Ahead Of The Field (IRE)
Owner: John McConnell Trainer: J C McConnell Sex: gelding Age: 9
Breeding: Flemensfirth / Last Of The Bunch (Silver Patriarch)
Form Summary
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Starts | Wins | 2nds | 3rds |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Good | 7 | 2 | 1 | |
| Good (Good to Firm in places) | 1 | |||
| Good (Good to Soft in places) | 1 | 1 | ||
| Good to Soft | 2 | |||
| Good to Soft (Good in places) | 2 | 1 | ||
| Good to Soft (Soft in places) | 2 | |||
| Soft | 2 | 1 | ||
| Soft (Good to Soft in places) | 1 | |||
| Yielding (Good in places) | 1 | 1 | ||
| Totals | 19 | 2 | 4 | 1 |
Race History
| Date | Course | Going | Distance | Class | Race Winner | Weight | Position | Jockey | SP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 06 Sep 2023 | Hexham | Good | 3m 41y | 5 | Hapy La Vie | 11st 12lbs | 2 of 10 | Ben Harvey | 5/1 |
| held up towards rear, closed 4th, not fluent 11th, went 2nd after 2 out, held last, kept on | |||||||||
| 26 Aug 2023 | Cartmel | Soft | 3m 1f 107y | 4 | Fairlawn Flyer | 11st 3lbs | PulledUp of 8 | Jonjo O'Neill Jr. | 10/3 |
| fly leapt start and virtually refused to race, soon pulled up | |||||||||
| 05 Jul 2023 | Worcester | Good (Good to Firm in places) | 2m 7f | 5 | Ron Burgundy | 11st 8lbs | 4 of 12 | Joe Anderson | 10/3 |
| held up in rear, steady headway when slow 10th, no impression from 4 out, plugged on | |||||||||
| 15 Jun 2023 | Worcester | Good | 2m 7f | 4 | The Boola Boss | 11st 3lbs | 2 of 9 | Joe Anderson | 7/2 |
| held up, headway home turn to go 2nd, ridden 4 out, could not go pace of leader 2 out, stayed on strongly from last | |||||||||
| 22 May 2023 | Ffos Las | Good | 2m 7f 191y | 4 | Scrum Diddly | 11st 5lbs | 3 of 7 | Joe Anderson | 11/2 |
| prominent, ridden before 3 out, not fluent and no impression on winner 2 out, one pace | |||||||||
| 03 Mar 2023 | Newbury | Good | 2m 4f 118y | 4 | Sashenka | 11st 3lbs | 4 of 8 | Joe Anderson | 9/1 |
| tended to jump slightly right, midfield in touch, briefly ridden before 6th, pushed along 3 out where not fluent, soon outpaced, weakened approaching last | |||||||||
| 10 Feb 2023 | Kempton | Good to Soft (Good in places) | 2m 5f | 4 | Sami Bear | 11st 12lbs | 4 of 11 | Joe Anderson | 20/1 |
| chased leaders, outpaced before 2 out, plugged on into modest 4th run-in | |||||||||
| 17 Nov 2022 | Wincanton | Good | 2m 4f 35y | 4 | Don Alvaro | 11st 13lbs | PulledUp of 5 | Thomas Bellamy | 20/1 |
| always towards rear, pulled up before 3 out | |||||||||
| 15 Oct 2022 | Stratford | Good | 2m 4f 205y | 4 | Fairway Freddy | 11st 5lbs | BroughtDown of 8 | Joe Anderson | 14/1 |
| towards rear, bumped 1st, slow 2nd and 3rd, brought down 9th | |||||||||
| 29 Sep 2022 | Warwick | Good | 2m 4f | 4 | Somekindofstar | 11st 12lbs | PulledUp of 6 | Thomas Bellamy | 10/3 |
| unseated rider going to post, blundered 1st, never going or jumped with any fluency in rear, jumped slowly 8th, tailing off when pulled up after next | |||||||||
| 18 Mar 2022 | Doncaster | Good to Soft | 2m 4f 115y | 4 | Lakota Warrior | 11st 4lbs | 4 of 9 | Thomas Bellamy | 3/1 |
| chased leaders, went 3rd before 9th, went right next, ridden and weakened before 4 out | |||||||||
| 12 Mar 2022 | Hereford | Soft (Good to Soft in places) | 2m 4f 194y | 4 | Keep Rolling | 11st 12lbs | of 7 | Joe Anderson | 0/0 |
| NonRunner | |||||||||
| 28 Jan 2022 | Doncaster | Good (Good to Soft in places) | 2m 3f 31y | 4 | Nocte Volatus | 11st 10lbs | 2 of 6 | Ben Jones | 3/1 |
| held up towards rear, jumped right 2nd, midfield 6th, progress to chase leader 10th, ridden 3 out, modest 2nd 2 out, kept on | |||||||||
| 03 Jan 2022 | Southwell | Good to Soft (Soft in places) | 3m 60y | 4 | Slipway | 11st 9lbs | 7 of 13 | Thomas Bellamy | 4/1 |
| held up in midfield, towards rear 6th, steady headway between horses 13th, ridden to chase leaders before 3 out, faded from 2 out | |||||||||
| 26 Dec 2021 | Wincanton | Good to Soft (Soft in places) | 2m 4f 35y | 4 | Native Robin | 11st 10lbs | of 12 | Thomas Bellamy | 0/0 |
| NonRunner | |||||||||
| 12 Dec 2021 | Southwell | Good to Soft (Good in places) | 2m 4f 88y | 4 | Ahead Of The Field | 11st 12lbs | 1 of 8 | Thomas Bellamy | 7/2 |
| midfield, headway to chase leader 4 out, jumped into lead 3 out, drew clear before last, idled flat but always doing enough | |||||||||
| 16 Nov 2021 | Lingfield | Good to Soft | 2m 7f 110y | 3 | Fantastikas | 11st 1lbs | 8 of 9 | Thomas Bellamy | 11/2 |
| always in rear | |||||||||
| 22 Mar 2021 | Navan | Yielding (Good in places) | 2m 4f | 0 | Ahead Of The Field | 12st | 1 of 20 | J C Gainford | 5/1 |
| tracked leader, 3rd halfway, strongly challenged leader 2 out, led narrowly run-in, ridden and kept on best under pressure closing stages | |||||||||
| 14 Feb 2021 | Punchestown | Soft | 2m 4f | 0 | Jungle Boogie | 12st | 2 of 23 | J W Kennedy | 14/1 |
| chased leaders, 6th halfway, ridden before 3 out, under pressure before straight, stayed on into moderate 3rd last, kept on run-in to go 2nd close home | |||||||||