St Nicholas Abbey (IRE)
Owner: Derrick Smith & Mrs John Magnier & Michael Tabor Trainer: A P O'Brien Sex: colt Age: 5
Breeding: Montjeu / Leaping Water (Sure Blade)
Form Summary
| GoingView detailed formhide detailed form | Starts | Wins | 2nds | 3rds |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Good | 1 | 1 | ||
| Good (Round Course;Straight Course;Good to Yielding) | 1 | 1 | ||
| Good to Firm | 2 | 1 | ||
| Good to Soft | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Soft (Yielding to Soft on Round Course) | 1 | 1 | ||
| Yielding (Soft in places) | 1 | 1 | ||
| Totals | 9 | 5 | 1 | 2 |
Race History
| Date | Course | Going | Distance | Class | Race Winner | Weight | Position | Jockey | SP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 07 May 2012 | Curragh | Good to Soft | 1m 2f | 1 | Windsor Palace | 9st 8lbs | 2 of 7 | J P O'Brien | 2/5 |
| settled in 3rd, 10 lengths off pace halfway, dropped to moderate 4th early straight, ridden over 1f out and kept on well inside final furlong, not reach winner | |||||||||
| 23 Jul 2011 | Ascot | Good to Soft | 1m 4f | 1 | Nathaniel | 9st 7lbs | 3 of 5 | J P O'Brien | 7/2 |
| chased leaders, ridden to challenge over 1f out, stayed on same pace closing stages | |||||||||
| 03 Jun 2011 | Epsom Downs | Good | 1m 4f 10y | 1 | St Nicholas Abbey | 9st | 1 of 5 | R L Moore | 1/1 |
| tracked leader, not much room over 2f out, soon switched right, ridden to lead inside final furlong, ran on | |||||||||
| 06 May 2011 | Chester | Good to Firm | 1m 5f 89y | 1 | St Nicholas Abbey | 9st | 1 of 5 | R L Moore | 11/8 |
| tracked leading trio, went 2nd inside final 3f, came wide to lead over 1f out, quickened well clear final furlong, very easily | |||||||||
| 03 Apr 2011 | Curragh | Soft (Yielding to Soft on Round Course) | 1m 2f | 1 | Unaccompanied | 9st 1lbs | 3 of 8 | J A Heffernan | 4/11 |
| settled in 5th, went 4th approaching straight, pushed along and no impression 2f out, 3rd early final furlong, kept on one pace | |||||||||
| 01 May 2010 | Newmarket | Good to Firm | 1m | 0 | Makfi | 9st | 6 of 19 | J Murtagh | 1/1 |
| in touch, effort over 2f out, kept on one pace inside final furlong | |||||||||
| 24 Oct 2009 | Doncaster | Good to Soft | 1m | 1 | St Nicholas Abbey | 9st | 1 of 11 | J Murtagh | 13/8 |
| held up in rear, smooth headway 2f out, driven to lead over 1f out, ran on strongly, impressive | |||||||||
| 27 Sep 2009 | Curragh | Good (Round Course;Straight Course;Good to Yielding) | 1m | 0 | St Nicholas Abbey | 9st 1lbs | 1 of 9 | J P Murtagh | 2/5 |
| soon raced towards rear in 7th, progress from before straight, 3rd over 2f out, soon challenged under pressure in 2nd, led inside final furlong, stayed on well, comfortably | |||||||||
| 16 Aug 2009 | Curragh | Yielding (Soft in places) | 1m | 0 | St Nicholas Abbey | 9st 3lbs | 1 of 11 | J P Murtagh | 11/10 |
| mid-division, headway in 5th 2f out, ridden to challenge 1f out and soon led, kept on strongly, impressive | |||||||||