El Champo (IRE)
Owner: Oliver Barden Trainer: P J Rothwell Sex: gelding Age: 7
Breeding: Ocovango / Western Garden (Westerner)
Form Summary
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Starts | Wins | 2nds | 3rds |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Good | 3 | 1 | 1 | |
| Good (Good to Yielding in Places) | 4 | 1 | ||
| Good to Yielding | 2 | |||
| Good to Yielding (Good in Places) | 2 | 1 | ||
| Good to Yielding (Yielding in places) | 2 | 1 | ||
| Heavy | 3 | 1 | 1 | |
| Soft | 1 | |||
| Soft (Soft to Heavy in places) | 2 | 1 | ||
| Soft (Yielding in places) | 1 | |||
| Soft to Heavy | 3 | 1 | ||
| Soft to Heavy (Heavy in places) | 1 | |||
| Yielding | 5 | 1 | 2 | |
| Yielding (Good to Yielding in places) | 1 | 1 | ||
| Yielding (Yielding to Soft in places) | 2 | |||
| Yielding to Soft | 1 | |||
| Totals | 33 | 5 | 5 | 3 |
Race History
| Date | Course | Going | Distance | Class | Race Winner | Weight | Position | Jockey | SP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19 Oct 2025 | Limerick | Yielding to Soft | 2m 3f 50y | 0 | Crowsatedappletart | 11st | 5 of 9 | Michael Kenneally | 4/1 |
| pressed leader early, led after 1st, 10 length advantage before 5th, slow jump 5th, reduced advantage before 9th, pushed along and headed approaching straight, ridden and weakened before 2 out, mistake 2 out, no extra | |||||||||
| 27 Sep 2025 | Listowel | Good to Yielding (Yielding in places) | 2m 6f | 0 | El Champo | 10st 11lbs | 1 of 10 | Tiernan Power Roche | 11/2 |
| led, headed over 1f out, rallied to lead closing stages, kept on best close home | |||||||||
| 14 Aug 2025 | Tramore | Good | 2m 5f 180y | 0 | El Champo | 11st 12lbs | 1 of 8 | S D Torrens | 3/1 |
| led narrowly, headed before 3rd, led before 6th, increased lead 3 out, asserted and clear before 2 out where not fluent, kept on well before last, eased run-in, very easily | |||||||||
| 30 Jul 2025 | Galway | Good | 2m 6f | 0 | Bal Kauto | 11st 12lbs | 4 of 20 | Tiernan Power Roche | 25/1 |
| tracked leaders, 4th halfway, headway 5 out and disputed lead next, led briefly approaching 2 out, soon ridden and dropped to 4th before last, no extra run-in | |||||||||
| 16 Jun 2025 | Kilbeggan | Good to Yielding | 2m 4f 51y | 0 | Gaelic Arc | 10st | 10 of 11 | Patrick M O'Brien | 6/1 |
| always behind, never a factor | |||||||||
| 03 May 2025 | Punchestown | Yielding | 3m 7f 68y | 0 | Shanbally Kid | 10st | 11 of 23 | Reserve 1 | 28/1 |
| tracked leaders, led from 8th, joined 10th, led again from 12th, headed and ridden 4 out, weakened | |||||||||
| 13 Feb 2025 | Clonmel | Soft (Yielding in places) | 2m 4f 69y | 0 | My Gaffer | 11st 12lbs | 6 of 13 | Sean Flanagan | 15/2 |
| led, slight mistake 9th, ridden and headed entering straight, no extra before 2 out | |||||||||
| 26 Jan 2025 | Naas | Soft (Soft to Heavy in places) | 2m 4f 29y | 0 | Answer To Kayf | 10st 12lbs | 3 of 11 | Tiernan Power Roche | 13/2 |
| tracked leaders early, disputed lead from 3rd led narrowly from 6th, ridden and headed 2 out, soon no impression on winner, 3rd after last, no extra | |||||||||
| 26 Dec 2024 | Down Royal | Good to Yielding (Yielding in places) | 2m 4f 130y | 0 | Global Export | 11st 12lbs | 4 of 9 | Tiernan Power Roche | 11/4 |
| chased leader, disputed from 2nd, pushed along and headed after 2 out, ridden and every chance last, no extra and weakened run-in | |||||||||
| 13 Dec 2024 | Cork | Yielding (Good to Yielding in places) | 2m 5f 50y | 0 | Banjaxed | 11st 12lbs | 2 of 12 | Tiernan Power Roche | 5/2 |
| led, slight mistake 8th, pushed along before 2 out, ridden and strongly pressed after 2 out, headed narrowly last, disputed after last, stayed on well, headed close home | |||||||||
| 20 Oct 2024 | Limerick | Good (Good to Yielding in places) | 2m 3f 50y | 0 | The Big Chap | 10st 8lbs | 4 of 9 | Tiernan Power Roche | 10/3 |
| tracked leaders, 4th halfway, mistake 3 out and pushed along approaching straight, slight mistake 2 out, ridden and no impression before last, kept on one pace run-in | |||||||||
| 02 Oct 2024 | Sligo | Good | 3m 1f 182y | 0 | Stuzzikini | 11st 3lbs | 2 of 4 | Tiernan Power Roche | 9/2 |
| led, mistake 5th, ridden and joined after 2 out, narrowly headed approaching last where mistake, no extra run-in | |||||||||
| 06 Sep 2024 | Kilbeggan | Yielding | 2m 4f 40y | 0 | Marv Michael | 11st 12lbs | 2 of 14 | Tiernan Power Roche | 15/8 |
| tracked leaders, moderate 3rd for much, went moderate 2nd and ridden 2 out, soon no impression on winner, kept on one pace in 2nd run-in | |||||||||
| 24 Aug 2024 | Killarney | Yielding | 2m 4f 180y | 1 | Walnut Beach | 10st 2lbs | 2 of 14 | P J O'Hanlon | 13/2 |
| tracked leaders, hampered 1st, 2nd at 5th, disputed 2nd entering straight, disputed lead after 3 out, mistake and headed 2 out, soon ridden and no impression, stayed on well to press winner after last, held | |||||||||
| 17 Jun 2024 | Kilbeggan | Good (Good to Yielding in places) | 2m 4f 51y | 0 | Optional Mix | 10st | of 9 | P J O'Hanlon | 0/0 |
| NonRunner | |||||||||
| 17 May 2024 | Kilbeggan | Good (Good to Yielding in places) | 2m 4f 90y | 0 | The Dasher Conway | 10st 10lbs | 3 of 12 | J P O'Sullivan | 16/1 |
| in touch, 5th after 6th, headway to 2nd after 2 out, kept on run-in, dropped to 3rd closing stages, no extra close home | |||||||||
| 04 Apr 2024 | Naas | Soft to Heavy (Heavy in places) | 2m | 0 | Toto Too | 11st 1lbs | 9 of 10 | S D Torrens | 25/1 |
| led and disputed, definite advantage from 3rd, headed 4 out, pushed along on inner and weakened quickly from 3 out, tailed off | |||||||||
| 09 Mar 2024 | Gowran Park | Heavy | 2m 4f | 0 | Aime Desjy | 11st 12lbs | 3 of 6 | P J O'Hanlon | 25/1 |
| tracked leaders in 3rd, mistake 1st, ridden and dropped to moderate 4th entering straight, moderate 4th at last, kept on one pace to go 3rd close home, not trouble leaders | |||||||||
| 25 Feb 2024 | Naas | Soft (Soft to Heavy in places) | 1m 7f 144y | 0 | American Money | 11st 5lbs | 9 of 17 | C Owens | 33/1 |
| mid-division on outer, jumped slightly right at 3rd, soon progress, 3rd before 4th, under pressure in 4th after 3 out, lost place 2 out, weakened final furlong | |||||||||
| 07 Feb 2024 | Fairyhouse | Heavy | 2m | 0 | Miss Pronunciation | 12st | 7 of 9 | P J O'Hanlon | 17/2 |
| led, headed 3rd, 2nd halfway, led again after 4 out, pushed along entering straight and soon headed, dropped to 6th 2 out where not fluent, no extra | |||||||||
| 06 Jan 2024 | Cork | Soft to Heavy | 2m | 0 | Flamborough | 11st 9lbs | 4 of 7 | P J O'Hanlon | 6/1 |
| tracked leader, 2nd halfway, headway to challenge and led briefly approaching 3 out, 4th and ridden before 2 out, soon no impression, kept on one pace run-in | |||||||||
| 26 Dec 2023 | Limerick | Soft to Heavy | 2m 1f 160y | 0 | The King Of Prs | 11st 5lbs | 4 of 6 | P J O'Hanlon | 6/1 |
| chased leader, 3rd halfway, pushed along approaching 2 out, ridden in 4th before last, soon no extra and kept on one pace | |||||||||
| 25 Nov 2023 | Punchestown | Soft | 2m 160y | 0 | Yeats Star | 11st 10lbs | 9 of 11 | P J O'Hanlon | 6/1 |
| prominent, slight mistake 1st, ridden in 3rd 2 out, soon no impression on leaders, weakened | |||||||||
| 29 Oct 2023 | Galway | Heavy | 2m 11y | 0 | El Champo | 11st | 1 of 16 | P J O'Hanlon | 8/1 |
| led, 2 lengths clear 2 out and soon pushed along, ridden and kept on well run-in, under pressure and held on closing stages | |||||||||
| 03 Oct 2023 | Galway | Soft to Heavy | 2m 3f 19y | 0 | El Champo | 11st 6lbs | 1 of 8 | P J O'Hanlon | 9/2 |
| made all, slight mistake 6th, ridden after 2 out, slight mistake last, kept on well under pressure run-in | |||||||||
| 18 Sep 2023 | Listowel | Yielding | 2m 4f | 0 | Extrapolation | 10st 10lbs | 6 of 16 | P J O'Hanlon | 5/1 |
| tracked leaders, 3rd halfway, dropped to 6th before 3 out, pushed along and no impression early straight, kept on one pace | |||||||||
| 25 Aug 2023 | Kilbeggan | Yielding | 2m 3f | 0 | El Champo | 11st 3lbs | 1 of 19 | P J O'Hanlon | 10/1 |
| rear of mid division, headway into 7th halfway, went 4th 2 out, progress on outer to go 2nd entering straight, challenged before last, kept on well to lead over 100 yards out | |||||||||
| 07 Aug 2023 | Cork | Good to Yielding (Good in places) | 2m 2f 150y | 0 | Rathnaleen Kal | 11st 3lbs | of 21 | Reserve 2 | 0/0 |
| NonRunner | |||||||||
| 18 Jun 2023 | Downpatrick | Yielding (Yielding to Soft in places) | 2m 5f 60y | 0 | Mister Twist | 11st 4lbs | 5 of 13 | J P O'Sullivan | 11/1 |
| tracked leaders, 4th 3 out, ridden in 3rd next, 4th and no impression at last, no extra | |||||||||
| 04 Jun 2023 | Kilbeggan | Good to Yielding (Good in Places) | 2m 2f 59y | 0 | Flidais | 11st 12lbs | 2 of 15 | P J O'Hanlon | 14/1 |
| tracked leaders, 4th halfway, moderate 5th before 2 out, ridden in 6th after 2 out, stayed on into moderate 2nd run-in, no chance with easy winner | |||||||||
| 19 May 2023 | Downpatrick | Good to Yielding | 2m 2f 165y | 0 | Williamstowndancer | 11st 4lbs | of 16 | P J O'Hanlon | 0/0 |
| NonRunner | |||||||||
| 05 May 2023 | Downpatrick | Yielding (Yielding to Soft in places) | 2m 2f 165y | 0 | Ossifer Hops | 11st 4lbs | 5 of 16 | S D Torrens | 100/1 |
| chased leader, 2nd halfway, led 2 out, pushed along before last, soon headed and dropped to 5th early straight, no extra | |||||||||
| 02 May 2023 | Ballinrobe | Good (Good to Yielding in Places) | 2m 139y | 0 | Lucid Dreams | 11st 4lbs | of 18 | Reserve 3 | 0/0 |
| NonRunner | |||||||||


