Giant Haystacks (2019)

Foal Date

01-Jan-19

Colour

brown

Sire

Elusive Pimpernel

Dam

Varnay

Prize Money

25213

Trainer

R O'sullivan

Owners

Keep It Simple Syndicate

About

Giant Haystacks is a 6yo br trained by R O'sullivan. The colt is by Elusive Pimpernel out of Varnay. So far, he has recorded one win in his career. On 28 Dec 2024 at Leopardstown, Giant Haystacks achieved his most notable triumph, collecting $15,000 in the Hcph race.

Raced At

Punchestown • Killarney • Tipperary • Naas • Leopardstown • Clonmel • Navan • Down Royal • Ballinrobe • Fairyhouse

Race Record

Event Summary	Runner Stats	Rank
Punchestown 15-Oct-25 4060m SOFT R3 HcpH $1,600 (of $15,999), Winning Time: 05:01.100, SP: 9.00	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	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	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	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	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	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	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	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	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	S Cleary-farrell 71.7kg, Cd 0 25.25L	10 (19)
Ballinrobe 20-Apr-24 3550m SOFT R2 MdH $315 (of $6,300), Winning Time: 04:50.700, SP: 7/1 Led, increased advantage at 2nd, reduced lead 2 out where not fluent, headed and lost place before last where slight mistake, weakened run-in	B Hayes 71.7kg, Cd 0 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	S Cleary-farrell 69.4kg, Cd 0 25.75L	5 (6)