Black Op (IRE)
Owner: Mr Charles R Clark Trainer: E Clark Sex: gelding Age: 13
Breeding: Sandmason / Afar Story (Desert Story)
Form Summary
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Starts | Wins | 2nds | 3rds |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Good | 3 | 1 | ||
| Good (Good to Firm in Places) | 1 | |||
| Good (Good to Soft in Places) | 2 | |||
| Good to Soft | 1 | |||
| Good to Soft (Good in places) | 3 | 2 | ||
| Good to Soft (soft in places) | 2 | |||
| Heavy | 1 | 1 | ||
| Heavy (Soft in places) | 1 | |||
| Soft | 2 | 1 | 1 | |
| Soft (Good to Soft in places) | 5 | 1 | 1 | |
| Soft (Heavy in places) | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Yielding | 1 | |||
| Totals | 25 | 4 | 4 | 3 |
Race History
| Date | Course | Going | Distance | Class | Race Winner | Weight | Position | Jockey | SP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 17 Mar 2023 | Cheltenham | Soft (Good to Soft in places) | 3m 2f 70y | 2 | Premier Magic | 12st | PulledUp of 24 | Mr John Dawson | 100/1 |
| soon off the pace towards rear, never involved, tailed off and pulled up before 4 out | |||||||||
| 23 Feb 2022 | Doncaster | Soft (Good to Soft in places) | 2m 7f 214y | 2 | Up Helly Aa King | 11st 3lbs | 4 of 6 | C Gethings | 11/1 |
| chased leaders, ridden and under pressure at 3 out, kept on and outpaced at 2 out, weakened after final fence | |||||||||
| 18 Dec 2021 | Ascot | Good to Soft (Soft in places) | 2m 5f 8y | 2 | L'Homme Presse | 11st 1lbs | 6 of 7 | C Gethings | 17/2 |
| led, mistake 8th, headed 9th, remained close up, hit 5 out, soon pushed along, weakened 3 out | |||||||||
| 24 Oct 2021 | Aintree | Good | 3m 210y | 2 | Wishing And Hoping | 11st 12lbs | 5 of 9 | T Scudamore | 3/1 |
| led until before 2nd, chased winner until 13th, mistake next, struggling after 15th, well held from after 4 out | |||||||||
| 28 Apr 2021 | Punchestown | Yielding | 2m 4f | 0 | Foxy Jacks | 11st | Fell of 24 | T Scudamore | 9/1 |
| chased leaders, 3rd halfway, slight mistake 6 out, pushed along in 5th when fell 4 out | |||||||||
| 19 Mar 2021 | Cheltenham | Good to Soft (Good in places) | 3m 2f 70y | 1 | Minella Indo | 11st 10lbs | 7 of 12 | T Scudamore | 125/1 |
| tracked leaders, went 2nd after 4th, weakened after 3 out | |||||||||
| 26 Dec 2020 | Kempton | Good to Soft | 3m | 1 | Frodon | 11st 10lbs | 6 of 9 | T Scudamore | 66/1 |
| chased winner until 2nd, lost place and in mid-division after, headway chasing leaders before 10th, weakened 4 out | |||||||||
| 28 Nov 2020 | Newbury | Good (Good to Soft in places) | 3m 1f 214y | 1 | Cloth Cap | 11st | 9 of 18 | J J Burke | 10/1 |
| chased leaders, slightly hampered 5 out, ridden before next, weakened after 3 out | |||||||||
| 01 Nov 2020 | Carlisle | Heavy (Soft in places) | 2m 4f | 1 | Imperial Aura | 11st 2lbs | 4 of 6 | J J Burke | 13/2 |
| close up, lost ground 4 out and pushed along, driven before 2 out, one pace from last | |||||||||
| 26 Dec 2019 | Kempton | Soft | 3m | 1 | Slate House | 11st 7lbs | 2 of 7 | J J Burke | 9/4 |
| chased leader, hit 11th, left in lead 4 out, headed and mistake 2 out, driven and stayed on same pace run-in, looked held when squeezed up on rail final 100 yards | |||||||||
| 29 Nov 2019 | Newbury | Soft (Good to Soft in Places) | 2m 3f 187y | 1 | Champ | 11st 1lbs | 2 of 6 | J J Burke | 9/2 |
| vying for lead when left in front 1st, went clear 8th until 5 out, joined and hit last, headed and not pace of winner run-in | |||||||||
| 31 Oct 2019 | Stratford | Soft (Heavy in Places) | 2m 4f 205y | 4 | Black Op | 11st 4lbs | 1 of 5 | J J Burke | 5/2 |
| made all, clear before last, readily | |||||||||
| 27 Apr 2019 | Sandown | Good (Good to Firm in Places) | 2m 5f 110y | 1 | Younevercall | 11st 3lbs | 4 of 10 | J J Burke | 11/4 |
| tracked leaders, close up in 3rd after 3 out, ridden and lost place before next, 4th and beaten before last | |||||||||
| 14 Mar 2019 | Cheltenham | Good to Soft (soft in places) | 2m 7f 213y | 1 | Paisley Park | 11st 10lbs | 12 of 18 | N D Fehily | 14/1 |
| mid-division, mistake 6th, headway after 3 out, chasing leaders 2 out, weakened before last, eased | |||||||||
| 26 Jan 2019 | Cheltenham | Good to Soft (Good in places) | 2m 7f 213y | 1 | Paisley Park | 11st 3lbs | 3 of 12 | N D Fehily | 11/2 |
| chased leaders, not fluent 6th or 9th, challenged 2 out, soon led, headed before last, stayed on same pace | |||||||||
| 01 Jan 2019 | Cheltenham | Good to Soft (Good in places) | 2m 4f 127y | 1 | Lostintranslation | 11st | 3 of 5 | N D Fehily | 3/1 |
| not fluent, tracked leader, mistake 1st, lost 2nd 4th, pecked 10th, hit 11th, stumbled 4 out, hit 3 out, closed before 2 out, 3rd and no impression last | |||||||||
| 07 Dec 2018 | Exeter | Soft (Heavy in places) | 2m 3f 48y | 2 | Defi Du Seuil | 11st | 3 of 7 | N D Fehily | 6/4 |
| prominent, led 9th, headed next, led again 3 out, headed 2 out, kept on same pace | |||||||||
| 14 Nov 2018 | Exeter | Good (Good to Soft in Places) | 2m 3f 48y | 3 | The Russian Doyen | 11st 2lbs | of 10 | N D Fehily | 0/0 |
| Withdrawn | |||||||||
| 14 Apr 2018 | Aintree | Soft | 2m 4f | 1 | Black Op | 11st 4lbs | 1 of 14 | N D Fehily | 3/1 |
| tracked leaders, went 2nd 6th, led before not fluent 3 out, hard pressed 2 out, hit last and headed, soon led again, headed 120 yards out, stayed on well to regain lead towards finish | |||||||||
| 14 Mar 2018 | Cheltenham | Soft (Heavy in places) | 2m 5f 26y | 1 | Samcro | 11st 7lbs | 2 of 14 | N D Fehily | 8/1 |
| tracked leaders, mistake 3rd, driven before 2 out, rallied to chase winner between last 2, hit last, kept on in clear 2nd flat, always held | |||||||||
| 27 Jan 2018 | Cheltenham | Heavy | 2m 4f 56y | 1 | Santini | 11st 5lbs | 2 of 9 | T Scudamore | 8/1 |
| tracked leaders in 4th, challenged on outside 3 out, led after next, mistake last, soon ridden, kept on until headed and no extra closing stages | |||||||||
| 09 Jan 2018 | Doncaster | Soft (Good to Soft in places) | 2m 4f 181y | 5 | Black Op | 11st 6lbs | 1 of 9 | N D Fehily | 1/3 |
| made all, not fluent 2nd, clear after 2 out, ran on well | |||||||||
| 01 Dec 2017 | Newbury | Soft (Good to Soft in places) | 2m 69y | 3 | Lostintranslation | 11st | 4 of 13 | Adrian Heskin | 3/1 |
| chased leaders, chance 3 out, 3rd and well held when outpaced and mistake last, kept on again run-in | |||||||||
| 07 Apr 2017 | Aintree | Good | 2m 209y | 1 | Lalor | 11st 4lbs | 9 of 20 | Adrian Heskin | 10/3 |
| prominent, led 3f out, soon headed, weakened inside final furlong | |||||||||
| 22 Feb 2017 | Doncaster | Good | 2m 128y | 6 | Black Op | 11st 2lbs | 1 of 15 | Adrian Heskin | 10/3 |
| tracked leaders, led over 3f out, ridden over 1f out, kept on towards finish | |||||||||