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13yo g · Trainer Harvey Bastiman
Pastoral Pursuits — Oh So Saucy (by Imperial Ballet)

72Official rating

70R 9W 51LCareer

+34.8%£1 backed all runs

30010000Last 8 · recent right

By going

Going	W-Runs	SR
Good	2-22	9.1%
Good To Soft	5-16	31.2%
Soft	2-16	12.5%
Good To Firm	0-11	0%
Heavy	0-4	0%
Standard	0-1	0%

By distance

Trip	W-Runs	SR
5-6f	9-66	13.6%
7-8f	0-4	0%

By course

Course	W-Runs	SR
Ayr	3-16	18.8%
York	2-7	28.6%
Hamilton	1-10	10%
Ripon	1-4	25%
Pontefract	1-3	33.3%
Newmarket	1-3	33.3%
Haydock	0-6	0%
Thirsk	0-6	0%
Catterick	0-5	0%
Doncaster	0-3	0%
Chester	0-2	0%
Redcar	0-2	0%
Naas	0-1	0%
Ascot	0-1	0%
Newcastle (AW)	0-1	0%

Full form history

all runs · wins tinted gold

Date ↓	Course	Cond.	Cls	Pos	Jockey	OR	SP
2021-10-26	Catterick	6f · Soft	Class 4	10/10	Harry Russell	72	25/1
2021-10-16	Catterick	6f · Good To Soft	Class 4	7/11	Oliver Stammers	73	25/1
2021-10-04	Pontefract	6f · Soft	Class 5	15/17	Sam James	74	25/1
2021-08-17	Hamilton	6f · Good	Class 4	10/11	Andrew Mullen	74	25/1
2021-08-04	Pontefract	6f · Soft	Class 4	1/8	Sam James	70	22/1
2021-07-10	York	6f · Good	Class 4	17/19	Dylan Hogan	73	125/1
2021-05-28	Haydock	6f · Soft	Class 5	8/8	Louis Steward	74	8/1
2021-05-21	Catterick	6f · Soft	Class 5	3/7	Billy Garritty	74	12/1
2021-05-01	Thirsk	6f · Good To Firm	Class 4	16/16	Sam James	76	33/1
2021-04-15	Ripon	6f · Good	Class 4	12/14	Joe Fanning	77	10/1
2020-11-03	Redcar	7f · Soft	Class 4	10/12	Joe Fanning	78	33/1
2020-10-17	Catterick	6f · Soft	Class 4	4/11	Sam James	79	8/1
2020-09-29	Ayr	6f · Good	Class 4	9/11	Joe Fanning	80	9/1
2020-09-18	Ayr	6f · Good To Soft	Class 2	2/23	Joe Fanning	79	40/1
2020-09-04	Thirsk	6f · Good To Soft	Class 4	11/20	Sam James	79	40/1
2020-08-13	Hamilton	6f · Good To Soft	Class 4	8/10	Daniel Tudhope	81	18/1
2020-07-24	Ripon	6f · Good	Class 3	3/12	Sam James	81	22/1
2020-07-24	Ripon	6f · Good	Class 3	3/12	Tony Hamilton	90	8/1
2020-07-03	Hamilton	6f · Soft	Class 4	5/11	Joe Fanning	82	5/1
2020-06-19	Newmarket	6f · Good To Soft	Class 4	1/7	Rowan Scott	78	17/2
2019-10-29	Catterick	7f · Heavy	Class 4	7/8	David Allan	80	14/1
2019-10-11	York	5f · Soft	Class 3	15/22	Phil Dennis	82	22/1
2019-09-20	Ayr	6f · Good	Class 2	10/24	Joe Fanning	83	40/1
2019-07-28	Pontefract	6f · Good	Class 3	6/9	Daniel Tudhope	85	7/1
2019-07-19	Hamilton	6f · Soft	Class 2	7/13	Rowan Scott	87	33/1
2019-07-03	Thirsk	6f · Good To Firm	Class 3	7/9	Lewis Edmunds	88	16/1
2019-06-08	Haydock	6f · Heavy	Class 3	9/15	David Probert	89	14/1
2019-05-10	Ripon	6f · Good To Soft	Class 4	1/9	Daniel Tudhope	83	9/2
2019-04-29	Thirsk	6f · Good	Class 4	5/14	Rowan Scott	83	33/1
2018-09-21	Ayr	6f · Heavy	Class 2	15/23	Rowan Scott	84	25/1
2018-08-21	Hamilton	6f · Good To Soft	Class 4	1/13	Jason Hart	79	14/1
2018-08-07	Ayr	5f · Good	Class 4	3/7	Joe Fanning	80	2/1F
2018-07-30	Ayr	6f · Good	Class 4	4/10	Phillip Makin	80	9/1
2018-07-20	Hamilton	6f · Good To Firm	Class 2	10/10	Rowan Scott	83	22/1
2018-06-22	Ayr	6f · Good	Class 3	8/8	Rowan Scott	85	12/1
2018-05-22	Ayr	6f · Good To Firm	Class 3	4/7	Rowan Scott	87	4/1
2018-05-16	York	6f · Good To Firm	Class 2	14/19	Luke Morris	87	33/1
2018-04-30	Thirsk	6f · Good To Soft	Class 4	6/15	Rowan Scott	87	8/1
2018-03-25	Doncaster	6f · Soft	Class 3	3/14	Rowan Scott	87	25/1
2017-11-11	Doncaster	6f · Soft	Listed	11/14	Andrew Mullen	87	100/1
2017-09-30	Haydock	6f · Heavy	Class 3	8/15	Rowan Scott	88	25/1
2017-09-09	Ascot	5f · Soft	Class 3	5/10	Rowan Scott	89	7/1
2017-08-05	Hamilton	5f · Good To Soft	Class 3	5/6	Rowan Scott	90	9/2
2017-07-21	Hamilton	6f · Good	Class 2	2/14	Rowan Scott	88	28/1
2017-07-10	Ayr	6f · Good To Soft	Class 4	1/13	Rowan Scott	82	15/2
2017-07-01	Doncaster	6f · Good To Soft	Class 4	4/13	Rowan Scott	82	7/1
2017-06-24	Ayr	6f · Good	Class 4	3/7	Rowan Scott	82	13/2
2017-06-12	Ayr	5f · Soft	Class 4	2/7	Dougie Costello	82	17/2
2017-05-10	Chester	7f · Good	Class 4	12/13	Jim Crowley	84	11/1
2017-04-19	Newmarket	6f · Good To Firm	Class 2	7/8	Luke Morris	85	16/1
2017-03-26	Naas	6f · Soft	Naas Racecourse Lauches	9/18	Connor Beasley	86	12/1
2016-10-14	Haydock	6f · Good	Class 3	15/15	Joe Fanning	88	16/1
2016-09-16	Ayr	6f · Good To Soft	Class 2	20/24	Jim Crowley	90	8/1
2016-09-04	York	6f · Good To Soft	Class 3	1/9	Jim Crowley	85	9/2
2016-08-20	Chester	5½f · Good	Class 4	4/10	Phillip Makin	85	5/1
2016-08-06	Ayr	5f · Good To Soft	Class 4	3/10	Jason Hart	85	4/1F
2016-07-23	Newcastle (AW)	6f · Standard	Class 4	9/13	Phillip Makin	85	8/1
2016-07-04	Ayr	5f · Soft	Class 3	1/8	Joe Fanning	78	100/30
2016-06-28	Hamilton	6f · Good To Firm	Class 4	4/9	Phillip Makin	78	5/1
2016-06-18	Ayr	6f · Good To Firm	Class 4	4/9	Robert Winston	79	5/2F
2016-05-27	Haydock	6f · Good To Soft	Class 4	6/14	Tom Queally	80	15/2
2016-05-14	Newmarket	6f · Good To Firm	Class 2	7/11	Joe Fanning	82	14/1
2015-10-03	Redcar	6f · Good	Listed	9/20	Kieren Fallon	83	25/1
2015-09-20	Hamilton	5f · Good To Firm	Class 5	4/4	Phillip Makin	85	5/4F
2015-09-06	York	7f · Good	Class 4	6/9	Phillip Makin	85	100/30F
2015-08-19	York	6f · Good To Soft	Class 2	8/18	Phillip Makin	86	17/2
2015-07-24	Thirsk	6f · Good To Firm	Class 3	5/7	Phillip Makin	86	9/4F
2015-07-11	York	6f · Good	Class 2	1/8	Phillip Makin	82	7/1
2015-06-08	Ayr	6f · Good	Class 5	1/7	Phillip Makin	—	14/1
2015-05-28	Haydock	6f · Good	Class 5	6/10	Phillip Makin	—	33/1

Standout signals

FOR5/16 on Good To Soft (31.2%)

FOR3 wins at Ayr

AGAINST0/11 on Good To Firm

Official rating

last 12 runs

Career-high 79 · current 72

Pedigree

Sire Pastoral Pursuits

Dam Oh So Saucy by Imperial Ballet

At a glance: 9 wins · 10 places from 70 runs. Current OR 72.