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Take Me To Church (IRE)

3yo colt · Form & record 2023-09-06 to 2024-05-25 — from our verified UK & Irish results database. Trained by Jack W Davison.

Pedigree Churchill (IRE) × Chances Are (IRE) (by Dandy Man)

OwnerDavid Byrne Partners

Ratings Official 100 · best RPR 101 · best TS 88

Runs

Wins

37.5%

Strike rate

62.5%

Place rate

2.11

Actual / Expected

42.9%

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Full form — last 8 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
2024-05-25	48d	Curragh	8f	Good	–	5/8	2	Ronan Whelan	128	100	99	62	40/1
Group 1 Flat Turf Tattersalls Irish 2 000 Guineas Soon led - joined over 2f out - headed and weakened gradually from over 1f out
2024-04-07	14d	Leopardstown	7f	Heavy	–	4/8	3	Ronan Whelan p	131	101	84	64	3/1J
Group 3 Flat Turf Ballylinch Stud Red Rocks Stakes (Colts & Geldings) Soon led - joined over 2f out - soon headed on near side of group - weakened inside final furlong(op 11/4 tchd 10/3)
2024-03-24	44d	Naas	7f	Heavy	–	1/12	0	Ronan Whelan p	124	86	101	88	4/1
Flat Turf Irish Racing Writers Cliff Noone Memorial Madrid Handicap (Premier Handicap) Dwelt start - led soon after start - going easily up the centre under 2f out - went further clear when nudged along 1f out - ridden out - comfortably(tchd 5/1)
2024-02-09	100d	Dundalk (AW)	7f	Standard	–	1/8	0	Ronan Whelan p	137	82	92	62	100/30
Flat AW Floodlit Fridays At Dundalk Race Took keen hold - soon prominent - switched left and ridden 2f out - disputed lead from 1f out - led narrowly and ran on final 110yds(op 7/2)
2023-11-01	17d	Dundalk (AW)	6f	Standard	–	1/10	0	Ronan Whelan p	129	–	81	29	11/10F
Flat AW Irish Stallion Farms EBF Auction Maiden Made virtually all - faced challenge when ridden towards near side from over 1f out - ran on final 110yds - readily(op Evens tchd 6/5)
2023-10-15	31d	Naas	6f	Soft	–	2/10	0.75	Luke McAteer p	131	–	83	75	17/2
Flat Turf Tifrums Irish EBF (C & G) Maiden Prominent throughout - went second over 1f out - kept on towards finish - no match for winner(op 8/1 tchd 9/1)
2023-09-14	8d	Naas	7f	Good	–	7/14	–	Luke McAteer	129	–	66	–	16/1
Irish EBF Auction Series Maiden (IRE Incentive Race)
2023-09-06	DEB	Cork	6f	Good	–	3/6	–	Luke McAteer	131	–	75	18	12/1
Coolmore Stud Gleneagles Irish EBF (C & G) Maiden

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)	2	0	0.0%
Normal (2-4wk)	1	1	100.0%
Freshened (1-2m)	3	1	33.3%
Layoff (2-6m)	1	1	100.0%

Record by distance

Trip	Runs	Wins	SR
Sprint (5-6f)	3	1	33.3%
Mile (7-9f)	5	2	40.0%

Record by going

Going	Runs	Wins	SR
Good	3	0	0.0%

Record by course

Course	Runs	Wins	SR
Naas	3	1	33.3%

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Data: official UK & Irish results, 2023-09-06–2024-05-25. Historical and not a guarantee of future results. 18+ · BeGambleAware.