Rio Gael (IRE)
Owner: Mrs Karen Bowen Trainer: P & M Bowen Sex: Gelding Age: 18
Form Summary
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Starts | Wins | 2nds | 3rds |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Firm (Good to Firm in places) | 1 | |||
| Good | 6 | 1 | ||
| Good (Good to Firm in places) | 9 | 2 | 2 | 3 |
| Good (Good to Soft in places ) | 1 | |||
| Good (Good to Soft in places) | 2 | |||
| Good to Firm | 1 | 1 | ||
| Good to Firm (Firm in places) | 2 | 1 | ||
| Good to Firm (Good in places) | 3 | 1 | 1 | |
| Good to Soft (Good in places ) | 1 | |||
| Good to Soft (Good in places) | 1 | |||
| Good to Soft (Good in places, Cross Country,G/S,Soft in places) | 1 | |||
| Good to Soft (Soft in places) | 4 | 1 | ||
| Soft | 3 | |||
| Soft (Good to Soft in places) | 1 | 1 | ||
| Soft (Good to Soft in places, National Heavy) | 1 | |||
| Soft (Heavy in places) | 1 | |||
| Standard | 2 | |||
| Totals | 40 | 6 | 4 | 4 |
Race History
| Date | Course | Going | Distance | Class | Race Winner | Weight | Position | Jockey | SP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 08 Dec 2012 | Aintree | Soft (Good to Soft in places, National Heavy) | 2m 5f 110y | 2 | Little Josh | 10st | UnseatedRider of 10 | J E Moore | |
| 30 Nov 2012 | Doncaster | Soft | 2m 3f | 3 | Kings Grey | 11st 12lbs | 5 of 6 | T J O'Brien | 9/1 |
| held up towards rear and in touch, pushed along and outpaced from 2 out | |||||||||
| 16 Nov 2012 | Cheltenham | Good to Soft (Good in places, Cross Country,G/S,Soft in places) | 2m | 2 | Shooters Wood | 10st 13lbs | 7 of 14 | T J O'Brien | 40/1 |
| not fluent 3rd, towards rear, plugged on from 2 out, kept on run-in, never involved | |||||||||
| 02 Sep 2012 | Newton Abbot | Soft (Heavy in places) | 2m 5f 110y | 1 | Shoegazer | 11st 5lbs | 7 of 11 | T J O'Brien | 40/1 |
| of fthe pace in 6th, pushed along before 9th, weakened next, no chance when mistake 3 out | |||||||||
| 23 Aug 2012 | Ffos Las | Good to Soft (Soft in places) | 2m | 2 | Idarah | 10st 8lbs | 6 of 7 | T J O'Brien | 8/1 |
| tracked leaders, not fluent 8th, ridden when not much room and mistake 3 out, weakened next | |||||||||
| 04 Aug 2012 | Newton Abbot | Good (Good to Firm in places) | 2m 110y | 2 | Mister Matt | 11st 7lbs | 7 of 10 | T J O'Brien | 12/1 |
| mid-division, mistake and rider lost iron brielfy 3rd, soon behind, tailed off | |||||||||
| 26 Jul 2012 | Bath | Firm (Good to Firm in places) | 1m 5f 22y | 6 | Laser Blazer | 8st 13lbs | 9 of 14 | T G McLaughlin | 4/1 |
| took keen hold, chased clear leader, closed 6f out, ridden and weakened over 3f out | |||||||||
| 13 Apr 2012 | Aintree | Good (Good to Soft in places) | 2m 5f 110y | 1 | Always Waining | 10st | Fell of 26 | B S Hughes | |
| 29 Mar 2012 | Ffos Las | Good | 2m 4f | 3 | Lava Lamp | 11st 8lbs | 8 of 13 | Mr D Devereux | 33/1 |
| tracked leading pair, lost place after 4 out, outpaced next, weakened after 2 out | |||||||||
| 06 Nov 2011 | Ffos Las | Soft (Good to Soft in places) | 2m 3f 110y | 3 | Made In Time | 10st 13lbs | 2 of 6 | T J O'Brien | 7/1 |
| held up in touch, left chasing winner 3rd until 11th, ridden and weakened 4 out, left 2nd next | |||||||||
| 22 Oct 2011 | Aintree | Good (Good to Soft in places) | 2m 4f | 3 | Hector's Choice | 11st 5lbs | 5 of 10 | T J O'Brien | 15/2 |
| mid-division, headway 5 out, chased leaders next, disputed 3rd 2 out, 4th and held when mistake last | |||||||||
| 30 Sep 2011 | Fontwell | Good (Good to Firm in places) | 2m 2f | 2 | Rio Gael | 10st 9lbs | 1 of 14 | T J O'Brien | 11/1 |
| held up, not fluent 3rd, headway after 7th, went 2nd 2 out, led towards finish, driven out | |||||||||
| 25 Aug 2011 | Ffos Las | Good to Firm (Good in places) | 2m | 2 | West With The Wind | 10st 4lbs | 2 of 7 | T J O'Brien | 10/1 |
| reluctant to line up, tracked leaders, went 2nd 9th, hit 4 out and no impression on winner | |||||||||
| 28 Jul 2011 | Stratford | Good to Firm (Good in places) | 2m 1f 110y | 4 | Mayberry | 11st 12lbs | 4 of 6 | T J O'Brien | 6/1 |
| tracked leader, pushed along and outpaced from 4 out | |||||||||
| 16 Jul 2011 | Market Rasen | Good to Soft (Good in places) | 2m 1f | 1 | Viva Colonia | 11st 8lbs | RefusedToRace of 17 | J E Moore | |
| 06 Jul 2011 | Worcester | Good (Good to Firm in places) | 2m | 4 | Black Jack Blues | 11st 5lbs | 3 of 7 | T J O'Brien | 5/1 |
| in rear and niggled along, in 3rd before 3rd, kept on same pace from 3 out | |||||||||
| 21 Jun 2011 | Newton Abbot | Good to Soft (Soft in places) | 2m 110y | 3 | Al Qeddaaf | 11st 4lbs | 4 of 5 | T J O'Brien | 4/1 |
| reluctant to race, tracked leaders 2nd, mistake 8th, 4th when mistake 4 out, well held from next | |||||||||
| 22 May 2011 | Fakenham | Good to Firm (Firm in places) | 2m 110y | 4 | Rio Gael | 11st | 1 of 7 | T J O'Brien | 2/5 |
| tracked leader, led 8th, ridden 2 out, pressed last, driven out | |||||||||
| 07 May 2011 | Haydock | Good (Good to Soft in places ) | 2m | 1 | Eradicate | 11st | 4 of 23 | T J O'Brien | 33/1 |
| held up in touch, headway to chase leaders 4 out, effort 2 out, soon one pace | |||||||||
| 07 Apr 2011 | Aintree | Good to Soft (Good in places ) | 2m 4f | 1 | Russian War | 10st 4lbs | 13 of 22 | T J O'Brien | 25/1 |
| tracked leaders and keen, led before 2nd, headed 3 out, weakened before 2 out | |||||||||
| 25 Mar 2011 | Newbury | Good | 2m 110y | 3 | Rio Gael | 11st 2lbs | 1 of 8 | B J Geraghty | 12/1 |
| led until approaching 3rd, remained prominent, mistake 3 out, every chance next, hard ridden to lead after last, soon hung right under pressure, all out | |||||||||
| 05 Mar 2011 | Doncaster | Good | 2m 3f 110y | 3 | Drive Time | 11st 12lbs | 7 of 10 | T Scudamore | 15/2 |
| led, hit 4 out, headed before 2 out, weakened before last | |||||||||
| 13 Nov 2010 | Wetherby | Good to Soft (Soft in places) | 2m 110y | 3 | Nine Stories | 11st 12lbs | 3 of 10 | Donal Devereux | 6/1 |
| led, ridden approaching 2 out, headed soon after, weakening and held in 3rd when blundered last | |||||||||
| 04 Nov 2010 | Haydock | Good (Good to Firm in places) | 2m | 3 | Rio Gael | 11st 4lbs | 1 of 10 | T Scudamore | 7/1 |
| made all, ridden after 3 out, joined 2 out, kept on well from last | |||||||||
| 20 Oct 2010 | Ffos Las | Good | 1m 6f | 5 | Quinsman | 9st 2lbs | 4 of 9 | R Winston | 9/2 |
| led, ridden and headed 2f out, kept on one pace | |||||||||
| 10 Oct 2010 | Ffos Las | Good (Good to Firm in places) | 2m | 2 | Black Jack Blues | 10st 6lbs | 3 of 8 | T J O'Brien | 6/1 |
| tracked leaders, jumped left 5th, hung left after 3 out, kept on same pace from next, not fluent last | |||||||||
| 30 Aug 2010 | Cartmel | Good (Good to Firm in places) | 2m 1f 110y | 4 | Maska Pony | 11st 11lbs | 2 of 12 | T J O'Brien | 5/2 |
| tracked leader, not fluent 4 out, chased winner approaching last, no impression | |||||||||
| 24 Aug 2010 | Sedgefield | Good (Good to Firm in places) | 2m 1f | 4 | Bandanaman | 11st 11lbs | 2 of 8 | T J O'Brien | 13/8 |
| led, ridden and headed approaching last where not fluent, edged left and stayed on flat, always being held | |||||||||
| 12 Aug 2010 | Stratford | Good to Firm | 2m 110y | 4 | Rio Gael | 11st 4lbs | 1 of 8 | T J O'Brien | 11/4 |
| made all, ran on flat, driven out | |||||||||
| 02 Aug 2010 | Newton Abbot | Good (Good to Firm in places) | 2m 1f | 3 | Dereks | 11st 8lbs | 6 of 8 | Donal Devereux | 7/2 |
| keen early, jumped left and mistake 1st, held up in touch, not fluent 3rd, effort to chase leaders 3 out, soon ridden, no impression from next | |||||||||
| 06 Jul 2010 | Uttoxeter | Good to Firm (Good in places) | 2m | 5 | Rio Gael | 10st 10lbs | 1 of 11 | T J O'Brien | 11/1 |
| tracked leader, mistake 5th, led approaching 3 out, clear after 2 out, eased towards finish | |||||||||
| 17 Dec 2009 | Ludlow | Soft | 2m | 4 | Tesserae | 10st 12lbs | 4 of 12 | P Merrigan | 13/2 |
| held up in rear, pulled hard, headway after 6th, weakened last | |||||||||
| 23 Nov 2009 | Ffos Las | Soft | 2m | 4 | Riptide | 10st 12lbs | 6 of 7 | T Scudamore | 9/1 |
| chased leaders, ridden and weakened before 2 out | |||||||||
| 19 Nov 2009 | Hereford | Good to Soft (Soft in places) | 2m 1f | 3 | Westlin' Winds | 10st 12lbs | of 7 | P Merrigan | |
| 25 Nov 2008 | Southwell | Standard | 7f | 6 | Kinigi | 9st 5lbs | 6 of 10 | T G McLaughlin | 40/1 |
| tracked leader, ridden halfway, weakened over 2f out | |||||||||
| 07 Nov 2008 | Wolverhampton | Standard | 7f 32y | 5 | Elusive Fame | 9st 3lbs | 9 of 12 | T G McLaughlin | 25/1 |
| in touch, driven over 2f out, soon beaten | |||||||||
| 01 Oct 2008 | Salisbury | Good | 1m | 4 | Ouster | 9st 3lbs | of 8 | Jake Payne | |
| 03 Sep 2008 | Brighton | Good (Good to Firm in places) | 6f 209y | 5 | My Kingdom | 9st 3lbs | 3 of 7 | T G McLaughlin | 14/1 |
| prominent on outside, ridden 3f out, outpaced 2f out, stayed on final furlong, never nearer | |||||||||
| 01 Aug 2008 | Bath | Good to Firm (Firm in places) | 5f 161y | 5 | Timeteam | 8st 9lbs | 4 of 9 | T G McLaughlin | 40/1 |
| slowly into stride, outpaced, ran on to chase leaders final furlong | |||||||||