Thunderstorm (IRE)
Owner: Mr John P McManus Trainer: P Hobbs & J White Sex: gelding Age: 9
Breeding: Milan / Elizabeth Tudor (Supreme Leader)
Form Summary
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Starts | Wins | 2nds | 3rds |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Good to Soft | 4 | 1 | 1 | |
| Good to Soft (Good in places) | 1 | 1 | ||
| Good to Soft (Soft in places) | 4 | 1 | ||
| Heavy | 1 | 1 | ||
| Heavy (Soft in places) | 1 | 1 | ||
| Soft | 1 | |||
| Soft (Good to Soft in places) | 3 | 2 | ||
| Soft (Heavy on bend adjacent to lake) | 1 | |||
| Totals | 16 | 6 | 1 | 1 |
Race History
| Date | Course | Going | Distance | Class | Race Winner | Weight | Position | Jockey | SP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 06 Feb 2014 | Doncaster | Good to Soft | 2m 3f | 3 | Billy Cuckoo | 11st 6lbs | 4 of 9 | A P McCoy | 11/4 |
| towards rear, mistake 3rd, reminders before 7 out, headway before 3 out, ridden before last, weakened and lost 3rd towards finish | |||||||||
| 26 Dec 2013 | Kempton | Soft (Heavy on bend adjacent to lake) | 2m 4f 110y | 3 | Loose Chips | 10st 9lbs | 4 of 9 | A P McCoy | 8/1 |
| held up in rear, jumped left throughout, not fluent 1st, under pressure 4 out, soon weakened, moderate 4th | |||||||||
| 07 Dec 2013 | Chepstow | Good to Soft (Good in places) | 2m 3f 110y | 3 | Renard | 11st 12lbs | 3 of 9 | James Best | 8/1 |
| held up in touch, headway 10th, left 3rd next, outpaced 4 out, mistake next, no chance with front pair before 2 out, just held on for 3rd | |||||||||
| 02 Nov 2013 | Ascot | Good to Soft | 2m 3f | 3 | Ivor's King | 10st 13lbs | 5 of 9 | T J O'Brien | 10/1 |
| jumped left, held up in rear, pushed along and no progress from 11th, went poor 5th before 2 out | |||||||||
| 20 Mar 2013 | Haydock | Good to Soft (Soft in places) | 2m 4f | 2 | Crowning Jewel | 11st 8lbs | 4 of 4 | A P McCoy | 10/11 |
| held up last, closer order on outside approaching 5th, pushed along after 4 out, ridden and no response after 2 out, beaten and eased flat, tailed off | |||||||||
| 28 Feb 2013 | Taunton | Soft (Good to Soft in places) | 2m 3f 110y | 3 | Thunderstorm | 11st 3lbs | 1 of 5 | A P McCoy | 4/5 |
| took keen hold, held up tracking leading trio, smooth headway to lead 2 out, narrowly headed last, just shaken up to lead again flat, always just doing enough, cleverly | |||||||||
| 17 Feb 2013 | Market Rasen | Soft (Good to Soft in places) | 2m 3f | 3 | Thunderstorm | 10st 6lbs | 1 of 10 | A P McCoy | 6/4 |
| held up mid-division, headway before 2 out, challenged on bit run-in, shaken up to lead towards finish, very cosily | |||||||||
| 31 Jan 2013 | Towcester | Heavy (Soft in places) | 2m | 4 | Thunderstorm | 11st 7lbs | 1 of 9 | A P McCoy | 8/13 |
| held up towards rear, headway to chase leaders 3 out, led 2 out, headed narrowly last, soon ridden and regained lead, kept on towards finish | |||||||||
| 08 Jan 2013 | Leicester | Good to Soft | 2m | 4 | Thunderstorm | 11st 9lbs | 1 of 9 | A P McCoy | 10/11 |
| tracked leaders, challenged 2 out, soon led, ridden out | |||||||||
| 17 Dec 2012 | Plumpton | Heavy | 2m | 5 | Thunderstorm | 11st 9lbs | 1 of 8 | A P McCoy | 5/2 |
| keen held up in rear, smooth headway 3 out, went 2nd 2 out, led soon after last, ran on, readily | |||||||||
| 24 Feb 2011 | Huntingdon | Soft | 2m 110y | 4 | Laterly | 11st 8lbs | 4 of 11 | A P McCoy | 13/8 |
| chased clear and easy winner, mistake 4th, lost place next, soon beaten, plugged on to go moderate 4th after last | |||||||||
| 27 Jan 2011 | Ffos Las | Soft (Good to Soft in places) | 2m | 4 | Pateese | 11st 4lbs | 9 of 16 | T J O'Brien | 12/1 |
| took keen hold in mid-division, pushed along after 4 out, weakened next | |||||||||
| 20 Jan 2011 | Taunton | Good to Soft (Soft in places) | 2m 1f | 4 | Shammick Boy | 11st 4lbs | 5 of 14 | R Flint | 12/1 |
| pulled hard in touch, under pressure 3 out, soon weakened | |||||||||
| 10 Jan 2011 | Taunton | Good to Soft (Soft in places) | 2m 1f | 3 | Dona | 11st 4lbs | 7 of 14 | T J O'Brien | 9/1 |
| took keen hold, soon steadied to mid-division, no impression 3 out | |||||||||
| 10 Dec 2009 | Huntingdon | Good to Soft (Soft in places) | 2m 110y | 6 | Thunderstorm | 11st 4lbs | 1 of 17 | R P Flint | 3/1 |
| held up mid-division, headway 3f out, challenged over 1f out, stayed on to lead close home | |||||||||
| 12 Nov 2009 | Ludlow | Good to Soft | 2m | 5 | Wallace Monument | 11st 2lbs | 2 of 7 | R Johnson | 13/8 |
| tracked leaders, pushed along over 3f out, switched right over 2f out, ridden when switched left over 1f out, finished well inside final furlong to take 2nd last strides | |||||||||


