December Sun (IRE)
Owner: L Byrne Trainer: L Byrne Sex: Gelding Age: 25
Form Summary
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Starts | Wins | 2nds | 3rds |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Good | 7 | 1 | ||
| Good (Good to Firm in places) | 1 | |||
| Good (Good to Yielding in places) | 1 | |||
| Good (Yielding in places) | 2 | |||
| Good to Firm | 2 | |||
| Good to Firm (Good in places) | 1 | 1 | ||
| Good to Soft | 4 | |||
| Good to Yielding | 2 | |||
| Good to Yielding (Good in places) | 1 | |||
| Good to Yielding (Yielding in places) | 1 | 1 | ||
| Heavy | 3 | |||
| Heavy (Hurdles: Soft) | 1 | |||
| Soft | 3 | 1 | ||
| Soft (Heavy in places) | 1 | 1 | ||
| Soft (Yielding in places) | 1 | |||
| Yielding | 1 | |||
| Totals | 32 | 1 | 2 | 2 |
Race History
| Date | Course | Going | Distance | Class | Race Winner | Weight | Position | Jockey | SP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 07 Dec 2009 | Musselburgh | Good to Soft | 2m 4f | 3 | First Stream | 11st | PulledUp of 13 | R P Flint | |
| 07 Nov 2009 | Kelso | Good to Soft | 2m 2f | 4 | Still At Lunch | 11st 12lbs | 9 of 13 | D C Costello | 25/1 |
| mid-division, outpaced 3 out, soon weakened | |||||||||
| 18 Oct 2009 | Cork | Good | 2m | 0 | Orange Touch | 11st 8lbs | 13 of 22 | A P Thornton | 33/1 |
| led, headed from 3 out, soon no extra | |||||||||
| 24 Jul 2009 | Wexford | Good to Yielding | 2m 4f | 0 | Gougane | 11st 9lbs | 10 of 15 | N J O'Shea | 16/1 |
| rear of mid-division, no extra and eased from 3 out | |||||||||
| 03 Jul 2009 | Bellewstown | Good (Yielding in places) | 2m 1f | 0 | Lightening Sky | 11st 4lbs | 9 of 15 | E C McCarthy | 25/1 |
| chased leaders, no impression from 3 out, weakened | |||||||||
| 07 Jun 2009 | Wexford | Good (Yielding in places) | 2m 1f | 0 | Mister Buttons | 11st 9lbs | 11 of 15 | J L Cullen | 10/1 |
| prominent, slight mistake 2nd, weakened from 4 out, trailing straight | |||||||||
| 29 May 2009 | Tramore | Good to Firm | 2m | 0 | Banna Beach | 11st 9lbs | 7 of 16 | J L Cullen | 16/1 |
| towards rear, stayed on from before 2 out | |||||||||
| 21 Dec 2008 | Thurles | Heavy (Hurdles: Soft) | 2m 2f | 0 | Comedien | 11st 3lbs | 9 of 18 | A P Thornton | 12/1 |
| prominent, ridden and weakened from 3 out | |||||||||
| 28 Nov 2008 | Musselburgh | Good to Firm (Good in places) | 2m | 3 | Beggars Cap | 11st 9lbs | 3 of 7 | Sean Flanagan | 17/2 |
| led, blundered 4 out, ridden and headed after 2 out, kept on one pace | |||||||||
| 06 Nov 2008 | Thurles | Soft | 2m 2f 100y | 0 | Island Life | 11st 10lbs | UnseatedRider of 9 | M J Bolger | |
| 23 Oct 2008 | Thurles | Heavy | 2m 2f 100y | 0 | Bohemian Lass | 11st 12lbs | 4 of 16 | D N Russell | 10/1 |
| led, very slow jump 6 out, joined before 3 out, soon headed and dropped to 3rd, no extra straight | |||||||||
| 24 Sep 2008 | Downpatrick | Good (Good to Yielding in places) | 2m 2f 110y | 0 | Ouste | 11st 12lbs | 10 of 18 | T J Doyle | 3/1 |
| prominent, disputed lead briefly 5th, ridden and weakened from 5 out, soon trailing | |||||||||
| 13 Sep 2008 | Tramore | Good to Yielding (Yielding in places) | 2m | 0 | Sizing Africa | 11st 12lbs | 2 of 15 | T J Doyle | 10/1 |
| 14 Aug 2008 | Tramore | Soft (Yielding in places) | 2m | 0 | Jamies Choice | 11st 12lbs | 4 of 8 | Andrew J McNamara | 8/1 |
| held up towards rear, headway to 5th at 5th, improved to 3rd approaching 5 out, ridden in 4th after 3 out, soon no extra and kept on one pace | |||||||||
| 28 Jul 2008 | Galway | Good | 2m | 0 | Stage Manager | 11st 1lbs | 17 of 20 | M J Bolger | 33/1 |
| chased leaders, slight mistake 3rd, weakened before 4 out | |||||||||
| 16 Jul 2008 | Killarney | Good | 2m 4f 120y | 0 | Hot Port | 11st 12lbs | 4 of 14 | T J Doyle | 14/1 |
| 06 Jul 2008 | Limerick | Yielding | 2m 1f | 0 | Frontier Lady | 11st 12lbs | 6 of 15 | T J Doyle | 20/1 |
| tracked leaders, 6th under pressure entering straight, soon no impression | |||||||||
| 16 Jun 2008 | Ballinrobe | Good to Firm | 2m 1f | 0 | Dreamy Gent | 11st 12lbs | 5 of 15 | L Betts | 7/1 |
| mid-division, headway to 4th after 6 out, ridden in 6th approaching 3 out, soon no extra, kept on one pace | |||||||||
| 16 May 2008 | Cork | Good (Good to Firm in places) | 2m | 0 | Salford City | 11st 12lbs | Fell of 17 | B J Geraghty | 13/2 |
| mid-division, fell 5 out | |||||||||
| 09 May 2008 | Wexford | Good | 2m | 0 | Swiss Cottage | 11st 12lbs | 4 of 15 | S J Gray | 5/1 |
| prominent, 2nd for much, dropped to 4th and no impression under pressure from before last | |||||||||
| 23 Apr 2008 | Punchestown | Good to Yielding (Good in places) | 2m 4f | 0 | Here Comes Sally | 10st 11lbs | 12 of 25 | S M McGovern | 25/1 |
| rear of mid-division, some late headway, never a factor | |||||||||
| 06 Jan 2008 | Naas | Soft (Heavy in places) | 2m | 0 | Vaqueras | 11st 9lbs | 3 of 24 | S J Gray | 11/2 |
| chased leaders, moderate 2nd before straight, soon no impression under pressure, dropped to 3rd near line | |||||||||
| 21 Dec 2007 | Downpatrick | Good | 2m 1f 172y | 0 | December Sun | 11st 6lbs | 1 of 12 | S J Gray | 4/1 |
| chased leaders, 3rd 2 out, soon improved to lead, ridden clear before last, easily | |||||||||
| 09 Dec 2007 | Punchestown | Heavy | 2m 4f | 0 | Jak Dream | 10st 8lbs | 5 of 20 | S J Gray | 20/1 |
| prominent, led approaching 2 out, headed and no extra approaching last | |||||||||
| 17 Nov 2007 | Punchestown | Good to Yielding | 2m | 0 | Bobsthewizard | 11st 5lbs | of 22 | R M Power | 20/1 |
| held up, kept on without threatening from 3 out | |||||||||
| 03 Apr 2007 | GOWRAN PARK | Good to Soft | 4400 | 0 | Norwich Boy | 11st 12lbs | 4 of 20 | K Whelan | |
| prominent, 3rd when slight mistake 4 out, dropped to 7th before next, kept on from 2 out | |||||||||
| 08 Mar 2007 | THURLES | Heavy | 4400 | 0 | Tailor's Hall | 11st 4lbs | 5 of 18 | K Whelan | |
| chased leaders, 8th and ridden from 4 out, no impression and kept on without threatening from before next | |||||||||
| 11 May 2006 | CLONMEL | Good | 3520 | 0 | Square Root | 11st 9lbs | 11 of 18 | Mr R O Harding | |
| prominent, dropped to 7th before straight, soon no impression under pressure | |||||||||
| 01 Jan 2006 | TRAMORE | Soft | 3520 | 0 | Tyone Legend | 11st 9lbs | 8 of 13 | Miss A Foley | |
| towards rear, 11th halfway, no impression and kept on same pace under pressure from under 6f out | |||||||||
| 15 Dec 2005 | GOWRAN PARK | Good to Soft | 3520 | 0 | Handfull Of Euros | 11st 9lbs | 4 of 17 | Mr R O Harding | |
| always prominent, ridden in 5th approaching straight, soon no impression, kept on same pace | |||||||||
| 13 May 2005 | WEXFORD | Good | 3520 | 0 | Mr Newton | 11st 11lbs | 8 of 14 | Mr K E Power | |
| tracked leader in 2nd, weakened from 4f out | |||||||||
| 03 Apr 2005 | TRAMORE | Soft | 3520 | 0 | Littlejimmybrown | 11st 6lbs | 2 of 15 | M W Bowes | |
| towards rear, steady headway into 5th 4f out, 2nd 3f out, disputed lead from 2f out, led final furlong, headed close home, just failed | |||||||||


