Da Big Fella (IRE)
Owner: Mrs Valerie Courtney Trainer: Eamon Courtney Sex: gelding Age: 10
Breeding: Gold Well / Shuil Dara (Presenting)
Form Summary
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Starts | Wins | 2nds | 3rds |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Good | 5 | 1 | ||
| Good (Good to Yielding in places) | 1 | 1 | ||
| Good to Yielding | 3 | |||
| Good to Yielding (Yielding in places) | 2 | |||
| Heavy | 6 | 1 | 1 | |
| Soft | 6 | |||
| Soft (Soft to Heavy in Places) | 4 | |||
| Soft (Yielding to Soft in places) | 1 | |||
| Soft to Heavy | 1 | |||
| Yielding | 1 | |||
| Yielding (Yielding to Soft in places) | 1 | 1 | ||
| Yielding to Soft | 2 | 1 | ||
| Totals | 33 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
Race History
| Date | Course | Going | Distance | Class | Race Winner | Weight | Position | Jockey | SP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 26 Nov 2024 | Tramore | Soft (Soft to Heavy in places) | 2m 5f 100y | 0 | Portarlington | 10st 9lbs | 6 of 13 | M J M O'Sullivan | 8/1 |
| tracked leaders, 3rd halfway, ridden and lost place 4 out, under pressure in moderate 7th after 3 out, kept on one pace | |||||||||
| 27 Oct 2024 | Galway | Soft | 2m 6f 111y | 0 | Doonbeg Don | 10st 3lbs | 5 of 16 | M J M O'Sullivan | 6/1 |
| mid-division, progress into 5th 3 out, ridden into 3rd last, no extra entering straight, kept on one pace | |||||||||
| 06 Oct 2024 | Killarney | Yielding (Yielding to Soft in places) | 2m 7f 100y | 0 | Inchidaly Copper | 10st 5lbs | 3 of 11 | J J Slevin | 11/1 |
| led, jumped slightly right 1st and soon joined, headed after 3rd and raced behind leaders on inner, ridden in 4th before 3 out and soon went 3rd, no extra and kept on same pace after next | |||||||||
| 22 Apr 2024 | Tramore | Good | 2m 5f 180y | 0 | Kilmurry Jj | 11st | 7 of 19 | B W Harvey | 8/1 |
| towards rear, pushed along and some headway after 3 out, 8th next, kept on one pace, never a factor | |||||||||
| 23 Jan 2024 | Down Royal | Soft | 2m 4f 100y | 0 | St Denis's Well | 11st 2lbs | 7 of 14 | P J O'Hanlon | 17/2 |
| tracked leaders, slight mistake 1st, moderate 3rd halfway, ridden and no extra before 3 out | |||||||||
| 29 Dec 2023 | Limerick | Heavy | 2m 6f 120y | 0 | Bushmans Pass | 10st 4lbs | 5 of 11 | Sam Ewing | 15/2 |
| mid-division, 4th halfway, pushed along and no impression after 3 out, moderate 6th entering straight, no extra | |||||||||
| 16 Nov 2023 | Punchestown | Soft | 3m 157y | 0 | Baldur's Gate | 10st 11lbs | PulledUp of 11 | M J M O'Sullivan | 9/2 |
| tracked leaders, 4th halfway, slight mistake 6 out, ridden and no extra before 4 out, weakened before 3 out, pulled up before 2 out | |||||||||
| 29 Oct 2023 | Galway | Heavy | 2m 6f 111y | 0 | Hascoeur Clermont | 10st 1lbs | 2 of 10 | P J O'Hanlon | 7/1 |
| tracked leaders, 3rd halfway, closer early run-in and ridden, went 2nd early final furlong and kept on well, not reach winner | |||||||||
| 18 Apr 2023 | Tipperary | Good to Yielding | 2m 7f 135y | 0 | Positive Thinker | 10st 3lbs | 4 of 13 | J J Slevin | 9/1 |
| prominent, disputed at times, 4th 4 out, ridden after 3 out, no impression before next, kept on one pace | |||||||||
| 09 Feb 2023 | Thurles | Good to Yielding | 2m 6f 182y | 0 | Thecornerhouse | 11st 7lbs | 10 of 18 | P T Enright | 10/1 |
| in touch, jumped right at 1st and bumped with rival, 3rd before 7th, 4th after 7th, lost place and weakened after 3 out | |||||||||
| 01 Jan 2023 | Tramore | Heavy | 2m 6f 50y | 0 | Tyre Kicker | 10st 10lbs | 3 of 15 | E Walsh | 10/1 |
| tracked leader, 2nd after 7th, took closer order at 8th, 3rd before 11th where jumped left and bumped, not fluent at 12th, lost place before 2 out, kept on one pace to moderate 3rd close home | |||||||||
| 22 Nov 2022 | Limerick | Soft | 3m 100y | 0 | Well Polly | 11st 9lbs | 5 of 17 | A McCurtin | 12/1 |
| tracked leaders, 5th halfway, ridden approaching straight and kept on one pace from 2 out | |||||||||
| 02 Aug 2022 | Roscommon | Soft | 3m 70y | 0 | Four Country Roads | 11st 4lbs | 6 of 12 | P T Enright | 5/1 |
| tracked leaders, jumped right 1st, 4th halfway, ridden and no impression before 3 out, 6th after next, no extra | |||||||||
| 14 Jul 2022 | Killarney | Good | 2m 4f | 0 | Battle Away | 11st 10lbs | 6 of 19 | P T Enright | 7/1 |
| tracked leaders, 3rd halfway, led 5 out, pushed along and headed 3 out, no extra after 2 out | |||||||||
| 01 Feb 2022 | Limerick | Soft (Yielding to Soft in places) | 2m 5f | 0 | Rock Of Tuskar | 11st 3lbs | 7 of 17 | G P Brouder | 17/2 |
| led and disputed, headed after 5th and chased leaders, led and disputed again 5 out, headed after 3 out, soon ridden, no extra before straight | |||||||||
| 16 Nov 2021 | Limerick | Yielding to Soft | 3m 50y | 0 | Galypso Clermont | 12st | 3 of 17 | G P Brouder | 12/1 |
| chased leaders, 4th halfway, disputed after 3 out, ridden and headed before straight, under pressure in 3rd 2 out, kept on same pace | |||||||||
| 24 Sep 2021 | Listowel | Good to Yielding | 3m | 0 | Outside The Door | 11st 9lbs | of 19 | R A Doyle | 0/0 |
| 21 Aug 2021 | Killarney | Good | 2m 4f 50y | 0 | Shiroccoville | 11st 9lbs | 10 of 20 | M P O'Connor | 6/1 |
| tracked leaders, 3rd at 8th, ridden and no impression after 4 out, kept on one pace | |||||||||
| 06 Aug 2021 | Wexford | Good | 3m | 0 | Whenurgoodurgood | 11st 9lbs | 3 of 15 | P T Enright | 5/1 |
| chased leaders, 4th halfway, ridden in 3rd 3 out, under pressure in 5th 2 out, kept on same pace from last | |||||||||
| 15 Jul 2021 | Killarney | Good (Good to Yielding in places) | 2m 4f | 0 | Da Big Fella | 11st 4lbs | 1 of 21 | P T Enright | 9/1 |
| prominent, led approaching 3 out and mistake, strongly pressed and jumped slightly right 2 out, kept on well run-in, joined on line | |||||||||
| 11 Mar 2021 | Thurles | Heavy | 2m 4f 141y | 0 | Castlegrange | 12st | 8 of 16 | K J Brouder | 25/1 |
| rear of mid-division, never a factor, slightly hampered 2nd, ridden after 4 out and no extra from 2 out, weakened, tailed off | |||||||||
| 02 Mar 2021 | Gowran Park | Soft to Heavy | 2m 4f | 0 | Cedarwood Road | 12st | 8 of 17 | K J Brouder | 250/1 |
| mid-division, no extra after 4 out, soon no impression | |||||||||
| 26 Oct 2020 | Wexford | Soft (Soft to Heavy in places) | 2m 4f | 0 | Buck Rogers | 12st | PulledUp of 14 | R A Doyle | 17/2 |
| rear of mid-division, pushed along 3rd, mistake 8th, weakened 9th, pulled up before 4 out | |||||||||
| 04 Oct 2020 | Tipperary | Yielding to Soft | 3m | 0 | Daisy's Hollow | 11st 10lbs | 6 of 18 | R A Doyle | 6/1 |
| chased leaders, 5th halfway, pushed along and on terms after 3 out, ridden and no impression in 5th before next, 6th at last, kept on one pace | |||||||||
| 01 Oct 2020 | Clonmel | Good | 3m | 0 | Eimear | 11st 5lbs | of 17 | Reserve 1 | 0/0 |
| 22 Aug 2020 | Killarney | Yielding | 2m 4f | 0 | Jiving Jerry | 11st 11lbs | 5 of 18 | R A Doyle | 22/1 |
| prominent, slight mistake 4th, pushed along approaching straight, no impression and jumped right 3 out, one pace | |||||||||
| 17 Aug 2020 | Tipperary | Soft | 3m | 0 | Rudy Catrail | 11st 11lbs | of 18 | Reserve 3 | 0/0 |
| 02 Aug 2020 | Cork | Good to Yielding (Yielding in places) | 2m 3f 120y | 0 | Knock On Steel | 10st 13lbs | 12 of 17 | J J Slevin | 28/1 |
| waited with, 11th approaching 7th, pushed along from 4 out, one pace from before straight | |||||||||
| 27 Feb 2020 | Clonmel | Heavy | 2m 2f 183y | 0 | Marajman | 11st 4lbs | 6 of 15 | P T Enright | 100/1 |
| mid-division early, closer in 6th at 4th, 7th halfway, no impression from 4 out, no extra next, weakened | |||||||||
| 19 Feb 2020 | Punchestown | Heavy | 2m 4f | 0 | Foxy Jacks | 11st 4lbs | 10 of 19 | S G McDermott | 50/1 |
| towards rear, no impression from 4 out, never a factor | |||||||||
| 14 Nov 2019 | Clonmel | Soft (Soft to Heavy in Places) | 2m 3f 101y | 0 | Vis Ta Loi | 11st 4lbs | 7 of 13 | K J Brouder | 66/1 |
| chased leaders, slight mistake 3rd, 4th halfway, slight mistake 4 out, ridden and no extra entering straight | |||||||||
| 15 Oct 2019 | Punchestown | Good to Yielding (Yielding in places) | 2m 4f | 0 | Sixshooter | 11st 12lbs | of 20 | P T Enright | 0/0 |
| 11 Sep 2019 | Listowel | Soft (Soft to Heavy in Places) | 2m 4f | 0 | Shanwalla | 12st | 4 of 8 | Mr J Hurley | 20/1 |
| tracked leaders, pushed along under 4f out, no impression before straight, one pace | |||||||||