Hold The Note (IRE)
Owner: Mrs Karen Spark Trainer: Ewan Whillans Sex: gelding Age: 11
Breeding: Jeremy / Keys Hope (Luso)
Form Summary
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Starts | Wins | 2nds | 3rds |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Good | 4 | |||
| Good (Good to Soft in places) | 7 | 1 | ||
| Good to Firm | 1 | |||
| Good to Soft | 3 | 1 | ||
| Good to Soft (Good in places) | 4 | 1 | ||
| Good to Soft (Soft in places) | 4 | 1 | 1 | |
| Heavy | 4 | 1 | 2 | |
| Heavy (Soft in places) | 2 | 1 | 1 | |
| Soft | 7 | 1 | 2 | |
| Soft (Good to Soft in places) | 2 | 1 | ||
| Soft (Heavy in places) | 3 | 1 | ||
| Totals | 41 | 4 | 3 | 8 |
Race History
| Date | Course | Going | Distance | Class | Race Winner | Weight | Position | Jockey | SP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 14 Jun 2025 | Hexham | Good (Good to Soft in places) | 3m 41y | 5 | Ballydangan | 10st 12lbs | of 12 | Henry Brooke | 0/0 |
| NonRunner | |||||||||
| 14 Apr 2025 | Hexham | Good (Good to Soft in places) | 3m 41y | 5 | Kicksaftersix | 11st 1lbs | PulledUp of 14 | Craig Nichol | 25/1 |
| towards rear, tailed off 13th, pulled up before 3 out | |||||||||
| 23 Mar 2025 | Carlisle | Good (Good to Soft in places) | 3m 110y | 2 | Red Happy | 10st 2lbs | of 14 | Sean Quinlan | 0/0 |
| NonRunner | |||||||||
| 07 Mar 2025 | Ayr | Soft | 3m 20y | 5 | Le Grand Vert | 11st 6lbs | 3 of 8 | Danny McMenamin | 4/1 |
| towards rear, jumped right 1st, slow next and rousted along, headway to lead 4th, headed next, led after 6th, headed 12th, 3rd and no extra 3 out | |||||||||
| 11 Feb 2025 | Ayr | Good to Soft (Soft in places) | 3m 20y | 5 | Cowboy Cooper | 11st 12lbs | 6 of 13 | Danny McMenamin | 14/1 |
| chased leaders, pushed along after 5 out, outpaced quickly home turn, rallied out wide 3 out, no impression in 6th before next | |||||||||
| 29 Dec 2024 | Kelso | Good to Soft (Good in places) | 3m 2f 39y | 4 | Skyhill | 10st 8lbs | 4 of 8 | Megan Fox | 10/1 |
| tracked leaders, ridden and lost ground after 15th, ridden along 3 out, no extra and weakened after 2 out | |||||||||
| 01 Dec 2024 | Carlisle | Soft | 3m 2f 34y | 5 | Gipsy Lee Rose | 12st | PulledUp of 13 | Craig Nichol | 40/1 |
| mid-division, mistake 8th, slow jump 12th and in rear, soon lost touch, pulled up after 3 out | |||||||||
| 25 Apr 2024 | Perth | Soft | 2m 7f 180y | 4 | Event Of Sivola | 11st 7lbs | PulledUp of 5 | Bruce Lynn | 11/4 |
| in touch, dropped to last 11th, pushed along after 12th, ridden along and struggling 14th, soon detached, well behind when pulled up before 2 out | |||||||||
| 07 Apr 2024 | Carlisle | Heavy | 3m 110y | 2 | Tom Cody | 11st 1lbs | 3 of 11 | Danny McMenamin | 16/1 |
| mid-division, slow jump 2nd and dropped towards rear, went prominent after 9th, ridden and headway 3 out, disputed lead jumping last, kept on, no extra closing stages | |||||||||
| 20 Mar 2024 | Haydock | Soft (Heavy in places) | 3m 4f 97y | 3 | Jubilee Express | 10st 10lbs | PulledUp of 8 | Danny McMenamin | 28/1 |
| soon prominent, not fluent 17th, struggling before 4 out, pulled up before 3 out | |||||||||
| 07 Mar 2024 | Carlisle | Soft | 3m 110y | 4 | Uptown Harry | 11st 11lbs | PulledUp of 7 | Danny McMenamin | 11/1 |
| raced wide in touch, reminders 4th, dropped to rear 11th, struggling 5 out, pulled up 2 out | |||||||||
| 13 May 2023 | Hexham | Good to Soft (Soft in places) | 3m 41y | 4 | Lights Are Green | 12st 2lbs | 6 of 9 | Theo Gillard | 11/1 |
| tracked leaders on outside, led after 5th, headed and remained handy 9th, ridden and weakened after 2 out | |||||||||
| 22 Apr 2023 | Ayr | Good | 3m 20y | 2 | Sail Away | 10st 2lbs | 6 of 9 | Danny McMenamin | 12/1 |
| towards rear, closed on outside 2nd, hit 6th, lost place 12th, struggling 13th, well behind 4 out, tailed off | |||||||||
| 26 Mar 2023 | Carlisle | Heavy | 3m 110y | 2 | Hold The Note | 11st 6lbs | 1 of 10 | Danny McMenamin | 16/1 |
| disputed lead early, chased leader from 1st, led and bumped 14th, clear last, eased towards finish | |||||||||
| 14 Mar 2023 | Sedgefield | Soft | 3m 2f 202y | 4 | Court At Slip | 12st | 4 of 8 | Henry Brooke | 22/1 |
| midfield, pushed along before 14th, tailed off before 3 out | |||||||||
| 17 Feb 2023 | Kelso | Good | 2m 7f 96y | 3 | Ned Tanner | 10st 6lbs | 5 of 6 | Craig Nichol | 15/2 |
| tracked leaders on outside, mistake 11th, not fluent 12th, outpaced after 13th, rallied and every chance 3 out, weakened from 2 out | |||||||||
| 15 Feb 2023 | Wetherby | Good (Good to Soft in places) | 3m 45y | 4 | Feivel | 11st 6lbs | of 7 | Craig Nichol | 0/0 |
| NonRunner | |||||||||
| 28 Jan 2023 | Doncaster | Good | 2m 7f 214y | 4 | Taste The Fear | 11st 6lbs | Fell of 12 | Danny McMenamin | 17/2 |
| front mid-division, bad mistake and fell 12th | |||||||||
| 29 Dec 2022 | Kelso | Heavy | 3m 2f 39y | 4 | Rath An Iuir | 11st 6lbs | 5 of 11 | Alice Stevens | 17/2 |
| prominent, disputed lead 6th, led 5 out, ridden and headed approaching last, weakened run-in | |||||||||
| 04 Dec 2022 | Kelso | Soft | 2m 7f 96y | 4 | Hold The Note | 11st 7lbs | 1 of 6 | Sean Quinlan | 14/1 |
| disputed lead, led 4 out, ridden and headed before 2 out, chased leader last, kept on well to lead near finish | |||||||||
| 10 Jul 2022 | Perth | Good | 2m 7f 180y | 4 | Hermann Clermont | 12st | PulledUp of 5 | Craig Nichol | 10/1 |
| led early, headed and remained close up approaching 3rd, dropped to 4th 13th, ridden and weakened before 4 out, soon pulled up | |||||||||
| 29 May 2022 | Kelso | Good to Firm | 2m 7f 96y | 3 | Hidden Commander | 11st 12lbs | 4 of 4 | Craig Nichol | 8/1 |
| close up, mistake 10th and dropped to rear, ridden after 5 out, struggling 3 out, tailed off | |||||||||
| 18 Feb 2022 | Kelso | Heavy | 2m 7f 96y | 3 | Sounds Russian | 10st 12lbs | 3 of 5 | Craig Nichol | 3/1 |
| led until 7th, chased winner until 12th, outpaced and struggling 3 out, tailed off | |||||||||
| 18 Jan 2022 | Newcastle | Good to Soft | 2m 7f 91y | 3 | Omar Maretti | 11st 1lbs | 3 of 5 | Craig Nichol | 9/1 |
| prominent, led 5th, nudged along before 4 out, headed approaching 2 out, lost 2nd before last, no extra | |||||||||
| 02 Jan 2022 | Ayr | Soft (Heavy in places) | 3m 70y | 2 | Wakool | 11st 1lbs | PulledUp of 9 | Aidan Coleman | 20/1 |
| held up towards rear, lost place 8th, shaken up and stopped quickly, tailed off when pulled up before 3 out | |||||||||
| 10 Apr 2021 | Aintree | Good to Soft (Good in places) | 3m 210y | 1 | Happygolucky | 10st 12lbs | PulledUp of 15 | T Scudamore | 10/1 |
| chased leaders, lost place 15th, well beaten 4 out, pulled up before 3 out | |||||||||
| 18 Mar 2021 | Cheltenham | Good to Soft | 3m 2f | 2 | Mount Ida | 11st 7lbs | 4 of 24 | J J Burke | 9/1 |
| chased leaders, outpaced when mistake 3 out, rallied 2 out, weakened flat | |||||||||
| 21 Feb 2021 | Newbury | Good to Soft (Soft In Places) | 2m 7f 86y | 3 | Enrilo | 11st 5lbs | 2 of 6 | J J Burke | 4/1 |
| led, prominent from 2nd, ridden after 4 out, joined leader 2 out, narrow 2nd jumping last, stayed on well, just failed | |||||||||
| 26 Dec 2020 | Kempton | Good to Soft | 2m 4f 110y | 3 | Killer Clown | 11st 8lbs | 5 of 11 | T Scudamore | 6/1 |
| raced on inner, tracked leader until led 2nd, headed 7th, chased leader until hit 11th, outpaced 4 out, plugged on run-in | |||||||||
| 11 Dec 2020 | Cheltenham | Good to Soft (Soft in places) | 3m 1f 56y | 2 | Happygolucky | 11st 1lbs | 3 of 5 | T Scudamore | 10/3 |
| led, mistake 14th, ridden and headed before 2 out, lost 2nd and weakened flat | |||||||||
| 28 Nov 2020 | Newbury | Good (Good to Soft in places) | 2m 7f 86y | 1 | Next Destination | 11st 2lbs | 4 of 6 | J J Burke | 17/2 |
| held up in last pair, closer in 4th at 7th, awkward 12th, pushed along before 4 out, ridden and weakened next | |||||||||
| 30 Oct 2020 | Wetherby | Good to Soft (Good in places) | 3m 45y | 4 | Shan Blue | 11st 4lbs | 4 of 4 | J J Burke | 3/1 |
| tracked leaders, ridden before 4 out, soon no impression on winner, went 2nd 3 out, jumped right, not fluent and bumped 2 out, not fluent and lost 2nd last | |||||||||
| 10 Mar 2020 | Cheltenham | Soft (Heavy in places) | 2m 4f 44y | 1 | Imperial Aura | 11st 7lbs | 3 of 21 | J J Burke | 10/1 |
| mid-division, pushed along to close from 3 out, ridden before 2 out, stayed on same pace flat, went 3rd final 150 yards, no impression on front pair | |||||||||
| 11 Jan 2020 | Warwick | Soft (Good to Soft in places) | 3m | 1 | Two For Gold | 11st | 2 of 7 | J J Burke | 10/1 |
| mid-division, headway 12th, went 2nd after 4 out, challenged 2 out, led before last, ridden and headed flat, held close home | |||||||||
| 26 Dec 2019 | Kempton | Soft (Good to Soft in places) | 2m 4f 110y | 3 | Commanche Red | 11st 1lbs | PulledUp of 12 | T Scudamore | 7/1 |
| chased leaders on inside, badly hampered 10th, pulled up before next | |||||||||
| 25 Nov 2019 | Ludlow | Soft | 2m 4f 11y | 4 | Western Ryder | 11st 2lbs | 3 of 6 | Adrian Heskin | 13/8 |
| tracked leaders on outside, not fluent 13th, not fluent 4 out, soon shaken up, not fluent 2 out, 3rd and beaten when hung right before last, weakened flat | |||||||||
| 17 Feb 2019 | Huntingdon | Good to Soft (Good in places) | 2m 4f 145y | 4 | Breaking Waves | 11st 9lbs | 2 of 14 | J J Burke | 2/1 |
| chased leaders, not fluent 3 out, led after next, strongly challenged when mistake last, headed and no extra closing stages | |||||||||
| 29 Dec 2018 | Doncaster | Good (Good to Soft in places) | 2m 3f 88y | 4 | Hold The Note | 10st 12lbs | 1 of 8 | Aidan Coleman | 3/1 |
| tracked leaders, switched right 3 out, led next, stayed on well | |||||||||
| 08 Dec 2018 | Sandown | Heavy (Soft in places) | 1m 7f 216y | 3 | I Can't Explain | 10st 12lbs | 3 of 10 | Adrian Heskin | 16/1 |
| 18 Nov 2018 | Cheltenham | Good (Good to Soft in places) | 2m 87y | 1 | Master Debonair | 11st | 4 of 9 | Adrian Heskin | 25/1 |
| tracked leaders on outside, effort turning in, ridden over 1f out, kept on same pace, held when lost 3rd towards finish | |||||||||
| 12 Oct 2018 | Newton Abbot | Heavy (Soft in places) | 2m 167y | 5 | Hold The Note | 11st | 1 of 11 | Adrian Heskin | 2/1 |
| tracked leaders, challenged over 3f out, led over 2f out, clear when ridden over 1f out, stayed on well | |||||||||


