Cheltenham Festival 2024 Form and Entries for Horse Ancient Days (IRE)

Ancient Days (IRE) b g 2007

Track Horse HorseTracker

Ancient Days (IRE) b g 2007

Sire

Daylami (IRE)

Dam

Antiguan Wells (IRE)

Dam's Sire

Sadler's Wells (USA)

Owner

Mrs A F Mee

Trainer

John Queally

Breeder

Tony Mullins

Last Win

Tramore Sat, 17th Aug, 13 11/1, Andrew J McNamara (4145 days)

Last Run

Clonmel Thu, 3rd Oct, 13 3rd, 9/4, Andrew J McNamara (4098 days)

Lifetime

Runs

Wins

Places

Win %

Earnings

Level Stk

Hurdle IRE

€12,445

-8.75

Chase IRE

25%

€11,700

8.00

NHF IRE

-1.00

Under Rules Total

12%

-1.75

Form Figures

F853-3P224-17088123/

Form Timeline

Form Figures - F853-3P224-17088123/

Date Course Conditions

Race Result

Jockey

Class n

MorningSP

Nov 2013

Autumn Hit Yearling Sales (Goffs UK)

Rossenarra Stud

Purchaser: Hale Racing Ltd

£16,000

Lots Sold: 300

Prices

Avg: £7,013

Median: £3,800

Maximum: £240,000

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.

Date Course

Conditions

Race

Jockey Weight

OR Class

Date

Sale

Consignor

Purchaser

Price

Nov 2013

Autumn Hit Yearling Sales (Goffs UK)

Rossenarra Stud

Purchaser: Hale Racing Ltd

£16,000

Lots Sold: 300

Prices

Avg: £7,013

Median: £3,800

Maximum: £240,000

Reports in which Ancient Days (IRE) was mentioned

Fitting winner of the Captain Christy

A race run to commemorate the brilliant Captain Christy, of course trained by the late Pat Taaffe, fittingly went to his son Tom, handler of Heaney, victorious at Clonmel under Paul Townend. Thu 03rd Oct

Review listowel 17th Sep

Bayan's victory in the Listowel Races Supporters Club Lartigue Hurdle was the highlight of a double at the County Kerry venue for Gordon ElliottTue 17th Sep

Review tramore 17th Aug

Lord Ben didn't have much chance according to the official ratings in the Tote Jackpot Races 3 To 6 Hurdle at Tramore, but Henry De Bromhead's eight-year-old defied the numbers to score readilySat 17th Aug

McNamara and Days a serious combo

Ancient Days was a local winner in the Summerhill Shopping Centre, Tramore Beginners Chase but it was predominantly the layers that were smiling following the 11/1 shot's success under Andrew McNamara for trainer John Queally. Sat 17th Aug

Review clonmel 7th Mar

Speckled Wood (7-4 favourite) continued the in the winning groove when striking late to land the Carrick-On-Suir Mares Handicap HurdleThu 07th Mar

Days comes good in Clonmel opener

Ancient Days finally opened his account after a sequence of placed efforts when taking the opening Irish Stallion Farms EBF Maiden Hurdle at a rain-soaked Clonmel. Thu 07th Mar

Kilavalley does it from front

Bryan Cooper made all on Kilavalley (10/3) who relished the track and ground at Galway to land the two mile maiden hurdle by two and a quarter lengths from Ancient Days. Mon 29th Oct