Sporting Hero
10yo · Trainer William Durkan
Sporting Hero
Ideal conditions, worked out from its 31 runs on record.
- Best goingStandard4 wins, 1 placed from 13High confidence
- Best trip5–6f5 wins, 2 placed from 29High confidence
- Best courseDundalk (AW)3 wins from 10High confidence
- Best directionNot enough data yetNot enough data
- Best classNot enough data yetNot enough data
- Best gap between runs2–4 weeks3 wins, 1 placed from 14High confidence
High 6+ runs · Medium 4–5 · Low 2–3 · faded = not enough data
Built from its own race record (positions, going, trip, course, class, gaps between runs). A guide to conditions, not a prediction.
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Form & profile
- Age / sex
- 10yo G
- Breeding
- Bobby's Kitten (USA) – Clouds Rest (GB)
- Owner
- Neil Durkan
- Trainer
- William Durkan
- Jockey
- Mr J C Barry
- Headgear
- None
Career
We only hold some of this horse's runs, so career totals aren't shown until its full record has been fetched (next time it's declared).
Some past runs not a full record
Runs abroad (e.g. in France) are not included.
| Date | Course | Type | Dist | Going | Cl | Pos | Btn | Jockey | SP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 10 Sept 26 | Laytown (IRE) | Flat | 6f | Standard | – | 9th/10 | 10½l | Mr J C Barry | 14/1 |
| 27 Aug 26 | Navan (IRE) | Flat | 6f | Good | – | 6th/9 | 6½l | Jamie Orr | 33/1 |
| 20 Aug 26 | Leopardstown (IRE) | Flat | 7f | Good To Yielding | – | 11th/14 | 9l | Jamie Orr | 50/1 |
| 26 May 26 | Dundalk (AW) | Flat | 5f | Standard | – | 12th/12 | 12l | Jamie Orr | 7/1 |
| 9 May 26 | Naas | Flat | 6f | Good | – | 13th/13 | 11l | Jamie Orr | 14/1 |
| 25 Apr 26 | Navan | Flat | 5f | Good To Yielding | – | 1st/16 | Won | Jamie Orr | 11/1 |
| 11 Apr 26 | Bellewstown | Flat | 5f | Soft | – | 6th/10 | 3l | Jamie Orr | 15/2 |
| 20 Mar 26 | Dundalk (AW) | Flat | 6f | Standard | – | 1st/10 | Won | Chris Hayes | 12/1 |
| 9 Jan 26 | Dundalk (AW) | Flat | 5f | Standard | – | 6th/9 | 5½l | Darragh O'Sullivan | 6/1 |
| 12 Dec 25 | Dundalk (AW) | Flat | 6f | Standard | – | 8th/13 | 3l | Nicola Burns | 11/1 |
| 5 Dec 25 | Dundalk (AW) | Flat | 5f | Standard | – | 4th/7 | 4¼l | Nicola Burns | 9/2 |
| 26 Nov 25 | Dundalk (AW) | Flat | 6f | Standard | – | 8th/9 | 11¾l | Mel Sheridan | 22/1 |
| 16 Oct 25 | Curragh | Flat | 5f | Yielding | – | 7th/16 | 4½l | Alan Casey | 18/1 |
| 1 Oct 25 | Bellewstown | Flat | 5f | Soft | – | 7th/10 | 4l | Seamie Heffernan | 22/1 |
| 19 Jul 25 | Curragh | Flat | 6½f | Good | – | 14th/16 | 15l | Killian Leonard | 100/1 |
| 12 Jul 25 | Dundalk (AW) | Flat | 5f | Standard | – | 7th/11 | 5¼l | Alan Casey | 22/1 |
| 29 Jun 25 | Curragh | Flat | 5f | Good | – | 8th/14 | 4l | Nicola Burns | 40/1 |
| 29 Mar 25 | Curragh | Flat | 5f | Soft | – | 11th/12 | 13½l | Alan Casey | 33/1 |
| 14 Feb 25 | Dundalk (AW) | Flat | 5f | Standard | – | 1st/11 | Won | Dylan O'Connor | 7/2F |
| 29 Jan 25 | Dundalk (AW) | Flat | 6f | Standard | – | 7th/14 | 2¾l | Nicola Burns | 7/2F |
| 6 Nov 24 | Dundalk (AW) | Flat | 6f | Standard | – | 1st/10 | Won | Nicola Burns | 11/2 |
| 17 Oct 24 | Curragh | Flat | 5f | Yielding To Soft | – | 10th/17 | 7l | Jack Kearney | 25/1 |
| 28 Sept 24 | Curragh | Flat | 5f | Good To Yielding | – | 15th/15 | 12l | Wesley Joyce | 33/1 |
| 24 Aug 24 | Curragh | Flat | 5f | Good | – | 8th/13 | 5l | Daniel King | 14/1 |
| 9 Aug 24 | Tipperary | Flat | 5f | Good To Firm | – | 7th/13 | 6½l | James Ryan | 17/2 |
| 14 Jun 24 | Cork | Flat | 5f | Good To Yielding | – | 7th/8 | 7¾l | J M Sheridan | 9/1 |
| 28 May 24 | Tipperary | Flat | 5f | Soft | – | 2nd/10 | 3¾l | Daniel King | 12/1 |
| 11 May 24 | Naas | Flat | 6f | Good | – | 13th/14 | 16l | J M Sheridan | 18/1 |
| 21 Apr 24 | Curragh | Flat | 5f | Soft To Heavy | – | 4th/12 | 2¾l | Sean D Bowen | 66/1 |
| 13 Sept 23 | Southwell (AW) | Flat | 5f | Standard | 3 | 3rd/14 | ½l | Daniel Muscutt | 8/1 |
| 31 Aug 22 | Lingfield (AW) | Flat | 5f | Standard | 5 | 1st/8 | Won | Andrea Atzeni | 9/4 |
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