Petrol Head (IRE)
Owner: Poor Fools Syndicate Trainer: H D McGuigan Sex: gelding Age: 9
Breeding: Valirann / Lizzy Langtry (King's Theatre)
Form Summary
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Starts | Wins | 2nds | 3rds |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Good | 3 | 2 | ||
| Good (Good to Firm in places) | 1 | |||
| Good (Good to Yielding in places) | 4 | 1 | 1 | |
| Good to Soft | 1 | |||
| Good to Yielding | 2 | |||
| Heavy | 4 | |||
| Heavy (Soft to Heavy in places) | 1 | |||
| Soft | 2 | |||
| Soft (Heavy in places) | 1 | |||
| Soft (Soft to Heavy in places) | 1 | |||
| Soft (Yielding to Soft in places) | 1 | |||
| Standard | 1 | |||
| Yielding | 3 | 1 | ||
| Yielding to Soft | 1 | |||
| Yielding to Soft (Yielding in places) | 1 | |||
| Totals | 27 | 4 | 1 |
Race History
| Date | Course | Going | Distance | Class | Race Winner | Weight | Position | Jockey | SP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 13 Oct 2025 | Roscommon | Soft (Heavy in places) | 1m 2f 95y | 0 | Mocking | 9st 12lbs | 7 of 11 | Nathan Crosse | 50/1 |
| towards rear, some headway early straight, 7th and ridden 2f out, no impression from over 1f out, kept on one pace | |||||||||
| 06 Oct 2025 | Killarney | Soft (Soft to Heavy in places) | 1m 30y | 0 | Lady Lilac | 9st 11lbs | 7 of 8 | Seamie Heffernan | 28/1 |
| always towards rear, never a factor, pushed along and no impression halfway, no extra in rear under 2f out, kept on one pace inside final furlong | |||||||||
| 01 Mar 2025 | Kelso | Good to Soft | 2m 51y | 2 | Cracking Rhapsody | 11st 4lbs | 9 of 18 | C O'Farrell | 14/1 |
| wore red hood to post, towards rear, never showed | |||||||||
| 01 Aug 2024 | Galway | Good (Good to Yielding in places) | 2m 11y | 1 | Nurburgring | 10st | of 19 | Danny Gilligan | 0/0 |
| NonRunner | |||||||||
| 06 Jul 2024 | Bellewstown | Good | 2m 1f 40y | 0 | Petrol Head | 10st 10lbs | 1 of 14 | Danny Gilligan | 7/4 |
| mid division, 7th halfway, went 4th after 4 out, headway on outer to lead next, pushed along and headed approaching last, ridden to regain advantage 150 yards out, kept on well | |||||||||
| 15 Jun 2024 | Downpatrick | Good (Good to Yielding in places) | 2m 1f 165y | 0 | Petrol Head | 11st 10lbs | 1 of 10 | S O'Callaghan | 7/2 |
| rear of mid-division early, took keen hold, mistake at 3rd, headway into 3rd 3 out, 2nd travelling well next, pushed along and led at last, stayed on strongly run-in, easily | |||||||||
| 08 Jul 2022 | Kilbeggan | Good (Good to Yielding in places) | 2m 3f | 0 | Sargent Lightfoot | 12st | 2 of 19 | D N Russell | 1/2 |
| mid-division, 6th 3 out, 3rd after next, pushed along in 2nd and challenged before last, ridden and bumped after last, no impression when switched left 100 yards out, kept on same pace | |||||||||
| 04 Jul 2022 | Roscommon | Good | 1m 7f 90y | 0 | Petrol Head | 11st 7lbs | 1 of 19 | Keith Donoghue | 7/4 |
| disputed lead, led at 4th, headed next, disputed lead again after 4 out, led travelling well 3 out, ridden approaching last, stayed on well run-in | |||||||||
| 21 Apr 2022 | Kilbeggan | Good to Yielding | 1m 7f 30y | 0 | Name Me Famous | 11st 12lbs | 9 of 17 | Keith Donoghue | 10/1 |
| always towards rear, never a factor, pushed along and no impression after 3 out, no extra after next | |||||||||
| 05 Mar 2022 | Navan | Yielding | 2m 4f | 0 | Silvertown | 10st 13lbs | 11 of 13 | Donagh Meyler | 16/1 |
| always behind, pushed along on outer entering straight, never a factor | |||||||||
| 13 Feb 2022 | Punchestown | Heavy | 2m 7f 115y | 0 | Young Dev | 10st 11lbs | 13 of 21 | Donagh Meyler | 6/1 |
| always towards rear, never a factor, pushed along and detached after 4 out, weakened, completely tailed off | |||||||||
| 15 Jan 2022 | Warwick | Soft | 2m | 4 | Punctuation | 11st 9lbs | 9 of 14 | K Brogan | 5/1 |
| in touch, pushed along 4th, weakened 3 out | |||||||||
| 02 Nov 2021 | Fairyhouse | Yielding | 2m 4f | 0 | Petrol Head | 10st 13lbs | 1 of 17 | D E Mullins | 11/1 |
| in rear, headway into 10th 3 out, improved into close 4th 2 out, pushed along approaching last, ridden to dispute lead inside final furlong, led and stayed on well close home, cosy | |||||||||
| 16 Oct 2021 | Leopardstown | Good (Good to Yielding in places) | 1m 2f | 0 | Moracana | 9st 11lbs | 10 of 14 | M A Enright | 50/1 |
| always towards rear, never a factor | |||||||||
| 31 Jul 2021 | Galway | Good | 1m 73y | 0 | Sherkin Island | 10st 1lbs | 13 of 21 | Sean O'Keeffe | 200/1 |
| rear of mid-division, ridden and no impression 2f out, never a factor | |||||||||
| 12 Jul 2021 | Dundalk | Standard | 1m 2f 150y | 0 | Safecracker | 10st 3lbs | of 11 | M A Enright | 0/0 |
| 04 Jul 2021 | Limerick | Yielding | 1m | 0 | Baseman | 10st 2lbs | 15 of 19 | M A Enright | 250/1 |
| rear of mid-division on outer, pushed along approaching straight, ridden and no extra 2f out, weakened | |||||||||
| 01 Jun 2021 | Tipperary | Good to Yielding | 1m 4f 110y | 0 | Tashi | 10st 7lbs | 10 of 17 | M A Enright | 125/1 |
| towards rear for most, ridden and no impression over 3f out | |||||||||
| 19 May 2021 | Cork | Yielding to Soft | 1m | 0 | Grid | 10st 5lbs | of 20 | D E Mullins | 0/0 |
| 18 May 2021 | Sligo | Yielding to Soft (Yielding in places) | 1m 2f 125y | 0 | Sionnach Eile | 9st 9lbs | 10 of 17 | Robbie Colgan | 300/1 |
| waited with towards rear, pushed along under 4f out, kept on same pace without threatening from 2f out | |||||||||
| 11 May 2021 | Killarney | Soft (Yielding to Soft in places) | 1m 31y | 0 | Bright Idea | 9st 9lbs | 14 of 14 | E J McNamara | 400/1 |
| always towards rear, ridden and no extra 3f out, weakened | |||||||||
| 07 May 2021 | Cork | Good (Good to Firm in places) | 1m 2f 10y | 0 | Castletownbere | 10st 7lbs | of 20 | M A Enright | 0/0 |
| 27 Mar 2021 | Navan | Heavy | 1m | 0 | Earlswood | 10st 7lbs | 14 of 21 | D E Mullins | 300/1 |
| dwelt and pushed along briefly early, waited with, last approaching straight, soon no impression | |||||||||
| 21 Feb 2021 | Navan | Heavy (Soft to Heavy in places) | 1m 7f 170y | 0 | Alko Rouge | 11st 13lbs | 11 of 23 | M F Mooney | 300/1 |
| waited with, 16th after 3rd, slight mistake 5th, no impression before straight, kept on same pace without threatening | |||||||||
| 29 Jan 2021 | Navan | Heavy | 2m 4f | 0 | Gars De Sceaux | 11st 11lbs | 15 of 23 | Keith Donoghue | 250/1 |
| rear of mid-division, pushed along in moderate 9th 2 out, no extra | |||||||||
| 28 Dec 2020 | Leopardstown | Soft | 2m 4f | 0 | Gaillard Du Mesnil | 11st 9lbs | 10 of 22 | D J Hand | 200/1 |
| always towards rear, never a factor, no threat from 3 out, tailed off | |||||||||
| 08 Dec 2020 | Punchestown | Heavy | 2m 4f | 0 | Cape Gentleman | 11st 9lbs | 7 of 12 | Keith Donoghue | 50/1 |
| waited with, disputed 10th after 5th, headway in 7th approaching 3 out, soon no impression | |||||||||


