Brighterdaysahead (FR)
Owner: Gigginstown House Stud Trainer: G Elliott Sex: filly Age: 6
Breeding: Kapgarde / Matnie (Laveron)
Form Summary
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Starts | Wins | 2nds | 3rds |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Good to Soft | 1 | |||
| Good to Soft (Soft in places) | 1 | 1 | ||
| Good to Yielding | 2 | 2 | ||
| Heavy (Soft in Places) | 1 | 1 | ||
| Soft | 2 | 1 | 1 | |
| Soft (Yielding in places) | 1 | 1 | ||
| Soft (Yielding to Soft in places) | 1 | 1 | ||
| Soft to Heavy | 1 | 1 | ||
| Yielding | 2 | 1 | 1 | |
| Totals | 12 | 9 | 1 | 1 |
Race History
| Date | Course | Going | Distance | Class | Race Winner | Weight | Position | Jockey | SP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 03 May 2025 | Punchestown | Yielding | 2m 4f 118y | 1 | Jade De Grugy | 11st 7lbs | 3 of 6 | Sam Ewing | 6/4 |
| tracked leader in 2nd, jumped left, 3rd from 3rd, headway into 2nd again 3 out, ridden next, no impression on winner before last, 3rd inside final furlong, no extra | |||||||||
| 11 Mar 2025 | Cheltenham | Good to Soft | 2m 87y | 1 | Golden Ace | 11st 3lbs | 4 of 7 | Jack Kennedy | 5/2 |
| tracked leader, led before 3 out, ridden and headed final bend, lost 2nd before last, swerved left just after last and bumped into rival, weakened flat | |||||||||
| 29 Dec 2024 | Leopardstown | Good to Yielding | 2m | 1 | Brighterdaysahead | 11st 5lbs | 1 of 6 | Sam Ewing | 5/2 |
| tracked leader, clear of remainder at 2nd, led 2 out and soon pushed clear, ridden before last where well clear, kept on well, very easily, impressive | |||||||||
| 23 Nov 2024 | Punchestown | Soft | 2m 148y | 1 | Brighterdaysahead | 11st 5lbs | 1 of 7 | Jack Kennedy | 9/4 |
| led, soon clear and jumped slightly left, slight mistake 4th, ridden and strongly pressed entering straight, headed approaching last, rallied to regain lead inside final furlong, stayed on well close home | |||||||||
| 01 Nov 2024 | Down Royal | Good to Yielding | 2m 190y | 1 | Brighterdaysahead | 11st 7lbs | 1 of 6 | Sam Ewing | 4/5 |
| tracked leader, jumped left 3rd and soon led, pushed along after 2 out and mistake last, ridden and kept on well run-in | |||||||||
| 13 Apr 2024 | Aintree | Good to Soft (Soft in places) | 2m 4f | 1 | Brighterdaysahead | 11st | 1 of 8 | Jack Kennedy | 6/5 |
| mid-division, headway 7th, led going well 3 out, quickened clear before last, easily | |||||||||
| 14 Mar 2024 | Cheltenham | Soft | 2m 179y | 1 | Golden Ace | 11st 7lbs | 2 of 8 | Jack Kennedy | 5/6 |
| chased leaders, keen early, not fluent 5th, went 2nd after 2 out, every chance before last, soon ridden, not pace of winner final 100 yards, kept on | |||||||||
| 11 Feb 2024 | Navan | Heavy (Soft in Places) | 2m 5f | 1 | Brighterdaysahead | 11st 2lbs | 1 of 6 | Jack Kennedy | 1/3 |
| tracked leaders in 3rd on outer, headway travelling strongly to lead 2 out, soon went clear, stayed on strongly run-in, not extended, very easily | |||||||||
| 10 Nov 2023 | Down Royal | Soft (Yielding to Soft in places) | 2m 190y | 1 | Brighterdaysahead | 10st 10lbs | 1 of 12 | Jack Kennedy | 2/1 |
| tracked leaders, 4th halfway, progress into 2nd travelling easily approaching 2 out, soon led and asserted to go 2 lengths clear last, kept on well | |||||||||
| 19 Oct 2023 | Thurles | Soft (Yielding in places) | 1m 7f 202y | 0 | Brighterdaysahead | 11st 6lbs | 1 of 18 | Jack Kennedy | 1/4 |
| made all, jumped slightly left throughout, mistake 3rd, 4 lengths clear halfway, travelled well and asserted approaching last where jumped left, kept on well, easily | |||||||||
| 09 Apr 2023 | Fairyhouse | Yielding | 2m | 0 | Brighterdaysahead | 10st 13lbs | 1 of 19 | Mr H C Swan | 5/4 |
| tracked leaders, 3rd halfway, switched right and pushed along 2f out, led over 1f out, soon asserted and kept on well | |||||||||
| 18 Feb 2023 | Gowran Park | Soft to Heavy | 2m 1f | 0 | Brighterdaysahead | 10st 13lbs | 1 of 11 | Mr H C Swan | 2/1 |
| in touch, moderate 4th after 5f, headway to close under 6f out, travelled well to lead under 2f out, asserted final furlong, soon clear, impressive | |||||||||


