Born To Excel (GB)
Owner: Mrs John J Murphy Trainer: J J Murphy Sex: gelding Age: 6
Breeding: Exceed And Excel / Reem One (Rainbow Quest)
Form Summary
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Starts | Wins | 2nds | 3rds |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Firm | 1 | |||
| Good | 5 | 1 | ||
| Good (Good to Firm in places on the Chase Course) | 1 | 1 | ||
| Good (Good to Firm in places on the round course) | 1 | |||
| Good (Good to Firm in places) | 5 | 1 | ||
| Good (Good to Firm in places; Hurdle:Good to Firm (Good in places)) | 1 | 1 | ||
| Good (Good to Yielding in places) | 1 | |||
| Good (Hurdles Course; Flat;Good to Yielding) | 1 | |||
| Good (Sprint: Yielding To Soft) | 1 | |||
| Good to Firm | 2 | 1 | ||
| Good to Firm (Good in places) | 1 | |||
| Good to Soft (Good in places) | 1 | |||
| Good to Yielding | 1 | |||
| Good to Yielding (Good in places) | 1 | |||
| Good to Yielding (Yielding in places) | 1 | |||
| Soft | 1 | |||
| Standard | 4 | 1 | ||
| Yielding | 1 | |||
| Yielding (Soft in places) | 1 | |||
| Yielding to Soft (Flat; Hurdles;Yielding,Good to Yielding in places) | 1 | |||
| Totals | 32 | 1 | 3 | 2 |
Race History
| Date | Course | Going | Distance | Class | Race Winner | Weight | Position | Jockey | SP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18 May 2012 | Dundalk | Standard | 1m 2f 150y | 0 | Polly Ella | 9st 7lbs | of 14 | Ricky Doyle | |
| 15 May 2012 | Killarney | Good to Soft (Good in places) | 1m 100y | 0 | Mellow Manner | 9st 7lbs | 12 of 13 | S Foley | 14/1 |
| soon led, headed and no extra 2f out, eased when beaten | |||||||||
| 21 Apr 2012 | Naas | Good to Yielding (Yielding in places) | 1m | 0 | Morethanafeeling | 9st 10lbs | 12 of 19 | Ricky Doyle | 16/1 |
| tracked leaders, 5th early, kept on same pace from 2f out | |||||||||
| 07 Apr 2012 | Cork | Good to Firm (Good in places) | 1m 110y | 0 | Night Singer | 9st 5lbs | 13 of 14 | S H James | 10/1 |
| chased leaders, 6th halfway, no extra from over 2f out, weakened | |||||||||
| 29 Aug 2011 | Galway | Good | 1m 100y | 0 | Royal Intruder | 9st 11lbs | 13 of 15 | L F Roche | 11/1 |
| tracked leaders, 5th for much, no extra from before straight | |||||||||
| 17 Aug 2011 | Bellewstown | Good (Good to Firm in places) | 1m 4f | 0 | Pires | 11st 5lbs | 6 of 7 | Mr H G Murphy | 20/1 |
| chased leader in 2nd, ridden 2f out, no extra 1 1/2f out, eased inside final furlong | |||||||||
| 27 Jul 2011 | Galway | Good | 1m 100y | 0 | Maunsells Duke | 10st | 7 of 21 | K C Sexton | 7/1 |
| chased leaders, 8th halfway, ridden into 4th 2f out, 3rd 1f out, no extra inside final furlong | |||||||||
| 22 Jul 2011 | Wexford | Good (Good to Firm in places) | 1m 3f 160y | 0 | Gold Mirage | 9st 4lbs | 5 of 9 | S Foley | 12/1 |
| led, joined 2f out, soon headed and kept on same pace from over 1f out | |||||||||
| 11 Jul 2011 | Killarney | Good | 1m 100y | 0 | Aragorn Icon | 9st 4lbs | 5 of 8 | Fran Berry | 9/2 |
| reared up leaving stalls and very slowly away, soon in touch in rear, closer in 5th over 2f out, kept on same pace under pressure from over 1f out | |||||||||
| 01 Jul 2011 | Bellewstown | Good (Good to Firm in places) | 1m 4f | 0 | Table Forty Six | 11st 5lbs | 5 of 6 | Mr H G Murphy | 16/1 |
| tracked leaders in 3rd, ridden and no impression when hampered under 2f out, no extra | |||||||||
| 23 Apr 2011 | Cork | Good (Good to Firm in places on the round course) | 1m 2f 50y | 0 | Castle Bar Sling | 8st 11lbs | 14 of 16 | S H James | 14/1 |
| tracked leaders, 5th on outer halfway, no extra from early straight, weakened | |||||||||
| 09 Apr 2011 | Tramore | Good | 2m | 0 | Fever Pitch | 11st 12lbs | 13 of 16 | D E Splaine | 12/1 |
| tracked leaders, 8th from 5 out, soon no danger, tailed off | |||||||||
| 17 Mar 2011 | Wexford | Soft | 2m | 0 | Bleakfield Lady | 11st 12lbs | of 10 | D E Splaine | |
| 05 Dec 2010 | Dundalk | Standard | 1m 2f 150y | 0 | Home Secretary | 8st 4lbs | 8 of 11 | S H James | 5/1 |
| chased leaders on outer, 6th halfway, ridden before straight, soon weakened, eased over 1f out | |||||||||
| 27 Nov 2010 | Kempton | Standard | 1m | 5 | Zebrano | 9st 6lbs | 3 of 14 | J A Heffernan | 10/1 |
| tracked leaders, ridden to lead over 1f out, headed 1f out, lost 2nd post | |||||||||
| 07 Sep 2010 | Laytown | Standard | 7f | 0 | He's Got Rhythm | 11st 13lbs | of 10 | Mr R O Harding | |
| 11 Aug 2010 | Gowran Park | Good to Firm | 1m 1f 100y | 0 | Born To Excel | 9st 11lbs | 1 of 12 | A P Heskin | 7/1 |
| made all, ridden and kept on well final furlong, comfortably | |||||||||
| 06 Aug 2010 | Tipperary | Good (Good to Firm in places) | 1m 1f | 0 | Blackwitch Woman | 9st 6lbs | 5 of 19 | Joseph O'Brien | 6/1 |
| chased leaders, 5th halfway, ridden 2f out, no extra over 1f out, kept on same pace | |||||||||
| 28 Jul 2010 | Galway | Good (Good to Firm in places; Hurdle:Good to Firm (Good in places)) | 1m 100y | 0 | Unaccompanied | 9st 13lbs | 3 of 10 | D E Splaine | 9/2 |
| soon led, strongly pressed and headed into straight, soon dropped to 3rd and no extra | |||||||||
| 23 Jul 2010 | Wexford | Yielding (Soft in places) | 1m 2f 150y | 0 | Midnight Soprano | 10st 1lbs | of 14 | Joseph O'Brien | |
| 21 Jun 2010 | Chepstow | Good (Good to Firm in places) | 1m 2f 36y | 5 | Sagredo | 8st 13lbs | 2 of 7 | Kieren Fallon | 15/8 |
| went right start, soon led, ridden and hung right from over 2f out, headed inside final furlong, kept on | |||||||||
| 02 Jun 2010 | Fairyhouse | Good | 1m 2f | 0 | Force Of Habit | 10st | 2 of 21 | Joseph O'Brien | 7/2 |
| led, ridden from 2f out, soon strongly pressed, headed inside final furlong, kept on well | |||||||||
| 21 May 2010 | Wexford | Firm | 1m 100y | 0 | Ceannline | 8st 8lbs | of 19 | Reserve 2 | |
| 13 May 2010 | Gowran Park | Good to Firm | 1m | 0 | Duaiseoir | 9st 1lbs | of 19 | Reserve 2 | |
| 11 May 2010 | Killarney | Good (Good to Firm in places on the Chase Course) | 1m 100y | 0 | Thistimesforgood | 9st 11lbs | 2 of 18 | Joseph O'Brien | 13/2 |
| towards rear, progress on inner from 2f out, ridden in moderate 4th 1f out, stayed on well final furlong, just failed | |||||||||
| 30 Apr 2010 | Cork | Good to Yielding | 7f | 0 | One Of Three | 9st 11lbs | 4 of 21 | Joseph O'Brien | 20/1 |
| mid-division, ridden straight, 9th 1f out, kept on without threatening close home | |||||||||
| 17 Oct 2009 | Cork | Good (Good to Yielding in places) | 1m 100y | 0 | Mysouff | 9st 5lbs | 13 of 16 | D M Grant | 33/1 |
| mid-division best, never a factor | |||||||||
| 18 Sep 2009 | Listowel | Good (Hurdles Course; Flat;Good to Yielding) | 1m 1f 180y | 0 | Galileo's Choice | 9st 5lbs | 11 of 15 | B A Curtis | 50/1 |
| dwelt, towards rear for most, never a factor | |||||||||
| 17 Sep 2009 | Listowel | Yielding to Soft (Flat; Hurdles;Yielding,Good to Yielding in places) | 1m | 0 | Augustusthestrong | 9st 5lbs | 6 of 16 | P A Gallagher | 50/1 |
| held up towards rear, ridden into 9th 1 1/2f out, 7th 1f out, kept on same pace final furlong | |||||||||
| 22 Aug 2009 | Cork | Yielding | 7f | 0 | Beauthea | 9st 5lbs | UnseatedRider of 18 | P A Gallagher | |
| 18 Aug 2009 | Killarney | Good to Yielding (Good in places) | 1m 100y | 0 | Totally Devoted | 9st 5lbs | of 15 | Reserve 2 | |
| 02 Aug 2009 | Cork | Good (Sprint: Yielding To Soft) | 6f | 0 | Panic | 9st 5lbs | 11 of 11 | M A Cleere | 33/1 |
| very slowly into stride, towards rear for most | |||||||||