Acapulco Gold (IRE)
Owner: G Murtagh Trainer: P Nolan Sex: colt Age: 9
Breeding: Azamour / El Rabab (Roberto)
Form Summary
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Starts | Wins | 2nds | 3rds |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 0 | ||||
| Good | 5 | 1 | ||
| Good (Good to Yielding in places) | 1 | |||
| Good (Watered) | 1 | 1 | ||
| Good to Firm | 3 | 1 | ||
| Good to Firm (Watering) | 1 | 1 | ||
| Good to Yielding | 1 | 1 | ||
| Good to Yielding (Good in places) | 1 | |||
| Heavy | 2 | |||
| Soft | 3 | 1 | ||
| Soft (Soft to Heavy in places) | 3 | |||
| Soft (Yielding in places) | 2 | |||
| Soft to Heavy | 1 | |||
| Yielding (Soft in places) | 1 | |||
| Yielding (Yielding to Soft in places) | 1 | |||
| Yielding to Soft | 3 | |||
| Yielding to Soft (Soft in places) | 1 | |||
| Totals | 30 | 4 | 1 | 1 |
Race History
| Date | Course | Going | Distance | Class | Race Winner | Weight | Position | Jockey | SP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 27 Feb 2016 | Navan | Soft to Heavy | 2m 1f | 0 | Chestnut Charlie | 10st 11lbs | 10 of 13 | Jack Kennedy | 25/0 |
| held up, 10th from 3rd, slight mistakes 6th and 7th, no impression from 3 out | |||||||||
| 07 Feb 2016 | Naas | Soft (Soft to Heavy in places) | 2m | 0 | Rogue Trader | 10st | UnseatedRider of 12 | Jack Kennedy | 25/0 |
| in rear, 10th approaching straight, soon no impression, badly hampered and unseated rider 2 out | |||||||||
| 24 Jan 2016 | Leopardstown | Soft (Soft to Heavy in places) | 2m 5f | 0 | Bearly Legal | 10st 13lbs | 9 of 13 | M P Fogarty | 33/0 |
| towards rear for most, ridden and no impression after 3 out | |||||||||
| 01 Jan 2016 | Fairyhouse | Heavy | 2m | 0 | Good As Gold | 10st 9lbs | 8 of 10 | N T Prendergast | 20/0 |
| chased leaders, 8th halfway, in rear approaching 3 out and no extra in straight, tailed off | |||||||||
| 29 Nov 2015 | Fairyhouse | Yielding to Soft | 2m 4f | 0 | De Benno | 11st 3lbs | 17 of 27 | M P Fogarty | 33/0 |
| always towards rear, ridden and no impression after 3 out, weakened entering straight | |||||||||
| 08 Nov 2015 | Navan | Good to Yielding (Good in places) | 2m | 0 | Ancient Sands | 10st 10lbs | 17 of 19 | K C Sexton | 25/0 |
| slightly impeded start, in rear, no impression approaching straight, soon no extra | |||||||||
| 16 Jul 2014 | Killarney | Good | 2m 6f | 0 | Giant's Quest | 10st 6lbs | BroughtDown of 15 | K C Sexton | |
| 21 Jun 2014 | Gowran Park | 3m | 0 | Celestial Prospect | 10st 1lbs | 2 of 17 | K C Sexton | 14/1 | |
| tracked leaders, 6th 4 out, ridden entering straight, 2nd 2 out, kept on well run-in to press winner to line | |||||||||
| 10 Jun 2014 | Roscommon | Good to Firm | 3m | 0 | Knockanarrigan | 11st 10lbs | of 21 | G N Fox | |
| 26 Apr 2014 | Limerick | Yielding to Soft | 1m 50y | 0 | Lady Giselle | 9st 10lbs | 12 of 16 | M C Hussey | 33/1 |
| always rear, pushed along before halfway and detached approaching straight, no extra | |||||||||
| 13 Apr 2014 | Curragh | Soft | 6f | 0 | Srucahan | 9st 8lbs | 19 of 20 | M C Hussey | 40/1 |
| soon pushed along towards rear in near side group, soon behind, never a factor | |||||||||
| 30 Mar 2014 | Limerick | Heavy | 2m | 0 | Getoutwhenyoucan | 10st 1lbs | 9 of 13 | C M Walsh | 25/1 |
| in rear, pushed along briefly from 4th, under pressure from next, soon no extra | |||||||||
| 16 Mar 2014 | Navan | Yielding to Soft | 2m | 0 | Glen Beg | 10st 9lbs | 9 of 10 | C M Walsh | 25/1 |
| chased leaders, 4th halfway, ridden and lost place before straight, rear and weakened 3 out, tailed off | |||||||||
| 02 Mar 2014 | Leopardstown | Yielding (Soft in places) | 2m | 0 | Art Of Payroll | 10st 4lbs | 8 of 10 | A P Crowe | 33/1 |
| always towards rear, pushed along before 3rd, no impression from 3 out, never a factor | |||||||||
| 05 Oct 2013 | Gowran Park | Good | 3m 1f | 0 | Minella For Value | 11st 6lbs | 7 of 12 | Ruby Walsh | 13/2 |
| tracked leaders, pushed along 6 out, 5th after 4 out, 7th and no extra from next | |||||||||
| 09 Sep 2013 | Perth | Good | 3m | 4 | Acapulco Gold | 11st 7lbs | 1 of 6 | A P McCoy | 4/1 |
| in touch, went 3rd before 3 out, led last, kept on strongly | |||||||||
| 17 Aug 2013 | Perth | Good | 2m 4f 110y | 3 | Sergeant Pink | 11st 6lbs | 4 of 7 | D F O'Regan | 5/1 |
| held up in rear, headway when not much room on bend after 5 out, outpaced next | |||||||||
| 21 Jul 2013 | Tipperary | Good to Firm | 2m 4f | 0 | Slieveardagh | 10st 4lbs | Fell of 18 | D E Mullins | |
| 05 Jul 2013 | Wexford | Good to Firm (Watering) | 2m 3f | 0 | Acapulco Gold | 11st 6lbs | 1 of 18 | D N Russell | 7/2 |
| soon tracked leaders, closed and slight mistake 3 out, 2nd from before next, soon challenged, every chance and on terms when left clear last, stayed on well | |||||||||
| 07 Jun 2013 | Stratford | Good (Watered) | 2m 4f | 4 | Lost Legend | 10st 6lbs | 2 of 7 | D A Jacob | 7/2 |
| tracked leaders, not fluent 4th, mistakes 8th and 9th, went 2nd 3 out, ridden and every chance last, unable to quicken when switched left flat | |||||||||
| 14 May 2013 | Killarney | Soft (Soft to Heavy in places) | 2m 1f | 0 | Pur Style | 11st | 4 of 6 | Mr M N Doran | 8/1 |
| not fluent 1st 2, raced 5th of the 6, some headway in 4th when mistake last, kept on same pace run-in | |||||||||
| 16 Apr 2013 | Fairyhouse | Soft (Yielding in places) | 2m 1f | 0 | Toner D'Oudairies | 11st 12lbs | 10 of 13 | Mr M N Doran | 33/1 |
| tracked leaders, 6th halfway, weakened from 4 out | |||||||||
| 06 Oct 2012 | Gowran Park | Good | 2m 2f | 0 | Protaras | 11st 11lbs | 11 of 21 | M N Doran | 33/1 |
| always towards rear | |||||||||
| 24 Sep 2012 | Ballinrobe | Yielding to Soft (Soft in places) | 2m 1f | 0 | Special Tiara | 11st 10lbs | 9 of 18 | M N Doran | 20/1 |
| always towards rear | |||||||||
| 07 Jun 2012 | Tipperary | Soft | 2m 4f | 0 | Catcherinscratcher | 11st 6lbs | 10 of 18 | Andrew J McNamara | 12/1 |
| chased leaders, mistake 6th, 4th approaching 6 out, no extra 3 out, tailed off | |||||||||
| 09 Oct 2011 | Limerick | Yielding (Yielding to Soft in places) | 2m 5f | 1 | Royal Reveille | 11st | 4 of 5 | Andrew J McNamara | 10/3 |
| chased leaders, dropped to rear and ridden from 3 out, soon moderate 4th and no impression, kept on same pace | |||||||||
| 13 Sep 2011 | Listowel | Soft (Yielding in places) | 2m | 0 | Much Acclaimed | 11st 4lbs | 7 of 12 | Andrew J McNamara | 6/1 |
| tracked leaders, 3rd halfway, no impression in 6th 2 out, no extra | |||||||||
| 21 Aug 2011 | Ballinrobe | Good to Yielding | 2m | 0 | Acapulco Gold | 10st 12lbs | 1 of 9 | Andrew J McNamara | 5/2 |
| settled behind leaders, 6th halfway, headway into 4th before 3 out, slight mistake 2 out, ridden into 3rd entering straight, stayed on to challenge last, kept on well run-in to lead close home | |||||||||
| 08 Aug 2011 | Ballinrobe | Good to Firm | 2m | 0 | Acapulco Gold | 11st 7lbs | 1 of 13 | Andrew J McNamara | 8/1 |
| tracked leaders, close 3rd 2 out, soon led, ridden and went clear before last, kept on well under pressure run-in | |||||||||
| 25 Jul 2011 | Galway | Good (Good to Yielding in places) | 2m | 0 | Virgil Earp | 11st | 7 of 10 | Andrew J McNamara | 16/1 |
| always towards rear, no impression from 2 out | |||||||||
| 23 Aug 2010 | Clairefontaine | Soft | 1m 4f | 0 | Rada Angel | 8st 11lbs | 3 of 14 | I Mendizabal | 4/1 |


