Highly Approved (IRE)
Owner: Mrs Jayne Smith Trainer: R J Smith Sex: filly Age: 9
Breeding: Approve / High Society Girl (Key Of Luck)
Form Summary
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Starts | Wins | 2nds | 3rds |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Good | 6 | 1 | 1 | |
| Good (Good to Firm in places) | 3 | 1 | ||
| Good (Good to Soft in places) | 1 | |||
| Good (Good to Yielding in places) | 4 | 1 | ||
| Good to Firm | 2 | 1 | ||
| Good to Firm (Good in Places) | 2 | 1 | ||
| Good to Firm (Watering) | 1 | |||
| Good to Yielding | 1 | 1 | ||
| Good to Yielding (Good in places on the round course) | 1 | |||
| Good to Yielding (Yielding in places) | 1 | |||
| Heavy | 1 | |||
| Soft | 2 | |||
| Soft (Yielding to Soft in Places) | 1 | |||
| Soft to Heavy | 1 | |||
| Standard | 26 | 4 | 3 | 1 |
| Yielding | 1 | |||
| Yielding (Yielding to Soft in places) | 2 | |||
| Yielding to Soft | 1 | |||
| Totals | 57 | 6 | 7 | 2 |
Race History
| Date | Course | Going | Distance | Class | Race Winner | Weight | Position | Jockey | SP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 10 Jun 2021 | Newbury | Good to Firm (Good in places) | 1m 2f | 5 | Ruby Red Empress | 10st 10lbs | 9 of 9 | Miss Emma Wilkinson | 50/1 |
| went left start, chased leaders, ridden 3f out, weakened soon after | |||||||||
| 04 Jun 2021 | Goodwood | Good (Good to Soft in places) | 1m 1f 11y | 5 | Gert Lush | 10st 10lbs | 10 of 13 | Miss Emma Wilkinson | 33/1 |
| slowly into stride, in rear, pushed along before 3f out, not a factor | |||||||||
| 02 May 2021 | Salisbury | Good (Good to Firm in places) | 6f 213y | 6 | Lucky Louie | 10st 10lbs | 5 of 11 | Miss Emma Wilkinson | 80/1 |
| awkwardly away, headway out wide 2f out, weakened final furlong | |||||||||
| 11 Dec 2020 | Dundalk | Standard | 6f | 0 | Irish Acclaim | 10st | 11 of 17 | C J MacRedmond | 20/1 |
| missed break and awkward leaving stalls, soon pushed along and raced towards rear, 11th halfway, ridden and progress over 1f out, weakened under 1f out | |||||||||
| 02 Dec 2020 | Dundalk | Standard | 7f | 0 | Boitron | 9st 3lbs | 7 of 14 | C J MacRedmond | 6/1 |
| mid-division on inner, ridden 2f out, no impression, never a factor | |||||||||
| 20 Nov 2020 | Dundalk | Standard | 7f | 0 | Eglish | 10st 1lbs | 9 of 14 | T P Madden | 10/1 |
| chased leaders, ridden in 4th 2f out, soon weakened | |||||||||
| 04 Nov 2020 | Dundalk | Standard | 6f | 0 | Highly Approved | 9st 2lbs | 1 of 17 | G M Ryan | 13/2 |
| a little awkward from stalls, soon tracked leaders, 5th halfway, pushed along 2f out, ridden in 2nd 1f out, on terms 150 yards out, kept on well to just prevail final strides | |||||||||
| 23 Oct 2020 | Dundalk | Standard | 7f | 0 | Crystal Dawn | 9st 4lbs | 5 of 13 | G M Ryan | 10/3 |
| dwelt, chased leaders, 6th early, soon 5th, effort straight, kept on same pace final furlong | |||||||||
| 09 Oct 2020 | Dundalk | Standard | 7f | 0 | Helen De Pourtales | 10st 1lbs | 5 of 17 | G M Ryan | 9/1 |
| soon tracked leaders, 4th after halfway, effort straight, kept on same pace final furlong | |||||||||
| 21 Sep 2020 | Fairyhouse | Good | 7f | 0 | Sure Cert | 10st | 8 of 16 | S M Mooney | 28/1 |
| pushed along early and soon tracked leaders, 3rd halfway, ridden 2f out and no impression in 4th over 1f out, no extra inside final furlong | |||||||||
| 02 Sep 2020 | Gowran Park | Soft to Heavy | 1m | 0 | Capel At Dawn | 9st 3lbs | 9 of 15 | W M Lordan | 11/2 |
| dwelt, soon recovered to chase leaders, 5th halfway, ridden and no impression 2f out, no extra 1 1/2f out | |||||||||
| 06 Aug 2020 | Leopardstown | Good (Good to Firm in places) | 7f | 0 | Highly Approved | 10st | 1 of 21 | W M Lordan | 25/1 |
| tracked leader, a little keen, 2nd halfway, pressed leader 2f out, pushed along and led over 1f out, ridden and kept on well inside final furlong | |||||||||
| 23 Jul 2020 | Leopardstown | Good (Good to Yielding in places) | 7f | 0 | Lady Scathach | 10st 1lbs | 14 of 17 | C T Keane | 9/1 |
| mid-division, ridden and no impression towards outer over 1f out, weakened | |||||||||
| 11 Jul 2020 | Leopardstown | Good (Good to Yielding in places) | 7f 30y | 0 | Atlas | 9st 9lbs | 10 of 21 | C T Keane | 13/2 |
| mid-division, headway on outer straight, kept on same pace final furlong | |||||||||
| 01 Jul 2020 | Leopardstown | Good (Good to Yielding in places) | 7f | 0 | Airgead | 9st 7lbs | 2 of 16 | C T Keane | 14/1 |
| tracked leaders, effort straight, weakened inside final furlong | |||||||||
| 07 Feb 2020 | Dundalk | Standard | 7f | 0 | Tony The Gent | 9st 4lbs | 10 of 17 | W M Lordan | 9/1 |
| tracked leaders, 6th and pushed along approaching straight, ridden 2f out and no impression from over 1f out, no extra | |||||||||
| 24 Jan 2020 | Dundalk | Standard | 7f | 0 | War Hero | 8st 5lbs | 8 of 10 | C D Hayes | 20/1 |
| prominent and led after 1f, pushed along early straight, ridden and headed over 1f out, no extra inside final furlong | |||||||||
| 17 Jan 2020 | Dundalk | Standard | 6f | 0 | Arcanears | 9st 6lbs | 14 of 17 | W M Lordan | 18/1 |
| mid-division early, effort straight, no extra inside final furlong | |||||||||
| 03 Jan 2020 | Dundalk | Standard | 7f | 0 | Outside Inside | 9st 5lbs | 10 of 14 | R P Whelan | 11/2 |
| raced in 6th early, headway and effort straight, no extra inside final furlong | |||||||||
| 22 Nov 2019 | Dundalk | Standard | 1m | 0 | Lord Rapscallion | 9st 8lbs | 10 of 13 | N M Crosse | 2/1 |
| tracked leaders, 6th halfway, some headway on inner 2f out, ridden and no impression over 1f out, no extra final furlong | |||||||||
| 20 Nov 2019 | Dundalk | Standard | 7f | 0 | Geological | 8st 11lbs | 2 of 13 | N M Crosse | 25/1 |
| soon raced in 4th, challenged from 2f out, kept on same pace inside final furlong | |||||||||
| 08 Nov 2019 | Dundalk | Standard | 1m | 0 | Innamorare | 8st 4lbs | 8 of 13 | W M Lordan | 8/1 |
| tracked leaders on inner, 3rd halfway, challenged early straight, pushed along under 2f out and no extra inside final furlong, weakened | |||||||||
| 11 Oct 2019 | Dundalk | Standard | 7f | 0 | Dancing On A Dream | 9st 11lbs | of 17 | W M Lordan | 0/0 |
| 27 Sep 2019 | Dundalk | Standard | 6f | 0 | Sir Ottoman | 9st 12lbs | 2 of 17 | T P Madden | 9/2 |
| soon led, joined approaching straight, stayed on well inside final furlong, headed at line | |||||||||
| 23 Sep 2019 | Fairyhouse | Yielding to Soft | 7f | 0 | Bigger And Better | 9st 7lbs | of 21 | A C Persse | 0/0 |
| 11 Sep 2019 | Laytown | Standard | 6f | 0 | Plough Boy | 10st 7lbs | of 13 | Reserve 1 | 0/0 |
| 17 Aug 2019 | Cork | Good | 7f | 0 | Peshkova | 8st 13lbs | 10 of 17 | T P Madden | 20/1 |
| soon tracked leaders in main group near side, pushed along 2f out, one pace 1f out | |||||||||
| 30 Jul 2019 | Galway | Good (Good to Yielding in places) | 7f | 0 | Make A Challenge | 9st 5lbs | 9 of 19 | S Foley | 10/1 |
| soon chased leaders, kept on same pace straight | |||||||||
| 18 Jul 2019 | Leopardstown | Good to Firm (Good in Places) | 7f | 0 | Suaimhneach | 9st 8lbs | 2 of 14 | T P Madden | 6/1 |
| tracked leaders towards outer, progress to challenge under 2f out, led 1f out, ridden and kept on well, headed last 50yds | |||||||||
| 08 Jul 2019 | Roscommon | Good | 7f 50y | 0 | Calling Time | 9st 11lbs | 2 of 10 | C T Keane | 7/2 |
| chased leaders, 4th halfway, improved to challenge 2f out, ridden to dispute 1 1/2f out, kept on final furlong, held in 2nd last 50 yards | |||||||||
| 03 Jul 2019 | Bellewstown | Good | 7f 187y | 0 | Highly Approved | 9st 11lbs | 1 of 18 | C T Keane | 11/4 |
| chased leaders, 4th halfway, progress into 2nd 3f out, ridden to challenge 2f out, disputed over 1f out, kept on best to edge ahead close home | |||||||||
| 20 Jun 2019 | Leopardstown | Good to Yielding | 7f 30y | 0 | Goodnite Irina | 9st 6lbs | 2 of 13 | C T Keane | 8/1 |
| dwelt, rear of mid-division on outer, progress into 7th on outer 3f out, ridden 2f out, went 3rd 1f out, disputed 2nd inside final furlong, went 2nd close home | |||||||||
| 18 Jun 2019 | Sligo | Good (Good to Firm in places) | 5f 170y | 0 | Powersville | 9st 5lbs | 4 of 10 | S Foley | 14/1 |
| slowly into stride, in rear, progress into 6th 2f out, soon ridden, went 4th over 1f out, no extra final furlong | |||||||||
| 29 May 2019 | Gowran Park | Good to Firm | 7f | 0 | Fit For Function | 9st 7lbs | 3 of 17 | S Foley | 16/1 |
| tracked leaders, headway on outer to lead after 1f, pushed along and headed under 2f out, soon ridden and no impression on winner 1f out, no extra inside final furlong | |||||||||
| 21 May 2019 | Sligo | Good | 6f | 0 | Lincoln | 9st 8lbs | 5 of 11 | R P Whelan | 16/1 |
| slowly into stride and in rear, ridden 2f out, some progress into moderate 6th 1f out, no impression | |||||||||
| 06 May 2019 | Curragh | Yielding (Yielding to Soft in places) | 7f | 0 | Hit The Silk | 9st 13lbs | 19 of 24 | D P Davis | 28/1 |
| a little awkward leaving stalls and slowly into stride, towards rear, pushed along 3f out, not much room under 2f out, soon no extra | |||||||||
| 29 Apr 2019 | Naas | Good to Yielding (Yielding in places) | 6f | 0 | Mokhalad | 8st 5lbs | 14 of 24 | R P Cleary | 50/1 |
| dwelt, soon chased leaders, ridden over 2f out, weakened | |||||||||
| 27 Apr 2019 | Limerick | Soft (Yielding to Soft in Places) | 6f 150y | 0 | Mary Salome | 8st 10lbs | of 15 | L F Roche | 0/0 |
| 03 Apr 2019 | Leopardstown | Yielding | 7f | 0 | Atlas | 9st 6lbs | 18 of 20 | R P Whelan | 33/1 |
| tracked leaders, ran freely, mid-division halfway, pushed along entering straight and no extra under 2f out | |||||||||
| 05 Oct 2018 | Dundalk | Standard | 7f | 0 | Surrounding | 8st 7lbs | 9 of 9 | W M Lordan | 25/1 |
| mid-division, 4th halfway, lost place and ridden 1 1/2f out, soon weakened | |||||||||
| 01 Sep 2018 | Curragh | Good to Yielding (Good in places on the round course) | 6f | 0 | Urban Beat | 8st 8lbs | 14 of 15 | W M Lordan | 40/1 |
| always towards rear stands' side group, never a factor, ridden and no impression 2f out, no extra over 1f out | |||||||||
| 21 Jun 2018 | Leopardstown | Good to Firm (Watering) | 6f | 0 | Hello Brigette | 9st 6lbs | 7 of 7 | K J Manning | 20/1 |
| held up in 5th, ridden 2f out, weakened | |||||||||
| 07 Jun 2018 | Leopardstown | Good to Firm | 7f 25y | 0 | Bond Street | 8st 11lbs | 4 of 6 | W M Lordan | 40/1 |
| dwelt, soon raced in 4th, closed halfway, pushed along before straight, not match winner when edged slightly right 1 1/2f out, soon no impression, one pace | |||||||||
| 03 Jun 2018 | Listowel | Good | 7f | 0 | My Snowdrop | 9st 7lbs | 8 of 10 | T P Madden | 14/1 |
| tracked leaders, 5th halfway, pushed along and no impression under 2f out, no extra, eased inside final furlong | |||||||||
| 18 Apr 2018 | Dundalk | Standard | 6f | 0 | Premier League | 9st 12lbs | 3 of 9 | T P Madden | 11/2 |
| prominent, 2nd approaching straight, on terms under 2f out, soon gained narrow lead, joined over 1f out, headed inside final furlong, kept on without matching 1st 2 | |||||||||
| 12 Mar 2018 | Dundalk | Standard | 7f | 0 | Highly Approved | 8st 11lbs | 1 of 8 | W M Lordan | 8/15 |
| tracked leader, 2nd halfway, improved to lead 2f out, pushed out to assert over 1f out, kept on strongly final furlong to go clear, easily | |||||||||
| 09 Mar 2018 | Dundalk | Standard | 7f | 0 | Highly Approved | 9st 7lbs | 1 of 12 | W M Lordan | 3/1 |
| tracked leader, 2nd 3f out, ridden to lead 1 1/2f out, kept on strongly final furlong | |||||||||
| 09 Feb 2018 | Dundalk | Standard | 6f | 0 | Highly Approved | 9st | 1 of 17 | W M Lordan | 11/2 |
| chased leaders, 3rd halfway, ridden to challenge 1 1/2f out, led narrowly 1f out, kept on well final furlong, asserted close home | |||||||||
| 31 Jan 2018 | Chelmsford City | Standard | 7f | 6 | Harvest Day | 9st 5lbs | 2 of 6 | A Kirby | 11/4 |
| raced keenly, tracked leader over 2f, prominent, ridden and every chance when edged left over 1f out, soon 2nd, no chance with winner | |||||||||
| 10 Jan 2018 | Lingfield | Standard | 7f 1y | 6 | Bo Selecta | 8st 11lbs | of 14 | Fran Berry | 0/0 |
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| 15 Dec 2017 | Dundalk | Standard | 7f | 0 | Princess Yaiza | 8st 4lbs | 4 of 13 | W M Lordan | 16/1 |
| slowly into stride, held up, 9th approaching halfway, some progress when edged right over 1f out, kept on without threatening | |||||||||
| 08 Dec 2017 | Dundalk | Standard | 6f | 0 | Piper Bomb | 9st 5lbs | 6 of 17 | D O'Brien | 8/1 |
| slowly into stride, towards rear, switched left and headway under 2f out, 5th 1f out, no impression inside final furlong | |||||||||
| 10 Nov 2017 | Dundalk | Standard | 6f | 0 | Julia's Magic | 8st 13lbs | of 17 | Reserve 1 | 0/0 |
| 24 Oct 2017 | Fairyhouse | Heavy | 6f | 0 | Rince Deireanach | 9st 8lbs | 5 of 10 | D O'Brien | 7/1 |
| dwelt and slightly impeded start, held up, 9th approaching straight, soon headway to chase leaders, kept on same pace from over 1f out | |||||||||
| 04 Oct 2017 | Naas | Yielding (Yielding to Soft in places) | 5f | 0 | Aurora Eclipse | 9st | 7 of 16 | S Corby | 50/1 |
| slowly into stride, towards rear, pushed along under 2f out, reminder under 1f out, kept on under hands and heels inside final furlong, never nearer | |||||||||
| 19 Sep 2017 | Galway | Soft | 7f | 0 | Coeur D'amour | 9st | 13 of 13 | J A Heffernan | 40/1 |
| went left from stalls and detached in rear, never a factor, pushed along and no extra in rear entering straight, eased final furlong | |||||||||
| 31 Aug 2017 | Tipperary | Soft | 7f 100y | 0 | Sizzling | 9st | 15 of 18 | J A Heffernan | 25/1 |
| mid-division on outer, pushed along and no impression entering straight, no extra | |||||||||