Sporting Ace (IRE)
Owner: Mr Ken Lawrence Trainer: N B King Sex: gelding Age: 9
Breeding: Shantou / Knockbounce View (Old Vic)
Form Summary
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Starts | Wins | 2nds | 3rds |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Good | 3 | 1 | 1 | |
| Good (Good to Firm in places) | 1 | 1 | ||
| Good (Good to Soft in places) | 3 | 2 | ||
| Good to Soft | 2 | 1 | ||
| Good to Soft (Good in places) | 2 | |||
| Good to Soft (Soft in places) | 4 | |||
| Heavy | 5 | 1 | 3 | |
| Heavy (Soft in places) | 1 | 1 | ||
| Soft | 3 | 1 | ||
| Soft (Good to Soft in places) | 3 | 1 | ||
| Soft (Heavy in places) | 3 | 2 | ||
| Totals | 30 | 4 | 10 | 1 |
Race History
| Date | Course | Going | Distance | Class | Race Winner | Weight | Position | Jockey | SP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 22 Feb 2025 | Newcastle | Good to Soft (Soft in places) | 4m 1f 56y | 2 | Knockanore | 10st 12lbs | 9 of 17 | J M Quinlan | 14/1 |
| mid-division on inside, pushed along and dropped to rear 19th, plugged on from 4 out | |||||||||
| 31 Jan 2025 | Lingfield | Heavy (Soft in places) | 3m 4f 178y | 3 | Sporting Ace | 10st 8lbs | 1 of 12 | J M Quinlan | 6/1 |
| chased leader, led 16th, ridden and headed home turn, upsides 2 out, every chance last, stayed on strongly flat, regained lead close home, gamely | |||||||||
| 19 Dec 2024 | Exeter | Good to Soft (Soft in places) | 3m 54y | 3 | Don't Rightly Know | 11st 1lbs | 5 of 11 | J M Quinlan | 22/1 |
| in rear, ridden early, not fluent 10th and struggling, plugged on from 4 out | |||||||||
| 10 Dec 2024 | Uttoxeter | Soft (Good to Soft in Places) | 3m | 3 | Sound And Fury | 11st 1lbs | 7 of 9 | J M Quinlan | 6/1 |
| pressed leader, lost place and pushed along 13th, beaten after 4 out | |||||||||
| 16 Nov 2024 | Uttoxeter | Good | 3m 2f 13y | 4 | Ajp Kingdom | 11st 10lbs | 2 of 5 | James Bowen | 7/2 |
| raced on inside, tracked leader until 3rd, chased leaders, pushed along before 4 out, outpaced home turn, rallied into 3rd after next, went modest 2nd at the last, no chance with winner | |||||||||
| 29 Oct 2024 | Chepstow | Good to Soft (Good in places) | 3m 2f 54y | 4 | King Turgeon | 11st 11lbs | of 14 | J M Quinlan | 0/0 |
| NonRunner | |||||||||
| 10 Mar 2024 | Warwick | Soft (Heavy in places) | 3m 5f 54y | 3 | Well Dick | 12st | of 7 | J M Quinlan | 0/0 |
| NonRunner | |||||||||
| 23 Feb 2024 | Exeter | Heavy | 3m 54y | 3 | Pimlico Point | 10st 6lbs | 2 of 4 | J M Quinlan | 5/1 |
| prominent, led 5 out, ridden 4 out, challenged 2 out, soon headed, stayed on well flat | |||||||||
| 13 Feb 2024 | Lingfield | Soft | 3m 4f 178y | 3 | Whydah Gally | 11st 7lbs | of 10 | J M Quinlan | 0/0 |
| NonRunner | |||||||||
| 27 Jan 2024 | Uttoxeter | Heavy | 3m 2f 13y | 4 | Here Comes McCoy | 11st 12lbs | 2 of 8 | J M Quinlan | 85/40 |
| led, slow and headed 5 out, tracked leader, pushed along next, outpaced 3 out, driven and stayed on to chase clear winner approaching last | |||||||||
| 07 Jan 2024 | Plumpton | Soft (Good to Soft in places) | 3m 4f 102y | 3 | Dom Of Mary | 10st 12lbs | 6 of 11 | J M Quinlan | 7/2 |
| mid-division, lost place and towards rear after 12th, struggling before 15th, never on terms after | |||||||||
| 09 Dec 2023 | Chepstow | Heavy | 2m 7f 131y | 3 | Sporting Ace | 11st | 1 of 7 | J M Quinlan | 6/1 |
| chased leaders, pushed along 12th, close up 4 out, led last, stayed on | |||||||||
| 20 Nov 2023 | Exeter | Good to Soft | 3m 54y | 3 | Wiseguy | 10st 6lbs | of 11 | J M Quinlan | 0/0 |
| NonRunner | |||||||||
| 30 Oct 2023 | Huntingdon | Good to Soft (Soft in places) | 2m 7f 129y | 4 | Surrey Quest | 11st 9lbs | 7 of 10 | J M Quinlan | 7/2 |
| raced wide, close up, ridden and weakened before 2 out | |||||||||
| 21 Oct 2023 | Newton Abbot | Heavy | 3m 1f 170y | 4 | Take Your Time | 11st 11lbs | of 7 | J M Quinlan | 0/0 |
| NonRunner | |||||||||
| 23 Apr 2023 | Plumpton | Soft | 3m 217y | 3 | Crossing The Bar | 11st 8lbs | 4 of 10 | J M Quinlan | 5/2 |
| handy between leaders, pressed leader 9th, ridden after 3 out, held 2 out, plugged on | |||||||||
| 01 Apr 2023 | Uttoxeter | Heavy | 2m 7f 70y | 4 | Mexico | 11st 12lbs | 2 of 6 | J M Quinlan | 3/1 |
| pressed leader, led 8th, headed before 3 out, well held by winner 2 out | |||||||||
| 12 Mar 2023 | Warwick | Soft (Heavy in places) | 3m 2f | 3 | Loup De Maulde | 10st 13lbs | 2 of 7 | J M Quinlan | 2/1 |
| pressed leader, led 6th, headed 3 out, no impression on winner before next | |||||||||
| 24 Feb 2023 | Exeter | Good (Good to Firm in places) | 2m 7f 25y | 4 | Halifax | 11st 11lbs | 2 of 7 | N de Boinville | 11/10 |
| led narrowly, headed and remained prominent 3rd, pushed along home turn, pressed leader 2 out, soon ridden, every chance last, stayed on, held run-in | |||||||||
| 01 Feb 2023 | Exeter | Good to Soft | 2m 7f 25y | 4 | Top Of The Bill | 11st 9lbs | 2 of 10 | J M Quinlan | 11/8 |
| chased leaders, pushed along after 3 out, ridden hung left and went run-in, no chance with winner | |||||||||
| 31 Dec 2022 | Warwick | Soft (Good to Soft in places) | 3m 2f | 4 | Lord Snootie | 11st 9lbs | 3 of 13 | J M Quinlan | 4/1 |
| held up in midfield, headway to go prominent 9th, pushed along to lead before 2 out, headed 2 out, no extra after last | |||||||||
| 29 Nov 2022 | Southwell | Good (Good to soft in places) | 3m 60y | 4 | Docpickedme | 11st 11lbs | 2 of 7 | J M Quinlan | 5/2 |
| chased leader, pushed along and could not go pace of leader approaching 2 out, plugged on thereafter | |||||||||
| 18 Nov 2022 | Ascot | Good to Soft (Good in places) | 3m 97y | 4 | The Questioner | 12st 1lbs | of 9 | J M Quinlan | 0/0 |
| NonRunner | |||||||||
| 05 Nov 2022 | Aintree | Good to Soft (Soft in places) | 2m 4f | 3 | Man At Work | 11st 6lbs | of 8 | J M Quinlan | 0/0 |
| NonRunner | |||||||||
| 04 Nov 2022 | Exeter | Good (Good to Soft in places) | 2m 5f 137y | 3 | Outlaw Peter | 11st 6lbs | 2 of 8 | J M Quinlan | 3/1 |
| chased leader until not fluent 6th, went 2nd again before 3 out, soon ridden, no impression on winner before last | |||||||||
| 02 May 2022 | Warwick | Good | 3m 1f | 4 | Sporting Ace | 11st 6lbs | 1 of 7 | J M Quinlan | 5/6 |
| made all, clear from 3 out, easily | |||||||||
| 04 Feb 2022 | Chepstow | Soft | 2m 11y | 5 | Sporting Ace | 11st 2lbs | 1 of 13 | J M Quinlan | 11/2 |
| held up in touch, outpaced 4f out, rallied from over 2f out, went 2nd inside final furlong, led close home | |||||||||
| 27 Dec 2021 | Wetherby | Soft (Heavy in places) | 2m | 5 | Grey Dawning | 11st | 2 of 14 | J M Quinlan | 11/2 |
| tracked leaders, pushed along 3f out, ridden to chase winner approaching final furlong, kept on one pace | |||||||||
| 04 Nov 2021 | Newbury | Good (Good to Soft in places) | 2m 69y | 5 | Super Duper Sam | 11st | 5 of 11 | D A Jacob | 9/2 |
| Soon led, joined 7f out, ridden 3f out, headed 1f out, kept on | |||||||||
| 22 Apr 2021 | Warwick | Good | 2m | 5 | Revasser | 11st 2lbs | of 16 | Non Runner | 0/0 |
| NonRunner | |||||||||


