Varna Gold (IRE)
Owner: G P Keeley Trainer: P J Gilligan Sex: colt Age: 7
Breeding: Shooting To Win / Varna (Efisio)
Form Summary
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Starts | Wins | 2nds | 3rds |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Good | 8 | 2 | 1 | |
| Good (Good to Firm in places) | 1 | |||
| Good (Good to Yielding in places) | 2 | 1 | 1 | |
| Good to Soft | 1 | |||
| Good to Yielding | 4 | |||
| Good to Yielding (Yielding in places) | 1 | 1 | ||
| Heavy | 5 | 1 | ||
| Soft | 2 | |||
| Soft (Yielding in places) | 2 | |||
| Soft to Heavy | 2 | |||
| Soft to Heavy (Heavy in places) | 1 | |||
| Standard | 9 | 2 | ||
| Yielding (Yielding in places) | 1 | 1 | ||
| Yielding to Soft | 2 | 1 | ||
| Yielding to Soft (Soft in places) | 1 | 1 | ||
| Totals | 42 | 1 | 5 | 6 |
Race History
| Date | Course | Going | Distance | Class | Race Winner | Weight | Position | Jockey | SP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 23 Apr 2024 | Tipperary | Yielding to Soft | 2m 4f | 0 | Music Of Tara | 11st | 3 of 5 | J G Gilligan | 33/1 |
| held up in touch in rear, slight mistake 2nd, 4th 4 out, ridden entering straight, headway and almost on terms 2 out, no impression in 3rd before last, kept on one pace | |||||||||
| 31 Mar 2024 | Cork | Soft to Heavy | 2m | 0 | Sir Gerhard | 11st 2lbs | 4 of 5 | J G Gilligan | 100/1 |
| prominent when not fluent 1st, soon tracked leaders, jumped left at times, 4th halfway, pushed along and no impression before 3 out, not fluent and left 2nd next, 3rd when went left and mistake last, no extra | |||||||||
| 30 Jun 2022 | Tipperary | Good to Yielding | 2m 4f | 0 | Moving Water | 11st 6lbs | PulledUp of 19 | J G Gilligan | 50/1 |
| always towards rear, ridden and no extra before 4 out, pulled up before 2 out | |||||||||
| 08 Apr 2022 | Ballinrobe | Good to Yielding | 2m 1f 142y | 0 | Magnor Glory | 10st 12lbs | 7 of 13 | J G Gilligan | 5/1 |
| rear of mid-division, slightly hampered 3rd, 7th halfway, ridden and no impression after 2 out, no extra | |||||||||
| 03 Apr 2022 | Cork | Good | 1m 2f 40y | 0 | Burren Song | 9st 3lbs | 11 of 13 | C J MacRedmond | 4/1 |
| pushed along early, tracked leaders, 5th halfway, ridden and no impression 2f out, no extra 1f out | |||||||||
| 27 Feb 2022 | Naas | Soft (Yielding in places) | 1m 7f 101y | 0 | Palace Rock | 10st 12lbs | 6 of 22 | P T Enright | 66/1 |
| mid-division, some headway after 3 out and pushed along in 5th next, soon ridden and no impression, kept on one pace | |||||||||
| 19 Feb 2022 | Gowran Park | Heavy | 2m 4f 40y | 0 | Macs Charm | 11st 7lbs | of 21 | K M Donoghue | 0/0 |
| 28 Jan 2022 | Huntingdon | Good to Soft | 3m 1f 10y | 2 | Risk And Roll | 10st 5lbs | 7 of 9 | Jack G Gilligan | 20/1 |
| held up in mid-division on outside, headway after 7th, outpaced after 3 out, weakening when jumped left 2 out | |||||||||
| 29 Dec 2021 | Limerick | Heavy | 2m | 1 | Teahupoo | 11st 4lbs | 5 of 6 | J G Gilligan | 125/1 |
| held up towards rear, 5th halfway, not fluent 4 out, ridden and no impression when slight mistake 2 out, no extra | |||||||||
| 20 Sep 2021 | Listowel | Good to Yielding | 2m | 0 | Autumn Evening | 11st 1lbs | BroughtDown of 21 | J G Gilligan | 14/1 |
| rear of mid-division, pushed along after 4 out and some headway entering straight, mid-division on inner when brought down 2 out | |||||||||
| 23 Aug 2021 | Ballinrobe | Good | 2m 2f 35y | 0 | Flying Scotsman | 10st 13lbs | 2 of 14 | J G Gilligan | 13/2 |
| mid-division, not fluent at 3rd and 4 out, 7th after 4 out, headway after 2 out, closed 1f out, soon ridden in 2nd, every chance final 100 yards, kept on, held | |||||||||
| 01 Aug 2021 | Galway | Good | 1m 5f 186y | 0 | Bell Ex One | 9st 1lbs | 11 of 21 | J A Heffernan | 16/5 |
| rear of mid-division on outer, 11th halfway, effort under 2f out, ridden and no impression over 1f out, eased final 150 yards | |||||||||
| 30 Jul 2021 | Galway | Good | 2m 150y | 0 | Hallowed Star | 11st 4lbs | 3 of 23 | J G Gilligan | 12/1 |
| close up early, moderate 4th at 5th, 5th after 4 out, ridden and stayed on to 3rd closing stages, kept on well, nearest at finish | |||||||||
| 02 Jul 2021 | Bellewstown | Good | 1m 3f 208y | 0 | Fallen Forest | 9st 10lbs | 2 of 14 | L F Roche | 5/1 |
| chased leaders on inner, 3rd halfway, ridden into 2nd under 2f out, soon no impression on winner, kept on same pace | |||||||||
| 14 Jun 2021 | Gowran Park | Good (Good to Firm in places) | 1m 5f 155y | 0 | Mountain Fox | 9st 11lbs | 9 of 20 | J A Heffernan | 12/1 |
| soon mid-division, pushed along at stages, closed up and effort approaching straight, one pace over 1f out | |||||||||
| 24 May 2021 | Ballinrobe | Heavy | 2m 2f 50y | 0 | Buzz Light | 11st 9lbs | 2 of 9 | J G Gilligan | 14/1 |
| mid-division, not fluent and pushed along briefly 3rd, 5th halfway, went 3rd after 3 out, ridden and no impression after next, kept on one pace to go moderate 2nd final 50 yards, no threat to winner | |||||||||
| 22 Apr 2021 | Kilbeggan | Good (Good to Yielding in places) | 2m 3f 86y | 0 | Lignou | 10st 6lbs | 3 of 8 | J G Gilligan | 14/1 |
| tracked leaders, 3rd from 5th, closed up from 3 out, dropped to 3rd again approaching straight, no extra and slight mistake last, one pace | |||||||||
| 08 Apr 2021 | Gowran Park | Soft (Yielding in places) | 1m 5f 160y | 0 | Merroir | 10st 1lbs | 8 of 19 | R C Colgan | 25/1 |
| mid-division, 8th 4f out, ridden and no impression early straight, no extra from over 1f out, kept on one pace | |||||||||
| 27 Mar 2021 | Navan | Heavy | 1m 5f | 0 | All Class | 9st 9lbs | of 19 | R C Colgan | 0/0 |
| 28 Feb 2021 | Naas | Yielding to Soft | 1m 7f 101y | 0 | Zoffanien | 11st 1lbs | 4 of 10 | J G Gilligan | 28/1 |
| tracked leaders, closer in 4th and ridden 2 out, soon no impression on leaders, moderate 4th at last, no extra | |||||||||
| 07 Feb 2021 | Leopardstown | Soft to Heavy | 2m | 1 | Quilixios | 11st 2lbs | 6 of 6 | J G Gilligan | 250/1 |
| held up, rear from 3rd, ridden and no extra after 3 out, weakened | |||||||||
| 31 Oct 2020 | Down Royal | Yielding (Yielding in places) | 2m 100y | 0 | Quilixios | 11st 6lbs | 2 of 5 | J G Gilligan | 10/1 |
| raced in 2nd, pushed along approaching 2 out, ridden and no impression between last 2, one pace | |||||||||
| 26 Oct 2020 | Galway | Heavy | 7f | 0 | Excuzio Joe | 9st 13lbs | 9 of 17 | R C Colgan | 25/1 |
| held up towards rear, pushed along after 2f, ridden halfway, kept on one pace straight | |||||||||
| 05 Oct 2020 | Killarney | Good (Good to Yielding in places) | 2m 1f | 0 | Varna Gold | 11st 2lbs | 1 of 11 | K M Donoghue | 9/2 |
| led early, tracked leader, dropped to 4th halfway, headway to lead again 3 out, asserted after next and stayed on well run-in, easily | |||||||||
| 29 Sep 2020 | Punchestown | Good | 2m 120y | 0 | Scholastic | 11st 2lbs | Fell of 11 | J G Gilligan | 28/1 |
| waited with towards rear, a little keen, improved to chase leaders on outer 2 out, moderate 3rd when fell last | |||||||||
| 28 Aug 2020 | Down Royal | Yielding to Soft (Soft in places) | 2m 100y | 0 | Longclaw | 10st 10lbs | 2 of 7 | J G Gilligan | 50/1 |
| held up towards rear, slightly hampered 3 out, soon ridden into 3rd, disputed 2nd 2 out and left 2nd, no impression on winner before last where slight mistake, kept on one pace | |||||||||
| 10 Aug 2020 | Ballinrobe | Good | 2m 61y | 0 | Little Brother | 11st | 7 of 14 | Reserve 1 | 16/1 |
| in rear, 11th halfway, good headway before 3 out, 3rd after 3 out, soon under pressure, ridden and weakened before last | |||||||||
| 01 Aug 2020 | Galway | Soft | 1m 73y | 0 | Next In Line | 9st 5lbs | 7 of 11 | R C Colgan | 28/1 |
| towards rear, 7th over 3f out, no impression over 1f out, one paced under 1f out | |||||||||
| 27 Jul 2020 | Galway | Soft | 1m 4f 84y | 0 | Flying Scotsman | 8st 13lbs | 8 of 11 | R P Cleary | 18/1 |
| ran freely towards rear, 7th after halfway, progress on outer over 4f out, ridden and weakened approaching straight, eased final 100 yards | |||||||||
| 05 Jul 2020 | Fairyhouse | Good to Yielding (Yielding in places) | 1m 2f | 0 | Springbank | 9st 4lbs | 3 of 9 | R C Colgan | 50/1 |
| pushed along briefly early, soon towards rear, switched right to winner 2f out and pushed along and headway, kept on without matching front pair final furlong | |||||||||
| 19 Jun 2020 | Tipperary | Good to Yielding | 1m 1f | 0 | Silvertown | 9st 7lbs | 10 of 16 | S P Davis | 11/1 |
| close up early, soon chased leaders, 5th 4f out, ridden and lost place over 1f out, weakened under 1f out | |||||||||
| 14 Jun 2020 | Leopardstown | Good | 1m 2f | 0 | Moll | 9st 4lbs | of 21 | R C Colgan | 0/0 |
| 23 Mar 2020 | Naas | Soft to Heavy (Heavy in places) | 7f | 0 | In From The Cold | 8st 6lbs | 7 of 14 | M P Sheehy | 50/1 |
| soon tracked leaders, 3rd approaching halfway, pushed along under 2f out, one pace 1f out | |||||||||
| 24 Jan 2020 | Dundalk | Standard | 1m | 0 | Calidus Mirabilis | 9st 7lbs | 9 of 13 | R P Whelan | 8/1 |
| tracked leaders, mid-division halfway, pushed along 2f out and no impression over 1f out, no extra | |||||||||
| 10 Jan 2020 | Dundalk | Standard | 7f | 0 | Eglish | 9st 12lbs | 8 of 17 | P A Harnett | 16/1 |
| pushed along briefly early, soon raced in 8th, switched left early straight and headway, kept on same pace final furlong | |||||||||
| 13 Dec 2019 | Dundalk | Standard | 7f | 0 | Distant Vista | 9st 13lbs | 3 of 16 | G M Ryan | 9/1 |
| towards rear, switched right early straight, pushed along and some headway over 1f out, kept on well on outer inside final furlong to go 3rd close home | |||||||||
| 29 Nov 2019 | Dundalk | Standard | 7f | 0 | Dark Vader | 9st 5lbs | 6 of 17 | C D Maxwell | 12/1 |
| 6th early, soon raced in 4th, effort straight, kept on same pace final furlong | |||||||||
| 22 Nov 2019 | Dundalk | Standard | 1m | 0 | Psyche | 9st 5lbs | of 16 | R P Cleary | 0/0 |
| 06 Nov 2019 | Dundalk | Standard | 7f | 0 | So Suave | 8st 11lbs | 3 of 17 | C D Maxwell | 10/1 |
| soon led, strongly pressed and headed inside final furlong, one pace and dropped to 3rd close home | |||||||||
| 25 Oct 2019 | Dundalk | Standard | 1m | 0 | Thames River | 9st 5lbs | of 17 | Reserve 2 | 0/0 |
| 11 Oct 2019 | Dundalk | Standard | 7f | 0 | Now The King | 9st 5lbs | of 17 | Reserve 2 | 0/0 |
| 27 Sep 2019 | Dundalk | Standard | 7f | 0 | Stela Star | 8st 11lbs | 7 of 15 | R P Cleary | 16/1 |
| a little slow into stride and pushed along briefly, took keen hold, soon mid-division, raced on outer straight, soon effort, kept on same pace without threatening from 1f out | |||||||||