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Owner: Mr D Nicholls & Mrs J Love Trainer: D Nicholls Sex: Gelding Age: 23

Form Summary

GoingView detailed formhide detailed form	Starts	Wins	2nds	3rds
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Firm	2	1
Good	14	4		2
Good (Good to Firm in places )	1
Good (Good to Firm in places on round course)	1			1
Good (Good to Firm in places)	5		1
Good (Good to Soft in places)	3		1
Good to Firm	21	5	2	4
Good to Firm (Firm in places)	1
Good to Firm (Good in places )	1		1
Good to Firm (Good in places 5f straight)	1
Good to Firm (Good in places)	7	2	1
Good to Firm (Watered)	2
Good to Soft	9	2	1	2
Good to Soft (Good in places)	4
Good to Soft (Soft in places on the Round Course)	1
Good to Soft (Soft in places)	3
Good to Yielding	1	1
Heavy (Soft in places)	1
Soft	3		2
Soft (Good to Soft in places)	3
Soft (Heavy in places in the back straight)	1
Soft (Heavy in places)	1
Standard	8	1
Yielding	1		1
Yielding (Yielding to Soft, Chase/Round Course,Good,Good to Yielding)	1		1
Totals	96	16	11	9

Race History

Date	Course	Going	Distance	Class	Race Winner	Weight	Position	Jockey	SP
18 Aug 2014	Thirsk	Good to Soft (Soft in places on the Round Course)	5f	4	Go Go Green	9st 2lbs	9 of 15	Adrian Nicholls	20/1
chased leaders, soon niggled along, faded from over 1f out
20 Jul 2014	Redcar	Good (Good to Firm in places)	6f	4	See The Storm	9st 4lbs	17 of 18	Adrian Nicholls	25/1
with leaders, ridden over 1f out, soon weakened
25 Jun 2014	Carlisle	Good to Firm (Good in places)	5f	4	Rothesay Chancer	9st 11lbs	9 of 11	Adrian Nicholls	18/1
chased leaders, ridden halfway, weakened over 1f out
06 Jun 2014	Catterick	Soft (Good to Soft in places)	5f 212y	4	Mon Brav	9st 7lbs	7 of 9	Adrian Nicholls	14/1
led, headed 5f out, ridden over 2f out, every chance over 1f out, no extra inside final furlong
27 May 2014	Redcar	Good to Soft (Soft in places)	5f	4	Keep It Dark	9st 5lbs	7 of 11	Adrian Nicholls	13/2
chased leaders, every chance over 1f out, faded final furlong
17 May 2014	Thirsk	Good (Good to Soft in places)	5f	4	Tumblewind	9st 6lbs	4 of 15	Adrian Nicholls	10/1
pushed along to chase leaders, ridden over 1f out, kept on same pace
03 May 2014	Thirsk	Good (Good to Firm in places)	5f	4	Lastchancelucas	9st 5lbs	2 of 19	Adrian Nicholls	18/1
raced far side, chased leaders, pushed along 3f out, headway under pressure 2f out, ridden and every chance inside final furlong, stayed on but not pace of winner towards finish
25 Apr 2014	Doncaster	Soft	5f	4	Red Baron	9st 4lbs	2 of 16	Adrian Nicholls	16/1
mid-division, ridden and headway over 1f out, kept on to chase winner towards finish, always held
18 Apr 2014	Musselburgh	Good to Firm (Good in places 5f straight)	5f	4	Silvanus	9st 6lbs	4 of 10	Adrian Nicholls	16/1
chased leaders, ridden over 2f out, kept on same pace from over 1f out
31 Mar 2014	Kempton	Standard	6f	4	Dutiful Son	9st 6lbs	8 of 10	Adrian Nicholls	50/1
led after 1f, ridden over 2f out, headed over 1f out, weakened final furlong
19 Feb 2014	Kempton	Standard	6f	4	Trojan Rocket	9st 7lbs	8 of 12	Adrian Nicholls	33/1
tracked leader, ridden over 2f out, weakened inside final furlong
02 Feb 2014	Kempton	Standard	5f	4	Triple Dream	9st 7lbs	5 of 8	Adrian Nicholls	7/2
chased leaders, not clear run over 1f out, soon shuffled back, no danger after
12 Jan 2014	Wolverhampton	Standard	5f 20y	3	Caspian Prince	8st 13lbs	5 of 8	Adrian Nicholls	25/1
chased leaders, under pressure halfway, weakened over 1f out
01 Jan 2014	Southwell	Standard	5f	3	Even Stevens	8st 13lbs	11 of 12	Adrian Nicholls	14/1
awkwardly away, always behind and outpaced
18 Dec 2013	Kempton	Standard	5f	4	Tax Free	9st 5lbs	1 of 10	M Dwyer	8/1
pressed leader, ridden to lead over 1f out, ran on well, ridden out
06 Dec 2013	Lingfield	Standard	6f	4	Novellen Lad	9st 7lbs	7 of 12	T Hamilton	33/1
tracked leader, every chance well over 1f out, soon weakened
13 Nov 2013	Kempton	Standard	5f	3	Perfect Pasture	9st 1lbs	7 of 10	R Havlin	16/1
soon led, pushed along and headed over 1f out, weakened inside final furlong
01 Oct 2013	Ayr	Good (Good to Firm in places)	5f	3	Equitania	9st 5lbs	6 of 13	Adrian Nicholls	20/1
held up in touch, headway over 1f out, ran on inside final furlong, not reach leaders
23 Sep 2013	Leicester	Good	5f 2y	3	New Fforest	9st 2lbs	of 18	Adrian Nicholls

21 Aug 2013	York	Good to Firm	5f 89y	2	Bogart	9st 3lbs	16 of 20	Adrian Nicholls	25/1
rear of mid-division, pushed along 3f out, weakened soon weakened, behind and eased final furlong
17 Aug 2013	Doncaster	Good (Good to Firm in places)	5f	3	Doctor Parkes	9st 8lbs	12 of 17	Fran Berry	10/1
mid-division, weakened well over 1f out,
03 Aug 2013	Goodwood	Good	6f	2	Seeking Magic	9st 7lbs	16 of 27	Oisin Murphy	14/1
close up centre group, ridden and weakened inside final furlong
20 Jul 2013	Newmarket	Good to Firm	5f	3	Cincinnati Kit	9st 7lbs	2 of 9	R L Moore	4/1
led, ridden and joined 1f out, headed well inside final furlong, ran on
12 Jul 2013	York	Good to Firm	5f	2	Secret Asset	9st 6lbs	4 of 16	Jason Hart	12/1
prominent, ridden over 2f out, stayed on inside final furlong
28 Jun 2013	Newmarket	Good	5f	4	Tax Free	9st 11lbs	1 of 8	T P Queally	8/1
tracked leaders in 3rd, ridden to lead inside final furlong, just held on close home
22 Jun 2013	Ayr	Good to Firm (Good in places)	5f	3	Midnight Dynamo	9st 11lbs	9 of 11	T Hamilton	8/1
mid-division, weakened 2f out
09 Jun 2013	Nottingham	Good to Firm (Good in places)	5f 13y	3	Demora	8st 10lbs	2 of 9	Adrian Nicholls	16/1
in touch, pushed along halfway, ridden and headway over 1f out, stayed on to go 2nd inside final furlong
01 Jun 2013	Musselburgh	Good to Firm (Good in places)	5f	4	Rothesay Chancer	9st 7lbs	4 of 8	Adrian Nicholls	7/2
close up, headway over 1f out, effort inside final furlong, no impression towards finish
15 May 2013	York	Good to Soft (Good in places)	6f	2	Mass Rally	8st 6lbs	11 of 18	Adrian Nicholls	20/1
led, ridden and headed over 2f out, weakened over 1f out
04 May 2013	Doncaster	Good to Firm (Watered)	6f	3	Enrol	9st 7lbs	8 of 17	Adrian Nicholls	25/1
chased leaders, ridden to chase leader 2f out, edged left under pressure over 1f out, weakened inside final furlong
13 Apr 2013	Doncaster	Good	6f	2	Move In Time	8st 7lbs	20 of 20	Adrian Nicholls	40/1
keen always in rear, weakened 2f out, eased and virtually pulled up inside final furlong
27 Oct 2012	Doncaster	Soft (Good to Soft in places)	5f	2	Jack Dexter	8st 11lbs	21 of 22	Adrian Nicholls	25/1
tracked leaders far side, well beaten over 1f out
13 Oct 2012	York	Soft (Heavy in places)	5f	3	Pearl Blue	9st 5lbs	of 20	Adrian Nicholls

25 Sep 2012	Beverley	Good to Soft	5f	3	Kool Henry	8st 9lbs	2 of 6	Adrian Nicholls	5/1
tracked leaders, ridden over 1f out, stayed on and edged left, went 2nd towards finish
15 Sep 2012	Doncaster	Good (Good to Firm in places)	5f 140y	2	Doc Hay	8st 9lbs	19 of 22	Adrian Nicholls	14/1
tracked leaders far side group, not much room over 1f out, soon weakened
08 Sep 2012	Haydock	Firm	5f	2	Cheviot	9st 2lbs	7 of 15	G Mosse	5/1
chased leaders, ridden over 1f out, kept on same pace, no impression inside final furlong
22 Aug 2012	York	Good to Firm (Good in places)	5f 89y	2	Tax Free	9st	1 of 20	Adrian Nicholls	7/1
chased leaders, ridden 2f out, driven to lead over 1f out, hung left inside final furlong, held on gamely close home
18 Aug 2012	Ripon	Good (Good to Soft in places)	6f	2	Pepper Lane	8st 8lbs	2 of 20	Adrian Nicholls	20/1
chased leader stand side, ridden over 2f out, led stand side entering final furlong, kept on and edged right, always held by far side winner
07 Aug 2012	Ripon	Good (Good to Soft in places)	5f	3	Singeur	9st 10lbs	of 15	Adrian Nicholls

04 Aug 2012	Goodwood	Good	6f	2	Johannes	9st 10lbs	7 of 28	Adrian Nicholls	10/1
chased leaders, ridden and every chance 1f out, no extra well inside final furlong
28 Jul 2012	York	Good to Firm	6f	2	Van Ellis	9st	3 of 20	Adrian Nicholls	14/1
led, driven over 2f out, ridden and headed over 1f out, kept on same pace, no impression with winner when lost 2nd towards finish
23 Jun 2012	Ayr	Good	5f	3	Bosun Breese	9st 12lbs	4 of 14	Adrian Nicholls	8/1
held up towards rear, ridden over 1f out, one pace
02 Jun 2012	Musselburgh	Good to Soft (Good in places)	5f	2	Bajan Tryst	9st 7lbs	6 of 17	Adrian Nicholls	10/1
tracked leaders, ridden over 1f out, switched right inside final furlong, stayed on
26 May 2012	York	Good to Firm	5f	2	Dancing Freddy	9st 2lbs	6 of 19	Adrian Nicholls	16/1
prominent, every chance over 2f out, led oer 1f out, soon strongly challenged, headed inside final furlong, no extra
19 May 2012	Thirsk	Good to Soft	5f	2	Partner	9st 3lbs	of 17	Adrian Nicholls

09 May 2012	Chester	Soft	5f 16y	2	Confessional	9st 1lbs	6 of 15	Adrian Nicholls	13/2
off the pace towards rear, headway on inside over 1f out, kept on inside final furlong, unable to reach leaders
11 Apr 2012	Nottingham	Good to Soft	5f 13y	3	Jonny Mudball	9st 8lbs	3 of 6	Kieren Fallon	10/1
tracked leading pair, ridden 2f out, kept on one pace inside final furlong, eased when held near finish
17 Sep 2011	Ayr	Soft (Heavy in places in the back straight)	6f	2	Cheveton	9st 8lbs	13 of 27	Adrian Nicholls	20/1
towards rear stand side, ridden 2f out, kept on one pace final furlong
10 Sep 2011	Doncaster	Good to Firm	5f 140y	2	Nocturnal Affair	8st 13lbs	8 of 22	Adrian Nicholls	25/1
held up, headway when hampered over 1f out, ran on inside final furlong, nearest finish
27 Aug 2011	Beverley	Good to Soft	5f	1	Tangerine Trees	9st	9 of 15	Adrian Nicholls	9/1
mid-division, outpaced over 2f out, soon beaten
13 Aug 2011	Ripon	Good to Soft	6f	2	Pepper Lane	8st 12lbs	16 of 20	Adrian Nicholls	12/1
chased leaders stands' side, ridden 3f out, weakened well over 1f out
30 Jul 2011	Goodwood	Good to Firm (Good in places )	6f	2	Hoof It	8st 11lbs	2 of 28	M Dwyer	33/1
prominent far side, chased winner over 1f out, no impression inside final furlong
09 Jul 2011	York	Good	5f	1	Masamah	9st	10 of 13	A Mullen	16/1
tracked leader, ridden over 1f out, soon weakened
16 Jun 2011	Beverley	Good to Firm (Good in places)	5f	4	Tax Free	9st	1 of 4	Adrian Nicholls	4/1
tracked leader, ridden to lead well over 1f out, soon under pressure, just held on, driven out
28 May 2011	Beverley	Good to Firm (Good in places)	5f	3	Singeur	8st 12lbs	4 of 7	P Hanagan	5/2
tracked leaders, ridden over 1f out, no extra towards finish
21 May 2011	York	Good (Good to Firm in places )	5f	2	Masamah	9st 9lbs	8 of 20	Adrian Nicholls	16/1
close up, ridden and every chance over 1f out, no extra inside final furlong
09 Apr 2011	Thirsk	Good	6f	2	Evens And Odds	9st	7 of 7	Adrian Nicholls	5/1
prominent, hard driven over 2f out, weakening when hampered entering final furlong
06 Nov 2010	Doncaster	Good to Soft (Soft in places)	6f	1	Russian Spirit	9st 3lbs	16 of 19	Adrian Nicholls	10/1
led 1f, stayed front rank until 2f out, soon not much room and lost place
30 Sep 2010	Newmarket	Soft	5f	1	Tangerine Trees	8st 12lbs	2 of 10	Adrian Nicholls	9/2
chased winner, ridden halfway, every chance over 1f out, ran on
21 Sep 2010	Beverley	Good	5f	3	Tangerine Trees	8st 9lbs	3 of 8	Adrian Nicholls	5/4
chased winner until 2f out, soon ridden, kept on inside final furlong
20 Sep 2010	Hamilton	Good to Soft (Good in places)	6f 5y	2	Quest For Success	9st 2lbs	of 7	Adrian Nicholls

08 Sep 2010	Doncaster	Good to Soft (Good in places)	5f	1	Prohibit	9st 9lbs	of 13	Adrian Nicholls

29 Aug 2010	Curragh	Good to Firm	5f	1	Astrophysical Jet	9st 3lbs	2 of 16	Adrian Nicholls	10/1
held up in touch, progress on outer 2f out, ridden to dispute lead briefly 1f out, 2nd and kept on last 100 yards
24 May 2010	Windsor	Good to Firm (Watered)	6f	1	Triple Aspect	9st	5 of 9	F Norton	5/1
took keen hold, led after 1f, headed narrowly over 2f out, edged left from over 1f out, no extra well inside final furlong
27 Mar 2010	Doncaster	Soft (Good to Soft in places)	6f	1	Inxile	9st 2lbs	13 of 15	F Norton	7/1
chased winner, ridden and weakened 2f out
04 Oct 2009	Longchamp	Good	4f 213y	0	Total Gallery	9st 10lbs	of 16	Adrian Nicholls

21 Aug 2009	York	Good to Firm	5f	1	Borderlescott	9st 11lbs	4 of 16	Adrian Nicholls	12/1
tracked leaders, ridden and every chance over 1f out, ran on final furlong
16 Jun 2009	Royal Ascot	Good to Firm	5f	1	Scenic Blast	9st 4lbs	14 of 15	Adrian Nicholls	12/1
chased leaders, effort when hampered and checked over 1f out, weakened quickly afterwards
31 May 2009	Chantilly		4f 213y	0	Tax Free	9st 2lbs	1 of 9	Adrian Nicholls	5/2

23 May 2009	Haydock	Heavy (Soft in places)	5f	1	Look Busy	9st 4lbs	of 9	Adrian Nicholls

13 May 2009	York	Good to Firm	6f	1	Utmost Respect	9st 7lbs	3 of 16	Adrian Nicholls	7/2
led, ridden well over 1f out, headed well inside final furlong, no extra towards finish
16 Apr 2009	Newmarket	Good to Firm	6f	1	Tax Free	9st 4lbs	1 of 12	F Norton	8/1
keen, with leader, led narrowly halfway, ridden out
29 Jun 2008	Curragh	Good to Yielding	5f	1	Tax Free	9st 7lbs	1 of 8	Adrian Nicholls	4/1
tracked leaders in 3rd, ridden in 2nd over 1f out, led inside final furlong, kept on well
02 Jun 2008	Naas	Good to Firm	5f	1	Tax Free	9st 12lbs	1 of 11	Adrian Nicholls	5/4
tracked leaders, 3rd halfway, improved to 2nd 2f out, ridden to lead 1f out, kept on well final furlong
24 May 2008	Haydock	Good to Firm (Firm in places)	5f	1	Fleeting Spirit	9st 4lbs	4 of 12	Adrian Nicholls	17/2
chased leaders, ridden over 1f out, stayed on inside final furlong
02 May 2008	Cork	Yielding (Yielding to Soft, Chase/Round Course,Good,Good to Yielding)	6f	1	Contest	9st 12lbs	2 of 9	Adrian Nicholls	5/4
led, ridden over 1f out, headed inside final furlong, no extra close home
19 Apr 2008	Naas	Yielding	5f	0	Snaefell	9st 12lbs	2 of 10	Adrian Nicholls	11/8
led, joined briefly 1 1/2f out, narrow advantage 1f out, joined well inside final furlong, headed close home
22 Mar 2008	Doncaster	Good to Soft (Soft in places)	6f	1	Aahayson	9st 7lbs	5 of 15	Adrian Nicholls	15/2
held up, ridden along and headway over 1f out, stayed on final furlong
04 Oct 2007	Newmarket	Good	5f	1	Judd Street	9st 4lbs	3 of 13	Adrian Nicholls	9/4
held up, headway under pressure 2f out, kept on inside final furlong
16 Sep 2007	Longchamp		5f	1	Tax Free	9st 2lbs	1 of 7	Adrian Nicholls	1/1

25 Aug 2007	Beverley	Good to Firm	5f	1	Hellvelyn	9st 7lbs	of 12	Adrian Nicholls
Nonrunner
02 Aug 2007	Goodwood	Good (Good to Firm in places on round course)	5f	1	Moorhouse Lad	9st 5lbs	3 of 17	Adrian Nicholls	7/1
chased leaders stands side, led 3f out, chased winner over 1f out, kept on but lost 2nd close home
19 Jun 2007	Royal Ascot	Good to Firm	5f	1	Miss Andretti	9st 4lbs	of 20	Adrian Nicholls	14/1
held up, ridden halfway, no progress over 1f out
04 Jun 2007	NAAS	Good to Soft	1100	1	Tax Free	9st 12lbs	1 of 11	Adrian Nicholls
tracked leaders, 6th early, improved into 3rd halfway, led over 1f out, driven out and ran on well, comfortably
06 May 2007	NEWMARKET	Good to Firm	1100	1	Tax Free	8st 13lbs	1 of 10	Adrian Nicholls
held up, headway halfway, ridden to chase leader over 1f out, edged right entering final furlong, driven and stayed on to the post
21 Apr 2007	THIRSK	Firm	1320	3	Tax Free	9st 10lbs	1 of 9	Adrian Nicholls
held up, headway 2f out, driven to lead entering final furlong, ran on
13 Oct 2006	NEWMARKET	Good to Soft	1320	1	Bygone Days	9st 1lbs	3 of 14	Adrian Nicholls
tracked leader, ridden to lead over 1f out, headed inside final furlong, held when hampered near finish
09 Sep 2006	GOODWOOD	Good	1320	1	Tax Free	9st	1 of 5	Adrian Nicholls
chased leaders, ridden 2f out, led over 1f out, driven and ran on under pressure final furlong
05 Sep 2006	LEICESTER	Good to Firm	1102	4	Tax Free	8st 7lbs	1 of 7	Adrian Nicholls
chased leader, led halfway, edged right over 1f out, ran on
27 Aug 2006	BEVERLEY	Good to Soft	1100	1	Baltic King	9st	4 of 12	Adrian Nicholls
chased leaders, ridden to challenge over 1f out, kept on inside final furlong
05 Aug 2006	GOODWOOD	Good to Firm	1320	2	Borderlescott	9st 10lbs	5 of 27	Adrian Nicholls
led far side group, edged left over 1f out, headed inside final furlong, no extra
20 Jun 2006	ASCOT	Good to Firm	1100	1	Takeover Target	9st 2lbs	15 of 28	Adrian Nicholls
raced far side in touch, weakened from halfway
06 May 2006	NEWMARKET	Good to Firm	1100	1	Dandy Man	8st 13lbs	3 of 22	Adrian Nicholls
made all stands side group, every chance entering final furlong, kept on, no chance with centre group
27 Aug 2005	YORK	Good	1320	2	Tax Free	8st 9lbs	1 of 20	Adrian Nicholls
tracked leader, led over 2f out, ridden and headed entering final furlong, regained lead, kept on gamely
05 Jul 2005	NEWMARKET	Good	1320	2	Tax Free	8st	1 of 20	Adrian Nicholls
raced far side, tracked leaders, led over 2f out, soon overall leader, ran on well
12 Jun 2005	DONCASTER	Good to Firm	1540	4	Tax Free	9st	1 of 13	Adrian Nicholls
with leaders, led over 2f out, soon ridden, hard ridden and under pressure inside final furlong, held on towards finish
30 Apr 2005	THIRSK	Good to Soft	1540	5	Tax Free	9st	1 of 11	Adrian Nicholls
dwelt and soon led, pushed along 3f out, ridden over 1f out, kept on under pressure final furlong

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