Closertobelieving (GB)
Owner: Mr Gordon Li Trainer: D R C Elsworth Sex: Colt Age: 19
Form Summary
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Starts | Wins | 2nds | 3rds |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Good | 1 | |||
| Good (Good to Firm in places) | 1 | 1 | ||
| Good (Good to Soft in places) | 1 | |||
| Good to Firm | 4 | 1 | ||
| Good to Firm (Good in places) | 1 | 1 | ||
| Good to Soft | 1 | |||
| Good to Soft (Soft in places; Sprint: Soft, Good to Soft in places) | 1 | 1 | ||
| Soft | 1 | |||
| Soft (Good to Soft in places) | 1 | 1 | ||
| Standard | 1 | |||
| Totals | 13 | 3 | 2 |
Race History
| Date | Course | Going | Distance | Class | Race Winner | Weight | Position | Jockey | SP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 25 Oct 2008 | Newbury | Soft | 1m 2f 6y | 2 | La Sarrazine | 8st 9lbs | 10 of 13 | T Quinn | 7/2 |
| held up in touch, hampered 3f out, not clear run over 1f out, eased final furlong | |||||||||
| 03 Oct 2008 | Newmarket | Good to Firm | 1m 2f | 2 | Swinging Sixties | 9st 1lbs | 3 of 7 | T Quinn | 15/2 |
| held up in rear, ridden over 2f out, headway and hung right from over 1f out, stayed on to go 3rd inside final furlong | |||||||||
| 12 Sep 2008 | Doncaster | Soft (Good to Soft in places) | 1m 2f 60y | 3 | Closertobelieving | 8st 11lbs | 1 of 18 | T Quinn | 7/1 |
| held up behind, headway 3f out, ridden and stayed on to lead 1f out, driven and kept on final furlong, just held on | |||||||||
| 30 Aug 2008 | Ripon | Good (Good to Firm in places) | 1m 1f 170y | 4 | Closertobelieving | 9st 7lbs | 1 of 7 | G Baker | 3/1 |
| held up in rear, ridden and headway over 2f out, challenged when edged right well over 1f out, led inside final furlong, kept on towards finish | |||||||||
| 13 Aug 2008 | Sandown | Good to Soft (Soft in places; Sprint: Soft, Good to Soft in places) | 1m 2f 7y | 4 | Kingdom of Fife | 9st 8lbs | 3 of 9 | T Quinn | 11/4 |
| held up in rear, headway from 2f out, effort 1f out, not quite pace to challenge, kept on | |||||||||
| 17 Jul 2008 | Sandown | Good to Firm | 1m 2f 7y | 4 | Slip | 9st 2lbs | of 9 | T Quinn | |
| Nonrunner | |||||||||
| 07 Jul 2008 | Windsor | Good (Good to Soft in places) | 1m 2f 7y | 4 | Sam Lord | 8st 10lbs | 4 of 9 | T Quinn | 5/2 |
| towards rear, ridden over 2f out, staying on when short of room, checked inside final furlong, eased afterwards | |||||||||
| 16 Jun 2008 | Windsor | Good to Firm (Good in places) | 1m 2f 7y | 5 | Closertobelieving | 9st 7lbs | 1 of 15 | S M Gorey | 7/2 |
| slowly into stride, held up in rear, headway on wide outside over 2f out, led inside final furlong, won going away | |||||||||
| 09 Jun 2008 | Folkestone | Good to Firm | 1m 1f 149y | 6 | Mont Cervin | 8st 13lbs | of 11 | S M Gorey | |
| Nonrunner | |||||||||
| 02 Jun 2008 | Windsor | Good to Soft | 1m 67y | 5 | Vineyard | 9st 5lbs | of 14 | Ted Durcan | 11/2 |
| slowly into stride, soon in mid-division, not clear run and eased up over 1f out, kept on after | |||||||||
| 15 May 2008 | Newmarket | Good to Firm | 1m 2f | 4 | Swinging Sixties | 9st 3lbs | 4 of 9 | T Quinn | 16/1 |
| chased leaders, ridden and kept on one pace final 2f | |||||||||
| 01 May 2008 | Great Leighs | Standard | 1m | 5 | Stone of Scone | 9st | 4 of 13 | A Munro | 14/1 |
| mid-division, ridden over 2f out, stayed on final furlong | |||||||||
| 17 Apr 2008 | Newmarket | Good | 1m | 4 | Tri Nations | 9st 3lbs | 8 of 10 | T Quinn | 14/1 |
| tracked leaders, ridden over 3f out, weakened over 2f out | |||||||||