Better Be Blue (IRE)
Owner: Mr A W Carroll Trainer: A W Carroll Sex: filly Age: 4
Breeding: Big Bad Bob / Ginger Lily (Lucky Guest)
Form Summary
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Starts | Wins | 2nds | 3rds |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Good (Good to Firm in places) | 1 | |||
| Good (Good to Soft places in the Straight) | 1 | 1 | ||
| Good to Firm | 2 | |||
| Good to Firm (Firm in places) | 1 | |||
| Good to Firm (Good in places) | 1 | |||
| Good to Soft | 1 | |||
| Good to Yielding (Soft in places) | 1 | |||
| Heavy | 1 | 1 | ||
| Soft (Soft to Heavy in places) | 1 | |||
| Standard | 9 | 1 | ||
| Yielding | 1 | |||
| Totals | 20 | 3 |
Race History
| Date | Course | Going | Distance | Class | Race Winner | Weight | Position | Jockey | SP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 04 Mar 2011 | Wolverhampton | Standard | 1m 4f 50y | 6 | Golan Heights | 8st 5lbs | 11 of 12 | Charles Bishop | 66/1 |
| held up towards rear and keen, ridden over 2f out, never dangerous | |||||||||
| 07 Feb 2011 | Wolverhampton | Standard | 1m 4f 50y | 5 | Shamardal Phantom | 8st 12lbs | 8 of 8 | George Downing | 50/1 |
| held up in touch, took keen hold, headway to lead 8f out, headed over 6f out, weakened 4f out | |||||||||
| 16 Jul 2010 | Nottingham | Good to Soft | 1m 2f 50y | 6 | Sternian | 8st 4lbs | 4 of 7 | Louis Beuzelin | 16/1 |
| slowly into stride, took keen hold in rear, ridden over 2f out, stayed to take 4th inside final furlong, never dangerous | |||||||||
| 09 Jul 2010 | Chepstow | Good to Firm (Firm in places) | 1m 14y | 5 | Sooraah | 8st 2lbs | 9 of 10 | Andrew Heffernan | 40/1 |
| slowly into stride, raced keenly, soon with leader, driven and lost place over 2f out, weakened 1f out | |||||||||
| 17 Jun 2010 | Leicester | Good to Firm (Good in places) | 1m 1f 218y | 6 | Dane Cottage | 8st 12lbs | of 13 | George Downing | |
| 28 May 2010 | Brighton | Good to Firm | 1m 1f 209y | 6 | Timocracy | 8st 3lbs | 6 of 6 | J Quinn | 66/1 |
| chased winner after 1f until over 2f out, soon weakened | |||||||||
| 04 May 2010 | Bath | Good (Good to Firm in places) | 1m 5y | 6 | It's A Deal | 8st 5lbs | 14 of 16 | David Probert | 12/1 |
| mid-division, pushed along 3f out, soon behind | |||||||||
| 07 Apr 2010 | Kempton | Standard | 1m 3f | 6 | Shelfah | 8st 7lbs | 13 of 13 | Kirsty Milczarek | 16/1 |
| held up, took keen hold, ridden over 2f out, soon beaten | |||||||||
| 02 Mar 2010 | Lingfield | Standard | 1m 2f | 6 | Nom De La Rosa | 8st 7lbs | of 8 | George Downing | |
| 13 Feb 2010 | Lingfield | Standard | 1m | 6 | Tuscan King | 8st 9lbs | 3 of 5 | L Morris | 12/1 |
| steadied start, held up, in touch, ridden and headway over 1f out, kept on well final furlong, never able to challenge | |||||||||
| 25 Jan 2010 | Wolverhampton | Standard | 7f 32y | 6 | Marosh | 9st 1lbs | 7 of 9 | Debra England | 28/1 |
| always towards rear | |||||||||
| 24 Nov 2009 | Southwell | Standard | 7f | 6 | Tealing | 7st 12lbs | 10 of 12 | J Quinn | 6/1 |
| always in rear | |||||||||
| 14 Nov 2009 | Lingfield | Standard | 1m | 6 | Giulietta Da Vinci | 8st 4lbs | 4 of 11 | N Mackay | 5/1 |
| tracked leaders, ridden to press leader over 2f out, one pace from over 1f out | |||||||||
| 27 Oct 2009 | Yarmouth | Good (Good to Soft places in the Straight) | 7f 3y | 6 | Vito Volterra | 8st | 3 of 12 | N Mackay | 8/1 |
| mid-division, ridden and headway 2f out, stayed on to take 3rd towards finish | |||||||||
| 16 Oct 2009 | Redcar | Good to Firm | 7f | 6 | Vito Volterra | 8st | 13 of 17 | D Fentiman | 20/1 |
| with leaders until hard ridden 2f out and soon weakened | |||||||||
| 11 Sep 2009 | Down Royal | Good to Yielding (Soft in places) | 7f | 0 | Bada Bling | 8st 6lbs | 13 of 14 | M C Hussey | 8/1 |
| prominent on inner, hampered after 2f, soon lost place and no impression | |||||||||
| 26 Aug 2009 | Bellewstown | Heavy | 1m | 0 | Lyle Lady | 8st 6lbs | 3 of 12 | M C Hussey | 20/1 |
| soon tracked leaders in 5th, led 2f out, headed and kept on same pace inside final furlong | |||||||||
| 22 Aug 2009 | Cork | Yielding | 1m | 0 | Mark Twain | 8st 12lbs | 6 of 16 | M C Hussey | 20/1 |
| mid-division, closer in 3rd over 2f out, no extra from 1 1/2f out | |||||||||
| 05 Aug 2009 | Sligo | Soft (Soft to Heavy in places) | 6f 110y | 0 | Benwilt Barney | 8st 6lbs | 6 of 8 | M C Hussey | 10/1 |
| in rear, ridden halfway, closer in 6th before straight, no impression from 1f out | |||||||||