Blazing Beacon (IRE)
Owner: F F McGuinness Trainer: F F McGuinness Sex: Gelding Age: 10
Form Summary
| GoingView detailed formhide detailed form | Starts | Wins | 2nds | 3rds |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Good | 1 | |||
| Good (Good to Firm in places) | 1 | 1 | ||
| Good to Firm (Good to Firm in places) | 1 | 1 | ||
| Good to Yielding | 1 | |||
| Heavy | 2 | 1 | ||
| Heavy (Hurdles: Soft) | 1 | 1 | ||
| Soft (Heavy in places) | 2 | |||
| Soft (Soft to Heavy in places on Chase course) | 1 | |||
| Soft (Yielding to Soft in places) | 1 | 1 | ||
| Soft to Heavy | 1 | 1 | ||
| Standard | 1 | |||
| Yielding | 1 | |||
| Yielding (Hurdles: Good to Yielding, Yielding in places) | 1 | 1 | ||
| Yielding to Soft (Yielding in places) | 1 | |||
| Totals | 16 | 4 | 2 | 1 |
Race History
| Date | Course | Going | Distance | Class | Race Winner | Weight | Position | Jockey | SP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30 Oct 2011 | Wexford | Soft (Yielding to Soft in places) | 2m 6f | 0 | Blazing Beacon | 11st 1lbs | 1 of 7 | E J O'connell | 11/8 |
| reduced visibility, appeared to make all, a bit slow 4th, went on from before 3 out, reduced lead but in control when slight mistake last, stayed on well run-in | |||||||||
| 24 Sep 2011 | Navan | Good (Good to Firm in places) | 2m 4f | 0 | Blazing Beacon | 11st 12lbs | 1 of 11 | E J O'connell | 9/10 |
| disputed early, soon chased leader in 2nd, left in lead before 7th, left well clear 3 out, easily | |||||||||
| 11 Sep 2011 | Listowel | Soft to Heavy | 2m 4f | 0 | De Valira | 11st 12lbs | 2 of 19 | E J O'connell | 8/1 |
| prominent throughout, ridden to challenge and on terms 2 out, slight mistake last, soon headed and kept on same pace | |||||||||
| 25 Aug 2011 | Killarney | Yielding to Soft (Yielding in places) | 2m 6f | 0 | Alderwood | 11st | 5 of 16 | P Carberry | 7/1 |
| attempted to make all, headed before 2 out, soon no impression and kept on same pace, hampered last | |||||||||
| 01 Aug 2011 | Naas | Good to Firm (Good to Firm in places) | 2m 3f | 0 | Blazing Beacon | 11st 2lbs | 1 of 9 | E J O'connell | 20/1 |
| led early, headed 3rd, 2nd halfway, improve to dispute again before 4 out, led and pressed 3 out, ridden to assert 2 out, clear before last, kept on well | |||||||||
| 04 May 2011 | Punchestown | Good | 2m 4f | 0 | Oneeightofamile | 11st 5lbs | 19 of 28 | E J O'connell | 20/1 |
| prominent, 3rd halfway, driven along in 5th approaching 3 out, soon no extra and weakened, tailed off | |||||||||
| 14 Nov 2010 | Punchestown | Soft (Heavy in places) | 2m 6f | 0 | Askanna | 11st | 8 of 10 | P W Flood | 20/1 |
| led, not fluent 5 out, headed 3 out, ridden and weakened next, trailing when veered badly left last | |||||||||
| 14 Oct 2009 | Punchestown | Yielding (Hurdles: Good to Yielding, Yielding in places) | 2m 4f | 0 | Blazing Beacon | 11st 12lbs | 1 of 25 | A P Cawley | 25/1 |
| led, headed 4th, 5th 4 out, ridden and outpaced after 2 out, went 2nd at last, stayed on well to lead run-in | |||||||||
| 15 Apr 2009 | Fairyhouse | Yielding | 2m 4f | 0 | Acriveen | 12st 1lbs | 19 of 25 | Mr U Wyss | 16/1 |
| prominent, 3rd 5 out, no extra approaching 3 out | |||||||||
| 14 Mar 2009 | Naas | Soft (Soft to Heavy in places on Chase course) | 3m | 0 | Ten Fires | 11st 12lbs | 6 of 25 | Mr C Cully | 10/1 |
| tracked leaders, 8th halfway, 6th 4 out, challenged and disputed lead briefly 3 out, headed straight, no extra after 2 out | |||||||||
| 21 Dec 2008 | Thurles | Heavy (Hurdles: Soft) | 2m 6f 110y | 0 | Bit Of A Devil | 11st 4lbs | 2 of 17 | P W Flood | 7/2 |
| prominent, disputed lead briefly 3 out, soon ridden and headed, kept on same pace from 2 out | |||||||||
| 29 Nov 2008 | Wexford | Soft (Heavy in places) | 2m 2f | 0 | Wright Flyer | 11st 4lbs | 4 of 15 | B C Byrnes | 16/1 |
| 24 Oct 2008 | Dundalk | Standard | 2m 1f | 0 | Inch Rebel | 12st | 6 of 18 | Mr C Cully | 7/1 |
| chased leaders, 2nd halfway, ridden in 4th 3f out, no extra in 5th 2f out, kept on one pace | |||||||||
| 05 Oct 2008 | Tipperary | Heavy | 2m | 0 | Head Of The Posse | 11st 7lbs | 3 of 6 | Mr C Cully | 14/1 |
| 24 Mar 2008 | Fairyhouse | Good to Yielding | 2m 2f | 0 | Pandorama | 12st | 14 of 15 | Mr C Cully | 8/1 |
| tracked leaders, 5th halfway, weakened over 6f out | |||||||||