Spades Are Trumps (IRE)
Owner: John P McManus Trainer: G P Cromwell Sex: gelding Age: 11
Breeding: Yeats / Sway (Califet)
Form Summary
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Starts | Wins | 2nds | 3rds |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ||||
| Good | 2 | |||
| Good (Good to Yielding in places) | 1 | 1 | ||
| Good to Yielding | 4 | 1 | ||
| Good to Yielding (Good to Yielding in places) | 1 | 1 | ||
| Heavy | 5 | 1 | ||
| Soft | 3 | |||
| Soft (Heavy in places) | 1 | |||
| Soft (Soft to Heavy in Places) | 2 | |||
| Soft (Yielding in places) | 1 | 1 | ||
| Soft (Yielding to Soft in places) | 1 | |||
| Soft to Heavy | 4 | 1 | 1 | |
| Soft to Heavy (Heavy in places) | 2 | |||
| Yielding (Good in places) | 2 | 1 | ||
| Yielding (Good to Yielding in places) | 2 | |||
| Yielding to Soft | 1 | |||
| Totals | 33 | 3 | 4 | 1 |
Race History
| Date | Course | Going | Distance | Class | Race Winner | Weight | Position | Jockey | SP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 31 Dec 2022 | Punchestown | Soft to Heavy | 2m 7f 40y | 0 | Notice To Close | 12st | 8 of 16 | K M Donoghue | 20/1 |
| always towards rear, slow and pushed along 6th, in touch in rear when mistake 3 out, soon ridden and no extra | |||||||||
| 04 Dec 2022 | Fairyhouse | Soft | 3m 5f | 0 | Punitive | 10st 6lbs | 7 of 12 | L P Dempsey | 33/1 |
| rear, 12th after 11th, 10th after 18th, some progress after 2 out, no impression run-in | |||||||||
| 06 Nov 2022 | Cork | Soft to Heavy | 3m 4f | 0 | Captain Kangaroo | 10st 6lbs | PulledUp of 17 | M P Walsh | 14/1 |
| towards rear, 13th after 11th, weakened after 3 out, never a factor, pulled up before 2 out | |||||||||
| 29 Jul 2022 | Galway | Good to Yielding | 2m 6f 111y | 0 | Gabbys Cross | 11st 1lbs | 13 of 23 | M P Walsh | 16/1 |
| always towards rear, rear and slow 2nd, mistake 4 out, ridden and no impression before 2 out | |||||||||
| 20 Mar 2022 | Downpatrick | Good to Yielding (Good to Yielding in places) | 3m 4f 120y | 0 | Spades Are Trumps | 10st 12lbs | 1 of 18 | M M McDonagh | 5/1 |
| rear of mid-division, 7th halfway, headway in 5th 4 out, progress 2 out and led last, soon asserted and kept on well run-in, easily | |||||||||
| 09 Jan 2022 | Fairyhouse | Soft (Yielding to Soft in places) | 2m 5f 110y | 0 | Farceur Du Large | 11st 12lbs | 5 of 9 | M P Walsh | 17/2 |
| towards rear, not fluent at 3rd, slight mistake 6th and reminder, ridden at 8th, under pressure in 7th 3 out, no impression | |||||||||
| 31 Oct 2021 | Cork | Heavy | 3m 4f | 0 | Braeside | 10st 11lbs | PulledUp of 13 | M P Walsh | 5/1 |
| rear, 10th after 11th, under pressure in 11th after 15th, soon weakened and detached, never a factor, pulled up before 3 out | |||||||||
| 02 Oct 2021 | Gowran Park | Good | 3m 1f | 0 | The Dabbler | 11st 9lbs | of 6 | M P Walsh | 0/0 |
| 07 Aug 2021 | Kilbeggan | Yielding (Good in places) | 3m 1f | 0 | Spades Are Trumps | 12st | 1 of 9 | M P Walsh | 9/2 |
| towards rear, not fluent 8th, 6th from 5 out, took closer order from next, not fluent 3 out and improved to lead after next, pushed along and kept on well run-in, comfortably | |||||||||
| 09 Jul 2021 | Kilbeggan | Good | 3m 1f | 0 | Fred The Foot | 12st | of 14 | M P Walsh | 0/0 |
| 29 Apr 2021 | Punchestown | Yielding (Good to Yielding in places) | 3m | 0 | Capodanno | 10st 10lbs | PulledUp of 28 | J M Moore | 80/1 |
| chased leaders, slightly slow 1st, reminder after 5th, impeded after 5 out, soon no impression and weakened, pulled up before last | |||||||||
| 03 Apr 2021 | Fairyhouse | Yielding (Good to Yielding in places) | 3m 150y | 0 | Ificudiwud | 11st 9lbs | PulledUp of 17 | Ms L O'Neill | 11/2 |
| mid-division, dropped towards rear 7th, pushed along and no impression 5 out, mistake next, behind and pulled up before 3 out | |||||||||
| 13 Mar 2021 | Navan | Heavy | 3m | 0 | Stormy Judge | 10st 1lbs | 9 of 12 | S D Torrens | 9/2 |
| held up towards rear, not fluent 6th, 11th halfway, ridden and no impression approaching 2 out, no extra when mistake last | |||||||||
| 14 Feb 2021 | Punchestown | Soft | 3m 4f | 0 | The Big Dog | 9st 12lbs | of 21 | Reserve 3 | 0/0 |
| 17 Jan 2021 | Punchestown | Heavy | 3m 1f | 0 | Atlantic Shore | 11st 7lbs | 5 of 13 | Miss A B O'Connor | 15/2 |
| waited with, some slight mistakes and pushed along at stages early, slightly bumped 5th, 11th after 8th, headway and impeded 3 out, 4th and slight mistake 2 out, kept on without matching principals from before last | |||||||||
| 31 Dec 2020 | Punchestown | Heavy | 3m 1f 50y | 0 | Stones And Roses | 11st 10lbs | of 14 | N P Madden | 0/0 |
| 14 Nov 2020 | Punchestown | Soft to Heavy (Heavy in places) | 2m 3f 150y | 0 | Daly Tiger | 10st | 10 of 18 | C P McNamara | 10/1 |
| always towards rear, reminders after 6th and slow 8th, pushed along and no impression before 4 out, weakened | |||||||||
| 25 Oct 2020 | Wexford | Soft to Heavy | 2m 4f | 0 | Scoir Mear | 10st 13lbs | 2 of 14 | N P Madden | 11/1 |
| in rear, 9th after 5th, effort after 3 out, progress to 2nd 2 out, no impression on leader before last, kept on same pace | |||||||||
| 20 Feb 2020 | Thurles | Soft (Soft to Heavy in places) | 2m 149y | 0 | Tikkanen Express | 10st 12lbs | 8 of 10 | N P Madden | 8/1 |
| mid-division early, 6th from 4th, pushed along on outer from 7th, one pace after | |||||||||
| 08 Feb 2020 | Naas | Yielding (Good in places) | 2m 4f | 0 | Valdieu | 11st 6lbs | of 12 | N P Madden | 0/0 |
| 23 Jan 2020 | Gowran Park | Soft (Heavy in places) | 2m | 0 | Chosen Mate | 11st 12lbs | 7 of 9 | N P Madden | 33/1 |
| always towards rear, never a factor | |||||||||
| 07 Dec 2019 | Navan | Soft | 2m 4f | 0 | Ten Ten | 11st 12lbs | 10 of 21 | N P Madden | 33/1 |
| waited with, 12th before 5th, raced on outer straight, impeded 3 out and no extra | |||||||||
| 16 Nov 2019 | Punchestown | Soft (Soft to Heavy in Places) | 2m 3f 200y | 0 | Faugheen | 11st 12lbs | 10 of 17 | M P Walsh | 25/1 |
| mid-division, some mistakes, no impression from 3 out, never a factor | |||||||||
| 23 Aug 2019 | Killarney | Good (Good to Yielding in places) | 2m 6f 180y | 0 | Air Supremacy | 11st 8lbs | 2 of 12 | D J O'Keeffe | 4/1 |
| mid-division, 5th after 8th, headway to 2nd after 4 out, improved to lead 3 out, strongly pressed 2 out, soon headed and ridden, no impression before last, kept on run-in, not trouble winner | |||||||||
| 03 Aug 2019 | Galway | 2m 6f 168y | 0 | Great Trango | 10st 5lbs | 9 of 20 | D J O'Keeffe | 11/2 | |
| soon chased leaders, 6th approaching 6th where slight mistake, 5th approaching straight, one pace after | |||||||||
| 04 May 2019 | Punchestown | Good to Yielding | 2m 4f | 0 | Mr Adjudicator | 10st 1lbs | 8 of 28 | N P Madden | 12/1 |
| tracked leaders, 4th at halfway, ridden in 8th 2 out, no impression | |||||||||
| 22 Apr 2019 | Fairyhouse | Good to Yielding | 2m 6f | 0 | Maeve's Choice | 11st 2lbs | 2 of 16 | M P Walsh | 11/2 |
| soon chased leaders, 4th after 5th, travelling smoothly and switched left before 2 out, challenged at last and every chance, kept on well without matching winner run-in | |||||||||
| 10 Mar 2019 | Naas | Good to Yielding | 2m 3f | 0 | Mount Pelier | 10st 13lbs | 6 of 19 | J S McGarvey | 25/1 |
| mid-division, pushed along and not clear run early straight, no impression approaching last, kept on one pace run-in | |||||||||
| 28 Apr 2018 | Punchestown | Yielding to Soft | 2m 4f | 0 | Meri Devie | 10st 3lbs | 21 of 28 | M P Walsh | 11/1 |
| mid-division early, 14th before 4th, no extra from before straight | |||||||||
| 01 Apr 2018 | Cork | Soft to Heavy (Heavy in places) | 2m 3f | 0 | Ministerforsport | 11st 5lbs | PulledUp of 18 | B J Geraghty | 7/2 |
| mid-division best, slight mistakes 2nd and 3rd, ridden and no impression 4 out, soon no extra and weakened, pulled up before 3 out | |||||||||
| 20 Jan 2018 | Navan | Heavy | 2m | 0 | Riders Onthe Storm | 11st 6lbs | 2 of 9 | B J Geraghty | 11/2 |
| chased leaders, 5th from 3rd, 6th before 6th, bad mistake 3 out, no impression next until stayed on well without threatening run-in into 2nd near finish | |||||||||
| 29 Nov 2017 | Punchestown | Soft to Heavy | 2m | 0 | Spades Are Trumps | 11st 9lbs | 1 of 25 | B J Geraghty | 10/1 |
| chased leaders, 4th halfway, ridden entering straight, stayed on to challenge run-in, narrow lead close home, all out | |||||||||
| 30 Oct 2017 | Wexford | Soft (Yielding in places) | 2m | 0 | Early Doors | 11st 2lbs | 3 of 17 | G N Fox | 50/1 |
| held up, slight mistake 1st, progress into 7th after 3 out, ridden in 5th entering straight, left 3rd 2 out, no impression on leaders before last, kept on one pace | |||||||||