Imperial Express

(IRE)

Country

Ireland

Foal Date

12-Mar-21

Colour

bay

Sire

Inns Of Court

Dam

Soft Power

Prize Money

$55770

Trainer

A M Balding

Owners

Mr Michael Blencowe

About

Imperial Express is a 4yo from Ireland trained by A M Balding, Kingsclere. It is sired by the stallion Inns Of Court out of the dam Soft Power. Imperial Express has won 2 races in its career so far. On 24th Aug 2024 at Hamilton, Imperial Express achieved its most notable victory, taking the prize in the $9420 Huws Gray British Stallions Ebf Fillies' Handicap.

Race Record

Event Summary	Runner Stats	Rank
Lingfield 08-Feb-25 m R4 CL1, Winning Time: 02:17.290, SP: 100/1	C Hutchinson 55.8kg, Cd 0 0.00L	4 (4)
Lingfield 18-Jan-25 2011m GOOD R7 Hcp (of $56,694), Winning Time: 02:06.430, SP: 40/1 Steadied and switched left start, held up last pair, late headway out wide, never going pace to get involved	J Watson 57.2kg, Cd 0 4.25L	7 (12)
Saint-Cloud 10-Nov-24 1999m HEAVY R6 (of $23,913), Winning Time: 02:17.280, SP: 18/1	O Murphy 55.8kg, Cd 0 15.50L	9 (15)
Ascot 07-Sep-24 1609m SOFT R6 Hcp $2,536 (of $24,840), Winning Time: 01:45.900, SP: 9/1 Held up in rear, ridden over 2f out, headway on outer over 1f out, weakened close home	C Hutchinson 56.2kg, Cd 0 2.25L	4 (6)
Hamilton 24-Aug-24 1842m HEAVY R2 Hcp $8,191 (of $9,420), Winning Time: 02:04.680, SP: 4/1 Tracked leader, led still going well 3f out, ridden over 1f out, kept on well	J Watson 61.7kg	1 (6)
Goodwood 30-Jul-24 1609m GOOD R7 Hcp $1,057 (of $20,745), Winning Time: 01:37.250, SP: 12/1 Raced wide, tracked leader until ridden over 1f out, no extra inside final furlong	O Murphy 55.3kg, Cd 0 3.50L	5 (12)
Ffos Las 11-Jul-24 1609m SOFT R6 Hcp $3,716 (of $4,274), Winning Time: 01:38.470, SP: 11/4 Made all, shaken up 2f out, clear over 1f out, eased towards finish	O Murphy 60.8kg	1 (5)
Sandown 15-Jun-24 1609m SOFT R6 Hcp $2,418 (of $11,854), Winning Time: 01:47.180, SP: 9/1 Slowly into stride and awkwardly away, held up in rear, headway on inside under pressure 2f out, went 3rd 1f out, stayed on same pace inside final furlong, no chance with winner	O Murphy 59.4kg 4.50L	3 (7)
Kempton 30-May-24 1408m GOOD R6 Hcp $337 (of $6,621), Winning Time: 01:24.340, SP: 33/1 Held up towards rear, never on terms	O Murphy 54.9kg, Cd 0 8.75L	5 (10)
Southwell 10-Apr-24 1420m GOOD R5 Nv (of $5,670) Barrier 11, Winning Time: 01:29.510, SP: 13/2 Tracked leaders, ridden over 2f out, soon beaten	C Hutchinson 56.7kg, Cd 0 11.25L	6 (11)
Kempton 02-Nov-23 1408m GOOD R3 Nv $1,255 (of $5,346) Barrier 9, Winning Time: 01:27.370, SP: 3/1 Prominent, shaken up 2f out, soon ridden along, ran on same pace from over 1f out	O Murphy 58.1kg 1.25L	3 (10)
Doncaster 14-Sep-23 1308m SOFT R3 $7,380 (of $147,540) Barrier 2, Winning Time: 01:20.970, SP: 66/1 Raced centre, in touch in mid-division, outpaced 2f out, no impression after	P J Mcdonald 54.9kg, Cd 0 8.25L	9 (18)
Newmarket 26-Aug-23 1207m GOOD R1 Nv $1,014 (of $4,320) Barrier 7, Winning Time: 01:11.740, SP: 7/2 Close up, ridden and every chance over 1f out, kept on one pace	P J Mcdonald 56.7kg 5.00L	3 (13)
Goodwood 03-Aug-23 1408m SOFT R7 Md $906 (of $30,924) Barrier 6, Winning Time: 01:31.870, SP: 10/1 Never closer than mid-division on inside	O Murphy 58.1kg, Cd 0 9.50L	6 (14)