Silk Affair (IRE)
Owner: L Mulryan & M Fahy Partnership Trainer: P J Flynn Sex: Filly Age: 20
Form Summary
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Starts | Wins | 2nds | 3rds |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 0 | ||||
| Good | 2 | |||
| Good (Cross Country - Good to Firm, Firm in places) | 1 | |||
| Good (Good to Firm in places) | 1 | |||
| Good (Good to Soft in places) | 3 | |||
| Good to Firm | 2 | |||
| Good to Soft | 2 | 2 | ||
| Good to Soft (Chase Course;Hurdles;Soft, Heavy in places) | 1 | 1 | ||
| Good to Soft (Good in places) | 3 | 1 | 1 | |
| Heavy | 4 | 1 | 1 | |
| Soft | 1 | |||
| Soft (Good in places on the Back Straight) | 1 | |||
| Soft (Good to Soft in places) | 2 | |||
| Soft (Heavy in places) | 3 | 1 | ||
| Soft (Soft to Heavy in places) | 1 | |||
| Soft to Heavy (Heavy in places) | 1 | |||
| Standard | 1 | |||
| Yielding | 1 | |||
| Yielding to Soft (Soft in places) | 1 | |||
| Totals | 31 | 5 | 2 | 1 |
Race History
| Date | Course | Going | Distance | Class | Race Winner | Weight | Position | Jockey | SP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 06 Mar 2011 | Naas | Yielding to Soft (Soft in places) | 2m 3f | 0 | Silent Creek | 10st 8lbs | 18 of 22 | A P Heskin | 16/1 |
| prominent, mistake 6th and ridden, soon weakened, tailed off | |||||||||
| 30 Jan 2011 | Punchestown | Soft | 3m | 0 | Square Sphere | 10st 9lbs | 14 of 25 | A P Heskin | 16/1 |
| always towards rear | |||||||||
| 09 Jan 2011 | Leopardstown | Soft (Soft to Heavy in places) | 3m | 0 | Across The Bay | 9st 13lbs | 12 of 21 | A P Heskin | 16/1 |
| chased leaders, 8th halfway, no threat from 2 out | |||||||||
| 01 Jan 2011 | Fairyhouse | Soft to Heavy (Heavy in places) | 2m | 0 | Might Be Magic | 11st 7lbs | of 10 | Mark Walsh | |
| 24 Apr 2010 | Punchestown | Good (Cross Country - Good to Firm, Firm in places) | 2m 4f | 0 | Dorset Square | 10st 6lbs | 10 of 22 | Phillip Enright | 22/1 |
| never better than mid-division | |||||||||
| 18 Mar 2010 | Cheltenham | Good to Soft (Good in places) | 3m | 1 | Buena Vista | 10st 2lbs | PulledUp of 24 | T J O'Brien | |
| 17 Mar 2010 | Cheltenham | Good (Good to Soft in places) | 2m 5f | 1 | Spirit River | 10st 6lbs | 24 of 28 | T J Murphy | 14/1 |
| mid-division on outside, weakened 3 out | |||||||||
| 06 Feb 2010 | Sandown | Soft (Good in places on the Back Straight) | 2m 6f | 1 | Beshabar | 10st | 5 of 13 | T J O'Brien | 8/1 |
| held up towards rear, headway appraching 2 out, never reached leaders | |||||||||
| 29 Dec 2009 | Leopardstown | Yielding | 2m 4f | 0 | Voler La Vedette | 11st 5lbs | 5 of 11 | T J O'Brien | 13/2 |
| 3rd early, 4th halfway, dropped to 7th under pressure approaching 2 out, kept on from last | |||||||||
| 05 Dec 2009 | Sandown | Heavy | 2m 6f | 2 | Ballyfitz | 10st 3lbs | 3 of 10 | Felix de Giles | 12/1 |
| pushed along in mid-division, hard driven approaching 6th, mistake 8th, soon lost place, rallied before 2nd last, ran on to take 3rd close home | |||||||||
| 15 Nov 2009 | Cheltenham | Soft (Heavy in places) | 2m 5f | 3 | Wolf Moon | 11st 11lbs | 14 of 17 | J E Moore | 8/1 |
| mistake 3rd, always in rear | |||||||||
| 17 Oct 2009 | Newmarket | Good (Good to Firm in places) | 2m 2f | 2 | Darley Sun | 9st 1lbs | 18 of 32 | P Hanagan | 33/1 |
| held up, never dangerous | |||||||||
| 05 Oct 2009 | Pontefract | Good to Firm | 2m 1f 216y | 3 | Urban Poet | 8st 12lbs | of 4 | N Callan | |
| 11 Mar 2009 | Cheltenham | Good to Soft | 2m 110y | 1 | Silk Affair | 10st 4lbs | 1 of 22 | T J O'Brien | 11/1 |
| mid-division, headway approaching 3 out, soon tracking leaders, challenged last, soon led, ran on well | |||||||||
| 25 Feb 2009 | Folkestone | Good to Soft (Good in places) | 2m 1f 110y | 4 | Silk Affair | 11st 3lbs | 1 of 8 | T J O'Brien | 2/13 |
| tracked leaders, went 2nd before last, switched right and soon challenging, led early flat, driven right out | |||||||||
| 14 Feb 2009 | Ascot | Heavy | 2m | 3 | Santia | 10st 11lbs | of 7 | J E Moore | |
| 13 Feb 2009 | Sandown | Soft (Heavy in places) | 2m 4f | 3 | Silk Affair | 10st 8lbs | 1 of 16 | T J O'Brien | 9/2 |
| held up towards rear, headway under pressure approaching 2 out, challenged last, soon led, stayed on well flat | |||||||||
| 29 Jan 2009 | Towcester | Heavy | 2m 3f 110y | 4 | Silk Affair | 10st 4lbs | 1 of 8 | T J O'Brien | 4/6 |
| held up towards rear, headway 5th, went 2nd after 2 out, led last, soon clear, easily | |||||||||
| 13 Jan 2009 | Folkestone | Good to Soft (Chase Course;Hurdles;Soft, Heavy in places) | 2m 1f 110y | 4 | Ronaldo Des Mottes | 10st 5lbs | 2 of 13 | T J O'Brien | 2/1 |
| held up towards rear, headway going well between last 2, chased winner well before last, kept on run in but held towards finish | |||||||||
| 27 Dec 2008 | Kempton | Good (Good to Soft in places) | 2m | 3 | Starluck | 10st 5lbs | 5 of 10 | T J O'Brien | 14/1 |
| held up in rear, ridden after 3 out, beaten when bumped 2 out, hit last | |||||||||
| 28 Nov 2008 | Saint-Cloud | Heavy | 1m 4f | 0 | Believe Me | 8st 8lbs | of 19 | M Fenton | |
| 30 Oct 2008 | Lingfield | Standard | 1m 5f | 1 | Mischief Making | 8st 8lbs | PulledUp of 11 | N Callan | |
| 02 Oct 2008 | Newmarket | Good to Firm | 1m 6f | 1 | Savarain | 8st 9lbs | 5 of 6 | E Creighton | 25/1 |
| tracked leader, ridden over 4f out, weakened well over 2f out | |||||||||
| 26 Sep 2008 | Ascot | Good | 1m 4f | 1 | Crystal Capella | 8st 9lbs | of 15 | Ted Durcan | |
| 13 Jul 2008 | Curragh | 1m 4f | 0 | Moonstone | 9st | 14 of 14 | M C Hussey | 100/1 | |
| always behind | |||||||||
| 07 Jul 2008 | Roscommon | Soft (Heavy in places) | 1m 4f | 0 | Raydiya | 8st 7lbs | 6 of 14 | M C Hussey | 12/1 |
| hampered at start, towards rear, kept on without threatening under pressure straight | |||||||||
| 12 Jun 2008 | Newbury | Good (Good to Soft in places) | 1m 2f 6y | 1 | Rosa Grace | 8st 12lbs | 5 of 8 | Y Tanguy | 25/1 |
| soon close up on outside, ridden over 3f out, weakened 2f out | |||||||||
| 07 May 2008 | Chester | Good | 1m 3f 79y | 1 | Sail | 8st 12lbs | 6 of 9 | T P O'Shea | 50/1 |
| slowly into stride, held up, ridden well over 1f out, no impression | |||||||||
| 23 Apr 2008 | Catterick | Good to Soft (Good in places) | 1m 3f 214y | 3 | Mischief Making | 8st 13lbs | 2 of 3 | J M O'Dwyer | 5/1 |
| tracked leader, ridden along over 2f out, driven and kept on same pace final furlong | |||||||||
| 26 Oct 2007 | Ayr | Good to Soft | 1m | 4 | Silk Affair | 9st | 1 of 8 | P Hanagan | 5/2 |
| close up, ridden over 2f out, chased leader over 1f out, stayed on to lead post | |||||||||
| 23 Oct 2007 | Yarmouth | Soft (Good to Soft in places) | 1m 3y | 5 | Miss Emma May | 9st | of 13 | R Mullen | |
| Nonrunner | |||||||||
| 29 Sep 2007 | Haydock | Soft (Good to Soft in places) | 1m 30y | 5 | Barawin | 9st | of 10 | J M O'Dwyer | 20/1 |
| started slowly and behind, soon chased along, headway over 2f out, stayed on towards finish | |||||||||


