Giant Haystacks (2019) Horse
About
Giant Haystacks is a 6yo bay horse trained by R O'Sullivan. He is by the stallion Elusive Pimpernel out of the mare Varnay. To date he has secured one win. On 28 Dec 2024 at Leopardstown, Giant Haystacks achieved his most significant victory, taking the $15,000.00 Hcph prize.
Raced At
Thurles
• Punchestown
• Killarney
• Tipperary
• Naas
• Leopardstown
• Clonmel
• Navan
• Down Royal
• Ballinrobe
• FairyhouseRace Record
| Event Summary | Runner Stats | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| Thurles 20-Nov-25 4020m SOFT R6 HcpH $345 (of $11,499), Winning Time: 05:04.700, SP: 4.50 1st Plunkett Street ( D King 166 ) 2nd Lambay Island ( D O'keeffe 165 ) 5.00L 3rd Kazbek ( D Mullins 150 ) 6.50L 5th Giant Haystacks ( D Gilligan 163 ) 10.00L See full results | D Gilligan 73.9kg 10.00L | 5 (12) |
| Punchestown 15-Oct-25 4060m SOFT R3 HcpH $1,600 (of $15,999), Winning Time: 05:01.100, SP: 9.00 1st Linden Arden ( B Hayes 155 ) 2nd Avalo ( S Ewing 151 ) 0.75L 3rd Giant Haystacks ( D Gilligan 148 ) 4.00L See full results | D Gilligan 67.1kg 4.00L | 3 (12) |
| Killarney 18-Jul-25 4100m SOFT R4 HcpH (of $25,000), Winning Time: 05:06.070, SP: 23.00 1st Duty Bound ( D Meyler 158 ) 2nd Duke Silver ( J J Slevin 159 ) 0.50L 3rd Boston Rajj ( S Ewing 164 ) 0.50L 8th Giant Haystacks ( S O'callaghan 159 , Cd 164 ) 17.40L See full results | S O'callaghan 72.1kg, Cd 74.4kg 17.40L | 8 (15) |
| Tipperary 04-Jul-25 4110m SOFT R5 HcpH (of $12,000), Winning Time: 05:01.300, SP: 11.00 Towards rear for most, ridden and no impression after 3 out 1st Queenofthelodge ( P Enright 161 ) 2nd Storm Mahler ( C Hogan 158 ) 1.75L 3rd Folly Beach ( S O'keeffe 160 ) 0.75L 10th Giant Haystacks ( D Meyler 167 ) 19.70L See full results | D Meyler 75.8kg 19.70L | 10 (15) |
| Punchestown 30-Apr-25 3880m SOFT R1 HcpH (of $30,000), Winning Time: 04:46.700, SP: 16.00 Led or disputed lead, headed 6th, lost place after 3 out, soon no extra, behind and pulled up before last 1st Thanksforthehelp ( G Brouder 162 ) 2nd Ballysax Hank ( C Stone-walsh 162 ) 2.50L 3rd Stay Gold ( L A Mckenna 156 ) 3.25L UPL Giant Haystacks ( T P Harney 158 , Cd 162 ) 0.00L See full results | T P Harney 71.7kg, Cd 73.5kg 0.00L | UPD (25) |
| Naas 05-Jan-25 3800m HEAVY R6 HcpH (of $13,499), Winning Time: 05:17.400, SP: 4.33 Close up, 6th before 5th, lost place and weakened after 3 out, pulled up before last 1st Doctor Churchill ( C Cullinan 160 ) 2nd Krabat ( C Quirke 166 ) 8.00L 3rd Dalmatic ( C Millar 144 ) 3.00L UPL Giant Haystacks ( C Stone-walsh 168 ) 0.00L See full results | C Stone-walsh 76.2kg 0.00L | UPD (17) |
| Leopardstown 28-Dec-24 4020m SOFT R2 HcpH $9,000 (of $15,000), Winning Time: 04:57.600, SP: 8.50 Tracked leaders, 5th halfway, closer in 2nd after 2 out, ridden to press leader under 2f out, led over 1f out, kept on well closing stages 1st Giant Haystacks ( T P Harney 157 ) 2nd Cave Court ( O Mcgill 168 ) 1.50L 3rd Aurea Fortuna ( D King 152 ) 0.30L See full results | T P Harney 71.2kg | 1 (23) |
| Clonmel 03-Dec-24 3300m SOFT R1 MdH $2,500 (of $12,499), Winning Time: 04:06.050, SP: 1.67 Tracked leaders, 5th halfway, progress into 3rd 4 out, ridden in 4th entering straight, under pressure in 3rd and slight mistake 2 out, stayed on into 2nd last, kept on run-in, no impression on winner 1st Eve's Hope ( J Smith 159 ) 2nd Giant Haystacks ( T P Harney 166 ) 2.25L 3rd Ballinoe Blaze ( C Hogan 166 ) 5.00L See full results | T P Harney 75.3kg 2.25L | 2 (14) |
| Navan 17-Nov-24 3220m SOFT R3 HcpH $750 (of $15,000), Winning Time: 03:58.200, SP: 26.00 Mid-division, slightly hampered 5th, ridden and progress 2 out, no impression in 6th before last, kept on same pace run-in 1st Love Me ( D J O'keeffe 163 ) 2nd St Denis's Well ( K M Donoghue 157 ) 1.75L 3rd O'Faolains Glory ( C P Millar 156 , Cd 149 ) 4.25L 4th Giant Haystacks ( T P Harney 168 , Cd 175 ) 6.00L See full results | T P Harney 76.2kg, Cd 79.4kg 6.00L | 4 (23) |
| Loughrea 13-Oct-24 4830m SOFT Md (of $9,000), SP: 5/1 Pr, cl 2nd from 3rd, 1l 2nd 1/2way, disp 2out & still disp adv at last, no ex & drpd to 3rd flat 1st Youlita ( J G Murphy 170 ) 2nd Well Buoy ( H C Swan 170 ) 0.75L 3rd Giant Haystacks ( T Walsh 165 ) 1.25L | T Walsh 74.8kg 1.25L | 3 (8) |
| Down Royal 06-May-24 3380m GOOD R1 MdH (of $6,000), Winning Time: 04:08.800, SP: 11/1 Mid-division, ran freely, pushed along and no impression before 3 out, no extra 1st Le Coq Hardi ( M P O'connor 158 ) 2nd Pahlavi ( S Fenelon 158 ) 5.50L 3rd Mordor ( D J Gilligan 152 ) 0.30L 10th Giant Haystacks ( S Cleary-farrell 158 , Cd 0 ) 25.25L See full results | S Cleary-farrell 71.7kg, Cd 0 25.25L | 10 (19) |
| Ballinrobe 20-Apr-24 3550m HEAVY R2 MdH $315 (of $10,501), Winning Time: 04:50.700, SP: 8.00 Led, increased advantage at 2nd, reduced lead 2 out where not fluent, headed and lost place before last where slight mistake, weakened run-in 1st On The Steel ( C G O'dwyer 158 ) 2nd Doctor Glide ( K M Donoghue 158 ) 0.50L 3rd Napper Tandy ( J Smith 166 ) 0.30L 5th Giant Haystacks ( B Hayes 158 ) 17.75L See full results | B Hayes 71.7kg 17.75L | 5 (15) |
| Fairyhouse 02-Dec-23 3220m SOFT R6 H $899 (of $18,319), Winning Time: 04:08.900, SP: 200/1 Tracked leaders disputing 4th, took keen hold, not fluent 6th, ridden in last 3 out, no impression, mistake at last 1st Risk Belle ( M P Walsh 150 ) 2nd Nusret ( J J Slevin 162 ) 3.50L 3rd Hypotenus ( S W Flanagan 153 ) 9.00L 5th Giant Haystacks ( S Cleary-farrell 153 , Cd 0 ) 25.75L See full results | S Cleary-farrell 69.4kg, Cd 0 25.75L | 5 (6) |
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