Force Of Habit (GB)
Owner: Dr R Lambe & Michael Hilary Burke Trainer: D K Weld Sex: Colt Age: 6
Form Summary
| GoingView detailed formhide detailed form | Starts | Wins | 2nds | 3rds |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Good | 3 | 1 | ||
| Good (Cross Country - Good to Firm, Firm in places) | 1 | 1 | ||
| Good (Good to Yielding in places) | 2 | |||
| Good to Firm | 2 | 1 | ||
| Good to Yielding (Yielding in places) | 1 | 1 | ||
| Good to Yielding (Yielding on Straight course) | 1 | |||
| Soft | 1 | 1 | ||
| Soft (Yielding to Soft on Round Course) | 1 | |||
| Soft to Heavy | 1 | |||
| Soft to Heavy (Heavy in places) | 1 | |||
| Standard | 5 | 2 | 1 | |
| Yielding (Round: Yielding to Soft, Soft in places) | 1 | 1 | ||
| Totals | 20 | 4 | 1 | 4 |
Race History
| Date | Course | Going | Distance | Class | Race Winner | Weight | Position | Jockey | SP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 31 Jul 2011 | Galway | Good | 1m 4f | 0 | Much Acclaimed | 10st | 8 of 14 | L F Roche | 5/1 |
| prominent, 2nd over 2f out, no impression under pressure into straight | |||||||||
| 25 Jul 2011 | Galway | Good (Good to Yielding in places) | 2m | 0 | Carlingford Lough | 11st 5lbs | 13 of 15 | P Carberry | 4/1 |
| always towards rear, struggling from 3 out, soon no impression | |||||||||
| 24 Jun 2011 | Curragh | Good to Yielding (Yielding on Straight course) | 1m 4f | 0 | Sportsmaster | 10st | 5 of 12 | L F Roche | 4/1 |
| chased leaders, 5th halfway, 4th 3f out, ridden 2f out, soon no extra and kept on same pace | |||||||||
| 18 Jun 2011 | Down Royal | Yielding (Round: Yielding to Soft, Soft in places) | 1m 4f 190y | 0 | Banksters Bonus | 8st 4lbs | 2 of 11 | L F Roche | 11/2 |
| chased leaders, 3rd halfway, slight stumble over 3f out, ridden into 2nd 2f out, challenged 1 1/2f out, led 1f out, kept on under pressure, headed final 100 yards and no extra, kept on same pace | |||||||||
| 29 May 2011 | Leopardstown | Good to Firm | 1m 2f | 0 | Strandfield Lady | 9st 11lbs | 3 of 13 | P J Smullen | 9/2 |
| prominent, on terms before straight, soon led, joined over 1f out, headed and dropped to 3rd inside final furlong, kept on without matching 1st 2 | |||||||||
| 03 Apr 2011 | Curragh | Soft (Yielding to Soft on Round Course) | 1m 2f | 0 | Torphichen | 9st | 6 of 14 | P J Smullen | 7/1 |
| mid-division on outer, 7th halfway, ridden 3f out, no impression and kept on one pace in straight | |||||||||
| 12 Nov 2010 | Dundalk | Standard | 1m 4f | 0 | Denny Crane | 9st 6lbs | 3 of 17 | P J Smullen | 5/2 |
| tracked leaders in 5th, 4th into straight, soon ridden to challenge, led under 1f out, headed under 100 yards from finish, kept on | |||||||||
| 22 Oct 2010 | Dundalk | Standard | 1m 2f 150y | 0 | Force Of Habit | 9st 9lbs | 1 of 17 | P J Smullen | 3/1 |
| chased leaders, 3rd halfway, headway in 2nd 2f out, soon led, ridden and kept on strongly from over 1f out | |||||||||
| 29 Jul 2010 | Galway | Good to Firm | 1m 4f | 0 | Dusty Trail | 9st 9lbs | 15 of 21 | P J Smullen | 5/4 |
| chased leaders, 5th halfway, ridden in 8th 3f out, no extra and weakened | |||||||||
| 26 Jul 2010 | Galway | Good to Yielding (Yielding in places) | 2m | 0 | Force Of Habit | 11st | 1 of 18 | P Townend | 5/1 |
| chased leaders, ridden into 3rd approaching straight, 2nd and challenged run-in, stayed on best to lead near finish | |||||||||
| 02 Jun 2010 | Fairyhouse | Good | 1m 2f | 0 | Force Of Habit | 9st 12lbs | 1 of 21 | P J Smullen | 7/2 |
| chased leaders, ridden in 3rd 2f out, soon 2nd, strongly pressed leaded over 1f out, led narrowly inside final furlong, kept on well, all out | |||||||||
| 24 Apr 2010 | Punchestown | Good (Cross Country - Good to Firm, Firm in places) | 1m 7f | 0 | Prospectorous | 12st 3lbs | 3 of 28 | Mr P J McLoughlin | 7/4 |
| 16 Apr 2010 | Dundalk | Standard | 1m 2f 150y | 0 | Force Of Habit | 9st 7lbs | 1 of 17 | P J Smullen | 7/2 |
| mid-division on inner, 8th approaching straight, 6th 2f out, headway and switched right to challenge over 1f out, stayed on gamely under pressure to lead on line | |||||||||
| 11 Apr 2010 | Limerick | Soft | 2m | 0 | The Cockney Squire | 11st 2lbs | 3 of 16 | M M O'connor | 14/1 |
| tracked leaders, 3rd halfway, 4th and ridden 3 out, kept on same pace from before next | |||||||||
| 03 Apr 2010 | Dundalk | Standard | 1m 4f | 0 | Time Travel | 8st 5lbs | of 17 | Reserve 2 | |
| 26 Mar 2010 | Dundalk | Standard | 2m | 0 | Jigalo | 9st 2lbs | of 14 | R 3 | |
| 26 Apr 2009 | Navan | Good (Good to Yielding in places) | 1m 2f | 0 | Ice Bound | 8st 9lbs | 11 of 12 | P J Smullen | 7/4 |
| chased leaders, 5th halfway, ridden and weakened entering straight, eased final furlong | |||||||||
| 19 Oct 2008 | Fairyhouse | Soft to Heavy | 6f | 0 | Cnocan Gold | 9st 3lbs | 14 of 16 | S M Gorey | 25/1 |
| chased leaders early, 10th halfway, ridden and weakened entering straight | |||||||||
| 17 Aug 2008 | Leopardstown | Soft to Heavy (Heavy in places) | 7f | 0 | Sea The Stars | 9st | 12 of 14 | P Shanahan | 50/1 |
| always towards rear | |||||||||
| 27 Jun 2008 | Curragh | Good | 7f | 0 | Tomas An Tsioda | 9st | 11 of 15 | P Shanahan | 33/1 |
| mid-division, 9th halfway, no impression from over 2f out | |||||||||