First Encounter (GB)
Owner: The Lam Partnership Trainer: J Gallagher Sex: colt Age: 3
Breeding: Le Brivido / Miss Meticulous (Bahamian Bounty)
Form Summary
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Starts | Wins | 2nds | 3rds |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Good | 3 | |||
| Good (Good to Firm in places) | 1 | |||
| Good to Firm | 1 | |||
| Good to Firm (Good in places) | 2 | 1 | 1 | |
| Soft | 3 | 1 | ||
| Soft (Good To Soft In Places) | 1 | 1 | ||
| Soft (Heavy in places) | 1 | |||
| Standard | 1 | |||
| Standard / Slow | 2 | 1 | ||
| Totals | 15 | 2 | 3 |
Race History
| Date | Course | Going | Distance | Class | Race Winner | Weight | Position | Jockey | SP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 24 Oct 2024 | Nottingham | Soft (Heavy in places) | 1m 2f 50y | 6 | Zenato | 8st 11lbs | 5 of 6 | Darragh Keenan | 5/1 |
| handy, led 5f out, pushed along 2f out, ridden over 1f out, headed and slightly hampered approaching final furlong, weakened quickly | |||||||||
| 03 Oct 2024 | Chelmsford City | Standard / Slow | 1m 2f | 6 | First Encounter | 8st 10lbs | 1 of 15 | Joe Leavy | 15/2 |
| prominent early, tracked leaders, went 2nd over 2f out, led over 1f out, stayed on well, ridden out | |||||||||
| 17 Sep 2024 | Brighton | Good | 1m 1f 207y | 6 | Fighting Poet | 8st 10lbs | 8 of 11 | Darragh Keenan | 9/1 |
| chased leaders, ridden over 2f out, lost place over 1f out, well beaten final furlong | |||||||||
| 02 Sep 2024 | Chepstow | Good | 1m 14y | 6 | Desert Footsteps | 8st 13lbs | 5 of 7 | William Cox | 9/2 |
| close up towards rear, outpaced 3f out and soon well behind | |||||||||
| 11 Aug 2024 | Leicester | Good to Firm (Good in places) | 1m 2f | 6 | Bay Dream Believer | 8st 7lbs | 2 of 8 | William Cox | 5/1 |
| prominent, led over 4f out, headed over 1f out, edged left inside final furlong, every chance towards finish, bumped close home, just held | |||||||||
| 24 Jul 2024 | Leicester | Good to Firm (Good in places) | 1m 53y | 6 | First Encounter | 9st | 1 of 9 | Darragh Keenan | 4/1 |
| got warm in the preliminaries, raced in second, disputed 3f out, ridden 2f out, led narrowly final 110 yards, ran on and always doing enough towards finish | |||||||||
| 06 Jul 2024 | Leicester | Good (Good to Firm in places) | 1m 2f | 6 | Little Tiger | 8st 7lbs | 4 of 11 | William Cox | 10/1 |
| tracked leaders, ridden over 2f out, stayed on but always held | |||||||||
| 11 Jun 2024 | Wetherby | Good | 1m | 6 | John L Sullivan | 8st 9lbs | 10 of 11 | Darragh Keenan | 8/1 |
| led, ridden and headed over 1f out, weakened final furlong | |||||||||
| 30 May 2024 | Ripon | Soft | 1m | 6 | Blenheim Star | 9st | 2 of 9 | Darragh Keenan | 9/2 |
| soon led, ridden and headed over 1f out, stayed on one pace inside final furlong | |||||||||
| 02 May 2024 | Redcar | Soft (Good To Soft In Places) | 7f 219y | 6 | On The Bubble | 9st | 2 of 12 | Darragh Keenan | 25/1 |
| close up far side, ridden 2f out, soon chased leader, kept on but no impression | |||||||||
| 11 Nov 2023 | Chelmsford City | Standard | 1m 2f | 6 | Palazzo Persico | 8st 8lbs | 7 of 7 | William Cox | 50/1 |
| led early, prominent, ridden over 2f out, no extra from over 1f out | |||||||||
| 07 Nov 2023 | Chelmsford City | Standard / Slow | 1m | 6 | Monks Mead | 8st 10lbs | 7 of 9 | William Cox | 250/1 |
| held up, driven along over 2f out, soon outpaced, ran on well final furlong, no impact | |||||||||
| 15 Oct 2023 | Goodwood | Soft | 1m 1f 11y | 4 | Black Run | 9st 7lbs | 7 of 8 | Darragh Keenan | 150/1 |
| always in rear, pushed along and struggling halfway, tailed off | |||||||||
| 22 Jul 2023 | Haydock | Soft | 6f 212y | 4 | Paladin | 9st 7lbs | 9 of 10 | Darragh Keenan | 80/1 |
| bumped start, rear of mid-division, pushed along 5f out, well beaten final 3f | |||||||||
| 07 Jun 2023 | Newbury | Good to Firm | 6f 110y | 4 | Son | 9st 7lbs | 10 of 10 | Rhys Clutterbuck | 125/1 |
| slowly away and hampered start, in rear, pushed along halfway, weakened 2f out | |||||||||