Avec Espoir

23.5f

Yielding

Turf

fences

6:8.55

40/1

167lbs

158d

Led - headed but prominent 7th - weakened before 3 out

Sep 20

Navan

21f

Yielding

Turf

12 hurdles

5:22.84

40/1

146lbs

173d

Disputed lead - overjumped 1st - led narrowly or disputed lead before 3rd - headed and weakened from 3 out(op 50/1)

Sep 12

Ballinrobe

17f

Soft

Turf

11 fences

22/1

159lbs

181d

Midfield - mistake 3rd - reminder after 4th - dropped to rear and struggling 6th - pulled up before 5 out(op 25/1)

Aug 29

20.5f

Good

Turf

11 hurdles

5:13.70

25/1

160lbs

195d

Prominent - led before 3rd - joined 7th - headed and prominent before 5 out - weakened from 4 out(op 28/1 tchd 33/1)

Oct 13

Cork

24f

Good

Turf

16 fences

14/1

149lbs

515d

Disputed lead - headed and raced in second 2nd - went second again and pressed leader 11th - bumped 12th - 1 length down when fell 4 out(tchd 16/1)

Sep 28

Listowel

24f

Soft To Heavy

Turf

fences

6:26.75

3.75

9/1

162lbs

530d

Didn't jump well - jumped right on occasions - led - headed just after 3 out - soon weakened gradually(op 15/2)

Aug 26

Ballinrobe

22.5f

Soft

Turf

hurdles

5:53.07

13/2

148lbs

563d

Jumped well - made all - soon clear - 25 lengths ahead 5th - reduced lead when ridden run-in - unchallenged(op 17/2 tchd 10/1)

Aug 7

25.5f

Good

Turf

16 fences

10/1

150lbs

582d

Took keen hold - in touch with leaders - not fluent 2nd - brought down 5 out(op 12/1)

Jul 24

25.5f

Yielding

Turf

16 fences

DNR

152lbs

596d

DNR: reserve

Jul 2

Tipperary

22.5f

Good To Yielding

Turf

16 fences

6:2.30

16/1

155lbs

618d

Jumped well - made all - went further clear before 3rd - easily(op 12/1)

May 21

Punchestown

20.5f

Good To Yielding

Turf

12 hurdles

5:25.49

20/1

146lbs

660d

Prominent - not fluent 6th - weakened after 2 out(op 18/1 tchd 22/1)

May 18

17.5f

Soft

Turf

11 hurdles

DNR

153lbs

663d

DNR: reserve

Nov 11

Down Royal

24f

Soft

Turf

16 fences

6:29.57

5.5

28/1

142lbs

852d

Prominent and briefly disputed lead early - led before 4th - headed omitted 3 out - soon weakened(op 22/1)

Oct 1

23f

Yielding To Soft

Turf

fences

5:52.10

14/1

156lbs

893d

Made virtually all - clear with one other throughout - joined briefly after 3rd - ridden from 2 out - faced challenge approaching last - ran on well run-in

Sep 23

Listowel

24f

Yielding To Soft

Turf

16 fences

6:24.50

11/1

145lbs

901d

Raced in second - challenging 3 out - outpaced run-in(tchd 10/1)

Sep 1

25f

Yielding

Turf

fences

DNR

161lbs

923d

DNR: reserve

Aug 25

21f

Soft

Turf

14 fences

5:28.59

9.5

33/1

152lbs

930d

Prominent - mistake 1st - briefly disputed lead from 5th - not fluent 7th - no extra after 3 out(op 20/1)

Aug 11

20f

Yielding

Turf

fences

DNR

152lbs

944d

DNR: reserve

Jun 20

25.5f

Good To Yielding

Turf

Flat

6:34.79

4.25

14/1

138lbs

996d

Prominent - went second before 3rd - ridden when lost second and weakened before 2 out(tchd 12/1)

May 15

20f

Good

Turf

Flat

5:31.00

66/1

153lbs

1032d

Towards rear of midfield - not fluent 1st - not fluent 7th - ridden after 5 out - weakened after 4 out(tchd 50/1)

Oct 3

Tipperary (IRE)

24f

Good To Yielding

Turf

13 hurdles

6:19.24

9/1

154lbs

1256d

Prominent and briefly disputed lead - pressed leaders when pushed along after 4 out - lost position when ridden and weakened after 3 out(op 11/1 tchd 8/1)

Sep 24

24f

Good To Yielding

Turf

16 fences

6:19.77

3.75

22/1

155lbs

1265d

Prominent - lost position 4 out - soon ridden but beaten(op 20/1)

Sep 3

25f

Yielding

Turf

16 fences

6:34.26

1.25

9/1

163lbs

1286d

Disputed lead - prominent when not fluent and jockey lost iron briefly 1st - led narrowly or disputed lead 5th - headed and ridden before 2 out - no chance with winner approaching last - lost second run-in(op 6/1)

Aug 5

20f

Good

Turf

12 fences

4:56.00

33/1

147lbs

1315d

Prominent - led before 3rd - soon left clear - much reduced lead 4 out - ridden and went clear again after 2 out - jumped left last - ridden out towards finish(op 40/1)

Jul 17

Tipperary (IRE)

23f

Yielding

Turf

16 fences

16/1

154lbs

1334d

Chased leaders - not fluent 8th - badly hampered and lost position 5 out - pulled up after 3 out (jockey said gelding got badly hampered and was pulled up thereafter)(tchd 14/1 and tchd 18/1)

May 27

Limerick (IRE)

25.5f

Good

Turf

16 fences

6:46.45

9.5

10/1

153lbs

1385d

Always towards rear - not fluent 4th - pushed along and no impression from 3 out(op 17/2)

May 14

25f

Good

Turf

16 fences

6:42.75

1.5

16/1

162lbs

1398d

Prominent - led narrowly 4 out - pushed along and headed after 2 out - ridden and weakened run-in(op 11/1)

Mar 7

Leopardstown (IRE)

21.5f

Yielding

Turf

14 fences

22/1

166lbs

1466d

Midfield early - towards rear when fell 5th(op 20/1)

Jan 30

Naas (IRE)

20.5f

Good To Yielding

Turf

13 fences

5:41.46

22/1

138lbs

1502d

Chased leaders - joined leader after 3rd - led after 5th - joined 8th - headed before 4 out - ridden and weakened after 3 out

Dec 29

Leopardstown (IRE)

21f

Yielding

Turf

14 fences

5:39.18

0.5

33/1

145lbs

1534d

Tracked leaders - ridden and lost ground after 2 out - no impression approaching last - rallied run-in - went modest third inside final 110yds(op 28/1)

Sep 24

20f

Good To Yielding

Turf

14 fences

5:2.23

0.1

7/1

161lbs

1630d

Held up in behind leaders - pushed along briefly after 5 out - bit short of room when pushed along briefly 4 out - ridden after 3 out - no impression when not fluent 2 out - weakened run-in

Sep 4

25f

Good

Turf

16 fences

6:28.00

0.5

12/1

168lbs

1650d

Tracked leaders - soon went third - good jump and led 11th - 3 lengths ahead 3 out - ridden and reduced lead after 2 out - headed last - kept on towards finish(op 14/1)

Aug 20

Killarney (IRE)

20f

Yielding

Turf

14 fences

5:3.66

10/1

152lbs

1665d

Took keen hold - chased leader and disputing second early - chased leaders after 2nd - ridden after 4 out - no impression 3 out - left in modest fourth last - kept on(op 7/1)

Jul 18

Tipperary (IRE)

22.5f

Yielding

Turf

16 fences

6:21.10

12/1

145lbs

1698d

Chased leader - held up in behind leaders 4 out - headway and went second before 2 out - ridden to lead just after 2 out - soon went clear - went further clear run-in - eased towards finish - easily(op 14/1 tchd 16/1)

Jul 3

Bellewstown (IRE)

20f

Good

Turf

11 hurdles

4:54.10

6.5

25/1

150lbs

1713d

Tracked leaders - soon went second - pushed along and lost two places 3 out - ridden and no impression from 2 out - kept on run-in(op 33/1 tchd 40/1)

Jun 8

Roscommon (IRE)

16.5f

Good

Turf

10 fences

4:14.40

200/1

153lbs

1738d

Towards rear - not fluent 3rd - became detached 5 out - soon no impression(op 150/1)

May 18

Limerick (IRE)

22.5f

Good

Turf

14 fences

6:1.45

1.25

16/1

153lbs

1759d

Held up in behind leaders - headway halfway - ridden and no impression after 3 out - kept on run-in(op 12/1 tchd 18/1)

Oct 10

Fairyhouse (IRE)

21f

Yielding

Turf

13 fences

5:44.16

1.5

10/1

144lbs

1979d

Chased leaders - disputed lead before 4 out - dropped to 4th 3 out and ridden - no extra and weakened (jockey said gelding jumped high in the early stages of race)(op 9/1 tchd 11/1)

Sep 25

20f

Soft

Turf

14 fences

11/2

152lbs

1994d

Mid-division - closer after 3 out and ridden - in 4th when mistake and fell 2 out(op 6/1 tchd 13/2)

Sep 5

25f

Good To Yielding

Turf

16 fences

6:38.89

18/1

157lbs

2014d

Midfield - closer on inner to chase leaders in 3rd after 3 out - outpaced in 4th approaching bypassed final fence - switched right to inner and kept on well into 2nd closing stages(op 14/1)

Jul 30

Galway (IRE)

22.5f

Soft

Turf

14 fences

6:16.86

125/1

168lbs

2051d

Always towards rear - jumped left at times - pushed along and detached from 3 out - tailed off(op 100/1)

Jul 13

Roscommon (IRE)

25f

Good To Yielding

Turf

15 fences

6:48.09

150/1

168lbs

2068d

Held up in rear - rider tried to help fellow rider from unseating after 5th - forced to swerve fallen rail caused by loose horse after 8th - ridden in 7th and no impression after 2 out(op 100/1 tchd 80/1)

Mar 21

Cork (IRE)

20f

Soft

Turf

12 hurdles

5:24.66

4.25

9/2

158lbs

2548d

Mid-division - slight mistake 1st - disputed 8th at halfway - ridden and no extra after 4 out(op 6/1)

Mar 4

Leopardstown (IRE)

24f

Soft

Turf

14 hurdles

6:17.44

3.25

9/1

144lbs

2565d

In rear of mid-division - slight mistake 4 out - slightly hampered next - headway into 6th before 2 out - ridden and no impression on leaders after 2 out - kept on one pace run-in(op 16/1)

Jan 19

Navan (IRE)

20f

Yielding

Turf

11 hurdles

5:10.31

3.25

33/1

146lbs

2609d

Chased leaders - jumped left 1st - ridden 3 out and under pressure in 9th after next - switched right between last 2 and kept on again into moderate 6th run-in

Dec 18

Naas (IRE)

19f

Yielding

Turf

10 hurdles

4:54.64

0.5

33/1

161lbs

2641d

In rear of mid-division - pushed along after 3 out and some progress but no extra from next - one pace

Oct 9

Galway (IRE)

19f

Yielding

Turf

11 hurdles

4:55.74

100/1

166lbs

Hood

2711d

In rear of mid-division - bad mistake 2nd - jumped left at times - pushed along and no extra in 12th after 3 out - weakened - never a factor

Oct 1

Roscommon (IRE)

20f

Good

Turf

12 hurdles

5:9.45

1.25

100/1

158lbs

Hood

2719d

Towards rear - jumped left at times - jumped well left 7th and next - no impression in moderate 11th 3 out - kept on one pace in behind - never a factor

Sep 14