Cheltenham Festival 2024 Form and Entries for Horse Plain Or Battered (IRE)

Plain Or Battered (IRE) b g 2017

Track Horse HorseTracker

Plain Or Battered (IRE) b g 2017

Sire

Mahler (GB)

Dam

Road To Pearls (GB)

Dam's Sire

Grape Tree Road (GB)

Owner

David Norris, Fergal Norris & N Dooly

Trainer

P J Rothwell

Breeder

Thomas Norris

Last Win

Wexford Sat, 18th May, 24 5/1, C Owens (223 days)

Last Run

Navan Sun, 15th Dec, 24 3rd, 22/1, S D Torrens (12 days)

Next Run

Limerick 2.50 Sat, 28th Dec, 3m HcapHdl S D Torrens

Lifetime

Runs

Wins

Places

Win %

Earnings

Level Stk

Hurdle IRE

€13,565

-7.00

Chase IRE

€1,100

-2.00

PtoP

Under Rules Total

-9.00

Form Figures

433348FP-4047F23153

Form Timeline

Form Figures - 433348FP-4047F23153

Date Course Conditions

Race Result

Jockey

Class n

MorningSP

Change of Trainer N Dooly to P J Rothwell

Change of Trainer N Dooly

Handler Robert Tector

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

28Dec24 Lim

24YS 4y+ HcapHdl (11K)

Infinity Lifts H`cap H`dle

S D Torrens 10-7

7/2

01Jan25 Tra

22S 5y+ HcapCh (10K)

Tom Carroll Memorial H`cap S`chase

11-2

Date

Sale

Consignor

Purchaser

Price

Reports in which Plain Or Battered (IRE) was mentioned

Blaze The Way a strong stayer for Mags and Danny

Blaze The Way relished the step up to 3m1f when coming home strongly on handicap debut to land the Irish Stallion Farms EBF Handicap Hurdle in Navan. Sun 15th Dec

"Summer heavy" to Plain Or Battered's liking

Plain Or Battered made the most of his opportunity when getting a run from his spot as a reserve for the Support The Irish Injured Jockeys Handicap Hurdle at Wexford. Conor Owens' mount showed stamina in abundance to prevail in race five at Bettyville. Sat 18th May

Torrens another at the double up north

On a day of doubles at Down Royal, jockey Simon Torrens was another to land a brace when Weihnachts (22/1) bounced back to form in the Switch Today At fibrus.com Handicap Chase. Sun 14th Apr

Down Royal double for Ian Donoghue

Trainer Ian Donoghue completed a double when Tankardstown Diva (7/1) was an eased-down winner of the Choose Fibrus Broadband Handicap Hurdle. Sun 14th Apr

Connections eye Ulster National for in-form Wa Wa

Wa Wa (15/2) confirmed his well-being under a confident Bryan Cooper in the three mile Rockbrook Handicap Hurdle at Leopardstown. Mon 06th Mar

After race at Wexford Sat, 18th May, 2024 (1st)

That's Conor's fifth winner. He started with me just over a year ago and started with no experience. For the chances he is getting his strike rate has been extremely good. He is good value for his claim and this horse is an ideal one for him to ride as he has plenty of experience,. I got him off the Dooly's and Noel is still involved with him. The Dooly's are fabulous people and they gave me the opportunity to buy three horses and I'm really pleased to have them. They are great friends and are lovely people, so I can't say enough thanks to Noel and Jenny Dooly, they are very good to me. He is a winter horse and we have winter ground today. I believe it's summer heavy today and so did Paul Townend and a lot of the senior jockeys, yet the board inside still says soft, yielding in places. The same clerk of the course (Paul Moloney) gave good to yielding in Kilbeggan last night, whereas all the senior jockeys said good, no yielding. There is a huge discrepancies. How are they seeing it as slower than the riders last night and quicker than the riders today. The discrepancy is too big and it doesn't make sense. I'm delighted because my horse is a winter horse and he got heavy ground today. Liz Doyle told me this morning it would be proper soft and she was right. He'll probably get a break now and come back in the winter to go over fences.

P J Rothwell