Bear Story (IRE)
Owner: J Connaughton Trainer: M Halford Sex: colt Age: 6
Breeding: Kodiac / Angels Story (Galileo)
Form Summary
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Starts | Wins | 2nds | 3rds |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Good | 3 | 1 | 1 | |
| Good (Good to Firm in places) | 2 | 1 | ||
| Good (Good to Yielding in places) | 4 | 1 | ||
| Good to Yielding (Yielding in places) | 2 | 2 | ||
| Standard | 4 | 3 | 1 | |
| Yielding | 1 | 1 | ||
| Yielding (Good to Yielding in places) | 2 | |||
| Yielding (Yielding to Soft in places) | 1 | 1 | ||
| Yielding to Soft | 1 | |||
| Totals | 20 | 3 | 6 | 3 |
Race History
| Date | Course | Going | Distance | Class | Race Winner | Weight | Position | Jockey | SP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 23 Sep 2022 | Dundalk | Standard | 1m 2f 150y | 1 | Bear Story | 9st 7lbs | 1 of 10 | R P Whelan | 6/1 |
| led briefly, soon tracked leaders, 3rd halfway, ridden to press leaders 2f out, disputed 1f out, kept on well final furlong, edged ahead close home | |||||||||
| 14 Jul 2022 | Leopardstown | Good (Good to Firm in places) | 1m 1f | 1 | Boundless Ocean | 9st 12lbs | 2 of 6 | R P Whelan | 11/2 |
| led, pushed along and attempted to assert approaching straight, ridden and strongly pressed over 1f out, headed 1f out, no impression on winner final 150 yards, kept on one pace | |||||||||
| 25 Jun 2022 | Curragh | Good (Good to Yielding in places) | 1m 2f | 1 | Aikhal | 9st 12lbs | 5 of 7 | R P Whelan | 10/1 |
| held up, 5th halfway, ridden to close 2f out, 3rd 1 1/2f out, no extra inside final furlong, kept on one pace | |||||||||
| 22 May 2022 | Curragh | Good (Good to Yielding in places) | 1m 2f 110y | 1 | Alenquer | 9st 5lbs | 6 of 8 | R P Whelan | 66/1 |
| towards rear, ridden in moderate 6th over 2f out, moderate 5th 1f out, no impression final furlong | |||||||||
| 02 May 2022 | Curragh | Yielding | 1m 2f | 1 | Layfayette | 9st 5lbs | 2 of 7 | R P Whelan | 14/1 |
| held up behind leaders early, disputing 3rd halfway, ridden to challenge 2f out, led 1 1/f2 out, headed 1f out, kept on same pace final furlong | |||||||||
| 10 Apr 2022 | Curragh | Good to Yielding (Yielding in places) | 1m 2f | 1 | Layfayette | 9st 8lbs | 3 of 10 | R P Whelan | 25/1 |
| rear of mid-division, closer in 6th 3f out, ridden under 2f out, 3rd 1f out, kept on under pressure inside final furlong | |||||||||
| 27 Mar 2022 | Naas | Good to Yielding (Yielding in places) | 1m 2f | 1 | Layfayette | 9st 12lbs | 3 of 9 | R P Whelan | 12/1 |
| mid-division, ridden to close 2f out, under pressure in 5th over 1f out, kept on same pace final furlong to go 3rd at line | |||||||||
| 16 Oct 2021 | Leopardstown | Good (Good to Yielding in places) | 1m 2f | 1 | Georgeville | 9st 10lbs | 5 of 15 | R P Whelan | 9/1 |
| chased leaders, ridden in 8th 2f out, 6th 1f out, kept on same pace | |||||||||
| 24 Sep 2021 | Dundalk | Standard | 1m 2f 150y | 1 | Bear Story | 9st 5lbs | 1 of 10 | R P Whelan | 10/3 |
| chased leader, 4th over 4f out, switched left over 2f out, closed and ridden over 1f out, strongly challenged leader under 1f out, led final 100 yards, kept on best | |||||||||
| 12 Sep 2021 | Curragh | Good (Good to Firm in places) | 1m 2f | 0 | Max Mayhem | 9st 4lbs | 15 of 29 | G F Carroll | 11/1 |
| mid-division, ridden and hampered under 2f out, soon no impression | |||||||||
| 13 Aug 2021 | Curragh | Yielding (Good to Yielding in places) | 1m 2f | 1 | Earlswood | 9st | 6 of 13 | G F Carroll | 16/1 |
| in rear, ridden in 10th 2f out, kept on without threatening final furlong | |||||||||
| 08 Jul 2021 | Leopardstown | Good | 1m 2f | 0 | Mosala | 8st 6lbs | of 17 | M P Sheehy | 0/0 |
| 07 Jul 2021 | Fairyhouse | Good (Good to Yielding in places) | 1m 2f | 0 | Protagonist | 9st 9lbs | 2 of 7 | R P Whelan | 7/4 |
| soon chased leaders in 3rd, pushed along approaching straight, soon closed, challenged and on terms over 1f out, narrowly headed and kept on without matching winner inside final furlong | |||||||||
| 19 Jun 2021 | Down Royal | Good | 1m 4f 150y | 0 | Iowa | 9st 7lbs | 3 of 14 | R P Whelan | 10/1 |
| soon mid-division, headway to challenge and on terms 2f out, headed and one pace inside final furlong | |||||||||
| 30 May 2021 | Navan | Yielding (Yielding to Soft in places) | 1m 2f | 0 | Star Harbour | 8st 13lbs | 2 of 9 | R P Whelan | 5/1 |
| disputed lead early, soon tracked leaders, pushed along from 3f out, effort under 2f out in 2nd, kept on same pace inside final furlong | |||||||||
| 08 May 2021 | Naas | Yielding to Soft | 1m 2f | 0 | Benaud | 9st 2lbs | of 9 | R P Whelan | 0/0 |
| 11 Apr 2021 | Leopardstown | Good | 1m 2f | 0 | Sir Lamorak | 9st 5lbs | 2 of 13 | R P Whelan | 11/1 |
| led early, a little keen, soon mid-division, disputed 7th halfway, pushed along 3f out, headway and effort straight, kept on without troubling winner inside final furlong | |||||||||
| 11 Dec 2020 | Dundalk | Standard | 1m | 0 | Bear Story | 9st 7lbs | 1 of 17 | R P Whelan | 1/1 |
| broke well to lead, soon headed, 5th after 2f, headway over 2f out, ridden to lead narrowly over 1f out, kept on well final furlong | |||||||||
| 20 Nov 2020 | Dundalk | Standard | 1m | 0 | Ratib | 9st 7lbs | 2 of 17 | R P Whelan | 7/2 |
| chased leaders, ridden 2f out, closer in 3rd 1f out, went 2nd close home, stayed on well, not reach winner | |||||||||
| 27 Sep 2020 | Curragh | Yielding (Good to Yielding in places) | 7f | 0 | Van Gogh | 9st 7lbs | 8 of 18 | R P Whelan | 18/1 |
| prominent early, soon chased leaders, moderate 5th halfway, pushed along over 2f out, soon one pace | |||||||||