May Encounter (2022) Horse

Foal Date

09-Mar-22

Colour

bay

Sire

Mayson

Dam

Night Affair

Prize Money

7769

Trainer

H Candy

Owners

Coombs, Candy & Poland

About

May Encounter is a 4yo bay horse trained by H Candy at Wantage. He is by Mayson out of Night Affair. He has not yet broken his maiden, having failed to win in seven starts. In his most recent race at Windsor on 7 May 2026, Nicola Currie rode him to a fifth‑place finish behind the winner Twirler.

Race Record

Event SummaryRunner StatsRank
Windsor 07-May-26 1218m GOOD R6 CL6 Hcp $202 (of $6,492) Barrier 5, Winning Time: 01:11.920, SP: 6.50 1st Twirler ( K Fox 135 ) 2nd Phoenix Moon ( G Bass 134 ) 1.00L 3rd Candy Warhol ( K T O'neill 130 ) 1.50L 5th May Encounter ( N Currie 132 ) 3.50L See full resultsN Currie 59.9kg 3.50L5 (11)
Southwell 08-Oct-25 1220m SYNTHETIC R4 CL5 Hcp $233 (of $7,478) Barrier 4, Winning Time: 01:16.890, SP: 10.00 1st Sarafina Mshairi ( G Dobie 131 ) 2nd After Love ( P Cosgrave 136 ) 1.50L 3rd Addarella ( D Egan 132 ) 1.25L 5th May Encounter ( N Currie 133 ) 4.55L See full resultsN Currie 60.3kg 4.55L5 (5)
Leicester 22-Sep-25 1210m SOFT R8 CL5 Hcp (of $6,886) Barrier 15, Winning Time: 01:11.680, SP: 15.00 1st Kranjcar ( J Callan 140 ) 2nd On Edge ( G Mangan 138 ) 0.20L 3rd Ishe Worth Agamble ( S Kirrane 133 ) 0.50L 6th May Encounter ( N Currie 133 ) 4.80L See full resultsN Currie 60.3kg 4.80L6 (14)
Newmarket 16-May-25 1210m GOOD R6 CL5 Hcp $604 (of $9,837) Barrier 9, Winning Time: 01:11.950, SP: 11.00 1st My Mate Kev ( F Daly 133 ) 2nd Forever My Prince ( C Bishop 135 ) 2.25L 3rd Royal Accord ( M Ghiani 124 ) 2.50L 4th May Encounter ( N Currie 133 ) 5.75L See full resultsN Currie 60.3kg 5.75L4 (12)
Wolverhampton 27-Apr-25 1230m GOOD R3 CL5 Md (of $7,082) Barrier 5, Winning Time: 01:13.340, SP: 15.00 Raced keenly chasing leaders, pushed along turning in, ridden and unable to quicken over 1f out, weakened inside final furlong 1st French Sand ( H Doyle 128 ) 2nd Kalahari Blue ( S Donohoe 128 ) 3.00L 3rd Cuban Lady ( L Morris 128 ) 0.75L 5th May Encounter ( S D Bowen 128 ) 4.95L See full resultsS D Bowen 58.1kg 4.95L5 (11)
Newmarket 05-Oct-24 1210m SOFT R2 CL2 $1,652 (of $165,889) Barrier 20, Winning Time: 01:13.570, SP: 26.00 Mid-division on outer, ridden well over 1f out, never threatened 1st The Dragon King ( W Buick 123 ) 2nd Brighton Boy ( O Murphy 125 ) 1.00L 3rd Ruby's Profit ( J Mason 116 ) 2.25L 8th May Encounter ( L Wright 114 ) 9.25L See full resultsL Wright 51.7kg 9.25L8 (18)
Salisbury 25-Jul-24 1210m GOOD R3 CL4 Nv $1,268 (of $9,837) Barrier 9, Winning Time: 01:14.300, SP: 21.00 Raced keenly, held up tracking leaders out wide, shaken up and hung right over 1f out, hung right and went 2nd inside final furlong, stayed on same pace, no chance with winner, lost 2nd final strides 1st Dream Voyage ( O Murphy 128 ) 2nd Tropical Heat ( J P Fahy 128 ) 2.25L 3rd May Encounter ( T E Whelan 128 ) 2.25L See full resultsT E Whelan 58.1kg 2.25L3 (8)