Young Churchill (IRE)
Owner: London Racing 4 Partnership Trainer: N Meade Sex: gelding Age: 4
Breeding: Churchill / Excelling Spirit (Invincible Spirit)
Form Summary
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Starts | Wins | 2nds | 3rds |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Good | 2 | 1 | ||
| Good (Good to Firm in places) | 1 | |||
| Good (Good to Yielding in places) | 2 | 1 | ||
| Good (Good to Yielding places) | 1 | 1 | ||
| Good to Yielding | 1 | |||
| Good to Yielding (Yielding in places) | 2 | |||
| Soft | 1 | |||
| Soft to Heavy | 1 | |||
| Yielding (Good to Yielding in places) | 1 | 1 | ||
| Yielding to Soft | 4 | |||
| Yielding to Soft (Soft in places) | 1 | |||
| Totals | 17 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
Race History
| Date | Course | Going | Distance | Class | Race Winner | Weight | Position | Jockey | SP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 09 Oct 2025 | Thurles | Good to Yielding (Yielding in places) | 2m 66y | 0 | Sorrentino | 10st 2lbs | 10 of 11 | Chris Hayes | 33/1 |
| tracked leader, 2nd halfway, took closer order 5f out, closed 4f out, dropped to 3rd under 3f out, soon under pressure, lost place and weakened over 2f out | |||||||||
| 11 Sep 2025 | Clonmel | Yielding to Soft | 1m 1f 130y | 0 | So Golden | 9st 9lbs | 7 of 12 | Gary Carroll | 11/2 |
| pushed along from stalls, mid-division and 8th 3f out, ridden from 2f out and some progress over 1f out, no extra inside final furlong | |||||||||
| 21 Jul 2025 | Ballinrobe | Good to Yielding (Yielding in places) | 1m 4f 184y | 0 | Buddy One | 9st 9lbs | 4 of 7 | Chris Hayes | 10/11 |
| led, soon headed, 2nd halfway, dropped to 3rd over 2f out, under pressure in 4th approaching straight, no extra final furlong | |||||||||
| 15 Jul 2025 | Killarney | Yielding to Soft (Soft in places) | 1m 6f 55y | 0 | Royal Hollow | 11st 12lbs | of 7 | Mr F Maguire | 0/0 |
| NonRunner | |||||||||
| 07 Jul 2025 | Roscommon | Good | 1m 7f 204y | 0 | Young Churchill | 11st | 1 of 12 | Donagh Meyler | 6/5 |
| tracked leaders, 3rd halfway, went 2nd before 5 out, pushed along entering straight, ridden approaching last, came stands side run-in and ran on well to lead close home | |||||||||
| 15 Jun 2025 | Downpatrick | Yielding to Soft | 2m 2f 185y | 0 | Yoradreamer | 11st 7lbs | of 15 | Non Runner | 0/0 |
| NonRunner | |||||||||
| 11 May 2025 | Killarney | Good (Good To Yielding In Places) | 2m 1f | 0 | Autumn Twist | 10st 13lbs | 5 of 14 | Donagh Meyler | 6/4 |
| disputed and not fluent 1st, soon led, slight mistake 5th and slightly slow 5 out, joined and slight mistake 3 out, soon ridden and headed, under pressure in 3rd next, no impression in 2nd and bad mistake last, no extra run-in | |||||||||
| 26 Jan 2025 | Naas | Soft to Heavy | 1m 7f 190y | 0 | Charlus | 11st 7lbs | 7 of 16 | Donagh Meyler | 11/2 |
| tracked leaders on inner, not fluent 3rd and 4th, ridden in 4th 2 out, soon no impression | |||||||||
| 31 Dec 2024 | Punchestown | Yielding to Soft | 2m 89y | 0 | Sainte Lucie | 11st | of 20 | Sean Flanagan | 0/0 |
| NonRunner | |||||||||
| 14 Dec 2024 | Fairyhouse | Yielding (Good to Yielding in places) | 2m 110y | 0 | Beyond Your Dreams | 11st | 3 of 14 | Donagh Meyler | 14/1 |
| prominent, led after 1st, pressed and slight mistake 3 out, ridden and strongly pressed after 2 out, joined before last, narrowly headed last, kept on same pace run-in | |||||||||
| 02 Oct 2024 | Bellewstown | Yielding to Soft | 1m 4f 61y | 0 | North Africa | 9st 8lbs | 5 of 11 | Colin Keane | 6/1 |
| disputed lead, headed after 4f and 2nd halfway, pushed along 3f out, soon ridden and lost place, moderate 5th over 1f out, no extra | |||||||||
| 23 Sep 2024 | Listowel | Good (Good to Yielding in places) | 1m 4f | 0 | Trapalanda | 9st 8lbs | 2 of 9 | J A Powell | 9/2 |
| led, headed over 2f out, no impression on leader over 1f out, kept on final furlong | |||||||||
| 24 Aug 2024 | Curragh | Good (Good to Yielding places) | 1m 2f | 0 | Fighter | 9st 8lbs | 3 of 22 | J A Powell | 33/1 |
| in touch, 8th over 3f out, headway on inner over 2f out, improved to 3rd 1 1/2f out, kept on without threatening final furlong | |||||||||
| 07 Jun 2024 | Fairyhouse | Good | 1m 4f | 0 | Highland Bling | 9st 8lbs | 6 of 6 | Colin Keane | 5/1 |
| tracked leader, 2nd halfway, 3rd and pushed along entering straight, no extra over 1f out, weakened | |||||||||
| 29 May 2024 | Tipperary | Soft | 1m 4f 110y | 0 | Himalayan Heights | 9st 5lbs | of 11 | W J Lee | 0/0 |
| NonRunner | |||||||||
| 10 May 2024 | Cork | Good (Good to Firm in places) | 1m 2f 40y | 0 | Kinesiology | 9st 6lbs | 5 of 10 | Colin Keane | 20/1 |
| mid-division, ridden to close in 5th 2f out, no impression 1 1/2f out, kept on one pace | |||||||||
| 27 Apr 2024 | Navan | Good to Yielding | 1m 2f | 0 | Unavoidable | 9st 8lbs | 5 of 12 | J A Powell | 22/1 |
| mid-division, pushed along and went moderate 6th 2f out, soon ridden, moderate 4th briefly 1f out, no impression final furlong | |||||||||


