Bobowen (IRE)
Owner: Alan McCaldin Trainer: Caroline Mccaldin Sex: gelding Age: 12
Breeding: Bob Back / Opus One (Slip Anchor)
Form Summary
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Starts | Wins | 2nds | 3rds |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Good | 3 | 1 | ||
| Good (Good to Firm in places) | 4 | 1 | 1 | |
| Good (Good to Soft in places in the home straight) | 1 | 1 | ||
| Good (Good to Soft in places) | 2 | |||
| Good (Good to Soft in places, National: Good to Soft, Good in places) | 1 | |||
| Good (Watered) | 1 | |||
| Good to Firm | 1 | |||
| Good to Firm (Firm in places) | 1 | |||
| Good to Firm (Good in places) | 1 | 1 | ||
| Good to Firm (Watered) | 1 | |||
| Good to Soft | 1 | 1 | ||
| Good to Soft (Good in places) | 2 | |||
| Good to Soft (Soft in places) | 1 | |||
| Heavy | 1 | 1 | ||
| Soft | 5 | 2 | 1 | |
| Soft (Good to Soft in places) | 2 | 1 | ||
| Soft (Good to Soft in places; Cross Country: Soft) | 1 | |||
| Soft (Soft to Heavy in places) | 1 | |||
| Soft to Heavy (Heavy in places) | 1 | |||
| Soft to Heavy (Soft in places) | 1 | |||
| Yielding | 1 | |||
| Yielding (Good to Yielding in places) | 1 | |||
| Yielding to Soft | 1 | |||
| Totals | 35 | 6 | 3 | 2 |
Race History
| Date | Course | Going | Distance | Class | Race Winner | Weight | Position | Jockey | SP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 25 Mar 2018 | Downpatrick | Soft (Soft to Heavy in places) | 2m 2f 165y | 0 | Isodon | 11st 12lbs | 7 of 9 | C D Maxwell | 33/1 |
| 3rd when not fluent 1st, improved to chase leader in 2nd before next, pushed along from 3 out, ridden and weakened after next | |||||||||
| 02 May 2015 | Hexham | Good (Good to Soft in places) | 2m 110y | 5 | King Of Strings | 10st 12lbs | 5 of 9 | W T Kennedy | 6/4 |
| midfield, headway to chase leaders approaching 3rd, led after 3 out, headed before next, soon weakened | |||||||||
| 11 Apr 2015 | Aintree | Good (Good to Soft in places, National: Good to Soft, Good in places) | 3m 1f | 1 | Duke Of Lucca | 10st 2lbs | PulledUp of 10 | W T Kennedy | |
| 14 Mar 2015 | Kempton | Good | 2m 4f 110y | 2 | Ruben Cotter | 11st 12lbs | 9 of 10 | W T Kennedy | 33/1 |
| held up towards rear, headway on outside 10th, blundered 11th, weakened before next, tailed off | |||||||||
| 22 Jun 2014 | Worcester | Good to Firm (Watered) | 2m 4f | 2 | Vulcanite | 10st 11lbs | 11 of 14 | Sam Twiston-Davies | 7/1 |
| always behind, mistake 3rd | |||||||||
| 07 Jun 2014 | Worcester | Good to Soft (Soft in places) | 2m 4f | 3 | First Avenue | 11st 12lbs | of 15 | Sam Twiston-Davies | |
| 24 Apr 2014 | Perth | Soft (Good to Soft in places) | 2m 4f 110y | 2 | Majala | 11st 2lbs | 8 of 13 | T J O'Brien | 12/1 |
| held up, hit 3rd, mistake 10th, no impression on leaders from 3 out, hit last | |||||||||
| 28 Sep 2013 | Market Rasen | Good | 2m 6f 110y | 1 | Bouggler | 11st 1lbs | PulledUp of 16 | J M Maguire | |
| 31 Aug 2013 | Newton Abbot | Good (Good to Firm in places) | 2m 5f 110y | 1 | The Disengager | 11st 7lbs | 8 of 11 | Sam Twiston-Davies | 7/1 |
| mid-division, mistake 6th, headway approaching 4 out, 6th and no extra 2 out | |||||||||
| 31 Jul 2013 | Galway | Soft | 2m 6f | 0 | Carlingford Lough | 11st 5lbs | PulledUp of 25 | Sam Twiston-Davies | |
| 20 Jul 2013 | Market Rasen | Good to Firm (Good in places) | 2m 6f 110y | 1 | Bobowen | 10st 6lbs | 1 of 16 | Sam Twiston-Davies | 8/1 |
| held up mid-division, headway after 4 out, led before last, ran on strongly to draw clear run-in | |||||||||
| 03 Jul 2013 | Worcester | Good (Watered) | 2m 4f | 3 | On The Bridge | 11st 11lbs | 7 of 14 | Sam Twiston-Davies | 20/1 |
| held up in touch, stumbled 2 out, soon weakened | |||||||||
| 10 May 2013 | Market Rasen | Good (Good to Firm in places) | 3m | 3 | Andreo Bambaleo | 11st 12lbs | Fell of 10 | Chris Ward | |
| 17 Apr 2013 | Cheltenham | Good to Soft (Good in places) | 2m 4f 110y | 2 | Party Rock | 11st | 11 of 17 | T J O'Brien | 16/1 |
| tracked leaders, ridden after 2 out, weakened flat | |||||||||
| 28 Mar 2013 | Ffos Las | Soft (Good to Soft in places) | 2m 4f | 3 | Bobowen | 11st 12lbs | 1 of 6 | T J O'Brien | 7/1 |
| tracked leaders, led before last, soon clear, ran on well | |||||||||
| 12 Mar 2013 | Cheltenham | Soft (Good to Soft in places; Cross Country: Soft) | 2m 4f 110y | 1 | Rajdhani Express | 11st 7lbs | PulledUp of 20 | Nick Scholfield | |
| 19 Feb 2013 | Wetherby | Soft | 2m 4f | 4 | Whispering Gallery | 11st 9lbs | 2 of 12 | T J O'Brien | 5/1 |
| tracked leaders, went 2nd 5th, not fluent next, challenged 4 out, soon led, ridden approaching 3 out, not fluent 2 out, headed last, stayed on same pace, no chance with winner | |||||||||
| 20 Oct 2012 | Cheltenham | Good to Soft (Good in places) | 2m 4f | 2 | Nadiya De La Vega | 11st | PulledUp of 20 | B J Geraghty | |
| 29 Sep 2012 | Market Rasen | Good (Good to Firm in places) | 2m 6f 110y | 1 | The Disengager | 10st 10lbs | 2 of 16 | T J O'Brien | 6/1 |
| held up towards rear, headway 6 out, left 2nd after last, soon every chance, no extra towards finish | |||||||||
| 29 Aug 2012 | Worcester | Good (Good to Soft in places in the home straight) | 2m 110y | 4 | Royale's Charter | 11st 12lbs | 2 of 5 | T J O'Brien | 11/10 |
| led, not fluent 8th, mistake 4 out, headed next, stayed on same pace flat | |||||||||
| 18 Aug 2012 | Perth | Soft | 2m 4f 110y | 3 | Bobowen | 11st 11lbs | 1 of 9 | T J O'Brien | 1/1 |
| mid division, headway 10th, led 4out, stayed on well | |||||||||
| 26 Jul 2012 | Uttoxeter | Good (Good to Firm in places) | 2m 4f 110y | 4 | Bobowen | 11st 3lbs | 1 of 17 | T J O'Brien | 13/8 |
| tracked leaders, headway 3 out, led before next, ridden between last 2, stayed on well | |||||||||
| 15 Jul 2012 | Stratford | Good | 2m 3f | 4 | Bobowen | 11st 10lbs | 1 of 16 | Chris Ward | 11/10 |
| always prominent, joined leader after 5th, led 3 out, drew clear between last 2, unchallenged | |||||||||
| 08 Jul 2012 | Market Rasen | Soft | 2m 2f | 4 | Bobowen | 11st 12lbs | 1 of 11 | T J O'Brien | 4/1 |
| tracked leader after 2nd, led after 4 out, clear next, easily | |||||||||
| 20 Jun 2012 | Worcester | Good (Good to Soft in places) | 2m 7f | 5 | Rich Buddy | 11st | 4 of 12 | T J O'Brien | 4/1 |
| mid-division, carried right 1st, headway 8th, ridden approaching 3 out, one pace 2 out | |||||||||
| 03 Jun 2012 | Uttoxeter | Good to Soft | 2m 4f 110y | 5 | Lucky Vic | 11st | 3 of 11 | Chris Ward | 8/1 |
| in touch when not fluent 1st, held up, not fluent 2nd, headway 4th, not fluent 3 out, soon went 3rd, mistake 2 out, well held by leaders | |||||||||
| 10 Jun 2011 | Wexford | Good to Firm (Firm in places) | 2m 4f | 0 | Virgil Earp | 11st 4lbs | of 19 | Reserve 1 | |
| 08 Jun 2011 | Clonmel | Yielding | 2m 110y | 0 | Eightybarackstreet | 11st 4lbs | 7 of 9 | T J Doyle | 5/1 |
| attempted to make all, slight mistake 3rd, headed and weakened entering straight | |||||||||
| 26 May 2011 | Clonmel | Good to Firm | 2m 4f | 0 | Tom Horn | 11st 4lbs | 6 of 12 | T J Doyle | 7/1 |
| soon chased leaders, closed up after 3 out, no extra approaching 2 out | |||||||||
| 02 Apr 2011 | Gowran Park | Yielding (Good to Yielding in places) | 2m 4f | 0 | Eight Is My Number | 11st 12lbs | 12 of 23 | T J Doyle | 12/1 |
| chased leaders, 5th halfway, weakened 5 out, completely tailed off | |||||||||
| 05 Mar 2011 | Gowran Park | Soft to Heavy (Soft in places) | 2m | 0 | Bagber | 11st 12lbs | 5 of 23 | T J Doyle | 13/2 |
| chased leaders, 4th halfway, ridden into 3rd 2 out, no extra in 5th last, kept on same pace | |||||||||
| 10 Feb 2011 | Thurles | Heavy | 2m | 0 | Four Commanders | 11st 4lbs | 3 of 21 | T J Doyle | 9/1 |
| tracked leaders, 3rd 3 out, soon ridden, no impression in 3rd when slight mistake last | |||||||||
| 13 Jan 2011 | Thurles | Yielding to Soft | 2m | 0 | The Pier | 11st 2lbs | 4 of 21 | T J Doyle | 33/1 |
| in rear, some headway into moderate 8th entering straight, kept on without threatening from 2 out | |||||||||
| 29 Dec 2010 | Limerick | Soft to Heavy (Heavy in places) | 2m | 0 | Stephanie Kate | 11st 7lbs | 4 of 21 | T J Doyle | 33/1 |
| towards rear, some late headway from 3 out, left moderate 4th at last | |||||||||
| 13 Dec 2010 | Cork | Soft | 2m 3f | 0 | Shop Dj | 11st 9lbs | 13 of 23 | Kevin Thomas Coleman | 25/1 |
| towards rear for most, no danger approaching straight | |||||||||


