Top Mark (GB)
Owner: J Murray, N Farrell & A Miller Trainer: A King Sex: Gelding Age: 23
Form Summary
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Starts | Wins | 2nds | 3rds |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fibresand | 1 | |||
| Firm | 1 | 1 | ||
| Good | 3 | 2 | ||
| Good (Good to Firm in places) | 3 | 1 | ||
| Good (Good to Soft in places) | 1 | 1 | ||
| Good to Firm | 7 | 1 | 2 | |
| Good to Firm (Firm in places) | 1 | 1 | ||
| Good to Soft | 1 | |||
| Good to Soft (Good in places) | 3 | |||
| Good to Soft (Round - Good, Good to Soft in places) | 1 | 1 | ||
| Good to Soft (Soft in places) | 2 | |||
| Heavy | 3 | 1 | 1 | |
| Polytrack | 15 | 3 | 4 | 1 |
| Soft | 3 | 1 | ||
| Soft (Good to Soft in places) | 2 | |||
| Soft to Heavy (Heavy in places) | 1 | 1 | ||
| Standard | 4 | 1 | 1 | |
| Yielding (Yielding to Soft in places) | 1 | |||
| Totals | 53 | 10 | 12 | 2 |
Race History
| Date | Course | Going | Distance | Class | Race Winner | Weight | Position | Jockey | SP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 25 Feb 2011 | Sandown | Soft (Good to Soft in places) | 2m | 3 | Russian Flag | 11st 7lbs | 8 of 8 | Wayne Hutchinson | 22/1 |
| chased clear leader until after 4 out, weakened before next, tailed off | |||||||||
| 15 Jan 2011 | Kempton | Good to Soft (Soft in places) | 2m | 3 | Ski Sunday | 11st 1lbs | 16 of 16 | Gerard Tumelty | 66/1 |
| towards rear, ridden and weakened 3 out | |||||||||
| 25 Nov 2010 | Newbury | Good to Soft (Soft in places) | 2m 110y | 3 | Via Galilei | 11st 10lbs | 10 of 13 | Charlie Huxley | 28/1 |
| mid-division, driven and outpaced approaching 3 out, soon ridden, weakened next, tailed off | |||||||||
| 06 Nov 2010 | Sandown | Good to Soft (Good in places) | 2m 110y | 3 | Cheshire Prince | 11st 12lbs | of 13 | Charlie Huxley | |
| 17 Sep 2010 | Newbury | Good (Good to Firm in places) | 1m 2f 6y | 4 | Sharaayeen | 8st 12lbs | 9 of 15 | F Sweeney | 16/1 |
| reared slightly start, soon tracking leader, ridden over 3f out, weakened over 2f out | |||||||||
| 19 Aug 2010 | Epsom Downs | Good | 1m 4f 10y | 4 | Inspirina | 10st 5lbs | 2 of 8 | Miss Rachel King | 7/1 |
| keen and tracked leaders, lost place over 4f out, headway over 1f out, stayed on to go 2nd inside final furlong | |||||||||
| 29 Jul 2010 | Nottingham | Good to Firm | 1m 2f 50y | 4 | Spoken | 9st 4lbs | 5 of 13 | L P Keniry | 16/1 |
| dwelt, soon tracked leaders, ridden over 2f out, no extra inside final furlong | |||||||||
| 01 Jul 2009 | Perth | Good to Firm | 2m | 4 | Dishdasha | 11st 4lbs | 2 of 7 | J M Maguire | 4/6 |
| led to 6th, led again 4 out and pecked, ridden and headed approaching last, soon beaten | |||||||||
| 15 Jun 2009 | Ballinrobe | Good to Firm (Firm in places) | 2m 1f | 0 | Top Mark | 11st 12lbs | 1 of 13 | B J Geraghty | 5/1 |
| soon prominent, led after 5th, slight mistake 2 out, ridden to assert run-in, went clear close home, comfortably | |||||||||
| 09 May 2009 | Haydock | Good (Good to Firm in places) | 2m | 1 | Joe Jo Star | 11st 1lbs | 14 of 24 | G Lee | 25/1 |
| held up, always behind | |||||||||
| 22 Apr 2009 | Perth | Good (Good to Firm in places) | 2m 110y | 3 | Top Mark | 11st 8lbs | 1 of 10 | J M Maguire | 11/2 |
| held up, ridden and headway 3 out, led next, hung left under pressure flat, held on towards finish | |||||||||
| 01 Mar 2009 | Leopardstown | Yielding (Yielding to Soft in places) | 2m | 0 | Serpentaria | 10st 3lbs | 12 of 15 | S W Quinlan | 4/1 |
| tracked leaders, 5th 4 out, 6th approaching 2 out, soon no extra | |||||||||
| 19 Feb 2009 | Clonmel | Soft | 2m | 0 | Top Mark | 12st | 1 of 12 | Miss J Coward | 11/4 |
| chased leaders, improved to lead after 3rd, headed before 4 out, improved to lead again approaching 2 out, ridden clear before last, comfortably | |||||||||
| 12 Feb 2009 | Thurles | Soft to Heavy (Heavy in places) | 2m | 0 | Zanwood | 10st 11lbs | 2 of 14 | Paul Carberry | 7/1 |
| mid-division, moderate 9th halfway, headway in 5th after 4 out, closed in 2nd entering straight, challenged after 2 out, ridden to narrow lead approaching last, strongly pressed run-in and headed close home | |||||||||
| 21 Nov 2008 | Dundalk | Standard | 1m 2f 150y | 0 | Lake Pontchartrain | 8st 10lbs | 8 of 14 | Declan McDonogh | 11/2 |
| chased leaders, moderate 3rd halfway, closer 2f out, ridden and no extra 1 1/2f out | |||||||||
| 27 Mar 2008 | Ayr | Heavy | 2m | 4 | Oleolat | 11st 1lbs | 3 of 12 | P Buchanan | 9/2 |
| held up behind, headway 4 out, chased leaders next, ridden, kept on same pace approaching last | |||||||||
| 07 Mar 2008 | Ayr | Heavy | 2m | 4 | Top Mark | 11st | 1 of 9 | P Buchanan | 10/1 |
| held up, headway approaching 3 out, ridden to lead run-in, stayed on well | |||||||||
| 14 Feb 2008 | Kelso | Soft (Good to Soft in places) | 2m 110y | 4 | Frank Crow | 11st 3lbs | 7 of 15 | P Buchanan | 40/1 |
| always behind and keen | |||||||||
| 23 Jan 2008 | Musselburgh | Good to Soft (Good in places) | 2m | 4 | Halla San | 11st 4lbs | 11 of 15 | P Buchanan | 40/1 |
| blundered 1st in mid-division, lost way from 5th | |||||||||
| 27 Dec 2007 | Wetherby | Good to Soft | 2m | 4 | Striking Article | 10st 12lbs | 9 of 17 | P Buchanan | 16/1 |
| held up in touch, weakening when hit 4 out, behind when blundered 2 out | |||||||||
| 08 Sep 2007 | Kempton | Standard | 1m | 2 | Magical Music | 9st 3lbs | of 15 | H Poulton | |
| Nonrunner | |||||||||
| 22 Aug 2007 | Carlisle | Good | 7f 200y | 5 | Moheebb | 9st 13lbs | of 12 | H Poulton | |
| Nonrunner | |||||||||
| 14 Aug 2007 | Nottingham | Good (Good to Soft in places) | 1m 1f 213y | 5 | Top Mark | 9st 10lbs | 1 of 6 | H Poulton | 9/4 |
| made all, challenge from 3f out, ridden and stayed on gamely | |||||||||
| 02 Aug 2007 | Nottingham | Good | 1m 1f 213y | 4 | Sagredo | 9st 5lbs | 2 of 8 | H Poulton | 4/1 |
| led, ridden over 2f out, headed inside last, kept on | |||||||||
| 25 Jul 2007 | Sandown | Good to Soft (Round - Good, Good to Soft in places) | 1m 14y | 4 | Blue Monkey | 9st 10lbs | 2 of 7 | H Poulton | 4/1 |
| soon led, pressed from 3f out, stayed on well, joined over 1f out, no extra and headed well inside final furlong | |||||||||
| 27 Jun 2007 | Kempton | Standard | 1m | 4 | Samarinda | 9st 13lbs | 2 of 9 | H Poulton | 7/2 |
| led, narrowly headed 2f out, stayed challenging, rallied gamely inside final furlong, held near finish | |||||||||
| 20 Jun 2007 | Kempton | Standard | 1m 2f | 4 | Top Mark | 9st 10lbs | 1 of 7 | H Poulton | 5/1 |
| made all, shaken up over 2f out, withstood strong challenge | |||||||||
| 18 Jun 2007 | Windsor | Good to Soft (Good in places) | 1m 67y | 5 | Veiled Applause | 9st 5lbs | of 7 | F Sweeney | |
| Nonrunner | |||||||||
| 25 May 2007 | NEWMARKET | Good to Firm | 1760 | 5 | Aggravation | 9st 3lbs | 14 of 16 | R Havlin | |
| held up mid-division, headway over 2f out, soon driven and weakened | |||||||||
| 07 May 2007 | KEMPTON | Polytrack | 1760 | 3 | Montpellier | 8st 6lbs | 5 of 14 | R Havlin | |
| led, ridden over 2f out, headed and no extra inside final furlong, weakened towards finish | |||||||||
| 12 Feb 2007 | WOLVERHAMPTON | Polytrack | 2083 | 4 | Wild Pitch | 8st 9lbs | 2 of 8 | Matthew Davies | |
| always prominent, ridden to lead over 1f out, headed and not quicken well inside final furlong | |||||||||
| 31 Jan 2007 | LINGFIELD | Polytrack | 1760 | 4 | Top Mark | 8st 12lbs | 1 of 8 | F Sweeney | |
| led 1f, chased leader after, ridden to lead 2f out, carried right final furlong, ran on gamely | |||||||||
| 22 Jan 2007 | KEMPTON | Polytrack | 1760 | 5 | Rebellious Spirit | 9st | 2 of 12 | G Baker | |
| tracked leaders, stayed on to dispute 2nd final furlong, unable to challenge | |||||||||
| 04 Jan 2007 | WOLVERHAMPTON | Polytrack | 1901 | 5 | Just Bond | 9st 6lbs | 2 of 6 | Jamie Moriarty | |
| led, ridden over 2f out, headed inside final furlong, kept on | |||||||||
| 21 Dec 2006 | WOLVERHAMPTON | Polytrack | 1901 | 5 | Top Mark | 9st 8lbs | 1 of 13 | F Sweeney | |
| chased leaders, led over 1f out, kept on | |||||||||
| 13 Nov 2006 | SOUTHWELL | Fibresand | 1760 | 5 | Red Contact | 9st 3lbs | 4 of 9 | D Holland | |
| raced wide, held up, ridden, headway 3f out, weakened 2f out | |||||||||
| 29 Oct 2006 | WOLVERHAMPTON | Polytrack | 1572 | 5 | Prince Dayjur | 9st 4lbs | 9 of 12 | P Cosgrave | |
| soon behind and pushed along | |||||||||
| 11 Oct 2006 | LINGFIELD | Polytrack | 1540 | 6 | Prince Dayjur | 9st 6lbs | 2 of 12 | S J Drowne | |
| in touch, chased leaders 2f out, effort over 1f out, kept on close home, always held | |||||||||
| 30 Sep 2006 | KEMPTON | Polytrack | 1540 | 4 | Landucci | 8st 12lbs | 4 of 13 | T Block | |
| chased leaders, led 2f out, ridden and headed 1f out, no extra inside final furlong | |||||||||
| 05 Sep 2006 | LINGFIELD | Polytrack | 1540 | 4 | I'm In Love | 9st 5lbs | 8 of 14 | S J Drowne | |
| chased leaders, hard ridden 2f out, weakened approaching final furlong | |||||||||
| 02 Aug 2006 | KEMPTON | Polytrack | 1760 | 3 | Ninth House | 9st 9lbs | 4 of 11 | S J Drowne | |
| pulled hard, prominent, ridden to lead just over 1f out, soon headed, kept on one pace | |||||||||
| 10 Jun 2006 | LINGFIELD | Good to Firm | 1540 | 4 | Fiefdom | 9st 5lbs | 7 of 8 | S J Drowne | |
| dwelt, soon close up, ridden over 2f out, weakened over 1f out | |||||||||
| 03 Jun 2006 | CHEPSTOW | Good to Firm | 1556 | 5 | Top Mark | 9st 7lbs | 1 of 16 | S J Drowne | |
| prominent, ridden approaching 2f out, led approaching 1f out, ridden out | |||||||||
| 21 Apr 2006 | KEMPTON | Polytrack | 1540 | 4 | Into The Breeze | 8st 11lbs | 7 of 14 | S J Drowne | |
| tracked leader, ridden 2f out, weakened final furlong | |||||||||
| 22 Oct 2005 | DONCASTER | Heavy | 1540 | 4 | Wigwam Willie | 8st 4lbs | 9 of 20 | T Block | |
| in touch far side, led over 3f out, headed over 2f out, no extra final furlong | |||||||||
| 30 Sep 2005 | LINGFIELD | Polytrack | 1540 | 4 | Top Mark | 8st 6lbs | 1 of 14 | R Havlin | |
| raced wide, prominent, led just over 2f out, ran on strongly final furlong, driven out | |||||||||
| 13 Sep 2005 | SALISBURY | Firm | 1532 | 5 | Hey Presto | 8st 12lbs | 2 of 12 | R L Moore | |
| prominent, ridden 2f out, led over 1f out, challenged and headed post | |||||||||
| 06 Sep 2005 | LEICESTER | Good to Firm | 1549 | 5 | Warden Warren | 8st 12lbs | 2 of 17 | J Quinn | |
| pulled hard, held up, headway and hung right over 1f out, stayed on final furlong | |||||||||
| 12 Aug 2005 | NEWMARKET | Soft | 1760 | 5 | Everest | 9st 1lbs | 6 of 17 | S J Drowne | |
| keen, held up, headway and not clear run over 1f out, soon switched left, kept on one pace inside final furlong | |||||||||
| 22 Jul 2005 | NEWMARKET | Good to Firm | 1760 | 5 | La Bella Grande | 9st 5lbs | 9 of 18 | R Winston | |
| raced far side, held up, headway to lead over 2f out, soon headed, still every chance over 1f out, weakened final furlong | |||||||||
| 03 Dec 2004 | WOLVERHAMPTON | Polytrack | 1901 | 0 | Missatacama | 9st | 4 of 13 | S J Drowne | |
| led for 2f, prominent, ridden over 1f out, stayed on | |||||||||
| 13 Nov 2004 | LINGFIELD | Polytrack | 1760 | 0 | Sand Fairy | 9st | 3 of 11 | J F Egan | |
| made most until over 1f out, one pace final furlong | |||||||||
| 23 Oct 2004 | NEWBURY | Soft | 1760 | 0 | Descartes | 8st 11lbs | 11 of 15 | L Fletcher | |
| pressed leader 5f | |||||||||


