Legal Spin (IRE)
Owner: Ballylinch Stud Trainer: M Halford Sex: gelding Age: 10
Breeding: Lawman / Spinning Well (Pivotal)
Form Summary
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Starts | Wins | 2nds | 3rds |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Good | 7 | 1 | 1 | |
| Good (Good to Yielding in places) | 1 | |||
| Good (Yielding in places) | 1 | 1 | ||
| Good to Firm | 1 | |||
| Good to Firm (Good in places) | 1 | 1 | ||
| Heavy | 2 | |||
| Soft | 5 | |||
| Soft (Soft to Heavy in places) | 1 | |||
| Soft to Heavy | 1 | |||
| Soft to Heavy (Heavy in Places) | 1 | |||
| Standard | 1 | |||
| Yielding | 1 | 1 | ||
| Yielding (Straight: Yielding to Soft in places) | 1 | |||
| Totals | 24 | 1 | 2 | 2 |
Race History
| Date | Course | Going | Distance | Class | Race Winner | Weight | Position | Jockey | SP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 24 Sep 2021 | Dundalk | Standard | 1m 2f 150y | 0 | Irwin | 9st 1lbs | 13 of 15 | M P Sheehy | 40/1 |
| soon mid-division, 8th over 4f out, lost place and ridden over 2f out, weakened over 1f out | |||||||||
| 30 Aug 2021 | Roscommon | Good | 1m 3f 195y | 0 | Bamboo Bay | 9st 9lbs | 14 of 18 | Ronan Whelan | 28/1 |
| dwelt, rear of mid-division on outer, mid-division on outer at halfway, ridden over 4f out, weakened | |||||||||
| 05 Aug 2021 | Leopardstown | Soft | 1m 7f | 0 | Harvest Bow | 9st 10lbs | 14 of 16 | Ronan Whelan | 10/1 |
| mid-division, ridden 4f out, no extra over 3f out, weakened | |||||||||
| 01 Aug 2021 | Galway | Good | 1m 5f 186y | 0 | Insane Bolt | 10st 1lbs | of 21 | Ronan Whelan | 0/0 |
| 25 Jun 2021 | Curragh | Good | 1m 4f | 0 | Beyond Happy | 9st 10lbs | 6 of 23 | D W O'Connor | 50/1 |
| disputed lead early, prominent, pushed along over 3f out where 4th, soon effort, one pace over 1f out | |||||||||
| 19 Oct 2020 | Gowran Park | Soft to Heavy | 1m 6f | 0 | Politicise | 10st | of 12 | Rachael Blackmore | 0/0 |
| 11 Oct 2020 | Curragh | Soft | 1m 4f | 0 | Mt Leinster | 11st 5lbs | of 12 | Jodie Townend | 0/0 |
| 24 Sep 2020 | Listowel | Heavy | 1m 4f | 0 | Baron Samedi | 8st 7lbs | 5 of 18 | A J Slattery | 16/1 |
| in rear, pushed along before halfway, hampered 3f out, soon ridden and no impression, kept on without threatening final furlong to go moderate 5th close home | |||||||||
| 15 Aug 2020 | Tramore | Yielding | 1m 4f | 0 | Itsalonglongroad | 10st | 3 of 10 | D E Mullins | 3/1 |
| rear of mid-division, 5th halfway, took closer order 3f out, improved to lead over 2f out, ridden and headed over 1f out, dropped to 3rd and one paced under 1f out | |||||||||
| 27 Jul 2020 | Galway | Soft | 1m 4f 84y | 0 | Centroid | 10st 2lbs | 4 of 19 | J M Sheridan | 10/1 |
| rear of mid-division, 12th over 4f out, progress and ridden 1 1/2f out, kept on well final furlong to 4th closing stages, not trouble principals | |||||||||
| 28 Jun 2020 | Curragh | Good (Good to Yielding in places) | 2m | 0 | Dalton Highway | 9st | 18 of 21 | Ronan Whelan | 25/1 |
| chased leaders, ridden 3f out, weakened | |||||||||
| 03 Nov 2019 | Naas | Heavy | 1m 6f | 0 | Jukebox Jive | 8st 5lbs | 14 of 19 | M P Sheehy | 14/1 |
| a little slow into stride and pushed along briefly, waited with, 12th approaching halfway, headway and effort straight, no extra over 1f out | |||||||||
| 26 Oct 2019 | Leopardstown | Soft to Heavy (Heavy in Places) | 1m 4f 20y | 0 | Melburnian | 8st 12lbs | 6 of 18 | J M Sheridan | 12/1 |
| soon towards rear and pushed along early, pushed along again under 4f out, some headway straight, kept on well without threatening final furlong | |||||||||
| 13 Oct 2019 | Curragh | Soft | 2m | 0 | Royal Illusion | 9st | 15 of 18 | J A Heffernan | 25/1 |
| led, ridden and headed 4f out, soon no extra and weakened, eased over 2f out | |||||||||
| 09 Sep 2019 | Listowel | Soft (Soft to Heavy in places) | 1m 4f | 0 | Pearl Warrior | 9st 7lbs | 7 of 10 | Rachael Blackmore | 12/1 |
| tracked leader, 3rd halfway, 5th and pushed along entering straight, no extra 1 1/2f out | |||||||||
| 22 Aug 2019 | Killarney | Soft | 1m 6f | 0 | Davids Charm | 9st 3lbs | 6 of 11 | Colin Keane | 10/1 |
| tracked leaders outer, 5th halfway, pushed along in 4th over 2f out, ridden and no impression in 7th over 1f out, kept on one pace | |||||||||
| 02 Aug 2019 | Galway | Good | 1m 4f | 0 | Mr Adjudicator | 9st | 8 of 15 | W J Lee | 7/1 |
| tracked leaders, 4th halfway, headway to challenge approaching straight, pushed along 2f out and 4th 1f out, no extra inside final furlong | |||||||||
| 29 Jul 2019 | Galway | Good | 2m 179y | 0 | Great White Shark | 11st 3lbs | 15 of 23 | Mr P W Mullins | 8/1 |
| mid-division on inner, 7th under 7f out, lost place and niggled along over 2f out, weakened and slightly hampered approaching straight | |||||||||
| 29 Jun 2019 | Curragh | Good | 2m | 0 | Shakespear'sgalley | 9st | 2 of 14 | R L Moore | 9/2 |
| led, pushed along and attempted to assert 2f out, headed over 50yds out and kept on without matching winner | |||||||||
| 14 Oct 2018 | Navan | Yielding (Straight: Yielding to Soft in places) | 2m | 0 | Brazos | 8st 4lbs | 21 of 25 | L F Roche | 25/1 |
| towards rear, effort on outer straight, soon one pace and no extra from under 2f out | |||||||||
| 15 Sep 2018 | Leopardstown | Good to Firm | 1m 4f 180y | 0 | Limini | 8st 4lbs | 11 of 18 | L F Roche | 12/1 |
| pushed along briefly early and raced in 6th, soon 7th, 6th again after halfway, soon pushed along, impeded and switched right under 1 1/2f out, one pace | |||||||||
| 22 Aug 2018 | Killarney | Good (Yielding in places) | 1m 3f 50y | 0 | Falcon Eight | 9st 6lbs | 3 of 5 | Colin Keane | 6/4 |
| tracked leaders in 3rd, pushed along in 2nd over 2f out, ridden to challenge over 1f out, no impression in 3rd final 150 yards | |||||||||
| 18 Jul 2018 | Killarney | Good | 1m 6f | 0 | Legal Spin | 9st 5lbs | 1 of 6 | L F Roche | 8/13 |
| went slightly right from stalls and settled behind leaders, 3rd from 3f out and improved to challenge on outer from 2f out, pushed along to lead 1 1/2f out and soon went clear, kept on well inside final furlong, easily | |||||||||
| 17 Jun 2018 | Cork | Good to Firm (Good in places) | 1m 2f 30y | 0 | Victory Salute | 9st 5lbs | 2 of 9 | Colin Keane | 12/1 |
| mid-division, progress into 4th 3f out, ridden over 2f out, 3rd 1f out, kept on inside final furlong to 2nd close home | |||||||||


