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Sole Pretender (IRE)
b g 4th May 2014
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Track Horse
Sole Pretender (IRE) b g 4th May 2014
Dam's Sire
Turtle Island (IRE)
Breeder
Mrs Catherine Kenneally
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Jun 2017
Land Rover Sale Part 2 (Goffs Ireland)
Bishopstown Stud
Purchaser: Redpath B S
€20,000
Lots Sold: 181
Prices
Avg: €20,185
Median: €16,000
Maximum: €175,000
Nov 2015
November National Hunt Sale (Tattersalls (Ireland))
Bishopstown Stud
Purchaser: Minch Bloodstock
€14,500
Lots Sold: 924
Prices
Avg: €13,803
Median: €10,500
Maximum: €145,000
Nov 2014
November National Hunt Sale (Tattersalls (Ireland))
Bishopstown Stud
Purchaser: Lot Withdrawn
Lots Sold: 979
Prices
Avg: €13,922
Median: €11,000
Maximum: €170,000
Reports in which Sole Pretender (IRE) was mentioned
Trainer Philip Dempsey who sent out a well supported favourite to win on the first day of the festival was back in the winners' enclosure after the shock 33/1 win of Fighting Fit in the Lord Hemphill Memorial Handicap Chase at Galway.
Sun 06th Aug
Trainer Norman Lee was literally bursting with pride and joy after his stablestar Sole Pretender bounced back from refusing to race at Tipperary last time to land the featured BoyleSports Handicap Chase in great style at Killarney.
Fri 21st Jul
The five-day Killarney July meeting draws to a close this afternoon with a seven-race card highlighted by the €45,000 BoyleSports Handicap Chase while there is also jumping action at Kilbeggan this evening.
Fri 21st Jul
Tullybeg completed a treble for Gordon Elliott and a double for Danny Gilligan, as he claimed the season feature at Ballinrobe, the Listed McHale Mayo National Handicap Chase.
Mon 29th May
Flame Bearer returned to something like his best when running out an emphatic winner of the Grade 3 Pierce Molony Memorial Novice Chase at Thurles.
Sat 18th Mar
Enniskerry (5/2) landed the Ballymore Irish EBF Kilbegnet Novice Chase in good style under Michael O'Sullivan.
Mon 26th Sep
Visionarian (9/2) landed the Grade 3 Guinness Open Gate Brewery Novice Chase under a fine ride from Denis O'Regan.
Thu 28th Jul
Dermot McLoughlin is targeting the Galway Hurdle with Santa Rossa, which today won Tipperary's Grade 3 Kevin McManus Bookmaker Grimes Hurdle for the Irish Grand National winning trainer.
Thu 30th Jun
With a couple of absentees due to coughing, just three lined up for the Kepak Rated Novice Hurdle and it was the 11/10 favourite Ambitious Fellow who came home in front.
Tue 14th Jun
The 2/9 favourite Sole Pretender had to work hard for victory in the two-mile novice chase before eventually seeing off the persistent challenge of Ferdia by three lengths.
Tue 14th Jun
Trainer Aidan Howard has been having a luckless run with lots of his runners in recent weeks but Birdie Blitz gave the Curragh handler a deserved victory in the www.McHale.net Handicap Hurdle.
Tue 31st May
Sole Pretender put in an impressive display on his debut over fences, easily accounting for his nine rivals in the McHale Tiger Roll Beginners Chase.
Tue 31st May
Steps Match (15/2) collared the long-time leader Not So Simple (3/1 fav) after the last in the Follow @tipperaryraces.ie Handicap Hurdle (80-95), and Phillip Enright’s mount just held the renewed effort of the market leader by a short head.
Thu 01st Jul
The 5/4 favourite Sole Pretender landed the featured Kevin McManus Bookmaker Grimes Hurdle (Grade 3) to take his tally to six wins from nine starts over hurdles.
Thu 01st Jul
With Cato's Revenge a significant non-runner, there's been good support for a couple of horses in the concluding bumper at Tipperary at 8.15.
Thu 01st Jul
Cheltenham hero Flooring Porter bids to follow up in the Ladbrokes Champion Stayers Hurdle at Punchestown.
Thu 29th Apr
One-time Galway Hurdle top weight Sole Pretender returned from a 598-days absence to win the baroneracing.com Hurdle at Cork today, scoring for trainer Norman Lee and jockey Simon Torrens.
Sun 04th Apr
Jaime Sommers (25/1) upset the market principals to take the concluding race on day one of the August Festival, the Sands Hotel Tramore Ladies Maiden, for Michael Bowe and Ruth Dudfield.
Thu 15th Aug
St Lawrence Gap bids for a third win in the Flynn Hotels Handicap Hurdle on the opening evening of the Tramore August Festival.
Thu 15th Aug
Galway-based Norman Lee enjoyed a Ballinrobe double when Oskar High justified favouritism in the www.McHale.net Handicap Hurdle.
Tue 28th May
The 50,000 euro McHale looked ultra-competitive on paper but Sole Pretender continued his ascent through the ranks with an authoritative display.
Tue 28th May
The most valuable meeting of the season at Ballinrobe takes place this evening, with the McHale Mayo National Handicap Chase one of two feature races on the programme.
Tue 28th May
Sole Pretender made it two from two this campaign with a comfortable success in the Coast Hotels & Resorts Rated Hurdle at Wexford.
Sat 27th Apr
In-form Sole Pretender has plenty in his favour for the Coast Hotels & Resorts Rated Hurdle at Wexford today.
Sat 27th Apr
Sole Pretender quickened away impressively to land the spoils in the featured McGrath Limestone Works Handicap Hurdle at Ballinrobe this evening.
Fri 12th Apr
Sole Pretender made it two wins from three starts when victorious in race four at Clonmel, the Fethard Maiden Hurdle.
Thu 04th Oct
The pink and black Hogan silks have been carried to many a nice win down the years and they got another successful airing at Ballinrobe this evening as Sole Pretender prevailed at the first time of asking in the McHale Orbital Round Bale Wrapper INH Flat Race.
Tue 29th May
After race at
Killarney Fri, 21st Jul, 2023 (1st)
That’s the best win since the day we started training. Lads have doubted our horse but he’s the best horse that we have ever had anything to do with. We were coming here today wondering would he take off. He burst a blood vessel in Galway last year and he’s thought about things a bit since. We were going for the Galway Plate with him and have decided to go to Galway on the Sunday for the Lord Hemphill Chase. I’m very proud of him. He’s a very, very good horse when he goes and if he goes at Galway on the Sunday he won’t be beaten either! He’ll go for six months of a break then because he deserves it. Robbie gave him a great ride and works with us every day. We said we’d put up somebody that knows him after JJ Slevin had to go back to Kilbeggan. We’ve a small stable of 12 horses and are trying to build it up. This horse is like a Grade 1 horse to us and is an outstanding bit of stuff. He may be a shade off Grade 1 but he’s our Grade 1 horse and is a credit to his owner Michael Hogan. The day he tells us he doesn’t want to go we won’t force him as he means too much to us.
Norman Lee
After race at
Roscommon Tue, 14th Jun, 2022 (1st)
I'm delighted with him. We got a bit of a shock at the bottom of the straight but he still went and did his job,. John Ryan's horse (Ferdia) isn't a bad horse. Our lad will come on from that again and we'll see where we go now. He might go for the Grimes Hurdle or maybe to Galway for the novice chase on the Thursday. It wasn't as easy as you'd expect but he still got it done. He's still learning over fences and it was grand to have a horse rattle down over them with him there as the fences are a bit bigger here than in Ballinrobe. He won his race snugly in the end. You'd be thinking that a race is average but when you go and try to win them they are not that average. We're happy out with him.
Norman Lee
After race at
Tipperary Thu, 1st Jul, 2021 (1st)
To win our first Graded race is unreal and we are lucky to even have a horse to contest one, never mind win one. He is a credit to his owner and the lads at home. We thought he might be a little short today but every time we think that, he is still good enough and is always there. Paul gave him a great ride and went on the outer for the better ground. He has a high enough rating and while he didn't win by a lot, we will stay in graded company and think about a Galway Hurdle (fifth in the 2019 renewal). He shouldn't go up. We have a dozen horses in at home, he is our stable star and I don't think three miles worked at Grade 1 level the last day. Eventually next year we'll go for a Grade 1 race again but maybe he is a horse who will win Grade 2s and 3s but we'll keep dreaming with him. We are over the moon with him and Michael (Hogan, winning owner) is very important to him as horses like him are usually in big yards. We'll treat him like the star he is for us.
Norman Lee
After race at
Cork Sun, 4th Apr, 2021 (1st)
I had an owner telling me lately my gallop was a bit too small but it's plenty big now!. the lads at home do a great job and I never had a good horse until we got him. He is a proper good horse and we can keep dreaming. He had a little issue last year and we gave him the full year off . We did a lot of minding him to keep him in one piece but he was very good after it and hopefully he'll be ok tomorrow. That was great and he is a credit to his owner Michael Hogan who never rushed me with the horse. He is a very good horse and we had him away to the Curragh a few times but had no schooling race and I thought he'd need the run to be honest. We'll make plans tonight or tomorrow but you can go anywhere once you've beaten a horse (beaten favourite and faller Petit Mouchoir) who was second in Cheltenham. He'll improve a little bit from today and we won't get carried away — talking never made a horse win.
Norman Lee
After race at
Ballinrobe Tue, 28th May, 2019 (1st)
We’re delighted and he’s doing everything we’re asking of him. We have a small yard with 15 horses in at the moment and he’s by far the best we’ve ever had. He’s owned by a great man, Michael Hogan, and he trusts us with him. We will have 30 in for the winter and we are always open to getting good horses into the yard.
Norman Lee
After race at
Wexford Sat, 27th Apr, 2019 (1st)
He is progressing away nicely and taking every step at a time. We are very pleased with him. He will get 10 days off now and he'll do a bit of swimming and we'll bring him to the beach. He'll go back to Ballinrobe at the end of next month for a 50,000 euro race (the McHale Mayo Hurdle). All going well that is where he will go. He is doing his job well. We might bring him to Galway and he could run on the flat too. He seems to have enough gears for the flat.
Norman Lee
After race at
Ballinrobe Fri, 12th Apr, 2019 (1st)
We're delighted with him - he's a very good little horse,. Hopefully the handicapper is not too hard on him. He's only 16 hands but he's worth getting up for every day. He'll go to Punchestown - maybe for a Grade Two or Three and it's credit to Michael (Hogan, owner) that he kept him because we're a selling yard. I had him fairly straight for today and hopefully we'll be going to Galway with him this summer. Please God he'll be a Galway Hurdle type in time.
Norman Lee
After race at
Clonmel Thu, 4th Oct, 2018 (1st)
We always thought a lot of him and we thought we'd step him up in trip and expose the ones that mightn't stay and bowl along and make all,. He's a grand little horse and is worth getting up for every day - he's why we're trying to train horses. We might take him to England for a novice or else leave him off as he has enough done as he's a nice four year old. He's belonging to the best owner (Michael Hogan) that you could possibly have and he had chances to sell him after the bumper he won and he kept him. . Please god he'll be a horse for Galway next summer as we are yet to get a Galway winner and it'd be nice to get it. He's a lovely horse to look forward to.
Norman Lee
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