Purple Heart (IRE)
Owner: Derrick Smith & Mrs John Magnier & Michael Tabor & P J Magnier Trainer: A P O'Brien Sex: colt Age: 3
Breeding: Sadler's Wells / Brigid (Irish River)
Form Summary
| GoingView detailed formhide detailed form | Starts | Wins | 2nds | 3rds |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Good (Good to Yielding in places) | 1 | 1 | ||
| Good to Firm | 3 | 1 | 1 | |
| Heavy | 1 | |||
| Soft | 2 | 2 | ||
| Standard | 1 | |||
| Yielding | 1 | 1 | ||
| Totals | 9 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
Race History
| Date | Course | Going | Distance | Class | Race Winner | Weight | Position | Jockey | SP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 22 May 2010 | Curragh | Good to Firm | 1m | 0 | Canford Cliffs | 9st | 12 of 13 | J P O'Brien | 150/1 |
| chased leaders, ridden in 3rd halfway, weakened over 3f out | |||||||||
| 02 May 2010 | Gowran Park | Good to Firm | 1m 1f 100y | 0 | Reiteration | 9st | 3 of 5 | J A Heffernan | 11/4 |
| settled behind leaders, 4th halfway, rear 3f out, ridden 2f out, under pressure in 4th 1 1/2f out, 3rd 1f out, no extra final furlong, kept on same pace | |||||||||
| 21 Mar 2010 | Curragh | Soft | 7f | 0 | Duchess Of Foxland | 9st 10lbs | 3 of 10 | J P O'Brien | 5/1 |
| led, ridden and headed 1 1/2f out, 3rd and kept on same pace inside final furlong | |||||||||
| 21 Oct 2009 | Navan | Yielding | 1m | 0 | Purple Heart | 9st 7lbs | 1 of 18 | J P Murtagh | 6/1 |
| chased leaders, 2nd halfway, improved to lead over 2f out, ridden clear over 1f out, reduced advantage and kept on under pressure final furlong | |||||||||
| 09 Oct 2009 | Dundalk | Standard | 1m | 0 | Virgil Caine | 8st 13lbs | 7 of 12 | J P Murtagh | 5/2 |
| held up towards rear, headway in 8th 2f out, ridden in 7th 1 1/2f out, no extra over 1f out, kept on same pace | |||||||||
| 28 Sep 2009 | Roscommon | Good to Firm | 7f | 0 | Keredari | 9st 3lbs | 2 of 15 | J P Murtagh | 3/1 |
| tracked leaders, no impression under pressure in 2nd and kept on same pace from 1f out | |||||||||
| 10 Sep 2009 | Tipperary | Heavy | 7f 100y | 0 | Icon Dream | 9st | 4 of 9 | J P Murtagh | 6/4 |
| chased leaders, 5th halfway, ridden in 7th 2f out, 6th 1f out, kept on same pace final furlong | |||||||||
| 12 Aug 2009 | Gowran Park | Good (Good to Yielding in places) | 7f | 0 | Sebastian Flyte | 9st 3lbs | 3 of 14 | J P Murtagh | 5/6 |
| chased leader in 2nd, ridden to join leader entering straight, no extra in 2nd inside final furlong, kept on same pace | |||||||||
| 03 Aug 2009 | Naas | Soft | 7f | 0 | Gypsie Queen | 9st 3lbs | 3 of 9 | J A Heffernan | 1/1 |
| soon disputed lead, headed before straight, on terms again from 2f out, led inside final furlong, no extra and headed close home, dropped to 3rd and beaten when slightly hampered | |||||||||