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- Horse Great Soprano Usa
- Great Soprano (USA)
Great Soprano (USA)
16yo br g 24th Mar 2009Track Horse
Track Horse
Great Soprano (USA) br g 24th Mar 2009
Last Win
Dundalk Fri, 21st Dec, 12 7/4Fav, J A Heffernan
(4465 days)
Last Run
Curragh Tue, 15th Oct, 13
14th, 8/1, J A Heffernan
(4167 days)
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Lifetime
Runs
Wins
Places
Win %
Earnings
Level Stk
Flat IRE
8
1
2
12%
€8,820
-5.25
Hurdle IRE
1
0
0
0%
0
-1.00
Under Rules Total
9
1
2
11%
-6.25
Form Figures
P751-42250/
Form Timeline
Form Figures - P751-42250/
Date Course Conditions
Race Result
Jockey
Class
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MorningSP
Oct 2013
Autumn Horses in Training Sale (Tattersalls (UK))
Portree Stables, Ireland (T. Taaffe)
Purchaser: Hans Inge Larsen
£8,500
Lots Sold: 894
Prices
Avg: £23,338
Median: £10,000
Maximum: £380,000
23Nov12 Dun 8f Standard 3y+ Mdn(10K)
9-2[20/1]5th of 14, 3.28L behind Mona Brown
R P Whelan
14/120/1
Change of Trainer Ed Dunlop to T J Taaffe
Apr 2012
April Hit Sales (Goffs UK)
Trillium Place Stables
Purchaser: Withdrawn
Lots Sold: 42
Prices
Avg: £4,345
Median: £3,550
Maximum: £14,000
Nov 2010
December Yearling Sale (Tattersalls (UK))
The Castlebridge Consignment
Purchaser: C Gordon-Watson Bloodstock
£35,000
Lots Sold: 194
Prices
Avg: £18,426
Median: £9,000
Maximum: £140,000
Sep 2010
Orby Yearling Sale (Goffs Ireland)
Tinnakill House
Purchaser: Withdrawn
Lots Sold: 465
Prices
Avg: €47,919
Median: €30,000
Maximum: €950,000
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
Oct 2013
Autumn Horses in Training Sale (Tattersalls (UK))
Portree Stables, Ireland (T. Taaffe)
Purchaser: Hans Inge Larsen
£8,500
Lots Sold: 894
Prices
Avg: £23,338
Median: £10,000
Maximum: £380,000
Apr 2012
April Hit Sales (Goffs UK)
Trillium Place Stables
Purchaser: Withdrawn
Lots Sold: 42
Prices
Avg: £4,345
Median: £3,550
Maximum: £14,000
Nov 2010
December Yearling Sale (Tattersalls (UK))
The Castlebridge Consignment
Purchaser: C Gordon-Watson Bloodstock
£35,000
Lots Sold: 194
Prices
Avg: £18,426
Median: £9,000
Maximum: £140,000
Sep 2010
Orby Yearling Sale (Goffs Ireland)
Tinnakill House
Purchaser: Withdrawn
Lots Sold: 465
Prices
Avg: €47,919
Median: €30,000
Maximum: €950,000
Reports in which Great Soprano (USA) was mentioned
Blue on his best behaviour 'up north'
Toccata Blue put memories of his 'bucking' display at the Curragh, firmly in the past, when landing the Value Cabs Rated Race at Down Royal under Emmet McNamara. Sat 22nd Jun
Review gowran park 30th May
Tropical Mist (6-1) delivered on her promising debut performance when getting off the mark at the second time of asking in the Paulstown Fillies Maiden at Gowran ParkThu 30th May
Butterfly justifies her short price
Brown Butterfly justified odds-on favouritism as she took the Bennettsbridge Rated Race under Sam James for Kevin Prendergast. Thu 30th May
Review dundalk 21st Dec
Tom Taaffe does not have many runners on the Flat but he sent out his first winner on the Dundalk all-weather when Great Soprano rewarded favourite-backers in the second division of the Happy Christmas To All Our Patrons MaidenFri 21st Dec
Taaffe back on the Dundalk winners' list!
Cheltenham Gold Cup winner Tom Taaffe completed a good day's work at Dundalk this evening when Great Soprano (7/4f) provided the trainer with two notable firsts when winning the Happy Christmas To All Our Patrons Maiden (Div 2). Fri 21st Dec
After race at Dundalk Fri, 21st Dec, 2012 (1st) 
that's my first winner for my wife Elaine and it's also my first winner, from only a few runners, on the polytrack. I did train my first winner as a trainer at the 'old' Dundalk though; Only A Rose, ridden by John Shortt in 1994. Great Soprano has progressed from the last day and loves the good surface. He was a bit free early and was in front a bit sooner than we would have liked but he could turn out to be a nice horse. He'll go on his holidays now and come back when we eventually get good ground.
T J Taaffe
that's my first winner for my wife Elaine and it's also my first winner, from only a few runners, on the polytrack. I did train my first winner as a trainer at the 'old' Dundalk though; Only A Rose, ridden by John Shortt in 1994. Great Soprano has progressed from the last day and loves the good surface. He was a bit free early and was in front a bit sooner than we would have liked but he could turn out to be a nice horse. He'll go on his holidays now and come back when we eventually get good ground.
T J Taaffe
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