Irish Gift (AUS)

Country
Australia
Foal Date
20-Sep-20
Sex
gelding
Colour
brown
Dam
Princess Defiant
Prize Money
$27145
Owners
N J Coves, F H A Van Oyen, W K Grace & M N Brammer
About

Irish Gift, a 5yo brown gelding from Australia, is contesting the Townsville R1 Ladbrokes Form Genius Mdn Plate. He is trained by Nathan Coves and is stabled at Jensen. His sire is Shamus Award and his dam is Princess Defiant. Irish Gift has yet to break his maiden, remaining winless after 14 starts. In his most recent run at Townsville on 9 Sep 2025, he was ridden by Graham Kliese and finished 9th, behind winner Starmeira.

Race Record
Event SummaryRunner StatsRank
Townsville 09-Sep-25 1400m SOFT 5 R2 Mdn Set Weight $440 (of $23,000) Barrier 9, Winning Time: 01:24.220, SP: 61.00 In-running: Settled 7th, 800m 7th, 400m 6th Sectionals: 600m 00:36.670G Kliese 58.5kg 4.78L9 (14)
Cairns 22-Aug-25 1500m GOOD 4 R1 Mdn Set Weight $1,050 (of $34,000) Barrier 1, Winning Time: 01:29.670, SP: 26.00 In-running: Settled 8th, 800m 8th, 400m 5th Sectionals: 600m 00:36.790G Kliese 58.5kg 8.88L5 (10)
Townsville 13-Aug-25 850m GOOD 4 R2 MDN-CL2 TRL Barrier 2, Winning Time: 00:48.620 Sectionals: 600m 00:33.160I Fry 0.21L2 (5)
Townsville 19-Jul-25 1300m SOFT 5 R3 Mdn Set Weight $440 (of $23,000) Barrier 4, Winning Time: 01:17.320, SP: 61.00 In-running: Settled 8th, 800m 8th, 400m 10th Sectionals: 600m 00:35.100I Fry 58.5kg 8.27L10 (13)
Townsville 29-Jun-25 1200m SOFT 5 R2 Mdn Hcp $440 (of $23,000) Barrier 5, Winning Time: 01:09.770, SP: 26.00 In-running: Settled 9th, 800m 9th, 400m 8th Sectionals: 600m 00:33.810I Fry 59.5kg 8.72L9 (12)
Murwillumbah 02-Feb-25 1550m GOOD 4 R4 Mdn Set Weight $500 (of $27,000) Barrier 3, Winning Time: 01:34.000, SP: 5.00 In-running: Settled 6th, 1200m 6th, 800m 6th, 400m 2nd Sectionals: 600m 00:36.100M Mcguren 59kg 6.77L7 (8)
Grafton 27-Jan-25 1550m SOFT 5 R5 Mdn Set Weight $5,050 (of $27,000) Barrier 2, Winning Time: 01:34.840, SP: 4.40 In-running: Settled 7th, 1200m 7th, 800m 7th, 400m 6th Sectionals: 600m 00:36.310M Mcguren 59kg 0.55L2 (11)
Ballina 17-Jan-25 1300m SOFT 6 R6 Mdn Hcp $3,275 (of $50,000) Barrier 4, Winning Time: 01:19.820, SP: 6.50 In-running: Settled 6th, 800m 6th, 400m 5th Sectionals: 600m 00:35.530M Mcguren 56.5kg 2.80L4 (11)
Lismore 05-Jan-25 1526m GOOD 4 R1 Mdn Hcp $800 (of $30,000) Barrier 5, Winning Time: 01:31.640, SP: 7.00 In-running: Settled 4th, 800m 4th, 400m 3rd Sectionals: 600m 00:35.310D Peisley 59kg 7.36L6 (7)
Lismore 20-Dec-24 1310m SOFT 7 R3 Mdn Hcp $725 (of $30,000) Barrier 6, Winning Time: 01:18.560, SP: 3.00 In-running: Settled 7th, 800m 7th, 400m 4th Sectionals: 600m 00:36.380D Peisley 59kg 6.40L7 (8)
Ballina 10-Dec-24 1400m HEAVY 9 R7 Mdn Set Weight $5,050 (of $27,000) Barrier 1, Winning Time: 01:29.210, SP: 1.80 In-running: Settled 5th, 800m 5th, 400m 5th Sectionals: 600m 00:36.120K Matheson 59kg 4.83L2 (9)
Ballina 28-Nov-24 1262m SOFT 6 R2 Mdn Set Weight $1,475 (of $30,000) Barrier 7, Winning Time: 01:17.930, SP: 2.00 In-running: Settled 7th, 800m 7th, 400m 7th Sectionals: 600m 00:34.940D Peisley 59kg 2.58L4 (10)
Ballina 04-Nov-24 1410m SOFT 5 R1 Mdn Set Weight $2,600 (of $27,000) Barrier 2, Winning Time: 01:27.800, SP: 3.00 In-running: Settled 5th, 800m 5th, 400m 3rd Sectionals: 600m 00:35.160D Peisley 59kg 0.56L3 (10)
Lismore 20-Oct-24 1210m GOOD 4 R3 Mdn Hcp $5,300 (of $30,000) Barrier 6, Winning Time: 01:10.030, SP: 4.40 In-running: Settled 6th, 800m 6th, 400m 6th Sectionals: 600m 00:35.060D Peisley 58kg 2.30L2 (10)
Ballina 06-Oct-24 1000m SOFT 5 R1 OPEN-BT Barrier 5, Winning Time: 00:59.280 Sectionals: 600m 00:33.250W Wheatley 0 10.59L4 (8)
Ballina 04-Dec-23 1250m GOOD 4 R4 Mdn Hcp (of $30,000) Barrier 9, Winning Time: 01:15.310, SP: 3.50 In-running: Settled 5th, 800m 5th, 400m 4th Sectionals: 600m 00:33.690K Wilson-taylor 58kg 9.85L12 (13)
Deagon 31-Oct-23 1050m GOOD 4 R9 3Y MDN-TRL Barrier 1, Winning Time: 01:01.540 Sectionals: 600m 00:34.170B E Thompson 0 3.40L4 (6)
Doomben 06-Jun-23 1000m SOFT 5 R3 2Y-TRL Barrier 4, Winning Time: 00:59.380 Sectionals: 600m 00:35.170K Wilson-taylor 01 (6)