Opening Verse (IRE)
Owner: Mrs John J Murphy Trainer: J J Murphy Sex: gelding Age: 8
Breeding: Dark Angel / Silk Slippers (Oasis Dream)
Form Summary
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Starts | Wins | 2nds | 3rds |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Good | 1 | |||
| Good (Good to Yielding in places) | 1 | 1 | ||
| Good (Straight Course: Good, Good to Yielding in places) | 1 | |||
| Good to Yielding | 3 | |||
| Good to Yielding (Good in places) | 1 | 1 | ||
| Heavy (Soft in places) | 1 | |||
| Yielding | 1 | |||
| Yielding to Soft | 1 | |||
| Totals | 10 | 1 | 1 |
Race History
| Date | Course | Going | Distance | Class | Race Winner | Weight | Position | Jockey | SP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 14 Sep 2020 | Tipperary | Good to Yielding | 7f 100y | 0 | Khafaaq | 9st 6lbs | 13 of 18 | C T Keane | 10/1 |
| waited with, soon in rear, raced on outer straight, soon one pace | |||||||||
| 25 Aug 2020 | Cork | Heavy (Soft in places) | 5f | 0 | Principalship | 9st | 6 of 9 | R C Colgan | 11/2 |
| tracked leaders in centre, pushed along 2f out, ridden and no impression 1f out, no extra inside final furlong | |||||||||
| 07 Aug 2020 | Tipperary | Yielding to Soft | 7f 115y | 0 | Kourvoisier | 9st 12lbs | 6 of 18 | S M Crosse | 16/1 |
| towards rear, pushed along entering straight and some headway in mid-division over 1f out, kept on one pace, never a factor | |||||||||
| 18 Jul 2020 | Curragh | Yielding | 6f 63y | 0 | Romantic Proposal | 8st 6lbs | 7 of 17 | T P Madden | 80/1 |
| mid-division, pushed along and no impression under 2f out, kept on one pace final furlong | |||||||||
| 27 Jun 2020 | Curragh | Good (Straight Course: Good, Good to Yielding in places) | 7f | 0 | Big Baby Bull | 8st 8lbs | 14 of 18 | K J Leonard | 66/1 |
| mid-division early, 11th over 3f out, pushed along over 2f out, one pace inside final furlong | |||||||||
| 20 Jun 2020 | Naas | Good to Yielding | 6f | 0 | Mokhalad | 9st 12lbs | 11 of 16 | A Mackay | 22/1 |
| mid-division best, ridden and no impression 2f out | |||||||||
| 17 Aug 2019 | Cork | Good | 7f | 1 | Flight Risk | 9st 4lbs | 7 of 9 | K J Leonard | 16/1 |
| edged slightly right out of stalls, waited with, raced in 7th early, pushed along briefly from 3f out, pushed along again over 2f out, no extra from over 1f out | |||||||||
| 07 Aug 2019 | Sligo | Good (Good to Yielding in places) | 5f 160y | 0 | Sirjack Thomas | 9st 3lbs | 3 of 9 | R C Colgan | 7/1 |
| tracked leaders, 4th outer entering straight, ridden and went 3rd over 1f out, kept on | |||||||||
| 20 Apr 2019 | Cork | Good to Yielding (Good in places) | 7f | 0 | Opening Verse | 9st 5lbs | 1 of 18 | N G McCullagh | 12/1 |
| soon led, pushed along and asserted over 1f out, ridden and kept on inside final furlong, reduced advantage close home | |||||||||
| 13 Apr 2019 | Naas | Good to Yielding | 6f | 0 | Flash Gordon | 9st 5lbs | 6 of 23 | N G McCullagh | 50/1 |
| slowly into stride, in touch towards rear, headway 2f out, kept on same pace without threatening inside final furlong | |||||||||