Illustrious Blue (GB)
Owner: Mr & Mrs I H Bendelow Trainer: W J Knight Sex: Colt Age: 21
Form Summary
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Starts | Wins | 2nds | 3rds |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Firm (Good to Firm in places) | 1 | |||
| Good | 11 | 8 | 1 | |
| Good (Good to Firm in places) | 2 | |||
| Good (Good to Firm in places;Round Course;Good to Firm) | 1 | 1 | ||
| Good (Good to Soft in places) | 1 | |||
| Good to Firm | 8 | 3 | 1 | |
| Good to Firm (Good in places) | 2 | |||
| Good to Soft | 3 | 2 | ||
| Good to Soft (Good in places) | 1 | |||
| Good to Soft (Good on the back straight: Sprint Course Good to Soft) | 1 | |||
| Heavy (Soft in places) | 1 | |||
| Polytrack | 4 | 1 | 2 | |
| Soft | 5 | 1 | 1 | |
| Standard | 6 | 2 | 2 | |
| Totals | 47 | 9 | 9 | 7 |
Race History
| Date | Course | Going | Distance | Class | Race Winner | Weight | Position | Jockey | SP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18 Aug 2010 | York | Good (Good to Firm in places) | 2m 88y | 1 | Opinion Poll | 9st 4lbs | 5 of 10 | Jim Crowley | 7/1 |
| last to break, held up in rear, ridden 3f out, edged right well over 1f out, stayed on inside final furlong, nearest finish | |||||||||
| 29 Jul 2010 | Goodwood | Good (Good to Firm in places;Round Course;Good to Firm) | 2m | 1 | Illustrious Blue | 9st 7lbs | 1 of 12 | Jim Crowley | 8/1 |
| steadied start, held up towards rear, switched left over 3f out, travelling strongly to 2nd inside final 3f, driven to challenge and edged right over 1f out, led entering final furlong, stayed on strongly, driven out | |||||||||
| 03 Jul 2010 | Sandown | Good to Firm | 2m 78y | 1 | King Of Wands | 9st 5lbs | 2 of 8 | Jim Crowley | 14/1 |
| held up last, effort on outside and driven along 2f out, staying on when not clear run and switched sharply right to inside to chase winner final 110 yards, held when short of room close home | |||||||||
| 27 May 2010 | Sandown | Good to Firm (Good in places) | 2m 78y | 1 | Akmal | 9st 2lbs | 4 of 10 | Jim Crowley | 7/1 |
| steadied start, held up last and well off the, pace, took keen hold as pace steadied 6f out, headway on outside over 2f out, stayed on inside final furlong to 4th near finish, never able to challenge | |||||||||
| 28 Apr 2010 | Ascot | Good | 2m | 1 | Illustrious Blue | 9st 1lbs | 1 of 10 | Jim Crowley | 16/1 |
| held up last, ridden and headway on outside over 2f out, chased leaders over 1f out, quickened to lead final 100 yards | |||||||||
| 10 Apr 2010 | Lingfield | Standard | 1m 4f | 2 | Red Cadeaux | 9st 10lbs | 3 of 13 | John Fahy | 9/1 |
| slowly into stride, held up in rear, headway over 3f out, chased leaders over 1f out, never able to challenge | |||||||||
| 17 Mar 2010 | Kempton | Standard | 1m 4f | 1 | Buxted | 9st 7lbs | 4 of 9 | Jim Crowley | 5/2 |
| in rear, ridden 2f out, ran on final furlong to snatch 4th post, never nearer | |||||||||
| 24 Oct 2009 | Newbury | Soft | 1m 4f 5y | 1 | High Heeled | 9st 6lbs | 10 of 11 | Jim Crowley | 16/1 |
| slowly into stride, soon mid-division, outpaced 3f out, weakened 2f out, soon eased | |||||||||
| 27 Sep 2009 | Ascot | Good to Firm | 1m 4f | 1 | Mawatheeq | 9st 3lbs | 7 of 12 | Jim Crowley | 16/1 |
| slow into stride, held up in rear, headway final furlong, never near leaders | |||||||||
| 31 Jul 2009 | Goodwood | Good | 1m 4f | 1 | Illustrious Blue | 9st | 1 of 9 | Jim Crowley | 9/1 |
| steadied, held up in rear, closer order on outside over 3f out, good headway over 2f out, chased leader over 1f out, soon challenging, led narrowly 100 yards out, kept on well | |||||||||
| 20 Jun 2009 | Royal Ascot | Good to Firm | 1m 4f | 1 | Bronze Cannon | 9st | 6 of 9 | Jim Crowley | 20/1 |
| held up in 7th, hung right over 2f out, ridden and kept on inside final furlong, not pace to get competitive | |||||||||
| 05 Jun 2009 | Goodwood | Good to Firm | 1m 4f | 1 | Mad Rush | 9st | 3 of 6 | Jim Crowley | 10/1 |
| held up, ridden and not clear run briefly over 2f out, stayed on final furlong | |||||||||
| 25 May 2009 | Goodwood | Good to Firm (Good in places) | 1m 1f 192y | 1 | Tranquil Tiger | 8st 12lbs | 4 of 9 | Jim Crowley | 12/1 |
| steadied start, held up in rear, driven, headway on outside and edged right over 1f out, kept on inside final furlong, not pace to challenge | |||||||||
| 05 Nov 2008 | Kempton | Standard | 1m 4f | 1 | Spanish Moon | 9st 3lbs | 5 of 9 | P Doe | 8/1 |
| towards rear, headway and 3f out, outpaced over 2f out, stayed on again inside final furlong, did not trouble leaders | |||||||||
| 19 Sep 2008 | Newbury | Good (Good to Soft in places) | 1m 3f 5y | 1 | Blue Monday | 9st 3lbs | 7 of 9 | P Doe | 12/1 |
| held up, ridden over 3f out, soon struggling | |||||||||
| 06 Sep 2008 | Kempton | Standard | 1m 4f | 1 | Hattan | 9st 4lbs | 2 of 12 | P Doe | 33/1 |
| in rear, headway 2f out, stayed on to chase winner inside final furlong, gaining near finish | |||||||||
| 01 Aug 2008 | Goodwood | Good to Firm | 1m | 2 | Fifteen Love | 9st 10lbs | 7 of 18 | P Doe | 18/1 |
| held up behind, ridden and steady progress on rails from 2f out, stayed on final furlong, not reach leaders | |||||||||
| 29 Jul 2008 | Goodwood | Good (Good to Firm in places) | 1m 1f 192y | 2 | Gulf Express | 9st 5lbs | 10 of 17 | R Kingscote | 12/1 |
| in touch on outside, effort 3f out, weakened inside final 2f | |||||||||
| 12 Jul 2008 | York | Heavy (Soft in places) | 1m 2f 88y | 2 | Flying Clarets | 9st 7lbs | of 16 | R Kingscote | |
| Nonrunner | |||||||||
| 20 Jun 2008 | Royal Ascot | Firm (Good to Firm in places) | 1m 2f | 1 | Supaseus | 9st 4lbs | 7 of 10 | A Quinn | 16/1 |
| raced keenly behind, ridden over 2f out, no impression over 1f out, stayed on one pace | |||||||||
| 25 Apr 2008 | Sandown | Good to Soft (Good on the back straight: Sprint Course Good to Soft) | 1m 2f 7y | 1 | Ask | 9st | 5 of 5 | L Dettori | 8/1 |
| held up in 4th, hard ridden over 2f out, soon no response | |||||||||
| 29 Mar 2008 | Kempton | Standard | 1m 2f | 1 | Kandidate | 8st 13lbs | 2 of 8 | R Kingscote | 12/1 |
| steadied start, held up in rear, ridden 3f out, headway and strong run 1f out, finished well, just failed | |||||||||
| 03 Nov 2007 | Kempton | Standard | 1m 4f | 1 | Dansant | 9st 8lbs | 3 of 8 | P Doe | 10/1 |
| slowly into stride, in rear, headway 2f out, stayed on to chase leaders inside final furlong, just outpaced by winner | |||||||||
| 19 Oct 2007 | Newmarket | Soft | 1m 1f | 1 | Windsor Knot | 9st 3lbs | of 13 | P Doe | 10/1 |
| held up mid-division, ridden over 3f out, weakended over 2f out | |||||||||
| 26 Sep 2007 | Goodwood | Good to Soft (Good in places) | 1m 1f 192y | 1 | Kirklees | 9st | 4 of 5 | P Doe | 9/2 |
| slowly into stride, in last pair, went close 3rd 5f out, effort over 2f out, kept on final 50 yards | |||||||||
| 25 May 2007 | GOODWOOD | Good | 2172 | 1 | Illustrious Blue | 8st 12lbs | 1 of 7 | P Doe | |
| held up, headway over 2f out, chased leader over 1f out, led narrowly inside final furlong, ran on well | |||||||||
| 02 May 2007 | ASCOT | Good to Firm | 1760 | 1 | Cesare | 9st | 2 of 5 | P Doe | |
| tracked leaders, outpaced over 3f out, rallied under pressure from over 1f out, went 2nd near finish, never any chance with very easy winner | |||||||||
| 19 Apr 2007 | NEWMARKET | Good to Firm | 1980 | 1 | Manduro | 8st 12lbs | 4 of 9 | P Doe | |
| held up, keen hold, headway over 2f out, soon ridden to chase leaders, no extra final furlong | |||||||||
| 24 Mar 2007 | LINGFIELD | Polytrack | 2200 | 1 | Gentleman's Deal | 9st | 3 of 12 | P Doe | |
| in touch, headway over 2f out, ridden to challenge over 1f out, stayed on well | |||||||||
| 07 Oct 2006 | ASCOT | Good to Soft | 2200 | 2 | Book Of Music | 8st 13lbs | 2 of 10 | P Doe | |
| held up in touch, headway 2f out, ridden to challenge inside final furlong, no extra close home | |||||||||
| 30 Sep 2006 | NEWMARKET | Good to Soft | 1980 | 2 | Formal Decree | 8st 12lbs | 9 of 33 | P Doe | |
| held up, headway over 3f out, never on terms | |||||||||
| 09 Sep 2006 | GOODWOOD | Good | 1980 | 2 | Illustrious Blue | 8st 13lbs | 1 of 11 | P Doe | |
| in touch, good headway over 1f out, led entering final furlong, driven out | |||||||||
| 26 Aug 2006 | GOODWOOD | Good | 1540 | 2 | Illustrious Blue | 9st 4lbs | 1 of 7 | P Doe | |
| held up, effort and headway over 2f out, kept on strongly to lead post | |||||||||
| 24 Aug 2006 | YORK | Soft | 1760 | 2 | Smart Enough | 8st 9lbs | 6 of 17 | P Doe | |
| behind, ridden over 2f out, not clear run over 1f out, switched left inside final furlong, ran on, never nearer | |||||||||
| 01 Aug 2006 | GOODWOOD | Good | 1760 | 3 | Illustrious Blue | 9st 4lbs | 1 of 18 | P Doe | |
| held up, headway over 2f out, ran on well to lead inside final furlong, readily | |||||||||
| 06 Jul 2006 | NEWBURY | Good | 1760 | 4 | Illustrious Blue | 9st 2lbs | 1 of 14 | P Doe | |
| tracked leaders, ridden to lead over 2f out, pressed entering final furlong, ran on strongly, asserted final 100 yards | |||||||||
| 21 Jun 2006 | KEMPTON | Polytrack | 2200 | 4 | Acrobatic | 9st 3lbs | 5 of 8 | T P Queally | |
| held up, hampered 5f out, headway from 3f out, ran wide entering straight, soon ridden, kept on final furlong | |||||||||
| 07 Jun 2006 | KEMPTON | Polytrack | 1760 | 4 | Royal Amnesty | 9st 7lbs | 3 of 10 | T P Queally | |
| slowly into stride, held up rear, headway over 2f out, stayed on well final furlong, not reach winner | |||||||||
| 25 May 2006 | GOODWOOD | Soft | 1540 | 4 | Days of My Life | 8st 13lbs | 3 of 7 | L Dettori | |
| held up, ridden over 3f out, soon chasing leaders, one pace final furlong | |||||||||
| 06 May 2006 | GOODWOOD | Good | 1540 | 5 | Illustrious Blue | 9st 3lbs | 1 of 8 | T P Queally | |
| in touch, pushed along over 2f out, chased leader over 1f out, led inside final furlong, driven out | |||||||||
| 24 Sep 2005 | RIPON | Good | 1760 | 4 | London Express | 9st | 4 of 12 | R L Moore | |
| mid-division, not much room 2f out, ridden over 1f out, one pace final furlong | |||||||||
| 17 Sep 2005 | WOLVERHAMPTON | Polytrack | 1901 | 5 | Possessed | 9st | 2 of 10 | S J Drowne | |
| mid-division, headway over 3f out, hung left from over 1f out, ran on to go 2nd near finish | |||||||||
| 02 Sep 2005 | HAYDOCK | Good to Soft | 1790 | 5 | Hawks Home | 9st | 2 of 12 | S J Drowne | |
| prominent, ridden over 2f out, chased winner from over 1f out, stayed on | |||||||||
| 27 Aug 2005 | GOODWOOD | Good | 1760 | 5 | Youmzain | 8st 12lbs | 3 of 12 | K Darley | |
| chased leader, led 4f out, ridden and headed well over 1f out, kept on same pace | |||||||||
| 12 Aug 2005 | NEWMARKET | Soft | 1540 | 5 | Sciatin | 9st | 2 of 13 | S W Kelly | |
| tracked leaders, led halfway, ridden and hung left final furlong, headed near finish | |||||||||
| 04 Aug 2005 | FOLKESTONE | Good to Firm | 1540 | 5 | Right Ted | 8st 11lbs | 2 of 13 | D Corby | |
| mid-division, headway over 1f out, squeezed through and ran on well final furlong, took 2nd last stride, never reached winner | |||||||||