Winston's Folly (2022) Horse

Foal Date

25-Mar-22

Colour

bay

Sire

Churchill

Dam

Merry Me

Owners

Mrs Fitri Hay

About

Winston's Folly is a 3yo b trained by A M Balding. He is by Churchill out of Merry Me and has not yet broken his maiden, having failed to win in five attempts. In his most recent race at Southwell on 22 Oct 2024, he was ridden by Jason Watson and finished ninth, behind the winner Hippocratic Oath.

Raced At

Southwell • Chelmsford City • Epsom • Kempton • Doncaster

Race Record

Event SummaryRunner StatsRank
Southwell 22-Oct-24 1620m GOOD R1 CL6 (of $5,606) Barrier 11, Winning Time: 01:41.840, SP: 23.00 Never better than mid-division 1st Hippocratic Oath ( S M Levey 135 ) 2nd Patrol ( R Clutterbuck 134 ) 1.50L 3rd Telecommunication ( K Shoemark 134 ) 5.50L 9th Winston's Folly ( J Watson 130 ) 10.50L See full resultsJ Watson 59kg 10.50L9 (12)
Chelmsford City 11-Oct-24 2010m GOOD R4 CL6 (of $6,886) Barrier 8, Winning Time: 02:07.250, SP: 5.50 Soon led, pushed along over 2f out, ridden and headed over 1f out, weakened final furlong 1st Vilaine Verlaine ( N Callan 133 ) 2nd Moonlit Stage ( D Egan 133 ) 1.00L 3rd Bebside ( S Kirrane 130 ) 1.50L 7th Winston's Folly ( J Watson 131 ) 12.25L See full resultsJ Watson 59.4kg 12.25L7 (9)
Epsom 12-Sep-24 1410m SOFT R1 Nv (of $5,400), Winning Time: 01:27.670, SP: 33/1 Prominent, lugged left from 3f out, well held when weakened over 1f out 1st Bold Impact ( R Hornby 133 ) 2nd Luna Girl ( R Coakley 128 ) 6.00L 3rd Nidaami ( J Mitchell 133 ) 2.50L 5th Winston's Folly ( J Watson 133 , Cd 0 ) 10.75L See full resultsJ Watson 60.3kg, Cd 0 10.75L5 (6)
Kempton 22-Aug-24 1410m GOOD R1 Nv (of $5,346), Winning Time: 01:27.770, SP: 50/1 Midfield, ridden over 2f out, faded over 1f out 1st Detain ( K Shoemark 130 ) 2nd Afentiko ( S M Levey 134 ) 2.00L 3rd Chemical ( D Probert 130 ) 0.50L 9th Winston's Folly ( C Hutchinson 130 , Cd 0 ) 10.25L See full resultsC Hutchinson 59kg, Cd 0 10.25L9 (12)
Doncaster 25-Jul-24 1410m GOOD R2 Nv (of $3,672), Winning Time: 01:27.900, SP: 16/1 Tracked leaders far side of group, pushed along over 2f out, hung left and weakened soon after 1st God Of War ( D Tudhope 130 ) 2nd Ride The Thunder ( R Dawson 130 ) 1.25L 3rd Stenmark ( D Muscutt 130 ) 0.20L 7th Winston's Folly ( P J Mcdonald 130 , Cd 0 ) 9.75L See full resultsP J Mcdonald 59kg, Cd 0 9.75L7 (9)