African Dance (IRE)
Owner: Bective Stud Trainer: O Murphy Sex: gelding Age: 10
Breeding: Shirocco / Dani California (Beat All)
Form Summary
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Starts | Wins | 2nds | 3rds |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Good | 2 | 1 | ||
| Good to Soft | 2 | 1 | ||
| Good to Soft (Good in places) | 1 | 1 | ||
| Good to Soft (Soft in places) | 1 | 1 | ||
| Soft | 3 | 1 | ||
| Soft (Good to Soft in places) | 1 | 1 | ||
| Soft (Heavy in places) | 1 | 1 | ||
| Totals | 11 | 4 | 3 |
Race History
| Date | Course | Going | Distance | Class | Race Winner | Weight | Position | Jockey | SP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 26 Apr 2024 | Perth | Soft | 2m 7f 180y | 3 | Chasing Fire | 11st 1lbs | 4 of 6 | Fergus Gregory | 10/1 |
| held up last, not fluent 5th, bad mistake 5 out, struggling from 4 out, ridden after 3 out, tired jump when tailed off last, weakened run-in | |||||||||
| 07 Feb 2023 | Market Rasen | Good to Soft (Good in places) | 2m 7f 191y | 4 | African Dance | 12st 1lbs | 1 of 6 | Fergus Gregory | 11/1 |
| in touch in rear, closed 4 out, led next, soon pressed, ridden and asserted towards finish | |||||||||
| 16 Nov 2021 | Ayr | Good to Soft (Soft in places) | 2m 4f 110y | 4 | African Dance | 11st 12lbs | 1 of 9 | S Bowen | 5/2 |
| held up, closed 3rd, not fluent 11th, mistake 13th, closed 4 out, led 2 out, hard pressed, held on well | |||||||||
| 04 Apr 2021 | Plumpton | Good | 2m 4f 114y | 3 | One Handsome Dude | 11st 10lbs | 4 of 7 | Lewis Stones | 11/10 |
| chased leading pair on inside, pushed along before 3 out, outpaced and struggling soon after | |||||||||
| 15 Mar 2021 | Plumpton | Good to Soft | 2m 4f 114y | 4 | Smurphy Enki | 12st 2lbs | of 6 | Non Runner | 0/0 |
| NonRunner | |||||||||
| 25 Jan 2021 | Plumpton | Soft (Heavy in places) | 2m 4f 114y | 4 | African Dance | 11st 8lbs | 1 of 7 | Lewis Stones | 1/8 |
| made all, pushed clear bypassing omitted 2 out, very easily, unchallenged (only 2 hurdles jumped) | |||||||||
| 15 Dec 2020 | Catterick | Soft | 2m 3f 66y | 4 | A Large One Please | 11st 4lbs | 3 of 12 | Fergus Gregory | 8/13 |
| raced in fourth until ridden along 3 out, some headway for pressure 2 out, kept on at one pace but caught for second close home | |||||||||
| 12 Nov 2020 | Sedgefield | Good to Soft | 2m 3f 188y | 4 | African Dance | 11st | 1 of 10 | Aidan Coleman | 1/1 |
| chased leaders on inside, 2nd after 3 out, ridden between last 2, led approaching and went left last, stayed on strongly run-in | |||||||||
| 22 Oct 2020 | Ludlow | Good | 1m 7f 169y | 4 | Ajero | 10st 12lbs | 3 of 14 | H Cobden | 9/1 |
| towards rear, headway 3 out, ridden next, kept on one pace | |||||||||
| 09 Mar 2020 | Stratford | Soft | 2m 70y | 5 | Hunny Moon | 11st 4lbs | of 14 | Adrian Heskin | 0/0 |
| NonRunner | |||||||||
| 14 Feb 2020 | Fakenham | Soft (Good to Soft in places) | 2m 3y | 5 | Martello Sky | 11st 4lbs | 3 of 9 | Fergus Gregory | 10/3 |
| chased leaders, every chance over 2f out, no extra final furlong | |||||||||


