First Contact (IRE)
Owner: Godolphin Trainer: C Appleby Sex: gelding Age: 9
Breeding: Dark Angel / Vanishing Grey (Verglas)
Form Summary
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Starts | Wins | 2nds | 3rds |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Good to Firm (Good in Places) | 2 | |||
| Good to Firm (Watered) | 2 | 1 | ||
| Good to Soft | 1 | |||
| Heavy (Soft in Places) | 1 | 1 | ||
| Soft (Heavy in places) | 1 | 1 | ||
| Standard | 2 | 1 | 1 | |
| Totals | 9 | 3 | 2 |
Race History
| Date | Course | Going | Distance | Class | Race Winner | Weight | Position | Jockey | SP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 16 Jun 2020 | Royal Ascot | Good to Soft | 7f | 2 | Motakhayyel | 9st 10lbs | 21 of 24 | W Buick | 11/1 |
| tracked leader stand side, ridden and weakened over 1f out | |||||||||
| 05 Oct 2019 | Redcar | Heavy (Soft in Places) | 7f | 1 | Main Edition | 9st | 2 of 7 | B Doyle | 3/1 |
| tracked leaders, went 2nd over 2f out, ridden and no impression on winner from over 1f out, kept on | |||||||||
| 01 May 2019 | Ascot | Good to Firm (Good in places) | 1m | 1 | Zaaki | 9st 3lbs | 6 of 8 | James Doyle | 10/1 |
| led, ridden over 2f out, headed entering final 2f, weakened final furlong | |||||||||
| 18 Apr 2019 | Newmarket | Good to Firm (Good in Places) | 1m 1f | 1 | Zabeel Prince | 9st | 6 of 11 | W Buick | 5/1 |
| prominent in centre, led 6f out, edged right to far side 3f out, ridden 2f out, headed over 1f out, weakened inside final furlong | |||||||||
| 14 Jul 2018 | Newmarket | Good to Firm (Watered) | 1m | 2 | First Contact | 9st 7lbs | 1 of 9 | James Doyle | 4/1 |
| made all, shaken up inside final 2f, ridden over 1f out, always in command final furlong, stayed on well | |||||||||
| 21 Jun 2018 | Royal Ascot | Good to Firm (Watered) | 1m | 2 | Ostilio | 9st 5lbs | 11 of 30 | W Buick | 11/1 |
| raced stands side, held up behind, driven over 2f out, not clear run and switched towards rail inside final 2f, ridden and kept on inside final furlong, not reach leaders | |||||||||
| 25 Mar 2018 | Doncaster | Soft (Heavy in places) | 7f 6y | 5 | First Contact | 9st 9lbs | 1 of 13 | W Buick | 10/11 |
| held up towards rear, headway 3f out, led over 1f out, soon edged left, kept on strongly | |||||||||
| 26 Jan 2018 | Kempton | Standard | 7f | 5 | Walk In The Sun | 9st 9lbs | 2 of 14 | A Kirby | 7/4 |
| headway from wide draw to lead after 1f, ridden and strongly pressed inside final furlong, kept on gamely but headed final stride | |||||||||
| 02 Jan 2018 | Newcastle | Standard | 7f 14y | 5 | First Contact | 9st 2lbs | 1 of 10 | Tom Marquand | 5/6 |
| tracked leader, pushed along to lead inside final furlong, kept on well | |||||||||