Best Not Argue (IRE)
Owner: Mrs Shauna Kelly Trainer: N C Kelly Sex: filly Age: 8
Breeding: Acclamation / Laurentina (Cadeaux Genereux)
Form Summary
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Starts | Wins | 2nds | 3rds |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ||||
| Good | 5 | 1 | ||
| Good (Good to Yielding in places) | 1 | |||
| Good to Firm (Firm in places (Watering)) | 1 | |||
| Good to Firm (Watering) | 1 | |||
| Good to Soft (Soft in places) | 1 | |||
| Good to Yielding | 3 | |||
| Heavy | 4 | |||
| Heavy (Soft to Heavy in places) | 1 | 1 | ||
| Soft | 3 | 1 | ||
| Soft (Soft to heavy in places) | 3 | 2 | ||
| Soft (Yielding in places) | 1 | |||
| Soft to Heavy | 4 | |||
| Standard | 2 | |||
| Yielding | 6 | 1 | ||
| Yielding (Good to Yielding in places) | 4 | 1 | ||
| Yielding (Straight: Yielding to Soft in places) | 1 | 1 | ||
| Yielding (Yielding to Soft in places) | 2 | |||
| Yielding to Soft | 2 | 1 | ||
| Yielding to Soft (Soft in places) | 1 | |||
| Yielding to Soft (Yielding in Places) | 1 | |||
| Totals | 48 | 4 | 2 | 3 |
Race History
| Date | Course | Going | Distance | Class | Race Winner | Weight | Position | Jockey | SP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 23 Oct 2020 | Sligo | Yielding (Good to Yielding in places) | 2m 1f 110y | 0 | Paula's Prayer | 10st 11lbs | 5 of 15 | Reserve 1 | 66/1 |
| rear of mid-division, 6th after 5th, progress after 3 out, under pressure in 4th before last, left 3rd and badly hampered run-in, soon no extra in 4th, dropped to 5th close home | |||||||||
| 11 Sep 2020 | Kilbeggan | Yielding | 2m | 0 | Zinat | 11st 8lbs | 11 of 17 | C J Orr | 80/1 |
| rear of mid-division, not fluent 2nd, mistake 3 out, ridden and no extra after 2 out | |||||||||
| 28 Aug 2020 | Down Royal | Yielding to Soft (Soft in places) | 2m 100y | 0 | Mig Des Taillons | 11st 8lbs | of 16 | Darragh O'Keeffe | 0/0 |
| 22 Aug 2020 | Killarney | Yielding | 2m 4f | 0 | Jiving Jerry | 11st 8lbs | of 18 | Reserve 2 | 0/0 |
| 26 Jun 2020 | Curragh | Good | 1m 4f | 0 | Tonkinese | 9st 12lbs | 18 of 21 | Luke McAteer | 250/1 |
| slowly into stride, raced in rear, no headway, detached under 3f out, weakened over 2f out, never a factor | |||||||||
| 14 Dec 2019 | Fairyhouse | Heavy | 2m | 0 | Fight For Love | 10st 10lbs | 11 of 12 | A W Short | 50/1 |
| rear of mid-division, no impression from 3 out, never a factor | |||||||||
| 28 Nov 2019 | Thurles | Soft | 1m 7f 171y | 0 | Wolfofallstreets | 11st 6lbs | 10 of 17 | J S McGarvey | 50/1 |
| rear of mid-division, no impression 3 out, kept on one pace in straight, never a factor | |||||||||
| 01 Nov 2019 | Down Royal | Yielding to Soft (Yielding in Places) | 3m | 0 | Askann | 11st 9lbs | PulledUp of 23 | J S McGarvey | 50/1 |
| always towards rear, pulled up before 3 out | |||||||||
| 12 Oct 2019 | Fairyhouse | Yielding | 2m | 0 | Shumaker | 11st 5lbs | 16 of 18 | J S McGarvey | 33/1 |
| raced in 14th early, no impression from before 3 out | |||||||||
| 07 Sep 2019 | Stratford | Good | 2m 2f 148y | 5 | Ballyellis | 10st 7lbs | 5 of 6 | C Brace | 5/1 |
| not always fluent in rear, pushed along 6th, well beaten 3 out | |||||||||
| 24 Aug 2019 | Cartmel | Good to Soft (Soft in places) | 2m 6f 31y | 4 | Oksana | 11st 3lbs | of 8 | James Bowen | 0/0 |
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| 22 Jul 2019 | Cartmel | Soft | 2m 1f 46y | 4 | Rukwa | 10st 9lbs | 2 of 12 | C J Orr | 7/2 |
| mid-division, headway chasing leaders after 5th, led on long run before last, headed towards finish | |||||||||
| 21 Jun 2019 | Down Royal | Yielding (Yielding to Soft in places) | 2m 100y | 0 | Convara | 11st 5lbs | 12 of 22 | C J Orr | 25/1 |
| towards rear, ridden after 4 out, no impression before next | |||||||||
| 02 Jun 2019 | Kilbeggan | Good to Yielding | 2m 2f 59y | 0 | Beat Of The Sea | 11st 2lbs | 5 of 9 | J S McGarvey | 40/1 |
| held up, slight mistake 4 out, ridden in 6th after 2 out, stayed on to challenge last, no extra run-in, kept on one pace | |||||||||
| 24 Feb 2019 | Naas | 2m | 0 | All For Joy | 11st 5lbs | 11 of 23 | C J Orr | 100/1 | |
| raced in 15th early, slight mistake 2nd, one pace from 3 out where slight mistake, not fluent last | |||||||||
| 08 Feb 2019 | Dundalk | Standard | 7f | 0 | Yuften | 9st 1lbs | 10 of 11 | O J Orr | 10/1 |
| dwelt, always in rear, never a factor | |||||||||
| 10 Jan 2019 | Clonmel | Yielding (Yielding to Soft in places) | 2m 110y | 0 | French Made | 11st 7lbs | 8 of 21 | J J Slevin | 11/1 |
| waited with, soon mid-division, slight mistake 3rd, 12th approaching straight, no impression and kept on same pace from before 2 out | |||||||||
| 29 Oct 2018 | Galway | Soft (Soft to Heavy in places) | 1m 73y | 0 | Canary Row | 9st 1lbs | 3 of 10 | D O'Brien | 5/2 |
| soon raced in 5th, effort on outer into straight, edged right inside final furlong, kept on without matching front pair close home | |||||||||
| 23 Oct 2018 | Gowran Park | Yielding (Good to Yielding in places) | 1m 1f 100y | 0 | Bona Fide | 8st 11lbs | 3 of 17 | S M Crosse | 5/2 |
| mid-division, progress on inner 2f out, ridden in 4th and switched out 1 1/2f out, stayed on in 3rd inside final furlong, closest finish | |||||||||
| 14 Oct 2018 | Navan | Yielding (Straight: Yielding to Soft in places) | 1m | 0 | Vocal Music | 9st 6lbs | 2 of 21 | S M Crosse | 2/1 |
| soon raced in 3rd, challenged and every chance in 2nd from 2f out, not match winner and kept on same pace inside final furlong | |||||||||
| 22 Sep 2018 | Gowran Park | Heavy (Soft to Heavy in places) | 1m | 0 | Best Not Argue | 9st 12lbs | 1 of 19 | D O'Brien | 2/1 |
| mid-division, ridden to progress in 6th 2f out, stayed on to lead 1f out, kept on strongly to assert inside final furlong | |||||||||
| 03 Sep 2018 | Roscommon | Good | 7f 52y | 0 | Best Not Argue | 9st | 1 of 18 | D O'Brien | 6/1 |
| held up, raced in 12th early, headway on outer into straight, soon chased leaders, stayed on well final furlong to lead near finish | |||||||||
| 14 Oct 2017 | Cork | Soft (Soft to heavy in places) | 1m 100y | 0 | Aunty Audrey | 9st 4lbs | 3 of 21 | T P Madden | 20/1 |
| tracked leaders, ridden in 5th 2f out, under pressure and no impression over 1f out, kept on one pace inside final furlong | |||||||||
| 26 Sep 2017 | Tipperary | Soft to Heavy | 1m 1f | 0 | Harvey Specter | 9st 10lbs | 11 of 19 | S Foley | 14/1 |
| mid-division, 8th halfway, lost place approaching straight, ridden under 2f out, weakened over 1f out, eased final 100 yards | |||||||||
| 14 Sep 2017 | Listowel | Heavy | 1m | 0 | The Last Indian | 9st 5lbs | 4 of 17 | S Foley | 16/1 |
| mid-division, 7th halfway, ridden in moderate 6th and no impression over 2f out, kept on inside final furlong | |||||||||
| 28 Aug 2017 | Roscommon | Heavy | 1m 3f 171y | 0 | Lord Erskine | 9st 10lbs | 7 of 15 | S Foley | 16/1 |
| came out front of stalls and re-loaded, soon mid-division, not much room straight, kept on same pace from under 2f out | |||||||||
| 23 Aug 2017 | Killarney | Soft | 1m 3f 50y | 0 | Dalton Highway | 8st 4lbs | 5 of 7 | D E Sheehy | 8/1 |
| held up, 6th halfway, ridden and no impression over 2f out, kept on one pace from over 1f out | |||||||||
| 16 Aug 2017 | Gowran Park | Soft (Yielding in places) | 1m 1f 100y | 0 | Kandahari | 10st | 4 of 20 | Nathan Crosse | 12/1 |
| held up, 14th approaching halfway, pushed along and headway straight, soon chased leaders, kept on same pace without threatening from over 1f out | |||||||||
| 22 Jul 2017 | Gowran Park | Yielding | 1m 1f 100y | 0 | Collision Course | 9st 1lbs | 5 of 13 | J A Heffernan | 10/1 |
| settled behind leaders, 6th halfway, ridden 2f out, no extra in 5th over 1f out, kept on one pace | |||||||||
| 05 Jun 2017 | Gowran Park | Soft to Heavy | 1m 1f 100y | 0 | New Direction | 9st 3lbs | 14 of 20 | J A Heffernan | 12/1 |
| mid-division, 9th halfway, no extra under 2f out | |||||||||
| 23 May 2017 | Gowran Park | Yielding to Soft | 1m | 0 | Secret Wizard | 8st 13lbs | of 18 | Reserve 1 | 0/0 |
| 11 Apr 2017 | Tipperary | Soft (Soft to heavy in places) | 7f 100y | 0 | Not A Whisper | 9st 13lbs | 5 of 11 | M K O'Sullivan | 16/1 |
| in rear, switched to outer and pushed along over 1f out, ridden and kept on inside final furlong to go 5th close home, never a factor | |||||||||
| 02 Apr 2017 | Cork | Heavy | 1m 100y | 0 | Elm Grove | 9st | 14 of 18 | M K O'Sullivan | 25/1 |
| rear of mid-division, no impression from 2f out | |||||||||
| 23 Oct 2016 | Leopardstown | Yielding (Good to Yielding in places) | 1m | 0 | Beau Satchel | 8st 8lbs | 10 of 14 | A J Breslin | 33/1 |
| chased leaders, 3rd on outer 3f out, ridden in 7th over 2f out, weakened | |||||||||
| 09 Oct 2016 | Curragh | Good | 1m | 0 | Bainne | 9st 10lbs | of 15 | Sean Davis | 0/0 |
| 02 Oct 2016 | Tipperary | Soft to Heavy | 7f 100y | 0 | Downforce | 8st 4lbs | 9 of 14 | N G McCullagh | 20/1 |
| in rear, never a factor, pushed along in 12th 2f out, no impression over 1f out, kept on one pace | |||||||||
| 25 Jun 2016 | Curragh | Good to Yielding | 7f | 0 | Penny Pepper | 8st 9lbs | of 15 | Kieren Fallon | 0/0 |
| 22 Jun 2016 | Naas | Good to Yielding | 7f | 0 | Mr Right | 9st 1lbs | of 17 | Reserve 1 | 0/0 |
| 19 Jun 2016 | Gowran Park | Yielding to Soft | 1m | 0 | Best Not Argue | 9st 11lbs | 1 of 15 | Colin Keane | 13/2 |
| rear of mid-division, 11th halfway, ridden and progress into 3rd 2f out, under pressure and closed on clear leader over 1f out, led over 150 yards out and stayed on well, comfortably | |||||||||
| 12 Jun 2016 | Cork | Yielding (Good to Yielding in places) | 1m 150y | 0 | Fairy Flute | 10st | 8 of 18 | S Foley | 8/1 |
| rear of mid-division, 10th halfway, dropped to rear over 2f out, ridden and kept on one pace inside final furlong | |||||||||
| 06 Apr 2016 | Leopardstown | Soft to Heavy | 1m | 0 | Beechmount Whisper | 9st 6lbs | 10 of 15 | Colin Keane | 7/0 |
| towards rear for most, some progress into 9th 2f out, no impression over 1f out | |||||||||
| 09 Oct 2015 | Dundalk | Standard | 7f | 0 | Back On Top | 8st 4lbs | 6 of 9 | K J Leonard | 7/0 |
| dwelt, in rear, ridden 2f out, went 6th 1 1/2f out, no impression | |||||||||
| 07 Sep 2015 | Galway | Yielding | 7f | 0 | Best Not Argue | 9st 1lbs | 1 of 8 | Colin Keane | 4/1 |
| tracked leaders, 3rd halfway, progress over 1f out and ridden to lead 150 yards out, kept on well | |||||||||
| 28 Jul 2015 | Galway | Yielding | 7f | 0 | Ibergman | 9st | 4 of 14 | J M Conneely | 25/1 |
| mid-division, moderate 8th halfway, ridden and no impression over 2f out, stayed on into 6th 1f out, kept on final furlong to 4th closing stages | |||||||||
| 14 Jul 2015 | Killarney | Good (Good to Yielding in places) | 1m 100y | 0 | Aimhirgin Lass | 9st | 4 of 16 | Colin Keane | 33/1 |
| tracked leaders, soon 5th, 4th 1f out, kept on same pace | |||||||||
| 05 Jul 2015 | Fairyhouse | Good to Firm (Firm in places (Watering)) | 7f | 0 | Frozen Lake | 9st | of 12 | C R King | |
| 10 Jun 2015 | Fairyhouse | Good to Firm (Watering) | 7f | 0 | Stop And Linger | 9st | of 20 | Reserve 1 | |
| 20 Apr 2015 | Cork | Good | 7f | 0 | Father Frost | 9st | 8 of 15 | J A Heffernan | 33/1 |
| dwelt, 9th early, 8th approaching straight, chased leaders and no impression on outer 2f out, one pace | |||||||||


