Velvet Heights (IRE)
Owner: Windflower Overseas Holdings Inc Trainer: J L Dunlop Sex: Horse (entire) Age: 22
Form Summary
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Starts | Wins | 2nds | 3rds |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fibresand | 2 | 2 | ||
| Good | 9 | 2 | 2 | |
| Good to Firm | 3 | |||
| Good to Soft | 5 | 1 | ||
| Good to Soft (Straight Course, Round Course Soft) | 1 | |||
| Polytrack | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 |
| Soft | 6 | 1 | ||
| Standard | 2 | |||
| Totals | 32 | 4 | 5 | 3 |
Race History
| Date | Course | Going | Distance | Class | Race Winner | Weight | Position | Jockey | SP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 09 Aug 2008 | Newmarket | Good to Soft | 2m 24y | 3 | Lady Dedlock | 9st 11lbs | 7 of 10 | T P Queally | 14/1 |
| pulled hard, led after 2f, driven and headed 2f out, soon weakened and eased | |||||||||
| 14 Jun 2008 | Sandown | Good | 1m 6f | 4 | Desert Sea | 9st 7lbs | 7 of 12 | Miss T Hayes | 6/1 |
| in touch until weakened over 2f out | |||||||||
| 20 Apr 2008 | Great Leighs | Standard | 2m | 2 | Pocket Too | 9st 11lbs | 4 of 6 | S Sanders | 5/1 |
| held up in rear, switched very wide into straight 2f out, soon ridden and headway, nudged along and kept on same pace final furlong | |||||||||
| 29 Mar 2008 | Kempton | Standard | 2m | 2 | Calculating | 9st 10lbs | of 7 | S Sanders | |
| Nonrunner | |||||||||
| 19 Oct 2007 | Newmarket | Soft | 1m 4f | 2 | Greek Envoy | 9st 3lbs | of 8 | E Ahern | 14/1 |
| held up in rear, ridden over 3f out, outpaced over 2f out, kept on inside final furlong | |||||||||
| 29 Sep 2007 | Ascot | Good to Soft (Straight Course, Round Course Soft) | 2m | 2 | Samurai Way | 9st 3lbs | of 9 | E Ahern | 14/1 |
| mid-division, headway over 4f out, led over 3f out, headed over 2f out, weakened final furlong | |||||||||
| 24 Aug 2007 | Newmarket | Soft | 1m 6f 175y | 3 | Ajaan | 9st 7lbs | 4 of 4 | E Ahern | 9/4 |
| led after 1f, headed 2f out, weakened over 1f out | |||||||||
| 21 Jul 2007 | Newmarket | Good | 1m 6f 175y | 4 | Nobelix | 9st 9lbs | 2 of 9 | I Mongan | 11/2 |
| held up raced centre over 7f out headway over 4f out ridden to challenge over 2f out chased winner final furlong kept on | |||||||||
| 16 Jun 2007 | Sandown | Good to Soft | 1m 6f | 4 | Swan Queen | 9st 7lbs | 4 of 8 | I Mongan | 9/2 |
| in rear, steady headway from 2f out, never troubled leaders | |||||||||
| 19 May 2007 | NEWMARKET | Good | 3080 | 2 | Sentry Duty | 8st 11lbs | 14 of 20 | I Mongan | |
| held up mid-division, headway over 4f out, ridden and weakened over 2f out | |||||||||
| 15 Dec 2006 | WOLVERHAMPTON | Polytrack | 2690 | 2 | Sweet Indulgence | 9st 5lbs | 3 of 7 | I Mongan | |
| held up, headway over 5f out, ridden over 3f out, one pace final furlong | |||||||||
| 02 Dec 2006 | SOUTHWELL | Fibresand | 2640 | 3 | Velvet Heights | 9st 7lbs | 1 of 10 | I Mongan | |
| tracked leader, led over 2f out, ridden clear and ran on final furlong | |||||||||
| 13 Nov 2006 | SOUTHWELL | Fibresand | 3080 | 3 | Velvet Heights | 9st 12lbs | 1 of 4 | I Mongan | |
| in touch, went 2nd over 5f out, led on bit over 2f out, clear final furlong | |||||||||
| 23 Oct 2006 | LINGFIELD | Polytrack | 2640 | 4 | Kyles Prince | 9st 8lbs | 2 of 9 | Richard Hughes | |
| in touch, led briefly 2f out, chased winner after, no impression final furlong | |||||||||
| 28 Sep 2006 | AYR | Soft | 2873 | 3 | Heart Of Svetlana | 9st 8lbs | 4 of 4 | N Callan | |
| chased winner until 4f out, weakened 2f out | |||||||||
| 15 Sep 2006 | NOTTINGHAM | Good | 3529 | 3 | Hawridge Prince | 9st 3lbs | 4 of 6 | P Robinson | |
| prominent, ridden to chase winner over 1f out, not quicken towards finish | |||||||||
| 26 Aug 2006 | CHESTER | Good | 3495 | 4 | Establishment | 10st | 2 of 8 | Michael Hills | |
| held up, headway 2f out, ridden to lead briefly just over 1f out, edged right and not quicken inside final furlong | |||||||||
| 05 Jul 2006 | KEMPTON | Polytrack | 3520 | 3 | Prins Willem | 8st 11lbs | 2 of 12 | Ted Durcan | |
| settled in rear, headway on inner 2f out, driven and every chance well inside final furlong, not pace of winner near finish | |||||||||
| 01 Jun 2006 | SANDOWN | Good to Soft | 3080 | 4 | Salute | 9st 4lbs | 6 of 16 | K Darley | |
| held up behind, stayed on final 2f, never nearer | |||||||||
| 18 May 2006 | YORK | Soft | 3057 | 4 | Sphinx | 9st 4lbs | 15 of 15 | K Darley | |
| mid-division, driven over 5f out, soon beaten | |||||||||
| 26 Apr 2006 | KEMPTON | Polytrack | 3520 | 4 | Velvet Heights | 9st 2lbs | 1 of 14 | K Darley | |
| held up behind, headway over 4f out, ridden to lead over 1f out, drew clear inside final furlong | |||||||||
| 21 Oct 2005 | DONCASTER | Soft | 3212 | 4 | Toldo | 8st 10lbs | 2 of 13 | K Darley | |
| slowly away, raced wide and chased leaders until joined main group 5f out, ridden over 3f out, chased winner over 3f out, eased when held inside final furlong | |||||||||
| 27 Sep 2005 | NOTTINGHAM | Good | 3529 | 4 | Bulwark | 8st 11lbs | 3 of 11 | K Darley | |
| held up, headway 7f out, ridden and every chance over 2f out, stayed on same pace | |||||||||
| 16 Sep 2005 | NOTTINGHAM | Good | 3095 | 3 | Double Deputy | 8st 5lbs | 3 of 9 | Willie Supple | |
| mid-division, headway over 3f out, ridden over 2f out, stayed on | |||||||||
| 15 Aug 2005 | NOTTINGHAM | Good to Soft | 3095 | 4 | Maggie Tulliver | 9st 5lbs | 6 of 12 | K Darley | |
| held up, headway over 6f out, not clear run and switched right over 3f out, ridden 2f out, one pace final furlong | |||||||||
| 13 Apr 2005 | BEVERLEY | Good | 2656 | 4 | Saadigg | 8st 11lbs | 5 of 8 | G Carter | |
| in touch on outside, ridden and effort 2f out, no impression approaching final furlong | |||||||||
| 31 Mar 2005 | DONCASTER | Good | 2260 | 4 | Come On Jonny | 9st 1lbs | 6 of 17 | Ted Durcan | |
| slowly into stride, held up in mid-division, ridden and headway over 2f out, one pace final furlong | |||||||||
| 21 Sep 2004 | NEWMARKET | Good to Firm | 1760 | 0 | Bunny Rabbit | 8st 12lbs | 11 of 13 | G Carter | |
| raced centre, held up, never dangerous | |||||||||
| 30 Aug 2004 | NEWCASTLE | Soft | 1763 | 0 | Night of Joy | 9st 7lbs | 7 of 9 | G Carter | |
| towards rear, pushed along and headway 3f out, no impression final 2f | |||||||||
| 12 Aug 2004 | SANDOWN | Good to Soft | 1774 | 0 | Velvet Heights | 9st | 1 of 11 | G Carter | |
| always prominent, taken to centre course straight, ridden to lead inside final furlong, stayed on well | |||||||||
| 21 Jul 2004 | SANDOWN | Good to Firm | 1556 | 0 | Embossed | 9st | 7 of 15 | S J Drowne | |
| towards rear, stayed on final furlong never dangerous | |||||||||
| 26 Jun 2004 | NEWMARKET | Good to Firm | 1540 | 0 | Solent | 9st | 10 of 14 | G Carter | |
| slowly away, raced in rear, never a factor | |||||||||