Gran Geste (FR)
Owner: John P McManus Trainer: Miss E Doyle Sex: gelding Age: 12
Breeding: Poliglote / Aleas (Alesso)
Form Summary
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Starts | Wins | 2nds | 3rds |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Good | 1 | |||
| Good to Yielding | 1 | |||
| Heavy | 2 | 1 | ||
| Heavy (Soft to Heavy in Places) | 1 | |||
| Soft | 5 | 1 | 2 | |
| Soft (Soft to Heavy in places) | 1 | |||
| Yielding (Good to Yielding in places) | 1 | |||
| Yielding (Soft in places) | 1 | |||
| Yielding (Yielding to Soft in places) | 1 | 1 | ||
| Yielding to Soft | 1 | |||
| Totals | 15 | 3 | 2 |
Race History
| Date | Course | Going | Distance | Class | Race Winner | Weight | Position | Jockey | SP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 24 Nov 2020 | Punchestown | Heavy (Soft to Heavy in Places) | 2m 3f 150y | 0 | Colreevy | 11st 5lbs | PulledUp of 12 | J S McGarvey | 22/1 |
| waited with, bad mistake 1st, quickly pulled up | |||||||||
| 24 Oct 2020 | Galway | Soft | 2m 5f 37y | 0 | Agent Boru | 11st 10lbs | 3 of 11 | S D Torrens | 4/1 |
| held up towards rear, 7th halfway, pushed along after 3 out, 5th when mistake 2 out, soon ridden and no impression, not fluent last, kept on one pace to go 3rd run-in | |||||||||
| 02 Feb 2020 | Leopardstown | Yielding to Soft | 3m | 0 | Treacysenniscorthy | 10st 12lbs | 19 of 31 | Mark Walsh | 12/1 |
| mid-division, no impression from 3 out, weakened | |||||||||
| 07 Dec 2019 | Navan | Soft | 3m 60y | 0 | The Jam Man | 10st 5lbs | 3 of 16 | Mark Walsh | 4/1 |
| mid-division early, 9th from 7th, headway and effort straight, kept on without matching front pair from between last 2 | |||||||||
| 27 Oct 2019 | Galway | Soft | 2m 5f 203y | 0 | Gran Geste | 11st 3lbs | 1 of 13 | J S McGarvey | 10/1 |
| held up towards rear, 10th halfway, 9th after 3 out, progress on outer to 2nd entering straight, led last, ridden and strongly pressed 150 yards out, edged left and kept on well to assert close home | |||||||||
| 12 Apr 2019 | Ballinrobe | Yielding (Good to Yielding in places) | 2m 1f 142y | 0 | Sole Pretender | 11st 5lbs | of 14 | N P Madden | 0/0 |
| 10 Mar 2019 | Naas | Good to Yielding | 2m 3f | 0 | Mount Pelier | 10st 11lbs | 16 of 19 | L P Dempsey | 33/1 |
| always towards rear, never a factor, no extra in straight | |||||||||
| 25 Aug 2018 | Killarney | Good | 2m 6f | 0 | Smitty Bacall | 11st 2lbs | 4 of 13 | B J Geraghty | 8/1 |
| towards rear, 8th after 5th, niggled along after 8th and reminder, headway after 4 out, ridden before 3 out where slightly hampered, no impression in 4th after 2 out, kept on same pace | |||||||||
| 04 Aug 2018 | Galway | Soft | 2m 6f 168y | 0 | Low Sun | 10st 2lbs | PulledUp of 23 | N P Madden | 33/1 |
| rear of mid-division, badly hampered 3 out and soon pulled up | |||||||||
| 13 May 2018 | Killarney | Yielding (Soft in places) | 2m 1f | 0 | Neverushacon | 10st 8lbs | of 19 | J S McGarvey | 0/0 |
| 17 Apr 2018 | Fairyhouse | Soft | 2m | 0 | Low Sun | 10st 5lbs | 12 of 19 | Mark Walsh | 10/1 |
| towards rear, some headway from before 3 out, no extra from next | |||||||||
| 09 Mar 2018 | Leopardstown | Soft (Soft to Heavy in places) | 2m | 0 | Grand Partner | 11st 2lbs | 5 of 11 | J S McGarvey | 7/1 |
| rear of mid-division, dropped to last 3 out, some progress on outer and pushed along entering straight, moderate 8th at last, ran on strongly under hands and heels inside final furlong, never nearer | |||||||||
| 20 Jan 2018 | Navan | Heavy | 2m | 0 | Riders Onthe Storm | 11st 8lbs | 5 of 9 | Mark Walsh | 7/1 |
| held up, 8th from 3rd, pushed along before straight, no impression from 3 out, kept on same pace without threatening | |||||||||
| 17 Dec 2017 | Navan | Heavy | 2m | 0 | Gran Geste | 11st 9lbs | 1 of 18 | B J Geraghty | 9/4 |
| a little keen, chased leaders, 7th approaching 5th, improved to be prominent into straight, challenged from before last, stayed on well run-in to lead on line | |||||||||
| 26 Oct 2017 | Thurles | Yielding (Yielding to Soft in places) | 2m | 0 | Gran Geste | 11st 10lbs | 1 of 16 | Mr F Maguire | 13/2 |
| mid-division, progress 3f out, ridden in 5th 2f out, stayed on into 2nd 1f out, kept on well final furlong to lead close home | |||||||||


