Ben Thomson
8-year-old gelding with 1 win from 13 runs who runs best on soft, spongy ground.
📊 Key numbers
Career totals for this horse
⚡ Strengths and risks
What helps this horse and what to watch out for
✓ What works in their favour
✔ Excellent record on soft ground: 1 wins from 5 starts (20%)
⚠ What to watch out for
⚠ Poor record on good ground: 0 wins from 3 starts
⚠ Returning from a 652-day absence
🎯 Where this horse runs best
Results split by ground, distance, race level and track shape
🌧 Ground
Good to yielding (mild give)
Unknown
Yielding (slightly soft)
Unknown
Good (a little give)
Avoids
📏 Race distance
Long Distance (2M+)
Likes
🏟 Track shape
Right-handed, long straights
Loves
Left-handed, long straights
Unknown
Left-handed, tight turns
Unknown
Right-handed, tight turns
Unknown
Right-handed, hilly
Unknown
📅 Recent runs
The last 10 races, most recent first
15 Jun
9th
Downpatrick
Long Distance (2m+) · Good · 18 runners
30 Aug
6th
Bellewstown
Long Distance (2m+) · Good · 17 runners
14 Aug
12th
Ballinrobe
Long Distance (2m+) · Good_To_Yielding · 19 runners
8 Jul
11th
Bellewstown
Long Distance (2m+) · Good · 18 runners
4 Mar
20th
Navan
Long Distance (2m+) · Good_To_Yielding · 27 runners
19 Feb
10th
Punchestown
Long Distance (2m+) · Yielding · 18 runners
29 Jan
15th
Naas
1m6f – 2m · Soft · 19 runners
8 Jan
DNF
Cork
Long Distance (2m+) · Heavy · 13 runners
26 Dec
🏆 Won
Down Royal
Long Distance (2m+) · Soft · 18 runners
5 Dec
11th
Cork
Long Distance (2m+) · Soft · 21 runners
🏇 Jockeys
Every jockey who has ridden this horse, most rides first
🏟 Course record
Win rate at each course this horse has visited
| Course | Races | Results | Last run | Win rate |
|---|
| Cork Galloping |
3 |
3 other |
8 Jan |
0% |
| Bellewstown Sharp |
2 |
2 other |
30 Aug |
0% |
| Down Royal Galloping |
1 |
1 win |
26 Dec |
100% |
| Naas Galloping |
1 |
1 other |
29 Jan |
0% |
| Fairyhouse Galloping |
1 |
1 other |
2 Nov |
0% |
| Limerick Galloping |
1 |
1 other |
10 Oct |
0% |
| Punchestown Galloping |
1 |
1 other |
19 Feb |
0% |
| Navan Galloping |
1 |
1 other |
4 Mar |
0% |
| Ballinrobe Sharp |
1 |
1 other |
14 Aug |
0% |
| Downpatrick Undulating |
1 |
1 other |
15 Jun |
0% |