Yardbird (IRE)
Owner: Gilco Trainer: A King Sex: Gelding Age: 25
Form Summary
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Starts | Wins | 2nds | 3rds |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Good | 11 | 2 | 2 | |
| Good (Good to Firm-Chase, Hurdles Good,Good to Soft in places) | 1 | |||
| Good (Good to Soft in places) | 1 | |||
| Good to Firm | 1 | 1 | ||
| Good to Soft | 7 | 1 | 2 | |
| Good to Soft (Soft in places) | 2 | 1 | 1 | |
| Soft | 1 | |||
| Totals | 24 | 5 | 2 | 3 |
Race History
| Date | Course | Going | Distance | Class | Race Winner | Weight | Position | Jockey | SP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 28 Feb 2009 | Newbury | Good | 3m 2f 110y | 2 | Darkness | 10st 7lbs | PulledUp of 8 | R Thornton | |
| 27 Dec 2008 | Kempton | Good | 3m | 2 | Fleet Street | 11st 1lbs | 3 of 18 | Charlie Huxley | 12/1 |
| chased leaders, went 2nd after 4th until 2 out, weakened into 3rd when hit last | |||||||||
| 21 Nov 2008 | Ascot | Good | 3m | 3 | Can'T Buy Time | 11st 11lbs | PulledUp of 8 | R Thornton | |
| 26 Oct 2008 | Wincanton | Good to Soft (Soft in places) | 3m 3f 110y | 2 | Tana River | 11st 3lbs | 3 of 8 | Wayne Hutchinson | 12/1 |
| held up, headway 9th, ridden and every chance 4 out, no extra from 2 out | |||||||||
| 29 Mar 2008 | Newbury | Soft | 3m | 2 | Caribou | 11st 1lbs | of 14 | R Thornton | 6/1 |
| mid-division, hit 7th, soon struggling, tailed off, pulled up before 12th | |||||||||
| 23 Feb 2008 | Kempton | Good (Good to Soft in places) | 3m | 1 | Gungadu | 10st 3lbs | 5 of 15 | R Thornton | 25/1 |
| held up in touch, ridden and effort 15th, weakening when blundered badly 2 out, stayed on after | |||||||||
| 26 Jan 2008 | Doncaster | Good | 3m | 1 | An Accordion | 10st 7lbs | 7 of 20 | Wayne Hutchinson | 11/1 |
| prominent, went 2nd approaching 8th, weakened approaching 3 out | |||||||||
| 27 Dec 2007 | Kempton | Good to Soft (Soft in places) | 3m | 2 | Yardbird | 10st 13lbs | 1 of 14 | R Thornton | 9/2 |
| in touch, went 2nd 8th, led 14th, in command after 3 out, stayed on strongly | |||||||||
| 23 Nov 2007 | Ascot | Good to Soft | 3m | 3 | Cruising River | 11st 7lbs | 2 of 12 | R Thornton | 5/1 |
| held up, headway 16th, mistake 3 out, soon chasing leaders, challenged 2 out, stayed on same pace run-in | |||||||||
| 10 Nov 2007 | Sandown | Good (Good to Firm-Chase, Hurdles Good,Good to Soft in places) | 3m 110y | 3 | Bubble Boy | 11st 4lbs | of 7 | Wayne Hutchinson | 5/1 |
| held up, ridden 12th, outpaced 15th, stayed on one pace from 4 out | |||||||||
| 18 Apr 2007 | CHELTENHAM | Good | 5610 | 2 | Alexanderthegreat | 11st 6lbs | PU of 11 | R Thornton | |
| mid-division, headway to chase leaders and driven 13th, weakened 16th, tailed off when pulled up | |||||||||
| 14 Mar 2007 | CHELTENHAM | Good to Soft | 5390 | 2 | Cloudy Lane | 11st 1lbs | 15 of 24 | Mr K E Power | |
| always towards rear | |||||||||
| 03 Feb 2007 | SANDOWN | Good to Soft | 5390 | 2 | Rambling Minster | 10st 11lbs | 7 of 18 | Wayne Hutchinson | |
| chased leaders, ridden after 17th, kept on same pace | |||||||||
| 27 Dec 2006 | KEMPTON | Good to Soft | 5280 | 3 | Alderburn | 11st 4lbs | 2 of 10 | T Doyle | |
| in touch, headway to track leader 4 out, chased winner 3 out, driven and chance last, found no extra final 100 yards | |||||||||
| 14 Oct 2006 | KEMPTON | Good | 5280 | 2 | Harry's Dream | 11st 1lbs | PU of 9 | R Thornton | |
| in touch, hit 12th, soon ridden, mistake 14th and pulled up | |||||||||
| 19 Apr 2006 | CHELTENHAM | Good | 5610 | 2 | Napolitain | 11st 9lbs | 3 of 6 | R Thornton | |
| tracked leaders, hit 9th, mistake 14th, ridden to chase leader 17th, left in lead 4 out, soon ridden and headed next and weakened | |||||||||
| 25 Mar 2006 | NEWBURY | Good to Soft | 5280 | 3 | Yardbird | 10st 9lbs | 1 of 18 | P J Brennan | |
| chased leaders, blundered 14th, challenged 3 out, upsides last, rider dropped whip run-in, ran on to lead last strides | |||||||||
| 19 Jan 2006 | TAUNTON | Good to Soft | 5940 | 3 | Sonevafushi | 11st 5lbs | 4 of 10 | R Thornton | |
| prominent, chased leader and challenged 12th, weakened 3 out | |||||||||
| 26 Dec 2005 | WINCANTON | Good | 5610 | 0 | Yardbird | 11st | 1 of 11 | R Thornton | |
| held up, headway 3 out, challenged last, ran on strongly to lead post | |||||||||
| 12 Nov 2005 | CHELTENHAM | Good to Soft | 4510 | 0 | Crozan | 10st 13lbs | PU of 9 | R Thornton | |
| mid-division, not fluent 3rd or 5th, lost place approaching 8th, weakened 4 out, tailed off when pulled up | |||||||||
| 13 Apr 2004 | EXETER | Good to Firm | 4950 | 0 | Yardbird | 11st 7lbs | 1 of 13 | Jim Culloty | |
| tracked leaders, left in lead 3 out, stayed on well, ridden out | |||||||||
| 17 Mar 2004 | CHELTENHAM | Good | 4620 | 0 | Fundamentalist | 11st 7lbs | 15 of 15 | Jim Culloty | |
| always behind, lost touch after 5th, tailed off | |||||||||
| 21 Feb 2004 | ASCOT | Good | 5280 | 0 | Yardbird | 10st 12lbs | 1 of 12 | Jim Culloty | |
| tracked leaders, led after 9th, not fluent last, stayed on gamely under pressure flat | |||||||||
| 17 Jan 2004 | KEMPTON | Good | 4620 | 0 | Ziggy Zen | 10st 12lbs | 5 of 14 | Jim Culloty | |
| held up in mid-division, effort to chase leaders before 3 out, weakened before next | |||||||||