Whirling Dervish (GB)
Owner: GGG Partnership Trainer: J F Levins Sex: colt Age: 10
Breeding: Camelot / Synergy (Victory Note)
Form Summary
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Starts | Wins | 2nds | 3rds |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Good | 1 | |||
| Good (Good to Firm in places) | 1 | |||
| Good (Good to Yielding in places) | 2 | |||
| Good to Firm | 1 | |||
| Good to Firm (Good in places) | 2 | 1 | ||
| Good to Soft (Good in places) | 2 | |||
| Good to Yielding | 2 | |||
| Good to Yielding (Yielding in places) | 1 | 1 | ||
| Heavy | 6 | 2 | ||
| Heavy (Soft in places) | 1 | |||
| Soft | 3 | 1 | ||
| Soft (Good to Soft in places) | 1 | |||
| Soft (Heavy in places) | 2 | |||
| Soft (Soft to Heavy in places) | 2 | |||
| Soft (Yielding in places) | 2 | |||
| Soft (Yielding to Soft in Places) | 1 | 1 | ||
| Soft to Heavy | 3 | 1 | ||
| Standard | 1 | |||
| Yielding | 3 | 1 | ||
| Yielding (Good in places) | 1 | |||
| Yielding to Soft | 3 | 1 | ||
| Totals | 41 | 4 | 3 | 2 |
Race History
| Date | Course | Going | Distance | Class | Race Winner | Weight | Position | Jockey | SP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 16 May 2023 | Killarney | Good to Yielding | 2m 182y | 0 | Grappa Nonino | 10st | 12 of 13 | D W O'Connor | 25/1 |
| tracked leaders, 5th halfway, pushed along and dropped towards rear 4f out, soon no extra | |||||||||
| 18 Apr 2023 | Gowran Park | Soft (Yielding in places) | 1m 5f 160y | 0 | Mellow Magic | 9st | 6 of 9 | D W O'Connor | 33/1 |
| mid division, 4th halfway, pushed along over 3f out, no impression when short of room over 2f out, kept on one pace | |||||||||
| 07 Jan 2023 | Cork | Soft (Heavy in places) | 2m 4f | 0 | Lucky Max | 11st 8lbs | PulledUp of 10 | Ricky Doyle | 40/1 |
| prominent and disputed lead briefly after 3rd, 3rd halfway, pushed along and lost place after 5 out, no extra in rear approaching straight, behind and pulled up before 3 out | |||||||||
| 30 Apr 2022 | Punchestown | Yielding to Soft | 1m 7f | 0 | Amir Kabir | 12st 3lbs | 11 of 28 | Chloe Page | 12/1 |
| 09 Apr 2022 | Aintree | Good to Soft (Good in places) | 3m 149y | 1 | Party Business | 10st 11lbs | PulledUp of 22 | Ricky Doyle | 150/1 |
| towards rear, pushed along after 4th, ridden in last after 7th, well behind 4 out, blundered 2 out, pulled up before last | |||||||||
| 29 Mar 2022 | Navan | Good | 1m 5f | 0 | Dartan | 9st 1lbs | of 11 | D W O'Connor | 0/0 |
| 19 Mar 2022 | Thurles | Good (Good to Yielding in places) | 2m 7f | 0 | Gentlemansgame | 11st 5lbs | of 6 | Ricky Doyle | 0/0 |
| 06 Mar 2022 | Wexford | Heavy (Soft in places) | 3m 1f 100y | 0 | Egality Mans | 11st 12lbs | 4 of 6 | Ricky Doyle | 16/1 |
| in rear, slow 1st, 5th when slow 5 out, 4th when slow 3 out, ridden before 2 out, no impression in 4th when bad mistake last, no extra | |||||||||
| 19 Feb 2022 | Gowran Park | Heavy | 2m 4f | 0 | Blue Sari | 11st 12lbs | UnseatedRider of 18 | Sam Ewing | 50/1 |
| tracked leader, unseated rider at 1st | |||||||||
| 28 Dec 2021 | Leopardstown | Soft (Yielding in places) | 3m | 0 | Panda Boy | 10st 10lbs | PulledUp of 30 | Donagh Meyler | 200/1 |
| chased leader, 10th before 6th, lost place and weakened after 3 out, pulled up before 2 out | |||||||||
| 02 Dec 2021 | Clonmel | Yielding to Soft | 3m | 0 | Western Victory | 11st 8lbs | PulledUp of 9 | Ricky Doyle | 22/1 |
| chased leader, not fluent 4th and reminder, 6th 5 out, soon pushed along and no extra after next, weakened, well behind and pulled up approaching straight | |||||||||
| 19 Oct 2021 | Gowran Park | Soft to Heavy | 1m 5f 172y | 0 | Dutch Schultz | 10st 6lbs | 4 of 14 | Sam Ewing | 16/1 |
| disputed lead, headed 5f out, 3rd 4f out, ridden in 5th over 2f out, no impression | |||||||||
| 10 Oct 2021 | Curragh | Yielding | 2m | 0 | Line Out | 9st 4lbs | 24 of 30 | D W O'Connor | 66/1 |
| rear of mid-division, pushed along and dropped towards rear entering straight, no extra, never a factor | |||||||||
| 26 Sep 2021 | Curragh | Good (Good to Firm in places) | 1m 4f | 0 | Khezaana | 10st 13lbs | of 22 | Miss N Fahey | 0/0 |
| 07 Aug 2021 | Kilbeggan | Yielding (Good in places) | 3m 1f | 0 | Spades Are Trumps | 12st | 7 of 9 | Darragh O'Keeffe | 10/3 |
| chased leaders in 3rd, not fluent 3 out, soon pushed along and lost place, ridden and no impression before last, weakened run-in | |||||||||
| 10 Apr 2021 | Aintree | Good to Soft (Good in places) | 3m 149y | 1 | Hometown Boy | 11st | 5 of 22 | Ricky Doyle | 12/1 |
| held up rear of mid-division, headway on outside 4 out, held flat, no extra inside 150 yards | |||||||||
| 13 Mar 2021 | Navan | Heavy | 2m 7f | 0 | Gars De Sceaux | 11st 6lbs | of 8 | Ricky Doyle | 0/0 |
| 11 Mar 2021 | Thurles | Heavy | 2m 7f 44y | 0 | Whirling Dervish | 11st 10lbs | 1 of 11 | Ricky Doyle | 9/2 |
| tracked leader, disputed briefly after 5th, disputed again 4 out and led next, ridden after 2 out and headed last, rallied run-in and kept on well to lead again close home | |||||||||
| 19 Feb 2021 | Dundalk | Standard | 2m | 0 | Grandmaster Flash | 9st 9lbs | 5 of 9 | D W O'Connor | 6/1 |
| chased leaders early, soon settled mid-division, ridden in 6th 3f out, no impression over 2f out, kept on one pace | |||||||||
| 07 Feb 2021 | Musselburgh | Soft (Good to Soft in places) | 3m 2f 26y | 2 | Taxmeifyoucan | 11st | 4 of 8 | Aidan Coleman | 6/1 |
| mid-division, mistake 9th, some headway before 3 out, ridden along before 2 out, kept on after the last | |||||||||
| 08 Dec 2020 | Punchestown | Heavy | 2m 4f | 0 | Gabbys Cross | 11st 12lbs | 6 of 14 | J M Moore | 14/1 |
| waited with, disputed 10th after 5th, pushed along briefly after 6th and at stages after, improved to be prominent from 3 out, a little slow 2 out, soon no impression, no extra and mistake last | |||||||||
| 10 Oct 2020 | Newmarket | Soft | 2m 2f | 2 | Great White Shark | 9st | 7 of 34 | K T O'Neill | 25/1 |
| close up, ridden 3f out, weakened final furlong | |||||||||
| 25 Sep 2020 | Listowel | Soft (Soft to Heavy in places) | 2m | 0 | Drop The Anchor | 10st 2lbs | 6 of 21 | C P McNamara | 7/1 |
| rear of mid-division, pushed along after 4 out, ridden and no impression towards rear after next, some headway in 8th 2 out, kept on one pace, never a factor | |||||||||
| 21 Aug 2020 | Kilbeggan | Soft (Yielding to Soft in Places) | 2m 2f 33y | 0 | Wajaaha | 12st | 2 of 10 | J M Moore | 12/1 |
| in rear, progress to 5th 4 out, closed approaching straight, no impression on leader in 3rd at last, kept on same pace in 2nd final 100 yards | |||||||||
| 01 Aug 2020 | Kilbeggan | Good to Yielding (Yielding in places) | 2m | 0 | Whirling Dervish | 12st | 1 of 16 | Keith Donoghue | 20/1 |
| towards rear, bumped along on outer early, headway on outer into mid-division at 4th, went 5th 2 out, good headway into 2nd after 3 out, led approaching last, soon clear, eased inside final furlong, easily | |||||||||
| 17 Mar 2020 | Down Royal | Soft (Heavy in places) | 2m 140y | 0 | Wingin A Prayer | 11st 12lbs | 12 of 23 | D E Mullins | 11/1 |
| settled behind leaders, 7th halfway, ridden and no extra before straight | |||||||||
| 01 Mar 2020 | Leopardstown | Soft (Soft to Heavy in places) | 2m 2f 30y | 0 | Jon Snow | 11st 12lbs | 9 of 23 | J M Moore | 50/1 |
| rear of mid-division on outer, mistake at 1st, 13th at last (usual 2 out), bumped along entering straight, kept on under hand ride | |||||||||
| 16 Feb 2020 | Navan | Soft to Heavy | 2m | 0 | Jungle Junction | 11st 11lbs | 9 of 21 | C P McNamara | 25/1 |
| waited with, soon towards rear, slight mistake 3rd, no impression and kept on without threatening straight | |||||||||
| 30 Nov 2019 | Fairyhouse | Soft | 2m | 0 | Conflated | 11st 9lbs | 23 of 28 | J M Moore | 25/1 |
| raced in 12th early, jumped right 3rd and bumped rival, not always fluent jumping, no extra from before straight | |||||||||
| 12 Oct 2019 | Limerick | Heavy | 1m 4f 110y | 1 | Dadoozdart | 9st 7lbs | 4 of 10 | C P Hoban | 14/1 |
| rear of mid-division, 6th halfway, closer approaching straight, pushed along on outer 2f out, 7th and switched right over 1f out, kept on one pace inside final furlong | |||||||||
| 14 Jun 2019 | Cork | Good to Yielding | 1m 4f | 0 | Perfect Tapatino | 9st 12lbs | 5 of 10 | S Foley | 11/1 |
| chased leaders and 4th from halfway, pushed along from 2f out and soon ridden, dropped to 5th from 1f out, no impression and kept on same pace inside final furlong | |||||||||
| 28 Apr 2019 | Navan | Yielding | 1m 6f | 1 | Master Of Reality | 9st 3lbs | 9 of 9 | S Foley | 11/1 |
| chased leaders in 3rd, ridden in 4th 3f out, soon weakened | |||||||||
| 09 Apr 2019 | Gowran Park | Yielding to Soft | 1m 6f | 0 | Whirling Dervish | 9st 4lbs | 1 of 7 | S Foley | 6/4 |
| chased leader in 2nd, improved to dispute lead travelling well 2f out, ridden to lead 1 1/2f out, stayed on well under pressure final furlong | |||||||||
| 04 Nov 2018 | Naas | Yielding | 1m 3f 190y | 1 | Mustajeer | 9st | 2 of 9 | S Foley | 10/1 |
| in touch, 3rd halfway, 4th over 3f out, progress to 2nd under 3f out, ridden and no impression on clear leader over 2f out, kept on final furlong, not trouble easy winner | |||||||||
| 15 Sep 2018 | Leopardstown | Good to Firm | 1m 4f 180y | 0 | Limini | 8st 9lbs | 8 of 18 | C O'Donoghue | 22/1 |
| held up, soon in rear, headway when switched right 1 1/2f out, soon not much room, kept on same pace without threatening after | |||||||||
| 23 Aug 2018 | Killarney | Good (Good to Yielding in places) | 1m 6f | 0 | Brazos | 9st 1lbs | 12 of 14 | C O'Donoghue | 11/2 |
| mid-division on inner, lost place and dropped towards rear before halfway, pushed along early straight and no impression under 2f out, no extra | |||||||||
| 15 Aug 2018 | Gowran Park | Good to Firm (Good in places) | 1m 4f | 0 | Law Girl | 9st 3lbs | of 12 | C O'Donoghue | 0/0 |
| 19 May 2018 | Navan | Good to Firm (Good in places) | 1m 5f | 1 | Southern France | 9st 3lbs | 3 of 7 | C O'Donoghue | 7/1 |
| fly-leapt leaving stalls, soon raced 3rd, 4th after 5f, pushed along to 3rd on inner over 1f out, ridden and kept on final furlong, not reach leaders | |||||||||
| 05 May 2018 | Cork | Soft to Heavy | 1m 2f 50y | 0 | Bandua | 9st 3lbs | 2 of 4 | C O'Donoghue | 6/4 |
| went left from stalls, led after 1f, pushed along early straight, ridden and headed under 2f out, no impression on winner inside final furlong, kept on | |||||||||
| 01 Oct 2017 | Tipperary | Heavy | 1m 1f | 0 | Whirling Dervish | 9st 5lbs | 1 of 10 | C O'Donoghue | 9/4 |
| tracked leader, headway to lead under 2f out, ridden over 1f out and drew clear inside final furlong, easily | |||||||||
| 19 Sep 2017 | Galway | Soft | 1m 85y | 0 | Hazapour | 9st 5lbs | 3 of 5 | C O'Donoghue | 25/1 |
| slowly into stride, in rear, pushed along and some headway approaching straight, ridden in 3rd 1f out, kept on one pace inside final furlong | |||||||||


