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Hit The Bid (GB)
b c 7th Feb 2014
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Hit The Bid (GB) b c 7th Feb 2014
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W & R Barnett Ltd
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Oct 2015
October Yearling Sale Book 2 (Tattersalls (UK))
Jamie Railton (Agent)
Purchaser: Darren Bunyan Racing
£40,000
Lots Sold: 681
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Avg: £62,282
Median: £47,000
Maximum: £725,000
Reports in which Hit The Bid (GB) was mentioned
The Group Three Al Basti Equiworld Mercury Stakes at Dundalk lost some of its lustre with market-leader El Astronaute getting down in the stalls and escaping underneath. He was eventually caught and withdrawn and the sprint which went off eleven minutes late was taken by Dr Simpson.
Fri 18th Oct
Hit The Bid recorded a deserved Group Three success in the Al Basti Equiworld Mercury Stakes at Dundalk.
Fri 19th Oct
Darren Bunyan feels Hit The Bid has sound prospects of putting the record straight from last year in the Al Basti Equiworld Mercury Stakes at Dundalk this evening.
Fri 19th Oct
Darren Bunyan is praying there is not too much rain at the Curragh ahead of Hit The Bid’s run in the Derrinstown Stud Flying Five on Sunday.
Sun 16th Sep
Blue Uluru bounced back to form in the Listed Kilfrush Stud Abergwaun Stakes, completing a double on the card for Ger Lyons and Colin Keane.
Thu 30th Aug
Dubai Carnival winner Hit The Bid returns to action in the Kilrush Stud Abergwaun Stakes at Tipperary on Thursday.
Thu 30th Aug
Take Cover continues to roll back the years and showed great tenacity to take top honours in the Al Basti Equiworld Mercury Stakes at DundalkFri 20th Oct
In the Listed Al Basti Equiworld Mercury Stakes strongly backed odds on favourite Take Cover put in a performance befitting the five furlong dash's feature race status at Dundalk.
Fri 20th Oct
Roger Varian claimed the Pretty Polly Stakes for a second time when Nezwaah took her game to a new level at the CurraghSun 02nd Jul
Denis Hogan paid tribute to his vet after Tithonus claimed a big pot in the Tote Rockingham at the Curragh this afternoon.
Sun 02nd Jul
The Darren Bunyan trained Hit The Bid caused the second big-race ’surprise’ win of his career when landing the Midsummer Sprint Stakes at Cork today, under regular jockey Leigh Roche, at odds of 20/1.
Sun 18th Jun
Order Of St George made light work of landing the Palmerstown House Estate Irish St Leger Trial Stakes for the second year running at the CurraghSat 20th Aug
The Darren Bunyan trained Hit The Bid sprang a 50/1 surprise in the Group 3 Jimmy O'Neill Irish Racing Excellence Curragh Stakes.
Sat 20th Aug
After race at
Dundalk Fri, 19th Oct, 2018 (1st)
We’re delighted with him. His three runs this year, since he came back from Dubai, the ground has gone on him every time. Chris even said he took a blow on him there at the furlong pole, so there should be a lot of improvement to come in him. We’ve always believed he’s a proper horse. We’ll look at Hong Kong later on with him and he’ll be back to Dubai for the winter. We’ll bring him back a little bit quicker next year. Hopefully he’ll start off in the Temple Stakes (at Haydock), and the King’s Stand (at Royal Ascot) will be his early-season target. This year he needed a break at that time of the year (after Dubai) because he would have been in training for two years at the end of this year had we not given him the break. There is a big international campaign for him and with that in mind we gave him the break. He’s come back and he’s thrived for it.
Darren Bunyan
After race at
Cork Sun, 18th Jun, 2017 (1st)
everybody keeps mentioning about him being a surprise 50/1 winner of a Group 3 last year but everybody forgets he was 100/1 that morning - we weren’t surprised!. it’s nice to see him get his head back in front and things haven’t worked out for him in his last couple of runs. He came back from France very fresh and well and we said we’d give him a shot at this and Leigh (Roche) again was magic on him today. He loves to rattle off the top of the ground but is a horse you can’t delay with, and at France the last day he boiled over. Another horse pulled a shoe off at the start and there was a 25 minute hold-up, which was a disgrace to be honest, but it’s a different country with different ways of doing things and we have to work by that. We’ll step him back up to a Group 3 or 2 now but there’s no programme for those horses in Ireland so he’ll have his suitcases packed again shortly. I think he’s definitely a Group 2 horse when things go right for him.
Darren Bunyan
After race at
Curragh Sat, 20th Aug, 2016 (1st)
We thought this lad was very good from day one. His first two runs were disappointing but we knew what was wrong, he had a slight wind issue, and we corrected that after the Marble Hill. Everything is ahead of him and we think he'll be a hell of a horse next year. That's as soft as he wants it. For a big horse he likes to flow along on good ground. We thought he was a minimum Group 3 horse and thought it was only right to let everyone know about the wind-op beforehand and know where we are with him. I put him in the Mill Reef at Newbury and anybody who had a look at the entries would have a fair idea what we thought of him. I'm delighted to win our first group race. I had him in the maiden here as well. The original plan was to go for the Round Tower, as I thought he might be a couple of bits of work short, but he did a bit of work the other morning and we were happy with it so decided to come here while the ground was some bit in his favour. We'll see how he comes out of this and the ground will be a big factor. If he comes out of it well he could go for the Round Tower or could wait for the Mill Reef.
Darren Bunyan
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