Unexpected Party (FR)
Owner: O'reilly Maclennan Tynan Carthy Shanah Trainer: D Skelton Sex: gelding Age: 9
Breeding: Martaline / Reform Act (Lemon Drop Kid)
Form Summary
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Starts | Wins | 2nds | 3rds |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Good | 2 | 1 | 1 | |
| Good (Good to Soft in places) | 4 | 3 | ||
| Good to Soft | 2 | |||
| Good to Soft (Good in places) | 3 | 1 | 1 | |
| Heavy (Soft in places) | 1 | |||
| Soft | 3 | 1 | ||
| Soft (Good to Soft in places) | 3 | 1 | 1 | |
| Soft (Heavy in places) | 3 | 1 | 1 | |
| Totals | 21 | 4 | 5 | 3 |
Race History
| Date | Course | Going | Distance | Class | Race Winner | Weight | Position | Jockey | SP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 27 Oct 2024 | Aintree | Good (Good to Soft in places) | 2m 3f 200y | 1 | Minella Drama | 10st 6lbs | 5 of 5 | Harry Skelton | 4/1 |
| held up in rear, not fluent 8th, gained a place after 13th, no impression 2 out, ridden soon after, weakened before the last | |||||||||
| 11 Apr 2024 | Aintree | Soft (Heavy in places) | 1m 7f 176y | 1 | Sans Bruit | 11st 4lbs | PulledUp of 15 | Harry Skelton | 6/1 |
| prominent, not fluent 3 out, lost place before 2 out, soon weakened, pulled up before last | |||||||||
| 13 Mar 2024 | Cheltenham | Soft (Heavy in places) | 1m 7f 199y | 1 | Unexpected Party | 10st 10lbs | 1 of 16 | Harry Skelton | 12/1 |
| tracked leaders, led 4 out, ridden out gamely | |||||||||
| 27 Jan 2024 | Cheltenham | Good to Soft | 2m 4f 127y | 2 | Ginny's Destiny | 11st 8lbs | 9 of 12 | Fergus Gillard | 25/1 |
| towards rear, pushed along 4 out, well held next | |||||||||
| 22 Dec 2023 | Ascot | Good to Soft (Good in places) | 2m 2f 175y | 1 | Djelo | 11st 9lbs | 4 of 4 | Harry Skelton | 13/2 |
| in rear, not fluent 9th, struggling home turn, never involved | |||||||||
| 09 Dec 2023 | Sandown | Heavy (Soft in places) | 1m 7f 99y | 1 | Le Patron | 11st 7lbs | 5 of 6 | C Gethings | 7/1 |
| led, headed approaching 3 out, pushed along home turn, gradually faded | |||||||||
| 18 Nov 2023 | Cheltenham | Soft | 2m 4f 44y | 1 | Stage Star | 10st 12lbs | 5 of 14 | Harry Skelton | 5/1 |
| tracked leaders, pushed along 3 out, weakened approaching last | |||||||||
| 14 Oct 2023 | Chepstow | Soft | 2m 3f 98y | 1 | Unexpected Party | 11st 5lbs | 1 of 5 | Harry Skelton | 2/1 |
| led, headed and remained handy after 5th, pressed leader 5 out, led 4 out and forged away, ridden after 2 out and edged right, kept on, always doing enough | |||||||||
| 22 Apr 2023 | Ayr | Good | 2m 4f 110y | 1 | Datsalrightgino | 11st 2lbs | 3 of 7 | Bridget Andrews | 14/1 |
| chased leaders on outside, jumped right early, pushed along and wanting to edge left from 4 out, 3rd and no impression from last | |||||||||
| 16 Mar 2023 | Cheltenham | Soft (Good to Soft in places) | 2m 3f 168y | 1 | Stage Star | 11st 7lbs | 5 of 9 | Harry Skelton | 100/1 |
| held up in rear, shaken up before 2 out, never involved, went 5th close home | |||||||||
| 28 Jan 2023 | Cheltenham | Soft (Good to Soft in places) | 2m 4f 127y | 2 | Stage Star | 11st 12lbs | 3 of 11 | Harry Skelton | 11/1 |
| held up rear of mid-division, not fluent 10th, headway after 3 out, went 4th 2 out, went 3rd last, no impression, weakened final 100 yards | |||||||||
| 28 Dec 2022 | Leicester | Good (Good to Soft in places) | 2m 4f 25y | 3 | Loughderg Rocco | 11st 4lbs | 2 of 6 | Harry Skelton | 8/13 |
| tracked leaders, ridden to chase winner 2 out, outpaced flat | |||||||||
| 03 Dec 2022 | Sandown | Good to Soft (Good in places) | 1m 7f 119y | 1 | Jonbon | 11st 7lbs | 3 of 4 | Kielan Woods | 22/1 |
| jumped right most of way, off the pace in 3rd, never any chance | |||||||||
| 14 Nov 2022 | Exeter | Good (Good to Soft in places) | 2m 3f 48y | 3 | McFabulous | 11st 2lbs | 2 of 4 | Harry Skelton | 9/2 |
| held up in touch, badly hampered by loose horse 3rd, switched to inside 4 out, ridden to challenge 3 out, led narrowly 2 out, headed approaching last, no extra flat | |||||||||
| 16 Mar 2022 | Cheltenham | Soft | 2m 5f | 1 | Commander Of Fleet | 11st | PulledUp of 26 | Harry Skelton | 8/1 |
| chased leaders, pushed along and weakened before 3 out, pulled up before next | |||||||||
| 22 Jan 2022 | Ascot | Soft (Good to Soft in places) | 2m 3f 58y | 2 | Unexpected Party | 10st 13lbs | 1 of 11 | Harry Skelton | 3/1 |
| patiently ridden towards rear, smooth headway on inside after 3 out, led between last two, clear when dived at the last, very easily | |||||||||
| 26 Dec 2021 | Wetherby | Soft (Heavy in places) | 2m 5f 56y | 3 | The Brimming Water | 11st 11lbs | 2 of 10 | Harry Skelton | 8/13 |
| midfield, smooth headway to chase leaders 4 out, cruised into lead before 2 out, not fluent last, headed flat, stayed on | |||||||||
| 13 Nov 2021 | Cheltenham | Good (Good to Soft in places) | 2m 5f | 3 | Gowel Road | 10st 10lbs | 2 of 12 | Harry Skelton | 3/1 |
| held up off the pace in last pair, good headway out wide and hit 6th, rallied approaching 3 out, travelling well after next, 4 lengths down and outpaced before the last, hung left and stayed on same pace run-in | |||||||||
| 29 Oct 2021 | Wetherby | Good to Soft (Good in places) | 2m 5f 56y | 4 | Unexpected Party | 11st 11lbs | 1 of 11 | Harry Skelton | 11/8 |
| chased leaders, travelling strongly 3 out, disputed lead 2 out, drew clear last, easily | |||||||||
| 29 Sep 2021 | Bangor-on-Dee | Good to Soft | 2m 145y | 4 | Fruit N Nut | 11st | 4 of 11 | Harry Skelton | 5/1 |
| tracked leaders, ridden before 2 out, held every chance but no match for leaders last | |||||||||
| 03 Sep 2020 | Southwell | Good | 1m 7f 182y | 4 | Hasanabad | 10st 12lbs | 2 of 9 | Harry Skelton | 2/1 |
| held up off the pace in 5th, wandered approaching 5th, headway approaching 3 out, went 2nd before 2 out, stayed on same pace, no chance with winner | |||||||||