Benfleet Boy (GB)
Owner: Mrs P Jubert & Dr E Semple Trainer: B G Powell Sex: Gelding Age: 21
Form Summary
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Starts | Wins | 2nds | 3rds |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Good | 2 | |||
| Good (Good to Firm in places) | 2 | |||
| Good (Good to Soft in places on National Course) | 1 | |||
| Good (Good to Soft in places on the Sprint Course) | 1 | |||
| Good (Good to Soft in places) | 1 | |||
| Good to Firm | 2 | 1 | ||
| Good to Firm (Good in places) | 1 | |||
| Good to Firm (Good on the Straight Course ) | 1 | 1 | ||
| Good to Soft | 1 | |||
| Good to Soft (Good in places) | 4 | 1 | 1 | |
| Good to Soft (Soft in places on the Round Course) | 1 | |||
| Good to Soft (Soft in places) | 6 | 1 | ||
| Good to Soft (Soft on bend adjacent to lake ) | 1 | |||
| Heavy | 1 | 1 | ||
| Polytrack | 1 | 1 | ||
| Soft | 3 | 1 | 1 | |
| Soft (Good to Soft in places) | 3 | 1 | 1 | |
| Soft (Heavy in places) | 1 | 1 | ||
| Standard | 1 | |||
| Totals | 34 | 4 | 5 | 3 |
Race History
| Date | Course | Going | Distance | Class | Race Winner | Weight | Position | Jockey | SP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 26 Feb 2011 | Kempton | Good to Soft (Soft on bend adjacent to lake ) | 2m 5f | 3 | Ocean Transit | 11st 12lbs | 7 of 17 | A P McCoy | 12/1 |
| tracked leaders, hard ridden to challenge approaching 2 out, weakened before last | |||||||||
| 05 Feb 2011 | Ffos Las | Good to Soft (Soft in places) | 2m 4f | 2 | Shoegazer | 11st 8lbs | 2 of 8 | B J Geraghty | 7/1 |
| led, soon clear, not fluent 5th, soon headed, led again before 4 out, strongly challenged 2 out, headed last, no extra | |||||||||
| 20 Jan 2011 | Taunton | Good to Soft (Soft in places) | 2m 1f | 2 | Ciceron | 11st 1lbs | 4 of 7 | L P Aspell | 16/1 |
| led 1st, led again 3rd, headed 5th, weakened before 2 out | |||||||||
| 07 Nov 2010 | Ffos Las | Good to Soft (Good in places) | 2m | 3 | Potemkin | 11st 1lbs | 4 of 5 | Jimmy McCarthy | 5/1 |
| led until 3rd, remained with leader until jumped slowly 5th and 6th, lost place 8th, rallied before 4 out, weakened 2 out | |||||||||
| 17 Oct 2010 | Kempton | Good (Good to Firm in places) | 2m | 4 | Chain Of Command | 11st 2lbs | 4 of 7 | A P McCoy | 11/8 |
| led until after 3rd, remained prominent, driven to challenge before 3 out, weakened after next | |||||||||
| 24 Sep 2010 | Ascot | Good to Soft (Soft in places on the Round Course) | 1m 4f | 4 | Bramalea | 11st 3lbs | 12 of 15 | D Swift | 7/1 |
| tracked leaders, weakened 3f out | |||||||||
| 08 Apr 2010 | Aintree | Good (Good to Soft in places) | 2m 4f | 1 | Sir Harry Ormesher | 11st | PulledUp of 22 | K Renwick | |
| 06 Mar 2010 | Newbury | Good to Soft (Good in places) | 2m 110y | 3 | Arctic Wings | 11st 12lbs | 3 of 9 | A P McCoy | 4/1 |
| led until after 1st, steadied behind front pair, tracked leader 5th, led 3 out, hit 2 out, headed before and blundered last, stayed challenging under pressure and every chance until one pace final 100 yards | |||||||||
| 20 Feb 2010 | Ascot | Good to Soft (Soft in places) | 2m 3f 110y | 2 | Beshabar | 10st 9lbs | 6 of 18 | K Renwick | 20/1 |
| led mistake 6th, headed 4 out, driven and outpaced 2 out, no extra approaching last | |||||||||
| 04 Feb 2010 | Wincanton | Heavy | 2m | 3 | Benfleet Boy | 11st 11lbs | 1 of 8 | K Renwick | 6/1 |
| made all, driven out | |||||||||
| 21 Jan 2010 | Taunton | Soft (Good to Soft in places) | 2m 1f | 3 | Qozak | 11st 5lbs | 2 of 13 | K Renwick | 8/1 |
| chased leaders, went 2nd 5th, chased winner 3 out, rallied to 2nd approaching last, no chance with easy winner | |||||||||
| 27 Dec 2009 | Kempton | Good to Soft (Soft in places) | 2m | 3 | Ronaldo Des Mottes | 11st 4lbs | 5 of 14 | K Renwick | 16/1 |
| held up rear of midfield, pushed along and headway on outside before 2 out, one pace and no impression soon after | |||||||||
| 28 Nov 2009 | Newbury | Good to Soft (Soft in places) | 2m 110y | 1 | Fairyland | 10st 10lbs | 10 of 12 | K Renwick | 16/1 |
| led early, remained close up weakened approaching 3 out | |||||||||
| 24 Oct 2009 | Newbury | Soft | 1m 4f 5y | 5 | Warne's Way | 10st 4lbs | 8 of 13 | Miss C L Wills | 13/2 |
| with leader and clear, led 3f out, ridden and headed over 1f out, soon weakened | |||||||||
| 11 Oct 2009 | Ffos Las | Good (Good to Firm in places) | 2m | 2 | Treaty Flyer | 11st 1lbs | of 7 | K Renwick | |
| 18 Sep 2009 | Newbury | Good to Firm | 1m 4f 5y | 4 | Sweet Hollow | 9st 3lbs | 2 of 7 | Michael Hills | 11/2 |
| led, ridden over 1f out, headed well inside final furlong, no extra | |||||||||
| 03 Apr 2009 | Aintree | Good (Good to Soft in places on National Course) | 2m 110y | 1 | El Dancer | 11st | 8 of 11 | K Renwick | 50/1 |
| made most, headed approaching 3 out, weakened 2 out | |||||||||
| 23 Feb 2009 | Hereford | Good to Soft (Good in places) | 2m 1f | 2 | I Have Dreamed | 11st 1lbs | 2 of 9 | K Renwick | 22/1 |
| took keen hold, led until after 1st, remained prominent, ridden when hit 2 out, led approaching last, headed flat, not quicken | |||||||||
| 15 Jan 2009 | Taunton | Soft (Good to Soft in places) | 2m 1f | 4 | Quartz De Thaix | 11st 11lbs | 3 of 14 | K Renwick | 10/3 |
| led, ridden and headed approaching 2 out, no extra after | |||||||||
| 13 Dec 2008 | Doncaster | Soft | 2m 110y | 4 | Benfleet Boy | 10st 12lbs | 1 of 11 | K Renwick | 4/1 |
| made all, drew clear approaching 2 out | |||||||||
| 29 Nov 2008 | Newbury | Good to Soft (Soft in places) | 2m 110y | 3 | Cockney Trucker | 11st | 6 of 12 | K Renwick | 66/1 |
| led, hit 3rd, ridden and headed 3 out, weakened next | |||||||||
| 25 Oct 2008 | Newbury | Soft | 1m 4f 5y | 5 | Blazing Bailey | 10st 2lbs | 2 of 13 | Miss C L Wills | 40/1 |
| close up on outside, ridden to lead over 2f out, no extra when headed inside final furlong, stayed on one pace | |||||||||
| 12 Oct 2008 | Goodwood | Good to Soft | 1m | 4 | The Fifth Member | 8st 11lbs | 10 of 14 | Michael Hills | 16/1 |
| chased leaders, ridden 3f out, weakened over 2f out | |||||||||
| 26 Sep 2008 | Haydock | Good to Firm (Good in places) | 1m 30y | 4 | Just Bond | 9st 4lbs | 12 of 14 | Michael Hills | 14/1 |
| chased leaders, lost place over 2f out, soon weakened | |||||||||
| 17 Sep 2008 | Sandown | Good (Good to Soft in places on the Sprint Course) | 1m 2f 7y | 4 | Gallego | 9st 10lbs | 9 of 12 | D Holland | 10/1 |
| tracked leader, led over 6f out to over 5f out, stayed prominent, weakening when slightly hampered inside final 2f, soon behind | |||||||||
| 25 Aug 2008 | Warwick | Soft (Good to Soft in places) | 1m 2f 188y | 4 | Rowan Rio | 9st 10lbs | of 8 | Michael Hills | |
| Nonrunner | |||||||||
| 02 Aug 2008 | Goodwood | Good to Firm (Good on the Straight Course ) | 1m 1f | 3 | Count Ceprano | 8st 12lbs | 3 of 11 | W Buick | 10/1 |
| prominent, led over 2f out, soon ridden and hard pressed, headed just inside final furlong, kept on same pace | |||||||||
| 17 Jul 2008 | Sandown | Good to Firm | 1m 2f 7y | 4 | Presvis | 9st 8lbs | 4 of 11 | G Baker | 16/1 |
| chased leader to over 6f out, stayed prominent, one pace under pressure from over 1f out | |||||||||
| 02 Jul 2008 | Kempton | Standard | 1m | 4 | The Fifth Member | 9st 13lbs | 10 of 13 | Ted Durcan | 7/1 |
| held up towards rear, headway over 3f out, soon weakened | |||||||||
| 01 Apr 2008 | Folkestone | Soft (Heavy in places) | 7f | 5 | Benfleet Boy | 9st 4lbs | 1 of 6 | R L Moore | 10/3 |
| tracked leader, ridden over 2f out, led over 1f out, ridden and ran on | |||||||||
| 06 Sep 2006 | KEMPTON | Polytrack | 1540 | 5 | Benfleet Boy | 9st 3lbs | 1 of 13 | S J Drowne | |
| dwelt, soon tracking leaders, headway over 2f out, led inside final furlong, stayed on well | |||||||||
| 19 Aug 2006 | NEWMARKET | Good | 1320 | 5 | Wait Watcher | 9st 3lbs | 4 of 12 | S J Drowne | |
| behind, headway and switched right over 1f out, short of room inside final furlong, nearest finish | |||||||||


