Empire Steel (IRE)
Owner: Alan Wight Trainer: A M Thomson Sex: gelding Age: 10
Breeding: Aizavoski / Talk Of Rain (Turgeon)
Form Summary
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Starts | Wins | 2nds | 3rds |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Good | 1 | |||
| Good (Good to Soft in places) | 1 | 1 | ||
| Good to Soft | 3 | 1 | 1 | |
| Good to Soft (Good in places) | 3 | |||
| Heavy | 3 | 1 | 1 | |
| Heavy (Soft in places) | 1 | 1 | ||
| Soft | 2 | 1 | ||
| Soft (Good to Soft in places) | 1 | 1 | ||
| Soft (Heavy in places) | 7 | 3 | 1 | |
| Totals | 22 | 6 | 4 | 2 |
Race History
| Date | Course | Going | Distance | Class | Race Winner | Weight | Position | Jockey | SP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 12 Apr 2024 | Aintree | Soft (Heavy in places) | 2m 5f 19y | 1 | Arizona Cardinal | 11st 4lbs | 9 of 24 | Ryan Mania | 28/1 |
| midfield, chased leaders 14th, ridden after 2 out, weakened before last | |||||||||
| 16 Feb 2024 | Kelso | Soft (Heavy in places) | 2m 5f 133y | 2 | Empire Steel | 11st 10lbs | 1 of 5 | Ryan Mania | 2/1 |
| jumped well, pressed leader, went wide and led 2nd, made rest, travelling well and in command from 2 out, stayed on strongly | |||||||||
| 26 Dec 2023 | Wetherby | Soft (Good to Soft in places) | 3m 45y | 1 | Fontaine Collonges | 11st 2lbs | 2 of 6 | Ryan Mania | 7/2 |
| held up, mistake 14th, challenging when mistake 3 out, no impression on winner 2 out, well held last | |||||||||
| 28 Oct 2023 | Kelso | Soft (Heavy in Places) | 3m 2f 39y | 2 | Elvis Mail | 10st 10lbs | 3 of 6 | Ryan Mania | 9/4 |
| prominent, led from 4th, ridden and hard pressed 2 out, headed last, no extra final 100 yards | |||||||||
| 22 Apr 2023 | Ayr | Good | 3m 7f 176y | 1 | Kitty's Light | 11st 5lbs | 8 of 23 | Ryan Mania | 22/1 |
| chased leaders, pushed along 4 out, not much room 3 out, weakened before last | |||||||||
| 04 Mar 2023 | Kelso | Good to Soft | 2m 7f 96y | 1 | Empire Steel | 11st 2lbs | 1 of 5 | Ryan Mania | 4/1 |
| midfield, not fluent 12th, lost touch with leaders 4 out, ridden and outpaced 3 out, not fluent 2 out, rallied approaching last where 4 lengths down, stayed on well to lead near finish | |||||||||
| 04 Feb 2023 | Sandown | Good to Soft (Good in places) | 3m 37y | 2 | Castle Robin | 12st | 10 of 14 | Ryan Mania | 5/1 |
| in touch in mid-division, not fluent 13th, ridden and weakened before 2 out | |||||||||
| 03 Dec 2022 | Aintree | Good to Soft | 2m 3f 200y | 2 | Brave Seasca | 12st | 7 of 13 | Ryan Mania | 20/1 |
| in rear, held up, pushed along 4 out, soon ridden, never nearer | |||||||||
| 09 Apr 2022 | Aintree | Good to Soft (Good in places) | 3m 210y | 1 | Sam Brown | 11st 4lbs | of 18 | Ryan Mania | 0/0 |
| NonRunner | |||||||||
| 26 Mar 2022 | Kelso | Good (Good to Soft in places) | 3m 2f 39y | 2 | Potterman | 11st 11lbs | 2 of 4 | Ryan Mania | 5/4 |
| led, jumped right 3rd, joined when not fluent last, headed flat, held towards finish | |||||||||
| 18 Feb 2022 | Kelso | Heavy | 2m 5f 133y | 2 | Empire Steel | 11st 6lbs | 1 of 6 | Ryan Mania | 7/2 |
| tracked leaders, not fluent 6th, hit next, challenged going well 4 out, led next, clear between last two, easily | |||||||||
| 22 Jan 2022 | Haydock | Soft (Heavy in places) | 3m 1f 125y | 1 | Royale Pagaille | 10st 4lbs | PulledUp of 10 | B S Hughes | 4/1 |
| held up, not fluent 11th and 12th, headway on outside 5 out, soon outpaced by leaders and weakened quickly, pulled up after 4 out | |||||||||
| 26 Dec 2021 | Wetherby | Soft (Heavy in places) | 3m 45y | 1 | Good Boy Bobby | 11st 3lbs | Fell of 10 | Ryan Mania | 4/1 |
| restrained towards rear, midfield 5th, not fluent 12th, pressed leader 5 out, upsides when fell 4 out | |||||||||
| 20 Nov 2021 | Haydock | Good to Soft | 3m 1f 125y | 2 | Strictlyadancer | 11st 9lbs | 2 of 7 | Ryan Mania | 11/4 |
| mid-division, pressed leaders 4 out, ridden and every chance before 2 out, kept on well but held towards finish | |||||||||
| 09 Apr 2021 | Aintree | Good to Soft (Good in places) | 3m 210y | 1 | Chantry House | 11st 4lbs | PulledUp of 8 | Ryan Mania | 12/1 |
| chased leaders, mistake and lost place 8th, closed 11th, struggling 13th, pulled up before 15th | |||||||||
| 19 Feb 2021 | Kelso | Soft | 2m 7f 96y | 3 | Empire Steel | 11st 4lbs | 1 of 3 | Ryan Mania | 4/1 |
| chased leader, challenged 6th, led next, soon headed, hit 9th, jumped right and dived at 10th, jumped right 11th, led next, drew clear from 4 out, stayed on well | |||||||||
| 23 Jan 2021 | Haydock | Heavy | 2m 3f 203y | 1 | Silver Hallmark | 11st | of 5 | Ryan Mania | 0/0 |
| NonRunner | |||||||||
| 30 Nov 2020 | Ayr | Heavy (Soft in places) | 3m 20y | 3 | Hear No Evil | 11st 4lbs | 2 of 6 | Ryan Mania | 11/10 |
| prominent, close up 13th, not fluent 4 out, led briefly before 2 out, upsides last, stayed on but could not match winner | |||||||||
| 26 Oct 2020 | Ayr | Soft (Heavy in places) | 2m 4f 110y | 4 | Empire Steel | 11st 12lbs | 1 of 12 | Ryan Mania | 5/2 |
| prominent, mistake 12th, led before 4 out, not fluent 2 out, kept on well after last, pushed out, gamely | |||||||||
| 19 Jan 2020 | Ayr | Heavy | 3m 70y | 4 | Escaria Ten | 11st 4lbs | 3 of 7 | Ryan Mania | 9/4 |
| held up in touch on inside, challenged 4 out until after 3 out, weakened from 2 out | |||||||||
| 15 Dec 2019 | Carlisle | Soft (Heavy in places) | 3m 1f | 4 | Empire Steel | 11st 2lbs | 1 of 7 | Ryan Mania | 9/2 |
| tracked leader, left in narrow lead final circuit, pushed along entering straight, soon clear, ridden out on extended run-in, kept on (all flights in home straight omitted, low sun) | |||||||||
| 08 Dec 2019 | Kelso | Soft | 2m 51y | 4 | Elf De Re | 11st | of 13 | Callum Bewley | 0/0 |
| Withdrawn | |||||||||