Herakles Westwood Horse Racing Form | Newbury 16:10 08th February 2025

Herakles Westwood' Form | 08th February 2025

08th February 2025 William Hill Best Odds Guaranteed Novices' Limited Handicap Chase (GBB Race)

Age
8
Weight
11-2
Trainer
W Greatrex
(Last 14 Days: 1-12, 8.33%)
Owner
All Above Board Racing
Sex
gelding
Breeder
Mrs Karine Perreau
Colour
Bay
Foaling Date
2017-02-02
Race Type
Chase Turf
Class
3
Classifications
Chase, Handicap, Limited, Novice
Ground
Soft
Distance
2m 7f 86y
Runners
6
Prize Money
£26,000
Is Herakles Westwood Improving?
Does Herakles Westwood Suit This Race
Horse Strength

43.6%

Session: 6817

Going % good races

13.11%

44 of 61

Distance % good races

12.11%

8 of 61

Class % good races

43.6%

18 of 179

Race Type % good races

60.5%

18 of 179

Course % good races

60.5%

18 of 179

Herakles Westwood Statistics
Date Course/Class/Distance/Type/Prize
Classifications
Weight
Headgear
Going Finish Pos./No. Of Runners - Dist. Won/Beaten/Finish Time
In Running Comments
Trainer
Jockey
SP BF Odds
Plc Odds
OR
0 2025-01-17 13:15 Windsor / 3 / 3m 0f 53y / Chase Turf / 20K
Chase, Handicap, Limited, Novice
10-8 Soft 1 /6 - win 3.25 Deafening Silence 11-3 6m 21.16s

midfield, in touch with leaders 3 out, ridden and headway before 2 out where disputed lead, soon led and went clear, pushed out run-in

W Greatrex
James Bowen
2.62 2.81
1.77
124
1 2024-12-18 13:15 Newbury / 3 / 2m 7f 86y / Chase Turf / 20K
Chase, Handicap, Limited, Novice
10-12 Good To Soft 1 /6 - win 4.5 Moulins Clermont 10-9 6m 11.75s

held up early, closer in 3rd before 4th, led before 3 out, clear before last, stayed on strongly

W Greatrex
James Bowen
3.5 3.76
1.9
117
2 2024-11-28 14:00 Taunton / 4 / 2m 7f 3y / Chase Turf / 13.3K
Chase, Handicap, Novice
11-11 Good To Soft 2 /5 - btn 3 In d'Or 11-11 6m 15.645s

tracked winner, ridden before 3 out, unable to close from after 3 out, kept on

W Greatrex
James Bowen
5 5.42
2.78
116
3 2024-04-19 14:20 Ayr / 3 / 3m 0f 70y / Hurdle Turf / 16K
Handicap, Hurdle
11-2 Soft 2 /16 - btn 2.5 Catch Him Derry 10-10 6m 22.38s

off the pace towards rear, headway out wide between last two, soon hung left and ridden, stayed on run-in, went 2nd final strides, no chance with winner

W Greatrex
H Cobden
21 38.32
4.7
113
4 2024-04-01 16:55 Chepstow / 4 / 2m 3f 100y / Hurdle Turf / 8.2K
Handicap, Hurdle
11-13 Soft 4 /11 - btn 9.5 Il Va De Soi 11-0 5m 8.73s

mid-division, headway home turn, disputed 3rd 3 out and pushed along, ridden 2 out and no extra, plugged on

W Greatrex
James Bowen
8 9.89
2.51
114
5 2024-02-21 17:15 Ludlow / 4 / 2m 5f 55y / Hurdle Turf / 10K
Handicap, Hurdle
11-10 Soft 4 /6 - btn 15 Canty Bay 11-11 5m 56.55s

in touch, asked for effort approaching 3 out, plugged on one pace

W Greatrex
S Bowen
2.5 2.71
1.65
114
6 2024-01-24 14:25 Catterick / 4 / 2m 3f 66y / Hurdle Turf / 10K
Handicap, Hurdle
11-3 Soft 1 /11 - win 0.2 Hajey 11-9 5m 7.1s

led early, chased leaders, ridden 2 out, stayed on to challenge last, led last stride

W Greatrex
James Bowen
3.25 3.54
1.66
108
7 2023-12-12 14:10 Fontwell / 5 / 2m 5f 164y / Hurdle Turf / 6.45K
Handicap, Hurdle, Novice
11-13 Heavy 1 /10 - win 3.5 Talimar Pearl 11-9 5m 58.19s

prominent on outer, pushed along home turn, pressed leaders 2 out, ridden and led bypassed final flight, kept on

W Greatrex
S Bowen
2.38 2.54
1.4
103
8 2023-11-30 13:10 Lingfield / 5 / 2m 3f 110y / Hurdle Turf / 6.45K
Handicap, Hurdle, Novice
11-13 Good To Soft 1 /13 - win 4 Hi Riko 11-2 4m 55.88s

close up, ridden and every chance 2 out, led flat, ran on

W Greatrex
S Bowen
5 5.99
2.34
94
9 2023-11-12 15:35 Ffos Las / 5 / 2m 4f 0y / Hurdle Turf / 6.45K
Handicap, Hurdle, Novice
11-11 Heavy 7 /9 - btn 66.5 Hill Of Tara 10-9 5m 25s

held up in 6th on inside, towards rear and struggling 4 out, tailed off

W Greatrex
James Bowen
5.5 6.6
2.1
96
10 2023-01-07 12:20 Wincanton / 4 / 2m 5f 82y / Hurdle Turf / 7.5K
Hurdle, Novice
11-2 Good To Soft 4 /11 - btn 28 I Shut That D'or 11-2 5m 35.731s

chased leaders, lost place 9th, pushed along after 3 out, plugged on one pace from 2 out

W Greatrex
James Bowen
19 24.15
3.7
11 2022-12-22 13:10 Ffos Las / 4 / 1m 7f 182y / Hurdle Turf / 6.5K
Gold, Hunt, Hurdle, Maiden, National, National Hunt
11-5 Soft 9 /15 - btn 31.5 Altobelli 11-5 4m 5.65s

never closer than mid-division

W Greatrex
James Bowen
29 42.6
6.62
12 2022-11-15 12:30 Lingfield / 4 / 2m 3f 110y / Hurdle Turf / 9K
Hurdle, Maiden
11-4 Soft P /12 - btn Authorised Speed 11-4 -

always towards rear, pulled up before 2 out

W Greatrex
T Scudamore
41 70
9
13 2022-02-25 16:20 Exeter / 5 / 2m 0f 161y / NH Flat / 3.5K 10-12 Soft 3 /7 - btn 10 Altobelli 10-4 4m 20.75s

chased leaders out wide and pushed along at times, lost place and towards rear before halfway, rallied out wide chasing leaders turning in, 3rd and one pace final 2f

W Greatrex
Caoilin Quinn
10 11.15
2.78
14 2022-02-01 16:20 Ffos Las / 5 / 1m 7f 182y / NH Flat / 4.8K
Maiden
11-6 Good To Soft 5 /11 - btn 9.8 L'astroboy 11-6 3m 57.85s

ran green towards rear, headway over 3f out, kept on but never on terms

W Greatrex
G Sheehan
6 7
2.26