First Touch (IRE)
Owner: David Paul Murphy Trainer: D Commins Sex: gelding Age: 12
Breeding: Mull Of Kintyre / Killesk Scribe (Scribano)
Form Summary
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Starts | Wins | 2nds | 3rds |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Good | 4 | 1 | 1 | |
| Good (Good to Yielding in places) | 2 | |||
| Good to Yielding | 1 | |||
| Good to Yielding (Yielding in places) | 2 | |||
| Heavy | 3 | 1 | ||
| Soft | 1 | 1 | ||
| Soft (Soft to Heavy in places) | 1 | |||
| Soft to Heavy | 1 | |||
| Yielding | 1 | 1 | ||
| Totals | 16 | 3 | 1 | 1 |
Race History
| Date | Course | Going | Distance | Class | Race Winner | Weight | Position | Jockey | SP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 01 Apr 2024 | Cork | Soft (Soft to Heavy in places) | 2m 4f | 0 | Lifetime Ambition | 12st | of 9 | Mr F Maguire | 0/0 |
| NonRunner | |||||||||
| 05 Aug 2022 | Wexford | Good (Good to Yielding in places) | 2m 4f | 0 | Avec Espoir | 11st 7lbs | Fell of 12 | Mr J C Canavan | 11/2 |
| soon led, headed before 3rd and raced 2nd, mistake and fell at 3rd | |||||||||
| 30 Jun 2022 | Tipperary | Good to Yielding | 2m 4f | 0 | Moving Water | 11st 10lbs | 10 of 19 | D J McInerney | 25/1 |
| tracked leaders, mistake 1st, 7th halfway, improved to challenge 3 out, ridden and no extra entering straight | |||||||||
| 27 Apr 2022 | Punchestown | Good to Yielding (Yielding in places) | 2m 3f 180y | 0 | Life In The Park | 11st 9lbs | 7 of 28 | D P Holden | 125/1 |
| mid-division on inner, closer in 6th 2 out, soon ridden and no impression | |||||||||
| 14 Nov 2021 | Punchestown | Good to Yielding (Yielding in places) | 2m 7f 190y | 0 | Sassy Yet Classy | 9st 12lbs | 13 of 21 | M J M O'Sullivan | 5/1 |
| soon prominent, slight mistake 2nd, on terms before 6th, hit 4 out, soon headed, weakened approaching straight | |||||||||
| 28 Oct 2021 | Clonmel | Heavy | 3m | 0 | First Touch | 10st 12lbs | 1 of 11 | D J McInerney | 3/1 |
| chased clear leader, 2nd after 2nd, slight mistake 6th, not fluent 7th, closed on leader after 9th, led next, joined entering straight, led again 2 out, ridden to assert before last, kept on well | |||||||||
| 12 Oct 2021 | Punchestown | Good | 2m 7f 200y | 0 | Direct Image | 11st 10lbs | 2 of 16 | Mr D O'Connor | 5/2 |
| tracked leader in 2nd, on terms 5 out, led before 3 out, pushed along and joined 2 out, kept on well under pressure, headed final 50 yards | |||||||||
| 27 Sep 2021 | Roscommon | Good | 3m 48y | 0 | First Touch | 11st 10lbs | 1 of 21 | D J McInerney | 16/1 |
| prominent, not fluent in 2nd at 5th, improved to lead after 7th, not fluent at 11th, ridden before last, kept on best run-in | |||||||||
| 15 Sep 2021 | Sligo | Good | 2m 4f 55y | 0 | Bold Emperor | 12st | 4 of 13 | D J McInerney | 17/2 |
| rear of mid-division, headway 2 out, 4th and pushed along approaching straight, ridden and no impression run-in, kept on one pace | |||||||||
| 29 Jul 2021 | Galway | Good | 2m 11y | 0 | Clonbury Bridge | 11st 11lbs | 6 of 23 | D J McInerney | 28/1 |
| mid-division and 8th from halfway, took closer order before 3 out, not fluent in 4th next, soon lost place and weakened, kept on same pace from before last | |||||||||
| 08 May 2021 | Cork | Good (Good to Yielding in places) | 2m 4f | 0 | Groveman | 11st 1lbs | 6 of 18 | Mr S J P Baragry | 4/1 |
| mid-division early, not fluent 6th, soon disputed 6th, slight mistake 4 out, chased leaders and pushed along approaching straight, one pace and slight mistake last | |||||||||
| 15 Apr 2021 | Limerick | Yielding | 2m | 0 | Jody Ted | 11st 2lbs | 3 of 17 | D J McInerney | 10/1 |
| tracked leader, 2nd halfway, led after 6th, pressed early straight, ridden and headed after 2 out, 3rd and no impression run-in, kept on one pace | |||||||||
| 23 Mar 2021 | Clonmel | Soft | 2m 2f 112y | 0 | First Touch | 12st | 1 of 14 | D J McInerney | 13/2 |
| mid-division, bumped approaching 5th, 5th 5 out, 4th on inner entering straight, switched left and progress to lead narrowly 2 out, ridden and joined when slight mistake last, led run-in, stayed on best | |||||||||
| 13 Mar 2021 | Navan | Heavy | 2m | 0 | Robinstown | 12st | 7 of 15 | D J McInerney | 22/1 |
| rear of mid-division, pushed along in moderate 9th after 2 out, kept on one pace | |||||||||
| 19 Jan 2021 | Clonmel | Heavy | 2m 4f | 0 | Templebredin | 12st 2lbs | 6 of 17 | Mr R W Barron | 15/2 |
| chased leaders, 3rd halfway, 5th and mistake 3 out, soon ridden and no extra, weakened and completely tailed off | |||||||||
| 10 Nov 2020 | Fairyhouse | Soft to Heavy | 2m 7f 110y | 0 | Er Dancer | 12st 2lbs | 4 of 17 | Mr R W Barron | 10/1 |
| waited with, 7th after 7th, improved to chase leaders and pecked 2 out, soon no impression, one pace | |||||||||