First Blade (GB)
Owner: Mr S R Bowring Trainer: S R Bowring Sex: colt Age: 5
Form Summary
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Starts | Wins | 2nds | 3rds |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Good (Good to Firm in places) | 1 | |||
| Good to Firm | 3 | 1 | ||
| Good to Firm (Good in places ) | 1 | |||
| Good to Firm (Good in places) | 1 | 1 | ||
| Good to Firm (Watered) | 1 | |||
| Good to Soft (Good in places) | 1 | |||
| Heavy (Soft in places) | 1 | 1 | ||
| Soft (Good to Soft in places) | 2 | 1 | ||
| Standard | 16 | 3 | 1 | 1 |
| Standard / Slow | 1 | |||
| Totals | 28 | 4 | 2 | 3 |
Race History
| Date | Course | Going | Distance | Class | Race Winner | Weight | Position | Jockey | SP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 09 Jun 2011 | Nottingham | Good to Firm (Good in places ) | 6f 15y | 6 | Flying Applause | 9st 13lbs | 5 of 17 | P M Quinn | 20/1 |
| towards rear, headway over 2f out, ridden over 1f out, stayed on same pace inside final furlong | |||||||||
| 17 May 2011 | Nottingham | Good to Firm | 5f 13y | 6 | Baby Queen | 9st 12lbs | of 8 | P M Quinn | |
| 16 May 2011 | Wolverhampton | Standard | 5f 20y | 6 | First Blade | 9st 7lbs | 1 of 13 | P M Quinn | 8/1 |
| chased leaders, went 2nd on inside 2f out, led inside final furlong, edged left final 110 yards, held on close home | |||||||||
| 03 Mar 2011 | Southwell | Standard | 6f | 6 | Mottley Crewe | 9st 4lbs | 8 of 9 | Graham Gibbons | 7/1 |
| pulled hard tracked leaders, ridden 3f out, weakened 2f out | |||||||||
| 03 Feb 2011 | Southwell | Standard | 6f | 6 | Final Salute | 9st 7lbs | 4 of 9 | Dane O'Neill | 15/2 |
| pushed along leaving stalls to soon join leaders, led halfway, ridden and headed over 1f out, kept on one pace | |||||||||
| 25 Jan 2011 | Southwell | Standard | 5f | 5 | Sleepy Blue Ocean | 8st 11lbs | 14 of 14 | J Quinn | 33/1 |
| slowly into stride, outpaced | |||||||||
| 14 Dec 2010 | Southwell | Standard | 5f | 5 | Incomparable | 9st 2lbs | 5 of 12 | Ryan Clark | 6/1 |
| mid-division, ridden and headway over 1f out, soon one pace | |||||||||
| 26 Oct 2010 | Yarmouth | Heavy (Soft in places) | 5f 43y | 6 | First Blade | 9st 7lbs | 1 of 10 | R Winston | 11/2 |
| in touch, effort between horses over 1f out, led just insided final furlong, ridden out | |||||||||
| 16 Sep 2010 | Pontefract | Good (Good to Firm in places) | 6f | 5 | Tislaam | 9st 1lbs | 7 of 14 | Ian Burns | 18/1 |
| chased leaders, effort 2f out, soon lost place | |||||||||
| 31 Aug 2010 | Leicester | Soft (Good to Soft in places) | 7f 9y | 5 | Nisaal | 9st 9lbs | 12 of 12 | Liam Jones | 16/1 |
| held up, weakened over 2f out | |||||||||
| 26 Jul 2010 | Wolverhampton | Standard | 7f 32y | 6 | Whispering Spirit | 9st 11lbs | 2 of 12 | R Winston | 40/1 |
| prominent, went 2nd well over 3f out, ridden over 2f out, led over 1f out, headed well inside final furlong | |||||||||
| 04 Jun 2010 | Catterick | Good to Firm (Watered) | 5f 212y | 6 | Arjemis | 9st 10lbs | 8 of 10 | R Kennemore | 7/2 |
| towards rear, weakened well over 1f out, soon eased | |||||||||
| 17 May 2010 | Wolverhampton | Standard | 7f 32y | 5 | Headache | 8st 11lbs | 9 of 12 | A Quinn | 14/1 |
| led headed over 6f out,remained in touch, ridden 2f out, soon weakened and short of room | |||||||||
| 17 Apr 2010 | Nottingham | Good to Firm | 5f 13y | 6 | Ridley Didley | 9st 3lbs | 8 of 17 | A Quinn | 15/2 |
| held up in rear, not clear run wll over 1f out, soon ridden, stayed on inside final furlong | |||||||||
| 27 Oct 2009 | Catterick | Soft (Good to Soft in places) | 5f | 6 | Silk Gallery | 9st 2lbs | 3 of 13 | A Quinn | 8/1 |
| chased leader stand side group, hung left over 1f out, kept on to chase leader far side group, one pace | |||||||||
| 18 Oct 2009 | Southwell | Standard | 5f | 5 | Colorus | 8st 11lbs | 6 of 12 | A Quinn | 7/1 |
| dwelt, behind, ridden and some headway 2f out, kept on, never near leaders | |||||||||
| 30 Sep 2009 | Nottingham | Good to Firm (Good in places) | 5f 13y | 5 | Secret Venue | 8st 6lbs | 3 of 9 | J Quinn | 11/2 |
| held up, raced keenly, not clear run over 2f out, hung left and headway over 1f out, ran on well inside final furlong, nearest finish | |||||||||
| 18 Sep 2009 | Wolverhampton | Standard | 7f 32y | 6 | Blue Noodles | 9st 1lbs | 4 of 12 | A Quinn | 25/1 |
| soon in touch, chased winner over 2f out until inside final furlong, no extra | |||||||||
| 17 Aug 2009 | Wolverhampton | Standard | 5f 20y | 6 | First Blade | 9st | 1 of 10 | A Quinn | 3/1 |
| tracked leaders, ridden and every chance over 1f out, led inside final furlong, ran on | |||||||||
| 10 Aug 2009 | Southwell | Standard | 6f | 5 | Realt Na Mara | 8st 8lbs | 5 of 10 | J F McDonald | 5/1 |
| slowly into stride, soon in touch, weakened 2f out | |||||||||
| 21 Jul 2009 | Southwell | Standard | 6f | 6 | First Blade | 8st 12lbs | 1 of 11 | R Kennemore | 9/2 |
| raced keenly, chased leader, led over 2f out, ridden over 1f out, held on near finish, all out | |||||||||
| 11 Jul 2009 | Nottingham | Good to Firm | 6f 15y | 6 | Bold Ring | 8st 9lbs | 2 of 14 | A Quinn | 20/1 |
| led far side group and overall leader, ridden over 1f out, headed towards finish | |||||||||
| 28 Apr 2009 | Nottingham | Good to Soft (Good in places) | 1m | 5 | Postman | 8st 6lbs | 11 of 13 | J F McDonald | 40/1 |
| tracked leaders, pulled hard, weakened over 2f out | |||||||||
| 21 Apr 2009 | Southwell | Standard | 6f | 6 | Kings Ace | 8st 13lbs | 6 of 10 | A Quinn | 17/2 |
| tracked leaders, effort over 2f out, kept on same pace | |||||||||
| 11 Mar 2009 | Southwell | Standard | 5f | 6 | Taurus Twins | 8st 8lbs | 3 of 12 | K Ghunowa | 50/1 |
| prominent, soon chased along, headway over 1f out, driven and kept on final furlong | |||||||||
| 12 Dec 2008 | Southwell | Standard / Slow | 7f | 6 | Confucius Captain | 9st 3lbs | 5 of 7 | Paul Eddery | 66/1 |
| prominent, ridden along over 2f, hung left when weakening over 1f | |||||||||
| 12 Nov 2008 | Southwell | Standard | 1m | 6 | Hometown | 9st 3lbs | 8 of 12 | L P Keniry | 100/1 |
| tracked leaders, ridden over 3f out, weakened well over 1f out | |||||||||
| 19 Oct 2008 | Southwell | Standard | 7f | 4 | Zelloof | 9st 3lbs | 9 of 11 | Dean McKeown | 50/1 |
| started slowly, always rear division | |||||||||