Rockys Choice (IRE)
Owner: J Bowe Trainer: William P Murphy Sex: Gelding Age: 21
Form Summary
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Starts | Wins | 2nds | 3rds |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Firm | 1 | |||
| Good | 4 | 1 | ||
| Good (Good to Firm in places) | 4 | 2 | ||
| Good (Good to Yielding in places) | 1 | |||
| Good to Firm | 3 | 1 | 1 | |
| Good to Firm (Firm in places) | 1 | |||
| Good to Soft | 1 | |||
| Good to Yielding | 1 | |||
| Heavy (Soft in places) | 1 | 1 | ||
| Soft | 1 | |||
| Soft to Heavy (Soft to Heavy in places; NH: Soft to Yielding in places) | 1 | |||
| Standard | 2 | 1 | 1 | |
| Yielding | 3 | 1 | ||
| Yielding (Good to Yielding in places) | 1 | 1 | ||
| Yielding (Yielding to Soft in places) | 1 | |||
| Yielding to Soft | 1 | |||
| Totals | 27 | 2 | 4 | 4 |
Race History
| Date | Course | Going | Distance | Class | Race Winner | Weight | Position | Jockey | SP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 04 Oct 2011 | Tipperary | Good to Yielding | 2m 4f | 0 | Major Harry | 11st 5lbs | 17 of 23 | B M Cash | 20/1 |
| prominent, 3rd 3 out, soon no extra | |||||||||
| 22 Sep 2011 | Fairyhouse | Good | 2m 4f | 0 | Lapse Of Reason | 11st 9lbs | 11 of 16 | B M Cash | 20/1 |
| always towards rear, never a factor | |||||||||
| 12 Sep 2011 | Listowel | Soft to Heavy (Soft to Heavy in places; NH: Soft to Yielding in places) | 2m | 0 | Beir Bua | 11st 6lbs | 14 of 21 | B M Cash | 10/1 |
| towards rear for most, no impression and kept on same pace from 3 out | |||||||||
| 26 Aug 2011 | Down Royal | Good (Good to Firm in places) | 2m | 0 | Blue Vic | 11st 12lbs | 4 of 12 | B M Cash | 12/1 |
| held up towards rear, headway into 6th 3 out, ridden in moderate 4th 2 out, kept on same pace from before last | |||||||||
| 04 Nov 2010 | Thurles | Soft | 2m | 0 | Hampshire Express | 11st 12lbs | of 16 | B C Byrnes | |
| 23 Oct 2010 | Wexford | Yielding | 2m 1f | 0 | More Claret | 11st 12lbs | 11 of 16 | D N Russell | 7/4 |
| held up in mid-division, 8th when hampered at 4th (halfway), mistake 3 out, soon no extra | |||||||||
| 07 Oct 2010 | Tramore | Yielding | 2m 6f | 0 | Back Of The Pack | 11st 12lbs | 3 of 16 | B C Byrnes | 6/1 |
| always prominent, not fluent 2 out, soon no extra in 3rd | |||||||||
| 18 Sep 2010 | Listowel | Good (Good to Yielding in places) | 2m 1f | 0 | Taking Stock | 11st 12lbs | Fell of 19 | B C Byrnes | |
| 26 Aug 2010 | Bellewstown | Good | 2m 4f | 0 | Grangeclare Gold | 10st 5lbs | 7 of 12 | B C Byrnes | 10/1 |
| 3rd early, 5th halfway, weakened approaching 3 out | |||||||||
| 02 Aug 2010 | Naas | Good (Good to Firm in places) | 2m | 0 | Good Decision | 11st 12lbs | 15 of 20 | B C Byrnes | 8/1 |
| chased leaders, 6th halfway, headway into 4th 3 out, ridden and weakened entering straight | |||||||||
| 02 Oct 2009 | Hexham | Good to Firm | 2m 110y | 4 | Blacktoft | 11st 5lbs | 3 of 5 | R Johnson | 8/11 |
| prominent, ridden approaching last, kept on same pace | |||||||||
| 20 Sep 2009 | Plumpton | Good (Good to Firm in places) | 2m | 4 | Tayarat | 11st 5lbs | 2 of 9 | R Johnson | 11/10 |
| held up well in rear, steady headway from sixth, chased leader after 3f out, 1 length down and trying to close on inside when badly hampered last, no impression flat (awarded race) | |||||||||
| 31 Aug 2009 | Cartmel | Heavy (Soft in places) | 2m 1f 110y | 5 | Rockys Choice | 11st | 1 of 7 | Dean Coleman | 11/8 |
| in rear, headway after 2 out to chase leaders, led before bend, soon clear | |||||||||
| 15 Aug 2009 | Bangor | Good (Good to Firm in places) | 2m 4f | 4 | Word Of Warning | 11st | 2 of 12 | R Johnson | 4/6 |
| behind, headway 4 out, soon chasing leaders, led 3 out, soon headed, kept on same pace | |||||||||
| 30 Jul 2009 | Stratford | Good | 2m 3f | 4 | Bannville | 11st | 2 of 10 | R Johnson | 9/4 |
| held up in rear, chased leaders 6th, led 2 out, mistake last, caught post | |||||||||
| 04 Jun 2009 | Newton Abbot | Good to Firm (Firm in places) | 2m 1f | 4 | Aypeeyes | 11st | 5 of 10 | R Johnson | 8/13 |
| chased leader, led after 4th, mistake 5th, ridden and headed approaching 2 out, blundered 2 out and last, lost 2nd flat | |||||||||
| 29 Aug 2008 | Down Royal | Yielding (Yielding to Soft in places) | 2m | 0 | Vital Plot | 11st 5lbs | 8 of 15 | S J Hassett | 8/1 |
| mid-division, 10th before 3 out, ridden and no impression before 2 out, kept on one pace | |||||||||
| 08 Aug 2008 | Cork | Yielding (Good to Yielding in places) | 2m | 0 | Cloone Stream | 11st 12lbs | 3 of 24 | D F O'Regan | 11/4 |
| tracked leaders, closer in 2nd entering straight, soon ridden, no impression from 2 out | |||||||||
| 01 Aug 2008 | Galway | Yielding | 1m 4f | 0 | Glitter Baby | 8st 13lbs | 7 of 15 | O Casey | 16/1 |
| chased leaders, 7th approaching halfway, 8th into straight, no impression | |||||||||
| 12 Jul 2008 | Dundalk | Standard | 2m 1f | 0 | Queen Althea | 10st 10lbs | 2 of 14 | Mr P J Casey | 7/1 |
| 25 May 2008 | Curragh | Firm | 1m 4f | 0 | Teacht An Earraig | 8st 9lbs | 9 of 10 | O Casey | 10/1 |
| led, headed after 1f, 4th halfway, ridden in 5th 2 1/2f out, soon weakened, eased final furlong and tailed off | |||||||||
| 05 Dec 2007 | Dundalk | Standard | 1m 4f | 0 | Bahrain Storm | 9st 6lbs | 3 of 14 | O Casey | 6/1 |
| chased leaders, improved to lead over 2f out, headed under 2f out, 3rd and no extra 1f out, kept on one pace | |||||||||
| 24 Nov 2007 | Gowran Park | Yielding to Soft | 2m | 0 | Shazand | 11st 7lbs | 4 of 20 | R M Power | 9/1 |
| prominent, 2nd halfway, ridden after 3 out, 4th and no extra last | |||||||||
| 04 Nov 2007 | Leopardstown | Good to Firm | 2m | 0 | Athlumney Lad | 8st 7lbs | of 14 | Karen Kenny | 13/2 |
| prominent, pulled hard early, 5th 4f out, 3rd approaching straight, no extra and weakened from over 1f out | |||||||||
| 29 Oct 2007 | Leopardstown | Good to Firm | 1m 6f | 0 | Rockys Choice | 9st 13lbs | 1 of 18 | Karen Kenny | 8/1 |
| tracked leaders, 2nd 3f out, ridden to lead 1f out, kept on well | |||||||||
| 23 Oct 2005 | CURRAGH | Good to Soft | 1320 | 0 | Sensasse | 9st 2lbs | 19 of 29 | W J O'Connor | |
| chased leaders on stand's rail, no extra from over 2f out | |||||||||
| 29 Sep 2005 | THURLES | Good | 1760 | 0 | Cheyenne Star | 9st 2lbs | 8 of 15 | C O'Donoghue | |
| held up, progress entering straight, 7th 1 1/2f out, no extra final furlong | |||||||||