Valkenburg (GB)
Owner: Mr Dan Skelton Trainer: D Skelton Sex: colt Age: 10
Breeding: Dutch Art / Balamana (ch Art)
Form Summary
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Starts | Wins | 2nds | 3rds |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Good | 2 | 1 | ||
| Good (Good to Firm in places) | 2 | |||
| Good (Good to soft in places) | 3 | |||
| Good to Firm (Good in places) | 3 | 2 | 1 | |
| Good to Soft | 4 | 1 | ||
| Good to Soft (Good in places) | 1 | 1 | ||
| Good to Soft (Soft in places) | 2 | |||
| Heavy (Soft to Heavy in places) | 1 | |||
| Soft (Good to Soft in places) | 1 | |||
| Soft (Heavy in Places) | 1 | |||
| Soft to Heavy (Soft in places) | 1 | |||
| Standard | 2 | |||
| Standard / Slow | 2 | 1 | ||
| Yielding (Good in places, Round: Good) | 1 | |||
| Yielding (Yielding to Soft in places) | 1 | |||
| Totals | 27 | 2 | 1 | 4 |
Race History
| Date | Course | Going | Distance | Class | Race Winner | Weight | Position | Jockey | SP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 08 Jul 2020 | Stratford | Good (Good to Soft in places) | 3m 2f 83y | 5 | Chill In The Wood | 11st 2lbs | PulledUp of 9 | Harry Skelton | 13/8 |
| mid-division, closed when not fluent 4th, slow 6th, ridden after 4 out, weakened from 3 out, mistake 2 out, soon pulled up | |||||||||
| 15 Jun 2020 | Kempton | Standard / Slow | 1m 7f 218y | 6 | Red Secret | 9st 7lbs | 8 of 13 | Cieren Fallon | 15/2 |
| mid-division on outside, weakened inside final 3f | |||||||||
| 08 Jun 2020 | Lingfield | Standard / Slow | 1m 5f | 6 | Elhafei | 9st 4lbs | 3 of 12 | Megan Nicholls | 13/2 |
| raced wide in touch, ridden 4f out, headway 2f out, stayed on towards finish | |||||||||
| 03 Sep 2019 | Catterick | Good | 1m 7f 189y | 6 | Gemini | 9st 5lbs | 2 of 6 | J Fanning | 4/6 |
| tracked leader, pushed along 3f out, ridden to chase winner over 1f out, held when eased inside final furlong | |||||||||
| 18 Aug 2019 | Pontefract | Good (Good to soft in places) | 2m 1f 27y | 5 | Forewarning | 9st 5lbs | 5 of 7 | J Fanning | 10/1 |
| tracked leaders, pushed along 2f out, ridden and weakened inside final furlong | |||||||||
| 26 Jul 2019 | Thirsk | Good | 2m 13y | 4 | Mondain | 9st | 6 of 8 | S P Davis | 14/1 |
| chased leaders, pushed along and reminders from halfway, lost place 4f out, soon behind, no danger after | |||||||||
| 06 Jul 2019 | Nottingham | Good (Good to soft in places) | 1m 6f | 5 | Goscote | 9st 4lbs | 6 of 12 | R Kingscote | 12/1 |
| dwelt and went right start, held up, headway over 3f out, ridden and kept on same pace | |||||||||
| 10 Jun 2019 | Pontefract | Good to Soft | 2m 1f 27y | 4 | Michael's Mount | 8st 8lbs | 8 of 13 | S P Davis | 9/1 |
| held up, pushed along 9f out, weakened 3f out | |||||||||
| 30 Apr 2019 | Nottingham | Good to Soft | 1m 6f | 4 | Orin Swift | 8st 8lbs | 4 of 10 | S P Davis | 14/1 |
| held up, headway over 1f out, chased leaders inside final furlong, never able to challenge | |||||||||
| 09 Apr 2019 | Pontefract | Good to Firm (Good in places) | 2m 2f 2y | 5 | Valkenburg | 9st | 1 of 11 | J Fanning | 10/1 |
| tracked leaders, pushed along and slightly outpaced over 3f out, headway 2f out, stayed on to lead final strides | |||||||||
| 05 Mar 2019 | Newcastle | Good to Soft (Soft in places) | 2m 4f 133y | 5 | Oriental Cross | 10st 13lbs | 7 of 16 | C R King | 12/1 |
| held up in mid-division, badly hampered and lost place 4th, behind from 6th | |||||||||
| 20 Jan 2019 | Ayr | Good to Soft (Good in places) | 3m 70y | 5 | Emma Beag | 10st 8lbs | 3 of 16 | B S Hughes | 9/1 |
| ran in snatches, mid-division on outside, not fluent 6th, headway after 8th, chased winner and every chance approaching 3 out, soon ridden, outpaced in 3rd next, kept on towards finish | |||||||||
| 08 Jan 2019 | Ayr | Good to Soft (Soft in places) | 2m 5f 91y | 5 | Magic Of Milan | 10st 9lbs | 6 of 13 | Billy Garritty | 10/1 |
| towards rear, not fluent 3rd, pushed along next, slow and last next, mistake last, stayed on flat, no impression | |||||||||
| 27 Dec 2018 | Wolverhampton | Standard | 1m 5f 219y | 6 | Scrafton | 9st 4lbs | 6 of 13 | A Mullen | 14/1 |
| in touch, pushed along 3f out, ridden 2f out, not trouble leaders | |||||||||
| 18 Dec 2018 | Catterick | Good to Soft | 1m 7f 156y | 4 | Fabianski | 10st 12lbs | 6 of 10 | B S Hughes | 9/1 |
| prominent, pushed into lead 3rd, looked reluctant and headed before next, struggling after 3 out, weakened 2 out | |||||||||
| 23 Nov 2018 | Catterick | Good (Good to Firm in places) | 1m 7f 156y | 4 | Travel Lightly | 10st 12lbs | 10 of 11 | Callum Bewley | 11/2 |
| chased leaders to 2nd where not fluent, soon behind, reminder before 4th, no danger after, tailed off | |||||||||
| 07 Nov 2018 | Musselburgh | Good to Firm (Good in places) | 1m 7f 124y | 4 | Needs To Be Seen | 10st 12lbs | 3 of 8 | Finian O'Toole | 9/2 |
| led, headed before 2 out, kept on same pace | |||||||||
| 30 Oct 2018 | Catterick | Good to Soft | 1m 7f 189y | 5 | Richard Strauss | 9st 1lbs | 3 of 14 | G Lee | 10/1 |
| led after 1f, pushed along halfway, ridden and headed over 2f out, kept on one pace | |||||||||
| 09 Oct 2018 | Newcastle | Standard | 1m 4f 98y | 6 | Trautmann | 9st | 6 of 14 | J Fanning | 7/1 |
| tracked leaders, every chance over 2f out, no extra inside final furlong | |||||||||
| 01 Oct 2018 | Catterick | Good to Firm (Good in places) | 1m 4f 13y | 6 | Valkenburg | 9st 6lbs | 1 of 12 | Connor Beasley | 28/1 |
| made all, joined 4f out, ridden 2f out, ran on | |||||||||
| 23 Sep 2018 | Hamilton | Soft (Heavy in Places) | 1m 4f 15y | 5 | Soldier To Follow | 8st 10lbs | 7 of 8 | T Eaves | 66/1 |
| held up in rear, driven over 4f out, soon lost place | |||||||||
| 13 Sep 2018 | Hamilton | Soft (Good to Soft in places) | 1m 3f 15y | 5 | Alabanza | 8st 13lbs | of 13 | Jason Hart | 0/0 |
| NonRunner | |||||||||
| 29 Aug 2018 | Musselburgh | Good (Good to Firm in places) | 1m 208y | 6 | Straight Ash | 9st 6lbs | 8 of 9 | Rowan Scott | 11/1 |
| mid-division, pushed along and weakened rapidly halfway, tailed off | |||||||||
| 22 May 2018 | Sligo | Yielding (Yielding to Soft in places) | 1m 2f 110y | 0 | Sheberghan | 9st 5lbs | 6 of 7 | W J Lee | 6/1 |
| soon raced in 4th, reminder after halfway, soon pushed along, 5th from 2f out, soon no extra | |||||||||
| 14 Apr 2018 | Leopardstown | Heavy (Soft to Heavy in places) | 1m | 0 | Future Proof | 9st 5lbs | 5 of 11 | W J Lee | 16/1 |
| mid-division, headway on outer approaching straight, ridden under 2f out and no impression 1f out, kept on one pace inside final furlong | |||||||||
| 25 Mar 2018 | Naas | Soft to Heavy (Soft in places) | 1m | 0 | Bobby Boy | 9st 5lbs | 7 of 16 | W J Lee | 33/1 |
| chased leaders, ridden in moderate 9th 2f out, soon no impression | |||||||||
| 27 Aug 2017 | Curragh | Yielding (Good in places, Round: Good) | 1m | 0 | Saxon Warrior | 9st 5lbs | 13 of 14 | W J Lee | 33/1 |
| missed break, raced in rear, 14th halfway, ridden and detached 2f out, no headway, never a factor | |||||||||


