Captain Courageous (IRE)
Owner: Mrs Sue Murtagh Trainer: F P Murtagh Sex: gelding Age: 12
Breeding: Canford Cliffs / Annacloy Pearl (Mull Of Kintyre)
Form Summary
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Starts | Wins | 2nds | 3rds |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Good | 7 | 1 | 1 | |
| Good (Good to Firm in places) | 1 | |||
| Good (Good to Yielding in places) | 2 | |||
| Good to Firm | 3 | 1 | ||
| Good to Firm (Firm in places) | 1 | 1 | ||
| Good to Firm (Good in places, Watered) | 2 | |||
| Good to Firm (Watered) | 1 | |||
| Good to Soft | 1 | |||
| Good to Soft (Good in places) | 1 | |||
| Good to Soft (Soft in places) | 1 | |||
| Good to Yielding | 1 | |||
| Good to Yielding (Good in places) | 2 | |||
| Soft | 2 | 1 | ||
| Soft (Good to Soft in places) | 1 | |||
| Soft (Yielding to Soft in Places) | 1 | |||
| Standard | 4 | 1 | 1 | |
| Standard / Slow | 1 | 1 | ||
| Yielding | 1 | |||
| Yielding (Soft in places) | 1 | |||
| Totals | 34 | 3 | 3 | 2 |
Race History
| Date | Course | Going | Distance | Class | Race Winner | Weight | Position | Jockey | SP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 01 Jul 2021 | Perth | Good | 2m 7f 207y | 5 | Golden Chancer | 11st 12lbs | 4 of 14 | Lorcan Murtagh | 66/1 |
| held up in mid-division, not fluent 2nd, stayed on approaching last, went 4th flat, no impression | |||||||||
| 25 May 2021 | Bangor-on-Dee | Soft | 2m 3f 123y | 4 | Mossing | 11st 12lbs | 3 of 5 | Lorcan Murtagh | 28/1 |
| held up in 4th, closer approaching 3 out, went modest 3rd between last 2 | |||||||||
| 21 Aug 2020 | Kilbeggan | Soft (Yielding to Soft in Places) | 3m 1f | 0 | Flemings Dream | 12st | 8 of 14 | J M Moore | 10/1 |
| rear, 11th after 3 out, under pressure in 8th after 2 out, no impression, weakened before last | |||||||||
| 25 Jul 2020 | Tramore | Good | 2m 5f | 0 | Basil's Boy | 11st 7lbs | 4 of 15 | J M Moore | 11/1 |
| chased leaders, 4th after 4 out, progress and closed before 2 out where led narrowly, soon headed and ridden, dropped to 3rd run-in, soon one paced in 4th | |||||||||
| 20 Jul 2020 | Gowran Park | Good | 2m 4f | 0 | Luis Van Zandt | 11st 10lbs | of 18 | C P McNamara | 0/0 |
| 13 Jul 2020 | Roscommon | Good | 2m 3f 185y | 0 | Bread And Butter | 11st 2lbs | of 17 | Reserve 1 | 0/0 |
| 01 Jul 2020 | Tipperary | Yielding (Soft in places) | 2m 4f | 0 | Bread And Butter | 11st 9lbs | 4 of 18 | J M Moore | 20/1 |
| mid-division, mistake 4th, ridden into 6th entering straight, no impression in 4th 2 out, kept on same pace from before last | |||||||||
| 07 May 2019 | Ballinrobe | Good (Good to Yielding in places) | 2m 1f 121y | 0 | Weekend Offender | 11st 8lbs | 9 of 17 | C P McNamara | 11/4 |
| settled behind leaders, 6th halfway, ridden and no impression after 2 out, soon no extra | |||||||||
| 25 Apr 2019 | Perth | Good | 2m 47y | 4 | Oromo | 11st 12lbs | 2 of 16 | James Bowen | 9/2 |
| prominent, ridden before last, kept on | |||||||||
| 07 Apr 2019 | Fairyhouse | Good to Yielding (Good in places) | 2m | 0 | Scotch Quay | 11st 9lbs | 5 of 28 | B J Geraghty | 10/1 |
| soon prominent, on terms from 3rd, led approaching straight, soon joined, headed approaching last and one pace after | |||||||||
| 09 Feb 2019 | Naas | Good to Yielding (Good in places) | 2m | 0 | Eviscerating | 11st 2lbs | 12 of 23 | M Browne | 16/1 |
| tracked leaders, 4th halfway, pushed along early straight and mistake 2 out, no impression when checked approaching last, no extra run-in | |||||||||
| 26 Jan 2019 | Fairyhouse | Yielding | 2m | 0 | Authorizo | 11st 12lbs | 12 of 21 | G N Fox | 66/1 |
| prominent early, no extra straight | |||||||||
| 26 Dec 2018 | Leopardstown | Good to Yielding | 2m | 0 | City Island | 11st 12lbs | 12 of 18 | Brian Hayes | 66/1 |
| waited with, not fluent 4th, soon no danger | |||||||||
| 09 Dec 2018 | Punchestown | Good (Good to Yielding in places) | 2m 4f | 0 | Tornado Flyer | 11st 12lbs | 11 of 21 | G N Fox | 80/1 |
| rear of mid-division, no impression in 12th after 5th, weakened after 3 out, never a factor | |||||||||
| 01 Dec 2018 | Fairyhouse | Good (Good to Firm in places) | 2m 2f | 0 | Lone Wolf | 11st 12lbs | 11 of 24 | G N Fox | 66/1 |
| mid-division early, 11th after 2nd where slight mistake, not fluent 6th, slight mistake 3 out and one pace | |||||||||
| 15 Sep 2018 | Chester | Soft | 1m 6f 87y | 3 | Ravenous | 9st 1lbs | 7 of 10 | Harry Bentley | 10/1 |
| mid-division, ridden 3f out, never threatened, not much room inside final furlong, no extra | |||||||||
| 27 Aug 2018 | Epsom Downs | Soft (Good to Soft in places) | 1m 2f 17y | 3 | Zzoro | 9st 9lbs | 4 of 8 | P Cosgrave | 25/1 |
| held up, outpaced 4f out | |||||||||
| 11 Jun 2018 | Windsor | Good to Firm (Good in places, Watered) | 1m 2f | 4 | Rotherwick | 9st 9lbs | 7 of 8 | R Kingscote | 25/1 |
| led 3f, chased leader who went clear halfway, closed over 2f out, lost 2nd 2f out, weakened soon after | |||||||||
| 18 May 2018 | Newmarket | Good to Firm (Good in places, Watered) | 1m 2f | 3 | Guns of Leros | 9st 6lbs | 7 of 10 | Jim Crowley | 10/1 |
| held up in chasing group, ridden and dropped to rear 3f out | |||||||||
| 29 Sep 2017 | Newmarket | Good to Soft (Soft in places) | 1m 1f | 2 | Addeybb | 9st 10lbs | 15 of 17 | R Kingscote | 33/1 |
| raced solo near side, 2nd overall and well up with the pace until ridden over 2f out, behind over 1f out | |||||||||
| 26 Aug 2017 | Goodwood | Good | 1m 1f 11y | 3 | Mountain Hunter | 9st 13lbs | 4 of 13 | P Cosgrave | 16/1 |
| tracked leader, driven to challenge over 2f out, hung right under pressure over 1f out, switched left entering final furlong, kept on same pace | |||||||||
| 19 Jul 2017 | Sandown | Good | 1m | 3 | Make Time | 9st 8lbs | 3 of 5 | R Kingscote | 5/1 |
| in rear, headway 1f out, kept on inside final furlong | |||||||||
| 24 Jun 2017 | Haydock | Good to Firm (Firm in places) | 7f 212y | 4 | Captain Courageous | 9st 7lbs | 1 of 7 | R Kingscote | 4/1 |
| broke on terms, soon held up in rear, headway on outside form 2f out, 2nd over 1f out, led inside final furlong, stayed on well | |||||||||
| 02 Jun 2017 | Bath | Good to Firm | 1m | 4 | Mister Musicmaster | 9st 8lbs | 4 of 9 | Jenny Powell | 7/4 |
| led when in view briefly after start, about 10 length 2nd when in view 3f out, 4th and beaten when in view inside final furlong | |||||||||
| 26 May 2017 | Haydock | Good to Firm | 1m 2f 42y | 5 | Captain Courageous | 9st 7lbs | 1 of 11 | R Kingscote | 9/2 |
| made all, ridden over 1f out, soon clear, kept on strongly | |||||||||
| 08 May 2017 | Windsor | Good to Firm | 1m 2f | 4 | Shargiah | 9st 2lbs | 5 of 9 | R Kingscote | 11/2 |
| took keen hold tracking leaders, ridden inside final 2f, no impression over 1f out, weakened | |||||||||
| 29 Apr 2017 | Haydock | Good to Firm (Watered) | 1m 2f 95y | 4 | Caponova | 9st 4lbs | of 10 | Non Runner | 0/0 |
| NonRunner | |||||||||
| 31 Mar 2017 | Lingfield | Standard | 1m 1y | 5 | Zain Emperor | 9st 7lbs | 5 of 6 | Thomas Brown | 3/1 |
| pressed leader, ridden to lead approaching final furlong, headed inside final furlong, no extra | |||||||||
| 09 Feb 2017 | Chelmsford City | Standard | 1m | 5 | Captain Courageous | 9st 7lbs | 1 of 14 | G Baker | 5/2 |
| chased leaders on inside, pushed along 2f out, switched right over 1f out, led inside final furlong, soon edged left, ridden out | |||||||||
| 10 Jan 2017 | Wolverhampton | Standard | 1m 1f 103y | 6 | Trending | 9st 3lbs | 2 of 9 | G Baker | 4/6 |
| tracked leaders, 2nd over 2f out, led over 1f out, headed inside final furlong, ran on | |||||||||
| 01 Nov 2016 | Kempton | Standard / Slow | 1m | 6 | Ebbisham | 9st 4lbs | 2 of 9 | G Baker | 6/4 |
| dwelt, towards rear, ridden and headway over 1f out, kept on to take 2nd place towards finish | |||||||||
| 13 Oct 2016 | Chelmsford City | Standard | 7f | 5 | Rockley Point | 9st 5lbs | 6 of 15 | G Baker | 16/1 |
| dwelt, towards rear, headway and switched left inside final furlong, never near leaders | |||||||||
| 03 Oct 2016 | Pontefract | Good to Soft (Good in places) | 1m 4y | 5 | Kullu | 9st 5lbs | 7 of 10 | Thomas Brown | 40/1 |
| held up, pushed along 3f out, never nearer | |||||||||
| 13 Sep 2016 | Chepstow | Good to Soft | 7f 16y | 5 | Big Chill | 9st 5lbs | 9 of 10 | G Baker | 7/2 |
| dwelt, always behind and outpaced | |||||||||


