Bel Espoir (2022) Horse

Foal Date

01-Jan-22

Colour

bay

Sire

Kodiac

Dam

Hope Lake

Trainer

J Barcoe

Owners

Ms Yvonne Hennessy & Ms S O'Neill

About

Bel Espoir, a 4yo bay trained by J Barcoe, is sired by Kodiac out of Hope Lake. The horse has not yet won, remaining a maiden after three starts. In its latest run at the Curragh on 19 July 2025, ridden by Jimmy Dalton, Bel Espoir came home 19th, behind the winner Shelbiana.

Raced At

Curragh • Bellewstown • Galway

Race Record

Event Summary	Runner Stats	Rank
Curragh 19-Jul-25 1410m GOOD R8 Md (of $20,000) Barrier 8, Winning Time: 01:28.030, SP: 301.00 1st Shelbiana ( B Coen 129 ) 2nd Therewillbeglory ( A Slattery 129 ) 0.20L 3rd Grecian Power ( D Mcdonogh 136 ) 1.25L 19th Bel Espoir ( J Dalton 129 , Cd 139 ) 14.80L See full results	J Dalton 58.5kg, Cd 63kg 14.80L	19 (21)
Bellewstown 05-Jul-25 1010m GOOD R4 Md (of $12,000) Barrier 9, Winning Time: 01:00.250, SP: 41.00 Dwelt slightly, towards rear, ridden halfway, no extra 2f out, weakened over 1f out 1st Abiding Star ( L Roche 134 ) 2nd Viamonte ( A Browne-souza 139 ) 0.15L 3rd Tino Pai ( R Colgan 129 ) 1.25L 9th Bel Espoir ( S Heffernan 129 ) 34.90L See full results	S Heffernan 58.5kg 34.90L	9 (10)
Galway 28-Oct-24 1410m HEAVY R3 Md (of $15,000) Barrier 7, Winning Time: 01:35.650, SP: 201.00 Always towards rear, never a factor, pushed along and no impression approaching straight, no extra under 2f out 1st Tribal Nation ( D B Mcmonagle 133 ) 2nd Mississippi River ( W Hassett 133 ) 1.25L 3rd Omni Man ( D Mcdonogh 133 ) 5.50L 7th Bel Espoir ( N Crosse 128 ) 35.90L See full results	N Crosse 58.1kg 35.90L	7 (7)