Eat The Book (IRE)
Owner: Simon William Condon Trainer: D A McLoughlin Sex: gelding Age: 12
Breeding: Court Cave / Second Best (Supreme Leader)
Form Summary
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Starts | Wins | 2nds | 3rds |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Good | 3 | 1 | ||
| Good (Good to Yielding in places) | 1 | |||
| Good to Yielding | 3 | 1 | 1 | |
| Good to Yielding (Yielding in places) | 1 | |||
| Heavy | 2 | |||
| Soft | 3 | |||
| Soft (Yielding in places) | 1 | 1 | ||
| Yielding | 1 | |||
| Yielding (Good tio Yielding in places) | 1 | |||
| Yielding (Good to Yielding in Places) | 2 | |||
| Yielding to Soft | 1 | |||
| Yielding to Soft (Soft in places) | 1 | |||
| Totals | 20 | 1 | 2 | 1 |
Race History
| Date | Course | Going | Distance | Class | Race Winner | Weight | Position | Jockey | SP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 01 Jan 2025 | Fairyhouse | Yielding to Soft (Soft in places) | 3m 110y | 0 | John Storey | 11st 6lbs | PulledUp of 21 | Mr S W Condon | 50/1 |
| slowly into stride, always trailing, completely tailed off from halfway, pulled up before 3 out | |||||||||
| 09 May 2024 | Tipperary | Yielding (Good tio Yielding in places) | 3m | 0 | Junior Rattler | 12st | PulledUp of 16 | Mr S W Condon | 66/1 |
| tracked leaders, 6th on inner halfway, pushed along and losing place when slight mistake 5 out, soon detached in rear, pulled up before 3 out | |||||||||
| 10 Oct 2023 | Punchestown | Yielding (Good to Yielding in places) | 2m 7f | 0 | Getaway Charlie | 11st 2lbs | PulledUp of 20 | Mr S W Condon | 100/1 |
| always towards rear, no impression from 3 out, pulled up before last | |||||||||
| 10 Aug 2023 | Sligo | Yielding | 2m 4f 80y | 0 | Emily In Paris | 11st 8lbs | PulledUp of 13 | Mr S W Condon | 66/1 |
| towards rear and soon detached, slight mistake 2nd, no extra after 3 out, well behind and pulled up before last | |||||||||
| 14 May 2022 | Wexford | Good (Good to Yielding in places) | 3m 50y | 0 | Robyndeglory | 12st 2lbs | 11 of 15 | Mr S W Condon | 13/2 |
| always rear, never a factor, detached after 5 out, no extra | |||||||||
| 21 Apr 2022 | Kilbeggan | Good to Yielding | 2m 7f 70y | 0 | Eat The Book | 11st 13lbs | 1 of 19 | Mr S W Condon | 40/1 |
| held up in rear, detached before 3rd, closer after 3 out and good headway to go 4th next, went 2nd entering straight, led run-in and kept on well closing stages | |||||||||
| 27 Nov 2021 | Fairyhouse | Good | 2m 4f | 0 | Broomfields Jeremy | 10st 8lbs | 10 of 22 | C D Maxwell | 40/1 |
| mid-division on outer, ridden in 11th when slight mistake 2 out, no impression | |||||||||
| 14 Nov 2021 | Punchestown | Good to Yielding (Yielding in places) | 2m 5f 80y | 0 | Mr Fred Rogers | 12st | 7 of 8 | C D Maxwell | 40/1 |
| tracked leaders, slightly impeded 1st, a little keen, 5th after 5th, slight mistake 3 out, no impression from 2 out, soon weakened | |||||||||
| 29 Oct 2021 | Down Royal | Soft | 2m 6f 110y | 0 | Hollow Games | 12st | of 9 | C D Maxwell | 0/0 |
| 25 Aug 2021 | Bellewstown | Good | 2m 4f 57y | 0 | Malina Girl | 11st 12lbs | 3 of 11 | Mr S W Condon | 10/3 |
| tracked leaders, led briefly 3rd and led from next, mistake 5 out and soon headed, 3rd 3 out, ridden and no impression on winner from 2 out, kept on one pace | |||||||||
| 04 May 2021 | Ballinrobe | Soft (Yielding in places) | 2m 5f 61y | 0 | Brooks Falls | 11st 6lbs | 2 of 17 | M Hamill | 6/1 |
| in rear early, mistake 1st, rear of mid-division at 2nd, mid-division at 5th, 3rd on outer 4 out, led 3 out, edged left approaching 2 out, hung left and ridden along before last, headed at last. kept on well under pressure inside final furlong | |||||||||
| 13 Apr 2021 | Fairyhouse | Good to Yielding | 2m 4f | 0 | New Society | 12st | 2 of 19 | D J Hand | 66/1 |
| off pace in rear, closer in 11th 3 out, went 7th and reminders after 2 out, 5th and ridden at last, stayed on well, went 2nd close home, stayed on well, never nearer | |||||||||
| 01 Mar 2021 | Punchestown | Soft | 2m 4f | 0 | Panda Boy | 11st 6lbs | PulledUp of 19 | D J Hand | 200/1 |
| slight mistake 1st, soon mid-division, dropped to 15th from 5th, no danger after, pulled up after 3 out | |||||||||
| 22 Feb 2021 | Fairyhouse | Heavy | 2m 3f 150y | 0 | Folcano | 11st 6lbs | of 17 | Reserve 3 | 0/0 |
| 08 Dec 2020 | Punchestown | Heavy | 2m 100y | 0 | Eurotiep | 12st | 10 of 11 | Mr S W Condon | 150/1 |
| waited with, disputed 7th halfway, soon headway on inner until no extra in last approaching straight, weakened | |||||||||
| 07 Nov 2019 | Thurles | Yielding to Soft | 2m | 0 | Rosgalme | 11st 12lbs | of 15 | Mr S W Condon | 0/0 |
| 03 May 2019 | Punchestown | Yielding (Good to Yielding in Places) | 2m 2f | 0 | Longhouse Poet | 12st | 15 of 20 | Mr S W Condon | 100/1 |
| in rear, trailing at halfway, rapid progress into mid-division on outer after halfway, weakened from 4f out | |||||||||
| 23 Apr 2019 | Fairyhouse | Good to Yielding | 2m 4f | 0 | La Tektor | 11st 12lbs | 10 of 24 | Killian Moore | 100/1 |
| in rear, bad mistake 4 out, some progress next, kept on without threatening straight, never a factor | |||||||||
| 11 Apr 2019 | Limerick | Good | 2m 3f | 0 | Cosmo's Moon | 11st 12lbs | of 21 | Reserve 1 | 0/0 |
| 18 Mar 2019 | Navan | Soft | 2m | 0 | Final List | 11st 12lbs | 15 of 21 | Killian Moore | 66/1 |
| always behind, never a factor | |||||||||


