Horse Details

Birkenhead (GB)

84 Runs 11 Wins (13.1%) 25 Places (29.8%)
8 years old b GB
Sire: Captain Gerrard (IRE)
Dam: Vilnius (GB)
Damsire: Imperial Dancer
Past Runs (84 Total)
Date/Time Course Draw Distance Jockey Trainer Position Time Beaten By OR Weight SP Comment
13/01/26
16:30
Southwell (AW) 6 5f Oisin McSweeney Paul Midgley 2nd 0:59.07 3.25 66 9-5 9/1
Taken down early - led - headed over 1f out - weakened inside final furlong(tchd 17/2)
27/09/25
19:30
Southwell (AW) 4 5f Barry McHugh Paul Midgley 2nd 0:58.87 1.25 65 9-12 11/2
Taken down early - led - headed but pressed leader from over 2f out - kept on but no extra inside final furlong(tchd 6/1)
09/09/25
14:40
Catterick 12 5f David Nolan Paul Midgley 4 0:57.60 .5 66 9-3 8/1
Taken down early - prominent on near side of group - kept on final 110yds(op 9/1)
18/08/25
16:15
Catterick 3 5f David Nolan Paul Midgley 3rd 0:59.01 0.3 66 9-10 11/4
Disputed lead - lost position inside final furlong - kept on(op 3/1 tchd 10/3)
26/07/25
15:20
York 9 5f Jonathan England Paul Midgley 5 0:59.58 0.1 66 10-12 14/1
Taken down early - led - headed over 1f out - weakened gradually inside final 110yds(op 16/1)
07/07/25
20:00
Ripon 5 5f Barry McHugh Paul Midgley 3rd 0:58.84 .75 67 9-3 6/1
Led narrowly - hung right inside final furlong - headed final 110yds - soon no extra(op 17/2 tchd 9/1)
17/06/25
17:50
Thirsk 3 5f Barry McHugh Paul Midgley 4 0:57.26 .75 69 9-3 12/1
Took keen hold - pressed leader - led narrowly over 1f out - headed 1f out - soon no extra(op 11/1)
30/05/25
19:28
Catterick 5 5f Barry McHugh Paul Midgley 5 0:59.70 0.2 69 9-6 8/1
Took keen hold - disputed lead - lost position over 1f out - weakened inside final furlong(op 9/1)
09/05/25
18:55
Ripon 6 5f David Nolan Paul Midgley 2nd 0:57.56 1.5 68 9-3 18/1
Led against near rail - headed over 1f out - hung right and no extra inside final furlong(op 16/1)
23/04/25
14:00
Catterick 10 5f Oisin McSweeney Paul Midgley 1st 0:59.33 Won 64 9-13 18/1
Taken down early - made all - pushed along over 1f out - kept on well(op 14/1)
27/03/25
19:00
Chelmsford (AW) 5 5f Joe Fanning Paul Midgley 8 0:59.08 .75 66 9-6 16/1
Taken down early - awkward start - took keen hold - towards rear - some headway over 1f out - weakened inside final furlong(op 18/1 tchd 20/1)
11/03/25
19:45
Southwell (AW) 3 5f David Nolan Paul Midgley 5 0:59.34 0.3 67 9-4 14/1
Led - briefly headed over 2f out - headed over 1f out - weakened gradually inside final furlong(op 12/1)
14/02/25
20:00
Newcastle (AW) 9 5f David Nolan Paul Midgley 8 0:59.88 1.5 68 9-9 22/1
Prominent against near rail - ridden over 1f out - weakened inside final furlong(op 14/1 tchd 20/1)
10/09/24
14:50
Catterick 5 5f David Nolan Paul Midgley 3rd 1:0.30 1.5 69 9-6 18/1
Taken down early - raced far side and led overall early - switched right and towards near side from over 2f out - against near rail when headed 1f out - no extra inside final 110yds - 3rd of 5 in group(op 12/1)
19/08/24
16:15
Catterick 1 5f David Nolan Paul Midgley 1st 0:58.01 Won 67 9-9 9/4J
Prominent - edged right and towards near side 2f out - against near rail when led inside final furlong - soon ridden - faced challenge inside final 110yds - kept on(op 3/1 and tchd 10/3)
27/07/24
14:05
York 16 5f Jonathan England Paul Midgley 16 1:1.23 2.5 67 10-12 14/1
Towards rear on near side of group - weakened over 1f out (trainer could offer no explanation for the poor form shown; vet said a post-race examination revealed no abnormalities)(op 10/1)
02/07/24
21:00
Lingfield 1 5f Oisin Murphy Paul Midgley 1st 0:56.86 Won 63 9-13 11/10F
Made all - edged right and kept on well inside final furlong(op 11/8)
18/06/24
15:30
Catterick 6 5f David Nolan Paul Midgley 2nd 1:0.34 .75 61 9-12 9/2C
Started quickly - led - switched to near side 3f out - headed final 110yds - kept on(op 4/1)
23/05/24
14:40
Catterick 10 5f David Nolan Paul Midgley 1st 1:1.72 Won 56 9-5 5/1
Taken down early - made all - switched to near side soon after start - ridden when clear over 1f out - kept on well - eased towards finish(op 3/1)
13/05/24
15:47
Catterick 2 5f David Nolan Paul Midgley 3rd 0:59.04 1.5 56 9-10 7/2F
Led but pestered - headed over 1f out - no extra inside final furlong(op 4/1 tchd 10/3)
01/05/24
16:45
Wolverhampton (AW) 1 5f Ryan Sexton Paul Midgley 5 1:1.21 0.2 57 9-4 4/1C
Soon led - took keen hold after 1f - headed inside final furlong - no extra and lost position inside final 110yds (jockey said gelding was tiring and hung right in closing stages)(op 7/2)
09/04/24
17:30
Southwell (AW) 1 5f Ryan Sexton Paul Midgley 3rd 0:58.27 .5 58 8-12 9/2
Prominent - some headway but hung right from over 1f out - weakened inside final furlong (jockey said gelding hung right-handed throughout)(op 5/1 tchd 11/2)
25/03/24
19:30
Newcastle (AW) 2 5f David Nolan Paul Midgley 3rd 0:59.54 0.2 57 9-8 13/2
Took keen hold - led - 2 lengths ahead 2f out - much reduced lead final 110yds - kept on but headed final strides - just failed(op 8/1)
22/02/24
20:30
Newcastle (AW) 2 5f Ryan Sexton Paul Midgley 5 1:2.10 1.5 57 9-3 12/1
Took keen hold - pressed leader - lost second over 1f out - weakened and eased inside final furlong (jockey said gelding hung badly right-handed inside final furlong - thereby meaning he was unable to ride out as he wished - causing him to lose fourth place; he felt it prudent to ease gelding as he thought something was amiss)
08/02/24
19:35
Newcastle (AW) 9 5f Ryan Sexton Paul Midgley 3rd 0:58.86 2 58 9-5 17/2
Prominent - kept on but not pace to challenge(op 15/2 tchd 6/1 and tchd 8/1)
27/01/24
17:15
Newcastle (AW) 8 5f Ryan Sexton Paul Midgley 8 1:1.26 .5 60 8-11 9/1
Midfield on near side of group - ridden over 1f out - weakened inside final furlong (jockey said gelding hung right-handed throughout)(tchd 17/2 and tchd 10/1)
15/01/24
18:30
Wolverhampton (AW) 9 5f David Nolan Paul Midgley 6 1:1.92 .5 63 9-9 18/1
Slowly away - in rear - some headway over 1f out - stayed on inside final furlong(tchd 20/1)
02/01/24
20:00
Wolverhampton (AW) 5 5f David Nolan Paul Midgley 9 1:1.66 .75 65 9-7 8/1
Taken down early - midfield - ridden over 1f out - weakened final furlong(op 18/1)
03/10/23
19:30
Wolverhampton (AW) 10 5f Billy Loughnane Paul Midgley 6 1:1.24 1.25 66 9-7 14/1
Midfield - some headway then bit short of room over 1f out - kept on but no impression inside final furlong(op 12/1)
19/09/23
15:00
Redcar 3 5f Ryan Sexton Paul Midgley 11 1:0.17 0.3 67 9-11 4/1J
Midfield - brief headway over 1f out - no impression when not clear run and lost position 1f out (jockey said gelding was denied a clear run approaching 1f out)(op 5/1)
28/08/23
15:10
Southwell (AW) 9 5f David Nolan Paul Midgley 2nd 0:57.78 .5 65 9-12 11/2
Prominent - ridden and went second over 1f out - hung right and pressed winner inside final furlong - kept on (jockey said gelding hung right-handed)(op 15/2 tchd 8/1)
18/08/23
16:00
Wolverhampton (AW) 10 5f Billy Loughnane Paul Midgley 2nd 1:0.75 0.3 64 9-0 25/1
Dwelt start - switched left soon after start - midfield - headway on inner from over 1f out - went second inside final 110yds - kept on(op 16/1 tchd 14/1)
30/06/23
21:00
Chester 1 5f David Nolan Paul Midgley 5 1:0.87 0.2 66 9-5 9/1
Midfield on inner - no impression from over 1f out(op 10/1 tchd 17/2)
07/06/23
20:45
Ripon 4 5f Graham Lee Paul Midgley 5 0:59.20 .75 67 9-6 10/1
Towards rear - pushed along 2f out - headway when ridden over 1f out - bumped inside final furlong - soon weakened(tchd 9/1 and tchd 11/1)
25/05/23
16:00
Haydock 5 5f Saffie Osborne Paul Midgley 5 1:1.60 3 67 8-5 12/1
Taken down early - slowly away - towards rear - headway halfway - hung right over 1f out - soon ridden and weakened (jockey said gelding anticipated the start and hung right-handed)(op 10/1 tchd 16/1)
11/05/23
17:13
Southwell (AW) 5 5f David Nolan Paul Midgley 1st 0:59.58 Won 63 9-9 15/2
Disputed lead - led narrowly from 3f out - ridden over 1f out - kept on(op 9/1)
06/04/23
17:30
Southwell (AW) 5 5f Alex Fielding Paul Midgley 9 0:58.30 .75 65 9-2 14/1
Prominent - ridden and lost ground from under 2f out - soon held(op 18/1 tchd 12/1 and tchd 20/1)
09/03/23
13:15
Southwell (AW) 3 5f Ryan Sexton Paul Midgley 8 0:59.78 0.3 66 8-11 18/1
Taken down early - bumped start - never better than mid-division(op 22/1)
03/10/22
17:55
Wolverhampton (AW) 4 5f David Nolan Paul Midgley 5 1:1.30 0.2 67 9-6 100/30
Taken down early - raced freely - led - ridden over 1f out - headed and no extra final 110yds - lost position final strides(op 7/2 tchd 4/1)
21/09/22
16:37
Redcar 4 5f Alex Fielding Paul Midgley 6 0:57.09 0.3 68 9-3 17/2
In touch with leaders towards far side - pushed along and some headway from 2f out - keeping on when hung right inside final furlong - ran on final 110yds(op 8/1 tchd 9/1)
06/09/22
17:05
Catterick 1 5f Alex Fielding Paul Midgley 5 1:1.00 4 69 8-10 11/1
Held up in rear - ridden and no impression from 2f out(op 10/1)
12/08/22
18:07
Thirsk 3 5f Graham Lee Paul Midgley 5 0:58.72 1.25 71 8-9 14/1
Taken down early - tracked leader - pushed along from 2f out - ridden and weakened from 1f out(op 18/1)
05/08/22
15:10
Musselburgh 1 5f Alex Fielding Paul Midgley 4 1:1.40 4 71 9-3 3/1
Prominent - nudged along over 2f out - ridden over 1f out - weakened final furlong(op 7/2)
23/07/22
14:05
York 6 5f Jonathan England Paul Midgley 1st 0:58.80 Won 67 10-13 25/1
Prominent - led 2f out - soon hard ridden - kept on well inside final furlong - gamely(op 33/1)
27/06/22
19:30
Musselburgh 4 5f Ryan Sexton Paul Midgley 6 0:59.87 0.3 68 9-2 7/2
Taken down early - slightly hampered soon after start - in touch with leaders - went second 2f out - soon ridden - no impression and beaten when lost two places inside final furlong - soon weakened(op 9/2)
14/06/22
17:15
Thirsk 7 5f Jonathan England Paul Midgley 3rd 0:58.34 .5 69 10-1 12/1
Led - pushed along under 2f out - ridden over 1f out - edged right and headed inside final furlong - no extra and lost second inside final 110yds(op 9/1)
26/05/22
16:25
Ripon 4 5f Ryan Sexton Paul Midgley 2nd 0:59.33 2 60 9-4 4/9F
Taken down early - took keen hold - pressed leader - led 2f out - soon ridden - hung right 1f out - headed and held inside final furlong(op 4/7)
20/05/22
17:20
Catterick 9 5f Ryan Sexton Paul Midgley 1st 0:58.72 Won 60 9-1 100/30
Taken down early - took keen hold - disputed lead - shaken up to lead when up the centre over 2f out - ridden when clear over 1f out - kept on strongly - readily(op 11/4)
15/05/22
14:10
Ripon 12 5f Ryan Sexton Paul Midgley 2nd 0:58.61 0 60 9-4 11/1
Prominent - ridden to lead over 1f out - hung right and bumped rival inside final furlong - kept on - finished 1st - placed 2nd(op 10/1 tchd 14/1)
27/04/22
14:00
Pontefract 5 5f Ryan Sexton Paul Midgley 6 1:3.65 .5 63 9-0 12/1
Took keen hold - raced in second - ridden and every chance over 1f out - weakened inside final furlong(op 18/1)
11/04/22
17:50
Pontefract 8 5f Graham Lee Paul Midgley 12 1:8.75 1.75 64 9-1 14/1
Midfield - pushed along 2f out - bit short of room and outpaced over 1f out - soon lost ground - weakened inside final furlong(op 12/1 tchd 10/1)
15/03/22
19:00
Southwell (AW) 11 5f Alex Fielding Paul Midgley 2nd 0:59.02 4 64 8-13 28/1
Prominent - ridden over 1f out - went second inside final furlong - kept on - no match for winner(op 33/1)
22/12/21
15:55
Southwell (AW) 1 5f Ben Robinson Paul Midgley 11 1:1.77 2 65 9-7 11/1
Close up - ridden over 1f out - weakened inside final furlong(tchd 10/1 and tchd 14/1)
11/12/21
17:00
Newcastle (AW) 4 5f Ben Robinson Paul Midgley 11 0:59.93 0.2 65 9-7 100/30F
Took keen hold - towards rear on far side of group - pushed along and headway over 1f out - weakened final 110yds (jockey said gelding ran too free)(op 6/1 tchd 3/1)
19/10/21
17:40
Newcastle (AW) 14 5f David Allan Les Eyre 1st 0:59.79 Won 62 9-4 5/1J
Midfield on near side of group - ridden and headway against near rail over 1f out - led inside final 110yds - reduced lead inside final 110yds - ran on(op 7/1 tchd 15/2)
19/07/21
18:15
Beverley 9 5f Lewis Edmunds Les Eyre 11 1:1.62 0.3 66 9-3 40/1
Tracked leaders - pushed along over 2f out - weakened over 1f out(op 25/1 tchd 22/1)
26/06/21
17:40
Chester 1 5f Jane Elliott Les Eyre 8 1:3.95 1.5 68 8-4 12/1
Held up in midfield - pushed along halfway - ridden over 1f out - soon weakened(tchd 14/1)
14/06/21
18:50
Nottingham 9 5f Lewis Edmunds Les Eyre 4 0:59.90 .75 69 9-1 12/1
Close up - ridden and outpaced 2f out - some headway when bit short of room inside final furlong - not recover(op 16/1 tchd 11/1)
22/04/21
14:10
Beverley 9 5f Lewis Edmunds Les Eyre 10 1:5.38 .5 72 9-4 33/1
Chased leader - ridden 2f out - weakened quickly from over 1f out(op 22/1)
02/04/21
17:30
Newcastle (AW) 1 5f Lewis Edmunds Les Eyre 8 1:1.41 3.5 75 9-1 12/1
Slowly into stride - held up in rear - pushed along halfway - never dangerous (jockey said gelding was never travelling)
21/01/21
19:30
Newcastle (AW) 1 5f Lewis Edmunds Les Eyre 7 1:1.47 0.2 77 9-1 12/1
Disputed lead - ridden and headed over 1f out - weakened inside final furlong
18/12/20
13:30
Southwell (AW) 1 5f Lewis Edmunds Les Eyre 4 0:59.72 0.3 77 9-2 6/5F
Close up - niggled along over 2f out - ridden and every chance over 1f out - soon edged left - weakened gradually final furlong(op Evens tchd 11/8)
11/12/20
17:15
Southwell (AW) 4 5f Lewis Edmunds Les Eyre 2nd 0:57.40 .5 77 8-13 3/1F
Visibility reduced by fog - pressed leader - ridden and every chance over 1f out - led narrowly inside final furlong - headed and no extra inside final 110yds(op 5/2)
19/11/20
16:50
Newcastle (AW) 8 5f Andrew Breslin Les Eyre 7 1:0.73 1 77 7-12 10/1
Chased leaders - ridden 2f out - weakened gradually final furlong(op 11/1)
29/10/20
18:15
Southwell (AW) 3 5f Hollie Doyle Les Eyre 1st 0:57.32 Won 72 8-3 10/1
Raced far side - tracked leaders - headway and switched right over 1f out - ridden and challenging inside final furlong - kept on strongly to lead inside final 110yds(tchd 11/1)
27/08/20
15:00
Beverley 10 5f William Carver Les Eyre 15 1:5.07 0.2 75 9-5 16/1
Pressed leader - ridden halfway - no impression over 1f out - weakened final 110yds(op 14/1 tchd 18/1)
12/08/20
15:40
Beverley 8 5f Lewis Edmunds Les Eyre 5 1:1.29 1.5 73 9-2 14/1
Towards rear - niggled along over 1f out - ran on final furlong - nearest finish(op 12/1 tchd 11/1)
02/08/20
13:25
Newcastle (AW) 2 5f Lewis Edmunds Les Eyre 2nd 1:0.23 .75 73 9-5 16/1
Took keen hold - towards rear - headway over 2f out - pressed leaders over 1f out - chased winner inside final furlong - kept on well(tchd 14/1 and tchd 20/1)
18/07/20
12:45
York 6 5f Lewis Edmunds Les Eyre 10 0:59.34 0.05 76 8-12 16/1
Prominent in centre of group - ridden over 2f out - weakened over 1f out(op 12/1)
04/07/20
12:30
Haydock 3 5f Lewis Edmunds Les Eyre 5 1:4.66 .75 77 8-13 25/1
Tracked leaders - took keen hold - shaken up over 2f out - kept on until weakened inside final 110yds(op 20/1 tchd 28/1)
21/06/20
12:45
Redcar 1 5f Lewis Edmunds Les Eyre 3rd 0:58.47 0.1 76 9-3 22/1
Tracked winner - ridden over 1f out - kept on - just held(op 28/1)
08/06/20
13:45
Haydock 4 5f Lewis Edmunds Les Eyre 8 1:1.79 1.25 79 9-2 50/1
Pressed leader - ridden and outpaced 2f out - weakened over 1f out(op 40/1)
31/01/20
17:00
Dundalk (AW) (IRE) 2 5f Ronan Whelan Les Eyre 5 1:0.98 0.3 80 9-3 6/1
Chased leaders - pushed along in 3rd 2f out - soon ridden and no impression on winner under pressure inside final furlong - one pace closing stages(op 5/1)
30/12/19
14:10
Lingfield (AW) 2 6f Lewis Edmunds Les Eyre 8 1:11.82 0.05 80 9-2 4/1
Took keen hold - tracked leaders - struggling to quicken under pressure when impeded 1f out - weakened inside final furlong (jockey said gelding ran too free)(tchd 9/2)
28/11/19
13:20
Lingfield (AW) 9 5f Lewis Edmunds Les Eyre 1st 0:58.90 Won 75 9-7 6/1
Prominent on outer - ridden and headway over 1f out - led inside final furlong - kept on well
24/10/19
19:45
Wolverhampton (AW) 5 5f Lewis Edmunds Les Eyre 2nd 1:0.36 0.3 71 9-3 11/1
Chased winner - ridden to challenge approaching final furlong - kept on - always held by winner
23/07/19
15:30
Musselburgh 8 5f David Allan Les Eyre 6 1:1.85 .5 74 8-10 8/1
Pressed winner - driven along over 1f out - outpaced inside final furlong (jockey said colt hung right)(op 10/1 tchd 13/2)
19/06/19
13:50
Hamilton 3 5f Faye McManoman Les Eyre 6 1:0.59 1.25 9-3 4/1
Prominent - not clear run over 2f out to over 1f out - soon ridden and outpaced - beaten final furlong(op 9/2 tchd 7/2)
29/05/19
13:40
Beverley 4 5f Callum Shepherd Mick Channon 2nd 1:5.84 0.3 9-5 4/6F
Led - ridden clear well over 1f out - driven inside final furlong - headed near line(op 4/5 tchd 8/13)
10/05/19
18:00
Ripon 3 5f Callum Shepherd Mick Channon 2nd 1:0.98 .75 9-5 2/1
Prominent on outer - ridden 2f out - driven over 1f out - kept on(tchd 13/8)
27/04/19
13:45
Ripon 2 5f David Probert Mick Channon 3rd 1:0.73 1.25 9-3 4/6F
Pressed leader - ridden into narrow lead approaching final furlong - soon driven - headed 110yds out - no extra and held in 3rd when short of room near finish
17/04/19
14:15
Beverley 2 5f Callum Shepherd Mick Channon 1st 1:3.40 Won 9-1 13/8F
Disputed lead - ridden over 1f out - ran on for pressure inside final furlong - nosed ahead post(op 6/4 tchd 2/1)
02/04/19
14:30
Lingfield (AW) 4 5f Callum Shepherd Mick Channon 2nd 0:58.38 2 9-5 6/5F
Chased winner - shaken up 2f out - stayed on but no impression final furlong(op 6/4 tchd 11/10)
30/03/19
16:10
Doncaster 6 5f Callum Shepherd Mick Channon 6 1:1.48 1.75 9-3 11/2
Midfield - pushed along 2f out - one pace(op 6/1)