Great Raffles (FR)
Owner: The Golden Cuckoo Trainer: Micky Hammond Sex: gelding Age: 9
Breeding: Kapgarde / Une Artiste (Alberto Giacometti)
Form Summary
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Starts | Wins | 2nds | 3rds |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Good | 1 | |||
| Good (Good to Soft in places) | 1 | |||
| Good to Soft | 3 | 1 | ||
| Good to Soft (Soft in places) | 4 | 1 | 1 | |
| Heavy | 4 | 1 | ||
| Soft | 8 | 1 | 1 | |
| Soft (Good to Soft in places) | 1 | |||
| Soft (Heavy in places) | 4 | 1 | ||
| Totals | 26 | 2 | 1 | 4 |
Race History
| Date | Course | Going | Distance | Class | Race Winner | Weight | Position | Jockey | SP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 07 Mar 2025 | Ayr | Soft | 3m 20y | 5 | Le Grand Vert | 10st 2lbs | UnseatedRider of 8 | Emma Smith-Chaston | 10/1 |
| held up towards rear, blundered and unseated rider 5th | |||||||||
| 16 Jan 2025 | Newcastle | Good to Soft (Soft in places) | 2m 4f 19y | 5 | The Jad Factor | 10st 2lbs | 7 of 9 | Emma Smith-Chaston | 12/1 |
| always towards rear, well beaten before 4 out | |||||||||
| 07 Dec 2024 | Wetherby | Soft (Good to Soft in places) | 2m 3f 85y | 5 | Fiadh | 10st 2lbs | 8 of 8 | Emma Smith-Chaston | 22/1 |
| mid-division, towards rear when mistake 11th, well beaten from next | |||||||||
| 23 Feb 2024 | Sedgefield | Soft | 2m 5f 28y | 5 | Largy Train | 10st 7lbs | 4 of 8 | Emma Smith-Chaston | 15/2 |
| mid-division, dropped to rear 10th, ridden and struggling before 13th, plugged on slowly | |||||||||
| 03 Feb 2024 | Wetherby | Soft (Heavy in Places) | 2m 3f 85y | 5 | Carrigeen Castle | 10st 7lbs | 3 of 6 | Emma Smith-Chaston | 8/1 |
| in rear, went remote 4th omitted 5 out, always behind and never involved | |||||||||
| 06 Jan 2024 | Newcastle | Soft (Heavy in places) | 2m 4f 19y | 5 | Carrigeen Castle | 10st 12lbs | 5 of 7 | Emma Smith-Chaston | 11/2 |
| towards rear, well beaten 4 out | |||||||||
| 14 Dec 2023 | Newcastle | Heavy | 2m 7f 91y | 5 | Tom Cody | 11st | 4 of 4 | Emma Smith-Chaston | 3/1 |
| tracked leaders, outpaced and dropped to rear 10th, kept on flat to press for 3rd | |||||||||
| 14 Apr 2023 | Sedgefield | Heavy | 3m 3f 9y | 5 | Atomic Angel | 10st 9lbs | 4 of 9 | C O'Farrell | 11/4 |
| held up in last trio, closer 3 out, pushed along and outpaced home turn, flattened 2 out, kept plugging on until no extra before the last | |||||||||
| 21 Mar 2023 | Wetherby | Soft | 3m 26y | 5 | Fiadh | 11st 1lbs | 4 of 9 | S Bowen | 2/1 |
| mid-division, hit 7th, mistake next, pushed along before 3 out, plugged on one pace from 2 out | |||||||||
| 27 Dec 2022 | Wetherby | Good to Soft (Soft in places) | 3m 26y | 5 | The Imposter | 10st 12lbs | 3 of 20 | Emma Smith-Chaston | 13/2 |
| mid-division out wide, steady headway and prominent before 3 out, ridden along in third and soon every chance, ran on, held close home | |||||||||
| 17 Nov 2022 | Newcastle | Soft | 2m 7f 149y | 5 | Fenland Tiger | 10st 5lbs | 2 of 15 | Emma Smith-Chaston | 15/2 |
| mid-division, pushed along to close approaching 3 out, every chance 2 out, hit last, kept on run-in, narrowly denied | |||||||||
| 08 Apr 2022 | Sedgefield | Good to Soft (Soft in places) | 3m 3f 9y | 5 | Great Raffles | 10st | 1 of 14 | Alain Cawley | 3/1 |
| held up, headway on outside 3 out but could not go pace of leaders, headway under pressure to lead approaching last, went clear flat | |||||||||
| 22 Mar 2022 | Wetherby | Good to Soft | 3m 26y | 5 | Great Raffles | 10st | 1 of 9 | Alain Cawley | 10/1 |
| held up in rear, closed on outside 7th, lost place after next, rallied before not fluent 3 out, hung right flat, stayed on, led close home | |||||||||
| 28 Feb 2022 | Carlisle | Soft | 2m 1f | 5 | Duty Calls | 10st | of 14 | Alain Cawley | 0/0 |
| NonRunner | |||||||||
| 16 Feb 2022 | Wetherby | Heavy | 2m 3f 154y | 5 | Camembert Electric | 10st | 3 of 16 | Jack Hogan | 9/2 |
| rear of mid-division, reminder 7th, headway after next, disputing 2nd 2 out, not fluent last, 3rd and held when switched right flat, kept on | |||||||||
| 27 Jan 2022 | Wetherby | Good to Soft | 2m 3f 154y | 5 | Son Of The Somme | 10st | of 17 | Jack Hogan | 0/0 |
| NonRunner | |||||||||
| 01 Jan 2022 | Catterick | Soft | 3m 1f 71y | 5 | Late Date | 10st | PulledUp of 14 | Alain Cawley | 33/1 |
| led, headed and chased leaders after 1st, lost ground under 4 out, pulled up after 3 out | |||||||||
| 08 Dec 2021 | Hexham | Heavy | 2m 7f 63y | 5 | Atomic Angel | 10st 8lbs | PulledUp of 15 | Alain Cawley | 14/1 |
| mid division, pushed along and weakened 7th, pulled up after 3 out | |||||||||
| 05 Nov 2021 | Hexham | Good to Soft | 2m 7f 63y | 5 | Mcgarry | 10st 11lbs | 8 of 13 | Alain Cawley | 50/1 |
| towards rear, mistake 9th, no extra from 3 out | |||||||||
| 10 May 2021 | Southwell | Good (Good to Soft in places) | 2m 4f 88y | 4 | Pepper Street | 10st 4lbs | 5 of 7 | Alain Cawley | 11/1 |
| prominent on outside, ridden and lost some places with a circuit to go, weakened after omitted 3 out | |||||||||
| 09 Mar 2021 | Newcastle | Good to Soft (Soft in places) | 2m 46y | 4 | Mongol Emperor | 10st 6lbs | PulledUp of 14 | Alain Cawley | 14/1 |
| towards rear, ridden after 3rd, hit 4th and detached, tailed off when pulled up before 3 out | |||||||||
| 22 Feb 2021 | Carlisle | Soft (Heavy in places) | 2m 1f | 5 | Barnay | 11st 3lbs | 5 of 10 | Alain Cawley | 28/1 |
| mid-division, ridden briefly after 3rd, not fluent and lost position 4th, ridden and struggling 3 out, stayed on after 2 out | |||||||||
| 22 Dec 2020 | Sedgefield | Soft (Heavy in places) | 2m 3f 188y | 5 | Cash Again | 11st 11lbs | 9 of 14 | Joe Colliver | 33/1 |
| behind most of way, tailed off | |||||||||
| 14 Nov 2020 | Wetherby | Soft | 2m 3f 154y | 4 | Fern Hill | 10st 12lbs | 3 of 9 | Alain Cawley | 200/1 |
| mid-division, jumped slowly 4 out, soon lost place, plugged on and left poor 4th 2 out, went 3rd run-in | |||||||||
| 26 May 2020 | Pau | Soft | 2m 1f 87y | 0 | Garkapstar | 10st 7lbs | of 14 | M Regairaz | 18/1 |
| 07 Mar 2020 | Auteuil | Good | 2m 1f 87y | 0 | Gant De Velours | 10st 3lbs | 5 of 10 | B Berenguer | 16/1 |


