Champ Kiely
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Fairyhouse R3 WillowWarm Gold Cup (Grade 1) — Champ Kiely is a 9yo from Ireland trained by W P Mullins. It is sired by the stallion Ocovango out of the dam Cregg So. Champ Kiely has won 6 races in its career so far. On 8th Jan 2023 at Naas, Champ Kiely achieved its most significant win to date, taking the prize in the $61008 Lawlor's Of Naas Novice Hurdle (grade 1). It has been a profitable horse for the punters. If you had backed Champ Kiely throughout its career you'd have achieved a 37% return on investment.
Race Record
| Event Summary | Runner Stats | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| Navan 02-Mar-25 3218m HEAVY R5 NvCh $21,000 (of $21,000), Winning Time: 07:01.300, SP: 3/10 Made all, pressed 2 out, soon ridden, asserted before last, kept on well, comfortably | P Townend 70.3kg | 1 (4) |
| Leopardstown 02-Feb-25 4322m SOFT R2 NvCh $7,500 (of $90,000), Winning Time: 05:26.900, SP: 8/1 Led, ridden and headed 2 out, dropped to 4th entering straight, weakened | D E Mullins 74.4kg, Cd 0 21.50L | 4 (6) |
| Fairyhouse 01-Jan-25 4325m SOFT R6 Ch $7,500 (of $7,891), Winning Time: 5:42.400, SP: 10/11 Disputed lead, left in front from 3rd, joined 5 out, regained lead travelling well after 2 out, went clear run-in, stayed on strongly, easily | P Townend 75.3kg | 1 (9) |
| Punchestown 28-Apr-23 3895m SOFT NvH (of $80,310), Winning Time: 04:53.200, SP: 7/2 Led, not fluent 1st and slight mistake 2nd, pressed 3 out, pushed along and headed early straight, 3rd and mistake last, no extra run-in | D E Mullins 75.3kg 11.00L | 3 |
| Cheltenham 16-Mar-23 4224m SOFT R1 NvH $14,324 (of $91,917), Winning Time: 05:10.740, SP: 13/2 Jumped right at times, led until narrowly headed 4 out, chased leader, in front again next, went badly right and hampered rival 2 out, headed turning in, chased easy winner until the last, ridden and one pace in 3rd run-in | D E Mullins 73kg 7.50L | 3 (10) |
| Naas 08-Jan-23 4016m SOFT R4 NvH $60,000 (of $61,008), Winning Time: 05:06.200, SP: 10/3 Made all, jumped slightly right at 1st, travelled well over 2f out, ridden over 1f out, kept on well | D E Mullins 74.4kg | 1 (9) |
| Fairyhouse 04-Dec-22 3218m SOFT R4 NvH $4,249 (of $49,286), Winning Time: 4:09.800, SP: 10/11 Rear of mid-division, 6th halfway, took closer order in 2nd after 5th, travelled well to lead before 3 out, headed 2 out, dropped to 3rd run-in, kept on same pace, lost 3rd close home | P Townend 75.3kg, Cd 0 4.25L | 4 (8) |
| Tipperary 02-Oct-22 3218m SOFT R4 NvH $17,100 (of $16,525), Winning Time: 03:46.100, SP: 4/5 Made all, not fluent at 4th and 4 out, travelled well 2 out, soon asserted, clear last, kept on well, easily | D E Mullins 70.3kg | 1 (10) |
| Galway 28-Jul-22 4234m GOOD R1 MdH $10,199 (of $9,857), Winning Time: 05:05.600, SP: 9/4 Tracked leader, led after 6th, pressed 3 out, asserted 2 out, clear before last, reached slightly for last, easily | P Townend 75.3kg | 1 (23) |
| Limerick 28-May-21 3218m SOFT R8 CLNHF $6,000 (of $10,000), Winning Time: 04:05.200, SP: 6/4 Soon prominent, a little keen, on terms from 5f out, led approaching straight travelling smoothly, pushed along from 1 1/2f out, strongly pressed and ridden inside final furlong, stayed on best close home | M J Townend 77.1kg | 1 (18) |
| Dromahane 20-Dec-20 4828m HEAVY CLMd (of $5,357) Ww twrds rr, 8th from 3rd, mstk 5out, prog in 6th aftr 4out, further prog well bef 3out, mstk & ur 3out | P A King 74.8kg, Cd 0 | UPD (10) |