Always The Groom (IRE)
Owner: Alexander Stafford Trainer: P J Flynn Sex: Gelding Age: 23
Form Summary
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Starts | Wins | 2nds | 3rds |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 0 | ||||
| Good | 4 | 1 | ||
| Good (Chase - Good to Firm) | 1 | |||
| Good to Firm | 5 | 3 | 1 | |
| Soft | 1 | |||
| Yielding | 1 | |||
| Yielding to Soft | 1 | 1 | ||
| Totals | 13 | 3 | 2 | 1 |
Race History
| Date | Course | Going | Distance | Class | Race Winner | Weight | Position | Jockey | SP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 28 Sep 2008 | Curragh | Yielding | 2m | 0 | Suailce | 8st 4lbs | 8 of 28 | Martin Lane | 33/1 |
| rear of mid-division, headway on outer over 5f out, 7th 2f out, kept on same pace | |||||||||
| 29 Jul 2008 | Galway | Good (Chase - Good to Firm) | 2m | 0 | My Valley | 9st 7lbs | of 20 | D M Grant | |
| 13 Jul 2008 | Curragh | 1m 4f | 0 | Miss Fancy Pants | 9st 8lbs | 10 of 19 | Miss A Foley | 10/1 | |
| prominent, disputed lead halfway, headed and no impression from 2 1/2f out | |||||||||
| 22 Jun 2008 | Gowran Park | Yielding to Soft | 2m | 0 | Dariak | 8st 12lbs | 3 of 14 | C O'Donoghue | 12/1 |
| mid-division, headway into 5th approaching straight, ridden and went 3rd over 1f out, no impression on leaders final furlong | |||||||||
| 09 May 2008 | Wexford | Good | 1m 5f | 0 | Add Wings | 9st 10lbs | 10 of 13 | D M Grant | 4/1 |
| mid-division, 7th over 4f out, no impression under pressure from before straight | |||||||||
| 29 Apr 2007 | GOWRAN PARK | Good | 2080 | 0 | Closetocrazy | 9st 8lbs | 2 of 17 | D M Grant | |
| mid-division, poor 9th over 2f out, ridden and ran on well from 1 1/2f out, not reach winner | |||||||||
| 19 Aug 2006 | TRAMORE | Soft | 3520 | 0 | Long Journey | 9st 3lbs | 8 of 9 | D M Grant | |
| tracked leaders, mainly 3rd, closer in 2nd 3f out, lost action slightly over 2f out, soon no impression under pressure | |||||||||
| 06 Aug 2006 | CORK | Good to Firm | 2640 | 0 | Always The Groom | 9st 7lbs | 1 of 17 | K T Maher | |
| mid division, progress into 4th 4f out, ridden in 3rd 2f out, stayed on well to lead close home | |||||||||
| 05 Aug 2006 | GALWAY | Good to Firm | 3520 | 0 | Always The Groom | 8st 11lbs | 1 of 19 | D M Grant | |
| tracked leaders, 6th travelling well 3f out, 4th 2f out, challenged entering straight, led 1f out, stayed on well, comfortably | |||||||||
| 26 Jul 2006 | NAAS | Good to Firm | 1760 | 0 | Ciara Eile | 8st 13lbs | 2 of 11 | M A Cleere | |
| dwelt, soon in mid-division, 7th and outpaced approaching straight, ran on strongly inside final furlong to go moderate 2nd near finish | |||||||||
| 24 Jul 2006 | BALLINROBE | Good to Firm | 2640 | 0 | Always The Groom | 8st 8lbs | 1 of 15 | R P Cleary | |
| chased leaders, 4th over 3f out, led under 2f out, ridden clear from over 1f out, stayed on well, comfortably | |||||||||
| 21 Aug 2005 | GOWRAN PARK | Good | 2640 | 0 | In The Folly | 8st 9lbs | 9 of 10 | K T Maher | |
| always behind, trailing from 4f out | |||||||||
| 10 Aug 2005 | GOWRAN PARK | Good to Firm | 2110 | 0 | Qassas | 8st 9lbs | 13 of 17 | K T Maher | |
| always behind | |||||||||
| 01 Aug 2005 | NAAS | Good | 1320 | 0 | Xaarinshki | 8st 4lbs | 17 of 17 | K F McDonagh | |
| very slowly away and trailing throughout | |||||||||