Dark Spark (IRE)
Owner: Nelius O'Keeffe Trainer: M Winters Sex: gelding Age: 8
Breeding: Presenting / Voler La Vedette (King's Theatre)
Form Summary
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Starts | Wins | 2nds | 3rds |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Good | 4 | |||
| Good (Good to Yielding in places) | 1 | 1 | ||
| Good to Yielding | 3 | 1 | 1 | |
| Soft | 2 | |||
| Soft (Yielding to Soft in places) | 1 | 1 | ||
| Soft to Heavy (Heavy in places) | 1 | 1 | ||
| Yielding (Good in places) | 1 | 1 | ||
| Yielding (Good to Yielding in places) | 1 | 1 | ||
| Yielding (Yielding to Soft in places) | 1 | |||
| Yielding to Soft | 1 | |||
| Totals | 16 | 4 | 1 | 2 |
Race History
| Date | Course | Going | Distance | Class | Race Winner | Weight | Position | Jockey | SP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18 Aug 2022 | Killarney | Yielding (Yielding to Soft in places) | 2m 180y | 0 | Cape Gentleman | 11st 11lbs | 5 of 10 | Miss A L Fitzgibbon | 16/1 |
| slowly away, soon recovered and tracked leaders, 3rd halfway, pushed along and lost place early straight, moderate 5th over 2f out, kept on one pace | |||||||||
| 15 Jul 2022 | Killarney | Good | 2m 4f | 0 | Magnor Glory | 11st 12lbs | 6 of 11 | D J O'Keeffe | 11/2 |
| led, ran around slightly approaching 1st, slight mistakes 4th and 6th, headed 7th, disputed again before 4 out, ridden and headed before 2 out, soon no extra and kept on one pace | |||||||||
| 02 Jul 2022 | Bellewstown | Good | 2m 188y | 0 | Anna Bunina | 11st 7lbs | 5 of 19 | R J Condon | 15/2 |
| tracked leaders, 2nd 3 out, soon ridden, 5th 2 out, no impression | |||||||||
| 13 Jun 2022 | Kilbeggan | Good (Good to Yielding in places) | 2m | 0 | Dark Spark | 10st 11lbs | 1 of 9 | R J Condon | 5/4 |
| always prominent, not fluent 4th, disputed lead next, not fluent 3 out, headed before 2 out, ridden and led last, kept on well | |||||||||
| 05 Jun 2022 | Listowel | Yielding (Good in places) | 1m 4f 210y | 0 | Dark Spark | 11st | 1 of 9 | Miss A L Fitzgibbon | 22/1 |
| slowly into stride and detached in rear, rapid headway after 1f and soon tracked leaders, led after 3f and 2 length lead halfway, raced wide entering straight, pushed along | |||||||||
| 11 Dec 2021 | Fairyhouse | Yielding to Soft | 2m | 0 | Blue Lord | 12st | UnseatedRider of 15 | C J Orr | 50/1 |
| settled behind leaders early, dropped off leaders and moderate 6th halfway, mistake and unseated rider 4 out | |||||||||
| 25 Nov 2021 | Thurles | Good | 2m 2f | 0 | Ciel De Neige | 12st | 4 of 8 | D J McInerney | 12/1 |
| prominent and led from 2nd, pecked badly 4th and joined, led or disputed lead until headed 2 out, ridden and dropped to 4th early straight, no impression and jumped left last, no extra | |||||||||
| 13 Nov 2021 | Punchestown | Yielding (Good to Yielding in places) | 2m 20y | 0 | Top Bandit | 11st 2lbs | 3 of 9 | D J O'Keeffe | 13/2 |
| tracked leader, 2nd halfway, headway to lead 3 out, pushed along and headed early straight, ridden and no impression on winner before last, kept on one pace | |||||||||
| 20 Aug 2021 | Kilbeggan | Good to Yielding | 2m | 0 | Dark Spark | 12st | 1 of 17 | G Brouder | 5/2 |
| led, joined after 3 out, led again after next, pushed along to assert and 4 lengths clear at last, stayed on well | |||||||||
| 02 Aug 2021 | Cork | Good to Yielding | 2m 2f 180y | 0 | Impervious | 12st | 2 of 19 | S D Torrens | 6/4 |
| prominent, disputed lead from 2nd, led 4 out, pushed along and joined next, soon led again briefly, ridden and joined 2 out, headed approaching last, no impression, kept on same pace | |||||||||
| 01 Jul 2021 | Tipperary | Good to Yielding | 2m 4f | 0 | Tucson Train | 12st | 4 of 17 | D J O'Keeffe | 12/1 |
| prominent, effort 3 out, no extra approaching straight, one pace | |||||||||
| 29 Dec 2020 | Leopardstown | Soft | 2m | 0 | Hollow Games | 11st 13lbs | 7 of 9 | Miss A L Fitzgibbon | 22/1 |
| chased leader and ran freely, progress to dispute after 4f, led narrowly after halfway, disputed 4f out, headed 2 1/2f out, soon weakened | |||||||||
| 14 Nov 2020 | Punchestown | Soft to Heavy (Heavy in places) | 2m 180y | 0 | Letsbeclearaboutit | 11st 13lbs | 3 of 7 | Mr J J Codd | 3/1 |
| tracked leader, 3rd 6f out, pushed along and some headway on inner entering straight, ridden and no impression over 1f out, kept on one pace | |||||||||
| 12 Oct 2020 | Kilbeggan | Soft (Yielding to Soft in places) | 2m | 0 | Dark Spark | 11st 12lbs | 1 of 9 | Mr J J Codd | 9/4 |
| tracked leader and ran freely early, 3rd halfway, 2nd over 4f out, travelled well to lead under 2f out, asserted and clear 1f out, kept on well, impressive | |||||||||
| 07 Oct 2020 | Galway | Soft | 2m 160y | 0 | Teuchters Glory | 11st 9lbs | of 13 | Ms L O'Neill | 0/0 |
| 21 Sep 2020 | Listowel | Good | 2m | 0 | Jesse Evans | 11st 9lbs | of 15 | Mr J J Codd | 0/0 |