Botanical (IRE)
Owner: Exors Of The Late Sheikh Mohammed Obai Trainer: K R Burke Sex: gelding Age: 6
Breeding: Lope De Vega / Bloomfield (Teofilo)
Form Summary
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Starts | Wins | 2nds | 3rds |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Good (Good to Firm in places) | 1 | 1 | ||
| Good to Firm | 1 | |||
| Good to Firm (Good in places) | 3 | 1 | ||
| Good to Soft | 2 | 1 | 1 | |
| Good to Soft (Good in places) | 1 | |||
| Good to Soft (Soft in places) | 2 | 1 | ||
| Heavy | 1 | 1 | ||
| Soft | 2 | 1 | ||
| Standard / Slow | 3 | 2 | ||
| Totals | 16 | 3 | 4 | 2 |
Race History
| Date | Course | Going | Distance | Class | Race Winner | Weight | Position | Jockey | SP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 28 Mar 2026 | Doncaster | Good to Soft (Soft in places) | 1m | 2 | Urban Lion | 9st 12lbs | 4 of 21 | S H James | 11/1 |
| wore hood to post, led overall, two lengths clear when groups merged after 1f, shaken up over 2f out, faced challenge over 1f out, soon ridden and headed, faded inside final furlong | |||||||||
| 13 Sep 2025 | Doncaster | Soft | 1m 2f 43y | 2 | Fantasy Believer | 9st 13lbs | 5 of 9 | Billy Loughnane | 5/2 |
| soon prominent, every chance and ridden 2f out, no extra inside final 100 yards | |||||||||
| 02 Aug 2025 | Thirsk | Good to Firm (Good in places) | 7f 218y | 2 | Big Leader | 10st 3lbs | of 5 | C Lee | 0/0 |
| NonRunner | |||||||||
| 06 Jun 2025 | Epsom Downs | Good to Soft (Good in places) | 1m 2f 17y | 2 | Ecureuil Secret | 9st 12lbs | 8 of 13 | R L Moore | 10/3 |
| tracked leaders on inner, ridden over 1f out, soon weakened | |||||||||
| 21 Apr 2025 | Kempton | Standard / Slow | 1m 1f 219y | 1 | Military Order | 9st 3lbs | 5 of 8 | Billy Loughnane | 5/1 |
| prominent, led after 1f, headed over 7f out, chased leaders, ridden over 1f out, no extra inside final furlong | |||||||||
| 29 Mar 2025 | Doncaster | Good to Soft | 1m | 1 | Dancing Gemini | 9st 2lbs | 3 of 9 | Billy Loughnane | 5/2 |
| wore red hood to post, tracked leader, ridden and every chance approaching final furlong, stayed on one pace | |||||||||
| 25 Sep 2024 | Goodwood | Heavy | 1m 1f 197y | 1 | Novus | 9st 4lbs | 2 of 9 | Billy Loughnane | 2/1 |
| tracked leaders, smooth headway to lead 2f out, pressed strongly inside final furlong, headed towards finish, held by winner | |||||||||
| 13 Jul 2024 | York | Good to Soft | 1m 2f 56y | 2 | Enfjaar | 9st 9lbs | 2 of 20 | P J McDonald | 9/2 |
| in touch, pushed along and headway 2f out, ridden and stayed on to go 2nd towards finish | |||||||||
| 18 Jun 2024 | Royal Ascot | Good to Firm | 1m 1f 212y | 1 | Israr | 9st 5lbs | 15 of 15 | W Buick | 11/4 |
| midfield, ridden and lost position over 2f out, soon bumped by rival and weakened | |||||||||
| 17 May 2024 | York | Good (Good to Firm in places) | 1m 2f 56y | 2 | Botanical | 9st 8lbs | 1 of 16 | James Doyle | 5/2 |
| in touch, smooth headway 2f out, soon led, ran on, readily | |||||||||
| 10 May 2024 | Chester | Good to Firm (Good in places) | 1m 2f 70y | 2 | City Streak | 9st 4lbs | of 7 | S De Sousa | 0/0 |
| NonRunner | |||||||||
| 02 Oct 2023 | Hamilton | Soft | 1m 1f 35y | 3 | Botanical | 9st 9lbs | 1 of 9 | B A Curtis | 11/10 |
| midfield, travelling well 3f out, smooth progress to lead over 2f out, soon ridden, 2 lengths clear entering final furlong, stayed on well inside final furlong, readily | |||||||||
| 09 Sep 2023 | Ascot | Good to Firm (Good in places) | 1m 1f 212y | 3 | Elegancia | 9st 9lbs | 3 of 6 | Cameron Noble | 11/4 |
| in touch in rear, switched left 2f out, pushed along and headway approaching final furlong, ridden and stayed on towards finish | |||||||||
| 09 Aug 2023 | Kempton | Standard / Slow | 1m | 4 | Measured Time | 9st 10lbs | 2 of 11 | David Egan | 15/8 |
| midfield in touch, ridden 2f out, headway to briefly press leader entering final furlong, kept on inside final furlong but no match for winner | |||||||||
| 20 Jul 2023 | Hamilton | Good to Soft (Soft in places) | 1m 68y | 5 | Botanical | 9st 4lbs | 1 of 11 | B A Curtis | 4/7 |
| tracked leaders, pushed along to chase leader over 2f out, led over 1f out, ridden and ran on | |||||||||
| 07 Jun 2023 | Kempton | Standard / Slow | 7f | 4 | Merlin The Wizard | 9st 4lbs | 2 of 14 | David Egan | 9/1 |
| tracked leaders on inner, ridden and headway over 1f out, went second inside final furlong, ran on but not reach winner | |||||||||


