Vital Island (IRE)
Owner: R O'keeffe Trainer: R O'keeffe Sex: gelding Age: 13
Breeding: Trans Island / Persian Pearl (Hurricane Sky)
Form Summary
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Starts | Wins | 2nds | 3rds |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Good | 3 | 1 | ||
| Good (Good to Yielding in places) | 3 | 1 | ||
| Good to Firm (Firm in places) | 1 | 1 | ||
| Good to Firm (Good in places) | 1 | 1 | ||
| Good to Soft | 1 | |||
| Good to Yielding | 1 | |||
| Good to Yielding (Good in places) | 1 | |||
| Heavy | 3 | |||
| Soft | 5 | 1 | ||
| Soft (Heavy in places) | 1 | |||
| Soft (Soft to Heavy in Places) | 1 | |||
| Soft to Heavy | 1 | |||
| Yielding | 4 | 1 | ||
| Yielding (Good to Yielding in places) | 1 | |||
| Yielding to Soft | 2 | 1 | ||
| Totals | 29 | 3 | 4 |
Race History
| Date | Course | Going | Distance | Class | Race Winner | Weight | Position | Jockey | SP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 29 May 2025 | Le Lion D'angers | Soft | 4m 4f 63y | 0 | Gold Allen | 10st 10lbs | of 14 | B T Stone | 25/1 |
| 03 May 2025 | Punchestown | Yielding | 3m 90y | 0 | Vital Island | 11st 12lbs | 1 of 11 | Mr B T Stone | 9/2 |
| tracked leaders, disputed lead from 7th, led and pushed along 3 out, soon ridden, strongly pressed 2 out, joined at last, regained lead inside final furlong, stayed on well | |||||||||
| 01 May 2025 | Punchestown | Yielding | 4m 1f 11y | 0 | Busselton | 11st 7lbs | 4 of 12 | Mr B T Stone | 12/1 |
| tracked leaders, badly hampered 12th, disputed lead from 19th, ridden and headed before 2 out, dropped to 4th before last, no impression on leaders | |||||||||
| 04 May 2024 | Punchestown | Soft | 3m 90y | 0 | Stumptown | 12st 3lbs | of 11 | Non Runner | 0/0 |
| NonRunner | |||||||||
| 02 May 2024 | Punchestown | Yielding (Good to Yielding in places) | 4m 1f 11y | 0 | Singing Banjo | 11st 12lbs | PulledUp of 14 | Mr T Power Roche | 18/1 |
| led early, headed 5th, tracked leaders, 2nd 5 out, soon ridden, moderate 5th 2 out, tried and pulled up before last | |||||||||
| 05 Feb 2024 | Punchestown | Soft to Heavy | 3m 130y | 0 | Coko Beach | 12st | PulledUp of 10 | J J Slevin | 40/1 |
| tracked leaders, 3rd halfway, slight mistake 5 out and lost place, ridden and no extra 3 out, weakened and pulled up before last | |||||||||
| 15 Dec 2023 | Cheltenham | Soft (Heavy in places) | 3m 5f 56y | 2 | Latenightpass | 10st 2lbs | 11 of 13 | Mr T Power Roche | 28/1 |
| close up, ridden and weakened 2 out, tailed off | |||||||||
| 26 Nov 2023 | Punchestown | Soft | 3m | 0 | Birchdale | 11st 9lbs | 2 of 8 | J J Slevin | 16/1 |
| led, pushed along and pressed from 2 out, ridden and headed before last, no extra and kept on same pace run-in | |||||||||
| 03 Sep 2023 | Craon | Good to Soft | 3m 5f 181y | 0 | Bomari | 10st 10lbs | of 11 | Tiernan Power Roche | 8/1 |
| 29 Apr 2023 | Punchestown | Good (Good to Yielding in places) | 3m 1f | 0 | Subset | 12st 3lbs | of 19 | Non Runner | 0/0 |
| NonRunner | |||||||||
| 27 Apr 2023 | Punchestown | Good (Good to Yielding in places) | 4m 2f | 0 | Vital Island | 11st 12lbs | 1 of 13 | Mr B O Walsh | 3/1 |
| settled behind leaders, closer in 3rd at 24th, challenge 6 out, ridden to dispute 2 out, soon led, asserted before last, reduced advantage run-in, strongly pressed close home | |||||||||
| 25 Apr 2023 | Punchestown | Yielding to Soft | 3m 1f | 0 | Three By Two | 11st 12lbs | 2 of 12 | Mr B O Walsh | 11/10 |
| tracked leaders, led from 18th, joined 4 out, led and ridden 2 out, headed at last, kept on same pace run-in | |||||||||
| 20 Nov 2022 | Punchestown | Yielding | 3m 180y | 0 | Delta Work | 11st 9lbs | 5 of 17 | Mr B T Stone | 100/1 |
| mid-division, closer 6 out, disputed 3 out, led 2 out, ridden and headed before last, no impression in 3rd at last, no extra | |||||||||
| 28 Apr 2022 | Punchestown | Good | 4m 2f | 0 | Ballyboker Bridge | 11st 12lbs | UnseatedRider of 17 | Mr B O Walsh | 17/2 |
| tracked leaders, 4th when pecked 16th and unseated rider | |||||||||
| 26 Apr 2022 | Punchestown | Good | 3m 1f | 0 | Vital Island | 11st 7lbs | 1 of 15 | Mr B O Walsh | 7/2 |
| mid-division, progress before 10th where hampered, 5th after 12th, improved to 3rd before 17th, closed after 24th, led 4 out, kept on best run-in | |||||||||
| 13 Feb 2022 | Punchestown | Heavy | 3m 1f | 0 | Midnight Maestro | 11st 4lbs | 4 of 16 | Mr B T Stone | 125/1 |
| mid-division, headway into 3rd 6 out, pushed along and no impression approaching last, no extra and drifted left run-in | |||||||||
| 23 Jan 2022 | Thurles | Good to Yielding (Good in places) | 3m 136y | 0 | Winged Leader | 11st 9lbs | 5 of 8 | Mr T Power Roche | 40/1 |
| always towards rear, never a factor, pushed along and no impression after 3 out, weakened, tailed off | |||||||||
| 27 Dec 2021 | Limerick | Heavy | 2m 6f 120y | 0 | Lord Schnitzel | 12st 2lbs | of 13 | Mr T Power Roche | 0/0 |
| 27 Apr 2021 | Punchestown | Good to Firm (Firm in places) | 3m 1f | 0 | Singing Banjo | 11st 9lbs | 2 of 16 | Mr J J Codd | 10/1 |
| tracked leader, 2nd halfway, led 18th, headed 6 out, ridden and led narrowly after 2 out, headed last, no impression on winner run-in, kept on one pace | |||||||||
| 14 Feb 2021 | Punchestown | Soft | 3m 1f | 0 | Shady Operator | 11st 6lbs | 10 of 17 | Mr T Power Roche | 50/1 |
| prominent early, soon chased leaders, lost place from 22nd, ridden and no extra 4 out | |||||||||
| 18 Feb 2020 | Punchestown | Heavy | 3m 1f | 0 | Neverushacon | 11st 4lbs | 8 of 14 | Mr M J Scallan | 50/1 |
| disputed lead, slight mistake 4th and headed, mistake 12th, 3rd at halfway, 4th 6 out, ridden in 2nd 3 out, soon weakened | |||||||||
| 17 Nov 2019 | Punchestown | Soft (Soft to Heavy in Places) | 3m | 0 | Yanworth | 11st 4lbs | 7 of 17 | Mr M J Scallan | 66/1 |
| in touch, progress at 5th, not fluent in 5th at 12th, good headway to 2nd after 22nd, 3rd before 4 out, ridden and weakened before 2 out | |||||||||
| 24 May 2019 | Downpatrick | Good | 2m 7f 110y | 0 | Hi Murphy | 11st 7lbs | 6 of 9 | Mr M J Scallan | 9/2 |
| waited with, took keen hold, bumped with rival after 2nd, pushed along briefly after 10th, not go with leaders 3 out, slight mistake 2 out, not fluent last and no extra | |||||||||
| 02 May 2019 | Punchestown | Good to Firm (Good in places) | 4m 2f | 0 | Ballyboker Bridge | 11st 7lbs | 2 of 10 | Mr M J Scallan | 50/1 |
| a little keen, soon chased leaders, chased winner from before 2 out, soon no impression, slight mistake last, one pace | |||||||||
| 30 Apr 2019 | Punchestown | Yielding | 3m 1f | 0 | Blue Templar | 11st 7lbs | Fell of 17 | Mr M J Scallan | 20/1 |
| prominent, fell 13th | |||||||||
| 10 Jan 2019 | Clonmel | Good to Yielding | 2m 4f 131y | 0 | Sidetracked | 12st | 6 of 7 | Mr G L Murphy | 6/1 |
| soon raced in 5th, under pressure in 6th from 3 out, weakened straight | |||||||||
| 18 Nov 2018 | Punchestown | Good (Good to Yielding in places) | 3m | 0 | My Hometown | 11st 4lbs | 4 of 11 | Mr G L Murphy | 66/1 |
| prominent, 2nd at 6th, soon 4th, closed approaching 3 out where not fluent, stumbled on bend approaching 2 out, soon no extra and one pace | |||||||||
| 28 Apr 2018 | Punchestown | Soft | 3m | 0 | Josies Orders | 11st 7lbs | 4 of 15 | Mr S F O'Keeffe | 50/1 |
| prominent, closed from before 15th, soon left disputing lead, mistake 4 out, soon headed, no impression from 2 out, not fluent at last, one pace | |||||||||
| 24 Apr 2018 | Punchestown | Yielding to Soft | 3m | 0 | Just Wait And See | 11st 7lbs | 5 of 12 | Mr S F O'Keeffe | 9/2 |
| tracked leaders, 5th 6 out, ridden in 5th 3 out, 4th next, no impression | |||||||||