Serious Contender (IRE)
Owner: Derrick Smith & Mrs John Magnier & Michael Tabor Trainer: A P O'Brien Sex: colt Age: 3
Breeding: Wootton Bassett / Lugnaquilla (Galileo)
Entries
| Date | Time | Course | Race name |
|---|---|---|---|
| 29 Jun 2025 | 16:10 | Curragh | Dubai Duty Free Irish Derby (Group 1) |
Form Summary
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Starts | Wins | 2nds | 3rds |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Good (Good to Firm in places) | 1 | |||
| Good to Firm (Good in places) | 1 | 1 | ||
| Good to Yielding | 1 | 1 | ||
| Good-good to yielding in places on straight course | 1 | |||
| Soft | 2 | 1 | 1 | |
| Totals | 6 | 2 | 2 |
Race History
| Date | Course | Going | Distance | Class | Race Winner | Weight | Position | Jockey | SP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19 Jun 2025 | Royal Ascot | Good to Firm (Good in places) | 1m 3f 211y | 2 | Merchant | 9st 6lbs | 2 of 19 | R L Moore | 7/1 |
| ridden away from start and wide early, prominent, led 2f out, driven over 1f out, headed well inside final furlong | |||||||||
| 30 Mar 2025 | Leopardstown | Good to Yielding | 1m 2f | 0 | Serious Contender | 9st 9lbs | 1 of 16 | R L Moore | 9/4 |
| tracked leaders on inner, pushed along in 4th 2f out, ridden in 3rd 1f out, led inside final furlong, stayed on well, all out | |||||||||
| 19 Oct 2024 | Leopardstown | Soft | 1m | 0 | Serious Contender | 9st 5lbs | 1 of 10 | W M Lordan | 1/1 |
| prominent, disputed after 2f, pushed along 2f out, ridden and led narrowly over 1f out, joined 1f out and soon headed narrowly, rallied under pressure, kept on well, led again final 50 yards | |||||||||
| 06 Oct 2024 | Tipperary | Soft | 1m 1f | 0 | Emit | 9st 7lbs | 2 of 10 | W M Lordan | 1/1 |
| led and disputed, pushed along entering straight, ridden to lead briefly over 1f out, soon headed, no extra and kept on one pace inside final furlong | |||||||||
| 19 Sep 2024 | Naas | Good (Good to Firm in places) | 7f | 0 | Call Me Captain | 9st 7lbs | 4 of 7 | W M Lordan | 11/2 |
| soon disputed lead, led from 3f out, ridden and headed 2f out, no extra and weakened inside final furlong | |||||||||