Southern France (IRE)
Owner: Halo Racing, ATB & Coolmore Partners Trainer: A P O'Brien Sex: colt Age: 9
Breeding: Galileo / Alta Anna (Anabaa)
Form Summary
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Starts | Wins | 2nds | 3rds |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Good | 3 | 1 | ||
| Good (Good to Firm in places) | 2 | 1 | ||
| Good (Good to Yielding in Places) | 1 | |||
| Good to Firm | 1 | |||
| Good to Firm (Good in places) | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Good to Firm (Watered) | 1 | 1 | ||
| Yielding | 1 | 1 | ||
| Yielding to Soft | 2 | 1 | 1 | |
| Totals | 14 | 3 | 3 | 3 |
Race History
| Date | Course | Going | Distance | Class | Race Winner | Weight | Position | Jockey | SP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 15 Sep 2019 | Curragh | Good to Firm (Good in places) | 1m 6f | 1 | Search For A Song | 9st 9lbs | 3 of 10 | J A Heffernan | 9/1 |
| pushed along briefly early, soon tracked leaders, pushed along again straight, soon no impression, chased winner inside final furlong, one pace and dropped to 3rd near finish | |||||||||
| 16 Aug 2019 | Curragh | Yielding to Soft | 1m 6f | 1 | Southern France | 9st 8lbs | 1 of 6 | R L Moore | 5/2 |
| soon raced in 3rd, progress on inner 3f out into 2nd, pushed along over 2f out, led over 1f out, kept on well inside final furlong | |||||||||
| 30 Jul 2019 | Goodwood | Good | 2m | 1 | Stradivarius | 9st 9lbs | 4 of 9 | R L Moore | 16/1 |
| held up well off the pace towards rear, headway over 2f out, never on terms | |||||||||
| 28 Jun 2019 | Curragh | Good | 1m 6f | 1 | Twilight Payment | 9st 11lbs | 4 of 10 | R L Moore | 15/8 |
| rear of mid-division, 7th halfway, pushed along and no impression 2f out, 5th and ridden 1f out, kept on inside final furlong | |||||||||
| 22 Jun 2019 | Royal Ascot | Good (Good to Firm in places) | 1m 3f 211y | 1 | Defoe | 9st 1lbs | 6 of 9 | R L Moore | 9/2 |
| held up in 5th on inside, no real impression when hung right from over 2f out, weakened | |||||||||
| 17 May 2019 | York | Good to Firm (Good in Places) | 1m 5f 188y | 1 | Stradivarius | 9st 1lbs | 2 of 8 | R L Moore | 11/2 |
| chased leaders, led over 2f out, hard pressed over 1f out, headed entering final furlong, held final 100 yards, kept on | |||||||||
| 28 Apr 2019 | Navan | Yielding | 1m 6f | 1 | Master Of Reality | 9st 3lbs | 3 of 9 | D O'Brien | 2/1 |
| chased leader in 2nd, 2nd travelling well 3f out, improved to dispute lead 2f out, ridden 1 1/2f out, headed under 1f out, kept on same pace in 3rd inside final furlong | |||||||||
| 13 Oct 2018 | Newmarket | Good to Firm | 2m 2f | 2 | Low Sun | 9st 2lbs | 7 of 34 | D O'Brien | 4/1 |
| mid-division, headway under pressure over 3f out, soon ridden, stayed on same pace final 2f, never able to challenge | |||||||||
| 15 Sep 2018 | Doncaster | Good | 1m 6f 115y | 1 | Kew Gardens | 9st 1lbs | 3 of 12 | J A Heffernan | 20/1 |
| mid-division, headway over 4f out, challenged over 2f out, soon ridden, kept on same pace, no impression with front pair final furlong | |||||||||
| 25 Aug 2018 | Curragh | Good (Good to Yielding in Places) | 1m 6f | 1 | Flag Of Honour | 8st 12lbs | 4 of 8 | J A Heffernan | 11/4 |
| held up, soon in rear, pushed along 3f out and headway on inner, kept on without matching principals inside final furlong | |||||||||
| 20 Jun 2018 | Royal Ascot | Good to Firm (Watered) | 1m 6f 34y | 1 | Kew Gardens | 9st | 2 of 12 | J A Heffernan | 9/2 |
| held up towards rear, ridden and hung right over 2f out, headway hanging right over 1f out, stayed on into 2nd close home, no chance with winner | |||||||||
| 19 May 2018 | Navan | Good to Firm (Good in places) | 1m 5f | 1 | Southern France | 9st 3lbs | 1 of 7 | D O'Brien | 4/7 |
| settled 4th, took closer order in 3rd after 5f, pushed along to 2nd 3f out, improved to lead 2 1/2f out, ridden 2f out, kept on best under pressure final furlong | |||||||||
| 13 May 2018 | Leopardstown | Good (Good to Firm in places) | 1m 4f | 0 | Southern France | 9st 5lbs | 1 of 12 | D O'Brien | 8/15 |
| broke well, soon tracked leader, 3rd halfway, pushed along and closed over 2f out, ridden under 2f out, progress to lead narrowly over 1f out, kept on well final furlong | |||||||||
| 23 Apr 2018 | Navan | Yielding to Soft | 1m 2f | 0 | Coeur Sublime | 9st 5lbs | 2 of 11 | R L Moore | 7/2 |
| chased leaders in 3rd, dropped to 8th and niggled along 3f out, lost further ground in 10th and pushed along 2f out, soon switched right, 8th 1f out, rapid headway and stayed on strongly final furlong, strongly pressed winner to line, just failed | |||||||||