Balance Play (IRE)
Owner: Valmont Trainer: R M Beckett Sex: gelding Age: 5
Breeding: Lope De Vega / Bezique (Cape Cross)
Form Summary
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Starts | Wins | 2nds | 3rds |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Good to Firm | 1 | 1 | ||
| Good to Firm (Good In Places) | 1 | |||
| Good to Soft (Good in places) | 2 | 1 | 1 | |
| Good to Soft (Soft in places) | 1 | 1 | ||
| Heavy (Soft in places) | 1 | 1 | ||
| Soft (Heavy in places) | 1 | |||
| Standard / Slow | 1 | 1 | ||
| Totals | 8 | 3 | 1 | 2 |
Race History
| Date | Course | Going | Distance | Class | Race Winner | Weight | Position | Jockey | SP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 23 Sep 2023 | Newbury | Heavy (Soft in places) | 1m 2f | 2 | Balance Play | 9st 1lbs | 1 of 8 | H Crouch | 3/1 |
| mid-division on outside, ridden 4f out, headway on outside approaching final furlong, soon led and clear, ran on well | |||||||||
| 25 Aug 2023 | York | Good to Firm (Good In Places) | 1m 3f 188y | 2 | Marhaba The Champ | 9st 3lbs | 10 of 15 | H Crouch | 3/1 |
| towards rear, lost place and in last pair halfway, not clear run and switched left 2f out, soon ridden and never dangerous | |||||||||
| 04 Aug 2023 | Goodwood | Good to Soft (Soft in places) | 1m 3f 44y | 3 | Balance Play | 9st 8lbs | 1 of 14 | H Crouch | 7/2 |
| in touch, pushed along and headway 2f out, ridden to lead just inside final furlong, briefly edged right, ran on | |||||||||
| 30 Jun 2023 | Chester | Good to Soft (Good In Places) | 1m 2f 70y | 4 | Balance Play | 9st 7lbs | 1 of 8 | H Crouch | 7/4 |
| made all, clear when ridden over 1f out, stayed on strongly, unchallenged | |||||||||
| 03 Jun 2023 | Epsom Downs | Good to Firm | 1m 2f 17y | 2 | Torito | 8st 7lbs | 3 of 14 | Andrea Atzeni | 4/1 |
| raced keenly tracking leaders, hung left on camber and outpaced 2f out, continued to hang left and styed on into 3rd inside final furlong | |||||||||
| 04 May 2023 | Salisbury | Good to Soft (Good in places) | 6f 213y | 5 | Quddwah | 9st 7lbs | 2 of 10 | Rossa Ryan | 7/2 |
| led, ridden along, edged left and hard pressed over 1f out, headed well inside final furlong, held close home | |||||||||
| 28 Nov 2022 | Kempton | Standard / Slow | 7f | 4 | Dragon Icon | 9st 4lbs | 3 of 14 | Rossa Ryan | 18/5 |
| disputed lead, ridden to keep place over 3f out, headed final furlong, stayed on same pace | |||||||||
| 26 Oct 2022 | Nottingham | Soft (Heavy in places) | 1m 75y | 4 | Laafi | 9st 2lbs | 4 of 10 | Rob Hornby | 3/1 |
| dwelt, soon in mid-division, pushed along and headway 3f out, stayed on, not pace to challenge | |||||||||