Pretending (IRE)
Owner: Mr James Summers Trainer: L Wadham Sex: filly Age: 6
Breeding: Make Believe / Gala (Galileo)
Form Summary
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Starts | Wins | 2nds | 3rds |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Good | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Good (Good to Soft in places) | 4 | 2 | 1 | |
| Good to Soft | 3 | 1 | ||
| Good to Soft (Good in places) | 2 | 1 | ||
| Good to Soft (Soft in places) | 1 | |||
| Heavy | 1 | 1 | ||
| Soft (Good to Soft in places) | 2 | 1 | ||
| Soft (Heavy in places) | 3 | 1 | ||
| Standard | 4 | 1 | 1 | |
| Standard / Slow | 1 | |||
| Totals | 25 | 4 | 6 | 3 |
Race History
| Date | Course | Going | Distance | Class | Race Winner | Weight | Position | Jockey | SP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 27 Apr 2025 | Southwell | Standard | 1m 4f 14y | 3 | Crystal Flyer | 9st 5lbs | 8 of 8 | S D Bowen | 12/1 |
| raced wide, close up, pushed along on turn after 2f and lost ground, ridden and dropped to last 5f out, eased over 3 out | |||||||||
| 17 Apr 2025 | Cheltenham | Good | 2m 4f 56y | 2 | Greyval | 10st 11lbs | 3 of 16 | Tom Cannon | 13/2 |
| raced keenly, tracked leaders, challenged before 2 out, led before last, soon headed, lost 2nd flat, one pace | |||||||||
| 01 Mar 2025 | Doncaster | Good to Soft (Good in places) | 3m 84y | 2 | Patriotik | 10st 2lbs | PulledUp of 7 | G Sheehan | 7/2 |
| led, keen early, headed 5th when mistake, soon dropped to rear, pulled up before 3 out | |||||||||
| 19 Jan 2025 | Fakenham | Good (Good to Soft in places) | 2m 4f 1y | 3 | Mermaids Cave | 11st 11lbs | 4 of 10 | Tom Cannon | 11/4 |
| chased leaders, led 3 out, ridden after next, headed before the last, | |||||||||
| 01 Jan 2025 | Southwell | Soft (Heavy in places) | 1m 7f 182y | 2 | Alnilam | 11st 2lbs | 5 of 8 | Freddie Gordon | 9/1 |
| prominent, briefly went second 3 out, outpaced before 2 out, weakened from before last | |||||||||
| 14 Dec 2024 | Cheltenham | Good to Soft | 2m 4f 56y | 2 | Wodhooh | 10st 13lbs | 8 of 12 | G Sheehan | 7/2 |
| led, faced challenges from 2 out, pushed along and headed before last, weakened flat | |||||||||
| 09 Nov 2024 | Wincanton | Good | 2m 5f 82y | 2 | Larchmont Lass | 11st 8lbs | 5 of 12 | G Sheehan | 11/4 |
| disputed lead, led outright before 2nd, travelling okay when not fluent 2 out, ridden and pressed for lead before last where disputed lead, soon headed and faded | |||||||||
| 18 Oct 2024 | Uttoxeter | Good to Soft | 2m 3f 207y | 2 | Pretending | 10st 2lbs | 1 of 8 | G Sheehan | 11/4 |
| raced in close second, travelling strongly when led approaching 3 out, pushed along after 2 out, asserted last, ridden but always doing enough towards finish | |||||||||
| 18 Apr 2024 | Cheltenham | Good | 2m 4f 56y | 2 | Pretending | 10st 12lbs | 1 of 16 | Bryony Frost | 5/2 |
| made all, clear before the last, driven and stayed on well, unchallenged | |||||||||
| 23 Mar 2024 | Newbury | Good to Soft (Good in places) | 2m 2f 183y | 3 | I Love My Baie | 10st 7lbs | 2 of 9 | Bryony Frost | 11/1 |
| held up early, good headway out wide chasing leaders after 2nd, went 2nd before 4th, led 6th, headed and no extra run-in | |||||||||
| 29 Feb 2024 | Ludlow | Soft (Heavy in places) | 2m 7f 174y | 3 | Della Casa Lunga | 10st 8lbs | 2 of 8 | Bryony Frost | 4/1 |
| prominent, keen early, went second after 4th, closed on leader before 5th, briefly lost position after 4 out, went second again before 3 out, not fluent when outpaced 2 out, clear in second but weakened after last | |||||||||
| 05 Feb 2024 | Carlisle | Soft (Good to Soft in places) | 2m 1f | 4 | Skycutter | 10st 13lbs | 3 of 12 | Bryony Frost | 4/1 |
| prominent, ridden and outpaced before 2 out where dropped to midfield, stayed into 5th approaching last, stayed on into 3rd near finish, no danger | |||||||||
| 21 Jan 2024 | Lingfield | Soft (Good to Soft in places) | 2m 3f 110y | 3 | Inthewaterside | 10st 9lbs | 4 of 11 | 2nd Preference | 11/1 |
| close up, headway to chase winner 2 out until approaching next when stumbled on landing, kept on same pace | |||||||||
| 09 Dec 2023 | Sandown | Heavy | 2m 3f 173y | 3 | Pretending | 10st 5lbs | 1 of 5 | Tom Cannon | 3/1 |
| tracked leaders, bumped jumping 1st, went 2nd 4 out, ridden after 2 out, led narrowly last, stayed on and asserted run-in | |||||||||
| 21 Nov 2023 | Fakenham | Good to Soft (Soft in places) | 2m 3y | 4 | Ip Up | 10st 13lbs | Fell of 6 | Bryony Frost | 5/2 |
| in rear, closed up 3 out, mistake and fell 2 out | |||||||||
| 08 Nov 2023 | Warwick | Soft (Heavy in places) | 2m 3f | 5 | Annie Day | 11st 13lbs | of 12 | Bryony Frost | 0/0 |
| NonRunner | |||||||||
| 20 Apr 2023 | Cheltenham | Good | 2m 179y | 1 | Under Control | 10st 5lbs | 2 of 11 | Bryony Frost | 17/2 |
| in rear, slow 1st and 2nd, headway on outside last, switched left flat, stayed on well, went 2nd towards finish, not trouble winner | |||||||||
| 24 Mar 2023 | Musselburgh | Good to Soft | 2m 1f 87y | 2 | Cianciana | 10st 9lbs | 8 of 13 | Sean Quinlan | 3/1 |
| tracked leader, pushed along 3 out, soon weakened | |||||||||
| 03 Mar 2023 | Doncaster | Good (Good to Soft in places) | 2m 128y | 4 | Ravenscar | 10st 10lbs | 2 of 7 | Bryony Frost | 5/4 |
| held up in last trio, hit 1st, closer in 4t at 3rd, went 3rd and hit 4 out, 2nd 3 out, hung left and led 2 out, headed and not pace of winner run-in | |||||||||
| 03 Feb 2023 | Catterick | Good (Good to Soft in places) | 1m 7f 156y | 4 | Zestful | 11st | 2 of 7 | Bryony Frost | 8/11 |
| chased leaders on outside, went 2nd when not fluent 3 out, led before 2 out, dived at last, soon headed and beaten | |||||||||
| 29 Dec 2022 | Doncaster | Good (Good to Soft in places) | 2m 128y | 4 | Arclight | 11st | 3 of 10 | Bryony Frost | 4/1 |
| pressed leader, led home turn, shaken up after 3 out, not fluent and headed 2 out, slow jump last and weakened | |||||||||
| 12 Oct 2022 | Wolverhampton | Standard | 1m 5f 219y | 4 | Achnamara | 9st 3lbs | 2 of 9 | Thore Hammer-Hansen | 15/2 |
| tracked leaders, went 2nd 2f out, stayed on but never able to trouble winner | |||||||||
| 12 Sep 2022 | Kempton | Standard / Slow | 1m 3f 219y | 4 | Evania | 9st 4lbs | 5 of 12 | L Morris | 11/2 |
| chased leaders, ridden 2f out, stayed on same pace inside final furlong | |||||||||
| 22 Aug 2022 | Southwell | Standard | 1m 3f 23y | 5 | Pretending | 9st 2lbs | 1 of 6 | L Morris | 5/1 |
| handy, pushed along over 4f out, plugged on in touch, ridden 1f out, ran on strongly last 75 yards, led final strides | |||||||||
| 11 Nov 2021 | Chelmsford City | Standard | 7f | 4 | Gin O'Clock | 8st 12lbs | 11 of 16 | L Morris | 100/1 |
| ran green, off the pace and always towards rear | |||||||||


