Metaphoric (IRE)
Owner: The Royal Ascot Racing Club Trainer: M L W Bell Sex: Colt Age: 21
Form Summary
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Starts | Wins | 2nds | 3rds |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Good | 3 | 1 | ||
| Good (G/Firm places home straight, G/Soft places back straight) | 1 | 1 | ||
| Good (Good to Firm in places) | 2 | 2 | ||
| Good (Good to Soft in places) | 1 | 1 | ||
| Good to Firm | 1 | 1 | ||
| Good to Firm (Firm in places) | 1 | 1 | ||
| Good to Firm (Good in places) | 1 | 1 | ||
| Good to Soft | 3 | 1 | ||
| Soft | 2 | 1 | ||
| Soft (Heavy in places) | 1 | |||
| Totals | 16 | 6 | 1 | 3 |
Race History
| Date | Course | Going | Distance | Class | Race Winner | Weight | Position | Jockey | SP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 28 Sep 2008 | Ascot | Good | 2m | 1 | Metaphoric | 9st 3lbs | 1 of 8 | J P Spencer | 4/1 |
| held up, outpaced 3f out, headway and not much room over 2f out, switched right and squeezed through to lead inside final furlong, comfortably | |||||||||
| 12 Jul 2008 | Ascot | Good to Soft | 2m | 2 | Metaphoric | 9st 6lbs | 1 of 14 | J P Spencer | 10/1 |
| started slowly, held up in rear, headway from 3f out, stayed on outside to lead over 1f out, ridden clear inside final furlong | |||||||||
| 21 Jun 2008 | Royal Ascot | Good to Firm (Firm in places) | 2m 5f 159y | 2 | Honolulu | 9st | 3 of 16 | R Thomas | 14/1 |
| took keen hold, held up in midfield, shuffled back to rear 5f out, ridden and switched left 2f out, went moderate 3rd 1f out, no chance with front pair | |||||||||
| 06 Apr 2008 | Market Rasen | Good (Good to Firm in places) | 2m 1f 110y | 4 | Metaphoric | 11st 5lbs | 1 of 5 | T J O'Brien | 2/5 |
| chased leader, pushed along and not fluent 4th, ridden approaching 2 out, led approaching last, stayed on | |||||||||
| 11 Mar 2008 | Cheltenham | Good to Soft | 2m 110y | 1 | Crack Away Jack | 11st 1lbs | 5 of 22 | T J O'Brien | 16/1 |
| prominent, shuffled back after 2nd, headway approaching 2 out, weakened before hit last | |||||||||
| 22 Feb 2008 | Warwick | Good (Good to Firm in places) | 2m | 4 | Metaphoric | 10st 12lbs | 1 of 16 | T J O'Brien | 13/8 |
| always prominent, reminder approaching 2 out, led last, ran on well | |||||||||
| 19 Jan 2008 | Ascot | Soft (Heavy in places) | 2m | 3 | Binocular | 10st 12lbs | 4 of 7 | T J O'Brien | 6/4 |
| held up in touch, hit 1st, slow 3rd, ridden approaching 2 out, soon weakened | |||||||||
| 24 Nov 2007 | Huntingdon | Good (Good to Soft in places) | 2m 110y | 2 | Art Professor | 11st | 2 of 9 | T J O'Brien | 15/8 |
| held up in touch, headway 3 out, every chance 2 out, led last, headed, no extra close home | |||||||||
| 04 Oct 2007 | Newmarket | Good | 1m 6f | 1 | Lion Sands | 9st | of 8 | J Fortune | 8/1 |
| tracked leaders, ridden over 2f out, weakened over 1f out | |||||||||
| 20 Sep 2007 | Yarmouth | Good to Firm (Good in places) | 1m 6f 17y | 2 | Aajel | 9st 5lbs | 3 of 9 | J Fortune | 9/2 |
| tracked leaders, ridden 3f out, kept on same pace final furlong | |||||||||
| 23 Aug 2007 | York | Good (G/Firm places home straight, G/Soft places back straight) | 1m 6f | 2 | Speed Gifted | 9st 2lbs | 3 of 19 | K Darley | 20/1 |
| towards rear, pushed along when outpaced over 4f out, driven and headway 2f out, stayed on final furlong | |||||||||
| 26 Jul 2007 | Sandown | Soft | 1m 6f | 3 | Tempelstern | 9st 7lbs | 4 of 10 | J Murtagh | 5/1 |
| towards rear, headway over 2f out, kept on, nearest finish, never a danger | |||||||||
| 22 Jun 2007 | Royal Ascot | Good to Soft | 2m | 1 | Mahler | 9st 1lbs | of 15 | J P Spencer | 12/1 |
| slowly into stride, in rear, reminders 10f out, headway under pressure 3f out, never reached leaders, no impression final 2f | |||||||||
| 10 May 2007 | CHESTER | Good | 2706 | 1 | Soldier Of Fortune | 8st 12lbs | 4 of 4 | J P Spencer | |
| held up behind leaders, ridden 3f out, no impression over 1f out, eased when beaten well inside final furlong | |||||||||
| 19 Apr 2007 | NEWMARKET | Good to Firm | 2200 | 3 | Metaphoric | 8st 7lbs | 1 of 12 | J P Spencer | |
| held up, headway over 3f out, chased leaders 2f out, led approaching final furlong, ridden out | |||||||||
| 18 Oct 2006 | NOTTINGHAM | Soft | 1814 | 5 | Metaphoric | 9st 3lbs | 1 of 11 | J P Spencer | |
| behind, headway over 2f out, led inside final furlong, ridden out | |||||||||


