San Franco (2020) Horse

Foal Date
01-Jan-20
Colour
bay
Sire
National Defense
Dam
Panther Moon
Prize Money
2936
Owners
Mrs P J Conway
About

San Franco is a 5yo bay horse trained by D A McLoughlin in Meath. He is by National Defense out of Panther Moon. San Franco has not yet broken his maiden, having failed to win in ten starts. In his most recent outing at Bellewstown on 1 Oct 2025, he was ridden by N Burns and finished 11th behind the winner Lifting Sails.

Race Record
Event SummaryRunner StatsRank
Bellewstown 01-Oct-25 2510m SOFT R7 Md (of $12,000) Barrier 7, Winning Time: 02:57.400, SP: 251.00 1st Lifting Sails ( S Foley 129 ) 2nd Likewhatyousee ( R P Cleary 129 ) 4.00L 3rd Mcloughlin ( G Carroll 134 ) 4.20L 11th San Franco ( N Burns 140 , Cd 147 ) 114.10L See full resultsN Burns 63.5kg, Cd 66.7kg 51.8kgL11 (11)
Roscommon 06-Aug-25 3120m SOFT R3 MdH (of $9,999), Winning Time: 03:47.070, SP: 50.00 1st Yosemite Gold ( P Enright 155 ) 2nd Bold Fury ( T C Kileff 158 ) 1.75L 3rd Chantilly Wings ( J C Gainford 155 ) 2.50L UPL San Franco ( P M O'brien 158 , Cd 163 ) 0.00L See full resultsP M O'brien 71.7kg, Cd 73.9kg 0.00LUPD (15)
Sligo 14-May-25 3580m GOOD R1 MdH (of $12,000), Winning Time: 04:19.600, SP: 12.00 Tracked leaders early, mistakes and dropped to rear halfway, no impression when pulled up before 4 out 1st Kamino Bello ( C Stone-walsh 158 ) 2nd Saint Peregrine ( L A Mckenna 158 ) 13.00L 3rd Parkgarve ( J Smith 158 ) 5.00L UPL San Franco ( P M O'brien 158 , Cd 162 ) 0.00L See full resultsP M O'brien 71.7kg, Cd 73.5kg 0.00LUPD (13)
Kilbeggan 25-Apr-25 3120m SOFT R1 MdH (of $9,999), Winning Time: 03:53.900, SP: 23.00 Close up, in touch at 4th where slight mistake, 6th after 4th, slight mistake 4 out and lost place, weakened before 2 out 1st Allo Al Khawaneej ( P Byrnes 166 ) 2nd Walk On Annilog ( O R Brown 159 ) 3.25L 3rd Eyeeye ( J G Gilligan 166 ) 2.50L 13th San Franco ( P J O'hanlon 166 ) 46.00L See full resultsP J O'hanlon 75.3kg 46kgL13 (14)
Dundalk 26-Oct-24 2150m GOOD R7 Md (of $11,999) Barrier 2, Winning Time: 02:16.660, SP: 126.00 Slowly away, always behind, never a factor 1st Persian Bliss ( D Egan 134 ) 2nd Ozark Daze ( W J Lee 134 ) 0.50L 3rd Man Of Worth ( C D Hayes 134 ) 2.00L 12th San Franco ( C D Maxwell 138 ) 38.90L See full resultsC D Maxwell 62.6kg 38.90L12 (14)
Tramore 11-Oct-24 3220m SOFT R7 NHF $500 (of $10,000), Winning Time: 06:59.200, SP: 2.75 Held up, closer in 4th 3f out, ridden and no impression 2f out, kept on one pace 1st Amboyna ( M O'sullivan 160 ) 2nd Kared'as De Cougny ( T Condon 167 ) 8.50L 3rd Goodmancon ( S K Breen 167 ) 1.50L 4th San Franco ( J Townend 167 ) 13.75L See full resultsJ Townend 75.8kg 13.75L4 (7)
Downpatrick 20-Sep-24 3570m GOOD R7 NHF $300 (of $10,000), Winning Time: 04:16.900, SP: 13.00 Rear of mid division, 9th halfway, progress into 5th over 3f out, kept on one pace from 2f out 1st Dippedinmoonlight ( J L Gleeson 159 ) 2nd Diamond Tipp ( F R Buckley 159 ) 6.00L 3rd Low Expectations ( J W Hendrick 166 ) 4.50L 5th San Franco ( D Mcgill 166 , Cd 173 ) 12.25L See full resultsD Mcgill 75.3kg, Cd 78.5kg 12.25L5 (11)
Roscommon 07-Aug-24 3110m SOFT R3 MdH (of $6,313), Winning Time: 03:57.400, SP: 11/1 Mid-division, headway under pressure on outside to challenge 3 out, outpaced 2 out, clear 2nd when fell last 1st Zariygann ( J W Kennedy 155 ) 2nd Garnacho ( P J O'hanlon 158 ) 19.00L 3rd Itsalladream ( J G Gilligan 158 ) 1.75L UPL San Franco ( D Mcgill 155 , Cd 0 ) 0.00L See full resultsD Mcgill 70.3kg, Cd 0 0.00LUPD (16)
Cork 06-Jul-24 3390m GOOD R8 NHF (of $6,629), Winning Time: 04:00.500, SP: 4/1 Tracked leaders, prominent early, 3rd halfway, ridden and no impression on leader 3f out, no extra 1 1/2f out 1st Windbeneathmywings ( D Doyle 164 ) 2nd The Last Line ( D O'connor 164 ) 0.15L 3rd Lord Ffrench ( J C Canavan 164 ) 5.00L 8th San Franco ( D Mcgill 164 , Cd 0 ) 17.25L See full resultsD Mcgill 74.4kg, Cd 0 17.25L8 (14)
Ballinrobe 28-May-24 3330m GOOD R7 NHF $1,000 (of $6,313), Winning Time: 04:02.700, SP: 8/1 Tracked leaders, 4th halfway, pushed along over 2f out, ridden to go 3rd entering straight, kept on one pace run-in 1st Kalix Delabarriere ( P W Mullins 164 ) 2nd Seo Linn ( J C Barry 157 ) 2.75L 3rd San Franco ( D Mcgill 164 ) 5.25L See full resultsD Mcgill 74.4kg 5.25L3 (10)