Spirit of Valor (USA)
Owner: Derrick Smith & Mrs John Magnier & Michael Tabor & Stonestreet Stables, LLC Trainer: A P O'Brien Sex: colt Age: 10
Breeding: War Front / Stone Hope (Grindstone)
Form Summary
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Starts | Wins | 2nds | 3rds |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Good | 4 | 1 | ||
| Good to Firm | 2 | 1 | ||
| Good to Firm (Good in places) | 1 | 1 | ||
| Good to Firm (Watered) | 3 | 1 | ||
| Good to Soft (Good in places) | 1 | |||
| Good to Yielding | 1 | 1 | ||
| Heavy | 1 | |||
| Soft to Heavy | 2 | 1 | ||
| Yielding (Good to Yielding in places) | 1 | 1 | ||
| Yielding to Soft (Round, Yielding) | 1 | |||
| Totals | 17 | 2 | 3 | 2 |
Race History
| Date | Course | Going | Distance | Class | Race Winner | Weight | Position | Jockey | SP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 12 Aug 2018 | Curragh | Good | 6f | 1 | Speak In Colours | 9st 7lbs | 3 of 9 | R L Moore | 6/4 |
| led or disputed lead, ridden 2f out, under pressure and headed early final furlong, no impression closing stages | |||||||||
| 31 Jul 2018 | Goodwood | Good | 7f | 1 | Sir Dancealot | 9st 3lbs | 6 of 12 | R L Moore | 8/1 |
| prominent, pushed along over 2f out, hanging right over 1f out, not quicken final 100 yards | |||||||||
| 14 Jul 2018 | Newmarket | Good to Firm (Watered) | 6f | 1 | U S Navy Flag | 9st 6lbs | 8 of 14 | D O'Brien | 33/1 |
| tracked leaders centre, lost place 2f out, soon ridden, kept on under pressure inside final furlong, never troubled leaders | |||||||||
| 23 Jun 2018 | Royal Ascot | Good to Firm (Watered) | 6f | 1 | Merchant Navy | 9st 3lbs | 8 of 12 | D O'Brien | 20/1 |
| overall leader until 2f out, lost 2nd over 1f out, weakened inside final furlong | |||||||||
| 26 May 2018 | Curragh | Good to Firm (Good in places) | 6f | 1 | Merchant Navy | 9st 3lbs | 2 of 9 | D O'Brien | 7/1 |
| tracked leaders, led before halfway, attempted to assert from 2f out, soon edged right, headed and kept on without matching winner inside final furlong | |||||||||
| 19 Apr 2018 | Newmarket | Good | 6f | 1 | Brando | 9st 7lbs | 8 of 10 | R L Moore | 5/1 |
| tracked leaders, ridden over 1f out, weakened final furlong | |||||||||
| 16 Sep 2017 | Doncaster | Good to Soft (Good in places) | 7f 6y | 1 | Aclaim | 9st 4lbs | 4 of 8 | R L Moore | 13/2 |
| broke well and pecked leaving stalls, with leader, led narrowly over 2f out, ridden over 1f out, headed inside final furlong, kept on | |||||||||
| 09 Sep 2017 | Haydock | Heavy | 6f | 1 | Harry Angel | 9st 1lbs | of 12 | J Quinn | 0/0 |
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| 01 Aug 2017 | Goodwood | Good | 7f | 1 | Breton Rock | 9st | 10 of 15 | R L Moore | 7/1 |
| pressed leader, still every chance when lost 2nd over 1f out, weakened inside final furlong | |||||||||
| 16 Jul 2017 | Curragh | Good to Firm | 7f | 1 | Spirit of Valor | 9st 1lbs | 1 of 9 | R L Moore | 5/2 |
| made all, pressed over 2f out and soon pushed along, kept on strongly inside final furlong | |||||||||
| 21 Jun 2017 | Royal Ascot | Good to Firm (Watered) | 7f | 1 | Le Brivido | 9st 1lbs | 2 of 20 | D O'Brien | 66/1 |
| raced near side, always prominent, ridden to lead just over 1f out, ran on under pressure, hung right and ran on inside final furlong, headed last strides | |||||||||
| 27 May 2017 | Curragh | Yielding to Soft (Round, Yielding) | 1m | 1 | Churchill | 9st | 6 of 6 | J A Heffernan | 33/1 |
| soon tracked leaders in 3rd, pushed along 3f out, lost place 2f out, weakened and virtually pulled up inside final furlong | |||||||||
| 06 May 2017 | Newmarket | Good to Firm | 1m | 1 | Churchill | 9st | 8 of 10 | J A Heffernan | 33/1 |
| tracked leaders, ridden 2f out, weakened final furlong | |||||||||
| 23 Oct 2016 | Leopardstown | Yielding (Good to Yielding in places) | 7f | 1 | Making Light | 9st 3lbs | 2 of 9 | D O'Brien | 7/2 |
| held up in rear, pushed along in 6th on inner 2f out, 5th 1f out, headway inside final furlong, stayed on well to go 2nd close home | |||||||||
| 16 Oct 2016 | Naas | Soft to Heavy | 6f | 0 | Spirit of Valor | 9st 5lbs | 1 of 12 | D O'Brien | 8/13 |
| tracked leader in 2nd, pushed along to lead over 1f out, ridden final 150 yards and edged right, kept on best | |||||||||
| 09 Oct 2016 | Curragh | Good to Yielding | 6f | 0 | Holistic Approach | 9st 5lbs | 3 of 16 | D O'Brien | 9/4 |
| dwelt, towards rear, reminder after 2f, switched right towards outer from over 2f out, ridden to go moderate 7th 1f out, stayed on well without threatening final furlong | |||||||||
| 27 Sep 2016 | Fairyhouse | Soft to Heavy | 6f | 0 | Miss Qatar | 9st 5lbs | of 12 | J A Heffernan | 0/0 |