Spirit Catcher (IRE)
Owner: James and Susan Cookson Trainer: P A Kirby Sex: colt Age: 7
Breeding: New Bay / Lidanski (Soviet Star)
Form Summary
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Starts | Wins | 2nds | 3rds |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Good | 5 | 1 | ||
| Good (Good to Firm in places) | 9 | 2 | 1 | 1 |
| Good (Good to Soft in places) | 3 | |||
| Good to Firm | 1 | |||
| Good to Firm (Good in places) | 4 | 2 | ||
| Good to Soft | 2 | 1 | ||
| Good to Soft (Good in places) | 1 | |||
| Good to Soft (Soft in places) | 3 | 1 | 1 | |
| Heavy | 2 | 1 | ||
| Soft | 2 | |||
| Soft (Good to Soft in places) | 3 | 1 | ||
| Soft (Heavy in places) | 1 | |||
| Standard | 3 | 1 | ||
| Standard / Slow | 1 | 1 | ||
| Totals | 40 | 4 | 6 | 4 |
Race History
| Date | Course | Going | Distance | Class | Race Winner | Weight | Position | Jockey | SP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 03 Sep 2026 | Haydock | Soft (Good to Soft in places) | 1m 3f 140y | 5 | Star Start | 10st 8lbs | 2 of 11 | Mr Daniel Perrin | 11/4 |
| got warm in preliminaries, slowly away, soon caught up, in touch with leaders before halfway, took second over 3f out, chased leader 2f out, ridden inside final furlong, kept on, no extra towards finish, did well under circumstances | |||||||||
| 31 Aug 2026 | Ripon | Soft | 1m 2f 190y | 6 | Glitter Code | 11st 2lbs | 4 of 10 | Mr Daniel Perrin | 3/1 |
| towards rear, steady headway but plenty to do over 2f out, ridden and kept on from over 1f out, not pace to challenge | |||||||||
| 27 Aug 2026 | Carlisle | Good (Good to Firm in Places) | 1m 1f | 5 | Jewel Maker | 10st 12lbs | of 8 | Mr Daniel Perrin | 0/0 |
| NonRunner | |||||||||
| 10 Aug 2026 | Ayr | Good to Soft (Good in places) | 1m 2f | 6 | West Tyrone | 9st 13lbs | 5 of 11 | Cieren Fallon | 10/3 |
| prominent, pushed along 3f out, kept on, not pace to challenge | |||||||||
| 11 Jul 2026 | Chester | Good (Good to Firm in places) | 1m 4f 63y | 5 | Nibras Gold | 8st 11lbs | 7 of 8 | Donagh Murphy | 12/1 |
| 27 Jun 2026 | York | Good (Good to Firm in places) | 1m 2f 56y | 4 | Double Parked | 10st | 5 of 14 | Miss Natasha Cookson | 12/1 |
| held up in behind leaders, ridden along over 2f out, no chance with leaders over 1f out, plugged on inside final furlong | |||||||||
| 10 Jun 2026 | Hamilton | Good to Soft (Soft in places) | 1m 68y | 6 | Mwafaq | 10st 1lbs | 8 of 11 | C Lee | 5/1 |
| 21 May 2026 | Musselburgh | Good | 1m 4f 104y | 5 | Alpine Sierra | 9st 3lbs | 2 of 6 | Aiden Brookes | 2/1 |
| 29 Apr 2026 | Musselburgh | Good (Good to Firm in places) | 1m 208y | 6 | Spirit Catcher | 9st 9lbs | 1 of 7 | C Lee | 2/1 |
| midfield, ridden and chased leader 2f out, headway to lead entering final furlong, kept on well | |||||||||
| 08 Apr 2026 | Nottingham | Good (Good to Soft in places) | 1m 75y | 6 | The Sweet Escape | 9st 9lbs | 13 of 15 | Jason Watson | 17/2 |
| prominent, kept out wide, soon raced in second and edged left towards inner, ridden over 2f out, weakened over 1f out | |||||||||
| 10 Mar 2026 | Southwell | Standard | 1m 13y | 5 | Camino Del Ray | 9st 9lbs | 11 of 12 | Cam Hardie | 16/1 |
| midfield, pushed along 3f out, faded approaching final furlong | |||||||||
| 04 Nov 2025 | Redcar | Good (Good to Soft in places) | 1m 2f 1y | 3 | Have Secret | 9st | 8 of 9 | Cam Hardie | 50/1 |
| tracked leaders, weakened quickly inside final 3f | |||||||||
| 11 Oct 2025 | York | Good | 1m 2f 56y | 4 | Let's Dream | 9st 6lbs | 15 of 19 | Alistair Rawlinson | 80/1 |
| mid-division, reminders 4f out, weakened over 3f out | |||||||||
| 28 Sep 2025 | Newcastle | Standard | 1m 5y | 4 | Rogue Encore | 9st 11lbs | 12 of 13 | Cam Hardie | 50/1 |
| dwelt, never better than midfield | |||||||||
| 02 Nov 2024 | Newmarket | Soft | 1m | 3 | Bullet Point | 9st 9lbs | 5 of 9 | R Havlin | 11/2 |
| wore red hood to post, chased leaders, pushed along well over 2f out, gradually weakened 1f out | |||||||||
| 18 Oct 2024 | Haydock | Heavy | 1m 37y | 3 | On The River | 9st 9lbs | 4 of 8 | Hollie Doyle | 13/2 |
| tracked leaders, ridden to lead well over 1f out, pressed entering final furlong, headed towards finish, lost two places near line | |||||||||
| 28 Sep 2024 | Haydock | Soft (Heavy in places) | 1m 37y | 2 | Flying Finn | 9st 4lbs | 4 of 8 | Billy Garritty | 16/1 |
| led, pushed along and headed narrowly approaching 2f out, battled on close up, ridden well over 1f out, faded final 110 yards | |||||||||
| 26 Aug 2024 | Ripon | Good (Good to Firm in places) | 1m | 2 | Watcha Matey | 9st 6lbs | 10 of 10 | D Egan | 11/1 |
| held up towards rear, ridden over 2f out, no telling impression, soon weakened | |||||||||
| 10 Aug 2024 | Ascot | Good to Firm (Good in places) | 7f 213y | 2 | New Image | 9st 7lbs | 7 of 10 | Miss Rachel King | 28/1 |
| soon tracking leader, pushed along over 2f out, no extra inside final 100 yards | |||||||||
| 19 Jul 2024 | Vichy | Good to Soft | 7f 209y | 0 | Elamaz | 8st 13lbs | 10 of 10 | A Crastus | 22/1 |
| 16 Sep 2023 | Doncaster | Soft (Good to Soft in places) | 1m | 2 | Liberty Lane | 9st 2lbs | 4 of 15 | J Fanning | 12/1 |
| chased leaders, hung left over 1f out, held final furlong, kept on | |||||||||
| 24 Aug 2023 | York | Good to Firm (Good in places) | 7f 192y | 2 | Ropey Guest | 8st 13lbs | 3 of 20 | J Fanning | 14/1 |
| tracked leader, ridden and every chance 2f out, stayed on inside final furlong | |||||||||
| 19 Aug 2023 | Ripon | Good to Soft (Soft in places) | 1m | 4 | Spirit Catcher | 10st 1lbs | 1 of 12 | J Fanning | 4/1 |
| took keen hold, prominent, pushed along to lead over 1f out, went clear inside final furlong, comfortably | |||||||||
| 29 Jul 2023 | Ascot | Good | 1m | 2 | Ghaly | 8st 12lbs | 8 of 10 | R Kingscote | 8/1 |
| led main group in centre, ridden and hung left 2f out, weakened quickly | |||||||||
| 22 Jul 2023 | Ripon | Soft (Good to Soft in places) | 1m | 4 | Another Batt | 9st 10lbs | 7 of 15 | F Norton | 3/1 |
| close up, kept wide by loose horse after 3f out, carried out rounding home turn, switched right to rejoin main group over 3f out, not recover | |||||||||
| 08 Jul 2023 | Sandown | Good to Firm | 1m | 2 | Perotto | 8st 6lbs | 8 of 15 | Andrea Atzeni | 11/1 |
| keen wide and headway to lead after 2f, ridden and headed approaching final furlong, no extra inside final furlong | |||||||||
| 29 Jun 2023 | Newcastle | Standard / Slow | 1m 5y | 2 | Lattam | 8st 7lbs | 2 of 11 | J Fanning | 5/1 |
| led, pushed along over 2f out, ran on willingly, joined for lead final furlong, headed post | |||||||||
| 23 Jun 2023 | Redcar | Good (Good to Firm in places) | 7f 219y | 3 | Wild Side | 9st 13lbs | 2 of 10 | F Norton | 3/1 |
| raced far side, overall leader, ridden and headed over 1f out, stayed on same pace inside final furlong, no chance with winner | |||||||||
| 24 Oct 2022 | Redcar | Heavy | 7f 219y | 3 | Awaal | 9st 2lbs | 2 of 11 | P J McDonald | 11/2 |
| chased leaders far side, ridden well over 2f out, went 2nd inside last, no impression on winner | |||||||||
| 01 Oct 2022 | Redcar | Good to Soft (Soft in places) | 7f 219y | 2 | Belhaven | 9st 9lbs | 3 of 12 | P J McDonald | 7/1 |
| prominent, soon led, ridden when headed over 3f out, sustained strong challenge over 2f out, kept on inside final furlong but lost second towards finish | |||||||||
| 19 Aug 2022 | York | Good to Firm (Good in places) | 7f 192y | 2 | Point Lynas | 8st 11lbs | 8 of 17 | Connor Beasley | 20/1 |
| midfield, ridden and weakened over 2f out, soon beaten | |||||||||
| 27 Jul 2022 | Redcar | Good to Firm (Good in places) | 7f 219y | 3 | Point Lynas | 9st 9lbs | 3 of 7 | Connor Beasley | 13/2 |
| tracked leaders, ridden and pressed leader over 1f out, every chance inside last, no extra closing stages | |||||||||
| 04 Jul 2022 | Ripon | Good | 1m 1f 170y | 3 | Claim The Crown | 9st 4lbs | 6 of 7 | Jason Hart | 4/1 |
| keen disputed lead until 3f out, weakened over 1f out | |||||||||
| 11 Jun 2022 | Chester | Good | 7f 127y | 2 | Outgate | 9st 6lbs | 12 of 14 | J Fanning | 14/1 |
| dwelt, wide and headway to track leaders after 1f, ridden and weakened entering final furlong | |||||||||
| 21 May 2022 | Haydock | Good (Good to Soft in places) | 1m 37y | 2 | Whoputfiftyinyou | 8st 13lbs | 9 of 10 | J Fanning | 17/2 |
| soon led, headed over 1f out, weakened inside final furlong | |||||||||
| 30 Apr 2022 | Newmarket | Good (Good to Firm in places) | 1m | 3 | King Of Time | 9st 4lbs | 3 of 6 | J Fanning | 3/1 |
| led, ridden and edged left approaching 2f out, headed inside final furlong, stayed on | |||||||||
| 16 Apr 2022 | Musselburgh | Good to Soft | 1m 2y | 3 | Spirit Catcher | 9st 5lbs | 1 of 10 | J Fanning | 7/2 |
| pulled hard, held up, headway to track leader 5f out, pushed along 2f out, ridden to lead inside final furlong | |||||||||
| 23 Oct 2021 | Chelmsford City | Standard | 7f | 5 | Windseeker | 9st 9lbs | 2 of 4 | J Fanning | 4/6 |
| led, increased tempo 2f out, pressed inside final furlong, headed close home | |||||||||
| 02 Oct 2021 | Redcar | Good (Good to Firm in places) | 7f | 4 | Spirit Catcher | 9st 5lbs | 1 of 12 | J Fanning | 11/4 |
| made all, pushed along and edged left well over 1f out, quickened and drew clear 1f out, comfortably | |||||||||


