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Dark Vagabond (IRE) b g 2003

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Dark Vagabond (IRE) b g 2003

Sire

Dam

Alphablend (IRE)

Dam's Sire

Alphabatim (USA)

Owner

Handler

I Madden

Breeder

Andrew Pierce

Last Win

Castletown-Geoghegan Sun, 2nd Oct, 11 2/1, Ms T Murray I. Madden (4834 days)

Last Run

Limerick Sun, 6th Jul, 14 p.u., 25/1, B T O'Connell (3826 days)

Lifetime

Runs

Wins

Places

Win %

Earnings

Level Stk

Flat IRE

1

0

1

0%

€1,785

-1.00

Hurdle IRE

2

0

0

0%

0

-2.00

Chase IRE

28

0

6

0%

€9,475

-28.00

PtoP

9

1

4

Under Rules Total

31

0

7

0%

-31.00

Form Figures

33P-U-3-U23P812443P-6PP8P065032-4270PP7P-6562P/

Form Timeline

Form Figures - 33P-U-3-U23P812443P-6PP8P065032-4270PP7P-6562P/

Date Course Conditions

Race Result

Jockey

Class n

MorningSP

24Mar13 Rat 24f 4y+ Point to Point

12-04th of 7, 108.00L behind Nevskij

25May12 Cor 24f Good 5y+ MdnHdl(10K)

non-runner (Reserve)

04May12 Kil 25f Good 5y+ HcapCh(10K)

non-runner (Reserve)

20Apr12 Wex 25f Good to Firm 5y+ HcapCh(10K)

non-runner (Reserve)

Change of Trainer I Madden

11Apr10 Bal Good Point to Point

2nd of 13, behind Smooth Approach

04Apr10 Qua Soft Point to Point

unseated rider in race won by Lavally Legend

21Feb09 Pun Yielding to Soft Point to Point

3rd of 14, 0 behind Twas No Mistake

14Dec08 Ava Soft Point to Point

unseated rider in race won by Fitzfirth

25Nov07 Mag Good Point to Point

pulled up in race won by Turn Up

27May07 Dro Good to Firm Point to Point

3rd of 12, 0 behind Lady All Stars

13May07 Sli Good Point to Point

3rd of 11, 0 behind Nice Feeling

Handler

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.

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Reports in which Dark Vagabond (IRE) was mentioned

Bride takes dramatic finale

Devils Bride, under Paul Townend for Willie Mullins, got off the mark at the first time of asking over fences as he took what was an incident packed Ladies Day At Roscommon On July 7th Beginners Chase. Mon 09th Jun

Purty beats Vagabond again

Dont Tell De Purty beat Dark Vagabond by half a length when winning his only previous race, at Punchestown in October 2011. He doubled his career tally when accounting for the same horse by a length and three parts in the Noel Hickey & Highway Safety Handicap Chase at Gowran. Tue 09th Apr

Chase win for McNamara/McManus/Madden

The Niall Madden trained Highdownhill landed the Ingoldsby (Q.R.) Handicap Steeplechase at Punchestown today, scoring under jockey John Thomas McNamara. Thu 18th Oct

Seabass conquers all

Ted Walsh’s Seabass reaped the benefits of his point-to-point victory three weeks ago at Ballinaboola when running out the comprehensive victor of the two mile six furlongs handicap chase at Punchestown. Sun 11th Dec

Young Purty excels under Nina

The Ingoldsby (Q.R.) Handicap Chase was all about favourite Bundle Of Fun beforehand but he produced a laboured effort to eventually take third place as a couple of runners on the pace dominated the closing stages at Punchestown. Thu 13th Oct

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