Gracchus De Balme (FR)
Owner: Michael Hilary Burke Trainer: J P O'Brien Sex: gelding Age: 8
Breeding: Manbolix / Olympe De Coudray (Cachet Noir)
Form Summary
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Starts | Wins | 2nds | 3rds |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Good (Good to Yielding in Places) | 3 | 1 | ||
| Good to Yielding (Yielding in Places) | 1 | 1 | ||
| Heavy | 2 | 1 | ||
| Soft (Soft to Heavy in places) | 1 | |||
| Soft to Heavy | 2 | 1 | 1 | |
| Yielding | 1 | 1 | ||
| Yielding (Good in places) | 1 | 1 | ||
| Yielding to Soft | 1 | |||
| Totals | 12 | 2 | 2 | 3 |
Race History
| Date | Course | Going | Distance | Class | Race Winner | Weight | Position | Jockey | SP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 13 Jul 2024 | Wexford | Good (Good to Yielding in places) | 2m 3f 110y | 0 | Railway Hurricane | 10st 7lbs | 6 of 12 | J J Slevin | 16/1 |
| towards rear, ridden in 10th and no impression approaching straight, kept on one pace | |||||||||
| 17 May 2024 | Kilbeggan | Good (Good to Yielding in places) | 2m 4f 90y | 0 | The Dasher Conway | 11st 13lbs | 11 of 12 | J J Slevin | 17/2 |
| prominent, 3rd after 6th, lost place 2 out, soon weakened | |||||||||
| 28 Jan 2024 | Naas | Soft to Heavy | 2m 4f | 0 | Kings Halo | 11st 13lbs | 3 of 7 | J J Slevin | 4/1 |
| tracked leader in clear 2nd, every chance 2 out where mistake, dropped to 3rd and no impression before last, weakened in moderate 3rd run-in | |||||||||
| 17 Sep 2023 | Listowel | Good (Good to Yielding in Places) | 2m 1f | 0 | Uncle Phil | 11st 7lbs | 2 of 5 | J J Slevin | 9/4 |
| held up behind leaders, 4th halfway, mistake 4 out, 3rd and slight mistake 3 out, soon ridden, no impression in rear entering straight, moderate 3rd before last, stayed on into 2nd run-in, no chance with winner | |||||||||
| 08 Aug 2023 | Roscommon | Soft to Heavy | 2m 76y | 0 | Gracchus De Balme | 11st 12lbs | 1 of 7 | J J Slevin | 1/1 |
| chased leader, 2nd halfway, headway to dispute 3 out, pushed along to lead before last, kept on well | |||||||||
| 15 Jan 2023 | Punchestown | Heavy | 2m 3f 160y | 1 | Impervious | 11st | Fell of 7 | J J Slevin | 28/1 |
| held up in last, bad mistake and fell at 5th | |||||||||
| 29 Nov 2022 | Punchestown | Yielding to Soft | 2m 3f 150y | 0 | Marvel De Cerisy | 11st 5lbs | Fell of 9 | J J Slevin | 5/1 |
| led, took keen hold, fell 10th | |||||||||
| 17 Apr 2022 | Fairyhouse | Good to Yielding (Yielding in Places) | 2m 4f 55y | 0 | Digby | 12st | 3 of 28 | S Fitzgerald | 7/1 |
| mid-division, headway after 3 out and pushed along in 3rd entering straight, ridden and no impression at last, 2nd early run-in, 3rd final 100 yards, kept on one pace, joined for 3rd post | |||||||||
| 17 Feb 2022 | Clonmel | Heavy | 2m | 0 | Gracchus De Balme | 11st 12lbs | 1 of 20 | J J Slevin | 11/8 |
| tracked leader, 2nd halfway, headway to lead narrowly before 2 out, mistake last and joined, ridden and led again closing stages, kept on well | |||||||||
| 22 Jan 2022 | Navan | Yielding | 2m 4f | 0 | Ash Tree Meadow | 12st | 2 of 19 | J J Slevin | 15/8 |
| tracked leader in 2nd, took keen hold, mistake 4th, disputed lead from 6th, led 4 out, joined 2 out, soon ridden, headed at last, kept on same pace inside final furlong | |||||||||
| 04 Dec 2021 | Navan | Yielding (Good in places) | 2m 4f | 0 | Whatdeawant | 12st | 3 of 17 | M P Walsh | 17/2 |
| led, ridden and strongly pressed 2 out, headed before last, dropped to 3rd after last, no extra | |||||||||
| 27 Feb 2021 | Fairyhouse | Soft (Soft to Heavy in places) | 2m | 0 | O'toole | 12st 1lbs | 4 of 11 | Mr T Hamilton | 4/1 |
| waited with in rear, some headway over 6f out towards outer, 5th approaching straight, soon pushed along and switched right and no impression, one pace | |||||||||