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Optima RacingHorses › Critical Thinking (IRE)

Critical Thinking (IRE)

8yo gelding · Form & record 2016-12-02 to 2022-04-29 — from our verified UK & Irish results database. Trained by David Loughnane.
Pedigree Art Connoisseur (IRE) × ?
Ratings Official 60 · best RPR 81 · best TS 76
80
Runs
9
Wins
11.2%
Strike rate
36.2%
Place rate
0.89
Actual / Expected
-30.6%
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Full form — last 30 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
2022-04-29 11d Wolverhampton (AW) 8.5f Standard 6 7/9 Rossa Ryan p 129 60 57 42 7/1
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2022-04-18 18d Wolverhampton (AW) 7f Standard 5 4/8 Laura Pearson p 122 60 57 40 11/2
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2022-03-31 17d Chelmsford (AW) 7f Standard 6 8/10 Adam McNamara p 129 61 49 16 18/1
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2022-03-14 19d Wolverhampton (AW) 7f Standard 6 2/12 Rossa Ryan p 132 60 67 54 11/2
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2022-02-23 11d Kempton (AW) 7f Standard 5 3/8 Richard Kingscote p 123 60 64 43 11/1
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2022-02-12 16d Wolverhampton (AW) 8.5f Standard 6 4/11 Mr Bradley Roberts p 150 61 64 54 10/1
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2022-01-27 20d Southwell (AW) 6f Standard 6 8/10 Rossa Ryan p 132 64 37 8 9/1
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2022-01-07 18d Wolverhampton (AW) 7f Standard 5 5/9 Laura Pearson p 125 65 63 41 20/1
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2021-12-20 16d Wolverhampton (AW) 7f Standard 6 4/10 Laura Pearson p 131 66 63 51 7/1
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2021-12-04 243d Wolverhampton (AW) 8.5f Standard 5 10/11 Rossa Ryan 136 68 42 16 20/1
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2021-04-05 7d Wolverhampton (AW) 9.5f Standard 4 7/8 Rhys Clutterbuck b 122 69 63 27 7/1
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2021-03-29 17d Wolverhampton (AW) 7f Standard 5 4/9 Laura Pearson v 125 69 73 57 6/1
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2021-03-12 4d Wolverhampton (AW) 7f Standard 5 2/8 Laura Pearson v 125 69 76 63 4/1
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2021-03-08 23d Wolverhampton (AW) 9.5f Standard 5 4/12 Richard Kingscote p 132 69 70 47 8/1
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2021-02-13 12d Wolverhampton (AW) 7f Standard 5 5/9 Rossa Ryan p 128 70 65 47 5/1
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2021-02-01 5d Wolverhampton (AW) 7f Standard 5 2/9 Richard Kingscote p 133 69 75 60 3/1
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2021-01-27 9d Kempton (AW) 8f Standard 5 2/9 Dougie Costello p 130 67 74 70 18/1
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2021-01-18 14d Wolverhampton (AW) 9.5f Standard 6 2/9 Richard Kingscote p 138 67 74 41 9/1
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2021-01-04 14d Wolverhampton (AW) 7f Standard 5 3/9 Richard Kingscote p 129 66 72 40 3/1
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2020-12-21 6d Lingfield (AW) 8f Standard 6 4/11 Richard Kingscote p 141 69 70 60 10/1
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2020-12-15 10d Wolverhampton (AW) 7f Standard 6 1/12 Richard Kingscote p 132 64 71 64 7/1
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2020-12-05 13d Wolverhampton (AW) 8.5f Standard 6 5/9 Rossa Ryan p 135 64 58 25 9/2
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2020-11-22 8d Wolverhampton (AW) 7f Standard 6 1/11 Rossa Ryan p 133 62 74 66 11/4
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2020-11-14 33d Wolverhampton (AW) 8.5f Standard 5 6/12 Richard Kingscote p 126 63 61 57 16/1
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2020-10-12 13d Wolverhampton (AW) 7f Standard 6 6/10 Pat Cosgrave p 136 63 61 45 5/1
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2020-09-29 15d Wolverhampton (AW) 7f Standard 6 6/12 Ray Dawson p 126 63 57 48 8/1
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2020-09-14 12d Wolverhampton (AW) 8.5f Standard 6 1/7 Ray Dawson p 132 61 70 36 7/1
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2020-09-02 10d Wolverhampton (AW) 7f Standard 5 4/11 Luke Morris p 125 62 66 51 40/1
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2020-08-23 69d Wolverhampton (AW) 7f Standard 5 9/12 Phil Dennis p 125 62 52 29 25/1
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2020-06-15 108d Kempton (AW) 8f Standard 5 7/8 David Egan 131 65 53 42 10/1
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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)44818.2%
Normal (2-4wk)2314.3%
Freshened (1-2m)500.0%
Layoff (2-6m)600.0%
Long break (6m+)100.0%

Record by class

ClassRunsWinsSR
Class 41417.1%
Class 53313.0%
Class 632721.9%

Record by distance

TripRunsWinsSR
Mile (7-9f)70811.4%
Middle (10-12f)9111.1%

Record by going

GoingRunsWinsSR
Standard68913.2%
Soft500.0%
Firm400.0%
Good300.0%

Record by course

CourseRunsWinsSR
Wolverhampton (AW)49714.3%
Lingfield (AW)13215.4%
Haydock500.0%
Chester400.0%
Kempton (AW)400.0%

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Data: official UK & Irish results, 2016-12-02–2022-04-29. Historical and not a guarantee of future results. 18+ · BeGambleAware.