Approaching Bear

2-year-old colt with 1 win from 9 runs who runs best on good ground over 7f – 1m.
Quick facts
Age
2 years old
Sex
Colt
Father
Belardo
Mother
Prudent Approach
Owner
Annus Mirabilis Syndicate
Official rating
74

📊 Key numbers

Career totals for this horse
9
Career races
1
Wins
11.1%
Win rate
avg ~10%
33.3%
Top-3 rate
avg ~30%
1491 days
Since last race

⚡ Strengths and risks

What helps this horse and what to watch out for
✓ What works in their favour
✔ Excellent record on good ground: 1 wins from 3 starts (33%)
✔ Well suited by 7f – 1m distances: 25% win rate
⚠ What to watch out for
⚠ Returning from a 1262-day absence

🎯 Where this horse runs best

Results split by ground, distance, race level and track shape
🌧 Ground
Good (a little give)
Loves
Yielding (slightly soft)
Unknown
Soft (muddy)
Unknown
Good to firm (fairly firm)
Unknown
Good to yielding (mild give)
Unknown
Standard (all-weather)
Unknown
📏 Race distance
7F – 1M
Loves
1M1F – 1M2F
Unknown
5F – 6½F
Avoids
🏟 Track shape
Right-handed, long straights
Loves
Left-handed, tight turns
Unknown
Right-handed, tight
Unknown
Left-handed, long straights
Avoids

📅 Recent runs

The last 10 races, most recent first
14 Oct
4th
Dundalk
7f – 1m · Standard · 11 runners
19 Sep
🏆 Won
Fairyhouse
7f – 1m · Good · 9 runners
15 Sep
5th
Naas
1m1f – 1m2f · Good_To_Yielding · 19 runners
2 Sep
3rd
Down Royal
7f – 1m · Good · 17 runners
18 Aug
2nd
Killarney
1m1f – 1m2f · Yielding · 7 runners
30 Jul
4th
Galway
7f – 1m · Soft · 7 runners
9 Jul
4th
Navan
5f – 6½f · Good_To_Firm · 11 runners
27 May
6th
Fairyhouse
5f – 6½f · Good · 11 runners
10 Apr
12th
The Curragh
5f – 6½f · Yielding · 14 runners

🏇 Jockeys

Every jockey who has ridden this horse, most rides first
0%
Win rate
0/3
Wins / rides
Dylan Browne McMonagle Current jockey
50%
Win rate
1/2
Wins / rides
0%
Win rate
0/2
Wins / rides
0%
Win rate
0/1
Wins / rides
Hugh Horgan
0%
Win rate
0/1
Wins / rides

🏟 Course record

Win rate at each course this horse has visited
CourseRacesResultsLast runWin rate
Fairyhouse
Galloping
2 1 win, 1 other 19 Sep 50%
Galway
Tight
1 1 other 30 Jul 0%
Navan
Galloping
1 1 other 9 Jul 0%
The Curragh
Galloping
1 1 other 10 Apr 0%
Down Royal
Galloping
1 1 third 2 Sep 0%
Naas
Galloping
1 1 other 15 Sep 0%
Killarney
Sharp
1 1 second 18 Aug 0%
Dundalk
Galloping
1 1 other 14 Oct 0%