Thistle Ask (IRE)
Owner: Mr T C McKeever Trainer: D Skelton Sex: gelding Age: 8
Breeding: Ask / Thistle Lane (Exit To Nowhere)
Form Summary
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Starts | Wins | 2nds | 3rds |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Good | 2 | 2 | ||
| Good (Good to Soft in places) | 2 | 2 | ||
| Good to Firm (Good in places) | 1 | |||
| Good to Soft | 4 | 1 | 2 | |
| Heavy | 1 | |||
| Soft | 2 | 1 | ||
| Soft (Good to Soft in places) | 1 | |||
| Soft (Yielding to Soft in places) | 1 | |||
| Yielding (Yielding to Soft in places) | 1 | |||
| Totals | 15 | 5 | 3 |
Race History
| Date | Course | Going | Distance | Class | Race Winner | Weight | Position | Jockey | SP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 07 Nov 2025 | Exeter | Good | 2m 1f 109y | 1 | Thistle Ask | 10st 6lbs | 1 of 6 | Harry Skelton | 3/1 |
| always led, set good pace, jumped well with enthusiasm, pushed along to assert after 5 out, ridden after 3 out, pushed out run in, always well in command | |||||||||
| 31 Oct 2025 | Wetherby | Good | 2m 3f 85y | 1 | Thistle Ask | 10st 3lbs | 1 of 6 | Tristan Durrell | 6/4 |
| prominent, led after 1st, headed after 3rd, chased clear leader from 5th, led 4 out, went clear from 2 out, easily | |||||||||
| 25 Oct 2025 | Kelso | Good (Good to Soft in places) | 2m 1f 14y | 3 | Thistle Ask | 10st 8lbs | 1 of 5 | Tristan Durrell | 5/4 |
| raced keenly and tended to jump right, made all, pushed out run-in, eased down close home | |||||||||
| 11 Oct 2025 | Chepstow | Good to Firm (Good in places) | 2m 11y | 4 | Lightning Flash | 12st | of 5 | Non Runner | 0/0 |
| NonRunner | |||||||||
| 02 Feb 2025 | Musselburgh | Good to Soft | 1m 7f 182y | 3 | Thistle Ask | 10st 12lbs | 1 of 10 | Ryan Mania | 17/2 |
| made most, clearly led 2nd, asserted from 3 out, reduced lead last, ran on well and asserted again towards finish | |||||||||
| 28 Jan 2025 | Newcastle | Soft | 2m 75y | 4 | Coup De Coeur | 11st 2lbs | of 7 | Non Runner | 0/0 |
| NonRunner | |||||||||
| 28 Oct 2024 | Ayr | Good to Soft | 2m 110y | 4 | Home Free | 11st 2lbs | 2 of 7 | B S Hughes | 10/1 |
| soon led, mistake 6th, not fluent 9th, headed 4 out, no impression on winner before last | |||||||||
| 10 Mar 2023 | Ayr | Good (Good to Soft in places) | 2m | 4 | Thistle Ask | 11st 6lbs | 1 of 12 | Danny McMenamin | 10/11 |
| made all, well clear 2 out, very easily | |||||||||
| 01 Feb 2023 | Ayr | Soft (Good to Soft in places) | 2m | 4 | Shir I Dont Know | 12st 2lbs | 7 of 9 | B S Hughes | 11/4 |
| mid-division, outpaced after 6th, well beaten 3 out | |||||||||
| 22 Dec 2022 | Ayr | Good to Soft | 2m | 4 | Ruby Island | 11st 4lbs | 2 of 14 | Danny McMenamin | 13/2 |
| led, not fluent 6th, mistake and headed 2 out, no impression on winner last, kept on | |||||||||
| 26 Nov 2022 | Newcastle | Good to Soft | 2m 46y | 4 | War Soldier | 11st 4lbs | 4 of 8 | Danny McMenamin | 13/2 |
| led, ridden and headed 3 out, weakened before 2 out | |||||||||
| 13 Feb 2022 | Punchestown | Heavy | 2m | 0 | James's Gate | 12st | of 15 | Mr O McGill | 0/0 |
| 12 Feb 2022 | Naas | Soft | 1m 7f 131y | 0 | Goven | 11st 12lbs | 2 of 28 | Reserve 1 | 50/1 |
| led, ridden entering straight, headed 2 out, no extra in 3rd before last, left 2nd at last, kept on without threatening winner | |||||||||
| 26 Dec 2021 | Down Royal | Soft (Yielding to Soft in places) | 2m 1f | 0 | Pinkerton | 12st 2lbs | 6 of 15 | Mr S Connor | 33/1 |
| disputed early, 4th halfway, disputed again 5f out, ridden and headed 3f out, no extra in 5th 2f out, kept on one pace | |||||||||
| 16 Dec 2021 | Naas | Yielding (Yielding to Soft in places) | 1m 7f 180y | 0 | Killer Mode | 12st 2lbs | 8 of 14 | Mr B G Crawford | 14/1 |
| tracked leaders, mid-division halfway, pushed along and some headway under 2f out, 7th and ridden 1f out, no impression inside final furlong | |||||||||