Volkis O'blue (FR)
Owner: Men Of Forty Eight Syndicate Trainer: A Slattery Sex: gelding Age: 9
Breeding: Rochesson / Glamosa (Glaieul)
Form Summary
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Starts | Wins | 2nds | 3rds |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Good | 3 | |||
| Good (Good to Firm in places) | 1 | |||
| Good to Yielding | 1 | |||
| Good to Yielding (Yielding in places) | 1 | 1 | ||
| Heavy | 15 | 1 | 2 | |
| Heavy (Soft in places) | 2 | |||
| Heavy (Soft to Heavy in Places) | 1 | |||
| Soft | 4 | 1 | 1 | |
| Soft (Soft to Heavy in places) | 1 | |||
| Soft (Yielding in places) | 1 | |||
| Soft to Heavy | 1 | |||
| Soft to Heavy (Heavy in places) | 3 | |||
| Soft to Heavy (Soft in places) | 1 | |||
| Yielding | 2 | |||
| Yielding (Yielding to Soft in places) | 1 | |||
| Yielding to Soft | 3 | |||
| Totals | 41 | 2 | 2 | 2 |
Race History
| Date | Course | Going | Distance | Class | Race Winner | Weight | Position | Jockey | SP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 14 Apr 2014 | Tramore | Yielding to Soft | 2m 5f | 0 | Try It Sometime | 10st 11lbs | PulledUp of 19 | M Darcy | |
| 27 Mar 2014 | Cork | Heavy | 2m 4f | 0 | Maguire's Glen | 10st 6lbs | 7 of 21 | B R Dalton | 20/1 |
| tracked leaders, 3rd approaching straight, no extra from after 2 out | |||||||||
| 20 Mar 2014 | Thurles | Soft (Soft to Heavy in places) | 2m 6f | 0 | Do Be Doin' | 10st 13lbs | 5 of 18 | M Darcy | 14/1 |
| chased leaders, 3rd halfway, close up from 5 out, disputed briefly before 3 out, ridden in 3rd entering straight, no extra in 6th 2 out, kept on one pace | |||||||||
| 06 Mar 2014 | Clonmel | Heavy (Soft in places) | 3m | 0 | Tooreen | 10st 1lbs | 7 of 12 | S J Hassett | 10/1 |
| chased leaders, not fluent 4th, moderate 8th and no impression from before straight | |||||||||
| 19 Feb 2014 | Punchestown | Heavy | 2m 4f | 0 | Duty Dance | 11st 2lbs | 7 of 25 | M Darcy | 20/1 |
| prominent, 3rd halfway, ridden and no extra before 2 out where 8th and slight mistake, kept on one pace | |||||||||
| 22 Jan 2014 | Fairyhouse | Soft to Heavy | 2m 7f | 0 | Day Dream Boy | 10st 2lbs | of 19 | Reserve 1 | |
| 06 Jan 2014 | Thurles | Soft to Heavy (Soft in places) | 2m 6f | 0 | Bothair Clei | 10st 10lbs | UnseatedRider of 21 | M Darcy | |
| 01 Jan 2014 | Tramore | Heavy | 2m 5f | 0 | Mini Vic | 10st 13lbs | 7 of 18 | M Darcy | 16/1 |
| prominent in chasing group, slight mistake 7th, lost place from 3 out, soon no impression, no extra from before 2 out | |||||||||
| 21 Dec 2013 | Navan | Soft to Heavy (Heavy in places) | 2m 4f | 0 | Another Challenge | 11st 7lbs | 7 of 21 | B T O'Connell | 20/1 |
| tracked leaders, 6th 4 out, ridden from next, no impression before 2 out | |||||||||
| 05 Dec 2013 | Clonmel | Good to Yielding | 2m 4f | 0 | Kylecrue | 11st 9lbs | PulledUp of 15 | Mr D J Benson | |
| 21 Nov 2013 | Thurles | Yielding | 3m | 0 | A Decent Excuse | 10st 10lbs | PulledUp of 21 | M J Ferris | |
| 19 Nov 2013 | Wexford | Soft (Yielding in places) | 2m 6f | 0 | Foritsa | 11st 2lbs | of 18 | Reserve 2 | |
| 07 Nov 2013 | Thurles | Good | 2m | 0 | Gentleman Duke | 11st 12lbs | 8 of 8 | M J Ferris | 66/1 |
| chased leaders and in rear before halfway, slight mistake 6th, ridden and no extra after next, weakened, tailed off | |||||||||
| 10 Oct 2013 | Tramore | Good | 2m | 0 | Passage Vendome | 11st 12lbs | 6 of 7 | M J Ferris | 40/1 |
| always behind, no impression from 5 out | |||||||||
| 13 Feb 2013 | Thurles | Heavy | 2m 6f | 0 | Unoccupied | 11st 10lbs | 3 of 15 | D E Splaine | 20/1 |
| prominent early, 6th halfway, ridden in 8th after 4 out, moderate 5th entering straight, kept on one pace | |||||||||
| 05 Feb 2013 | Fairyhouse | Heavy | 2m 4f | 0 | Twin Plan | 11st 12lbs | PulledUp of 19 | M J Ferris | |
| 01 Jan 2013 | Tramore | Heavy | 2m 5f | 0 | Lookoutnow | 11st 5lbs | of 8 | Mr R P Quinlan | |
| 31 Dec 2012 | Tramore | Heavy (Soft in places) | 2m 5f | 0 | Ballyquin Queen | 11st 12lbs | Fell of 10 | T C Carroll | |
| 09 Dec 2012 | Punchestown | Heavy | 2m 4f | 0 | Happy New Year | 11st | 11 of 17 | M J Ferris | 14/1 |
| never a factor | |||||||||
| 24 Nov 2012 | Gowran Park | Heavy | 3m | 0 | Happy New Year | 10st 7lbs | 3 of 10 | M J Ferris | 14/1 |
| rear of mid-division, 8th halfway, ridden in 6th 3 out, no impression in 5th after 2 out, kept on same pace run-in to go 3rd close home | |||||||||
| 11 Nov 2012 | Navan | Soft to Heavy (Heavy in places) | 2m 7f | 0 | Ballyfinboy | 11st 1lbs | 10 of 11 | T C Carroll | 7/1 |
| held up towards rear, headway into moderate 5th 5 out, ridden and weakened entering straight | |||||||||
| 22 Oct 2012 | Tipperary | Heavy | 2m | 0 | Grange | 11st 10lbs | 4 of 11 | M J Ferris | 10/1 |
| chased leaders, 3rd before 2 out, no impression under pressure and kept on same pace from before last | |||||||||
| 17 Sep 2012 | Listowel | Heavy (Soft to Heavy in Places) | 2m | 0 | Mackey Boy | 11st 2lbs | 7 of 14 | M J Ferris | 10/1 |
| waited with towards rear, 11th before 3 out, headway from before straight, no impression from before last, no extra run-in | |||||||||
| 19 Apr 2012 | Tipperary | Soft | 2m 4f | 0 | Enter The Indian | 11st 3lbs | 2 of 23 | M J Ferris | 10/1 |
| held up in mid-division on outer, 11th halfway, good headway entering straight and challenged from 2 out, kept on under pressure, not quite match winner run-in | |||||||||
| 14 Apr 2012 | Tramore | Yielding to Soft | 2m 5f | 0 | See Double You | 11st 10lbs | 10 of 19 | M J Ferris | 6/1 |
| soon chased leaders, moderate 8th at 6th, no impression from 3 out | |||||||||
| 22 Mar 2012 | Cork | Good to Yielding (Yielding in places) | 2m 4f | 0 | Sir Loujay | 12st 1lbs | 2 of 15 | Mr C Roberts | 6/1 |
| prominent, 4th before straight, soon chased winner and no impression under pressure, kept on same pace | |||||||||
| 08 Mar 2012 | Clonmel | Soft | 3m | 0 | Letterlee Star | 10st 11lbs | 8 of 21 | M J Ferris | 10/1 |
| prominent, 2nd before straight, 4th before 2 out, soon no extra | |||||||||
| 22 Feb 2012 | Punchestown | Heavy | 2m 6f | 0 | Volkis O'Blue | 11st 3lbs | 1 of 25 | M Darcy | 25/1 |
| mid-division, 10th halfway, good headway to challenge 2 out, led last and kept on under pressure run-in | |||||||||
| 09 Feb 2012 | Thurles | Soft to Heavy (Heavy in places) | 2m 6f | 0 | Immediate Response | 10st 12lbs | 4 of 14 | M Darcy | 20/1 |
| soon chased leaders, closed 4 out, no impression and kept on same pace from before straight | |||||||||
| 25 Jan 2012 | Limerick | Heavy | 2m 6f | 0 | Killcara Boy | 11st 5lbs | 11 of 21 | M Darcy | 11/1 |
| close up and disputed lead at stages, not fluent 6th, no extra from 4 out, not fluent next, weakened | |||||||||
| 01 Jan 2012 | Tramore | Heavy | 2m 5f | 0 | Vast Consumption | 10st 6lbs | of 16 | M Darcy | |
| 31 Dec 2011 | Tramore | Soft | 2m 5f | 0 | Volkis O'Blue | 10st 13lbs | 1 of 15 | M Darcy | 20/1 |
| always prominent, led approaching 2 out, soon clear, stayed on well under pressure | |||||||||
| 19 Dec 2011 | Navan | Heavy | 2m 6f | 0 | Strange Encounter | 10st 8lbs | 6 of 16 | M Darcy | 25/1 |
| led and disputed, ridden and headed approaching 3 out, no extra in 5th 2 out, kept on one pace | |||||||||
| 08 Dec 2011 | Clonmel | Heavy | 2m 4f | 0 | Derrinlanna | 11st 3lbs | 6 of 21 | D R Fox | 25/1 |
| mid-division, ridden and no impression from 3 out, kept on one paced | |||||||||
| 03 Nov 2011 | Thurles | Soft | 2m | 0 | St Killian's Run | 11st 5lbs | 11 of 21 | M Darcy | 20/1 |
| prominent, weakened from 4 out | |||||||||
| 26 Oct 2011 | Punchestown | Heavy | 2m 4f | 0 | Irish Soul | 11st | 7 of 25 | M Darcy | 28/1 |
| chased leaders, 4th halfway, headway to lead 5 out, headed before 3 out, ridden and no extra before 2 out, moderate 8th entering straight, kept on one pace | |||||||||
| 12 Oct 2011 | Punchestown | Yielding to Soft | 2m | 0 | Wither Hills | 11st 2lbs | 13 of 22 | M Darcy | 40/1 |
| never a factor | |||||||||
| 28 Oct 2010 | Clonmel | Yielding | 2m 100y | 0 | Peqeno Diablo | 11st 4lbs | 5 of 11 | M Darcy | 16/1 |
| in rear, no impression from 4 out, some modest late progress | |||||||||
| 21 Oct 2010 | Thurles | Good | 2m | 0 | Commandment | 11st 4lbs | 5 of 21 | M Darcy | 50/1 |
| prominent, moderate 2nd after 4 out, dropped to 5th and no impression from before straight, kept on same pace | |||||||||
| 05 Oct 2010 | Tipperary | Yielding (Yielding to Soft in places) | 2m | 0 | Far Away So Close | 11st 4lbs | 17 of 23 | J L Cullen | 33/1 |
| chased leaders, 8th halfway, ridden and weakened 3 out | |||||||||
| 10 May 2010 | Killarney | Good (Good to Firm in places) | 2m 6f | 0 | Dooney Rock | 11st 4lbs | of 21 | Reserve 1 | |