Gala Celebration (IRE)
Owner: Caveat Emptor Partnership Trainer: Ian Williams Sex: colt Age: 11
Breeding: Excelebration / Elusive Galaxy (Elusive City)
Form Summary
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Starts | Wins | 2nds | 3rds |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Good | 4 | 1 | 1 | |
| Good (Good to Firm in places) | 2 | 1 | ||
| Good to Firm (Firm in the Home Straight) | 1 | 1 | ||
| Good to Firm (Good in places) | 1 | |||
| Good to Firm (Good in places, watered) | 1 | |||
| Good to Soft | 2 | 1 | ||
| Good to Soft (Good in places) | 3 | 1 | ||
| Soft | 2 | |||
| Standard | 7 | 2 | 1 | 1 |
| Totals | 23 | 2 | 3 | 5 |
Race History
| Date | Course | Going | Distance | Class | Race Winner | Weight | Position | Jockey | SP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 24 Aug 2018 | Salisbury | Good | 1m | 5 | Red Charmer | 10st | 2 of 10 | C J Todd | 6/5 |
| pulled hard in touch, headway over 3f out, led over 2f out, headed approaching final furlong, no extra | |||||||||
| 17 Aug 2018 | Newmarket | Good to Soft (Good in places) | 1m | 5 | Little Jo | 8st 9lbs | 2 of 19 | S Donohoe | 20/1 |
| towards rear stand side, ridden and headway over 1f out, ran on to chase winner towards finish | |||||||||
| 09 Jun 2018 | Stratford | Good (Good to Firm in places) | 2m 70y | 4 | Aardwolf | 10st 9lbs | 11 of 14 | T J O'Brien | 25/1 |
| always behind, tailed off 2 out | |||||||||
| 16 May 2018 | Yarmouth | Good to Firm (Firm in the Home Straight) | 1m 3y | 6 | Marilyn | 9st 7lbs | 3 of 12 | S W Kelly | 7/2 |
| steadied start, held up in rear, headway over 2f out, chased leaders over 1f out, never able to challenge | |||||||||
| 27 Feb 2018 | Chelmsford City | Standard | 1m | 5 | Gala Celebration | 9st 2lbs | 1 of 5 | J P Spencer | 5/6 |
| last to break, held up, went 3rd over 2f out, ridden over 1f out, led inside final furlong, stayed on | |||||||||
| 08 Feb 2018 | Chelmsford City | Standard | 1m | 5 | Samphire Coast | 8st 10lbs | 2 of 8 | J P Spencer | 15/8 |
| steadied start, held up in last pair, headway on outside chasing leaders under pressure over 1f out, went 2nd towards finish, not reach winner | |||||||||
| 23 Oct 2017 | Windsor | Soft | 1m 31y | 5 | Love And Be Loved | 8st 5lbs | 4 of 12 | J Quinn | 11/1 |
| pulled hard, tracked leading pair, awkward on bend 5f out, ridden 2f out, 2nd in main group over 1f out until inside final furlong, kept on same pace in 4th | |||||||||
| 10 Oct 2017 | Brighton | Good to Soft | 7f 211y | 6 | Wordismybond | 8st 11lbs | 3 of 14 | H Crouch | 14/1 |
| with leader and keen, led over 1f out, soon edged left, headed inside final furlong, no extra | |||||||||
| 23 Sep 2017 | Wolverhampton | Standard | 7f 36y | 6 | Glenn Coco | 9st 5lbs | 7 of 12 | S W Kelly | 18/1 |
| slowly into stride, ran wide on home turn, always behind | |||||||||
| 15 Sep 2017 | Salisbury | Soft | 6f | 6 | Twilight Spirit | 9st 6lbs | 15 of 16 | George Buckell | 14/1 |
| awkward start, always behind | |||||||||
| 04 Sep 2017 | Brighton | Good | 6f 210y | 5 | Black Caesar | 9st 1lbs | 4 of 11 | F Sweeney | 9/1 |
| took keen hold, soon led, clear over 4f out until over 2f out, edged left, headed over 1f out, stayed on one pace | |||||||||
| 24 Aug 2017 | Chepstow | Good to Soft (Good in places) | 7f 16y | 6 | Hedging | 9st 8lbs | 10 of 15 | F Sweeney | 8/1 |
| prominent, weakened inside final 2f | |||||||||
| 30 Jun 2017 | Chester | Good to Soft | 7f 127y | 4 | Valentino Boy | 8st 12lbs | 9 of 12 | George Buckell | 6/1 |
| awkwardly away and slightly hampered start, held up and always behind | |||||||||
| 11 Jun 2017 | Goodwood | Good | 7f | 5 | Cyrus Dallin | 8st 13lbs | 3 of 11 | George Buckell | 10/1 |
| raced keenly, led after 1f, ridden and pressed approaching final furlong, headed inside final furlong, lost 2nd towards finish | |||||||||
| 25 May 2017 | Chelmsford City | Standard | 7f | 5 | Etikaal | 9st 1lbs | 7 of 9 | J Fanning | 6/1 |
| took keen hold, chased leaders on outside, pushed along 2f out, weakened over 1f out | |||||||||
| 05 Apr 2017 | Kempton | Standard | 7f | 5 | Glory of Paris | 9st | 3 of 9 | M Dwyer | 2/1 |
| led, soon racing freely, jinked right 2f out, headed over 1f out, lost 2nd and fading inside final furlong | |||||||||
| 29 Mar 2017 | Lingfield | Standard | 7f 1y | 6 | Gala Celebration | 9st 8lbs | 1 of 9 | M Dwyer | 7/1 |
| good speed from wide draw to lead over 5f out, clear from 4f out, ran on strongly and unchallenged after | |||||||||
| 24 Oct 2016 | Leicester | Good (Good to Firm in places) | 7f | 6 | Raj Balaraaj | 9st 4lbs | 3 of 14 | M Dwyer | 14/1 |
| keen led, ridden 2f out, headed inside final furlong, stayed on | |||||||||
| 26 Sep 2016 | Bath | Good to Soft (Good in places) | 5f 161y | 5 | Marquee Club | 8st 10lbs | 5 of 10 | M Dwyer | 33/1 |
| towards rear and pushed along, headway over 1f out, no extra inside final furlong | |||||||||
| 05 Sep 2016 | Windsor | Good | 6f | 5 | Silver Penny | 9st 5lbs | 7 of 9 | Michael J M Murphy | 9/1 |
| towards rear, ridden over 2f out, never dangerous | |||||||||
| 25 Jul 2016 | Windsor | Good to Firm (Good in places, watered) | 6f | 4 | Evergate | 9st 5lbs | 6 of 11 | Joey Haynes | 50/1 |
| chased leaders on outside, ridden well over 1f out, weakened inside final furlong | |||||||||
| 04 Jul 2016 | Windsor | Good to Firm (Good in places) | 6f | 5 | Kodiline | 9st 5lbs | 13 of 16 | Martin Lane | 40/1 |
| ridden leaving stalls, soon close up on outside, ridden over 2f out, weakened over 1f out | |||||||||


