Positive Thinker (IRE)
Owner: Michael J McDonagh Trainer: M J McDonagh Sex: gelding Age: 7
Breeding: Ocovango / Clip Her Tail (Old Vic)
Form Summary
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Starts | Wins | 2nds | 3rds |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Good | 4 | |||
| Good (Good to Yielding in places) | 1 | |||
| Good to Yielding | 2 | 1 | ||
| Heavy | 3 | 1 | 2 | |
| Heavy (Soft to Heavy in places) | 2 | 1 | ||
| Soft | 3 | 2 | 1 | |
| Soft (Soft to Heavy in places) | 1 | 1 | ||
| Soft (Yielding to Soft in places) | 1 | 1 | ||
| Soft to Heavy | 3 | 1 | ||
| Soft to Heavy (Heavy in places) | 1 | 1 | ||
| Yielding | 1 | |||
| Yielding (Yielding to Soft in places) | 1 | 1 | ||
| Yielding to Soft | 1 | 1 | ||
| Totals | 24 | 3 | 7 | 4 |
Race History
| Date | Course | Going | Distance | Class | Race Winner | Weight | Position | Jockey | SP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 01 Apr 2024 | Fairyhouse | Soft to Heavy | 2m 6f 45y | 0 | Whatcouldhavebeen | 10st 6lbs | 4 of 8 | C M Quirke | 11/4 |
| tracked leader, 2nd halfway, slight mistake 5 out, 5th and pushed along approaching straight, moderate 4th and no extra after 2 out, kept on one pace | |||||||||
| 10 Mar 2024 | Naas | Soft (Soft to Heavy in places) | 3m 174y | 1 | Hartur D'arc | 10st | 2 of 12 | C M Quirke | 17/2 |
| prominent, soon tracked leaders, mistake 7th, 2nd halfway, disputed after 3 out, led on stand side 2 out, strongly pressed last, ridden and headed after last, no impression on winner, kept on same pace | |||||||||
| 11 Feb 2024 | Navan | Heavy | 3m | 0 | Young Dev | 11st 8lbs | 3 of 8 | Mr A P Ryan | 5/2 |
| tracked leaders on outer, not fluent 5th, ridden and dropped to 5th 3 out, 5th 2 out, went moderate 3rd at last, kept on one pace | |||||||||
| 23 Jan 2024 | Down Royal | Soft | 3m | 0 | Daily Present | 11st 10lbs | 2 of 7 | Mr A P Ryan | 6/4 |
| tracked leaders, 3rd halfway, improved to dispute after 3 out, ridden in narow lead approaching 2 out, narrowly headed 2 out, soon regained lead, strongly pressed last, headed run-in, kept on same pace close home | |||||||||
| 16 Dec 2023 | Fairyhouse | Heavy (Soft to Heavy in places) | 3m 68y | 0 | Emancipator | 10st 11lbs | 2 of 9 | S F O'Keeffe | 11/4 |
| prominent, dropped to 4th at 6th, 5th 3 out, ridden in 4th 2 out, 4th at last, improved into 2nd and switched right inside final furlong, stayed on well to strongly press winner to line | |||||||||
| 26 Nov 2023 | Cork | Soft | 2m 4f | 0 | Union Park | 11st | 3 of 12 | Mr A P Ryan | 2/1 |
| led narrowly, disputed lead at 1st, led at 3rd, headed before 4th, 3rd at 5th, 4th after 6th, improved to 3rd after 8th, led 2 out, joined last where pecked and dropped to 3rd, kept on same pace | |||||||||
| 22 Oct 2023 | Limerick | Soft to Heavy (Heavy in places) | 3m | 0 | Positive Thinker | 11st 11lbs | 1 of 14 | Mr A P Ryan | 6/5 |
| tracked leaders, improved to dispute lead 4 out (usual 5 out) and led before next, pressed before last, ridden and kept on best run-in | |||||||||
| 30 Sep 2023 | Gowran Park | Heavy | 2m 4f | 0 | Positive Thinker | 10st 8lbs | 1 of 7 | S F O'Keeffe | 10/11 |
| tracked leaders, 3rd halfway, headway to challenge after 3 out, close 2nd and pushed along next, ridden and led run-in, kept on well | |||||||||
| 15 Sep 2023 | Ballinrobe | Yielding (Yielding to Soft in places) | 2m 5f 181y | 0 | Dorans River | 11st 1lbs | 2 of 15 | S F O'Keeffe | 5/1 |
| tracked leaders on outer, slight mistake 5th, mistake next, went 2nd after 2 out, ridden and disputed lead at last, led after last, strongly pressed inside final furlong, headed and no extra close home | |||||||||
| 04 May 2023 | Tipperary | Good to Yielding | 3m 60y | 0 | Miss Tempo | 11st 4lbs | 6 of 23 | S F O'Keeffe | 7/2 |
| tracked leader, slight mistake 4th, 2nd halfway, slight mistake 7th, ridden and no impression before straight, no extra in 4th and mistake 2 out, kept on one pace | |||||||||
| 18 Apr 2023 | Tipperary | Good to Yielding | 2m 7f 135y | 0 | Positive Thinker | 11st 6lbs | 1 of 13 | S F O'Keeffe | 9/4 |
| tracked leaders, 4th halfway, close up briefly after 4 out, 3rd and slight mistake 3 out, ridden before straight, stayed on to challenge last, disputed run-in, edged ahead closing stages | |||||||||
| 30 Mar 2023 | Limerick | Soft (Yielding to Soft in places) | 2m | 0 | Henning | 10st 9lbs | 2 of 9 | S F O'Keeffe | 6/5 |
| tracked leader, 2nd before 4th, led briefly before 2 out where headed, ridden and kept on run-in, held | |||||||||
| 11 Mar 2023 | Gowran Park | Soft to Heavy | 2m 4f | 0 | Ardera Ru | 11st 2lbs | 3 of 23 | S F O'Keeffe | 3/1 |
| prominent, tracked leaders after 2nd, not fluent 5th, 2nd halfway, slight mistake 7th, mistake 3 out, disputed before next, ridden and headed before last, no impression in 3rd when mistake last, kept on one pace | |||||||||
| 18 Feb 2023 | Gowran Park | Soft to Heavy | 2m 4f 20y | 0 | Ottoman Style | 10st | of 22 | Reserve 1 | 0/0 |
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| 28 Dec 2022 | Limerick | Heavy (Soft to Heavy in places) | 2m 5f | 0 | Tomjackwilliam | 11st 9lbs | of 21 | C A Landers | 0/0 |
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| 11 Dec 2022 | Cork | Yielding to Soft | 2m 4f | 0 | Nephin Beg | 11st 6lbs | 2 of 27 | C A Landers | 4/1 |
| tracked leader, led after 1st, disputed lead after 3rd, headed at 6th, led after 4 out, soon headed, not fluent in clear 2nd 3 out, stayed on well run-in, just held | |||||||||
| 22 Nov 2022 | Limerick | Soft | 2m 5f | 0 | Chainofconsequence | 11st 4lbs | 2 of 17 | C A Landers | 10/3 |
| disputed lead early, soon mid-division, rear of mid-division halfway, headway on outer after 3 out and went 2nd next, soon ridden and slight mistake last, kept on one pace | |||||||||
| 31 Oct 2022 | Wexford | Heavy | 2m 4f | 0 | Harry Des Ongrais | 11st 12lbs | 3 of 15 | C A Landers | 4/1 |
| mid-division and slight mistake 1st, soon settled behind leaders, 6th halfway, progress into 3rd 4 out, slight mistake next and stumbled, ridden and no impression on leaders before straight, kept on one pace | |||||||||
| 12 Oct 2022 | Punchestown | Good (Good to Yielding in places) | 2m | 0 | Marine Nationale | 11st 12lbs | BroughtDown of 12 | C A Landers | 66/1 |
| held up, towards rear when badly hampered and unseated rider before 4th | |||||||||
| 30 Sep 2022 | Gowran Park | Yielding | 2m | 0 | Saylavee | 11st 12lbs | 4 of 16 | C A Landers | 40/1 |
| rear of mid-division, progress into 6th and pushed along after 3 out, moderate 6th 2 out, no impression, kept on one pace under hands and heels | |||||||||
| 05 Sep 2022 | Galway | Good | 2m 130y | 0 | Hubrisko | 11st 12lbs | 8 of 23 | C A Landers | 80/1 |
| mid-division, slight mistakes 2nd and 5th, 9th before 2 out, soon ridden and no impression | |||||||||
| 08 Aug 2022 | Ballinrobe | Good | 2m 143y | 0 | Nos Na Gaoithe | 11st 4lbs | of 13 | C A Landers | 0/0 |
| 19 May 2022 | Tipperary | Good | 3m | 0 | Whacker Clan | 11st 4lbs | of 17 | B Browne | 0/0 |
| 02 Oct 2021 | Gowran Park | Good | 2m 4f | 0 | Willaston | 11st 12lbs | of 13 | C A Landers | 0/0 |