Talkin' Tough (IRE)
Owner: R W Donaldson Trainer: A J Martin Sex: Gelding Age: 23
Form Summary
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Starts | Wins | 2nds | 3rds |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Good (Good to Firm in places) | 2 | 1 | ||
| Good (Yielding in places) | 1 | |||
| Good to Firm | 1 | 1 | ||
| Good to Firm (Good in places) | 1 | 1 | ||
| Good to Soft | 1 | |||
| Good to Soft (Good in places) | 1 | |||
| Good to Yielding | 1 | |||
| Heavy | 2 | 1 | ||
| Soft | 4 | |||
| Soft (Heavy in places on the Chase Couse) | 1 | |||
| Soft (Heavy in places on the Hurdle Course) | 1 | |||
| Soft (Soft to heavy in places) | 1 | |||
| Soft to Heavy (Heavy in places) | 1 | |||
| Yielding | 1 | |||
| Yielding to Soft | 1 | |||
| Yielding to Soft (Yielding in places) | 1 | |||
| Totals | 21 | 2 | 2 |
Race History
| Date | Course | Going | Distance | Class | Race Winner | Weight | Position | Jockey | SP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 05 Nov 2011 | Down Royal | Soft (Soft to heavy in places) | 2m 6f | 0 | Leggy Lad | 11st 5lbs | Fell of 15 | Paul Carberry | |
| 01 Oct 2011 | Gowran Park | Soft | 2m | 0 | Bachelor Affair | 10st 11lbs | 6 of 13 | Ruby Walsh | 11/4 |
| held up 5th of the 6, keen hold, mistake 4 out, soon last, no extra under pressure and kept on same pace from 2 out | |||||||||
| 21 Sep 2011 | Perth | Good to Soft (Good in places) | 3m 110y | 3 | Los Nadis | 10st 5lbs | PulledUp of 10 | T J Murphy | |
| 27 Apr 2011 | Ballinrobe | Good (Good to Firm in places) | 2m 6f | 0 | Killultagh Queen | 11st 12lbs | 5 of 18 | A E Lynch | 6/1 |
| soon led, headed 2 out, soon no extra | |||||||||
| 26 Mar 2011 | Navan | Yielding | 2m 7f | 0 | Trendelenburg | 11st 12lbs | 23 of 27 | Andrew J McNamara | 16/1 |
| chased leaders, 9th halfway, ridden and weakened after 4 out | |||||||||
| 17 Mar 2011 | Down Royal | Soft (Heavy in places on the Hurdle Course) | 2m | 0 | Rookery Rebel | 11st 12lbs | Fell of 11 | M Darcy | |
| 23 Feb 2011 | Fairyhouse | Heavy | 2m 6f 100y | 0 | Arabella Boy | 11st 12lbs | Fell of 14 | D J Condon | |
| 23 Jan 2011 | Leopardstown | Soft | 2m 4f | 0 | Glam Gerry | 11st 1lbs | 13 of 21 | E J O'connell | 16/1 |
| chased leader, led 3rd, ridden and challenged 2 out, headed entering straight, weakened | |||||||||
| 01 Jan 2011 | Fairyhouse | Soft to Heavy (Heavy in places) | 2m | 0 | Might Be Magic | 10st 9lbs | 4 of 10 | E J O'connell | 11/1 |
| led, ridden and strongly pressed when mistake 2 out, soon headed, no extra in 3rd at last, weakened run-in | |||||||||
| 24 Sep 2009 | Perth | Good to Firm (Good in places) | 3m 110y | 4 | Billie Magern | 11st 10lbs | 2 of 4 | R Thornton | 15/8 |
| led, ridden and headed flat, no extra | |||||||||
| 22 Jun 2009 | Kilbeggan | Good to Firm | 3m | 0 | Talkin' Tough | 11st 10lbs | 1 of 14 | Andrew J McNamara | 7/1 |
| settled 5th, progress after halfway, 2nd 5 out, led next, joined briefly after 3 out, ridden to regain lead next, stayed on well from last | |||||||||
| 24 May 2009 | Ballinrobe | Yielding to Soft | 2m 4f | 0 | Premier Victory | 11st 11lbs | PulledUp of 7 | N P Madden | |
| 08 May 2009 | Downpatrick | Good (Good to Firm in places) | 2m 2f | 0 | Talkin' Tough | 11st 4lbs | 1 of 15 | Andrew J McNamara | 5/1 |
| tracked leaders, left in front from after 4th, went clear from before 2 out, stayed on well under pressure run-in, comfortably | |||||||||
| 09 Nov 2008 | Navan | Soft (Heavy in places on the Chase Couse) | 2m 4f | 0 | Pandorama | 11st 12lbs | of 29 | B J Geraghty | |
| 10 Oct 2008 | Kilbeggan | Heavy | 2m | 0 | Monty Blue | 11st 4lbs | 2 of 14 | Andrew J McNamara | 12/1 |
| chased leaders, 5th halfway, headway to 3rd after 3 out, ridden 2 out, stayed on to 2nd last, kept on run-in to press winner | |||||||||
| 04 Oct 2008 | Gowran Park | Good (Yielding in places) | 2m 4f | 0 | South Upper Street | 11st 12lbs | of 19 | B J Geraghty | |
| 24 Feb 2008 | Naas | Yielding to Soft (Yielding in places) | 2m | 0 | Spitfire Sortie | 11st 12lbs | 7 of 23 | Andrew J McNamara | 16/1 |
| mid-division, 10th halfway, headway to 5th 3 out, ridden in 7th entering straight, kept on same pace | |||||||||
| 26 Dec 2007 | Down Royal | Good to Yielding | 2m | 0 | Mourne Rambler | 12st | 16 of 18 | P C Boudot | 12/1 |
| 13 Dec 2006 | DOWNPATRICK | Soft | 3912 | 0 | Clarnazar | 11st 6lbs | 4 of 11 | Mr P Cashman | |
| behind, headway to moderate 5th 4f out, kept on one pace, never a threat | |||||||||
| 02 Dec 2006 | FAIRYHOUSE | Soft | 3520 | 0 | Shirley Casper | 10st 9lbs | 8 of 17 | R T Dunne | |
| prominent, led under 4f out, strongly pressed and headed over 1 1/2f out, soon no extra | |||||||||
| 05 Mar 2006 | LEOPARDSTOWN | Good to Soft | 3520 | 0 | De Valira | 10st 12lbs | 10 of 13 | Mr M J O'Hare | |
| mid-division, moderate 8th halfway, 7th 4f out, soon no extra | |||||||||