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Optima RacingHorses › Basford (IRE)

Basford (IRE)

8yo b g · Form & record 2021-10-31 to 2025-03-10 — from our verified UK & Irish results database. Trained by Jennie Candlish.
Pedigree Soldier Of Fortune (IRE) × Be My Present (GB) (by Presenting)
OwnerBrian Verinder Alan Baxter
BreederJames Gill
Ratings Official 104 · best RPR 120 · best TS 100
24
Runs
4
Wins
16.7%
Strike rate
58.3%
Place rate
0.56
Actual / Expected
-60.1%
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Full form — last 24 runs

Btn = beaten lengths · OR = official rating · RPR = Racing Post Rating · TS = Topspeed. Blank cells are values we don't hold for that run — never a zero.
DateOffCourseDistGoingCl PosBtnJockeyWgt ORRPRTSSP
2025-03-10 6d Plumpton 25.5f Good 2/3 Jonjo O'Neill Jr b 156 104 96 51 13/8
Book Our Season Finale Raceday Handicap Chase (GBB Race)
2025-03-04 18d Market Rasen 27.5f Soft 5/7 William Shanahan p 162 104 103 60 8/1
Chase Turf 100% Racing TV Profits Back To Racing Conditional Jockeys Handicap Chase (GBB Race)
2025-02-14 19d Fakenham 29f Good 5 2/4 Sean Quinlan v 168 105 109 49 11/4
Tim Barclay Memorial Handicap Chase
2025-01-26 43d Sedgefield 26.5f Soft 5 3/11 Theo Gillard v 168 105 106 57 9/1
Happy Birthday Rebecca Handicap Chase (Go North Red Rum Series Qualifier)
2024-12-14 204d Newcastle 23.5f Soft 4 4/5 5.5 Lewis Stones p 154 109 99 81 5/1
Chase Turf ACS Tyres Services Handicap Chase (Go North Red Rum Series Qualifier) Held up in last - overjumped 4th - hampered by faller 8th - lost ground and niggled along before 10th - struggling when jockey lost iron briefly 12th - lost touch before 4 out(op 7/1)
2024-05-24 31d Hereford 25.5f Good 4 6/6 24 Jonjo ONeill Jr v 170 112 85 65 17/2
Hurdle Turf Best Odds Guaranteed At Planetsportbet Handicap Hurdle Prominent - not fluent 1st - lost position after 3 out - soon weakened(op 7/1 tchd 9/1)
2024-04-23 266d Southwell 20.5f Good 4 7/10 4.5 Sean Quinlan 163 115 105 79 9/1
Hurdle Turf Read Harry Cobdens Blog At Planet Sport Bet Handicap Hurdle (Div II) Prominent on outer - weakened approaching last(op 10/1 tchd 12/1)
2023-08-01 7d Perth 24f Soft 4 99/7 Jonjo ONeill Jr v 160 112 6/4
Bet On This Race In Running With BetVictor Handicap Hurdle
2023-07-25 39d Southwell 24.5f Good 5 1/6 Jonjo ONeill Jr v 168 105 120 73 13/8
sponsorshipbranding@signsolutions.org Novices Handicap Hurdle
2023-06-16 9d Fontwell 21.5f Good 4 1/5 Jonjo ONeill Jr v 162 105 108 30 1/4
Free Tips Daily On attheraces.com Novices Hurdle (GBB Race)
2023-06-07 7d Newton Abbot 21.5f Good 4 2/6 Sean Quinlan p 163 105 108 67 1/3
Racing Partnership Novices Hurdle (GBB Race)
2023-05-31 12d Newton Abbot 21.5f Good 4 1/8 Jonjo ONeill Jr p 158 105 96 55 1/5
William Hill Maiden Hurdle (GBB Race)
2023-05-19 88d Aintree 20f Good 4 2/4 Sean Quinlan p 158 105 105 61 4/5
Aintree Supporting Racing Welfare And #mentalhealthawarenessweek Maiden Hurdle (GBB Race)
2023-02-20 10d Carlisle 25f Soft 5 2/9 Sean Quinlan p 168 105 105 41 2/1
Cambridge Handicap Hurdle (Go North Brindisi Breeze Series Qualifier)
2023-02-10 12d Bangor-on-Dee 23f Soft 4 2/6 Sean Quinlan p 161 102 105 65 11/4
Basey Family Novices Handicap Hurdle (GBB Race)
2023-01-29 16d Sedgefield 21f Soft 5 2/7 Sean Quinlan p 165 102 105 83 15/8
Canine Premier Flex Plus Novices Handicap Hurdle
2023-01-13 48d Sedgefield 20f Soft 5 2/11 Sean Quinlan 162 99 105 95 3/1
Cazoo Handicap Hurdle (Go North Cab On Target Series Qualifier)
2022-11-26 17d Bangor-on-Dee 16.5f Soft 3 7/9 Theo Gillard 151 74 31 7/1
Download The At The Races App Novices Hurdle (GBB Race)
2022-11-09 15d Bangor-on-Dee 16.5f Soft 3 10/13 Sean Quinlan 154 69 34 11/4
Peter Rosselli 90th Birthday Celebration Novices Hurdle (GBB Race)
2022-10-25 199d Bangor-on-Dee 16.5f Soft 3 4/13 Sean Quinlan 154 95 66 8/1
Nightingale House Hospice Novices Hurdle (GBB Race)
2022-04-09 56d Aintree 17f Soft 1 15/18 Darragh OKeeffe 158 115 75 43 100/1
Weatherbys nhstallions.co.uk Standard Open National Hunt Flat Race (GBB Race)
2022-02-12 47d Newbury 16.5f Soft 1 7/12 Sam Twiston-Davies 159 110 67 28/1
Best Odds On The Betfair Exchange (A Standard Open National Hunt Flat Race) () (GBB Race)
2021-12-27 57d Wetherby 16f Soft 5 3/12 Sean Quinlan 161 110 100 4/1
William Hill Racing Radio Open National Hunt Flat Race (Category 1 Elimination) (GBB Race)
2021-10-31 DEB Carlisle 17f Soft 5 1/10 Sean Quinlan 153 107 7/2
Every Race Live On Racing TV Open National Hunt Flat Race (Category 1 Elimination) (GBB Race)

Record by layoff

Days since the previous run. Does this one go well fresh, or need a run? Career debut excluded — no prior run means no layoff.
Time since last runRunsWinsSR
Quick (under 2wk)7228.6%
Normal (2-4wk)500.0%
Freshened (1-2m)7114.3%
Layoff (2-6m)100.0%
Long break (6m+)300.0%

Record by class

ClassRunsWinsSR
Class 1200.0%
Class 3300.0%
Class 49222.2%
Class 58225.0%

Record by distance

TripRunsWinsSR
Staying (13f+)24416.7%

Record by going

GoingRunsWinsSR
Soft1516.7%
Good9333.3%

Record by course

CourseRunsWinsSR
Bangor-on-Dee400.0%
Sedgefield300.0%

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Data: official UK & Irish results, 2021-10-31–2025-03-10. Historical and not a guarantee of future results. 18+ · BeGambleAware.