Defi Bleu (FR)
Owner: Gigginstown House Stud Trainer: G Elliott Sex: gelding Age: 11
Breeding: Saddler Maker / Glycine Bleue (Le Nain Jaune)
Form Summary
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Starts | Wins | 2nds | 3rds |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Good | 2 | 1 | ||
| Good to Soft | 1 | 1 | ||
| Good to Yielding | 3 | 1 | ||
| Heavy | 5 | 1 | 1 | |
| Soft | 6 | 1 | 1 | |
| Soft (Good to Soft in places) | 1 | |||
| Soft (Heavy in places) | 1 | |||
| Soft (Soft to Heavy in places) | 4 | 1 | 1 | |
| Soft (Yielding in places) | 1 | |||
| Soft (Yielding to soft in places) | 1 | |||
| Soft to Heavy | 1 | 1 | ||
| Soft to Heavy (Heavy in places) | 1 | |||
| Yielding | 3 | 1 | ||
| Yielding (Soft in places) | 1 | |||
| Yielding (Yielding to Soft in places) | 3 | 1 | 1 | |
| Totals | 34 | 4 | 4 | 5 |
Race History
| Date | Course | Going | Distance | Class | Race Winner | Weight | Position | Jockey | SP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19 Nov 2023 | Navan | Soft to Heavy (Heavy in places) | 3m | 1 | Coko Beach | 10st 9lbs | 10 of 22 | G Brouder | 20/1 |
| led, headed at 2nd, in touch after 3rd, almost on terms at 6th where bumped with leader, 2nd after 8th, not fluent at 12th, soon lost place, weakened before 4 out | |||||||||
| 22 Oct 2023 | Limerick | Soft (Soft to Heavy in places) | 3m | 1 | Gevrey | 10st 12lbs | UnseatedRider of 13 | G Brouder | 14/1 |
| disputed lead early, headed after 2nd, 3rd halfway, slow jump 6 out and unseated rider next | |||||||||
| 10 Apr 2023 | Fairyhouse | Soft | 3m 5f | 0 | I Am Maximus | 10st 2lbs | 3 of 33 | G Brouder | 28/1 |
| tracked leader, 2nd halfway, disputed lead 15th and led 17th, pushed along 2 out and headed approaching last, ridden and kept on one pace run-in | |||||||||
| 16 Mar 2023 | Cheltenham | Soft (Good to Soft in places) | 3m 2f | 2 | Angels Dawn | 11st 8lbs | 5 of 26 | Mr B Lawless | 40/1 |
| chased leaders, ridden 3 out, no extra 2 out | |||||||||
| 19 Feb 2023 | Punchestown | Yielding (Yielding to Soft in places) | 3m 4f 40y | 0 | Coko Beach | 10st 13lbs | 3 of 12 | Sam Ewing | 25/1 |
| rear of mid-division, progress after 5th, 6th after 11th, no impression before last, ran on run-in to 3rd close home, never nearer | |||||||||
| 26 Jan 2023 | Gowran Park | Soft (Heavy in places) | 3m 1f | 0 | Carefully Selected | 10st 13lbs | PulledUp of 21 | Mr H C Swan | 25/1 |
| held up early, closer in mid-division halfway, ridden towards rear after 5 out, no extra, pulled up before 3 out | |||||||||
| 27 Dec 2022 | Leopardstown | Yielding (Soft in places) | 3m 50y | 0 | Real Steel | 11st 2lbs | 17 of 31 | Sam Ewing | 50/1 |
| tracked leaders, 6th halfway, pushed along and lost place after 5 out, no threat from 3 out | |||||||||
| 27 Nov 2022 | Navan | Soft (Yielding in places) | 3m | 0 | The Big Dog | 11st 1lbs | 8 of 19 | J C Gainford | 25/1 |
| tracked leaders, no impression outer, ridden and dropped to 8th 3 out, no impression | |||||||||
| 06 Nov 2022 | Cork | Soft to Heavy | 3m 4f | 0 | Captain Kangaroo | 11st | 2 of 17 | D N Russell | 11/1 |
| prominent, 4th after 11th, 3rd after 15th, improved to 2nd before 3 out, ridden before last, stayed on run-in, not trouble winner | |||||||||
| 23 Oct 2022 | Limerick | Soft (Yielding to soft in places) | 3m | 0 | The Big Dog | 11st 1lbs | 6 of 19 | J C Gainford | 33/1 |
| tracked leaders on outer, 6th at 10th, ridden and no impression in 8th before 2 out, no extra | |||||||||
| 30 Apr 2022 | Punchestown | Yielding | 3m | 0 | Donkey Years | 11st 5lbs | PulledUp of 14 | Mr R James | 14/1 |
| always towards rear, reminders after 8th, no extra after 5 out and behind when pulled up before next | |||||||||
| 18 Apr 2022 | Fairyhouse | Yielding (Yielding to Soft in places) | 3m 150y | 0 | Defi Bleu | 11st 11lbs | 1 of 15 | S Fitzgerald | 20/1 |
| prominent when slight mistake 1st, tracked leaders, headway to lead 5 out, strongly pressed after 2 out and headed briefly last, kept on well closing stages | |||||||||
| 13 Mar 2022 | Naas | Heavy | 3m 126y | 0 | Diol Ker | 10st 1lbs | 6 of 12 | J C Gainford | 25/1 |
| soon led and disputed, ridden and headed entering straight, no extra before 2 out, kept on one pace | |||||||||
| 09 Feb 2022 | Fairyhouse | Soft (Soft to Heavy in places) | 2m 7f 165y | 0 | Full Time Score | 10st 13lbs | 4 of 10 | Sam Ewing | 11/1 |
| tracked leaders, pushed along 3rd, ridden briefly at 5th, ridden in 4th after 3 out, soon no impression on leaders, kept on same pace | |||||||||
| 27 Jan 2022 | Gowran Park | Soft | 3m 1f | 0 | Longhouse Poet | 9st 12lbs | of 21 | Reserve 3 | 0/0 |
| 28 Dec 2021 | Limerick | Heavy | 2m 3f 160y | 0 | Spyglass Hill | 11st | PulledUp of 15 | J C Gainford | 4/1 |
| mid-division, 10th halfway, pushed along 8th, bad mistake and dropped to rear 4 out, ridden and no extra from next, behind when pulled up before 2 out | |||||||||
| 21 Nov 2021 | Navan | Good | 3m | 0 | Run Wild Fred | 10st 11lbs | 13 of 17 | B J Cooper | 11/1 |
| tracked leaders, dropped to mid-division at 8th, no impression from 5 out | |||||||||
| 28 Mar 2021 | Limerick | Heavy | 3m 120y | 1 | Chatham Street Lad | 11st 2lbs | 2 of 5 | S W Flanagan | 7/2 |
| led, not fluent 5 out and pushed along from next, ridden and strongly pressed entering straight, headed and no impression approaching 2 out, kept on one pace | |||||||||
| 23 Mar 2021 | Clonmel | Soft | 2m 3f 202y | 0 | Robin Des Foret | 11st 10lbs | of 6 | J C Gainford | 0/0 |
| 10 Mar 2021 | Wexford | Heavy | 3m 1f | 0 | Defi Bleu | 12st | 1 of 5 | J W Kennedy | 4/1 |
| disputed until led 10th, pushed along entering straight and pressed approaching 2 out, ridden and kept on well from before last, asserted final 100 yards | |||||||||
| 28 Feb 2021 | Naas | Soft | 2m 4f 90y | 0 | Home By The Lee | 11st 6lbs | 7 of 7 | J W Kennedy | 13/2 |
| tracked leaders early, mistake 2nd and ridden next, dropped to last at 4th, trailing 5th, no impression thereafter | |||||||||
| 29 Jan 2021 | Navan | Heavy | 3m | 0 | Mr Hendricks | 12st | 4 of 9 | J W Kennedy | 9/4 |
| tracked leaders, 3rd halfway, ridden in 4th 2 out, no impression before last, kept on one pace | |||||||||
| 27 Dec 2020 | Leopardstown | Yielding (Yielding to Soft in places) | 2m 1f | 0 | January Jets | 12st | Fell of 10 | J W Kennedy | 2/1 |
| chased leader, 2nd halfway, close 3rd when fell 2 out | |||||||||
| 22 Nov 2020 | Navan | Soft (Soft to Heavy in Places) | 2m 1f | 0 | Blackbow | 12st | 3 of 16 | J W Kennedy | 11/2 |
| tracked leader, 2nd halfway, 3rd 5 out, pushed along and no impression after 2 out, no extra, kept on one pace | |||||||||
| 01 May 2019 | Punchestown | Yielding | 3m | 1 | Minella Indo | 11st 10lbs | PulledUp of 13 | D N Russell | 12/1 |
| tracked leaders, mid-division on inner and pulled up quickly after 5th | |||||||||
| 23 Apr 2019 | Fairyhouse | Good to Yielding | 3m | 0 | Ronald Pump | 11st 10lbs | of 27 | K Brogan | 0/0 |
| 15 Mar 2019 | Cheltenham | Good to Soft | 2m 4f 56y | 2 | Early Doors | 11st 4lbs | 3 of 24 | C Brassil | 14/1 |
| in touch, challenged after 2 out, ridden and every chance before last, kept on but no impression in clear 3rd flat | |||||||||
| 02 Feb 2019 | Leopardstown | Good to Yielding | 2m 6f | 1 | Commander Of Fleet | 11st 10lbs | 11 of 16 | D N Russell | 7/1 |
| chased leaders, 6th approaching halfway, slight mistake 8th, no extra approaching final hurdle | |||||||||
| 29 Dec 2018 | Limerick | Soft | 3m | 1 | Derrinross | 11st 3lbs | 2 of 6 | D F O'Regan | 11/4 |
| tracked leader in 2nd, pushed along and lost place 2 out, ridden into 2nd at last, kept on run-in, not match winner | |||||||||
| 16 Dec 2018 | Navan | Yielding | 2m 4f | 1 | Easy Game | 11st 3lbs | 3 of 9 | D N Russell | 3/1 |
| tracked leaders, headway into 2nd and slight mistake 2 out, soon briefly disputed lead and ridden, headed at last, no extra in 3rd run-in | |||||||||
| 25 Nov 2018 | Navan | Good | 2m 4f | 0 | Defi Bleu | 11st 12lbs | 1 of 15 | D N Russell | 4/6 |
| tracked leader in 2nd, slight mistake 1st, took keen hold early, improved to dispute lead 3 out, led before next, joined 2 out, pushed along to lead before last, ridden and stayed on well run-in | |||||||||
| 03 Nov 2018 | Down Royal | Good to Yielding | 2m 100y | 0 | Brace Yourself | 11st 12lbs | 2 of 17 | J W Kennedy | 8/1 |
| tracked leaders, 3rd halfway and left in front after 4 out, slight mistake next and bumped by rival, pushed along approaching 2 out, ridden and headed before last, kept on one pace run-in | |||||||||
| 25 Feb 2018 | Naas | Soft | 2m | 1 | Hardline | 11st 3lbs | 8 of 8 | K M Donoghue | 12/1 |
| always behind, no impression from 3 out, never a factor | |||||||||
| 09 Dec 2017 | Navan | Soft (Soft to Heavy in places) | 2m | 0 | Defi Bleu | 11st 11lbs | 1 of 9 | Ms L O'Neill | 4/5 |
| tracked leader in 2nd, 2nd on outer halfway, ridden 3f out, improved to lead 1 1/2f out, stayed on well final furlong | |||||||||