Voice Of Reason (IRE)
Owner: Michael John Delahunty Trainer: W Delahunty Sex: gelding Age: 6
Breeding: Churchill / Hurricane Emma (Mr Greeley)
Form Summary
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Starts | Wins | 2nds | 3rds |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Good | 5 | 1 | 1 | |
| Good (Good to Firm in places) | 1 | |||
| Good (Good to Firm places) | 1 | 1 | ||
| Good (Good to Yielding in places) | 6 | 1 | ||
| Good (Yielding in places) | 1 | |||
| Good to Yielding | 4 | |||
| Heavy | 2 | |||
| Heavy (Soft to Heavy in places) | 2 | |||
| Soft | 1 | |||
| Soft (Good to Soft in places) | 1 | |||
| Soft (Soft to Heavy in places) | 1 | |||
| Soft (Yielding in places) | 1 | |||
| Soft (Yielding to Soft in places) | 2 | |||
| Soft to Heavy (Heavy in places) | 1 | |||
| Standard | 8 | 3 | 1 | 2 |
| Yielding | 3 | 1 | ||
| Yielding (Good in places) | 1 | |||
| Yielding (Good to Yielding in places) | 1 | |||
| Yielding (Soft in places) | 1 | |||
| Totals | 43 | 5 | 1 | 5 |
Race History
| Date | Course | Going | Distance | Class | Race Winner | Weight | Position | Jockey | SP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 20 Feb 2026 | Dundalk | Standard | 1m 4f | 0 | Unterberg | 10st 1lbs | 2 of 10 | Seamie Heffernan | 10/3 |
| tracked leaders in 4th, headway to dispute lead 7f out, led 5f out, pushed along and came towards stands side in straight, ridden and headed under 2f out, no impression, kept on one pace | |||||||||
| 09 Jan 2026 | Dundalk | Standard | 1m 4f | 0 | Voice Of Reason | 9st 11lbs | 1 of 12 | Hugh Horgan | 11/2 |
| led and disputed, ridden and narrowly headed over 2f out, kept on, disputed inside final furlong, edged ahead close home | |||||||||
| 19 Dec 2025 | Dundalk | Standard | 2m | 0 | Boxing Great | 9st 11lbs | 3 of 14 | Seamie Heffernan | 15/2 |
| disputed, headed after 3f, led after 6f, ridden under 3f out, headed 1 1/2f out, kept on same pace, lost 2nd close home | |||||||||
| 26 Nov 2025 | Dundalk | Standard | 1m 4f | 0 | Voice Of Reason | 11st 5lbs | 1 of 14 | Mr M J Delahunty | 14/1 |
| disputed lead, led after 4f, pushed along 2f out, soon ridden, strongly pressed and joined 1f out, bumped slightly inside final furlong, kept on well, led near line | |||||||||
| 29 Oct 2025 | Dundalk | Standard | 1m 4f | 0 | Voice Of Reason | 9st 13lbs | 1 of 14 | Seamie Heffernan | 8/1 |
| tracked leader in 2nd, pushed along and led 2f out, ridden and stayed on well final furlong | |||||||||
| 14 Oct 2025 | Dundalk | Standard | 1m 4f | 0 | Fitzroy Gardens | 9st 1lbs | 6 of 11 | Conor Cusack | 10/1 |
| tracked leaders, 5th halfway, pushed along over 2f out, ridden in 6th over 100 yards out, soon no extra and kept on one pace inside final furlong | |||||||||
| 19 Sep 2025 | Dundalk | Standard | 1m 4f | 0 | Benavente | 9st 4lbs | 3 of 12 | Conor Cusack | 33/1 |
| tracked leaders, 5th halfway, ridden and no impression early straight, 6th 1f out, kept on well inside final furlong to go 3rd close home | |||||||||
| 31 Aug 2025 | Tipperary | Yielding | 1m 4f 110y | 0 | El Bello | 10st | 6 of 14 | Patrick McGettigan | 40/1 |
| tracked leaders, pushed along in 4th over 4f out, soon lost place and ridden, no extra and kept on same pace from 2f out | |||||||||
| 23 Aug 2025 | Curragh | Good | 1m 4f | 0 | Daboya | 9st 9lbs | 6 of 14 | Conor Cusack | 50/1 |
| in touch, 7th halfway, no impression over 2f out, progress in moderate 6th final 150 yards, kept on without threatening closing stages | |||||||||
| 16 Aug 2025 | Tramore | Good to Yielding | 1m 4f | 0 | Tounsivator | 9st 12lbs | 9 of 9 | Patrick McGettigan | 50/1 |
| tracked leaders, soon 2nd, pushed along in 4th when short of room on bend 3f out, ridden in 7th 2f out, weakened | |||||||||
| 04 Aug 2025 | Naas | Good to Yielding | 1m 2f 84y | 0 | Ob La Di | 9st 11lbs | 9 of 16 | Patrick McGettigan | 66/1 |
| prominent, raced freely, 3rd halfway, pushed along over 3f out, ridden and edged right over 1f out, weakened inside final furlong | |||||||||
| 06 Jun 2025 | Clonmel | Good to Yielding | 2m 190y | 0 | Smallcraftwarning | 11st 8lbs | 5 of 16 | P Cleary | 10/1 |
| led, joined after 3 out, ridden and headed before 2 out, no extra in 4th before last, kept on one pace | |||||||||
| 15 May 2025 | Clonmel | Good | 2m 3f 137y | 0 | Voice Of Reason | 10st 6lbs | 1 of 10 | P Cleary | 10/1 |
| soon led, headed before 5th and 2nd halfway, led again after 3 out and pushed along before next, soon asserted and kept on well run-in | |||||||||
| 05 May 2025 | Down Royal | Good | 2m 1f 79y | 0 | Quinn The Eskimo | 11st 3lbs | 14 of 19 | P Cleary | 11/1 |
| mid division, dropped towards rear halfway, no impression from 4 out | |||||||||
| 14 Apr 2025 | Tramore | Yielding (Soft in places) | 2m 160y | 0 | Must Meet Cecil | 10st 8lbs | 5 of 9 | P Cleary | 7/1 |
| tracked leaders, dropped to rear of mid-division when mistake at 6th, ridden 3 out, moderate 6th 2 out, modest late progress | |||||||||
| 01 Apr 2025 | Limerick | Good (Yielding in places) | 2m 3f | 0 | Silent Selector | 11st 6lbs | of 16 | Finn Brickley | 0/0 |
| NonRunner | |||||||||
| 30 Mar 2025 | Downpatrick | Good (Good to Yielding in places) | 2m 5f 185y | 0 | Seskin Flash | 11st 10lbs | 7 of 14 | P Cleary | 16/1 |
| mid division, 7th halfway, dropped to 9th 3 out, soon ridden and kept on one pace from next | |||||||||
| 27 Mar 2025 | Clonmel | Good (Good to Yielding in places) | 2m 2f 152y | 0 | Tingarran Express | 11st 6lbs | of 13 | Reserve 2 | 0/0 |
| NonRunner | |||||||||
| 09 Mar 2025 | Naas | Soft (Yielding to Soft in places) | 2m 7y | 0 | King In Love | 11st 9lbs | 12 of 19 | F Brickley | 22/1 |
| rear of mid-division, never a factor, no extra after 3 out | |||||||||
| 27 Feb 2025 | Clonmel | Heavy (Soft to Heavy in places) | 2m | 0 | Ellaat | 10st 8lbs | 7 of 10 | P Cleary | 16/1 |
| mid-division, 6th halfway, pushed along and no impression approaching straight, soon no extra | |||||||||
| 13 Feb 2025 | Clonmel | Soft (Yielding in places) | 2m 3f | 0 | Ar Nos Na Gaoithe | 12st 4lbs | 6 of 13 | Mr J M Halford | 14/1 |
| held up towards rear, ridden in 8th entering straight, no impression before 2 out, kept on one pace | |||||||||
| 11 Feb 2025 | Ayr | Soft (Good to Soft in places) | 2m 4f 100y | 5 | Upfordebate | 12st | of 8 | Non Runner | 0/0 |
| NonRunner | |||||||||
| 03 Feb 2025 | Punchestown | Heavy | 2m 44y | 0 | Sir Gerhard | 12st | of 16 | Reserve 2 | 0/0 |
| 28 Jan 2025 | Limerick | Heavy (Soft to Heavy in places) | 2m 5f | 0 | Robinstown | 10st 6lbs | 7 of 11 | Sarah Kavanagh | 16/1 |
| mid-division, moderate 5th before 6th, progress after 7th, dropped to moderate 8th after 4 out, no extra after 3 out | |||||||||
| 18 Jan 2025 | Navan | Soft | 2m 4f | 0 | Collaborative | 11st 9lbs | 6 of 11 | P Cleary | 20/1 |
| towards rear, ridden and no extra 3 out, trailing before next, kept on one pace and some late progress | |||||||||
| 12 Jan 2025 | Punchestown | Soft (Soft to Heavy in places) | 2m 4f 124y | 0 | Londonofficecallin | 10st 10lbs | 9 of 16 | F Brickley | 50/1 |
| chased leader, closer in 3rd halfway and led before 5 out, headed 3 out, pushed along and lost place after next, no extra | |||||||||
| 28 Dec 2024 | Leopardstown | Yielding (Good to Yielding in places) | 2m 4f | 0 | Giant Haystacks | 11st 4lbs | 11 of 23 | P Cleary | 80/1 |
| mid-division, ridden and no impression after 2 out | |||||||||
| 08 Dec 2024 | Cork | Soft (Yielding to Soft in places) | 2m 4f | 0 | One Big Boum | 11st 4lbs | 18 of 18 | Sam Ewing | 28/1 |
| led early, tracked leader and 3rd halfway, pushed along and lost place entering straight, soon no extra, weakened | |||||||||
| 16 Nov 2024 | Navan | Good to Yielding | 2m 4f 50y | 0 | Slane Hill | 11st 3lbs | 10 of 19 | Jack Kennedy | 9/1 |
| rear of mid-division, slight mistake 7th, no impression from 3 out, never a factor | |||||||||
| 03 Nov 2024 | Cork | Good (Good to Yielding in places) | 2m 60y | 0 | Jake Peter | 11st 2lbs | 3 of 17 | Sam Ewing | 10/1 |
| mid-division early, soon held up, ridden into 8th before straight, 5th 3 out, no impression next, stayed on run-in | |||||||||
| 19 Oct 2024 | Limerick | Good (Good to Yielding in places) | 2m 70y | 0 | Redcliff Glen | 11st 8lbs | 5 of 18 | Sam Ewing | 22/1 |
| mid division, 7th halfway, progress to go 3rd approaching 2 out, soon ridden and kept on from last, no extra and lost 2 places close home | |||||||||
| 04 Jul 2024 | Tipperary | Yielding (Good in places) | 2m | 0 | Mary's Pride | 11st 5lbs | 11 of 18 | Danny Gilligan | 18/1 |
| rear of mid-division, pushed along and no impression after 3 out, hampered approaching straight, no extra | |||||||||
| 28 May 2024 | Ballinrobe | Good (Good to Yielding in places) | 2m 75y | 0 | Open To Question | 11st | 6 of 8 | Jordan Gainford | 18/1 |
| held up, 6th halfway, slight mistake 3 out, ridden and no impression before next, no extra after 2 out | |||||||||
| 11 May 2024 | Cork | Good (Good to Yielding in places) | 2m 1f 65y | 0 | Palamon | 11st 7lbs | 4 of 17 | Jordan Gainford | 17/2 |
| tracked leaders, 4th halfway, ridden in 5th before straight, no extra 3 out, kept on one pace | |||||||||
| 26 Dec 2023 | Limerick | Soft to Heavy (Heavy in places) | 2m | 0 | Bunting | 11st | 7 of 9 | Sam Ewing | 11/1 |
| prominent, raced keenly, led after 1st, ran around approaching 2nd, pushed along on inner and headed entering straight, soon no extra and weakened from 2 out | |||||||||
| 04 Sep 2023 | Roscommon | Yielding | 1m 3f 140y | 0 | Jabbar | 10st | 10 of 13 | Gary Carroll | 5/1 |
| tracked leaders, ridden in 5th 2f out, soon weakened | |||||||||
| 16 Aug 2023 | Gowran Park | Good (Good to Firm in places) | 1m 4f 100y | 0 | Goodie Two Shoes | 8st 7lbs | of 10 | Leigh Roche | 0/0 |
| NonRunner | |||||||||
| 31 Jul 2023 | Galway | Heavy | 1m 4f 84y | 0 | Youcrackmeup | 9st 12lbs | 10 of 13 | Colin Keane | 6/1 |
| dwelt and towards rear, ridden 4f out, no extra over 2f out | |||||||||
| 17 Jul 2023 | Killarney | Yielding | 1m 3f 35y | 0 | Voice Of Reason | 9st 8lbs | 1 of 12 | Colin Keane | 11/8 |
| tracked leaders, 4th halfway, pushed along and headway to lead over 2f out, headed over 1f out, ridden and kept on well inside final furlong to lead close home | |||||||||
| 01 Jun 2023 | Roscommon | Good | 1m 2f | 0 | Pivotal Trigger | 9st 5lbs | 3 of 6 | Colin Keane | 11/8 |
| rear of mid division, 4th halfway, pushed along 3f out, soon ridden and kept on one pace to go moderate 3rd close home | |||||||||
| 27 May 2023 | Curragh | Good | 1m 2f | 0 | Trustyourinstinct | 9st 8lbs | of 15 | Colin Keane | 0/0 |
| NonRunner | |||||||||
| 27 Aug 2022 | Curragh | Good (Good to Firm places) | 1m | 0 | Cairo | 9st 5lbs | 3 of 10 | Colin Keane | 14/1 |
| dwelt, in rear, pushed along in 8th 2f out, ridden and went 3rd 1f out, kept on well final furlong, not reach leaders | |||||||||


