Shoot First (IRE)
Owner: Dubai Cowboys Syndicate Trainer: C Byrnes Sex: gelding Age: 9
Breeding: Westerner / Keeps Sake (Old Vic)
Form Summary
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Starts | Wins | 2nds | 3rds |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Good | 3 | 1 | 1 | |
| Good to Soft (Soft in places) | 1 | |||
| Good to Yielding | 4 | 1 | 1 | |
| Good to Yielding (Good in places) | 1 | |||
| Good to Yielding (Yielding in places) | 1 | |||
| Heavy | 1 | |||
| Soft | 1 | 1 | ||
| Yielding to Soft | 1 | |||
| Totals | 13 | 3 | 1 | 1 |
Race History
| Date | Course | Going | Distance | Class | Race Winner | Weight | Position | Jockey | SP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 05 Oct 2025 | Tipperary | Good to Yielding | 2m 20y | 1 | Gaucher | 11st 1lbs | 5 of 7 | Philip Byrnes | 28/1 |
| always detached in rear | |||||||||
| 26 Sep 2025 | Listowel | Good to Yielding | 1m 6f | 0 | Lark In The Mornin | 11st | of 11 | Mr A D Bustin | 0/0 |
| NonRunner | |||||||||
| 01 Feb 2025 | Sandown | Heavy | 2m 7f 98y | 1 | Red Dirt Road | 12st | Fell of 13 | Philip Byrnes | 15/2 |
| rear mid-division, pushed along and headway home turn, went 4th before 2 out, ridden after 2 out, weakening when fell last | |||||||||
| 21 Dec 2024 | Ascot | Good to Soft (Soft in places) | 3m 97y | 1 | Crambo | 11st 7lbs | 9 of 10 | Philip Byrnes | 12/1 |
| chased leader until after 2nd, in touch, closed 3 out, losing place when blundered badly 3 out | |||||||||
| 23 Nov 2024 | Haydock | Soft | 3m 58y | 1 | Shoot First | 11st 10lbs | 1 of 15 | A Harvey | 22/1 |
| held up rear of mid-division, not fluent 6th, headway 9th, challenged 3 out, led before not fluent 2 out, stayed on gamely | |||||||||
| 26 Oct 2024 | Galway | Yielding to Soft | 2m 5f 200y | 0 | Four Clean Aces | 11st 12lbs | 5 of 10 | Philip Byrnes | 33/1 |
| in rear, slightly detached at 4th, joined up on field after 6th, 10th after 7th, progress before last, kept on run-in, never nearer | |||||||||
| 22 Oct 2022 | Cheltenham | Good | 2m 7f 208y | 2 | Shoot First | 10st 12lbs | 1 of 18 | Philip Byrnes | 9/4 |
| mid-division, closed 7th, led 2 out, hung left flat, stayed on well | |||||||||
| 21 Sep 2022 | Listowel | Good | 3m | 0 | Macgiloney | 11st 6lbs | 8 of 14 | Philip Byrnes | 10/3 |
| rear, slight mistake at 4th, 12th after 6th, some headway before 2 out, no impression before last, never a factor | |||||||||
| 27 Jul 2022 | Galway | Good | 2m 6f 111y | 0 | Rock Road | 11st 8lbs | 2 of 23 | Philip Byrnes | 4/1 |
| held up towards rear early, mid-division halfway, progress into 8th after 3 out, ridden into 5th entering straight, 3rd last, kept on into 2nd run-in, no chance with winner | |||||||||
| 30 Jun 2022 | Tipperary | Good to Yielding | 2m 4f | 0 | Shoot First | 11st 4lbs | 1 of 20 | A McCurtin | 11/2 |
| mid-division, ridden into moderate 6th after 3 out, closer in 4th and slight mistake 2 out, stayed on to challenge last, led run-in, soon asserted, comfortably | |||||||||
| 02 May 2022 | Down Royal | Good to Yielding (Yielding in places) | 2m 100y | 0 | Gaelic Arc | 11st 4lbs | 4 of 22 | A McCurtin | 18/1 |
| in rear, progress 3 out, pushed along in 6th 2 out, kept on without threatening run-in | |||||||||
| 22 Apr 2022 | Kilbeggan | Good to Yielding (Good in places) | 2m 3f | 0 | Amirite | 11st 4lbs | RanOut of 19 | D J McInerney | 11/1 |
| towards rear when cocked jaw and ran out through wing at 1st | |||||||||
| 01 Jul 2021 | Tipperary | Good to Yielding | 2m 4f | 0 | Tucson Train | 11st 6lbs | 3 of 17 | Mr P Byrnes | 25/1 |
| mid-division early, slight mistake 4th, headway to chase leaders from 3 out, no impression approaching straight, kept on without threatening after | |||||||||


