Hometown Boy (IRE)
Owner: The Garratt Family Trainer: S Edmunds Sex: gelding Age: 9
Breeding: Curtain Time / Mercy Mission (Karinga Bay)
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) | 1 | 1 | ||
| Good to Soft (Good in places) | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Good to Soft (Soft in places) | 3 | 1 | 1 | |
| Heavy (Soft in places) | 1 | |||
| Soft | 3 | 1 | 2 | |
| Totals | 18 | 5 | 1 | 4 |
Race History
| Date | Course | Going | Distance | Class | Race Winner | Weight | Position | Jockey | SP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 27 Sep 2024 | Worcester | Soft | 2m 7f | 3 | Hometown Boy | 11st 8lbs | 1 of 5 | C Gethings | 5/2 |
| led, not fluent 6th, landed awkwardly 8th, pushed along when not fluent 3 out, headed flat, rallied gamely to lead again close home | |||||||||
| 28 Jul 2024 | Uttoxeter | Good (Good to Firm in places) | 3m 2f 13y | 2 | Kinondo Kwetu | 10st 11lbs | of 5 | Charlie Hammond | 0/0 |
| NonRunner | |||||||||
| 26 Jun 2024 | Worcester | Good | 2m 7f | 3 | Hometown Boy | 11st 2lbs | 1 of 6 | Charlie Hammond | 11/4 |
| chased leader, led 3rd, pestered by loose horse and went clear after 8th, reduced lead 5 out, not fluent but came clear again 4 out, very easily | |||||||||
| 28 May 2024 | Bangor-on-Dee | Good to Soft (Good in places) | 3m 30y | 3 | Lesser | 11st 10lbs | 3 of 5 | C Gethings | 5/1 |
| chased leader until before 3rd, switched left and went 2nd again 5th, led 11th, headed after 4 out, 3rd and held last, no extra flat | |||||||||
| 10 Feb 2024 | Newbury | Heavy (Soft in places) | 2m 7f 86y | 3 | Makin'yourmindup | 11st 4lbs | Fell of 6 | C Gethings | 11/1 |
| raced wide, tracked leaders after 2nd, led 11th until 13th, chased leader, fell next | |||||||||
| 26 Oct 2023 | Carlisle | Soft | 2m 4f | 3 | Good Risk At All | 11st 2lbs | 3 of 7 | C Gethings | 14/1 |
| led, blundered 4 out and headed, left in 2nd 3 out, no extra when not fluent last | |||||||||
| 18 Oct 2023 | Wetherby | Good | 3m 45y | 3 | Any News | 11st 10lbs | of 2 | C Gethings | 0/0 |
| NonRunner | |||||||||
| 05 Oct 2023 | Warwick | Good | 2m 4f | 3 | Nickle Back | 11st 10lbs | of 8 | C Gethings | 0/0 |
| NonRunner | |||||||||
| 10 Apr 2021 | Aintree | Good to Soft (Good in places) | 3m 149y | 1 | Hometown Boy | 11st | 1 of 22 | C Gethings | 6/1 |
| led until after 1st, tracked leader, led again 9th, in command when bad mistake last, stayed on well | |||||||||
| 27 Feb 2021 | Kempton | Good (Good to Soft in places) | 2m 5f | 3 | Hometown Boy | 11st 3lbs | 1 of 11 | C Gethings | 11/1 |
| led until before 5th, chased leader who soon went clear, closer after 3 out, led before 2 out, 3 lengths ahead last, ridden further clear run-in | |||||||||
| 23 Oct 2020 | Cheltenham | Good | 2m 5f | 3 | Captain Tom Cat | 11st 4lbs | of 20 | C Gethings | 0/0 |
| NonRunner | |||||||||
| 10 Oct 2020 | Chepstow | Good | 2m 3f 100y | 1 | Tea Clipper | 10st 9lbs | of 18 | C Gethings | 0/0 |
| NonRunner | |||||||||
| 14 Mar 2020 | Kempton | Good to Soft (Soft in places) | 2m 5f | 1 | Mcfabulous | 11st 7lbs | 7 of 18 | C Gethings | 14/1 |
| held up towards rear, effort before 2 out, never a factor | |||||||||
| 04 Feb 2020 | Market Rasen | Good to Soft (Good in places) | 2m 4f 139y | 3 | Mcfabulous | 11st 8lbs | 2 of 5 | C Gethings | 13/8 |
| led, strongly challenged from 2 out, headed after last, kept on under pressure | |||||||||
| 26 Dec 2019 | Market Rasen | Good to Soft (Soft in places) | 2m 2f 140y | 4 | Hometown Boy | 11st 12lbs | 1 of 12 | C Gethings | 13/8 |
| led until 2nd, led again 4th, drew clear 2 out, easily | |||||||||
| 25 Nov 2019 | Ludlow | Soft | 2m 5f 55y | 4 | Hurricane Harvey | 10st 12lbs | 3 of 12 | C Gethings | 5/2 |
| held up in mid-division, headway before 7th, ridden approaching 3 out, soon beaten, went 3rd flat | |||||||||
| 08 Nov 2019 | Warwick | Good to Soft (Soft in places) | 2m 3f | 4 | Espoir De Romay | 10st 12lbs | 3 of 14 | C Gethings | 20/1 |
| took keen hold, prominent, 3rd and beaten 2 out, stayed on same pace | |||||||||
| 03 Oct 2019 | Warwick | Good to Soft (Good in places) | 2m | 5 | Soaring Glory | 11st | 4 of 12 | C Gethings | 14/1 |
| made most until over 1f out, weakened inside final furlong | |||||||||