Sharp Defence (USA)
Owner: M8,Koya,B Esdaile & L Honan Partnership Trainer: R O'Brien Sex: colt Age: 11
Breeding: First Defence / Jazz Drummer (Dixieland Band)
Form Summary
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Starts | Wins | 2nds | 3rds |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Firm (Good to Firm in places) | 1 | 1 | ||
| Good | 3 | 1 | ||
| Good (Good to Firm in places) | 2 | |||
| Good to Firm | 3 | |||
| Good to Firm (Good in places) | 2 | 1 | ||
| Good to Soft (Good to Soft in Places) | 1 | |||
| Good to Yielding (Yielding in places) | 1 | |||
| Heavy (Soft in places) | 1 | |||
| Soft (Good to Soft in places) | 1 | 1 | ||
| Soft (Heavy in places) | 1 | |||
| Standard | 4 | 3 | ||
| Yielding | 1 | 1 | ||
| Totals | 21 | 2 | 4 | 2 |
Race History
| Date | Course | Going | Distance | Class | Race Winner | Weight | Position | Jockey | SP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 24 May 2019 | Curragh | Good to Firm | 7f | 0 | Jassaar | 8st 4lbs | of 15 | Chris Hayes | 0/0 |
| 05 May 2019 | Hamilton | Good to Firm | 6f 6y | 4 | Zig Zag Zyggy | 9st 7lbs | 4 of 5 | S P Davis | 1/1 |
| held up in touch, headway over 2f out, weakened approaching final furlong | |||||||||
| 29 Apr 2019 | Naas | Good to Yielding (Yielding in places) | 6f | 0 | Mokhalad | 9st | 4 of 24 | O J Orr | 8/1 |
| dwelt, towards rear, 16th 2f out, soon ridden, headway into 10th 1f out, kept on well final furlong, never nearer | |||||||||
| 01 Mar 2019 | Dundalk | Standard | 6f | 0 | Yuften | 9st 9lbs | 2 of 12 | A C Persse | 3/1 |
| dwelt slightly, soon mid-division, ridden into 4th 1 1/2f out, challenged 1f out, led final 150 yards, headed close home and no extra | |||||||||
| 08 Feb 2019 | Dundalk | Standard | 7f | 0 | Yuften | 10st 2lbs | 4 of 11 | A C Persse | 16/1 |
| soon raced in 7th, headway and effort on outer straight, edged slightly left 2f out, one pace 1f out | |||||||||
| 03 Oct 2018 | Cork | Good (Good to Firm in Places) | 6f 60y | 0 | Shore Step | 9st 12lbs | 7 of 12 | Ronan Whelan | 12/1 |
| mid-division, pushed along 2f out, ridden and no impression over 1f out, kept on one pace inside final furlong | |||||||||
| 22 Sep 2018 | Ayr | Heavy (Soft in places) | 7f 50y | 3 | Hajjam | 8st 13lbs | 7 of 14 | Rowan Scott | 25/1 |
| in touch, ridden inside final furlong, kept on same pace | |||||||||
| 21 Aug 2018 | Hamilton | Good to Soft (Good to Soft in Places) | 6f 6y | 4 | Dark Defender | 9st 10lbs | 4 of 13 | Rowan Scott | 14/1 |
| mid-division, ridden inside final 2f, headway under pressure towards stands rail over 1f out, kept on inside final furlong, not quite reach leaders | |||||||||
| 04 Aug 2018 | Hamilton | Good | 5f 7y | 3 | Tarboosh | 9st 1lbs | 3 of 6 | Rowan Scott | 11/1 |
| led, ridden and headed 1f out, not pace of front pair inside final furlong | |||||||||
| 20 Jul 2018 | Hamilton | Good to Firm | 6f 6y | 2 | George Bowen | 8st 11lbs | 6 of 13 | David Probert | 25/1 |
| slowly away, towards rear, headway over 1f out, one pace and no impression | |||||||||
| 31 Mar 2018 | Musselburgh | Soft (Heavy in places) | 7f 33y | 3 | Lualiwa | 9st 2lbs | 9 of 11 | Josephine Gordon | 13/2 |
| pulled hard, pressed leader, lost place over 2f out, eased | |||||||||
| 02 Sep 2017 | Chester | Good | 7f 127y | 2 | Penwortham | 8st 6lbs | 9 of 12 | R Ffrench | 8/1 |
| fly leapt start and slowly away, in rear, never on terms | |||||||||
| 18 Aug 2017 | Dundalk | Standard | 6f | 0 | Reckless Endeavour | 9st 3lbs | 2 of 13 | Ronan Whelan | 7/1 |
| rear of mid-division, switched right under 2f out, ridden and headway in 6th on outer 1f out, kept on under pressure inside final furlong | |||||||||
| 21 Jul 2017 | Hamilton | Good | 6f 6y | 2 | Classic Seniority | 9st 2lbs | 11 of 15 | T P O'Shea | 9/1 |
| chased leaders, ridden over 2f out, weakened over 1f out | |||||||||
| 04 Jul 2017 | Hamilton | Soft (Good to Soft in places) | 6f 6y | 4 | Sharp Defence | 9st 8lbs | 1 of 10 | T P O'Shea | 7/2 |
| mid-division, pushed along over 3f out, headway over 2f out, led over 1f out, driven inside final furlong, clear inside final 100 yards | |||||||||
| 19 May 2017 | Hamilton | Good to Firm (Good in places) | 6f 6y | 4 | Black Isle Boy | 9st 7lbs | 4 of 7 | T P O'Shea | 13/8 |
| taken to post early, keen prominent, ridden and every chance over 1f out, unable to quicken inside final furlong | |||||||||
| 11 May 2017 | Chester | Good (Good to Firm in places) | 7f 127y | 2 | Mutawatheb | 8st 10lbs | 5 of 11 | S Hitchcott | 6/1 |
| held up in touch, not much room on rail over 2f out, soon lost place, kept on final furlong, no impression | |||||||||
| 30 Apr 2017 | Salisbury | Firm (Good to Firm in places) | 6f 212y | 5 | Sharp Defence | 9st 1lbs | 1 of 10 | T P O'Shea | 4/5 |
| tracked leaders, led 2f out, ridden clear final furlong | |||||||||
| 15 Apr 2017 | Musselburgh | Good to Firm (Good in places) | 7f 30y | 4 | What's The Story | 9st | 2 of 7 | T P O'Shea | 7/2 |
| led, hard pressed 3f out, ridden 2f out, kept on under pressure final furlong, headed final strides | |||||||||
| 18 Nov 2016 | Dundalk | Standard | 6f | 0 | Meetyouatthemoon | 9st 5lbs | 2 of 16 | Wayne Lordan | 7/4 |
| mid-division, pushed along in 8th halfway, some progress under 2f out, ridden and edged right in 3rd 1f out, under pressure and kept on well inside final furlong, not reach winner | |||||||||
| 29 Oct 2016 | Leopardstown | Yielding | 7f | 0 | Cliffs Of Moher | 9st 5lbs | 3 of 21 | L F Roche | 25/1 |
| tracked leaders, ridden to chase winner straight, soon no impression, dropped to 3rd and kept on same pace inside final furlong | |||||||||