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Optima RacingHorses › Blackthorn Stick (IRE)

Blackthorn Stick (IRE)

9yo gelding · Form & record 2015-01-14 to 2018-07-09 — from our verified UK & Irish results database. Trained by Brian Forsey.
Pedigree Elusive City (USA) × ?
Ratings Official 46 · best RPR 65 · best TS 59
27
Runs
2
Wins
7.4%
Strike rate
22.2%
Place rate
0.79
Actual / Expected
-1.9%
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Full form — last 27 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
2018-07-09 112d Wolverhampton (AW) 7f Standard 6 10/10 Edward Greatrex p 124 46 66/1
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2018-03-19 12d Lingfield (AW) 7f Standard 6 6/9 Jimmy Quinn v 119 46 43 9 25/1
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2018-03-07 9d Kempton (AW) 8f Standard 7 11/14 Edward Greatrex 133 50 45 24 25/1
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2018-02-26 19d Lingfield (AW) 7f Standard 7 6/11 Edward Greatrex 136 50 47 44 20/1
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2018-02-07 253d Wolverhampton (AW) 8.5f Standard 6 8/11 Dougie Costello 129 51 38 66/1
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2017-05-30 53d Lingfield (AW) 8f Standard 6 6/11 Jimmy Quinn p 122 53 46 25 14/1
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2017-04-07 9d Kempton (AW) 7f Standard 6 7/14 Jimmy Quinn p 124 55 45 33 9/1
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2017-03-29 18d Lingfield (AW) 7f Standard 6 7/10 Jimmy Quinn p 128 55 44 22 7/1
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2017-03-11 17d Chelmsford (AW) 8f Standard 6 5/10 David Parkes p 134 56 53 48 8/1
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2017-02-22 9d Lingfield (AW) 7f Standard 6 5/14 David Parkes p 125 57 60 56 8/1
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2017-02-13 16d Wolverhampton (AW) 7f Standard 6 4/12 David Parkes p 125 57 53 45 14/1
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2017-01-28 59d Lingfield (AW) 6f Standard 6 8/12 David Parkes 121 58 50 34 16/1
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2016-11-30 203d Kempton (AW) 7f Standard 6 9/13 David Parkes 127 60 49 19 16/1
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2016-05-11 15d Lingfield (AW) 7f Standard 6 7/10 Jimmy Quinn p 140 60 61 53 5/1
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2016-04-26 13d Bath 8f Good 6 12/15 Jimmy Quinn p 128 60 40 23 12/1
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2016-04-13 14d Kempton (AW) 7f Standard 5 1/11 Jimmy Quinn p 120 57 65 59 20/1
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2016-03-30 14d Lingfield (AW) 7f Standard 6 2/9 Liam Keniry p 129 56 62 48 8/1
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2016-03-16 14d Kempton (AW) 8f Standard 6 8/9 Jimmy Quinn p 126 58 46 33 20/1
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2016-03-02 14d Kempton (AW) 8f Standard 6 10/12 Jimmy Quinn p 127 59 50 26 16/1
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2016-02-17 18d Kempton (AW) 7f Standard 6 4/9 Jimmy Quinn 127 59 62 42 13/2
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2016-01-30 10d Lingfield (AW) 7f Standard 6 5/7 Josh Quinn 129 59 57 41 6/1
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2016-01-20 14d Kempton (AW) 7f Standard 6 2/10 Jimmy Quinn 133 55 61 55 8/1
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2016-01-06 35d Kempton (AW) 6f Standard 6 8/10 Jimmy Quinn 125 57 52 41 5/1
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2015-12-02 277d Kempton (AW) 7f Standard 6 4/13 Jimmy Quinn 131 58 57 39 16/1
thebookiesoffers.co.uk Handicap
2015-02-28 27d Lingfield (AW) 6f Standard 6 1/8 Liam Keniry 132 54 63 31 9/2
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2015-02-01 18d Chelmsford (AW) 6f Standard 6 3/10 Liam Keniry 132 54 52 48 3/1
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2015-01-14 DEB Kempton (AW) 7f Standard 6 2/13 Liam Keniry 132 54 59 38 8/1
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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)1119.1%
Normal (2-4wk)8112.5%
Freshened (1-2m)300.0%
Layoff (2-6m)100.0%
Long break (6m+)300.0%

Record by class

ClassRunsWinsSR
Class 62414.2%
Class 7200.0%

Record by distance

TripRunsWinsSR
Sprint (5-6f)4125.0%
Mile (7-9f)2314.3%

Record by going

GoingRunsWinsSR
Standard2627.7%

Record by course

CourseRunsWinsSR
Kempton (AW)1119.1%
Lingfield (AW)10110.0%
Wolverhampton (AW)300.0%

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Data: official UK & Irish results, 2015-01-14–2018-07-09. Historical and not a guarantee of future results. 18+ · BeGambleAware.