Johnny Drama (IRE)
Owner: King Power Racing Co Ltd Trainer: A M Balding Sex: gelding Age: 10
Breeding: Lilbourne Lad / Quelle Histoire (Whipper)
Form Summary
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Starts | Wins | 2nds | 3rds |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Good | 3 | 1 | ||
| Good (Good to Firm in Places) | 1 | |||
| Good (Good to Soft in places ) | 1 | 1 | ||
| Good (Good to Soft in places) | 1 | |||
| Good to Firm | 1 | 1 | ||
| Good to Firm (Good in places) | 2 | |||
| Good to Yielding | 1 | |||
| Heavy (Soft in places) | 1 | |||
| Soft | 3 | 1 | ||
| Soft (Good to Soft in places) | 1 | |||
| Standard | 4 | 1 | ||
| Standard / Slow | 3 | 3 | ||
| Yielding | 1 | 1 | ||
| Yielding to Soft | 1 | 1 | ||
| Totals | 24 | 7 | 3 |
Race History
| Date | Course | Going | Distance | Class | Race Winner | Weight | Position | Jockey | SP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 02 Jun 2022 | Redcar | Good | 1m 2f 1y | 2 | Forest Falcon | 9st 12lbs | 9 of 12 | Callum Hutchinson | 28/1 |
| towards rear, pushed along 4f out, soon struggling | |||||||||
| 19 May 2022 | Chelmsford City | Standard | 1m 2f | 2 | Greatgadian | 9st 11lbs | 4 of 4 | Callum Hutchinson | 14/1 |
| chased leader, pushed along over 3f out, lost 2nd over 2f out, weakened into 4th inside final furlong | |||||||||
| 20 Aug 2021 | York | Good to Firm (Good in places) | 1m 3f 188y | 2 | Sam Cooke | 9st 10lbs | 4 of 18 | S De Sousa | 15/2 |
| prominent, headway on outside 3f out, ridden over 2f out, close up entering final furlong, faded close home | |||||||||
| 27 Jul 2021 | Goodwood | Heavy (Soft in places) | 1m 1f 197y | 2 | Migration | 9st 4lbs | 4 of 18 | S De Sousa | 17/2 |
| midfield, progress on far side 3f out, ridden to press leaders 2f out, close up entering final furlong, one pace | |||||||||
| 10 Jul 2021 | York | Good (Good to Soft in places ) | 1m 2f 56y | 2 | Johnny Drama | 8st 13lbs | 1 of 22 | Joshua Bryan | 22/1 |
| prominent, headway to chase leader over 3f out, ridden and almost upsides 2f out, led narrowly entering final furlong, held on | |||||||||
| 27 Feb 2021 | Lingfield | Standard | 1m 2f | 1 | Forest Of Dean | 9st | 5 of 5 | R L Moore | 11/2 |
| led, headed 2f out, weakened final furlong | |||||||||
| 19 Dec 2020 | Lingfield | Standard | 1m 2f | 1 | Sangarius | 9st 11lbs | 5 of 8 | D Tudhope | 16/1 |
| close up, effort 2f out, ridden and kept on same pace final furlong | |||||||||
| 02 Dec 2020 | Kempton | Standard / Slow | 1m 3f 219y | 1 | Johnny Drama | 9st 6lbs | 1 of 9 | S De Sousa | 15/8 |
| keen tracked leaders, chased leader 2f out, driven to lead inside final final furlong, found extra when pressed close home | |||||||||
| 27 Nov 2020 | Southwell | Standard | 1m 4f 14y | 3 | Johnny Drama | 9st 10lbs | 1 of 4 | S De Sousa | 11/10 |
| made all, pushed along and in command final 2f, eased inside final furlong | |||||||||
| 18 Nov 2020 | Kempton | Standard / Slow | 1m 3f 219y | 2 | Johnny Drama | 9st 9lbs | 1 of 6 | S De Sousa | 11/8 |
| keen close up, headway to lead over 1f out, soon edged right, ran on | |||||||||
| 02 Nov 2020 | Kempton | Standard / Slow | 1m 2f 219y | 2 | Johnny Drama | 8st 10lbs | 1 of 6 | S De Sousa | 7/2 |
| dwelt close up, pushed along and headway to lead approaching final furlong, ridden and ran on | |||||||||
| 24 Oct 2020 | Doncaster | Soft | 1m 3f 197y | 2 | Tulip Fields | 9st 1lbs | 6 of 10 | Oisin Murphy | 9/2 |
| prominent, nudged along 3f out, weakened 2f out | |||||||||
| 10 Oct 2020 | York | Soft | 1m 2f 56y | 2 | Ilaraab | 9st 3lbs | 6 of 13 | David Probert | 10/1 |
| slowly into stride, towards rear, headway under pressure 2f out, weakened inside final furlong | |||||||||
| 04 Jul 2020 | Epsom Downs | Good | 1m 2f 17y | 2 | Sky Defender | 9st 3lbs | 9 of 16 | S De Sousa | 6/1 |
| tracked leaders on outside, went 2nd inside final 4f out until inside final 3f, chased leaders, hung left and weakened final furlong | |||||||||
| 19 Jun 2020 | Royal Ascot | Soft (Good to Soft in places) | 1m 3f 211y | 2 | Scarlet Dragon | 9st 4lbs | 11 of 19 | Joshua Bryan | 11/1 |
| chased leaders, ridden 3f out, not much room and weakened over 1f out | |||||||||
| 12 Oct 2019 | York | Soft | 1m 2f 56y | 2 | Coolagh Forest | 8st 13lbs | 2 of 7 | S De Sousa | 2/1 |
| behind, headway over 1f out, chased winner inside final furlong, not pace to challenge | |||||||||
| 21 Sep 2019 | Newbury | Good to Firm (Good in places) | 1m 2f | 2 | Caradoc | 9st 2lbs | 10 of 13 | Rob Hornby | 11/1 |
| soon tracking leaders, lost place over 1f out | |||||||||
| 24 Aug 2019 | York | Good to Firm | 1m 2f 56y | 2 | Forest Of Dean | 9st 7lbs | 2 of 17 | S De Sousa | 9/1 |
| led, strongly challenged over 2f out, headed over 1f out, soon rallied, kept on well under pressure | |||||||||
| 30 Jul 2019 | Goodwood | Good (Good to Firm in Places) | 1m 1f 197y | 2 | Fayez | 9st | 6 of 18 | S De Sousa | 13/2 |
| dwelt, mid-division, headway over 1f out, never nearer | |||||||||
| 21 Jun 2019 | Royal Ascot | Good (Good to Soft in places) | 1m 3f 211y | 2 | Baghdad | 9st 2lbs | 13 of 20 | Colin Keane | 10/1 |
| prominent, ridden 2f out, weakened final furlong | |||||||||
| 13 May 2019 | Roscommon | Good | 1m 2f 51y | 0 | Johnny Drama | 9st 11lbs | 1 of 4 | Colin Keane | 10/11 |
| made all, pushed along 2f out, asserted over 1f out, kept on strongly to go clear inside final furlong, eased closing stages | |||||||||
| 09 Apr 2019 | Gowran Park | Yielding to Soft | 1m 1f 130y | 0 | Johnny Drama | 9st 7lbs | 1 of 20 | Colin Keane | 9/2 |
| soon led, ridden 2f out, joined and strongly pressed 1 1/2f out, regained lead 1f out, stayed on well under pressure final furlong | |||||||||
| 04 Nov 2018 | Naas | Yielding | 1m 3f 190y | 0 | Naadheer | 9st 5lbs | 2 of 19 | Reserve 2 | 2/1 |
| tracked leader, 3rd halfway, progress to 2nd over 3f out, ridden over 1f out, strongly challenged leader final 100 yards, kept on, held | |||||||||
| 20 Oct 2018 | Leopardstown | Good to Yielding | 1m 1f | 0 | Cockalorum | 9st 5lbs | 7 of 25 | Colin Keane | 6/1 |
| rear of mid-division, pushed along and headway approaching straight, 8th 2f out, soon ridden, kept on final furlong without threatening | |||||||||


