Sounds Of Spring (IRE)
Owner: Mr J Butler Trainer: J Butler Sex: colt Age: 8
Breeding: Dark Angel / Rock Exhibition (Rock Of Gibraltar)
Form Summary
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Starts | Wins | 2nds | 3rds |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Good | 3 | |||
| Good (Good to Firm in places) | 1 | |||
| Good (Good to Yielding in places) | 2 | 1 | ||
| Good to Firm | 2 | |||
| Good to Soft (Good in places) | 1 | |||
| Good to Yielding | 1 | |||
| Good to Yielding (Yielding in places) | 1 | |||
| Heavy | 8 | 1 | 2 | |
| Heavy (Soft in Places) | 2 | |||
| Soft | 4 | 1 | ||
| Soft (Good to Soft in places) | 2 | 1 | ||
| Soft (Soft to Heavy in places) | 1 | 1 | ||
| Soft (Yielding in Places) | 1 | 1 | ||
| Soft to Heavy | 2 | 1 | ||
| Standard | 2 | |||
| Standard / Slow | 1 | |||
| Yielding | 1 | |||
| Yielding (Yielding to Soft in places) | 1 | 1 | ||
| Yielding to Soft | 2 | |||
| Totals | 38 | 4 | 3 | 3 |
Race History
| Date | Course | Going | Distance | Class | Race Winner | Weight | Position | Jockey | SP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 04 Jun 2025 | Nottingham | Good | 6f 18y | 6 | Waistcoat | 9st 3lbs | 6 of 8 | Grace McEntee | 40/1 |
| prominent, outpaced and pushed along 2f out, hung left and dropped away over 1f out | |||||||||
| 28 Oct 2024 | Redcar | Soft (Good to Soft in places) | 5f 217y | 6 | Deputy | 9st 3lbs | 5 of 10 | Morgan Cole | 22/1 |
| mid-division, ridden over 2f out, never on terms | |||||||||
| 16 Oct 2024 | Nottingham | Heavy (Soft in places) | 5f 8y | 6 | Marching Mac | 10st 11lbs | 9 of 11 | Miss Leah Banham | 8/1 |
| bumped start, towards rear, always behind | |||||||||
| 08 Oct 2024 | Leicester | Heavy (Soft in Places) | 6f | 5 | La La Lucrative | 9st 1lbs | 12 of 13 | Rossa Ryan | 11/4 |
| held up in rear, struggling over 2f out, no threat | |||||||||
| 11 Sep 2024 | Carlisle | Soft (Good to Soft in places) | 5f 182y | 6 | Agnes Grey | 9st 8lbs | 2 of 16 | O J Orr | 10/3 |
| chased leaders, ridden and stayed on inside final furlong, never going pace to reach winner | |||||||||
| 30 Aug 2024 | Ffos Las | Heavy | 6f | 6 | Sounds Of Spring | 9st 4lbs | 1 of 9 | Joshua Bryan | 3/1 |
| tracked leaders, headway going well over 2f out, led going easily over 1f out, soon ridden and clear, readily | |||||||||
| 03 Jul 2024 | Thirsk | Good to Soft (Good in places) | 6f | 6 | Garifullina | 9st 6lbs | 7 of 11 | Connor Beasley | 6/1 |
| went left and slowly into stride, rousted along and soon prominent, ridden over 1f out, weakened inside final furlong | |||||||||
| 03 Jun 2024 | Wetherby | Good | 5f 110y | 6 | Yazaman | 9st 1lbs | of 8 | L Morris | 0/0 |
| NonRunner | |||||||||
| 10 May 2024 | Nottingham | Good | 5f 8y | 6 | Yazaman | 9st 3lbs | 7 of 10 | Paddy Bradley | 28/1 |
| close up, ridden and weakened inside final furlong | |||||||||
| 09 Apr 2024 | Thirsk | Heavy | 6f | 6 | Burj Malinka | 9st 1lbs | 12 of 13 | L Morris | 40/1 |
| outpaced | |||||||||
| 27 Mar 2024 | Kempton | Standard / Slow | 6f | 6 | Libra Tiger | 9st 4lbs | 12 of 12 | L Morris | 66/1 |
| not much room start, always towards rear | |||||||||
| 15 Mar 2024 | Wolverhampton | Standard | 5f 21y | 6 | Thismydream | 9st 8lbs | 6 of 6 | L Morris | 40/1 |
| raced wide, in touch, ridden halfway, weakened over 1f out | |||||||||
| 26 Feb 2024 | Wolverhampton | Standard | 5f 21y | 5 | Gustav Graves | 9st 6lbs | 10 of 11 | L Morris | 18/1 |
| always behind | |||||||||
| 18 Oct 2023 | Navan | Soft | 5f 164y | 0 | Navorrosse | 9st 13lbs | 9 of 25 | N G McCullagh | 11/1 |
| tracked leaders, ridden and no impression 1 1/2f out, kept on one pace | |||||||||
| 07 Oct 2023 | Curragh | Soft | 6f | 0 | Sunday Sovereign | 9st 8lbs | of 22 | N G McCullagh | 0/0 |
| NonRunner | |||||||||
| 26 Jul 2023 | Naas | Soft | 5f 205y | 0 | Tai Sing Yeh | 9st 5lbs | 4 of 17 | W J Lee | 13/2 |
| towards rear early, progress from halfway and soon a bit short of room, brought to outer and ridden under 2f out, kept on into 4th inside final furlong, not threatening principals | |||||||||
| 08 Apr 2023 | Cork | Soft to Heavy | 5f | 0 | Real Force | 8st 7lbs | 10 of 12 | N G McCullagh | 9/2 |
| towards rear on far side, ridden from 2f out and no impression from over 1f out | |||||||||
| 26 Mar 2023 | Naas | Heavy | 5f 205y | 0 | Magical Vision | 9st | 3 of 14 | W J Lee | 3/1 |
| led, ridden over 1f out, strongly pressed inside final furlong, headed final 150 yards, kept on, dropped to 3rd close home | |||||||||
| 06 Nov 2022 | Naas | Heavy | 5f | 0 | Magical Vision | 8st 11lbs | 14 of 18 | N G McCullagh | 6/1 |
| mid-division on inner, pushed along over 1f out, no impression when short of room inside final furlong | |||||||||
| 23 Oct 2022 | Curragh | Soft to Heavy | 5f | 0 | Sounds Of Spring | 9st 7lbs | 1 of 14 | N G McCullagh | 13/2 |
| in touch on stands' side, pushed along to 2nd inside final furlong, ridden and ran on well final 150 yards to lead close home | |||||||||
| 08 Oct 2022 | Curragh | Yielding to Soft | 6f | 0 | Heavenly Power | 9st 10lbs | 15 of 33 | W J Lee | 15/2 |
| towards rear, ridden 2f out, 16th 1f out, no impression | |||||||||
| 07 Sep 2022 | Cork | Heavy | 6f | 0 | Pretty Rebel | 9st | 4 of 27 | J M Sheridan | 9/1 |
| mid-division, ridden in 9th 2f out, kept on without threatening final furlong | |||||||||
| 07 May 2022 | Naas | Yielding to Soft | 5f 205y | 0 | Rough Diamond | 9st 5lbs | 10 of 24 | W J Lee | 8/1 |
| rear of mid-division in stands' side group, ridden and effort over 1f out, kept on same pace final furlong | |||||||||
| 27 Mar 2022 | Naas | Good to Yielding (Yielding in places) | 7f | 0 | Spanish Tenor | 8st 10lbs | 7 of 13 | J M Sheridan | 9/1 |
| mid-division, ridden and no impression 2f out, kept on one pace | |||||||||
| 31 Oct 2021 | Naas | Heavy | 5f | 0 | Earls | 9st 2lbs | 6 of 14 | W J Lee | 7/2 |
| dwelt, soon switched left and held up towards rear on far side, headway 2f out, ridden and no impression in 9th when short of room 1f out, kept on one pace | |||||||||
| 17 Oct 2021 | Naas | Yielding (Yielding to Soft in places) | 5f 205y | 0 | Half Nutz | 8st 11lbs | 2 of 17 | N G McCullagh | 8/1 |
| raced in 5th early, effort from after halfway, kept on without matching winner inside final furlong | |||||||||
| 06 Oct 2021 | Navan | Soft | 5f 164y | 0 | Sounds Of Spring | 8st 7lbs | 1 of 11 | N G McCullagh | 13/2 |
| pushed along early and mid-division on inner, 6th 2f out, not clear run over 1f out, ridden and headway between horses inside final 150 yards, led closing stages | |||||||||
| 01 Jun 2021 | Tipperary | Good to Yielding | 5f | 0 | Master Matt | 8st 8lbs | 8 of 17 | S Foley | 3/1 |
| mid-division, pushed along after 2f, ridden 2f out, kept on one pace | |||||||||
| 15 May 2021 | Navan | Good (Good to Yielding in places) | 5f | 0 | Only Spoofing | 8st 12lbs | 2 of 12 | W J Lee | 3/1 |
| rear of mid-division, closer and switched left 2f out, ridden and no impression in 8th over 1f out, kept on well inside final furlong to go 2nd on line | |||||||||
| 07 May 2021 | Cork | Good to Firm | 7f | 0 | Hightimeyouwon | 8st 6lbs | of 25 | N G McCullagh | 0/0 |
| 26 Apr 2021 | Naas | Good (Good to Firm in places) | 5f 205y | 0 | Coill Avon | 9st | 4 of 14 | W J Lee | 11/4 |
| fly-jump leaving stalls and slowly into stride, soon mid-division, took keen hold, pushed along in 8th 2f out, ridden in 7th 1f out, kept on without threatening | |||||||||
| 28 Mar 2021 | Naas | Soft (Soft to Heavy in places) | 5f 205y | 0 | Zig Zag Zyggy | 8st 9lbs | 3 of 19 | N G McCullagh | 18/1 |
| reared slightly leaving stalls, soon in touch and ran freely, closed 2f out, led narrowly 1 1/2f out, ridden 1f out, soon headed and dropped to 3rd, kept on same pace | |||||||||
| 22 Oct 2020 | Navan | Soft (Yielding in Places) | 5f 164y | 0 | Sounds Of Spring | 9st 7lbs | 1 of 14 | S Foley | 16/5 |
| prominent and disputed lead, led 1 1/2f out, ridden to assert early final furlong, kept on well, comfortably | |||||||||
| 10 Oct 2020 | Limerick | Heavy | 6f 150y | 0 | Improving | 9st 7lbs | 3 of 13 | W J Lee | 10/1 |
| prominent and led after 1f, joined approaching straight and soon pushed along, ridden and headed over 1f out, soon no impression on winner, no extra | |||||||||
| 05 Sep 2020 | Navan | Yielding | 1m | 0 | Robin Des Sheikh | 9st 7lbs | of 21 | Reserve 3 | 0/0 |
| 05 Jul 2020 | Cork | Good (Good to Yielding in places) | 1m | 0 | Too Soon To Panic | 9st 7lbs | 10 of 21 | W J Lee | 20/1 |
| mid-division, under pressure 2 1/2f out, soon ridden, no impression, kept on one pace final furlong | |||||||||
| 11 Jun 2020 | Gowran Park | Good to Firm | 7f | 0 | Maker Of Kings | 9st 7lbs | 7 of 16 | W J Lee | 13/2 |
| mid-division, pushed along halfway, ridden under 2f out and 6th over 1f out, no impression inside final furlong | |||||||||
| 12 Oct 2019 | Limerick | Heavy | 7f | 0 | Big Call | 9st 5lbs | 4 of 13 | W J Lee | 10/1 |
| rear of mid-division, 7th halfway and headway under 2f out, ridden to challenge briefly 1f out, 4th and no impression inside final 150 yards | |||||||||


