Sports Day (2023) Horse

Foal Date

28-Mar-23

Colour

chestnut

Sire

Lope De Vega

Dam

Eleanor Powell

Prize Money

6460

Trainer

M L W Bell

Owners

Ballylinch And The Heatherdonians 2

About

Sports Day is a 3yo chestnut horse trained by M L W Bell in Newmarket. It is by Lope De Vega out of Eleanor Powell. The horse has not yet broken its maiden, having failed to win in nine attempts. In its most recent race at Ripon on 28 July 2026, ridden by Toby Moore, it finished fourth behind the winner Riddikulus.

Race Record

Event SummaryRunner StatsRank
Ripon 28-Jul-26 1966m GOOD R1 CL6 Hcp $430 (of $6,886) Barrier 2, Winning Time: 02:03.710, SP: 5.50 1st Riddikulus ( R Elliott 125 , Cd 122 ) 2nd Balmoral Boy ( A Jary 133 ) 1.75L 3rd Lc Tiffen ( M Wonnacott 128 , Cd 125 ) 4.75L 4th Sports Day ( T Moore 135 , Cd 128 ) 6.25L See full resultsT Moore 61.2kg, Cd 58.1kg 6.25L4 (7)
Kempton 09-Jul-26 1609m SYNTHETIC R5 CL6 Hcp (of $5,902) Barrier 3, Winning Time: 01:41.120, SP: 10.00 1st Roi De Coeur ( M Ghiani 135 ) 2nd Fallacious Promise ( L Morris 129 ) 0.75L 3rd Thisonesforyou ( G Dobie 133 ) 3.00L 9th Sports Day ( T Marquand 132 ) 12.40L See full resultsT Marquand 59.9kg 12.40L9 (14)
Wetherby 15-Jun-26 1609m GOOD R3 CL6 Hcp (of $6,886) Barrier 4, Winning Time: 01:38.670, SP: 3.50 1st Thornaby Annie ( C Lee 135 ) 2nd Inferno ( K Stott 135 ) 0.30L 3rd Thestral ( O Murphy 135 ) 1.50L 10th Sports Day ( C Rodriguez 133 ) 6.00L See full resultsC Rodriguez 60.3kg 6.00L10 (14)
Nottingham 19-May-26 2057m GOOD R3 CL6 Hcp (of $7,378) Barrier 12, Winning Time: 02:14.440, SP: 3.75 1st Mohaab ( L Edmunds 128 ) 2nd Grindleton ( T Marquand 131 ) 4.75L 3rd Stepanov ( C Rodriguez 135 ) 2.25L 6th Sports Day ( H Crouch 134 ) 15.50L See full resultsH Crouch 60.8kg 15.50L6 (12)
Yarmouth 30-Apr-26 2033m GOOD R4 CL6 Hcp $1,768 (of $7,081) Barrier 3, Winning Time: 02:06.010, SP: 3.75 1st Alice De Clare ( G Wood 130 ) 2nd Sports Day ( B Loughnane 134 ) 3.25L 3rd Time To Sparkle ( J F Egan 128 ) 2.50L See full resultsB Loughnane 60.8kg 3.25L2 (7)