Orchard Keeper (2021)

Foal Date

25-Feb-21

Colour

bay

Sire

Churchill

Dam

Fearn's Pippin

Prize Money

112952

Trainer

R Varian

Owners

Mr William Crager

About

Orchard Keeper is a 4yo trained by R Varian, based at Newmarket. He is by the stallion Churchill out of the mare Fearn’s Pippin. To date he has won 2 races. On 14 Jun 2025 at Goodwood, Orchard Keeper claimed his most notable victory, earning $12444.00 in the Cl4 Handicap.

Raced At

Bath • Chester • Newmarket • Newbury • Goodwood • Southwell • Leicester • Yarmouth • Salisbury • Chelmsford City • Wolverhampton

Race Record

Event Summary	Runner Stats	Rank
Bath 09-Oct-25 2820m GOOD R3 CL1 $3,484 (of $63,941) Barrier 8, Winning Time: 03:01.520, SP: 17.00	J Mitchell 59.9kg 4.50L	4 (13)
Chester 30-Aug-25 2900m GOOD R2 CL1 $3,216 (of $59,022) Barrier 1, Winning Time: 03:08.250, SP: 7.50	A Keeley 58.5kg 3.50L	4 (6)
Newmarket 16-Aug-25 2820m GOOD R4 CL3 Hcp $12,085 (of $49,185) Barrier 2, Winning Time: 03:02.310, SP: 6.00	A Keeley 62.1kg 0.20L	2 (7)
Newbury 18-Jul-25 2670m GOOD R5 CL3 Hcp $6,045 (of $49,185) Barrier 3, Winning Time: 02:51.600, SP: 3.00	J Mitchell 60.3kg 1.95L	3 (6)
GOODwood 14-Jun-25 2820m GOOD R3 CL4 Hcp $6,621 (of $12,444) Barrier 10, Winning Time: 03:01.990, SP: 5.00 Chased leaders, lost a little bit of ground over 5f out, switched left when closing over 2f out, led over 1f out, stayed on well inside final furlong	J Mitchell 62.1kg	1 (11)
GOODwood 23-May-25 2410m GOOD R3 CL3 Hcp $755 (of $49,185) Barrier 1, Winning Time: 02:40.280, SP: 9.00 Midfield, driven over 2f out, kept on entering final furlong, soon hampered and weakened	J Mitchell 59.9kg 4.50L	6 (10)
Southwell 28-Apr-25 2430m GOOD R3 CL3 Hcp $7,859 (of $31,478) Barrier 4, Winning Time: 02:38.200, SP: 5.50 Tracked leader on inner, ridden to lead 2f out, headed over 1f out, kept on well inside final furlong, just held	S D Sousa 58.5kg 0.50L	2 (8)
Leicester 04-Apr-25 2380m GOOD R6 CL4 Hcp $1,227 (of $9,837) Barrier 10, Winning Time: 02:31.450, SP: 4.50 Held up in midfield, driven over 2f out, switched left and headway over 1f out, stayed on, went 3rd final strides, nearest finish	J Mitchell 57.6kg 1.10L	3 (10)
Yarmouth 18-Sep-24 2310m GOOD R6 CL4 Hcp $1,994 (of $15,985) Barrier 10, Winning Time: 02:22.210, SP: 4/1 Held up towards rear, ridden over 2f out, stayed on well inside final furlong	S D Sousa 60.3kg 3.00L	3 (10)
Newmarket 03-Aug-24 2410m GOOD R6 Hcp $2,054 (of $4,381), Winning Time: 02:33.980, SP: 3/1 In touch, pushed along over 2f out, headway when hung left over 1f out, stayed on to chase winner inside final furlong	J Mitchell 60.3kg 1.75L	2 (7)
Salisbury 14-Jul-24 1990m GOOD R4 Hcp $691 (of $5,888), Winning Time: 02:13.850, SP: 11/2 Raced wide tracked leader, ridden and every chance 2f out, kept on one pace final furlong	C Bennett 55.3kg, Cd 0 2.50L	4 (7)
Newmarket 29-Jun-24 2010m GOOD R2 Hcp $4,381 (of $4,381), Winning Time: 02:08.820, SP: 10/3 Held up behind leaders, closed 3f out, not much room and switched left over 1f out, led entering final furlong, ran on well	J Mitchell 59.9kg	1 (5)
Chelmsford City 01-Mar-24 1610m GOOD R3 Nv $2,155 (of $4,590) Barrier 6, Winning Time: 01:39.430, SP: 9/2 Mid-division out wide, came wide turning in, soon hung left and ridden, stayed on into 2nd inside final furlong, no chance with easy winner	R D Silva 55.8kg 3.25L	2 (7)
Wolverhampton 07-Feb-24 1740m GOOD R4 Md $2,890 (of $6,156) Barrier 1, Winning Time: 01:52.140, SP: 4/1 Slowly into stride, off the pace in mid-division on inside, headway and angled out inside final 2f, headway chasing leaders over 1f out, shaken up and stayed on inside final furlong, went 2nd towards finish	R D Silva 54.9kg 1.00L	2 (9)
Newcastle 20-Jan-24 1610m GOOD R4 Md (of $3,942) Barrier 2, Winning Time: 01:43.290, SP: 6/1 Slowly into stride, held up in rear, ridden over 2f out, never on terms	R D Silva 55.3kg, Cd 0 8.75L	7 (9)