Bird On The Wire (FR)
Owner: Donald McCain Racing Club Trainer: D McCain Jnr Sex: gelding Age: 10
Breeding: Martaline / Titi Jolie (Blushing Flame)
Form Summary
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Starts | Wins | 2nds | 3rds |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Good | 9 | 2 | 1 | |
| Good (Good to Firm in places) | 1 | |||
| Good (Good to Soft in places) | 3 | 2 | ||
| Good to Firm (Good in places) | 1 | |||
| Good to Soft | 4 | 1 | 1 | |
| Good to Soft (Good in places) | 1 | |||
| Good to Soft (Soft in places) | 3 | 1 | ||
| Soft | 2 | 2 | ||
| Soft (Heavy in places) | 2 | |||
| Totals | 26 | 1 | 5 | 4 |
Race History
| Date | Course | Going | Distance | Class | Race Winner | Weight | Position | Jockey | SP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 09 Feb 2023 | Huntingdon | Good | 3m 1f 10y | 5 | The Wise Traveller | 11st 8lbs | 3 of 8 | William Maggs | 7/1 |
| raced wide, tracked leaders, pushed along 3 out, ridden next, kept on same pace | |||||||||
| 10 Jan 2023 | Doncaster | Good (Good to Soft in places) | 3m 84y | 5 | Aazza | 12st 1lbs | 10 of 19 | William Maggs | 7/1 |
| mid-division, pushed along before 3 out, no impression | |||||||||
| 25 Nov 2022 | Doncaster | Good (Good to Soft in places) | 3m 84y | 4 | Caius Marcius | 10st 8lbs | 3 of 6 | William Maggs | 6/1 |
| chased leaders, pushed along and switched left before 3 out, unable to challenge from 2 out, kept on | |||||||||
| 06 Sep 2022 | Hexham | Good | 2m 7f 63y | 5 | Balkotic | 11st 11lbs | 5 of 7 | Theo Gillard | 3/1 |
| chased winner until after 2 out, 3rd and no extra last, lost 2 places towards finish | |||||||||
| 01 Sep 2022 | Sedgefield | Good to Firm (Good in places) | 3m 3f 9y | 4 | Thatbeatsbanagher | 11st 10lbs | of 6 | Non Runner | 0/0 |
| NonRunner | |||||||||
| 29 Jul 2022 | Bangor-on-Dee | Good | 2m 7f 7y | 5 | Fine By Me | 11st 7lbs | 2 of 10 | Theo Gillard | 13/8 |
| led until 3rd, mistake 6th, led 7th, headed next, led after 3 out, headed 2 out, no impression on winner flat, kept on | |||||||||
| 21 Jul 2022 | Worcester | Good | 2m 7f | 5 | Bagan | 11st 12lbs | 2 of 12 | Charlie Maggs | 7/1 |
| disputed lead, led clearly 4 out, kept on until pushed along and headed last, ridden run-in, no extra | |||||||||
| 04 Jul 2022 | Worcester | Good | 2m 7f | 5 | Present Storm | 12st | 6 of 18 | Theo Gillard | 22/1 |
| prominent, tracked leader 8th, ridden after 4 out, one pace from 3 out | |||||||||
| 04 Jun 2022 | Hexham | Good (Good to Soft in places) | 2m 7f 63y | 5 | West Lawn | 12st | 3 of 8 | William Maggs | 7/2 |
| led at steady pace, headed before 5th, upsides 7th, led narrowly 8th, headed 2 out, one pace flat | |||||||||
| 17 May 2022 | Hexham | Good to Soft | 2m 7f 63y | 5 | Johnson's Blue | 11st 12lbs | 3 of 10 | Theo Gillard | 10/1 |
| disputed lead, pushed along 2 out, headed when asked for effort before last, held every chance last, lost second close home | |||||||||
| 03 May 2022 | Sedgefield | Good | 3m 3f 9y | 5 | Balkotic | 12st | of 10 | Theo Gillard | 0/0 |
| NonRunner | |||||||||
| 09 Apr 2022 | Newcastle | Good | 2m 7f 149y | 5 | Ribeye | 11st 12lbs | 5 of 11 | Peter Kavanagh | 15/2 |
| towards rear, hampered 1st, headway into midfield 5th, pushed along after 8th, driven after 4 out, stayed on into modest 4th before last, faded flat | |||||||||
| 08 Apr 2022 | Sedgefield | Good to Soft (Soft in places) | 3m 3f 9y | 5 | Great Raffles | 11st 11lbs | of 14 | Abbie McCain | 0/0 |
| NonRunner | |||||||||
| 06 Mar 2022 | Sedgefield | Soft | 3m 3f 9y | 5 | Bobbie The Dazzler | 11st 5lbs | 2 of 7 | Theo Gillard | 9/2 |
| tracked leaders, pushed along approaching 2 out, ridden to chase winner last, stayed on one pace | |||||||||
| 27 Jan 2022 | Wetherby | Good to Soft | 3m 26y | 5 | Malinas Island | 11st 12lbs | 6 of 18 | Theo Gillard | 7/1 |
| held up towards rear, headway before 3 out, weakened run-in | |||||||||
| 11 Jan 2022 | Doncaster | Good to Soft (Soft in places) | 3m 84y | 5 | Bird On The Wire | 11st 12lbs | 1 of 12 | William Maggs | 8/1 |
| mid-division, headway approaching 3 out, challenged 2 out, led before last, stayed on well, won going away | |||||||||
| 09 Dec 2021 | Newcastle | Good to Soft | 2m 4f 62y | 5 | You Some Boy | 11st 6lbs | 5 of 17 | Theo Gillard | 12/1 |
| close up, ridden 2 out, kept on same pace | |||||||||
| 31 May 2021 | Cartmel | Good (Good to Firm in places) | 2m 6f 31y | 5 | For Jim | 11st 8lbs | 6 of 12 | Theo Gillard | 10/1 |
| tracked leaders, pushed along after 3 out, weakened after next | |||||||||
| 15 May 2021 | Bangor-on-Dee | Soft | 2m 3f 123y | 5 | Chives | 11st 3lbs | 2 of 12 | Theo Gillard | 15/2 |
| chased leaders, not fluent 1st, went 2nd after 2 out, 4 lengths down when winner blundered last, stayed on flat, just failed | |||||||||
| 17 Apr 2021 | Bangor-on-Dee | Good | 3m 5y | 5 | Kala Noire | 10st 12lbs | PulledUp of 16 | B S Hughes | 16/1 |
| mid-division, not fluent 1st, blundered 5th, behind from 10th, pulled up before 2 out | |||||||||
| 03 Apr 2021 | Carlisle | Good to Soft (Good in places) | 2m 4f 198y | 5 | Tico Times | 10st 12lbs | 6 of 14 | B S Hughes | 9/4 |
| keen prominent, ridden 3 out, weakened flat | |||||||||
| 02 Mar 2021 | Catterick | Good to Soft | 2m 3f 66y | 5 | Mr Chua | 10st 13lbs | 2 of 13 | Theo Gillard | 28/1 |
| prominent, challenged before 2 out, ridden approaching last, no impression on winner flat | |||||||||
| 13 Dec 2020 | Carlisle | Soft (Heavy in places) | 2m 1f | 4 | Sextant | 10st 12lbs | 4 of 8 | B S Hughes | 12/1 |
| tracked leader, ridden for effort and headed before 2 out, weakened on approach to last, just held 4th final strides | |||||||||
| 25 Nov 2020 | Wetherby | Good to Soft (Soft in places) | 2m | 4 | Gemirande | 10st 12lbs | 6 of 12 | B S Hughes | 25/1 |
| in touch, pushed along and soon outpaced after 4 out, mistake 3 out, ridden and weakened before next | |||||||||
| 11 Nov 2020 | Bangor-on-Dee | Soft (Heavy in places) | 2m 3f 123y | 4 | Took The Lot | 10st 12lbs | BroughtDown of 9 | Theo Gillard | 18/1 |
| tracked leaders when hampered and brought down first | |||||||||
| 17 May 2019 | Aintree | Good | 2m 209y | 3 | Garry Clermont | 11st 8lbs | 11 of 12 | Theo Gillard | 13/2 |
| led 1f, chased leaders, lost place 7f out, weakened over 4f out | |||||||||