The Gradual Slope (IRE)
Owner: Mark McDonagh Trainer: S O O'Brien Sex: gelding Age: 7
Breeding: Shantou / Caltras Theatre (King's Theatre)
Form Summary
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Starts | Wins | 2nds | 3rds |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Good | 3 | |||
| Good (Good to Yielding in places) | 1 | 1 | ||
| Good to Yielding | 3 | 1 | ||
| Good to Yielding (Yielding in places) | 1 | |||
| Heavy | 4 | 3 | ||
| Soft | 6 | |||
| Soft (Soft to Heavy in places) | 1 | |||
| Soft (Yielding in places) | 3 | 1 | ||
| Soft (Yielding to Soft in places) | 2 | 1 | ||
| Soft to Heavy | 1 | |||
| Soft to Heavy (Heavy In Places) | 2 | 1 | ||
| Yielding | 1 | |||
| Yielding (Good to Yielding in places) | 1 | |||
| Yielding (Yielding to Soft in Places) | 1 | |||
| Totals | 30 | 2 | 2 | 4 |
Race History
| Date | Course | Going | Distance | Class | Race Winner | Weight | Position | Jockey | SP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 23 Mar 2024 | Navan | Heavy | 2m 7f 100y | 1 | Bushmans Pass | 10st 13lbs | 3 of 10 | M M McDonagh | 20/1 |
| tracked leaders on inner, ridden in 2nd 3 out, dropped to 4th and no impression on leaders next, moderate 3rd before last, kept on one pace | |||||||||
| 10 Mar 2024 | Limerick | Soft to Heavy (Heavy in places) | 2m 1f 110y | 0 | Hurricane Cliff | 11st 7lbs | 2 of 8 | M M McDonagh | 8/1 |
| led narrowly, headed at 3rd, led after 4th, headed 2 out where badly hampered, not recover in moderate 3rd, left moderate 2nd last, kept on one pace | |||||||||
| 15 Feb 2024 | Clonmel | Heavy | 2m 4f | 0 | Hartur D'arc | 11st 12lbs | 3 of 10 | D King | 15/2 |
| disputed lead early, tracked leaders and 3rd halfway, 4th and ridden approaching 2 out, no impression before last, 3rd and kept on one pace run-in | |||||||||
| 24 Jan 2024 | Fairyhouse | Heavy | 2m 50y | 0 | Farmers Lodge | 11st 12lbs | 4 of 9 | M M McDonagh | 10/1 |
| prominent, disputed 2nd, slight mistake and headed 6th, 3rd when not fluent next, pushed along in 4th and no impression when jumped right 2 out, kept on one pace | |||||||||
| 26 Dec 2023 | Down Royal | Soft (Yielding to Soft in places) | 2m 4f | 0 | Ask Anything | 11st 12lbs | PulledUp of 13 | M M McDonagh | 9/1 |
| mid-division on inner and pushed along from early, towards rear when mistake 4 out, soon weakened, pulled up before next | |||||||||
| 26 Nov 2023 | Cork | Soft | 2m 5f | 0 | Meetingofthewaters | 11st 12lbs | PulledUp of 15 | G Brouder | 20/1 |
| rear, 14th before 9th, no impression, never a factor, pulled up before 3 out | |||||||||
| 15 May 2023 | Killarney | Good to Yielding | 2m 4f | 0 | Prince Zaltar | 11st 1lbs | 8 of 19 | M M McDonagh | 11/2 |
| tracked leader, took closer order in 2nd before 8th, led after 4 out, headed before 3 out, lost place and no extra before 2 out | |||||||||
| 26 Apr 2023 | Punchestown | Yielding (Good to Yielding in places) | 2m 3f 180y | 0 | Ballybawn Belter | 11st 11lbs | 10 of 28 | M M McDonagh | 22/1 |
| towards rear, pushed along in 18th 3 out, soon ridden, no impression | |||||||||
| 08 Apr 2023 | Fairyhouse | Yielding (Yielding to Soft in Places) | 3m 110y | 0 | Western Walk | 10st 10lbs | 7 of 14 | M M McDonagh | 18/1 |
| tracked leaders, 3rd halfway, closer 4 out, ridden in 4th entering straight, no extra 2 out | |||||||||
| 17 Mar 2023 | Down Royal | Soft to Heavy (Heavy In Places) | 2m 4f | 0 | Ottoman Style | 11st 10lbs | PulledUp of 13 | M M McDonagh | 9/2 |
| led, ridden and headed 4 out, weakened, pulled up before 3 out | |||||||||
| 12 Mar 2023 | Naas | Soft | 2m 3f | 0 | Carnfunnock | 10st 7lbs | 6 of 15 | M M McDonagh | 16/5 |
| tracked leaders, 3rd halfway, ridden in 5th after 3 out, no impression 2 out, kept on one pace | |||||||||
| 04 Feb 2023 | Leopardstown | Yielding | 3m | 0 | Perceval Legallois | 10st 8lbs | 4 of 18 | D Meyler | 25/1 |
| tracked leaders, not fluent 8th, went 2nd 2 out, soon ridden, 4th before last, kept on one pace | |||||||||
| 24 Jan 2023 | Down Royal | Soft (Yielding to Soft in places) | 2m 1f 33y | 0 | The Gradual Slope | 11st 7lbs | 1 of 9 | C M Quirke | 7/2 |
| tracked leaders, slight mistake 3rd, bumped 4th, bumped again after 3 out, headway into 3rd and pushed along 2 out, ridden and disputed lead at last, stayed on well run-in, led at line | |||||||||
| 29 Dec 2022 | Leopardstown | Soft (Yielding in places) | 2m 4f | 0 | Green Glory | 11st 3lbs | 6 of 16 | Aidan Coleman | 13/2 |
| in touch, 4th halfway, lost place before 2 out, progress and ridden in 5th before last, no extra run-in | |||||||||
| 05 Jun 2022 | Kilbeggan | Good to Yielding | 2m 2f 59y | 0 | The Gradual Slope | 11st 12lbs | 1 of 19 | M M McDonagh | 7/4 |
| tracked leaders, improved to 2nd after 4th, led after 4 out, pressed before 2 out, ridden and asserted before last, ran on well run-in, comfortably | |||||||||
| 16 May 2022 | Killarney | Good | 2m 4f | 0 | Auckland | 11st 4lbs | 4 of 19 | M M McDonagh | 7/2 |
| tracked leaders, 4th halfway, ridden after 2 out and no impression from before last, kept on one pace | |||||||||
| 27 Apr 2022 | Punchestown | Good to Yielding (Yielding in places) | 2m 3f 180y | 0 | Life In The Park | 10st 13lbs | of 28 | Reserve 3 | 0/0 |
| 18 Apr 2022 | Cork | Soft to Heavy | 3m 80y | 0 | Tenzing | 11st 12lbs | 5 of 23 | B Browne | 10/3 |
| mid-division, headway to 5th 3 out, pushed along in 4th when bad mistake 2 out, soon ridden in 5th and no impression, not fluent last, kept on one pace | |||||||||
| 01 Apr 2022 | Wexford | Good (Good to Yielding in places) | 2m 4f 50y | 0 | Sadie's Pride | 11st 4lbs | 3 of 16 | M M McDonagh | 5/2 |
| mid-division early, towards rear halfway, ridden into 7th after 3 out, no impression in 4th before 2 out, disputed 3rd 2 out, left 3rd last, kept on one pace | |||||||||
| 27 Feb 2022 | Naas | Soft (Yielding in places) | 1m 7f 101y | 0 | Palace Rock | 10st 5lbs | UnseatedRider of 22 | M M McDonagh | 10/3 |
| rear of mid-division, pushed along and no impression when mistake and unseated rider 3 out | |||||||||
| 09 Feb 2022 | Fairyhouse | Soft (Soft to Heavy in places) | 2m | 0 | Tempo Chapter Two | 11st 4lbs | of 8 | M M McDonagh | 0/0 |
| 27 Jan 2022 | Gowran Park | Soft (Yielding in places) | 2m 4f 85y | 0 | Kells Priory | 11st | 2 of 18 | M M McDonagh | 7/2 |
| rear of mid-division on outer, took keen hold, headway on wide outer to track leaders at 4th, 5th 3 out, ridden to lead before last, strongly pressed inside final furlong, headed and no extra close home | |||||||||
| 17 Jan 2022 | Punchestown | Soft | 2m 4f 130y | 0 | Gain De Cause | 11st 12lbs | 5 of 21 | B Browne | 17/2 |
| tracked leaders on outer, 7th halfway, pushed along and no impression in 11th 2 out, some headway early straight and went moderate 5th at last, kept on one pace | |||||||||
| 26 Dec 2021 | Leopardstown | Soft | 2m | 0 | The Greek | 10st 6lbs | 4 of 28 | B Browne | 66/1 |
| rear of mid-division, ridden and headway after 2 out, no impression in 6th at last, kept on one pace | |||||||||
| 05 Dec 2021 | Cork | Soft | 2m | 0 | Dysart Dynamo | 12st | 13 of 21 | M M McDonagh | 33/1 |
| mid-division, jumped right 4 out, soon ridden and no extra, tailed off | |||||||||
| 29 Jul 2021 | Galway | Good | 2m 11y | 0 | Farout | 11st 2lbs | 6 of 12 | M M McDonagh | 66/1 |
| mid-division and 7th from halfway, took closer order on inner from 3 out and pushed along in 5th from next, no impression from before last and dropped to 6th run-in | |||||||||
| 09 Jul 2021 | Cork | Good to Yielding | 2m | 0 | Ilmig | 11st 9lbs | 6 of 21 | M M McDonagh | 11/1 |
| chased leader, 2nd halfway, ridden and pressed leaders 3 out, no extra in 5th next, kept on one pace | |||||||||
| 25 May 2021 | Tipperary | Heavy | 2m | 0 | The Dasher Conway | 11st 8lbs | 3 of 21 | M M McDonagh | 5/1 |
| held up, rear of mid-division, ridden into moderate 9th 3 out, 5th and not fluent 2 out, kept on from last | |||||||||
| 20 May 2021 | Tipperary | Soft | 2m 20y | 0 | Slip Of The Tongue | 11st 4lbs | of 19 | Reserve 3 | 0/0 |
| 13 May 2021 | Clonmel | Good | 2m 3f 189y | 0 | Julies Stowaway | 11st 3lbs | of 17 | Reserve 3 | 0/0 |