Superior Ben (IRE)
Owner: T Curran Trainer: D T Hughes Sex: Gelding Age: 21
Form Summary
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Starts | Wins | 2nds | 3rds |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Good | 1 | |||
| Good to Yielding (Yielding in places) | 1 | |||
| Heavy | 2 | 1 | ||
| Heavy (Chase - Soft) | 1 | 1 | ||
| Soft | 1 | |||
| Soft (Chase Course: Yielding to Soft in places) | 1 | 1 | ||
| Soft (Yielding in places, Hurdles: Yielding, Soft in places) | 1 | 1 | ||
| Soft to Heavy | 1 | 1 | ||
| Yielding | 1 | |||
| Yielding (Chase Course: Yielding to Soft) | 1 | |||
| Yielding to Soft | 1 | |||
| Totals | 12 | 1 | 2 | 2 |
Race History
| Date | Course | Going | Distance | Class | Race Winner | Weight | Position | Jockey | SP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 31 May 2009 | Kilbeggan | Good to Yielding (Yielding in places) | 2m 3f | 0 | Otay Kawn | 11st 12lbs | SlippedUp of 12 | R Loughran | |
| 01 Mar 2009 | Clonmel | Soft (Chase Course: Yielding to Soft in places) | 2m | 0 | Superior Ben | 11st 4lbs | 1 of 18 | R Loughran | 5/4 |
| soon tracked leaders, went 2nd into straight, led before 2 out, soon ridden clear, stayed on well, comfortably | |||||||||
| 11 Jan 2009 | Leopardstown | Yielding (Chase Course: Yielding to Soft) | 2m | 0 | Penny's Bill | 9st 10lbs | 26 of 29 | I J McCarthy | 50/1 |
| prominent, 2nd halfway, 3rd 3 out, weakened before next | |||||||||
| 26 Dec 2008 | Leopardstown | Soft | 2m 2f | 0 | Cousin Vinny | 11st 12lbs | 4 of 23 | P W Flood | 11/2 |
| soon tracked leaders, 5th 2 out, soon no impression under pressure, moderate 3rd straight, not fluent and kept on same pace from last | |||||||||
| 22 Nov 2008 | Gowran Park | Heavy (Chase - Soft) | 2m | 0 | Oligarch Society | 11st 12lbs | 3 of 20 | P W Flood | 10/3 |
| soon led, mistake 3 out, strongly pressed and narrowly headed from after next, kept on same pace in 3rd from before last | |||||||||
| 27 Oct 2008 | Galway | Heavy | 2m | 0 | Mr Warbucks | 11st 12lbs | 2 of 20 | R Loughran | 10/3 |
| 16 Oct 2008 | Punchestown | Soft to Heavy | 2m | 0 | Fisher Bridge | 11st 12lbs | 2 of 25 | R Loughran | 10/1 |
| always prominent, led before 2 out, strongly pressed approaching straight, headed last, no extra run-in | |||||||||
| 10 Feb 2008 | Leopardstown | Yielding to Soft | 2m | 0 | Jaffonnien | 11st 13lbs | 12 of 21 | C D Maxwell | 8/1 |
| prominent, 5th approaching straight, soon no extra under pressure | |||||||||
| 27 Jan 2008 | Leopardstown | Soft (Yielding in places, Hurdles: Yielding, Soft in places) | 2m | 0 | Endless Intrigue | 11st 12lbs | 3 of 26 | C D Maxwell | 10/1 |
| prominent, led 3f out, clear entering straight, strongly pressed 2f out, headed 1f out, no extra close home | |||||||||
| 26 Dec 2007 | Leopardstown | Good | 2m | 0 | I'm Still Standing | 11st 9lbs | 4 of 24 | Mr R M Hennessy | 25/1 |
| rear of mid-division, steady headway into 10th early straight, ridden to go 4th and kept on well without threatening final furlong | |||||||||
| 02 Dec 2007 | Fairyhouse | Heavy | 2m 2f | 0 | Sigma Digital | 11st 9lbs | 16 of 24 | N J O'Shea | 33/1 |
| mid-division best, never a factor | |||||||||
| 31 Oct 2007 | Punchestown | Yielding | 2m | 0 | Minella Theatre | 11st 7lbs | SlippedUp of 19 | Mr P D Kennedy | 14/1 |
| mid-division, slipped up 6f out | |||||||||