Spear Thistle (GB)
Owner: Mrs Sue Head Trainer: Jim Best Sex: Gelding Age: 23
Form Summary
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Starts | Wins | 2nds | 3rds |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Good | 5 | 1 | ||
| Good (Good to Firm in places) | 1 | |||
| Good (Good to Soft in places on the Sprint Course, Round Course, Good to Soft, Good in places) | 1 | |||
| Good (Good to Soft in places) | 2 | |||
| Good to Firm | 4 | 1 | ||
| Good to Soft | 7 | 1 | 1 | |
| Good to Soft (Soft in places ) | 1 | |||
| Good to Soft (Soft in places) | 1 | |||
| Good to Soft (Soft places)(Chase - Soft, Heavy places) | 1 | 1 | ||
| Heavy | 7 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Heavy (Chase - Good, Good to Firm in places) | 1 | |||
| Heavy (Chase: Soft) | 1 | 1 | ||
| Heavy (Soft in places) | 1 | |||
| Polytrack | 2 | 1 | ||
| Soft | 8 | 3 | 1 | |
| Soft (Chase: Soft, Heavy in places) | 1 | 1 | ||
| Soft (Good to Soft in places ) | 1 | |||
| Soft (Good to Soft in places) | 3 | 1 | 1 | |
| Soft (Heavy in places ) | 1 | |||
| Soft (Heavy in places) | 3 | 1 | ||
| Soft (Heavy in places, Chase; Good to Soft, Soft in places) | 1 | |||
| Totals | 53 | 7 | 7 | 4 |
Race History
| Date | Course | Going | Distance | Class | Race Winner | Weight | Position | Jockey | SP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 15 Dec 2012 | Lingfield | Heavy | 2m 4f | 4 | Take Over Sivola | 11st 12lbs | 5 of 6 | J E Moore | 12/1 |
| chased leaders, led 6th, headed 9th, soon outpaced, rallied 3 out, weakened after next | |||||||||
| 09 Nov 2012 | Hexham | Soft (Chase: Soft, Heavy in places) | 2m 4f 110y | 5 | Makhzoon | 10st 12lbs | 2 of 4 | J E Moore | 3/1 |
| led to 5th, led again after 2 out, headed before last, one pace and no chance with winner | |||||||||
| 08 Jun 2012 | Market Rasen | Good (Good to Soft in places) | 2m 3f | 3 | Greyfriars Drummer | 11st 12lbs | 6 of 12 | James Best | 33/1 |
| tracked leader, pushed along before 6th, weakened after 3 out | |||||||||
| 01 May 2012 | Sedgefield | Soft (Heavy in places) | 2m 4f | 4 | Along Came Rosie | 11st 12lbs | 6 of 7 | T Scudamore | 9/2 |
| in touch in 4th, reminders before 5th, weakened before 10th, mistake 11th, tailed off | |||||||||
| 19 Dec 2011 | Plumpton | Soft | 2m 1f | 3 | Spear Thistle | 11st | 1 of 5 | Dave Crosse | 5/1 |
| made virtually all, joined and ridden 3 out, driven and strongly pressed but kept narrow lead from 2 out, driven out and stayed on gamely from last | |||||||||
| 14 Dec 2011 | Bangor | Soft (Heavy in places ) | 2m 1f 110y | 4 | Skint | 11st | 4 of 6 | D A Jacob | 16/1 |
| in touch in 4th, reminder before and blundered 3rd, pushed along before 5th, lost place 7th, kept on from 2 out, never dangerous | |||||||||
| 13 Nov 2011 | Fontwell | Soft (Good to Soft in places) | 2m 2f 110y | 3 | Bally Legend | 11st 12lbs | of 13 | Non Runner | |
| 05 Nov 2011 | Sandown | Soft (Good to Soft in places ) | 2m 110y | 3 | Pateese | 11st 12lbs | 6 of 12 | Gavin Sheehan | 14/1 |
| led until 3rd, chased leaders until stayed on same pace after 3 out | |||||||||
| 10 Mar 2011 | Folkestone | Good | 2m 5f | 5 | Neil Harvey | 11st | of 8 | D A Jacob | |
| 22 Feb 2011 | Taunton | Soft (Good to Soft in places) | 2m 1f | 2 | Ciceron | 10st | 3 of 7 | Peter Toole | 12/1 |
| led, hit 2nd, ridden and headed before 2 out, rallied under pressure flat, not pace of winner | |||||||||
| 07 Feb 2011 | Lingfield | Soft (Heavy in places) | 2m 4f 110y | 5 | General Kutuzov | 11st | 2 of 7 | D A Jacob | 8/1 |
| narrow lead until headed before 3rd, with leader, led approaching 3 out, headed 2 out, weakened and no chance with winner flat | |||||||||
| 22 Jan 2011 | Ascot | Good to Soft (Soft in places ) | 2m 3f 110y | 1 | Tiger O'Toole | 10st 5lbs | 11 of 14 | Sam Twiston-Davies | 50/1 |
| held up in touch, chased leaders 4 out, weakened after next | |||||||||
| 15 Nov 2010 | Leicester | Soft | 2m | 3 | Spear Thistle | 11st 12lbs | 1 of 7 | N D Fehily | 9/1 |
| made all, dived at 5th, ridden along approaching 2 out, in command last, stayed on well | |||||||||
| 26 Oct 2010 | Catterick | Good to Soft (Soft in places) | 1m 7f 177y | 5 | Moonlight Blaze | 10st | 9 of 12 | Stephen Craine | 16/1 |
| mid-division, reminders halfway, lost place over 7f out, soon tailed off | |||||||||
| 04 Apr 2010 | Plumpton | Heavy | 2m | 3 | Olympian | 11st 12lbs | PulledUp of 8 | Peter Toole | |
| 20 Feb 2010 | Uttoxeter | Heavy | 2m | 3 | Mohayer | 11st 12lbs | 8 of 11 | D A Jacob | 15/2 |
| prominent, ridden when close up before 3 out, weakened approaching 2 out, tailed off | |||||||||
| 16 Jan 2010 | Kempton | Soft (Heavy in places) | 2m | 3 | Novikov | 11st 7lbs | 6 of 8 | N D Fehily | 9/2 |
| raced wide, prominent until weakened after 3 out, tailed off and eased before next | |||||||||
| 24 Nov 2009 | Lingfield | Heavy (Chase: Soft) | 2m 110y | 3 | Spear Thistle | 11st 11lbs | 1 of 6 | N D Fehily | 1/1 |
| raced widest of all, tracked leaders in 4th, headway to 2nd 4 out, challenged next, led on outside approaching 2 out, stayed on well (no official time taken) | |||||||||
| 15 Nov 2009 | Market Rasen | Soft | 2m 3f 110y | 3 | Overstrand | 11st | 2 of 7 | N D Fehily | 11/4 |
| with leader, led after 3 out, headed next, soon ridden, 3 lengths down and no extra last, held on for 2nd flat | |||||||||
| 04 Nov 2009 | Nottingham | Heavy | 1m 2f 50y | 5 | I'm In The Pink | 8st 13lbs | 3 of 13 | Graham Gibbons | 7/1 |
| slowly into stride, soon pushed along and headway to track leader after 2f, ridden over 2f out, one pace final furlong | |||||||||
| 07 Mar 2009 | Sandown | Good (Good to Soft in places) | 2m 110y | 1 | Dave's Dream | 10st 9lbs | 18 of 19 | N D Fehily | 33/1 |
| always behind | |||||||||
| 24 Jan 2009 | Cheltenham | Heavy (Soft in places) | 2m 1f | 2 | Presenting Copper | 10st 7lbs | 14 of 15 | N D Fehily | 8/1 |
| led until blundered badly 4th, chased winner until weakened soon after 2 out | |||||||||
| 06 Dec 2008 | Sandown | Soft (Good to Soft in places) | 2m 110y | 1 | Sunnyhillboy | 10st 6lbs | 2 of 12 | N D Fehily | 10/1 |
| made most until narrowly headed 2 out, stayed challenging and every chance, rallied to lead briefly towards finish, caught final strides | |||||||||
| 15 Nov 2008 | Uttoxeter | Good to Soft (Soft places)(Chase - Soft, Heavy places) | 2m 4f 110y | 4 | Spear Thistle | 11st 9lbs | 1 of 12 | N D Fehily | 3/1 |
| led to 5th, remained prominent, led approaching 3 out, drew clear approaching 2 out, stayed on well | |||||||||
| 11 Nov 2008 | Lingfield | Heavy | 2m 110y | 4 | Spear Thistle | 11st 12lbs | 1 of 10 | N D Fehily | 3/1 |
| made all, ridden and ran on well from last | |||||||||
| 22 Oct 2008 | Southwell | Good (Good to Firm in places) | 2m 4f 110y | 4 | Roznic | 11st 12lbs | of 11 | N D Fehily | |
| 04 Oct 2008 | Fontwell | Good to Firm | 2m 2f 110y | 4 | Dream Catcher | 11st 2lbs | of 11 | N D Fehily | |
| 07 Sep 2008 | Fontwell | Good | 2m 6f 110y | 4 | Captain Becket | 11st 12lbs | 4 of 12 | N D Fehily | 16/1 |
| led, ridden and headed approaching 2 out, no impression and lost 2nd at last, no extra flat and lost 3rd near finish | |||||||||
| 07 Aug 2008 | Sandown | Good (Good to Soft in places on the Sprint Course, Round Course, Good to Soft, Good in places) | 1m 2f 7y | 4 | Novikov | 9st 7lbs | 9 of 9 | A Kirby | 40/1 |
| behind mid-division, ridden 3f out, lost touch and weakened over 2f out, tailed off | |||||||||
| 28 Dec 2007 | Leicester | Soft (Heavy in places, Chase; Good to Soft, Soft in places) | 2m | 4 | Zorro De La Vega | 11st 11lbs | PulledUp of 11 | M Foley | 28/1 |
| always behind, pulled up 4 out | |||||||||
| 12 Dec 2007 | Leicester | Heavy (Chase - Good, Good to Firm in places) | 2m 4f 110y | 4 | Sheriff Roscoe | 11st 2lbs | 7 of 10 | M Foley | 9/1 |
| held up, lost touch from 6th | |||||||||
| 24 Mar 2007 | NEWBURY | Good to Soft | 3630 | 4 | Special Envoy | 11st 6lbs | 6 of 18 | N D Fehily | |
| not fluent 1st, mid-division, weakened approaching 2 out | |||||||||
| 03 Feb 2007 | SANDOWN | Good to Soft | 4510 | 3 | Or Jaune | 11st 10lbs | 8 of 17 | L P Aspell | |
| always mid-division | |||||||||
| 30 Dec 2006 | ASCOT | Good to Soft | 3520 | 4 | Amaretto Rose | 11st 5lbs | 9 of 16 | N D Fehily | |
| never better than mid-division | |||||||||
| 30 Nov 2006 | LEICESTER | Soft | 3520 | 4 | Nobelix | 11st 4lbs | 5 of 9 | L P Aspell | |
| chased leaders, ridden approaching 2 out, soon weakened | |||||||||
| 13 Nov 2006 | LEICESTER | Good to Soft | 3520 | 4 | Spear Thistle | 10st 12lbs | 1 of 19 | L P Aspell | |
| mid-division, headway 5th, ridden to lead approaching last, ran on | |||||||||
| 21 Oct 2006 | NEWBURY | Heavy | 2206 | 3 | Best Prospect | 8st 4lbs | 14 of 15 | James Doyle | |
| chased leaders, losing place when badly hampered over 2f out | |||||||||
| 30 Sep 2006 | NEWMARKET | Good to Soft | 2640 | 3 | Mikao | 8st 9lbs | 3 of 15 | James Doyle | |
| held up, in touch, switched to race centre entering straight, headway over 3f out, every chance over 2f out, weakened final furlong | |||||||||
| 27 May 2006 | ASCOT | Soft | 3520 | 2 | Toldo | 8st 6lbs | 12 of 15 | Graham Gibbons | |
| took keen hold, tracked leader, led briefly 4f out, ridden over 2f out, weakened over 1f out | |||||||||
| 15 Apr 2006 | KEMPTON | Polytrack | 3520 | 2 | Cold Turkey | 8st | 11 of 11 | James Doyle | |
| tracked leader, ridden over 4f out, weakened over 3f out | |||||||||
| 27 Mar 2006 | KEMPTON | Polytrack | 3520 | 3 | Llamadas | 8st 8lbs | 3 of 9 | T Quinn | |
| led, joined 6f out, soon led again, ridden and headed well over 2f out, kept on, lost 2nd near finish | |||||||||
| 14 Feb 2006 | FOLKESTONE | Soft | 3850 | 4 | Topkat | 10st 7lbs | 5 of 13 | M Foley | |
| tracked leader until mistake 2 out, weakened between last 2 | |||||||||
| 17 Jan 2006 | FOLKESTONE | Heavy | 3850 | 4 | Sole Agent | 11st 2lbs | 2 of 13 | M Foley | |
| held up, effort and hit 2 out, stayed on well, no chance with winner | |||||||||
| 11 Jan 2006 | NEWBURY | Good to Soft | 3630 | 4 | Detroit City | 10st 12lbs | PU of 24 | J Crowley | |
| soon tailed off, pulled up | |||||||||
| 03 Nov 2005 | MUSSELBURGH | Good | 3520 | 4 | Rooftop Protest | 9st 7lbs | 2 of 6 | J Fortune | |
| led, ridden and headed over 2f out, one pace and no chance with winner | |||||||||
| 01 Oct 2005 | NEWMARKET | Soft | 3080 | 4 | Diamond Circle | 9st 5lbs | 4 of 17 | J Fortune | |
| tracked leaders, pulled hard, effort over 2f out, stayed on same pace | |||||||||
| 16 Sep 2005 | NEWBURY | Good to Firm | 2425 | 4 | Whirly Bird | 8st 6lbs | 2 of 14 | K Darley | |
| led, ridden and hard pressed final 2f, kept on until headed over 1f out, stayed on | |||||||||
| 03 Sep 2005 | NEWMARKET | Good to Firm | 2200 | 4 | Pagan Sword | 8st 8lbs | 4 of 12 | D Holland | |
| chased leaders, driven and effort over 2f out, one pace final furlong | |||||||||
| 13 Aug 2005 | NEWBURY | Good to Soft | 2206 | 4 | La Bella Grande | 9st | 5 of 10 | J Fortune | |
| pulled hard, in touch, effort over 2f out, one pace and no impression final furlong | |||||||||
| 28 May 2005 | DONCASTER | Good to Firm | 2260 | 4 | Pagan Sword | 8st 13lbs | 12 of 12 | P J Dobbs | |
| chased leaders, ridden over 4f out, soon weakened | |||||||||
| 23 Oct 2004 | NEWBURY | Soft | 1760 | 0 | Spear Thistle | 9st | 1 of 16 | J Fortune | |
| raced centre, made virtually all, hard ridden final furlong, held on well near finish | |||||||||
| 22 Sep 2004 | GOODWOOD | Good | 1760 | 0 | Wingman | 9st | 4 of 11 | J Fortune | |
| tracked leaders, effort 3f out, stayed on same pace final 2f | |||||||||
| 08 Sep 2004 | DONCASTER | Good | 1760 | 0 | Monsoon Rain | 9st | 4 of 11 | J Fortune | |
| towards rear, headway over 2f out, stayed on final furlong | |||||||||