Kesta (IRE)
Owner: The Woodway 20 Trainer: Eve Johnson Houghton Sex: gelding Age: 2
Breeding: Kessaar / Destacado (Mehmas)
Entries
| Date | Time | Course | Race name |
|---|---|---|---|
| 25 Oct 2025 | 13:25 | Newbury | Hazell & Jefferies Nursery |
Form Summary
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Starts | Wins | 2nds | 3rds |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Good | 1 | |||
| Good (Good to Firm in places) | 2 | 1 | 1 | |
| Good to Firm | 3 | 1 | 1 | |
| Good to Firm (Good in places) | 3 | 1 | 1 | |
| Good to Soft | 1 | |||
| Good to Soft (Good in places) | 1 | 1 | ||
| Soft | 1 | |||
| Standard | 1 | 1 | ||
| Totals | 13 | 3 | 2 | 3 |
Race History
| Date | Course | Going | Distance | Class | Race Winner | Weight | Position | Jockey | SP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 02 Oct 2025 | Nottingham | Good to Soft (Good in places) | 6f 18y | 2 | Kesta | 9st 9lbs | 1 of 6 | Charles Bishop | 5/2 |
| chased leaders, switched right and went 2nd going well over 2f out, led entering final furlong, stayed on well | |||||||||
| 13 Sep 2025 | Chester | Good to Soft | 5f 15y | 3 | Temple Of Athena | 8st 13lbs | of 7 | Rob Hornby | 0/0 |
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| 23 Aug 2025 | Newmarket | Good to Firm | 6f | 2 | Sioux Perfect | 8st 13lbs | 3 of 20 | Callum Hutchinson | 12/1 |
| prominent far side, went third and every chance 1f out, ridden final furlong, kept on | |||||||||
| 18 Aug 2025 | Windsor | Good to Firm (Good in places) | 5f 21y | 4 | Lil Brother | 9st 6lbs | 3 of 9 | Charles Bishop | 12/1 |
| raced keenly, held up in last pair, angled out to outside halfway, headway chasing leaders, over 1f out, ridden and kept on same pace inside final furlong, lost 2nd post | |||||||||
| 30 Jul 2025 | Sandown | Good (Good to Firm in places) | 5f 10y | 4 | Novelette | 9st 4lbs | 3 of 5 | Georgia Dobie | 13/2 |
| last to break, in touch behind leaders, closed on inside over 2f out, led over 1f out, headed entering final furlong, no extra towards finish | |||||||||
| 14 Jul 2025 | Windsor | Good to Firm | 5f 21y | 3 | Kesta | 9st 2lbs | 1 of 4 | Charles Bishop | 7/2 |
| chased leader, ridden and challenged over 1f out, led but hard pressed inside final furlong, shared dead heat post | |||||||||
| 04 Jul 2025 | Haydock | Good (Good to Firm in places) | 5f | 4 | Cotai Belle | 9st 6lbs | 2 of 5 | Charles Bishop | 8/1 |
| raced in third, waiting for room 2f out, switched right in between rivals over 1f out, went second and challenging inside final furlong, ran on | |||||||||
| 10 Jun 2025 | Salisbury | Good to Firm (Good in places) | 6f | 4 | Factual | 9st 7lbs | 10 of 12 | Charles Bishop | 7/1 |
| chased leaders out wide, switched in behind leaders after 1f, ridden over 1f out, weakened quickly and moved poorly inside final furlong | |||||||||
| 24 May 2025 | Salisbury | Good to Firm | 5f | 4 | Ardisia | 9st 9lbs | 6 of 9 | Oliver Carmichael | 13/2 |
| held up towards rear, pushed along off pace over 1f out, late headway close home | |||||||||
| 02 May 2025 | Goodwood | Good | 5f | 2 | Havana Hurricane | 9st 9lbs | 5 of 11 | Georgia Dobie | 14/1 |
| chased leaders in centre, ridden under 1f out, kept on, never a danger | |||||||||
| 12 Apr 2025 | Brighton | Good to Firm (Good in places) | 5f 60y | 5 | Kesta | 9st 5lbs | 1 of 9 | Rhys Clutterbuck | 17/2 |
| soon raced in second, chased leader from 2f out, led entering final 110 yards, pushed out and always doing enough towards finish | |||||||||
| 01 Apr 2025 | Wolverhampton | Standard | 5f 21y | 5 | Hollywood Treasure | 9st 3lbs | 2 of 7 | Charles Bishop | 20/1 |
| towards rear, raced wide, ran green early, pushed along before hampered home turn, rallied and ran on well final furlong, went second inside final 110 yards, kept on, promising | |||||||||