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Essaka (IRE)

9yo gelding · Form & record 2015-01-26 to 2021-11-03 — from our verified UK & Irish results database. Trained by Tony Carroll.

Pedigree Equiano (FR) × ?

Ratings Official 45 · best RPR 72 · best TS 63

Runs

Wins

6.6%

Strike rate

36.8%

Place rate

0.51

Actual / Expected

-63.2%

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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.

Date	Off	Course	Dist	Going	Cl	Pos	Btn	Jockey	Wgt	OR	RPR	TS	SP
2021-11-03	20d	Nottingham	5f	Soft	6	11/17	–	Sophie Ralston	109	45	39	32	22/1
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2021-10-14	31d	Brighton	6f	Firm	6	4/11	–	Robert Winston	127	47	35	11	28/1
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2021-09-13	2d	Brighton	5.5f	Firm	6	3/6	–	Ray Dawson	117	48	52	39	11/2
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2021-09-11	17d	Bath	5.5f	Firm	6	4/10	–	Marco Ghiani	128	48	45	30	14/1
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2021-08-25	35d	Wolverhampton (AW)	6f	Standard	6	7/10	–	Mollie Phillips	124	46	41	22	40/1
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2021-07-21	12d	Bath	5.5f	Firm	6	9/12	–	Mollie Phillips t	119	50	35	27	15/2
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2021-07-09	9d	Chepstow	5f	Good	6	5/10	–	Sophie Ralston	123	52	53	39	11/1
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2021-06-30	26d	Bath	5.5f	Firm	6	5/11	–	Sophie Ralston	118	52	52	30	16/1
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2021-06-04	112d	Bath	5.5f	Firm	6	8/12	–	Sophie Ralston	122	54	37	3	16/1
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2021-02-12	5d	Southwell (AW)	5f	Standard	6	2/7	–	Sophie Ralston	121	48	52	21	9/1
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2021-02-07	36d	Southwell (AW)	5f	Standard	6	4/11	–	Sophie Ralston	122	48	45	25	25/1
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2021-01-02	19d	Wolverhampton (AW)	5f	Standard	6	7/11	–	Jack Mitchell	126	48	34	25	8/1
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2020-12-14	61d	Kempton (AW)	6f	Standard	6	6/12	–	Tom Marquand	131	50	49	19	15/2
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2020-10-14	31d	Bath	5.5f	Soft	5	2/15	–	Sophie Ralston	115	54	59	53	28/1
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2020-09-13	3d	Bath	5.5f	Firm	5	10/11	–	Sophie Ralston	117	54	46	31	12/1
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2020-09-10	22d	Chepstow	5f	Good	6	2/12	–	Sophie Ralston	123	54	56	53	16/1
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2020-08-19	6d	Bath	5.5f	Soft	5	4/9	–	Sophie Ralston	109	56	57	37	12/1
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2020-08-13	333d	Bath	5.5f	Firm	5	6/7	–	Sophie Ralston	117	56	51	19	14/1
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2019-09-15	19d	Bath	5.5f	Firm	2	9/15	–	Sophie Ralston	120	64	53	37	50/1
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2019-08-27	19d	Bath	5f	Firm	5	4/7	–	Sophie Ralston	127	65	49	33	10/1
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2019-08-08	15d	Brighton	5.5f	Firm	5	4/5	–	Hayley Turner	124	66	67	63	7/1
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2019-07-24	22d	Bath	5.5f	Firm	5	7/12	–	Sophie Ralston	131	67	52	37	10/1
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2019-07-02	14d	Brighton	5.5f	Firm	5	5/6	–	Sophie Ralston	125	67	58	40	10/3
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2019-06-18	11d	Brighton	5.5f	Firm	6	2/9	–	Sophie Ralston	129	65	72	57	3/1
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2019-06-07	4d	Bath	5.5f	Firm	6	3/17	–	Sophie Ralston	129	63	67	50	9/2
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2019-06-03	35d	Brighton	5.5f	Firm	6	1/8	–	Sophie Ralston	121	59	72	41	7/2
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2019-04-29	194d	Windsor	5f	Good	5	2/15	–	Sophie Ralston	115	59	64	58	16/1
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2018-10-17	8d	Bath	5.5f	Soft	5	6/17	–	Sophie Ralston	116	59	59	48	12/1
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2018-10-09	17d	Brighton	5.5f	Firm	6	5/12	–	Sophie Ralston	120	59	57	37	8/1
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2018-09-22	6d	Wolverhampton (AW)	5f	Standard	6	3/10	–	Sophie Ralston	125	53	57	33	4/1
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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 run	Runs	Wins	SR
Quick (under 2wk)	28	2	7.1%
Normal (2-4wk)	30	1	3.3%
Freshened (1-2m)	9	1	11.1%
Layoff (2-6m)	5	1	20.0%
Long break (6m+)	3	0	0.0%

Record by class

Class	Runs	Wins	SR
Class 2	3	0	0.0%
Class 5	26	1	3.8%
Class 6	43	4	9.3%
Class 7	2	0	0.0%

Record by distance

Trip	Runs	Wins	SR
Sprint (5-6f)	73	5	6.8%
Mile (7-9f)	3	0	0.0%

Record by going

Going	Runs	Wins	SR
Firm	28	3	10.7%
Standard	18	0	0.0%
Good	15	2	13.3%
Soft	14	0	0.0%

Record by course

Course	Runs	Wins	SR
Bath	23	1	4.3%
Brighton	18	3	16.7%
Wolverhampton (AW)	11	0	0.0%
Chepstow	5	0	0.0%
Kempton (AW)	4	0	0.0%
Windsor	4	1	25.0%

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Data: official UK & Irish results, 2015-01-26–2021-11-03. Historical and not a guarantee of future results. 18+ · BeGambleAware.