Cheltenham Festival 2024 Form and Entries for Horse The Big Boyo (IRE)

The Big Boyo (IRE) b g 2004

Track Horse HorseTracker

The Big Boyo (IRE) b g 2004

Sire

Luso (GB)

Dam

Native Kin (IRE)

Dam's Sire

Be My Native (USA)

Owner

Ms Pauline Twiss, John Twiss & Anthony Twiss

Trainer

Thomas P O'Connor

Breeder

Tom And Marie Ryan

Last Win

Cork Mon, 25th Apr, 11 8/1, Mr P D Collins P J Colville (4990 days)

Last Run

Killarney Mon, 16th Jul, 12 p.u., 25/1, A P Crowe (4542 days)

Lifetime

Runs

Wins

Places

Win %

Earnings

Level Stk

Hurdle IRE

€4,710

-13.00

Chase IRE

11%

€12,105

0.00

NHF IRE

-1.00

Under Rules Total

-14.00

Form Figures

8F722-2905-45301399-28P9PP/

Form Timeline

Form Figures - 8F722-2905-45301399-28P9PP/

Date Course Conditions

Race Result

Jockey

Class n

MorningSP

Change of Trainer C Byrnes to Thomas P O'Connor

Change of Trainer P J Colville to C Byrnes

Jan 2012

January Sales (Goffs UK)

Ryan, Tom & Marie

Purchaser: Withdrawn

Lots Sold: 76

Prices

Avg: £5,168

Median: £3,350

Maximum: £30,000

18Sep09 Lis 20f Good 5y MdnHdl(12K)

non-runner (Reserve)

05Jul09 Lim 16f Good to Firm 4-7y NHF(8K)

non-runner (Reserve)

Symbols Explained

ts² Tongue Strap vs² Visor hd² Hood es² Eye Shield ec² Eye Cover cp² Cheekpiece bl² Blinkers tt² Tongue Tie bf Beaten Favourite on Last Run srMentioned in Stewards Report in Results bbvBroke Blood Vessel

The superscript number on headgear bl² indicates number of times worn. A plus bl⁺ indicates more than 10 times where as red background bl¹indicates first time.

Date Course

Conditions

Race

Jockey Weight

OR Class

Date

Sale

Consignor

Purchaser

Price

Jan 2012

January Sales (Goffs UK)

Ryan, Tom & Marie

Purchaser: Withdrawn

Lots Sold: 76

Prices

Avg: £5,168

Median: £3,350

Maximum: £30,000

Reports in which The Big Boyo (IRE) was mentioned

Woodfield still going strong at eleven

The 11yo Doctor Woodfield trained by Cecil Ross and ridden by Barry Cash ran out a convincing winner of the Friends of Liam Hogan Handicap Chase at the odds of 12/1. Sun 18th Mar

Mossey wins as expected

Mossey Joe did it like a 4/5 shot should running out an easy fourteen length winner of the O'Keeffe, O'Shea, O'Connor Solicitors Novice Chase in the hands of Barry Geraghty. Tue 17th May

The Big Boyo scores easy win

The Pat Colville trained The Big Boyo was the second horse on the card at Cork today to win with first-time blinkers, scoring a fine 19 lengths success in the corkracecourse.ie QR Beginners Chase. Mon 25th Apr

King rules to double Townend's score

Paul Townend added to his earlier gains with Sounds Of Jupiter when he guided The Kings Sword to a comprehensive twelve length success in the March 13th & 14th Family Racing Weekend Maiden Hurdle. Sun 31st Jan

Review navan 19th Dec

Stewards at Navan found connections of Take A Stroll guilty of using the racecourse as a training groundSat 19th Dec

John browne completes great Meade double

Noel Meade kept his many supporters at Navan happy when half-an-hour after landing the first with the well-backed favourite, Hollo Ladies, Thegreatjohnbrowne did what would be expected of a 4/6 shot, but not before giving all involved a fright with a last flight mistake in the 2010 Navan Membership 'The Ideal Christmas Gift' Maiden Hurdle. Sat 19th Dec

Quietly Fancied wins Thurles opener

The opening Cashel Maiden Hurdle at Thurles today saw the Oliver McKiernan trained Quietly Fancied run out a convincing 12/1 winner under John Cullen. Thu 05th Nov

After race at Cork Mon, 25th Apr, 2011 (1st)

The Big Boyo was entitled to win this and always looked a chaser. He had been beaten previously by decent quality horses and the blinkers helped him concentrate. He may have one more run this season provided there is some ease in the ground.

P J Colville