Sports Line (IRE)
Owner: Mrs Mary O'Donovan Trainer: E M O'Sullivan Sex: Gelding Age: 21
Form Summary
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Starts | Wins | 2nds | 3rds |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Good | 9 | 2 | ||
| Good (Flat - Good to Yielding) | 1 | |||
| Good (Good to Firm in places) | 4 | |||
| Good (Good to Soft in places ) | 1 | |||
| Good (Good to Yielding in places) | 1 | |||
| Good to Firm | 2 | |||
| Good to Firm (Good in places) | 1 | 1 | ||
| Good to Soft | 4 | |||
| Good to Soft (Good plcs)(Cross country:Good, Good to Soft plcs) | 1 | |||
| Good to Soft (Soft in places) | 1 | |||
| Good to Yielding | 2 | |||
| Good to Yielding (Yielding in places) | 1 | |||
| Heavy | 5 | 1 | 1 | |
| Soft | 2 | 1 | ||
| Soft (Good to Soft in places) | 1 | |||
| Soft (Soft to Heavy in places on Chase course) | 1 | 1 | ||
| Soft (Soft to Heavy in places) | 1 | 1 | ||
| Soft (Yielding in places) | 1 | |||
| Soft (Yielding to Soft in places) | 1 | |||
| Soft to Heavy | 1 | |||
| Soft to Heavy (Chase - Soft) | 1 | 1 | ||
| Soft to Heavy (Chase: Heavy, Soft in places) | 1 | 1 | ||
| Soft to Heavy (Soft in places) | 1 | |||
| Yielding (Yielding to Soft in places) | 2 | 1 | 1 | |
| Yielding to Soft | 1 | |||
| Totals | 47 | 4 | 5 | 3 |
Race History
| Date | Course | Going | Distance | Class | Race Winner | Weight | Position | Jockey | SP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 11 May 2015 | Killarney | Good (Good to Yielding in places) | 2m 6f | 0 | Leave At Dawn | 9st 11lbs | PulledUp of 16 | S M O'Donovan | |
| 05 Mar 2015 | Clonmel | Soft to Heavy (Soft in places) | 3m | 0 | The Grey Guy | 10st 11lbs | PulledUp of 13 | S M O'Donovan | |
| 27 Dec 2014 | Limerick | Heavy | 2m | 0 | Written Inthestars | 11st 12lbs | 10 of 16 | S M O'Donovan | 25/1 |
| lost a little ground start, held up, 13th at 3rd, pushed along from 3 out, moderate 11th approaching straight, soon no extra | |||||||||
| 07 Dec 2014 | Cork | Heavy | 2m | 0 | Miradane | 10st 7lbs | 6 of 11 | S M O'Donovan | 25/1 |
| held up in rear, some progress into 6th entering straight, soon ridden and no impression | |||||||||
| 30 Sep 2014 | Sedgefield | Good (Good to Firm in places) | 2m 4f | 4 | Sendiym | 11st 12lbs | PulledUp of 11 | Mr P J O'Neill | |
| 19 Sep 2014 | Listowel | Good | 2m | 0 | Res Ipsa Loquitur | 11st 13lbs | 10 of 18 | Mr P J O'Neill | 25/1 |
| held up in rear, ridden and no impression entering straight, kept on one pace | |||||||||
| 31 Aug 2014 | Cork | Good (Good to Firm in places) | 2m 4f | 0 | Razia | 11st 12lbs | 4 of 23 | Mr P J O'Neill | 33/1 |
| held up towards rear, progress to chase leaders from before straight, no impression from before 2 out, moderate 4th at last, one pace run-in | |||||||||
| 11 Aug 2014 | Ballinrobe | Good (Good to Firm in places) | 2m 4f | 0 | Curragh Golan | 11st 2lbs | 11 of 14 | S G McDermott | 20/1 |
| always towards rear, never a factor, kept on one pace from 2 out | |||||||||
| 28 Jul 2014 | Galway | Good | 2m | 0 | Beckwith Star | 11st 7lbs | 10 of 23 | Mr P J O'Neill | 25/1 |
| held up in rear, no impression 2 out, kept on one pace | |||||||||
| 22 Jul 2014 | Ballinrobe | Good | 2m 1f | 0 | Wate And Sea | 11st 8lbs | 3 of 11 | Mr P J O'Neill | 20/1 |
| held up in rear, slight mistakes 2nd and 4th, ridden into 7th after 2 out, stayed on in 5th entering straight, 4th and mistake last, kept on same pace to 3rd run-in, no impression on leaders | |||||||||
| 04 Jul 2014 | Bellewstown | Good to Firm | 2m 1f | 0 | Portrade | 11st 9lbs | 9 of 19 | Mr P J O'Neill | 14/1 |
| soon chased leaders, 3rd halfway, no extra approaching 3 out | |||||||||
| 24 Jun 2014 | Ballinrobe | Good | 2m 110y | 0 | Xsquared | 11st 10lbs | 4 of 14 | Mr P J O'Neill | 40/1 |
| held up in rear, progress into moderate 7th 2 out, soon ridden and no impression, stayed on into 6th last, left 5th, kept on one pace run-in to 4th closing stages | |||||||||
| 13 Jun 2014 | Clonmel | Good | 2m 110y | 0 | Cordelia Belle | 11st 7lbs | 14 of 20 | Mr P J O'Neill | 33/1 |
| led, slight mistake 2nd, reduced lead from before 4 out, headed after 3 out, weakening when checked approaching straight, soon eased | |||||||||
| 04 Jun 2014 | Punchestown | Good to Yielding | 2m | 0 | Desertmore Stream | 10st 6lbs | 16 of 18 | S G McDermott | 40/1 |
| disputed lead early, prominent, lost place and weakened after 3 out | |||||||||
| 02 Oct 2013 | Sligo | Soft to Heavy | 2m 1f | 0 | Muzak | 11st | 9 of 9 | K M Donoghue | 12/1 |
| prominent, ridden in 2nd 3 out, weakened quickly before next, soon behind | |||||||||
| 21 Sep 2013 | Listowel | Soft (Yielding to Soft in places) | 2m 1f | 0 | Dick Dundee | 11st 11lbs | 7 of 15 | K M Donoghue | 16/1 |
| waited with, 13th 7 out, no impression and kept on same pace approaching straight | |||||||||
| 10 Aug 2013 | Kilbeggan | Good (Good to Firm in places) | 2m 4f | 0 | Double Seven | 11st 3lbs | 10 of 12 | K M Donoghue | 11/1 |
| held up towards rear, headway into 5th after 4 out, ridden in 6th 3 out, weakened next | |||||||||
| 21 Jul 2013 | Tipperary | Good to Firm | 2m 4f | 0 | Slieveardagh | 10st 13lbs | 4 of 18 | K M Donoghue | 8/1 |
| held up towards rear, ridden into 8th 2 out, stayed on to 5th last, kept on same pace run-in | |||||||||
| 19 Jun 2013 | Wexford | Good to Firm (Good in places) | 2m 1f | 0 | Annie Other | 11st 8lbs | 2 of 17 | K M Donoghue | 25/1 |
| waited with towards rear, improved into 4th 2 out, 3rd before last, kept on without troubling winner run-in | |||||||||
| 03 Jun 2013 | Listowel | Good to Yielding (Yielding in places) | 2m 3f | 0 | Mr Cracker | 10st 6lbs | 9 of 21 | A P Crowe | 16/1 |
| waited with early, improved to lead 6th, clear from 7 out, reduced lead 4 out, headed next, soon weakened | |||||||||
| 30 Apr 2013 | Ballinrobe | Soft (Soft to Heavy in places) | 2m 1f | 0 | Uncle Tom Cobley | 11st 8lbs | 3 of 8 | B J Cooper | 7/1 |
| chased leaders, 4th halfway, 3rd 4 out, bad mistake next and soon ridden, kept on same pace under pressure from before 2 out | |||||||||
| 17 Oct 2012 | Wetherby | Good to Soft | 2m | 3 | Tiptoeaway | 11st 3lbs | 8 of 8 | T J Murphy | 14/1 |
| chased clear pair, lost place 6th, behind from 9th | |||||||||
| 12 Oct 2012 | Tramore | Soft | 2m | 0 | Instant Impacked | 11st 10lbs | of 11 | Paul Carberry | |
| 12 Sep 2012 | Galway | Yielding to Soft | 2m 1f | 0 | Fosters Cross | 10st 13lbs | 5 of 7 | M Darcy | 7/1 |
| towards rear, ridden in 6th before 2 out, no impression in moderate 5th entering straight | |||||||||
| 28 Aug 2012 | Ballinrobe | Heavy | 2m 1f | 0 | Osana | 11st 2lbs | 2 of 7 | M Darcy | 8/1 |
| held up in 6th, progress after 3 out, moderate 3rd after 2 out, stayed on | |||||||||
| 05 Aug 2012 | Galway | Soft (Yielding in places) | 2m 1f | 0 | Paddy O Dee | 11st 2lbs | 6 of 12 | M Darcy | 14/1 |
| chased leader, moderate 2nd 3rd, 3rd 6 out, ridden and weakened after 3 out, completely tailed off | |||||||||
| 08 Jul 2012 | Limerick | Good to Yielding | 2m | 0 | Clarach | 11st | 10 of 12 | M Darcy | 16/1 |
| led and clear, some slight mistakes, reduced lead approaching straight, soon headed and weakened | |||||||||
| 03 Mar 2012 | Doncaster | Good | 2m 110y | 2 | Ultimate | 10st 13lbs | 7 of 8 | Adrian Lane | 20/1 |
| in rear, ridden after last (omitted 5 out), never dangerous | |||||||||
| 14 Jan 2012 | Kempton | Good (Good to Soft in places ) | 2m | 3 | Lucaindubai | 11st 7lbs | 9 of 10 | Adrian Lane | 25/1 |
| in rear, outpaced 3 out, never dangerous | |||||||||
| 10 Dec 2011 | Doncaster | Good to Soft | 2m 110y | 3 | Dubai Crest | 11st 7lbs | 5 of 9 | Adrian Lane | 12/1 |
| in rear, weakened after 3 out | |||||||||
| 23 Oct 2011 | Aintree | Good | 2m | 2 | Takeroc | 11st 7lbs | PulledUp of 8 | T J Murphy | |
| 07 Apr 2011 | Aintree | Soft (Good to Soft in places) | 2m | 1 | Silk Drum | 10st | Fell of 13 | Henry Brooke | |
| 18 Mar 2011 | Cheltenham | Good | 2m 110y | 1 | Oiseau de Nuit | 11st 6lbs | 17 of 24 | T J Murphy | 28/1 |
| always behind | |||||||||
| 18 Feb 2011 | Newbury | Good to Soft (Soft in places) | 2m 1f | 1 | French Opera | 11st 4lbs | 5 of 7 | J M Maguire | 7/2 |
| raced keenly, tracked leaders on inside, chased leading pair before 4 out, soon outpaced, no impression when mistake 2 out, lost well beaten 3rd and weakened between last 2 | |||||||||
| 16 Dec 2010 | Exeter | Good to Soft | 2m 1f 110y | 2 | Royal Charm | 11st 4lbs | 4 of 5 | J M Maguire | 3/1 |
| led and keen, mistake 2 out, soon headed and weakened | |||||||||
| 22 Apr 2010 | Punchestown | Good | 2m | 0 | Captain Cee Bee | 11st 12lbs | 3 of 10 | P Townend | 6/1 |
| held up early, 5th halfway, left 4th 6 out, headway to 2nd 4 out, ridden entering straight, no extra in 3rd last, kept on same pace run-in | |||||||||
| 16 Mar 2010 | Cheltenham | Good to Soft (Good plcs)(Cross country:Good, Good to Soft plcs) | 2m | 1 | Sizing Europe | 11st 7lbs | 11 of 12 | Ruby Walsh | 17/2 |
| tracked leader, led 3rd, headed after 8th, outpaced 3 out, soon lost place and weakened | |||||||||
| 24 Jan 2010 | Leopardstown | Soft to Heavy (Chase: Heavy, Soft in places) | 2m 1f | 0 | An Cathaoir Mor | 11st 12lbs | 2 of 7 | Ruby Walsh | 2/1 |
| close up in 3rd, improved to lead 3 out, edged clear after 2 out, strongly pressed after last, headed inside final furlong, kept on same pace under pressure | |||||||||
| 26 Dec 2009 | Limerick | Heavy | 2m 3f 120y | 0 | Dancing Tornado | 11st 5lbs | of 7 | P Townend | |
| 22 Nov 2009 | Navan | Heavy | 2m 1f | 0 | Sports Line | 11st 12lbs | 1 of 19 | Ruby Walsh | 5/6 |
| made all and generally jumped well, mistake 3 out, quickly stretched clear from last, stayed on well | |||||||||
| 11 May 2009 | Killarney | Good (Flat - Good to Yielding) | 2m 1f | 0 | Cuan Na Grai | 11st 12lbs | of 13 | Ruby Walsh | |
| 14 Mar 2009 | Naas | Soft (Soft to Heavy in places on Chase course) | 2m | 0 | Sports Line | 11st 8lbs | 1 of 7 | Ruby Walsh | 11/8 |
| made all, pressed after 3 out, drew clear before last, very easily | |||||||||
| 18 Feb 2009 | Punchestown | Soft | 2m | 0 | Sports Line | 11st 12lbs | 1 of 22 | Ruby Walsh | 1/2 |
| made all, jumped left, ridden before last, kept on well | |||||||||
| 20 Mar 2008 | Clonmel | Soft to Heavy (Chase - Soft) | 2m 4f | 0 | Top Of The Rock | 11st 12lbs | 2 of 16 | Ruby Walsh | 7/2 |
| chased leaders, 2nd before 4th, improved to challenge 2 out, soon ridden and no extra before last, kept on same pace | |||||||||
| 19 Feb 2008 | Punchestown | Yielding (Yielding to Soft in places) | 2m | 0 | Sports Line | 11st 13lbs | 1 of 17 | Mr P W Mullins | 10/1 |
| disputed lead, headed before halfway, ridden and challenged 2f out, led over 1f out, kept on well | |||||||||