Book of Dreams (IRE)
Owner: Mr Craig Buckingham Trainer: M Appleby Sex: colt Age: 9
Breeding: Dream Ahead / Moonbi Ridge (Definite Article)
Form Summary
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Starts | Wins | 2nds | 3rds |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Good | 2 | |||
| Good (Good to Soft in places in back straight) | 1 | |||
| Good to Firm (Watered) | 1 | 1 | ||
| Good to Soft (Good in places) | 1 | |||
| Heavy | 3 | 1 | 1 | |
| Heavy (Soft in places) | 1 | 1 | ||
| Soft (Heavy in places) | 1 | |||
| Standard | 2 | 2 | ||
| Standard / Slow | 3 | 1 | ||
| Totals | 15 | 5 | 2 |
Race History
| Date | Course | Going | Distance | Class | Race Winner | Weight | Position | Jockey | SP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 16 Feb 2019 | Lingfield | Standard | 1m 2f | 3 | Book of Dreams | 9st 3lbs | 1 of 6 | D C Costello | 14/1 |
| set modest pace, increased tempo over 2f out, pushed along well over 1f out, reminder inside final furlong, ran on well | |||||||||
| 16 Jan 2019 | Kempton | Standard / Slow | 7f | 3 | Happy Escape | 9st 5lbs | 5 of 9 | D C Costello | 25/1 |
| led, ridden and headed approaching final furlong, no extra | |||||||||
| 05 Jan 2019 | Lingfield | Standard / Slow | 1m 1y | 2 | Salateen | 9st 3lbs | 5 of 5 | D C Costello | 16/1 |
| close up, pushed along and outpaced over 2f out, weakened final furlong | |||||||||
| 07 Jul 2018 | Chelmsford City | Standard / Slow | 1m | 3 | Book of Dreams | 9st 4lbs | 1 of 13 | F Norton | 20/1 |
| chased leaders, ridden to challenge over 1f out, stayed on under pressure to lead post | |||||||||
| 02 Jun 2018 | Epsom Downs | Good to Soft (Good in places) | 1m 2f 17y | 2 | Connect | 8st 8lbs | 11 of 11 | S De Sousa | 17/2 |
| chased leaders on outside, pushed along over 3f out, soon ridden and weakened rapidly, tailed off and eased final 2f | |||||||||
| 26 May 2018 | Haydock | Good (Good to Soft in places in back straight) | 1m 37y | 2 | Crack On Crack On | 8st 13lbs | 14 of 17 | P J McDonald | 25/1 |
| raced wide held up, weakened over 2f out | |||||||||
| 05 May 2018 | Newmarket | Good | 1m | 2 | Symbolization | 9st 3lbs | 7 of 7 | P J McDonald | 8/1 |
| prominent, ridden and weakened 2f out | |||||||||
| 19 Apr 2018 | Ripon | Soft (Heavy in places) | 1m | 3 | Crownthorpe | 10st 4lbs | 4 of 6 | J Fanning | 7/2 |
| tracked leader, effort to challenge 2f out, ridden and every chance over 1f out, kept on until no extra final 110 yards | |||||||||
| 31 Mar 2018 | Musselburgh | Heavy | 1m 2y | 2 | Book of Dreams | 8st 12lbs | 1 of 12 | P J McDonald | 6/1 |
| always prominent, driven to challenge over 2f out, led over 1f out, soon switched to far rail, ran on well | |||||||||
| 12 Mar 2018 | Chelmsford City | Standard | 1m | 4 | Book of Dreams | 9st 6lbs | 1 of 5 | P J McDonald | 9/2 |
| led, ridden and pressed over 1f out, just held on close home | |||||||||
| 14 Oct 2017 | York | Good | 7f 192y | 2 | Awesometank | 9st 4lbs | 6 of 9 | F Norton | 8/1 |
| tracked leaders, ridden over 1f out, soon weakened | |||||||||
| 30 Sep 2017 | Chester | Heavy | 7f 1y | 4 | Ayutthaya | 9st 8lbs | 4 of 10 | F Norton | 7/2 |
| mid-division, headway on inside over 2f out, chased leaders over 1f out, weakened final furlong | |||||||||
| 18 Sep 2017 | Carlisle | Heavy | 6f 195y | 5 | Ocean Voyage | 9st 9lbs | 2 of 7 | P J McDonald | 85/40 |
| with leader, led over 2f out, soon edged left, ridden inside final furlong, kept on and caught post | |||||||||
| 27 Aug 2017 | Beverley | Good to Firm (Watered) | 7f 96y | 5 | Alfa McGuire | 9st 9lbs | 2 of 6 | F Norton | 7/4 |
| with leader, ridden over 2f out, no impression on winner final furlong but kept on well for clear 2nd | |||||||||
| 08 Aug 2017 | Nottingham | Heavy (Soft in places) | 6f 18y | 5 | Book of Dreams | 9st 2lbs | 1 of 11 | F Norton | 4/1 |
| tracked leader, hung left 2f out, ridden and every chance when hung right approaching final furlong, hung badly left to far side inside final furlong , ran on to lead close home | |||||||||