Buddhist Monk (GB)
Owner: Lord Derby Trainer: Sir Mark Prescott Sex: Gelding Age: 20
Form Summary
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Starts | Wins | 2nds | 3rds |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Firm | 1 | 1 | ||
| Good | 2 | 1 | 1 | |
| Good (Straight Course;Round Course;Good to Soft,Good in places) | 1 | |||
| Good to Firm | 7 | 1 | 2 | 2 |
| Good to Firm (5f and 6f;1m and further Good to Firm, Good in places) | 1 | 1 | ||
| Good to Firm (Good in places) | 2 | 1 | ||
| Good to Soft | 1 | 1 | ||
| Good to Soft (Straight - Good plcs; Round - Soft plcs) | 1 | |||
| Soft | 1 | |||
| Standard | 3 | 1 | 1 | |
| Totals | 20 | 4 | 6 | 3 |
Race History
| Date | Course | Going | Distance | Class | Race Winner | Weight | Position | Jockey | SP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 25 Sep 2009 | Haydock | Good to Firm (5f and 6f;1m and further Good to Firm, Good in places) | 1m 2f 95y | 4 | Buddhist Monk | 9st 10lbs | 1 of 7 | J P Spencer | 6/4 |
| keen, in touch, ridden to lead and hung badly left over 1f out, driven out | |||||||||
| 21 Sep 2009 | Leicester | Good to Firm | 1m 1f 218y | 6 | Traphalgar | 9st 11lbs | 2 of 10 | J P Spencer | 2/1 |
| led, ridden clear over 3f out, driven and joined over 1f out, headed inside final furlong, kept on | |||||||||
| 14 Sep 2009 | Leicester | Good to Firm | 1m 1f 218y | 5 | Buddhist Monk | 9st 11lbs | 1 of 7 | J P Spencer | 6/4 |
| led after 1f, set strong gallop and soon clear with 2 others, at least 6L clear over 3f out, soon driven, all out inside final furlong, held on grimly | |||||||||
| 02 Sep 2009 | Brighton | Firm | 1m 1f 209y | 6 | Buddhist Monk | 9st 10lbs | 1 of 4 | E Ahern | 6/4 |
| made all, soon 5 lengths clear, driven over 1f out, stayed on well unchallenged | |||||||||
| 21 Aug 2009 | York | Good to Firm | 2m 88y | 3 | Swingkeel | 8st 11lbs | 15 of 15 | E Ahern | 20/1 |
| took keen hold, led 1f, tracked leaders, led over 8f out until over 3f out, soon weakened | |||||||||
| 08 Aug 2009 | Ascot | Good (Straight Course;Round Course;Good to Soft,Good in places) | 1m 4f | 2 | Press The Button | 9st 2lbs | 9 of 9 | F Johansson | 14/1 |
| dwelt, always behind | |||||||||
| 27 Jun 2009 | Newcastle | Soft | 2m 19y | 2 | Som Tala | 8st 6lbs | 12 of 17 | Adrian Nicholls | 50/1 |
| held up behind, ridden over 4f out, never dangerous | |||||||||
| 30 May 2009 | York | Good to Firm | 1m 6f | 1 | Caracciola | 9st | 5 of 7 | Adrian Nicholls | 17/2 |
| held up, ridden and headway to chase leaders over 3f out, edged left over 2f out, weakened inside final furlong | |||||||||
| 23 May 2009 | Newmarket | Good to Firm | 1m 6f | 4 | Hendersyde | 9st 9lbs | 3 of 8 | S Donohoe | 7/1 |
| held up towards rear, headway over 1f out, soon chasing leaders, stayed on same pace | |||||||||
| 08 May 2009 | Chester | Good to Firm | 1m 4f | 4 | Red Merlin | 9st 3lbs | 3 of 8 | S Donohoe | 7/1 |
| held up, headway over 2f out, one pace final furlong | |||||||||
| 14 Apr 2009 | Yarmouth | Good | 1m 2f | 4 | Serious Choice | 9st 4lbs | 3 of 8 | Jim Crowley | 4/1 |
| held up in touch, headway over 2f out, every chance over 1f out, weakened final furlong | |||||||||
| 28 Mar 2009 | Doncaster | Good to Firm (Good in places) | 1m 2f | 4 | Spring Jim | 9st 4lbs | 6 of 20 | Jim Crowley | 7/1 |
| in rear, effort when short of room over 2f out, stayed on final furlong | |||||||||
| 11 Oct 2008 | Ascot | Good to Soft (Straight - Good plcs; Round - Soft plcs) | 1m 4f | 2 | Night Crescendo | 7st 12lbs | 17 of 19 | D J O'Donohoe | 12/1 |
| steadied start, always in rear, never a factor | |||||||||
| 27 Sep 2008 | Haydock | Good to Firm | 1m 6f | 3 | Meshtri | 8st 4lbs | 2 of 13 | D J O'Donohoe | 7/1 |
| slowly into stride, held up in rear, headway over 2f, driven to challenge and every chance approaching final furlong, edged left and kept on same pace | |||||||||
| 17 Sep 2008 | Kempton | Standard | 1m 4f | 6 | Buddhist Monk | 9st 3lbs | 1 of 13 | D J O'Donohoe | 7/4 |
| held up in rear, smooth headway on wide outside over 3f out, chased leaders over 1f out, led just inside final furlong, won going away | |||||||||
| 29 Aug 2008 | Hamilton | Good to Soft | 1m 1f 36y | 5 | Ozone Trustee | 9st 3lbs | 2 of 6 | J-P Guillambert | 1/5 |
| led, ridden well over 2f out, headed over 1f out, soon no extra | |||||||||
| 12 Aug 2008 | Lingfield | Standard | 1m 4f | 5 | Red Kestrel | 9st | 2 of 5 | S Sanders | 7/4 |
| led, pushed along over 3f out, ridden and headed 2f out, soon outpaced by winner | |||||||||
| 17 Jul 2008 | Hamilton | Good | 1m 3f 16y | 5 | Wells Lyrical | 9st 2lbs | 2 of 7 | S Sanders | 15/8 |
| led, joined over 4f out, ridden over 3f out, jockey dropped whip 2f out, soon hung left to stand rail, headed, no extra inside final furlong | |||||||||
| 19 Jun 2008 | Great Leighs | Standard | 1m | 6 | Paint The Town Red | 8st 12lbs | 5 of 15 | T P O'Shea | 8/11 |
| chased leaders, ridden halfway, effort when hung left over 1f out, weakened final 100 yards | |||||||||
| 29 May 2008 | Yarmouth | Good to Firm (Good in places) | 6f 3y | 6 | Valatrix | 9st 3lbs | 2 of 9 | D J O'Donohoe | 10/1 |
| tracked winner, driven and effort approaching final furlong, soon hung left, ran on inside final furlong, not reached winner | |||||||||


