Dark Willow (2020) Horse

Foal Date

01-Jan-20

Colour

bay

Sire

Smooth Daddy

Dam

Darknessintlight

Prize Money

1275

Trainer

M Whelehan

Owners

Mrs Mary Whelehan

About

Dark Willow, a 6yo bay trained by M Whelehan in Westmeath, is by Smooth Daddy out of Darknessintlight. The horse has not yet broken its maiden, remaining winless after 13 starts. In its most recent race at Dundalk on 20 November 2025, Dark Willow was ridden by Rory Cleary and finished eighth behind the winner Fleetfootsoldier.

Raced At

Dundalk • Curragh • Roscommon • Navan

Race Record

Event SummaryRunner StatsRank
Dundalk 20-Nov-25 1410m SYNTHETIC R2 Hcp (of $9,999) Barrier 3, Winning Time: 01:27.270, SP: 67.00 1st Fleetfootsoldier ( J M Sheridan 137 ) 2nd Una Matata ( A Caffrey 136 ) 0.50L 3rd Eric Lock ( E Grifferty 133 ) 1.00L 8th Dark Willow ( R Cleary 122 ) 7.20L See full resultsR Cleary 55.3kg 7.20L8 (14)
Curragh 05-Jun-25 1260m GOOD R8 Hcp (of $18,001) Barrier 15, Winning Time: 01:17.180, SP: 81.00 1st Saturn Seven ( C Keane 132 ) 2nd Kwa Herini ( L Mcateer 132 ) 1.25L 3rd Tawaazon ( K Kennedy 136 ) 0.20L 14th Dark Willow ( R Cleary 119 ) 8.00L See full resultsR Cleary 54kg 8.00L14 (23)
Roscommon 13-May-25 1510m GOOD R3 Hcp $500 (of $9,999) Barrier 5, Winning Time: 01:33.400, SP: 51.00 Prominent early, soon tracked leader in 2nd, progress to lead 2f out and soon ridden, headed over 1f out, no extra and weakened to 4th inside final furlong 1st Cherry Pink ( A Caffrey 139 ) 2nd Si Senior ( J Kearney 141 ) 0.00L 3rd Knockmore Prince ( C Hayes 122 ) 2.50L 4th Dark Willow ( G Carroll 126 ) 3.35L See full resultsG Carroll 57.2kg 3.35L4 (15)
Curragh 12-Apr-25 1210m GOOD R8 Hcp (of $18,001) Barrier 9, Winning Time: 01:12.820, SP: 81.00 Tracked leaders and led after 1 1/2f, pushed along over 2f out, soon ridden and headed, no extra over 1f out, weakened 1st Gazelle D'or ( J Cleary 133 ) 2nd Rathbranchurch ( W Joyce 135 ) 0.00L 3rd Gordon Bennett ( G Carroll 143 ) 0.75L 12th Dark Willow ( R Cleary 119 ) 9.05L See full resultsR Cleary 54kg 9.05L12 (15)
Navan 08-Apr-25 1170m GOOD R1 HcpNHF (of $9,999) Barrier 8, Winning Time: 01:13.270, SP: 41.00 Rear of mid-division, ridden in 8th 2f out, weakened 1st Step Back In Time ( C Keane 131 ) 2nd Stanhope ( K Kennedy 137 ) 1.75L 3rd Navorrosse ( R Mulligan 132 ) 0.50L 8th Dark Willow ( G Halpin 135 ) 7.30L See full resultsG Halpin 61.2kg 7.30L8 (9)