Always A Rock (IRE)
Owner: Always Trying Partnership IV Trainer: Charlie & Mark Johnston Sex: Colt Age: 20
Form Summary
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Starts | Wins | 2nds | 3rds |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Good | 1 | 1 | ||
| Good (Good to Soft in places) | 1 | |||
| Good to Firm | 3 | 1 | ||
| Good to Soft (Soft in places) | 1 | |||
| Standard | 5 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Totals | 11 | 3 | 1 | 1 |
Race History
| Date | Course | Going | Distance | Class | Race Winner | Weight | Position | Jockey | SP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 25 Oct 2008 | Doncaster | Good (Good to Soft in places) | 7f | 4 | Quest For Success | 9st | 9 of 11 | Matthew Lawson | 6/1 |
| prominent, ridden 2f out, soon driven and beaten | |||||||||
| 30 Sep 2008 | Southwell | Standard | 1m | 4 | Majuro | 9st 2lbs | 5 of 10 | Greg Fairley | 11/1 |
| outpaced behind, stayed on from over 1f out, never on terms | |||||||||
| 04 Sep 2008 | Redcar | Good to Soft (Soft in places) | 1m | 4 | Medici Pearl | 9st 2lbs | 15 of 17 | Greg Fairley | 14/1 |
| chased leaders until ridden and lost place well over 3f out | |||||||||
| 21 Aug 2008 | Great Leighs | Standard | 1m | 3 | Irish Mayhem | 9st 4lbs | 11 of 15 | Greg Fairley | 12/1 |
| tracked leaders, under pressure over 3f out, soon weakened | |||||||||
| 31 Jul 2008 | Goodwood | Good to Firm | 7f | 2 | Blue Sky Basin | 8st 6lbs | 15 of 17 | J Fanning | 16/1 |
| raced on outer, never better than mid-division | |||||||||
| 26 Jul 2008 | Ascot | Good to Firm | 1m | 2 | Perfect Stride | 8st 9lbs | 8 of 11 | R Ffrench | 6/1 |
| tracked leaders, led over 2f out, hard ridden and headed 2f out, weakened final furlong | |||||||||
| 19 Jul 2008 | Newmarket | Good to Firm | 1m | 2 | Always A Rock | 8st 9lbs | 1 of 8 | J-P Guillambert | 6/1 |
| made all, strongly challenged from over 1f out, stayed on gamely | |||||||||
| 30 May 2008 | Musselburgh | Good | 7f 30y | 4 | Always A Rock | 9st 5lbs | 1 of 5 | Greg Fairley | 6/4 |
| made all, ridden over 2f out and soon challenged, kept on gamely and drew clear inside final furlong | |||||||||
| 16 Apr 2008 | Wolverhampton | Standard | 7f 32y | 5 | Always A Rock | 9st | 1 of 10 | R Winston | 8/13 |
| made all, ran on well | |||||||||
| 15 Mar 2008 | Lingfield | Standard | 1m | 5 | Sundowner | 8st 10lbs | 2 of 12 | J Fanning | 13/2 |
| led, headed narrowly over 3f out, ridden to lead again over 1f out, headed & kept on inside final furlong | |||||||||
| 22 Feb 2008 | Wolverhampton | Standard | 7f 32y | 5 | Rio L'Oren | 9st 3lbs | 3 of 6 | A Elliott | 3/1 |
| slowly into stride and slightly hampered after start, ran green, soon driven along, headway 2f out, stayed on | |||||||||


