Sonny Fella (2018) Horse

Foal Date
01-Jan-18
Colour
bay
Sire
Battle Of Marengo
Dam
Mother's Hope
Prize Money
2399
Trainer
A Sexton
Owners
Adrian Sexton
About

Sonny Fella is a 7yo b unknown from trained by A Sexton, who is based at Kildare. It is sired by the stallion Battle Of Marengo out of the dam Mother's Hope. Sonny Fella is yet to break its maiden status, having not won a race yet from 11 attempts. During its most recent race at Clonmel on 2nd Dec 2025, Sonny Fella was ridden by Conor Lamon and finished 15th, behind the winner Great Island.

Race Record
Event SummaryRunner StatsRank
Clonmel 02-Dec-25 3910m HEAVY R5 HcpH (of $10,502), SP: 34.00 1st Great Island ( C Hogan 158 ) 2nd Maciver ( D O'keeffe 157 ) 0.50L 3rd Destivelle ( E Walsh 150 ) 1.25L 15th Sonny Fella ( C Lamon 147 , Cd 140 ) 70.50L See full resultsC Lamon 66.7kg, Cd 63.5kg 70.5kgL15 (16)
Limerick 13-Mar-25 4560m SOFT R3 HcpH (of $9,999), SP: 23.00 1st Aleish Lass ( L Burke-ott 159 ) 2nd A Mere Bagatelle ( P Hanlon 161 ) 0.20L 3rd Master Of The Sums ( P Enright 163 ) 7.00L UPL Sonny Fella ( J S Mcgarvey 151 ) 0.00L See full resultsJ S Mcgarvey 68.5kg 0.00LUPD (18)
Punchestown 25-Feb-25 4040m HEAVY R6 HcpH (of $9,999), Winning Time: 08:58.080, SP: 41.00 Rear of mid-division, no impression from 3 out, never a factor 1st Without Exception ( T P Roche 146 , Cd 141 ) 2nd Blue Reed ( C P Millar 164 , Cd 159 ) 1.50L 3rd Joe's Turn ( P T Enright 148 ) 9.50L 8th Sonny Fella ( H Sexton 153 , Cd 160 ) 18.50L See full resultsH Sexton 69.4kg, Cd 72.6kg 18.50L8 (15)
Punchestown 28-Jan-25 3870m HEAVY R4 MdH $361 (of $12,000), Winning Time: 08:35.400, SP: 201.00 Always rear, never a factor, no impression 3 out and soon no extra, tailed off 1st Port Joulain ( P Townend 166 ) 2nd Sermandzarak ( D J Gilligan 166 ) 2.25L 3rd Bossofthebrownies ( D J O'keeffe 166 ) 12.25L 5th Sonny Fella ( J S Mcgarvey 166 ) 67.25L See full resultsJ S Mcgarvey 75.3kg 67.2kgL5 (5)
Punchestown 15-Nov-24 4070m GOOD R7 HcpH (of $6,313), Winning Time: 05:09.900, SP: 33/1 Mid-division, ridden 3 out, weakened, pulled up before last 1st Robindevidastar ( T P Roche 151 ) 2nd Not My Problem ( T P Harney 164 ) 1.50L 3rd Delias Pet ( D Doyle 162 ) 4.00L UPL Sonny Fella ( J S Mcgarvey 155 , Cd 0 ) 0.00L See full resultsJ S Mcgarvey 70.3kg, Cd 0 0.00LUPD (18)
Punchestown 16-Oct-24 4020m GOOD R4 MdH $375 (of $12,499), Winning Time: 04:56.800, SP: 67.00 Tracked leaders in 3rd, ridden in moderate 4th before 2 out, weakened 1st Mister Pink ( D E Mullins 166 ) 2nd Ballysax Hank ( K E Buckley 166 ) 1.50L 3rd Ballyharney ( E G Kelly 166 , Cd 159 ) 28.50L 5th Sonny Fella ( J S Mcgarvey 166 ) 32.75L See full resultsJ S Mcgarvey 75.3kg 32.75L5 (8)
Gowran Park 05-Oct-24 4060m GOOD R2 MdH (of $11,999), Winning Time: 05:04.040, SP: 67.00 Mid-division, pushed along in 8th when not fluent 3 out, soon ridden and weakened, tailed off 1st Apple's Of Bresil ( M J M O'sullivan 166 ) 2nd Mollys Kingdom ( D E Mullins 159 ) 6.50L 3rd Coumeenoole ( S O'keeffe 166 ) 10.00L 8th Sonny Fella ( H Sexton 166 , Cd 173 ) 58.00L See full resultsH Sexton 75.3kg, Cd 78.5kg 58kgL8 (12)
Limerick 22-Oct-23 4220m HEAVY R5 MdH (of $8,031), Winning Time: 05:51.500, SP: 14/1 Mid-division, pushed along and no extra after 3 out, tailed off 1st Ask Anything ( K M Donoghue 166 ) 2nd Larkfield Lusive ( J G Gilligan 164 ) 3.25L 3rd Tramps Like Us ( R A Doyle 164 ) 4.50L 13th Sonny Fella ( J S Mcgarvey 166 , Cd 0 ) 0.00L See full resultsJ S Mcgarvey 75.3kg, Cd 0 0.00L13 (17)
Listowel 22-Sep-23 4020m SOFT R1 CLMdH $405 (of $13,500), Winning Time: 05:20.600, SP: 201.00 Mid-division, mistake 4 out, pushed along in moderate 5th approaching straight, no impression 1st Tag Man ( R Blackmore 166 ) 2nd River Tara ( P Townend 159 ) 14.00L 3rd Secrecies Of Stone ( J C Gainford 166 ) 0.15L 5th Sonny Fella ( J S Mcgarvey 166 ) 37.25L See full resultsJ S Mcgarvey 75.3kg 37.25L5 (18)
Galway 04-Oct-22 3360m SOFT R7 NHF (of $10,000), Winning Time: 04:20.300, SP: 51.00 Rear of mid-division, dropped to rear and ridden over 3f out, weakened 2 1/2f out 1st Affordale Fury ( P Taaffe 161 ) 2nd Allibaba ( P W Mullins 161 ) 4.50L 3rd Soldante ( H C Swan 161 ) 4.50L 10th Sonny Fella ( F Maguire 161 ) 0.00L See full resultsF Maguire 73kg 0.00L10 (11)
Listowel 19-Sep-22 3220m GOOD R7 CLNHF $345 (of $11,500), Winning Time: 03:49.050, SP: 201.00 Towards rear and 8th halfway, pushed along from 3f out and 6th from 2f out, no impression in 5th from over 1f out and kept on same pace 1st My Gaffer ( H C Swan 161 ) 2nd But What ( A P Ryan 161 ) 2.75L 3rd Volantis ( T P Harney 161 ) 1.75L 5th Sonny Fella ( F Maguire 161 ) 14.75L See full resultsF Maguire 73kg 14.75L5 (12)