Spanish Steps (IRE)
Owner: Michael Tabor & Derrick Smith & Mrs John Magnier & Flaxman Stables Ireland Ltd Trainer: A P O'Brien Sex: colt Age: 10
Breeding: Galileo / Turbulent Descent (Congrats)
Form Summary
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Starts | Wins | 2nds | 3rds |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Good | 1 | 1 | ||
| Good (Good to Firm in places) | 2 | 1 | 1 | |
| Good to Firm (Round: Good to Firm, Good in places) | 1 | 1 | ||
| Good to Soft (Soft in places) | 1 | |||
| Good to Yielding (Good in places) | 1 | |||
| Soft | 1 | |||
| Yielding (Good to Yielding in places) | 1 | |||
| Totals | 8 | 2 | 1 | 1 |
Race History
| Date | Course | Going | Distance | Class | Race Winner | Weight | Position | Jockey | SP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 09 Sep 2017 | Leopardstown | Good to Yielding (Good in places) | 1m 4f | 1 | Eziyra | 9st 4lbs | 5 of 7 | R L Moore | 9/2 |
| soon led, ridden over 1f out, under pressure and headed final 150 yards, weakened, eased close home | |||||||||
| 23 Aug 2017 | York | Good to Soft (Soft in places) | 1m 3f 188y | 1 | Cracksman | 9st | 5 of 8 | J A Heffernan | 16/1 |
| soon pressing leader, led narrowly over 5f out, headed over 3f out, lost place 2f out, weakened | |||||||||
| 10 Aug 2017 | Leopardstown | Good | 1m 4f | 1 | Spanish Steps | 8st 12lbs | 1 of 7 | J A Heffernan | 6/1 |
| tracked leader, led after 1f, 2 lengths clear halfway, asserted approaching straight, reduced advantage and ridden 1 1/2f out, kept on best under pressure final furlong | |||||||||
| 14 Jul 2017 | Saint-Cloud | Soft | 1m 3f 204y | 0 | Shakeel | 9st 2lbs | of 10 | D O'Brien | 40/1 |
| 25 Jun 2017 | Gowran Park | Good (Good to Firm in places) | 1m 1f 100y | 0 | Spanish Steps | 9st 5lbs | 1 of 8 | D O'Brien | 11/10 |
| settled 3rd, improved to lead after 3f, 2 lengths clear over 4f out, asserted over 2f out, ridden 2f out, kept on strongly, easily | |||||||||
| 18 Jun 2017 | Cork | Good to Firm (Round: Good to Firm, Good in places) | 1m 2f 30y | 0 | Harrana | 9st 5lbs | 2 of 13 | D O'Brien | 4/6 |
| tracked leaders, 4th halfway, headway over 2f out and ridden in 2nd 1 1/2f out, carried left inside final furlong, switched right over 100 yards out and kept on | |||||||||
| 20 May 2017 | Navan | Good (Good to Firm in places) | 1m 2f | 0 | Twin Star | 9st 5lbs | 3 of 12 | Anastasia O'Brien | 3/1 |
| raced 3rd on outer, improved to 2nd over 2f out, ridden to lead 1 1/2f out, soon headed, dropped to 3rd under 1f out, kept on same pace | |||||||||
| 23 Oct 2016 | Leopardstown | Yielding (Good to Yielding in places) | 1m | 0 | Titus | 9st 5lbs | 8 of 15 | Anastasia O'Brien | 12/1 |
| dwelt, rear of mid-division, lost some ground crossing roadway after 1f, no impression from 3f out, hampered close home, never a factor | |||||||||