Top Ville Ben (IRE)
Owner: Harbour Rose Partnership Trainer: P A Kirby Sex: gelding Age: 12
Breeding: Beneficial / Great Decision (Simply Great)
Entries
| Date | Time | Course | Race name |
|---|---|---|---|
| 24 Apr 2024 | 17:35 | Uttoxeter | Carlsberg Marston's Handicap Chase |
Form Summary
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Starts | Wins | 2nds | 3rds |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Good | 2 | |||
| Good (Good to Soft in places, Watered) | 1 | |||
| Good (Watered) | 1 | |||
| Good to Soft | 3 | 1 | ||
| Good to Soft (Good in places) | 2 | 1 | ||
| Good to Soft (Soft in places) | 4 | 2 | ||
| Heavy | 8 | 3 | 1 | 1 |
| Heavy (Soft in places) | 2 | 1 | ||
| Soft | 12 | 2 | 1 | 1 |
| Soft (Good to Soft in places) | 6 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Soft (Heavy in places) | 2 | 1 | ||
| Very Soft | 1 | |||
| Yielding | 1 | 1 | ||
| Yielding to Soft (Soft in places) | 1 | |||
| Totals | 46 | 9 | 4 | 7 |
Race History
| Date | Course | Going | Distance | Class | Race Winner | Weight | Position | Jockey | SP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30 Mar 2024 | Haydock | Soft (Heavy in places) | 2m 3f 203y | 2 | Numitor | 11st 6lbs | 5 of 9 | R T Dunne | 12/1 |
| not much room 1st, chased leaders, closed briefly 8th, ridden before 4 out, mistake and weakened 3 out, tailed off | |||||||||
| 17 Feb 2024 | Haydock | Heavy | 2m 3f 203y | 3 | Regal Blue | 12st | PulledUp of 6 | R T Dunne | 7/2 |
| led until 2nd, led 3rd, mistake and headed 5th, weakened 3 out, pulled up before 2 out | |||||||||
| 04 Feb 2024 | Leopardstown | Yielding to Soft (Soft in places) | 2m 5f 107y | 1 | Heart Wood | 10st | 8 of 25 | R T Dunne | 50/1 |
| tracked leaders, not fluent 1st, 2nd halfway, 3rd 5 out, ridden and no impression in 5th entering straight, no extra | |||||||||
| 13 Jan 2024 | Warwick | Soft | 3m | 2 | Sam Brown | 10st 5lbs | of 14 | Joe Williamson | 0/0 |
| NonRunner | |||||||||
| 26 Dec 2023 | Aintree | Soft | 2m 3f 200y | 2 | Mac Tottie | 10st 8lbs | 2 of 4 | R T Dunne | 10/3 |
| led, jumped well, pushed along before last, ridden and headed final 110 yards on flat, no extra | |||||||||
| 15 Dec 2023 | Cheltenham | Soft | 2m 4f 127y | 2 | Cepage | 10st 13lbs | PulledUp of 9 | H Cobden | 6/1 |
| raced wide, tracked leaders, ridden 5 out, weakened 3 out, pulled up last | |||||||||
| 29 Oct 2023 | Aintree | Good to Soft (Soft in places) | 3m 210y | 2 | Celebre D'Allen | 11st 6lbs | Fell of 11 | Sean Quinlan | 15/2 |
| led, fell 10th | |||||||||
| 14 Apr 2023 | Aintree | Soft | 2m 5f 19y | 1 | Bill Baxter | 10st 10lbs | 12 of 30 | Thomas Dowson | 50/1 |
| always towards rear, never involved | |||||||||
| 14 Mar 2023 | Cheltenham | Soft | 3m 1f | 1 | Corach Rambler | 10st 13lbs | PulledUp of 23 | Thomas Dowson | 33/1 |
| prominent, mistake 1st, led after next, headed 5th, outpaced 3 out, soon weakened, pulled up before 2 out | |||||||||
| 05 Feb 2023 | Leopardstown | Yielding | 2m 5f 44y | 0 | The Goffer | 10st 13lbs | 3 of 23 | Thomas Dowson | 28/1 |
| prominent, soon tracked leaders, 2nd halfway, disputed 3 out, headed before next where not fluent, ridden in 2nd before last, 3rd early run-in, no impression final 150 yards, kept on same pace | |||||||||
| 26 Dec 2022 | Wetherby | Good to Soft (Soft in places) | 3m 45y | 1 | Into Overdrive | 10st 13lbs | 5 of 12 | Thomas Dowson | 18/1 |
| chased leaders, pushed along 4 out, weakened before 2 out | |||||||||
| 08 Nov 2022 | Lingfield | Heavy (Soft in places) | 2m 7f | 3 | Lynwood Gold | 12st 1lbs | 3 of 15 | Thomas Dowson | 14/1 |
| chased leaders on inside, led 3rd, ridden before last, headed and not pace of winner run-in, weakened into 3rd towards finish | |||||||||
| 09 Apr 2022 | Aintree | Good to Soft | 4m 2f 74y | 1 | Noble Yeats | 10st 11lbs | PulledUp of 40 | Thomas Dowson | 80/1 |
| mid-division, weakened 23rd, tailed off and pulled up after 3 out | |||||||||
| 19 Feb 2022 | Haydock | Heavy | 3m 58y | 1 | Wholestone | 11st 4lbs | 2 of 6 | Thomas Dowson | 9/2 |
| led, went clear before 3 out, reduced lead when hit next, headed and no extra run-in, kept on for clear 2nd | |||||||||
| 21 Jan 2022 | Lingfield | Heavy | 2m 7f | 2 | Top Ville Ben | 11st | 1 of 5 | Alain Cawley | 6/1 |
| made all, hit 7th, came clear before 2 out, stayed on strongly, unchallenged | |||||||||
| 26 Dec 2021 | Wetherby | Soft (Heavy in places) | 3m 45y | 1 | Good Boy Bobby | 11st 12lbs | 3 of 10 | Thomas Dowson | 10/1 |
| held up in midfield, headway before 4 out, ridden before 3 out, close up 2 out, weakened last | |||||||||
| 04 Dec 2021 | Aintree | Soft | 3m 1f 188y | 1 | Snow Leopardess | 11st | Fell of 22 | Thomas Dowson | 33/1 |
| led, headed 7th (Water), remained close up, fell 12th | |||||||||
| 30 Oct 2021 | Wetherby | Good to Soft | 3m 45y | 1 | Fusil Raffles | 11st | 5 of 7 | Thomas Dowson | 33/1 |
| led, headed and tracked leader 3rd, gradually faded from 10th, struggling from 5 out, tailed | |||||||||
| 25 Apr 2021 | Auteuil | Very Soft | 2m 5f 82y | 0 | L'autonomie | 10st 5lbs | of 8 | Felix de Giles | 12/1 |
| 25 Jan 2020 | Cheltenham | Soft | 3m 1f 56y | 1 | Santini | 11st 4lbs | 3 of 6 | Thomas Dowson | 8/1 |
| held up in rear, headway 6th, mistake 14th, outpaced in 3rd after 3 out, weakened from next | |||||||||
| 26 Dec 2019 | Wetherby | Soft | 3m 45y | 1 | Top Ville Ben | 11st 11lbs | 1 of 10 | Thomas Dowson | 3/1 |
| held up, closed on inside 6th, 2nd before next, led 10th, clear last, stayed on well | |||||||||
| 30 Nov 2019 | Newcastle | Heavy | 2m 7f 91y | 1 | Takingrisks | 11st 7lbs | 3 of 9 | Thomas Dowson | 11/2 |
| led, clear 3 out, ridden between last 2, tired and reduced advantage flat, headed near finish | |||||||||
| 02 Nov 2019 | Wetherby | Soft | 3m 45y | 1 | Ballyoptic | 11st | 5 of 7 | Sean Quinlan | 17/2 |
| led, headed before 4 out, weakened before 2 out | |||||||||
| 05 Apr 2019 | Aintree | Soft (Good to Soft in places) | 3m 210y | 1 | Lostintranslation | 11st 4lbs | 3 of 7 | Sean Quinlan | 14/1 |
| jumped well, allowed clear lead to 4 out, ridden between last 2, headed before last where not fluent, no chance with winner flat, lost 2nd near finish | |||||||||
| 19 Mar 2019 | Wetherby | Soft (Good to soft in places) | 3m 45y | 3 | Top Ville Ben | 11st 8lbs | 1 of 6 | Sean Quinlan | 1/1 |
| made all, joined 8th, clear with one other 10th until clear 12th, left well clear 2 out | |||||||||
| 13 Mar 2019 | Cheltenham | Soft (Good to Soft in places) | 3m 80y | 1 | Topofthegame | 11st 4lbs | Fell of 12 | Sean Quinlan | 33/1 |
| prominent until fell 6th | |||||||||
| 16 Feb 2019 | Ascot | Good to Soft (Good in Places) | 2m 7f 180y | 1 | Mister Malarky | 11st | 5 of 5 | Sean Quinlan | 11/5 |
| tended to jump left, led until 8th, pressed leader, led again 11th until 3 out, chased leader until ridden approaching 2 out, weakened after 2 out, lost modest 4th towards finish | |||||||||
| 27 Dec 2018 | Wetherby | Good to Soft (Soft in places) | 3m 45y | 4 | Top Ville Ben | 11st 6lbs | 1 of 5 | Sean Quinlan | 11/4 |
| made all, jumped well, drew clear after 5 out, left well clear 3 out, easily | |||||||||
| 21 Nov 2018 | Hexham | Soft | 3m 41y | 4 | Top Ville Ben | 11st | 1 of 6 | Thomas Dowson | 5/1 |
| made all, clear after 2 out | |||||||||
| 21 Apr 2018 | Ayr | Good | 2m 5f 91y | 2 | Moon Racer | 10st 11lbs | Fell of 15 | A Nicol | 33/1 |
| led, fell 6th | |||||||||
| 25 Mar 2018 | Ascot | Soft | 2m 7f 118y | 3 | Sir Will | 12st | 8 of 11 | Thomas Dowson | 10/1 |
| led until 3 out, lost 2nd and weakened quickly soon after, tailed off | |||||||||
| 17 Feb 2018 | Haydock | Heavy | 2m 6f 177y | 2 | Tommy Rapper | 11st 8lbs | Fell of 11 | A Nicol | 8/1 |
| led, soon clear, fell 5th | |||||||||
| 13 Jan 2018 | Kempton | Soft (Good to Soft in places) | 2m 5f | 1 | William Henry | 11st 9lbs | PulledUp of 16 | A Nicol | 16/1 |
| keen to get on with it, led until headed after 3 out, weakened quickly and pulled up before 2 out | |||||||||
| 31 Dec 2017 | Uttoxeter | Heavy | 2m 3f 207y | 3 | Cave Top | 12st 5lbs | of 5 | A Nicol | 0/0 |
| Nonrunner | |||||||||
| 30 Dec 2017 | Haydock | Heavy | 2m 6f 177y | 3 | Top Ville Ben | 11st 12lbs | 1 of 9 | A Nicol | 13/2 |
| made all, mostly always clear, jumped right and not fluent 4th, jumped right next, given breather 6th and 4 out, drew well clear again before 3 out, not fluent last, unchallenged | |||||||||
| 02 Dec 2017 | Doncaster | Good to Soft (Good in places) | 2m 3f 88y | 3 | Fixed Rate | 11st 6lbs | 2 of 10 | A Nicol | 5/1 |
| led, clear until 6th, not fluent 3 out, edged right after 2 out, headed last, held final 100 yards | |||||||||
| 05 Nov 2017 | Carlisle | Soft (Good to Soft in places) | 2m 4f 8y | 2 | Desert Cry | 10st 7lbs | 3 of 9 | Danny Cook | 15/2 |
| led, hard pressed 3 out, ridden after next, headed last, kept on same pace in 3rd flat | |||||||||
| 18 Oct 2017 | Wetherby | Good (Watered) | 2m | 3 | Master Of Irony | 11st 4lbs | 6 of 13 | Sam Twiston-Davies | 14/1 |
| led and jumped right throughout, headed before last, soon weakened | |||||||||
| 15 Sep 2017 | Salisbury | Soft | 1m 6f 44y | 2 | On To Victory | 9st 5lbs | 4 of 8 | T J Murphy | 40/1 |
| led, soon 10 lengths clear, headed over 1f out, kept on same pace | |||||||||
| 27 Apr 2017 | Perth | Good | 2m 47y | 4 | Ramonex | 11st 12lbs | 4 of 12 | J McGrath | 4/5 |
| led and took keen hold, headed 2 out, soon weakened | |||||||||
| 08 Apr 2017 | Chepstow | Good (Good to Soft in places, Watered) | 2m 11y | 4 | Resolution Bay | 11st 11lbs | Fell of 15 | J McGrath | 8/13 |
| raced keenly, chased leader until led and hung right on bend after 1st, jumped right 2nd, 1 length ahead and going well when fell 3 out | |||||||||
| 12 Mar 2017 | Market Rasen | Soft (Good to Soft in places) | 2m 148y | 4 | Just Minded | 12st 1lbs | 2 of 5 | Alan Doyle | 2/5 |
| keen led, clear with winner 4th, ridden and headed flat, kept on | |||||||||
| 02 Feb 2017 | Towcester | Heavy | 1m 7f 151y | 4 | Top Ville Ben | 11st 9lbs | 1 of 8 | J McGrath | 3/10 |
| made virtually all, pressed from 2 out, headed narrowly last, soon regained lead, kept on | |||||||||
| 12 Jan 2017 | Leicester | Good to Soft (Soft in places) | 1m 7f 113y | 4 | Top Ville Ben | 11st 5lbs | 1 of 13 | J McGrath | 4/5 |
| made all, jumped big and left 1st, clear from 3 out, unchallenged | |||||||||
| 21 Dec 2016 | Ludlow | Good to Soft | 1m 6f 7y | 4 | Top Ville Ben | 11st 2lbs | 1 of 15 | J McGrath | 11/8 |
| made all, driven when challenged well over 1f out, ran on strongly | |||||||||