| chased leader, pushed along to lead 1f out, ridden and headed well inside final furlong, no chance with winner | |||||||||
| 22 Dec 2018 | Lingfield | Standard | 1m 2f | 1 | Wissahickon | 9st 11lbs | 2 of 7 | L Morris | 9/2 |
| soon led and set steady pace, pushed along and tried to quicken pace when ran very wide into straight entering final 2f, soon headed, rallied inside final furlong, went 2nd final strides | |||||||||
| 17 Nov 2018 | Lingfield | Standard | 1m 2f | 1 | Master The World | 9st 5lbs | 2 of 9 | L Morris | 7/1 |
| tracked leaders, ridden to lead approaching final furlong, headed close home | |||||||||
| 11 Oct 2018 | Chelmsford City | Standard | 1m 2f | 3 | Archetype | 9st 10lbs | of 6 | S De Sousa | 0/0 |
| Nonrunner | |||||||||
| 29 Jul 2018 | Pontefract | Good | 1m 6y | 1 | Big Country | 9st 5lbs | 1 of 6 | S De Sousa | 10/3 |
| switched to race stand side over 5f out, tracked leader, ridden 3f out, carried head high and driven to lead approaching final furlong, stayed on | |||||||||
| 06 Jul 2018 | Sandown | Good to Firm | 1m 1f 209y | 1 | Mustashry | 9st 7lbs | 3 of 8 | R L Moore | 5/1 |
| led, pushed along and tried to quicken over 3f out, ridden over 1f out, headed inside final furlong, lost 2nd near finish | |||||||||
| 19 Jun 2018 | Royal Ascot | Good to Firm | 1m 1f 212y | 1 | Monarchs Glen | 9st 3lbs | 12 of 16 | L Morris | 16/1 |
| in touch, under pressure over 2f out, weakened over 1f out | |||||||||
| 28 May 2018 | Redcar | Good to Firm (Watered) | 1m 2f 1y | 2 | Big Country | 10st | 1 of 13 | S De Sousa | 9/2 |
| made all, hard driven over 3f out, stayed on well | |||||||||
| 24 Mar 2018 | Doncaster | Soft (Heavy in places) | 1m | 2 | Addeybb | 9st 8lbs | 16 of 22 | S De Sousa | 16/1 |
| mid-division centre until merged with far side group over 5f out, headway over 2f out, kept on inside final furlong | |||||||||
| 10 Mar 2018 | Wolverhampton | Standard | 1m 142y | 2 | Big Country | 9st 9lbs | 1 of 12 | L Morris | 8/1 |
| keen tracked leader, led entering final furlong, ridden out | |||||||||
| 14 Oct 2017 | York | Good | 1m 2f 56y | 2 | Dark Red | 9st 8lbs | 5 of 14 | Lewis Edmunds | 4/1 |
| prominent, ridden over 1f out, kept on inside final furlong | |||||||||
| 30 Sep 2017 | Newmarket | Good to Soft | 1m 1f | 2 | Dolphin Vista | 9st | 16 of 35 | S De Sousa | 7/1 |
| raced far side, held up, headway chasing leaders inside final 3f, ridden inside final 2f, weakened over 1f out | |||||||||
| 15 Jul 2017 | York | Good (Good to Firm in places) | 1m 2f 56y | 2 | Ballet Concerto | 9st | 2 of 20 | Ray Dawson | 7/1 |
| held up mid-division, headway over 2f out, ridden over 1f out, kept on towards finish | |||||||||
| 08 Jul 2017 | Haydock | Good to Firm | 1m 3f 175y | 2 | Dylan Mouth | 9st 4lbs | 8 of 18 | Josephine Gordon | 5/1 |
| tracked front pair, headway over 3f out, led over 2f out, ridden and headed over 1f out, no extra inside final furlong | |||||||||
| 16 Jun 2017 | York | Good to Firm (Good in places) | 1m 2f 56y | 3 | Big Country | 9st 7lbs | 1 of 14 | Andrea Atzeni | 9/4 |
| raced wide tracked leaders, pushed along to lead over 1f out, pressed inside final furlong, edged left and found extra close home | |||||||||
| 07 May 2017 | Newmarket | Good to Firm | 1m 4f | 2 | Frontiersman | 9st 3lbs | 4 of 13 | S De Sousa | 7/2 |
| tracked leader, led over 3f out, ridden and headed entering final furlong, edged right and no extra | |||||||||
| 01 Apr 2017 | Kempton | Standard | 1m 3f | 2 | Big Country | 8st 6lbs | 1 of 15 | S De Sousa | 4/1 |
| pressed leader, ridden to lead over 1f out, ran on, eased close home | |||||||||
| 11 Feb 2017 | Wolverhampton | Standard | 1m 4f 50y | 5 | Big Country | 9st 5lbs | 1 of 6 | L Morris | 4/5 |
| tracked leaders in 3rd, went 2nd over 2f out, led over 1f out, soon clear | |||||||||
| 19 Oct 2016 | Navan | Yielding to Soft | 1m 5f | 0 | Vigil | 9st 5lbs | 5 of 21 | D P McDonogh | 15/2 |
| mid-division, 7th halfway, pushed along on outer in 5th 2f out, ridden and no impression in 4th over 1f out, no extra | |||||||||
| 05 Oct 2016 | Navan | Good to Yielding | 1m 2f | 0 | Tipstaff | 9st 5lbs | of 17 | D P McDonogh | 0/0 |
| 21 Aug 2016 | Curragh | Yielding | 1m 2f | 0 | Big Ben | 9st 5lbs | 4 of 12 | D P McDonogh | 14/1 |
| chased leaders, took keen hold early, 5th on outer 3f out, ridden in 5th 2f out, kept on without threatening in 4th inside final furlong | |||||||||
| 19 Jun 2016 | Gowran Park | Yielding to Soft | 1m | 0 | Arch Sting | 9st 5lbs | 3 of 12 | T P Madden | 8/1 |
| always prominent, 2nd halfway, challenged entering straight, ridden over 1f out and no impression in 3rd final 100 yards, kept on one pace | |||||||||
| 22 May 2016 | Curragh | Soft | 1m 2f | 0 | The Major General | 9st 5lbs | 8 of 16 | W J Lee | 50/1 |
| rear of mid-division, 10th halfway, ridden 2f out and 8th 1f out, kept on inside final furlong | |||||||||
| 11 May 2016 | Naas | Yielding | 1m 2f | 0 | Flying Bullet | 9st 5lbs | 8 of 16 | D P McDonogh | 33/1 |
| slowly into stride and in rear, took keen hold early, ridden along halfway, went moderate 8th 2f out, no impression | |||||||||