Baracas (FR)
Owner: Mrs Martina Griffin Trainer: E Griffin Sex: gelding Age: 8
Breeding: Miesque's Son / Sara Baras (Turtle Island)
Form Summary
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Starts | Wins | 2nds | 3rds |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Firm | 1 | |||
| Good | 6 | 1 | ||
| Good (Good to Firm in places) | 4 | 1 | 1 | |
| Good (Yielding in places) | 2 | 1 | ||
| Good to Firm | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Good to Firm (Good in places) | 2 | |||
| Good to Firm (Watered) | 1 | |||
| Good to Soft (Soft in places) | 2 | |||
| Good to Yielding | 1 | |||
| Good to Yielding (Yielding in places) | 1 | |||
| Slow | 1 | 1 | ||
| Soft | 3 | |||
| Soft (Chase Course;Hurdles Course;Heavy) | 1 | |||
| Soft (Yielding to Soft in places) | 1 | |||
| Soft to Heavy (Soft in places) | 1 | |||
| Standard | 5 | 1 | ||
| Yielding | 1 | |||
| Yielding (Good to Yielding in places) | 2 | |||
| Yielding to Soft | 2 | 1 | ||
| Yielding to Soft (Yielding in places) | 2 | 1 | ||
| Totals | 42 | 4 | 4 | 3 |
Race History
| Date | Course | Going | Distance | Class | Race Winner | Weight | Position | Jockey | SP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 14 Dec 2013 | Fairyhouse | Good to Yielding | 3m | 0 | Miss Xian | 11st 12lbs | 12 of 19 | S A Shortall | 18/1 |
| towards rear, no extra from before straight | |||||||||
| 13 Nov 2013 | Dundalk | Standard | 1m 4f | 0 | Traveller's Tales | 9st 4lbs | 7 of 12 | Chris Hayes | 12/1 |
| 05 Oct 2013 | Gowran Park | Yielding | 3m | 0 | The Crafty Butcher | 10st 8lbs | BroughtDown of 16 | S A Shortall | |
| 21 Sep 2013 | Listowel | Soft (Yielding to Soft in places) | 2m 4f | 0 | The Crafty Butcher | 11st 3lbs | 9 of 18 | S A Shortall | 20/1 |
| waited with, improved from before straight, soon tracked leaders, no impression and kept on same pace from 2 out | |||||||||
| 31 Aug 2013 | Killarney | Good (Good to Firm in places) | 1m 6f | 0 | Roe Deer | 9st 4lbs | 7 of 8 | Chris Hayes | 8/1 |
| held up in touch, ridden entering straight, no impression | |||||||||
| 16 Aug 2013 | Tramore | Good (Yielding in places) | 2m | 0 | Crystal Earth | 8st 10lbs | 2 of 10 | B A Curtis | 25/1 |
| settled well off pace in last, headway from 4f out, went 4th on outer under 3f out, soon ridden, 2nd 1f out, kept on final furlong | |||||||||
| 08 Aug 2013 | Sligo | Good (Yielding in places) | 2m 4f | 0 | Top Madam | 11st | of 17 | Mr E J O'Connell | |
| 25 Jul 2013 | Leopardstown | Good | 1m 6f | 0 | Leah Claire | 8st 9lbs | 6 of 8 | Chris Hayes | 12/1 |
| tracked leaders in 3rd, 2nd briefly entering straight and pushed along when checked 2f out, soon dropped to 6th and no extra | |||||||||
| 02 Jun 2013 | Kilbeggan | Good to Firm (Good in places) | 2m 4f | 0 | Six Stone Ned | 11st 12lbs | of 17 | M J Bolger | |
| 07 Apr 2013 | Limerick | Good | 2m | 0 | Leah Claire | 11st 2lbs | 4 of 12 | Mr E J O'Connell | 14/1 |
| chased leaders, keen hold, closed up to track leader 3 out, 3rd into straight, no extra and kept on same pace from after 2 out | |||||||||
| 12 Feb 2012 | Leopardstown | Good to Soft (Soft in places) | 2m | 0 | Dul Ar An Ol | 10st 10lbs | of 21 | B J Geraghty | |
| 28 Jan 2012 | Leopardstown | Yielding (Good to Yielding in places) | 2m | 0 | Citizenship | 10st 8lbs | Fell of 30 | E J O'connell | |
| 29 Oct 2011 | Ascot | Good | 2m | 1 | Brampour | 10st 4lbs | 4 of 13 | E J O'connell | 16/1 |
| chased leading trio, tracked leading pair after 5th, still pressing leaders 2 out, no extra flat, kept on to press for 3rd closing stages | |||||||||
| 07 Oct 2011 | Dundalk | Standard | 1m 4f | 0 | Jazz Girl | 9st 4lbs | of 17 | Reserve 2 | |
| 02 Oct 2011 | Tipperary | Soft | 2m | 1 | The Real Article | 11st 4lbs | of 9 | E J O'connell | |
| 15 Sep 2011 | Listowel | Soft to Heavy (Soft in places) | 2m | 0 | Princeton Plains | 11st | 8 of 13 | E J O'connell | 20/1 |
| led, headed and no extra from before 2 out | |||||||||
| 25 Aug 2011 | Killarney | Yielding to Soft (Yielding in places) | 2m 6f | 0 | Alderwood | 11st 7lbs | 4 of 16 | E J O'connell | 20/1 |
| tracked leaders, close up 3 out, no impression under pressure and kept on same pace from before last | |||||||||
| 30 Jul 2011 | Galway | Good | 2m 5f 190y | 0 | Double Seven | 10st 9lbs | 7 of 20 | E J O'connell | 14/1 |
| towards rear, some headway to chase leaders before 2 out, soon no impression under pressure, kept on without threatening | |||||||||
| 18 May 2011 | Punchestown | Good | 2m 4f | 0 | Sweeps Hill | 11st 12lbs | Fell of 21 | R M Power | |
| 24 Apr 2011 | Fairyhouse | Good | 3m | 0 | Baracas | 10st 11lbs | 1 of 19 | M J Bolger | 33/1 |
| mid-division, 10th halfway, headway into 5th 4 out, improved to lead 2 out, ridden before last where jumped right, kept on under pressure run-in | |||||||||
| 14 Nov 2010 | Cheltenham | Good to Soft (Soft in places) | 2m 5f | 2 | Grands Crus | 11st 2lbs | 12 of 18 | E J O'connell | 33/1 |
| raced wide towards rear, ridden and struggling when hit 6th, never on terms | |||||||||
| 26 Oct 2010 | Punchestown | Good (Good to Firm in places) | 2m | 0 | Far Away So Close | 11st 6lbs | 3 of 8 | B J Geraghty | 3/1 |
| tracked leaders, ridden in 3rd 3 out, kept on same pace from next | |||||||||
| 17 Oct 2010 | Cork | Good to Firm | 2m | 0 | Anshan Dreams | 11st 6lbs | 3 of 7 | B J Geraghty | 7/2 |
| tracked leaders mainly 4th, pushed along and dropped to 5th before last, soon switched right, kept on run-in without threatening principals | |||||||||
| 26 Sep 2010 | Curragh | Yielding to Soft | 2m | 0 | Bright Horizon | 8st 6lbs | 9 of 23 | K Latham | 33/1 |
| towards rear, ridden straight, 13th over 1f out, stayed on closing stages | |||||||||
| 17 Sep 2010 | Listowel | Yielding to Soft | 2m | 0 | Ballyadam Brook | 11st 4lbs | 3 of 9 | Ruby Walsh | 4/1 |
| held up towards rear, ridden in 7th 3 out, stayed on into 4th last, kept on same pace run-in | |||||||||
| 27 Aug 2010 | Down Royal | Good to Firm | 2m | 0 | Golden Grimshaw | 11st 12lbs | 2 of 6 | E J O'connell | 7/4 |
| 4th early, improved to lead after 2nd, still travelling well when bad mistake 3 out, headed before 2 out, kept on same pace, not fluent last | |||||||||
| 31 Jul 2010 | Galway | Good to Firm | 2m | 0 | Baracas | 11st 12lbs | 1 of 23 | E J O'connell | 5/1 |
| chased leaders, 5th halfway, ridden into 3rd entering straight, led before last, kept on well run-in | |||||||||
| 27 Jun 2010 | Curragh | Good to Firm (Watered) | 1m 4f | 0 | Bay Willow | 8st 10lbs | 13 of 17 | Declan McDonogh | 20/1 |
| 19 Jun 2010 | Down Royal | Firm | 1m 4f 190y | 0 | Celtic Dane | 8st 12lbs | 7 of 10 | Fran Berry | 9/2 |
| keen hold early, soon tracked leaders, dropped to 6th and tending to hang from over 1f out, soon no extra | |||||||||
| 26 May 2010 | Punchestown | Good (Good to Firm in places) | 2m | 0 | Stanton Court | 11st 12lbs | 2 of 28 | B J Geraghty | 6/4 |
| chased leaders, 6th halfway, headway in 2nd 2 out, soon led, mistake and ridden last, headed run-in and no extra, kept on same pace | |||||||||
| 08 May 2010 | Dundalk | Standard | 1m 2f 150y | 0 | Grand Admiral | 9st 6lbs | 6 of 9 | Declan McDonogh | 7/4 |
| tracked leaders in 4th, 3rd and pushed along 4f out, weakened entering straight | |||||||||
| 18 Apr 2010 | Leopardstown | Good to Firm (Good in places) | 1m 2f | 0 | Sugar Baby Love | 10st | 6 of 20 | Johnny Murtagh | 8/1 |
| mid-division on inner, progress entering straight, short of room on inner from 2f out | |||||||||
| 18 Nov 2009 | Dundalk | Standard | 1m 2f 150y | 0 | Baracas | 9st 9lbs | 1 of 14 | Johnny Murtagh | 7/2 |
| tracked leaders on inner in 3rd, went 2nd early straight, challenged from 2f out, kept on well under pressure final furlong to lead 100 yards out | |||||||||
| 13 Nov 2009 | Dundalk | Standard | 1m 4f | 0 | Bashkirov | 9st 5lbs | of 14 | Reserve 1 | |
| 11 Oct 2009 | Limerick | Yielding (Good to Yielding in places) | 2m 2f | 0 | Jumbo Rio | 10st 10lbs | UnseatedRider of 12 | B J Geraghty | |
| 27 Sep 2009 | Clonmel | Good (Good to Firm in places) | 2m 100y | 0 | Red Key | 11st 7lbs | 4 of 17 | B J Geraghty | 7/2 |
| tracked leaders, left 4th at 4th, ridden approaching 2 out, 5th before last, one pace | |||||||||
| 07 Aug 2009 | Wexford | Good to Yielding (Yielding in places) | 1m 3f 160y | 0 | Tilabay | 10st 1lbs | 6 of 11 | C P Geoghegan | 12/1 |
| led, keen early, headed 4f out, dropped to 6th approaching straight, no extra | |||||||||
| 31 Jul 2009 | Galway | Soft (Chase Course;Hurdles Course;Heavy) | 1m 6f | 0 | Bahrain Storm | 9st 2lbs | of 9 | J A Heffernan | |
| 29 Jul 2009 | Galway | Soft | 1m 4f | 0 | Blackstairmountain | 11st 12lbs | of 16 | Ms N Carberry | |
| 29 Apr 2009 | Punchestown | Soft | 2m | 0 | Dunguib | 11st 4lbs | 10 of 10 | Mr A T Duff | 40/1 |
| always in rear, no impression from 4f out, eased straight | |||||||||
| 05 Apr 2009 | Limerick | Yielding to Soft (Yielding in places) | 2m | 0 | Universal Truth | 11st 6lbs | 2 of 17 | Ms N Carberry | 11/2 |
| led, clear for much, reduced lead inside final furlong, headed and kept on without matching winner final 50yds | |||||||||
| 27 Feb 2009 | Dundalk | Slow | 2m 1f | 0 | Baracas | 11st 7lbs | 1 of 17 | Ms N Carberry | 4/1 |
| keen hold and chased leaders, 6th halfway, 7th 2f out, challenged 1 1/2f out, ridden to lead over 1f out, kept on well under pressure final furlong | |||||||||


