Hopes Are High (IRE)
Owner: Don't Tell Your Mother Syndicate Trainer: W Durkan Sex: colt Age: 3
Breeding: Shaman / Silver Rainbow (Starspangledbanner)
Form Summary
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Starts | Wins | 2nds | 3rds |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Good | 1 | 1 | ||
| Good (Good to Firm in places) | 3 | 1 | ||
| Good (Good to Yielding in places) | 1 | |||
| Good to Yielding | 1 | 1 | ||
| Soft | 1 | 1 | ||
| Standard | 1 | 1 | ||
| Yielding to Soft | 1 | 1 | ||
| Totals | 9 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
Race History
| Date | Course | Going | Distance | Class | Race Winner | Weight | Position | Jockey | SP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 14 Oct 2025 | Punchestown | Good to Yielding | 2m 46y | 0 | Secret Force | 11st 8lbs | 2 of 8 | Philip Byrnes | 11/4 |
| towards rear, good headway to dispute lead 2 out, led travelling well entering straight, ridden and strongly pressed approaching last, headed at last, kept on same pace in 2nd run-in | |||||||||
| 21 Sep 2025 | Listowel | Yielding to Soft | 2m | 0 | Hopes Are High | 11st 4lbs | 1 of 10 | Philip Byrnes | 5/2 |
| mid-division, progress in 3rd after 4 out, took closer order approaching straight, travelled well to lead narrowly 2 out where not fluent, asserted before last, kept on well run-in, reduced advantage close home | |||||||||
| 29 Aug 2025 | Down Royal | Good (Good to Firm in places) | 2m 1f 87y | 0 | Cinammon Coco | 11st 4lbs | 3 of 7 | Philip Byrnes | 11/4 |
| held up early, slight mistake 2nd, 5th halfway, improved into 3rd before 4 out, 2nd and mistake 4 out, disputed next, ridden and headed after 2 out, no extra in 3rd before last, kept on one pace | |||||||||
| 11 Aug 2025 | Ballinrobe | Good | 2m 169y | 0 | Hopes Are High | 11st | 1 of 13 | Philip Byrnes | 14/1 |
| tracked leader, dropped to mid-division before 4th, 8th after 5th, headway 2 out, travelled well to lead before last, asserted entering straight, kept on closing stages, reduced lead close home | |||||||||
| 27 Jun 2025 | Curragh | Good (Good to Yielding in places) | 7f | 0 | Quadruple | 8st 7lbs | 12 of 15 | N G McCullagh | 16/1 |
| mid-division, pushed along over 2f out and soon ridden, no impression from over 1f out, no extra | |||||||||
| 16 May 2025 | Leopardstown | Good (Good to Firm in places) | 1m | 0 | Banner Beauty | 9st 8lbs | 4 of 17 | Colin Keane | 10/3 |
| tracked leaders, headway into 4th 2f out, ridden and went 2nd 1 1/2f out, 3rd 1f out, no extra final furlong, 4th close home | |||||||||
| 07 May 2025 | Gowran Park | Good (Good to Firm in places) | 7f | 0 | Storm Piece | 9st 8lbs | 4 of 15 | S Foley | 12/1 |
| tracked leaders, 5th halfway, ridden and no impression 2f out, kept on one pace final furlong | |||||||||
| 16 Apr 2025 | Gowran Park | Soft | 7f | 0 | Aston Value | 9st 8lbs | 3 of 16 | S Foley | 7/1 |
| tracked leaders, 3rd halfway, pushed along 2f out, ridden and headway to dispute lead briefly early final furlong, 3rd and no impression closing stages | |||||||||
| 10 Jan 2025 | Dundalk | Standard | 1m | 0 | Calm The Jets | 9st 8lbs | 3 of 10 | L F Roche | 12/1 |
| rear of mid-division early, 6th halfway, pushed along and some headway under 2f out, 4th over 1f out, ridden and kept on one pace inside final furlong | |||||||||