Building Bridges (GB)
Owner: Taphouse Syndicate Trainer: Gary McGill Sex: colt Age: 8
Breeding: New Approach / City On Sea (Monsun)
Form Summary
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Starts | Wins | 2nds | 3rds |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Good | 9 | 2 | 1 | |
| Good (Good to Firm in places) | 2 | |||
| Good (Good to Soft in places) | 1 | |||
| Good (Good to Yielding in places) | 1 | 1 | ||
| Good to Firm | 1 | |||
| Good to Soft | 1 | 1 | ||
| Good to Soft (Soft in Places) | 1 | |||
| Good to Yielding | 6 | 2 | ||
| Soft | 5 | |||
| Soft to Heavy | 1 | |||
| Standard | 7 | 1 | ||
| Standard / Slow | 2 | |||
| Yielding | 2 | 1 | ||
| Yielding (Yielding to Soft in places) | 1 | |||
| Yielding to Soft (Yielding in places) | 2 | 1 | ||
| Totals | 42 | 6 | 1 | 3 |
Race History
| Date | Course | Going | Distance | Class | Race Winner | Weight | Position | Jockey | SP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 04 Feb 2024 | Musselburgh | Soft | 2m 7f 180y | 2 | Curley Finger | 11st 2lbs | 10 of 14 | G Sheehan | 40/1 |
| always towards rear | |||||||||
| 27 Oct 2023 | Cheltenham | Good (Good to Soft in places) | 2m 3f 200y | 3 | Pinnacle Peak | 11st 7lbs | 9 of 16 | Mr O McGill | 18/1 |
| prominent, disputed lead 7th, headed approaching 2 out, short of room after 2 out, soon faded | |||||||||
| 31 Aug 2023 | Navan | Yielding | 1m 6f | 0 | Tory Reel | 9st 5lbs | 3 of 19 | G F Carroll | 3/1 |
| tracked leaders, pushed along and disputed lead entering straight, ridden and led 3f out, headed 1 1/2f out, 2nd inside final furlong, kept on final furlong, 3rd and no extra close home | |||||||||
| 02 Aug 2023 | Galway | Good to Yielding | 2m 6f 111y | 0 | Thornleigh Frank | 11st 12lbs | 1 of 23 | Mr O McGill | 40/1 |
| tracked leader, 3rd halfway, 2nd and slight mistake 2 out, ridden to challenge run-in, kept on well to dead-heat on line | |||||||||
| 02 Jun 2023 | Down Royal | Good | 2m 4f 80y | 0 | Building Bridges | 11st 5lbs | 1 of 17 | Mr O McGill | 12/1 |
| tracked leaders on outer, went 2nd after 4 out, headway to lead bypassing 3 out, clear 2 out, soon ridden, stayed on well run-in, comfortably | |||||||||
| 13 Jan 2023 | Dundalk | Standard | 2m | 0 | Mephisto | 9st 7lbs | 4 of 17 | L T McAteer | 4/1 |
| soon disputed, tracked leaders after 1 1/2f, 3rd halfway, ridden to lead narrowly 2f out, joined 1f out, headed final 150 yards, kept on same pace | |||||||||
| 28 Dec 2022 | Leopardstown | Soft | 2m 4f | 0 | Sam's Choice | 11st 11lbs | 4 of 28 | Mr O McGill | 28/1 |
| led, ridden entering straight, joined last, soon headed, no extra and kept on one pace closing stages | |||||||||
| 16 Dec 2022 | Dundalk | Standard | 2m | 0 | Dreal Deal | 8st 10lbs | of 17 | Reserve 3 | 0/0 |
| NonRunner | |||||||||
| 30 Nov 2022 | Dundalk | Standard | 2m | 0 | Chutzpal | 9st 6lbs | of 17 | P A Harnett | 0/0 |
| NonRunner | |||||||||
| 11 Nov 2022 | Dundalk | Standard | 1m 4f | 0 | Eastern Tornado | 9st 11lbs | 4 of 15 | G F Carroll | 16/1 |
| tracked leaders, ridden in 3rd 2f out, disputed lead 1f out, headed inside final furlong, no extra close home | |||||||||
| 25 Aug 2022 | Navan | Good (Good to Firm in places) | 1m 6f | 0 | Imperial Choice | 9st 11lbs | 9 of 16 | J A Heffernan | 12/1 |
| tracked leader in 2nd, disputed after 5f and soon went clear with rival, 15 lengths clear of rest halfway, headed 6f out, ridden in 2nd and no impression 2f out, weakened over 1f out | |||||||||
| 04 Aug 2022 | Sligo | Good (Good to Yielding in places) | 2m 4f 50y | 0 | Building Bridges | 10st 13lbs | 1 of 11 | Mr O McGill | 6/1 |
| made all, 4 lengths clear when slight mistake 4 out, pushed along 2 out, soon ridden and kept on well run-in | |||||||||
| 26 Jun 2022 | Cartmel | Good to Soft | 2m 6f 31y | 4 | Benito | 11st 7lbs | 3 of 12 | Mr O McGill | 10/1 |
| led, hit 6th, pushed along before last, headed 1f out on run-in, no extra | |||||||||
| 20 May 2022 | Downpatrick | Yielding to Soft (Yielding in places) | 2m 2f 165y | 0 | Kingfisher Lane | 11st 11lbs | 5 of 18 | Mr O McGill | 11/2 |
| tracked leaders, 3rd halfway, led before 2 out, ridden approaching last, headed early run-in, under pressure and no extra closing stages | |||||||||
| 06 May 2022 | Downpatrick | Yielding to Soft (Yielding in places) | 2m 5f 180y | 0 | Building Bridges | 11st 11lbs | 1 of 16 | Mr O McGill | 28/1 |
| led and made virtually all, joined briefly 1st, soon led again, travelling well after 2 out, pushed along and 4 lengths clear when not fluent last, ridden and kept on well run-in | |||||||||
| 29 Oct 2021 | Down Royal | Soft | 3m 30y | 0 | Outside The Door | 12st | PulledUp of 23 | Mr O McGill | 66/1 |
| mid-division, ridden bypassing 4 out, weakened, pulled up before 2 out | |||||||||
| 17 Sep 2021 | Downpatrick | Yielding (Yielding to Soft in places) | 2m 2f 165y | 0 | So Near So Farhh | 11st 13lbs | 12 of 12 | Mr O McGill | 12/1 |
| tracked leaders on outer, 6th halfway, pushed along and lost place 3 out, soon weakened | |||||||||
| 30 Aug 2021 | Downpatrick | Good | 2m 5f 160y | 0 | Favori Logique | 11st 11lbs | 4 of 16 | H Morgan | 25/1 |
| held up towards rear, headway 4 out, 5th 2 out, ridden and no impression in moderate 3rd before last, no extra in 4th inside final furlong, kept on one pace | |||||||||
| 03 Aug 2021 | Roscommon | Good to Yielding | 2m 7f 135y | 0 | Fill The Tank | 11st 10lbs | 9 of 21 | C A Landers | 100/1 |
| held up in rear, some progress after 4 out, ridden and no impression from next, kept on one pace | |||||||||
| 11 Jul 2021 | Fairyhouse | Good | 1m 4f | 0 | Franno | 10st 2lbs | 12 of 13 | D McMonagle | 100/1 |
| tracked leaders, 3rd halfway, pushed along and lost place entering straight, soon dropped towards rear, eased under 2f out, tailed off | |||||||||
| 21 Jun 2021 | Ballinrobe | Good | 1m 4f 200y | 0 | Secret Sea | 10st | 11 of 17 | G F Carroll | 66/1 |
| always behind, never a factor | |||||||||
| 11 Jun 2021 | Fairyhouse | Good to Firm | 1m 5f 110y | 0 | New Society | 9st 8lbs | 10 of 10 | G F Carroll | 66/1 |
| chased leaders, raced keenly, 3rd halfway, ridden and no impression when slightly hampered 2f out, weakened | |||||||||
| 13 Oct 2020 | Huntingdon | Good | 1m 7f 171y | 4 | Takeit Easy | 11st 12lbs | 10 of 17 | Jack Tudor | 12/1 |
| bumped and led 1st, mistake next, headed before 3 out, wakened well before next | |||||||||
| 30 Sep 2020 | Bangor-on-Dee | Soft | 2m 145y | 4 | Twin Star | 11st | of 11 | C Gethings | 0/0 |
| NonRunner | |||||||||
| 06 Sep 2020 | Fontwell | Good | 2m 3f 49y | 3 | Esprit De Baileys | 11st 4lbs | 8 of 10 | C Gethings | 20/1 |
| prominent until 3rd, chased leaders, weakened after 3 out | |||||||||
| 30 Jul 2020 | Southwell | Good | 2m 4f 88y | 4 | Imperial Elysian | 11st 4lbs | 12 of 12 | C Gethings | 12/1 |
| chased leaders, not much room 1st, soon mid-division, closed 6th, struggling after 3 out, tailed off | |||||||||
| 06 Jul 2020 | Uttoxeter | Good (Good to Firm in places) | 2m 3f 207y | 4 | Clever As A Fox | 11st 4lbs | 4 of 12 | C Gethings | 16/1 |
| chased leaders on outside, every chance when not fluent 3 out, one pace from 2 out | |||||||||
| 10 Jun 2020 | Kempton | Standard / Slow | 1m 3f 219y | 5 | Shifting Gold | 9st 4lbs | 11 of 12 | A Kirby | 25/1 |
| chased leaders, ridden over 4f out, weakened from over 3f out | |||||||||
| 23 Feb 2020 | Wolverhampton | Standard / Slow | 2m 119y | 4 | Petite Jack | 10st 7lbs | 4 of 7 | C Gethings | 10/1 |
| pressed leader, led over 3f out, headed over 2f out, no extra well inside final furlong | |||||||||
| 24 Jan 2020 | Wolverhampton | Standard | 2m 120y | 5 | Seaport | 9st 5lbs | 2 of 11 | Cam Hardie | 6/1 |
| chased leaders, led over 1f out, headed inside final furlong, no extra towards finish | |||||||||
| 09 Dec 2019 | Musselburgh | Good to Soft (Soft in Places) | 1m 7f 124y | 2 | El Picador | 11st 3lbs | Fell of 8 | C Gethings | 6/4 |
| chased leader, challenging when left in narrow lead 3 out, headed before next, weakened quickly and behind when fell last | |||||||||
| 03 Nov 2019 | Huntingdon | Good | 1m 7f 171y | 4 | Building Bridges | 10st 12lbs | 1 of 9 | C Gethings | 7/4 |
| tracked leaders, led after 2nd, 6 lengths clear 4 out, hit next, hard driven when pressed approaching last, kept on well under pressure | |||||||||
| 11 Oct 2019 | Dundalk | Standard | 1m 4f | 0 | Sweet Dime | 9st | 6 of 10 | T P Madden | 16/1 |
| chased leaders, 3rd halfway, ridden in 4th 2f out, no extra over 1f out, kept on one pace | |||||||||
| 27 Sep 2019 | Dundalk | Standard | 1m 4f | 0 | Spruce Meadows | 8st 4lbs | 12 of 15 | N G McCullagh | 16/1 |
| soon mid-division, pushed along approaching straight, kept on same pace final furlong | |||||||||
| 31 Aug 2019 | Down Royal | Soft | 2m 2f | 0 | Dinard Rose | 8st 9lbs | of 14 | T P Madden | 0/0 |
| 24 Aug 2019 | Killarney | Yielding | 1m 6f | 0 | Marlborough Sounds | 9st 4lbs | 7 of 10 | T P Madden | 9/4 |
| soon tracked leaders, pushed along approaching straight, challenged over 2f out, dropped to 5th 1f out, no extra and one pace after | |||||||||
| 29 Jul 2019 | Galway | Good to Yielding | 1m 4f 84y | 0 | Halimi | 9st 3lbs | 5 of 11 | S Foley | 10/3 |
| towards rear, 9th halfway, headway over 3f out, ridden approaching straight, no impression over 1f out, kept on one pace in 5th final furlong | |||||||||
| 07 Jul 2019 | Limerick | Good | 1m 4f 110y | 0 | Jumellea | 9st 3lbs | 3 of 8 | S Foley | 4/5 |
| led, pushed along and headed under 2f out, soon ridden and 3rd 1f out, no impression inside final furlong | |||||||||
| 01 Jun 2019 | Navan | Good to Yielding | 1m 5f | 0 | Building Bridges | 9st 5lbs | 1 of 12 | S Foley | 2/1 |
| pushed along early and tracked leaders, 4th halfway, ridden and no impression in 3rd under 2f out, stayed on well final furlong and led inside final 100 yards, kept on well under pressure | |||||||||
| 12 May 2019 | Leopardstown | Good to Yielding | 1m 4f | 0 | Il Paradiso | 9st 5lbs | 5 of 12 | T P Madden | 10/1 |
| rear of mid-division, pushed along and no impression on outer early straight, ridden over 1f out and kept on inside final furlong to go 5th close home | |||||||||
| 03 Apr 2019 | Leopardstown | Good to Yielding | 1m 2f | 0 | Tinandali | 9st 5lbs | 4 of 17 | S Foley | 33/1 |
| mid-division, 7th halfway, ridden and some headway on outer over 1f out, edged left and kept on in 4th inside final furlong | |||||||||
| 15 Oct 2018 | Gowran Park | Soft to Heavy | 1m | 0 | Millswyn | 9st 5lbs | 11 of 19 | N G McCullagh | 33/1 |
| dwelt, towards rear for most, ridden and no impression on outer over 2f out, kept on one pace | |||||||||