Horse Details

Evocative Spark (IRE)

49 Runs 4 Wins (8.2%) 11 Places (22.4%)
Owner: J R Racing Silks J R Racing Trainer: John David Riches
5 years old b IRE
Sire: Frankel (GB)
Dam: Hyper Dream (IRE)
Damsire: Oasis Dream
Past Runs (49 Total)
Date/Time Course Distance Jockey Trainer Position Time Beaten By OR Weight SP Comment
24/11/25
18:45 		Newcastle (AW) 7f Sean Kirrane John David Riches 7 1:29.82 0.1 64 9-4 28/1
Prominent - bit short of room 2f out - no extra when bit short of room final 110yds(op 33/1)
07/11/25
18:30 		Newcastle (AW) 7f Sean Kirrane John David Riches 6 1:29.27 2.25 63 9-12 4/1
(op 7/2 tchd 9/2)
28/10/25
14:40 		Catterick 7f Sean Kirrane John David Riches 1st 1:28.95 Won 58 9-2 6/1
Dwelt start(op 7/1)
17/10/25
16:35 		Redcar 7f Shane Gray John David Riches 7 1:24.20 2.5 59 9-8 15/2 -
09/10/25
19:30 		Newcastle (AW) 6f Ethan Tindall John David Riches 2nd 1:13.88 .75 56 8-13 4/1F
In touch with leaders - headway over 1f out - went second final strides(op 9/2)
01/10/25
16:50 		Catterick 7f Ethan Tindall John David Riches 2nd 1:29.01 1.75 58 8-4 25/1
Midfield - headway when switched to near side over 2f out - kept on well inside final furlong(op 28/1)
22/09/25
17:15 		Hamilton 6f Joe Bradnam John David Riches 4 1:15.02 1.25 58 9-2 9/1
Took keen hold - pressed leader - briefly led over 1f out - weakened final 110yds(op 11/2)
09/09/25
16:10 		Catterick 6f Alistair Rawlinson John David Riches 7 1:11.64 1 60 9-8 7/1
Always behind(op 15/2)
19/08/25
20:10 		Wolverhampton (AW) 6f Sean Kirrane John David Riches 7 1:14.12 2 62 9-1 12/1
In rear - some headway inside final furlong(op 14/1)
15/07/25
17:00 		Beverley 7½f Sean Kirrane John David Riches 3rd 1:34.08 3.25 64 9-11 8/1
In touch with leaders - headway against far rail 2f out - outpaced inside final furlong - no match for first two(op 9/1)
27/01/25
19:00 		Wolverhampton (AW) 6f Ethan Tindall John David Riches 9 - - 66 8-12 40/1
In rear throughout(op 33/1)
18/01/25
17:30 		Wolverhampton (AW) 1m½f Sean Kirrane John David Riches 8 1:49.15 .5 68 9-4 80/1
Never better than midfield(op 50/1)
06/01/25
19:00 		Wolverhampton (AW) 7f Sean Kirrane John David Riches 9 1:29.25 1.25 69 9-6 28/1
Led - headed and weakened 2f out(op 22/1)
28/12/24
18:00 		Newcastle (AW) 6f Sean Kirrane John David Riches 11 - - 70 9-1 28/1
Pressed leader - weakened over 1f out(op 25/1 tchd 33/1)
14/12/24
18:00 		Wolverhampton (AW) 6f Sean Kirrane John David Riches 5 1:14.13 .5 71 9-2 11/1
Prominent - lost position and in touch with leaders over 4f out - pushed along and outpaced over 2f out - kept on inside final furlong(op 14/1)
22/11/24
18:15 		Newcastle (AW) 6f Tom Eaves James Owen 4 1:13.69 1.75 71 9-2 4/1
In touch with leaders - no extra final 110yds(op 9/2)
04/11/24
15:55 		Wolverhampton (AW) 6f Tom Eaves James Owen 1st 1:13.02 Won 68 9-5 15/2
Towards rear on outer - headway into midfield over 3f out - headway over 1f out - pressed leaders when ridden inside final furlong - kept on to lead towards finish - always doing enough
14/10/24
18:00 		Wolverhampton (AW) 7f Sean D Bowen James Owen 4 - - 69 9-12 11/2
In rear - headway inside final furlong - ran on
28/09/24
19:00 		Chelmsford (AW) 6f Darragh Keenan James Owen 7 1:11.40 0.05 71 9-10 16/1
Midfield - weakened inside final furlong(op 12/1)
08/09/24
16:35 		York 6f Sean D Bowen James Owen 13 1:17.29 0.3 73 9-2 9/1
Raced centre - midfield - weakened gradually from under 2f out - 6th of 6 in group(op 11/1)
04/08/24
14:30 		Chester 1m2½f Silvestre De Sousa Darryll Holland 10 2:15.89 1.5 74 9-10 6/1
Prominent - lost position over 1f out - weakened final furlong (jockey said gelding hung right-handed; vet said gelding lost his left-hind shoe)(op 5/1 tchd 9/2)
27/07/24
15:20 		Chester 7½f Franny Norton Darryll Holland 4 1:36.19 0.3 75 10-1 9/4F
Midfield - headway from 3f out - raced wide on turn before straight - kept on well inside final furlong - not reach leaders(op 5/2 tchd 2/1)
12/07/24
20:25 		Chester 7½f Franny Norton Darryll Holland 2nd 1:37.47 1.25 74 9-8 4/1
Took keen hold - in rear - headway over 2f out - switched right over 1f out - ran on inside final furlong - no extra towards finish(op 7/2 tchd 10/3)
22/06/24
20:45 		Haydock 1m Franny Norton Darryll Holland 2nd 1:39.67 .75 74 9-3 9/2
Took keen hold - in touch with leaders - headway and hung right 2f out - went third and keeping on inside final furlong - went second post (jockey said gelding hung right-handed)(op 6/1 tchd 13/2)
15/06/24
16:30 		Chester 6f Franny Norton Darryll Holland 3rd 1:20.91 1 74 8-13 7/1
Towards rear - going okay when not clear run 2f out - headway from over 1f out - kept on inside final furlong - went third towards finish(op 17/2 tchd 13/2)
29/05/24
14:10 		Beverley 7½f Franny Norton Darryll Holland 2nd 1:35.58 3.5 74 9-8 13/2
Took keen hold - midfield - headway over 2f out - kept on inside final furlong - went second final strides - no match for winner(op 6/1 tchd 7/1)
08/05/24
16:45 		Chester 7f Franny Norton Darryll Holland 3rd 1:27.63 .5 75 8-10 12/1
Took keen hold - towards rear on outer - headway from under 2f out - towards near side then went third final 110yds - kept on well(op 10/1)
24/03/24
16:15 		Doncaster 7f Jason Watson Darryll Holland 7 1:31.82 1.25 76 9-1 6/1
Towards rear on far side of group - weakened 2f out(op 7/1)
15/02/24
15:47 		Southwell (AW) 6f Liam Wright Darryll Holland 6 1:14.02 0.1 78 9-2 10/1
In touch with leaders - edged left over 1f out - kept on towards finish(op 15/2)
04/02/24
14:02 		Lingfield (AW) 6f Liam Wright Darryll Holland 5 1:11.06 1 80 9-0 40/1
Dwelt start - held up in rear - kept on inside final furlong - never dangerous(op 50/1)
23/01/24
20:00 		Southwell (AW) 5f Liam Wright Darryll Holland 8 0:59.36 .5 82 8-13 12/1
Towards rear - outpaced from over 3f out (jockey said gelding was outpaced on this occasion; trainer's rep said gelding resented the kickback)(tchd 11/1)
02/01/24
19:00 		Wolverhampton (AW) 6f Christian Howarth Darryll Holland 3rd 1:13.81 1.5 84 9-5 13/2
In touch with leaders - soon dropped to midfield - raced wide home turn - headway on outer over 1f out - kept on and went third inside final furlong(op 9/1)
20/12/23
19:00 		Kempton (AW) 1m Benoit De La Sayette Darryll Holland 9 1:40.23 .75 85 9-7 25/1
Prominent - dropped to midfield after 2f - pushed along and some headway over 1f out - weakened inside final furlong (jockey said gelding hung right-handed under pressure)
30/09/23
16:20 		Chester 7f Liam Wright Darryll Holland 8 1:40.05 7 85 9-2 5/2F
Slowly into stride - in rear throughout (trainer said - regarding the poor form shown - that gelding may have been unsuited by the heavy ground on this occasion and would prefer a sounder surface)(op 7/4)
15/09/23
15:55 		Chester 7f Franny Norton Darryll Holland 1st 1:31.08 Won 75 9-4 15/2
Held up in rear - headway on outer from 3f out - pushed along over 1f out - led inside final furlong - comfortably(op 11/2)
02/09/23
16:30 		Chester 5½f Franny Norton Darryll Holland 4 1:8.53 .5 75 8-9 40/1
Took keen hold - in rear - switched left and against rail over 4f out - short of room from over 2f out - kept on well when in the clear inside final furlong - eyecatcher (jockey said gelding was denied a clear run turning into home straight)(op 33/1)
23/08/23
19:02 		Leicester 1m P J McDonald Darryll Holland 5 1:42.99 3.75 79 10-1 28/1
Prominent - outpaced over 1f out - weakened inside final furlong (vet said gelding lost his left-fore shoe)(tchd 25/1)
09/08/23
16:30 		Brighton 1m Liam Wright Darryll Holland 13 1:36.97 .5 82 9-11 28/1
Awkward start - took keen hold - never better than midfield(op 20/1)
17/06/23
14:45 		Chester 1m2½f Rhys Clutterbuck Ollie Sangster 9 2:21.59 31 85 9-9 10/1
Prominent - led and slowed tempo after 2f - soon took keen hold - headed and weakened quickly over 2f out - tailed off (jockey said gelding stopped quickly)(op 12/1)
29/05/23
16:15 		Leicester 1m Hollie Doyle Ollie Sangster 4 1:44.63 3.25 87 9-11 14/1
Took keen hold - prominent - ridden 2f out - soon carried left - weakened gradually inside final furlong (jockey said gelding lugged left-handed)(op 10/1)
05/04/23
19:45 		Kempton (AW) 7f Rob Hornby Ollie Sangster 6 1:25.71 0.2 90 9-4 40/1
Awkward start - took keen hold - in rear - pushed along and some headway from over 2f out - ridden over 1f out - struggling inside final furlong(op 33/1 tchd 28/1 and tchd 50/1)
13/10/22
20:30 		Chelmsford (AW) 1m Jason Hart George Boughey 10 1:36.11 .75 92 9-8 40/1
Took keen hold - towards rear on outer - pushed along from over 2f out - up the centre home straight - ridden and no extra from over 1f out(tchd 50/1)
29/08/22
15:15 		Epsom 7f William Buick George Boughey 7 1:23.98 2 93 9-9 5/1
In rear - pushed along and headway on inner 2f out - ridden and went third when switched right over 1f out - weakened final 110yds(op 4/1)
07/07/22
16:40 		Newmarket (July) 1m Ryan Moore George Boughey 10 1:39.28 .5 93 9-5 5/1
Sweating - raced freely - disputed lead towards near side - pushed along 2f out - ridden and weakened over 1f out(op 4/1 tchd 11/2)
21/05/22
13:45 		Goodwood 7f Callum Shepherd George Boughey 9 1:31.84 7.5 90 9-1 11/2J
Pressed leader - disputed lead over 3f out - ridden and led under 2f out - soon headed and lost position - weakened quickly and dropped to rear inside final furlong(op 6/1)
13/04/22
14:15 		Beverley 7½f Ben Curtis George Boughey 2nd 1:31.36 .5 78 9-5 13/2
Raced wide early - in touch with leaders - led over 5f out - pushed along 2f out - ridden over 1f out - headed towards finish(op 7/1)
29/10/21
18:30 		Kempton (AW) 7f Louis Steward Hugo Palmer 2nd 1:26.10 0.3 76 8-13 4/1
Tracked leaders - pushed along and headway from 2f out - ridden to lead over 1f out - headed inside final furlong - no extra towards finish(op 11/2 tchd 7/2)
27/08/21
13:55 		Ffos Las 7½f Callum Shepherd Hugo Palmer 1st 1:34.62 Won – 9-5 100/30
Took keen hold - tracked leaders - ridden 2f out - led narrowly 1f out - carried left when headed inside final 110yds - bumped towards finish - kept on - finished 2nd - placed 1st(op 4/1 tchd 3/1)
11/08/21
13:30 		Yarmouth 7f Callum Shepherd Hugo Palmer 4 1:28.95 4 – 9-5 16/1
Slowly away - took keen hold - in rear - headway and prominent when switched to near side after 1f - pushed along and outpaced over 1f out - kept on final 110yds - not reach leaders(tchd 14/1)