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Owner: Basil Blackshaw & W A Moffett Trainer: G Stewart Sex: Gelding Age: 27
Form Summary
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Starts | Wins | 2nds | 3rds |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Good to Soft | 3 | 1 | ||
| Good to Yielding (Soft in places) | 1 | |||
| Good to Yielding (Yielding to Soft in places) | 1 | |||
| Heavy | 9 | 1 | 1 | |
| Heavy (Soft to Heavy in places) | 2 | |||
| Soft | 3 | 1 | ||
| Soft (Chase: Soft to Heavy) | 1 | |||
| Soft (Heavy in places) | 1 | |||
| Soft (Hurdle Course: Yielding to Soft in places) | 1 | |||
| Soft to Heavy | 1 | |||
| Yielding (Good in places) | 1 | |||
| Yielding (Yielding to Soft in places) | 1 | |||
| Totals | 25 | 3 | 1 |
Race History
| Date | Course | Going | Distance | Class | Race Winner | Weight | Position | Jockey | SP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 03 Mar 2010 | Downpatrick | Good to Yielding (Soft in places) | 3m 4f | 0 | Chief Oscar | 10st 9lbs | PulledUp of 16 | J L Cullen | |
| 24 Feb 2010 | Fairyhouse | Soft to Heavy | 2m 4f | 0 | Molly's Boy | 11st 11lbs | 8 of 19 | J L Cullen | 20/1 |
| chased leader in close 2nd, disputed from halfway, ridden and weakened after 2 out | |||||||||
| 09 Feb 2010 | Fairyhouse | Heavy | 2m 4f | 0 | Will Jamie Run | 11st 5lbs | 14 of 16 | J L Cullen | 25/1 |
| mid-division, 8th halfway, weakened before 3 out, eased after 2 out | |||||||||
| 06 Feb 2010 | Naas | Heavy | 2m | 0 | The Bosses Nephew | 10st 5lbs | PulledUp of 11 | N P Madden | |
| 13 Dec 2009 | Navan | Soft (Chase: Soft to Heavy) | 3m | 0 | Glenquest | 9st 13lbs | 8 of 12 | M P Butler | 20/1 |
| mid-division, 8th approaching halfway, 9th 5 out, no impression after next, mistake last | |||||||||
| 25 Feb 2009 | Downpatrick | Yielding (Good in places) | 3m 4f | 0 | Ballytrim | 11st 5lbs | 10 of 15 | J L Cullen | 8/1 |
| soon chased leaders, 6th halfway, ridden and no extra before 5 out, weakened before next, tailed off | |||||||||
| 04 Feb 2009 | Down Royal | Heavy (Soft to Heavy in places) | 2m 4f | 0 | Baily View | 11st | 6 of 17 | J L Cullen | 20/1 |
| chased leaders, 5th halfway, dropped to 8th 4 out, kept on one pace from before 2 out | |||||||||
| 24 Jan 2009 | Navan | Heavy | 2m | 0 | Kempes | 11st 5lbs | 4 of 9 | J L Cullen | 12/1 |
| chased leader in 2nd, 3rd 5 out, improved to lead approaching 3 out, ridden and challenged after 2 out, headed before last, no extra and kept on one pace, lost 3rd close home | |||||||||
| 27 Feb 2008 | Downpatrick | Good to Yielding (Yielding to Soft in places) | 3m 4f | 0 | Well Run | 11st 8lbs | UnseatedRider of 15 | J W Farrelly | 13/2 |
| chased leaders, bad mistake and unseated rider 1st | |||||||||
| 17 Feb 2008 | Navan | Soft (Hurdle Course: Yielding to Soft in places) | 2m 5f | 1 | Kazal | 11st 3lbs | 7 of 7 | J L Cullen | 100/1 |
| chased leaders, 4th to halfway, weakened before 3 out | |||||||||
| 06 Feb 2008 | Down Royal | Heavy (Soft to Heavy in places) | 2m 4f | 0 | Ballytrim | 11st | 9 of 18 | A E Lynch | 14/1 |
| mid-division, no impression from 5 out, kept on same pace, tailed off | |||||||||
| 26 Jan 2008 | Navan | Heavy | 2m | 0 | Larkwing | 11st 5lbs | 12 of 27 | J L Cullen | 20/1 |
| rear of mid-division, no danger and kept on same pace from 4 out | |||||||||
| 08 Dec 2007 | Navan | Soft (Heavy in places) | 3m | 0 | Prince Of Tara | 11st 2lbs | 5 of 13 | A E Lynch | 3/1 |
| soon chased leaders, closer in 3rd approaching 5 out, no impression under pressure from next, 5th 3 out, kept on same pace after | |||||||||
| 25 Nov 2007 | Navan | Yielding (Yielding to Soft in places) | 3m | 0 | Royal County Star | 9st 10lbs | 4 of 16 | A E Lynch | 16/1 |
| soon led, headed 5th, led again 7th, clear before 6 out, strongly pressed approaching 3 out, headed before 2 out, 4th and no extra before last | |||||||||
| 17 Mar 2007 | DOWN ROYAL | Good to Soft | 5720 | 0 | Dun Doire | 10st 7lbs | FE of 6 | J W Farrelly | |
| led and disputed early, chased leader in 2nd from 3rd, close up when fell 8 out fell | |||||||||
| 28 Feb 2007 | DOWNPATRICK | Soft | 6160 | 0 | News Item | 10st 5lbs | 1 of 15 | J W Farrelly | |
| tracked leaders, 5th halfway, 3rd 6 out, 2nd 4 out, led after 3 out, clear before 2 out, stayed on strongly | |||||||||
| 21 Jan 2007 | FAIRYHOUSE | Heavy | 5500 | 0 | Tobar Isaun | 11st 2lbs | 2 of 18 | R M Power | |
| mid-division, progress into 6th halfway, close 3rd 4 out, led next, headed after 2 out, no extra approaching last | |||||||||
| 07 Jan 2007 | NAAS | Heavy | 4400 | 0 | Chelsea Harbour | 10st 5lbs | 9 of 14 | Robbie Colgan | |
| mid-division, slight mistake 5 out, soon weakened | |||||||||
| 17 Dec 2006 | NAVAN | Heavy | 4400 | 0 | Ring Of Beara | 11st 5lbs | FE of 13 | Mr J P McKeown | |
| soon tracked leaders, 4th halfway, 3rd after 5 out, 2nd before 3 out, no impression when fell | |||||||||
| 18 Apr 2006 | FAIRYHOUSE | Good to Soft | 5500 | 0 | Boom Economy | 10st 10lbs | PU of 26 | Adrian Lane | |
| towards rear, pulled up before 9th pulled up | |||||||||
| 12 Mar 2006 | NAAS | Heavy | 5280 | 0 | Giolla An Bhaird | 10st 2lbs | PU of 12 | J R Barry | |
| close up early, lost place 4th, some progress 7 out, no extra next, pulled up before 5 out pulled up | |||||||||
| 01 Mar 2006 | DOWNPATRICK | Good to Soft | 6160 | 0 | News Item | 10st 9lbs | 1 of 15 | D N Russell | |
| tracked leaders in 3rd, headway to challenge when hampered 4 out, led before 2 out, stayed on well | |||||||||
| 19 Feb 2006 | NAVAN | Soft | 4400 | 0 | Russian Buck | 10st 7lbs | 4 of 12 | G T Hutchinson | |
| towards rear, mistakes 2nd and 6th, moderate 8th after 4 out, 5th 2 out, kept on under pressure | |||||||||
| 11 Dec 2005 | PUNCHESTOWN | Soft | 3520 | 0 | Doctor Linton | 11st 12lbs | PU of 9 | Andrew J McNamara | |
| behind, soon trailing, completely tailed off when pulled up | |||||||||
| 27 Dec 2004 | DOWN ROYAL | Heavy | 5280 | 0 | News Item | 11st | 1 of 20 | Mr L J Gracey | |
| tracked leaders, improved to 4th 5 out, led before 3 out, kept on | |||||||||


