Velvet Elvis (IRE)
Owner: Derek Kierans Trainer: G P Cromwell Sex: gelding Age: 8
Breeding: Shirocco / Treen (Charnwood Forest)
Form Summary
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Starts | Wins | 2nds | 3rds |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Good | 1 | |||
| Good to Soft (Soft in places) | 1 | |||
| Good to Yielding | 1 | 1 | ||
| Good to Yielding (Yielding in places) | 1 | |||
| Heavy | 3 | 2 | 1 | |
| Heavy (Soft in places) | 1 | 1 | ||
| Heavy (Soft to Heavy in places) | 1 | |||
| Soft | 1 | |||
| Soft (Heavy in places) | 1 | 1 | ||
| Soft (Soft to Heavy in places) | 1 | |||
| Soft (Yielding in places) | 1 | |||
| Soft (Yielding to soft in places) | 1 | |||
| Soft to Heavy | 1 | 1 | ||
| Soft to Heavy (Heavy in places) | 1 | 1 | ||
| Yielding | 3 | 1 | ||
| Yielding (Good in places) | 1 | |||
| Yielding (Good to Yielding in places) | 1 | |||
| Yielding (Yielding to Soft in places) | 1 | |||
| Totals | 22 | 5 | 2 | 2 |
Race History
| Date | Course | Going | Distance | Class | Race Winner | Weight | Position | Jockey | SP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 10 Mar 2024 | Naas | Soft (Soft to Heavy in places) | 3m 174y | 1 | Hartur D'arc | 11st 6lbs | of 12 | K M Donoghue | 0/0 |
| NonRunner | |||||||||
| 07 Feb 2024 | Fairyhouse | Heavy | 3m 42y | 0 | Velvet Elvis | 11st 6lbs | 1 of 4 | K M Donoghue | 7/1 |
| led or disputed lead, slow 5 out, led narrowly next, pushed along and 2 lengths clear after 2 out, kept on well run-in, comfortably | |||||||||
| 03 Dec 2023 | Fairyhouse | Soft | 3m 5f 130y | 1 | Street Value | 11st 10lbs | PulledUp of 18 | D J O'Keeffe | 16/1 |
| tracked leaders, mid-division at 6th, no impression and slow at 17th, pulled up before next | |||||||||
| 29 Apr 2023 | Punchestown | Good to Yielding (Yielding in places) | 3m 7f | 0 | Aione | 11st 12lbs | 6 of 16 | D J O'Keeffe | 16/1 |
| tracked leaders, 3rd halfway, short of room on inner after 3 out and pushed along in 5th early straight, ridden and no impression approaching last, no extra run-in | |||||||||
| 15 Apr 2023 | Aintree | Good to Soft (Soft in places) | 4m 2f 74y | 1 | Corach Rambler | 10st 6lbs | PulledUp of 40 | D J O'Keeffe | 25/1 |
| soon towards rear, struggling 15th The Chair, tailed off and pulled up before 18th | |||||||||
| 20 Mar 2023 | Navan | Heavy (Soft in places) | 2m 4f 90y | 1 | Any Second Now | 11st 3lbs | 2 of 5 | D J O'Keeffe | 11/4 |
| led early, took keen hold, joined from 2nd, slight mistake 7th, led 3 out, ridden 2 out, headed before last, kept on one pace in 2nd run-in | |||||||||
| 08 Feb 2023 | Fairyhouse | Yielding | 2m 7f 124y | 0 | Velvet Elvis | 11st 4lbs | 1 of 6 | D J O'Keeffe | 7/2 |
| led and disputed, definite advantage 5 out, extended lead to 2 lengths after 3 out, ridden approaching 2 out, kept on well from last | |||||||||
| 28 Dec 2022 | Limerick | Heavy (Soft to Heavy in places) | 2m 3f 160y | 0 | Maskada | 11st 9lbs | PulledUp of 16 | G Brouder | 16/1 |
| towards rear, briefly pushed along from 5th, detached in rear from halfway and pulled up before 5 out | |||||||||
| 27 Nov 2022 | Navan | Soft (Yielding in places) | 3m | 0 | The Big Dog | 11st 5lbs | PulledUp of 19 | D J O'Keeffe | 13/2 |
| mid-division, ridden and weakened after 4 out, pulled up before 2 out | |||||||||
| 23 Oct 2022 | Limerick | Soft (Yielding to soft in places) | 3m | 0 | The Big Dog | 11st 7lbs | 10 of 19 | D J O'Keeffe | 8/1 |
| prominent early, soon tracked leaders, 8th at 10th, slight mistake 5 out, soon pushed along and lost place, ridden and weakened after 3 out, tailed off | |||||||||
| 18 Apr 2022 | Fairyhouse | Yielding (Yielding to Soft in places) | 3m 5f 50y | 0 | Lord Lariat | 10st 11lbs | 6 of 30 | D J O'Keeffe | 12/1 |
| tracked leaders, 6th halfway, 4th at 16th, pushed along entering straight and pecked 2 out, 5th and slightly hampered last, kept on one pace | |||||||||
| 12 Mar 2022 | Navan | Soft (Heavy in places) | 3m | 0 | Velvet Elvis | 11st 7lbs | 1 of 12 | D J O'Keeffe | 17/2 |
| tracked leader in 2nd, disputed lead from 12th, led next, travelling well 3 out, ridden clear after 2 out, stayed on well run-in | |||||||||
| 05 Mar 2022 | Navan | Yielding | 2m | 1 | Gentleman De Mee | 11st 1lbs | 5 of 6 | J B Foley | 15/2 |
| tracked leader in moderate 2nd, dropped to remote 4th at 7th, soon ridden and no impression, dropped to last close home | |||||||||
| 18 Dec 2021 | Navan | Good to Yielding | 2m 4f | 0 | Ciel De Neige | 11st 5lbs | 3 of 8 | D J O'Keeffe | 9/2 |
| tracked leaders, slow at 2nd, 5th at halfway, ridden in 4th 3 out, 3rd and no impression on leaders next, kept on one pace | |||||||||
| 04 Dec 2021 | Navan | Yielding (Good in places) | 2m 4f | 0 | Farouk D'Alene | 12st | 4 of 18 | J P O'Sullivan | 14/1 |
| tracked leaders, slight mistake 9th, ridden in 4th 3 out, soon no impression on leaders | |||||||||
| 03 Apr 2021 | Fairyhouse | Yielding (Good to Yielding in places) | 3m | 0 | Lady Breffni | 11st 4lbs | 15 of 23 | D J O'Keeffe | 14/1 |
| tracked leaders on inner, 5th halfway, close up after 4 out and disputed lead briefly 2 out, soon ridden and no extra approaching last, weakened | |||||||||
| 13 Mar 2021 | Navan | Heavy | 2m 7f | 0 | Gars De Sceaux | 11st 8lbs | 3 of 8 | J P O'Sullivan | 5/2 |
| led, pressed entering straight and joined 3 out, pushed along before next, ridden and headed approaching last, no impression run-in and dropped to 3rd final 100 yards, kept on one pace | |||||||||
| 15 Feb 2021 | Thurles | Heavy | 2m 4f 38y | 0 | Velvet Elvis | 11st | 1 of 8 | D J O'Keeffe | 8/1 |
| disputed lead early, soon led, slight mistake 4 out, ridden and went on from 2 out, slight mistake last, stayed on well run-in | |||||||||
| 02 Jan 2021 | Cork | Soft to Heavy | 3m | 0 | Velvet Elvis | 11st 10lbs | 1 of 8 | D J O'Keeffe | 11/8 |
| disputed lead early, tracked leaders, soon 3rd, slightly slow 3rd, closed up from 4 out, soon on terms, led from 3 out, strongly pressed run-in, stayed on best | |||||||||
| 12 Dec 2020 | Fairyhouse | Soft to Heavy (Heavy in places) | 2m 7f 110y | 0 | Torygraph | 11st 5lbs | 2 of 12 | J P O'Sullivan | 9/1 |
| chased leaders, 5th halfway, improved to dispute 3 out, narrow lead entering straight, ridden before 2 out, headed after 2 out, kept on same pace from last | |||||||||
| 28 Sep 2020 | Roscommon | Good | 2m | 0 | Chemical Energy | 11st 9lbs | 11 of 14 | Mr N McParlan | 10/3 |
| tracked leaders, improved to lead 3f out, soon ridden, headed 2 1/2f out, soon weakened | |||||||||
| 08 Sep 2020 | Punchestown | Yielding | 2m 150y | 0 | Gordon's Jet | 11st 9lbs | 4 of 16 | Mr N McParlan | 7/1 |
| tracked leader in 2nd, disputed lead 5f out, led 4f out, ridden and strongly pressed entering straight, headed 1 1/2f out, 2nd 1f out, no extra inside final furlong | |||||||||