Direct Approach (IRE)
Owner: Mr G Kennington Trainer: Miss L C Siddall Sex: Gelding Age: 21
Form Summary
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Starts | Wins | 2nds | 3rds |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 0 | ||||
| Firm (Good to Firm in places) | 1 | 1 | ||
| Good | 4 | |||
| Good (Good to Firm in places) | 1 | |||
| Good (Good to Soft in Places) | 3 | |||
| Good (Good to Soft in places;Chase;Good to Soft) | 1 | |||
| Good (Watered in the home straight) | 1 | |||
| Good to Soft | 3 | |||
| Good to Soft (Good in places) | 1 | |||
| Good to Soft (Soft in places ) | 1 | |||
| Good to Soft (Soft in places) | 5 | |||
| Heavy (Soft in places) | 1 | |||
| Soft | 1 | |||
| Soft (Good to Soft in places ) | 1 | |||
| Soft (Heavy in places) | 5 | |||
| Soft (Heavy plcs back straight, Good/Soft plcs last 4f) | 1 | |||
| Standard | 8 | 1 | ||
| Yielding (Yielding to Soft in places) | 1 | |||
| Yielding (Yielding to Soft Straight Course;Round Good to Yielding) | 1 | |||
| Totals | 40 | 1 | 1 |
Race History
| Date | Course | Going | Distance | Class | Race Winner | Weight | Position | Jockey | SP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 24 Mar 2015 | Wolverhampton | Standard | 2m 119y | 6 | Conserve | 8st 13lbs | 8 of 9 | P J McDonald | 33/1 |
| chased leaders, ridden and weakened over 3f out | |||||||||
| 12 Mar 2015 | Hexham | Good to Soft (Soft in places) | 2m 110y | 4 | Endless Credit | 11st 1lbs | PulledUp of 10 | T Siddall | |
| 01 Mar 2015 | Sedgefield | Soft | 2m 1f | 5 | Mad For Road | 10st | of 10 | Sean Quinlan | |
| 27 Feb 2015 | Doncaster | Good | 2m 110y | 4 | Old Pride | 10st | PulledUp of 13 | W T Kennedy | |
| 07 Feb 2015 | Uttoxeter | Soft (Heavy in places) | 2m 4f 110y | 5 | Ustica | 11st 4lbs | PulledUp of 10 | T Siddall | |
| 29 Jan 2015 | Wolverhampton | Standard | 2m 119y | 5 | Ballyfarsoon | 9st 2lbs | 6 of 9 | Josh Doyle | 16/1 |
| mid-division, dropped rear 9f out, ridden and outpaced final 3f | |||||||||
| 19 Dec 2014 | Wolverhampton | Standard | 1m 4f 50y | 6 | Angus Glens | 9st 4lbs | 7 of 10 | G Baker | 16/1 |
| held up in last pair, headway into mid-division over 2f out, kept on same pace from over 1f out, never troubled leaders | |||||||||
| 06 Dec 2014 | Wolverhampton | Standard | 1m 4f 50y | 5 | Urban Castle | 9st 10lbs | 4 of 7 | P Aspell | 100/1 |
| steadied start, held up in last pair, ridden and headway over 1f out, went modest 4th inside final furlong, no chance with leading trio | |||||||||
| 28 Nov 2014 | Wolverhampton | Standard | 1m 5f 194y | 5 | John Reel | 9st 13lbs | 5 of 7 | P Aspell | 100/1 |
| raced keenly in touch, led after 2f, headed over 3f out, ridden and weakened over 2f out, tailed off | |||||||||
| 03 Nov 2014 | Wolverhampton | Standard | 1m 4f 50y | 5 | Cerutty | 9st 10lbs | 5 of 7 | P Aspell | 28/1 |
| slowly away soon recovered to track leaders, ridden and weakened over 2f out | |||||||||
| 26 Feb 2014 | Lingfield | Standard | 2m | 4 | Very Noble | 11st 8lbs | 8 of 10 | T Siddall | 25/1 |
| chased leaders on outside, pushed along over 3f out, ridden and weakened over 1f out | |||||||||
| 17 Feb 2014 | Southwell | Standard | 2m | 4 | Direct Approach | 11st 2lbs | 1 of 8 | T Siddall | 50/1 |
| held up in touch on outside, closed 12f out, led 3f out, ridden 2f out, stayed on, eased close home | |||||||||
| 10 Dec 2013 | Uttoxeter | Good to Soft (Soft in places) | 2m 4f 110y | 5 | Wintered Well | 10st | PulledUp of 13 | Gerard Tumelty | |
| 30 Jun 2013 | Uttoxeter | Good (Good to Firm in places) | 2m 4f 110y | 5 | Letsby Avenue | 11st | of 12 | T Siddall | |
| 23 May 2013 | Wetherby | Good (Watered in the home straight) | 2m 4f | 4 | Loose Preformer | 10st 12lbs | PulledUp of 12 | T Siddall | |
| 13 Apr 2013 | Uttoxeter | Good (Good to Soft in places) | 3m | 4 | Neltara | 10st 12lbs | PulledUp of 11 | T Siddall | |
| 06 Mar 2013 | Catterick | Good | 2m 3f | 5 | Danceintothelight | 10st | 12 of 14 | T Siddall | 66/1 |
| towards rear, weakened from 3 out | |||||||||
| 03 Mar 2013 | Huntingdon | Good (Good to Soft in places) | 2m 4f 110y | 4 | Shernando | 11st 2lbs | of 16 | A Thornton | |
| 09 Feb 2013 | Uttoxeter | Heavy (Soft in places) | 2m 4f 110y | 5 | Fourovakind | 11st 4lbs | 8 of 12 | T Siddall | 200/1 |
| mid-division, mistake 2nd, weakened approaching 3 out | |||||||||
| 08 Dec 2012 | Wetherby | Soft (Heavy in places) | 2m 6f | 4 | Malapie | 10st 12lbs | PulledUp of 12 | T Siddall | |
| 17 Nov 2012 | Uttoxeter | Soft (Heavy in places) | 2m 4f 110y | 5 | Joseph Mercer | 11st | PulledUp of 11 | T Siddall | |
| 13 May 2012 | Uttoxeter | Good to Soft (Soft in places) | 3m | 4 | Spanish Optimist | 10st 13lbs | 5 of 6 | T Siddall | 125/1 |
| in rear, not fluent and jumped slightly right, mistake 5th, lost touch 7th, tailed off | |||||||||
| 04 Apr 2012 | Hereford | Good to Soft (Good in places) | 2m 6f 110y | 5 | Earcomesthedream | 10st 4lbs | PulledUp of 15 | T Siddall | |
| 19 Mar 2012 | Southwell | Good to Soft | 2m 4f 110y | 4 | Destroyer Deployed | 11st 1lbs | PulledUp of 12 | T Siddall | |
| 06 Mar 2012 | Newcastle | Good to Soft | 2m 4f | 4 | Winstone | 11st 2lbs | 7 of 9 | T Siddall | 200/1 |
| held up mid-division, lost place before and not fluent 4 out | |||||||||
| 26 Nov 2011 | Bangor | Good to Soft (Soft in places ) | 2m 4f | 3 | Sydney Paget | 10st 12lbs | PulledUp of 10 | T Siddall | |
| 19 Mar 2011 | Uttoxeter | Good to Soft (Soft in places) | 2m 4f 110y | 5 | Well Refreshed | 11st | PulledUp of 11 | J M Maguire | |
| 08 Mar 2011 | Newcastle | Soft (Heavy plcs back straight, Good/Soft plcs last 4f) | 2m 4f | 4 | Tiptoeaway | 11st 2lbs | PulledUp of 6 | T Siddall | |
| 22 Feb 2011 | Wetherby | Soft (Heavy in places) | 2m 4f | 4 | River Dragon | 11st 3lbs | 6 of 9 | T Siddall | 80/1 |
| held up mid-division, ridden from 3 out, no impression | |||||||||
| 25 Jan 2011 | Leicester | Soft (Heavy in places) | 2m 4f 110y | 4 | Tornado Bob | 11st 5lbs | of 11 | T Siddall | |
| 17 Nov 2010 | Warwick | Good to Soft | 2m 5f | 4 | Habbie Simpson | 10st 12lbs | PulledUp of 17 | T Siddall | |
| 20 Mar 2010 | Uttoxeter | Good (Good to Soft in places;Chase;Good to Soft) | 2m 4f 110y | 5 | Richard The Third | 11st 4lbs | 4 of 14 | T Siddall | 25/1 |
| held up in mid-division, pushed along approaching 8th, weakened approaching next | |||||||||
| 24 Feb 2010 | Doncaster | Good to Soft (Soft in places) | 2m 3f 110y | 4 | Cool Mission | 11st 2lbs | 8 of 14 | T Siddall | 200/1 |
| held up, pushed along after 6th, weakened from 4 out, tailed off from next | |||||||||
| 05 Feb 2010 | Catterick | Soft (Good to Soft in places ) | 2m 3f | 4 | Truckers Hall | 11st 2lbs | 7 of 13 | T Siddall | 200/1 |
| held up, weakened from 6th | |||||||||
| 17 May 2009 | Market Rasen | Good (Good to Soft in Places) | 2m 3f 110y | 4 | Pokanoket | 10st 12lbs | 8 of 9 | T Siddall | 20/1 |
| tracked leaders, ridden approaching 7th, soon weakened | |||||||||
| 05 Apr 2009 | Southwell | Good | 2m 1f | 6 | Born To Perform | 11st 4lbs | 9 of 12 | T Siddall | 16/1 |
| in touch, ridden and weakened over 2f out | |||||||||
| 17 Jul 2008 | Killarney | Good | 2m 1f | 0 | Seldom Fed | 11st 7lbs | 12 of 17 | Mr D Roche | 6/1 |
| rear of mid-division, no impression straight | |||||||||
| 11 Jul 2008 | Cork | Yielding (Yielding to Soft in places) | 2m | 0 | Meath All Star | 11st 8lbs | of 18 | Mr D Roche | |
| 13 Jun 2008 | Clonmel | Firm (Good to Firm in places) | 2m | 0 | Phantom Belle | 11st 7lbs | 2 of 17 | Miss T Jackson | 16/1 |
| 05 May 2008 | Curragh | Yielding (Yielding to Soft Straight Course;Round Good to Yielding) | 2m | 0 | Uimhiraceathair | 10st 13lbs | 15 of 15 | Mr D Roche | 20/1 |
| towards rear, ridden and weakened halfway, completely tailed off | |||||||||


