Handstands (IRE)
Owner: Mr T P Radford Trainer: B Pauling Sex: gelding Age: 6
Breeding: Getaway / Wattle Bridge (King's Theatre)
Form Summary
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Starts | Wins | 2nds | 3rds |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Good | 2 | 1 | ||
| Good to Soft (Good in places) | 1 | |||
| Heavy (Soft in places) | 1 | 1 | ||
| Soft | 1 | 1 | ||
| Soft (Good to Soft in places) | 1 | 1 | ||
| Soft (Heavy in places) | 3 | 2 | ||
| Totals | 9 | 6 |
Race History
| Date | Course | Going | Distance | Class | Race Winner | Weight | Position | Jockey | SP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 04 Apr 2025 | Aintree | Good to Soft (Good in places) | 3m 210y | 1 | Caldwell Potter | 11st 7lbs | PulledUp of 7 | Ben Jones | 11/4 |
| prominent until 2nd, chased leaders, shaken up before 13th, lost a length or so before mistake, hampered and lost place 14th, soon behind, pulled up after 4 out | |||||||||
| 01 Feb 2025 | Sandown | Heavy (Soft in places) | 2m 4f 10y | 1 | Handstands | 11st 7lbs | 1 of 4 | Ben Jones | 10/3 |
| led, ridden and headed narrowly after 2 out, battled on, rallied to regain lead over 110 yards out on run-in, kept on well, just prevailed | |||||||||
| 11 Jan 2025 | Ffos Las | Soft (Heavy in places) | 2m 3f 83y | 1 | Handstands | 11st 9lbs | 1 of 6 | Ben Jones | 1/1 |
| led until after 1st, tracked leader, big jump 3rd, led after 9th, hit 4 out, clear before last, stayed on well | |||||||||
| 06 Dec 2024 | Sandown | Soft (Good to Soft in places) | 3m 37y | 1 | Handstands | 11st 4lbs | 1 of 5 | Ben Jones | 5/2 |
| disputed lead, led clearly 18th, going well and increased tempo from 3 out, clear last, ran on well flat, comfortably | |||||||||
| 09 Nov 2024 | Wincanton | Good | 2m 4f 35y | 1 | Boombawn | 11st 4lbs | Fell of 5 | Ben Jones | 7/4 |
| held up in rear, ridden and chased leaders before 3 out where not fluent and fell | |||||||||
| 13 Mar 2024 | Cheltenham | Soft (Heavy in places) | 2m 5f | 1 | Ballyburn | 11st 7lbs | 6 of 7 | H Cobden | 20/1 |
| raced on outside, prominent early, chased leaders, pushed along before 3 out, weakened after 2 out, tailed off | |||||||||
| 08 Feb 2024 | Huntingdon | Soft | 2m 3f 137y | 1 | Handstands | 11st 5lbs | 1 of 4 | H Cobden | 9/4 |
| raced in 3rd, headway to lead narrowly 3 out, pushed along approaching last, ridden and edged left run-in, kept on well | |||||||||
| 06 Jan 2024 | Newcastle | Soft (Heavy in places) | 2m 4f 62y | 4 | Handstands | 11st 7lbs | 1 of 10 | Ben Jones | 2/7 |
| chased leader, led before 4 out, drawing clear when not fluent last, easily | |||||||||
| 16 Dec 2023 | Hereford | Good | 2m 3f 147y | 4 | Handstands | 11st | 1 of 14 | Ben Jones | 13/8 |
| handy, went 2nd 3 out, led home turn and pushed along, soon cleared away, jumped right last, readily | |||||||||


