Tungsten Strike (USA)
Owner: Mr John Connolly Trainer: Mrs A J Perrett Sex: Gelding Age: 24
Form Summary
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Starts | Wins | 2nds | 3rds |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Good | 9 | 2 | 2 | |
| Good (Good to Firm in places on round course) | 1 | |||
| Good (Good to Firm in places) | 1 | |||
| Good (Straight Course;Round Course;Good to Soft,Good in places) | 1 | |||
| Good to Firm | 12 | 4 | 2 | 2 |
| Good to Firm (Firm in places) | 2 | 1 | ||
| Good to Firm (Good in places) | 2 | |||
| Good to Soft | 4 | 1 | ||
| Good to Soft (Round Course - Good in places) | 1 | 1 | ||
| Good to Soft (Soft on the Round Course) | 1 | |||
| Heavy | 1 | 1 | ||
| Soft | 4 | |||
| Soft (Good to Soft in places) | 1 | |||
| Totals | 40 | 8 | 5 | 3 |
Race History
| Date | Course | Going | Distance | Class | Race Winner | Weight | Position | Jockey | SP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 26 Sep 2009 | Ascot | Good to Firm | 2m | 3 | Kimberley Downs | 9st 4lbs | 8 of 9 | M Dwyer | 16/1 |
| in rear, left behind over 2f out, tailed off | |||||||||
| 28 Aug 2009 | Newmarket | Good to Firm | 1m 6f 175y | 3 | Recession Proof | 9st 9lbs | 6 of 7 | D Holland | 6/1 |
| led, ridden and headed over 3f out, soon dropped away | |||||||||
| 08 Aug 2009 | Ascot | Good (Straight Course;Round Course;Good to Soft,Good in places) | 2m | 2 | Aaim To Prosper | 9st 9lbs | 8 of 10 | A Munro | 11/1 |
| in touch, went 2nd 6f out, weakened over 2f out | |||||||||
| 30 Jul 2009 | Goodwood | Good | 2m | 1 | Schiaparelli | 9st 7lbs | 10 of 10 | Jim Crowley | 16/1 |
| led, clear half way, pushed along 6f out, reduced lead and headed over 4f out, weakened rapidly, tailed off and eased final 2f | |||||||||
| 28 May 2009 | Sandown | Good (Good to Firm in places) | 2m 78y | 1 | Geordieland | 9st 2lbs | 4 of 7 | Jim Crowley | 40/1 |
| led and set good pace, pushed along and headed over 2f out, soon ridden and weakened | |||||||||
| 29 Apr 2009 | Ascot | Good to Firm (Good in places) | 2m | 1 | Patkai | 9st 1lbs | 5 of 5 | D Holland | 4/1 |
| soon led and set sound pace, ridden and headed 3f out, soon edged left, lost 2nd over 2f out and soon weakened | |||||||||
| 28 Sep 2008 | Ascot | Good | 2m | 1 | Metaphoric | 9st 6lbs | 8 of 8 | Jim Crowley | 8/1 |
| led, driven and headed over 2f out, soon weakened | |||||||||
| 23 Aug 2008 | Goodwood | Good to Soft (Round Course - Good in places) | 1m 6f | 1 | Tungsten Strike | 9st 7lbs | 1 of 8 | D Holland | 5/2 |
| led, clear 10f out, reduced lead over 4f out, narrowly headed 2f out, stayed challenging, rallied and battled on well to regain lead final 100 yards | |||||||||
| 31 Jul 2008 | Goodwood | Good to Firm | 2m | 1 | Yeats | 9st 7lbs | 2 of 8 | D Holland | 33/1 |
| led, 6 lengths clear halfway, ridden and headed 2f out, soon no chance with winner | |||||||||
| 05 Jul 2008 | Sandown | Good to Firm (Firm in places) | 2m 78y | 1 | Distinction | 9st | 3 of 7 | D Holland | 8/1 |
| led after 2f, ridden, headed over 1f out, lost 2nd approaching final furlong, faded final furlong | |||||||||
| 28 Jun 2008 | Newcastle | Soft (Good to Soft in places) | 2m 19y | 2 | Arc Bleu | 9st 10lbs | of 18 | D Holland | |
| Nonrunner | |||||||||
| 31 May 2008 | York | Good to Firm (Firm in places) | 1m 6f | 1 | Samuel | 9st 3lbs | 9 of 12 | Jim Crowley | 14/1 |
| led 2f , tracked leader, driven and outpaced over 3f out, soon hung left and weakened over 1f out | |||||||||
| 29 May 2008 | Sandown | Soft | 2m 78y | 1 | Finalmente | 9st 2lbs | of 8 | D Holland | |
| Nonrunner | |||||||||
| 10 May 2008 | Ascot | Good to Firm | 1m 4f | 1 | Spanish Moon | 9st 1lbs | 4 of 10 | D Holland | 10/1 |
| led at decent pace, edged left from 2f out, soon ridden, headed approaching final furlong, one pace | |||||||||
| 30 Apr 2008 | Ascot | Good to Soft (Soft on the Round Course) | 2m | 1 | Shipmaster | 9st 1lbs | of 6 | D Holland | |
| Nonrunner | |||||||||
| 06 Nov 2007 | Flemington | Soft | 2m | 1 | Efficient | 8st 7lbs | of 21 | Darryll Holland | |
| 25 Aug 2007 | Goodwood | Good | 1m 6f | 1 | Tungsten Strike | 9st 12lbs | 1 of 9 | D Holland | 9/1 |
| made all, stayed on strongly, unchallenged | |||||||||
| 02 Aug 2007 | Goodwood | Good (Good to Firm in places on round course) | 2m | 1 | Allegretto | 9st 5lbs | of 15 | D Holland | 14/1 |
| led for 1f, tracked leader, ridden 3f out, one pace final 2f | |||||||||
| 21 Jun 2007 | Royal Ascot | Good to Firm (Good in places) | 2m 4f | 1 | Yeats | 9st 2lbs | of 14 | R L Moore | 50/1 |
| prominent, went 2nd after 7f, ridden over 3f out, soon weakened and eased, tailed off | |||||||||
| 29 May 2007 | SANDOWN | Good to Soft | 3598 | 1 | Allegretto | 9st 2lbs | 5 of 7 | D Holland | |
| led, ridden, headed over 2f out, gradually weakened | |||||||||
| 02 May 2007 | ASCOT | Good to Firm | 3520 | 1 | Tungsten Strike | 9st | 1 of 6 | D Holland | |
| made virtually all, driven and strongly pressed from 2f out, in command inside final furlong, stayed on gamely | |||||||||
| 08 Sep 2006 | YORK | Good | 3960 | 1 | Sergeant Cecil | 9st 4lbs | 7 of 8 | R L Moore | |
| chased leaders, ridden over 3f out, weakened over 2f out | |||||||||
| 22 Aug 2006 | YORK | Good to Soft | 3498 | 1 | Sergeant Cecil | 9st 4lbs | 7 of 11 | M Dwyer | |
| prominent, ridden over 5f out, weakened over 2f out | |||||||||
| 03 Aug 2006 | GOODWOOD | Good to Firm | 3520 | 1 | Yeats | 9st 8lbs | 3 of 15 | M Dwyer | |
| tracked leaders, went 2nd over 5f out, led over 3f out until just over 2f out, kept on same pace | |||||||||
| 22 Jun 2006 | ASCOT | Good to Firm | 4400 | 1 | Yeats | 9st 2lbs | 8 of 12 | R L Moore | |
| slowly into stride, tracked leading pair after 6f, went 2nd 8f out, pushed along 5f out, 4th and ridden straight, soon weakened | |||||||||
| 29 May 2006 | SANDOWN | Heavy | 3598 | 1 | Tungsten Strike | 9st 2lbs | 1 of 7 | R L Moore | |
| tracked leader, came to stands rail in straight, in lead 3f out, in command over 1f out, driven and stayed on strongly final furlong | |||||||||
| 03 May 2006 | LINGFIELD | Good | 3520 | 1 | Cover Up | 8st 13lbs | 2 of 7 | R L Moore | |
| led, ridden and headed 2f out, rallied and led again inside final furlong, headed post | |||||||||
| 15 Oct 2005 | NEWMARKET | Good to Soft | 3520 | 1 | Cover Up | 9st | 2 of 9 | Mick Kinane | |
| chased leaders, led over 2f out, ridden and headed over 1f out, driven and rallied near finish | |||||||||
| 24 Sep 2005 | NEWMARKET | Good | 3520 | 1 | Land 'n Stars | 9st 3lbs | 9 of 10 | S W Kelly | |
| led, ridden and headed over 3f out, weakened over 2f out | |||||||||
| 01 Sep 2005 | SALISBURY | Good to Firm | 3095 | 3 | Tungsten Strike | 9st 4lbs | 1 of 8 | S W Kelly | |
| made all, led, hung left from 3f out, ran on strongly final 2f | |||||||||
| 28 Jul 2005 | GOODWOOD | Soft | 3520 | 1 | Distinction | 9st 5lbs | 7 of 10 | S W Kelly | |
| led up to 2f, headed 4f out, weakened over 2f out | |||||||||
| 25 Jun 2005 | NEWCASTLE | Good | 3539 | 2 | Sergeant Cecil | 9st 1lbs | 2 of 20 | J Fanning | |
| led, ridden over 1f out, headed inside final furlong, kept on same pace | |||||||||
| 04 Jun 2005 | EPSOM | Good | 2650 | 2 | Crow Wood | 9st 7lbs | 7 of 20 | J Murtagh | |
| tracked leaders, every chance 2f out, weakened over 1f out | |||||||||
| 16 Oct 2004 | NEWMARKET | Soft | 3960 | 0 | Contact Dancer | 8st 1lbs | 28 of 34 | M Dwyer | |
| mid-division and keen, ridden well over 4f out, weakened over 3f out | |||||||||
| 30 Sep 2004 | NEWMARKET | Good to Firm | 3080 | 0 | Tungsten Strike | 8st 12lbs | 1 of 7 | M Dwyer | |
| made all, strongly challenged from over 2f out, stayed on well inside final furlong | |||||||||
| 07 Aug 2004 | NEWMARKET | Good to Firm | 3544 | 0 | Coventina | 8st 7lbs | 2 of 11 | M Dwyer | |
| soon led, joined 6f out, ridden and headed over 1f out, soon switched left, kept on same pace | |||||||||
| 29 Jul 2004 | GOODWOOD | Good to Firm | 3080 | 0 | Lochbuie | 8st 7lbs | 3 of 9 | M Dwyer | |
| chased leaders, ridden over 2f out, kept on | |||||||||
| 14 Jul 2004 | LINGFIELD | Good | 3520 | 0 | Tungsten Strike | 8st 6lbs | 1 of 11 | M Dwyer | |
| tracked leaders, went 2nd 6f out, led over 2f out, in command over 1f out, pushed out | |||||||||
| 07 Jul 2004 | KEMPTON | Good to Firm | 3172 | 0 | Tungsten Strike | 8st | 1 of 7 | M Dwyer | |
| held up behind, headway to lead well 1f out, ridden clear final furlong, comfortably | |||||||||
| 21 Jun 2004 | WINDSOR | Good to Soft | 2555 | 0 | Bill Bennett | 9st | 11 of 16 | S Carson | |
| chased leaders, ridden 5f out, weakened under pressure and well behind final 2f | |||||||||


