Horse Details

The Defiant (GB)

52 Runs 6 Wins (11.5%) 14 Places (26.9%)
Trainer: Daniel Steele
9 years old
Sire: Morpheus (GB)
Dam: Killer Class (GB)
Damsire: Kyllachy
Past Runs (52 Total)
Date/Time Course Distance Jockey Trainer Position Time Beaten By OR Weight SP Comment
19/08/25
19:40 		Wolverhampton (AW) 5f Jack Dace Luke Dace 6 1:1.45 1 50 9-4 13/2
Pressed leader - weakened inside final furlong(op 6/1 tchd 5/1)
08/08/25
14:00 		Brighton 5½f Jack Dace Luke Dace 8 1:4.26 1.5 53 9-0 12/1
Took keen hold - led - headed 2f out - soon hung left - weakened inside final furlong(op 11/1 tchd 10/1)
26/07/25
16:20 		Chester 5f Jack Dace Luke Dace 8 1:1.79 2.25 56 8-5 25/1
Prominent - lost position over 1f out - weakened inside final furlong(op 18/1)
03/07/25
18:05 		Newbury 5f Mikkel Mortensen Luke Dace 8 1:2.63 3.5 59 9-4 20/1
Took keen hold - prominent - weakened from 2f out(tchd 22/1)
28/06/25
17:10 		Windsor 5f Jack Dace Luke Dace 4 - - 59 9-5 18/1
Took keen hold - led - headed inside final furlong - soon weakened(op 16/1)
01/04/25
17:20 		Lingfield (AW) 5f Jack Dace Luke Dace 5 - - 60 8-12 15/2
Took keen hold - led - headed inside final furlong - soon weakened(tchd 7/1 and tchd 8/1)
22/03/25
16:53 		Wolverhampton (AW) 5f Jack Dace Luke Dace 4 1:0.84 0.2 60 8-11 13/2
Led - headed over 1f out - hung left and weakened inside final furlong(op 11/2)
13/03/25
18:45 		Chelmsford (AW) 5f Jack Dace Luke Dace 3rd 0:58.18 .75 63 7-13 16/1
In touch with leaders - no impression over 1f out - edged left and weakened inside final furlong(op 14/1)
03/03/25
20:30 		Wolverhampton (AW) 5f Jack Dace Luke Dace 1st 1:0.86 Won 58 8-12 11/1
Led - edged left and headed inside final furlong - rallied towards finish - led final stride(op 9/1)
16/02/25
13:22 		Lingfield (AW) 5f Jack Dace Luke Dace 7 0:59.89 0.3 60 8-9 10/1
Raced wide - in touch with leaders - hung left and weakened from over 1f out(op 16/1 tchd 10/1)
22/01/25
13:25 		Lingfield (AW) 5f Jack Dace Luke Dace 5 0:59.02 1.5 60 8-6 5/1
Prominent - weakened inside final furlong(op 9/2)
18/01/25
11:15 		Lingfield (AW) 5f Jack Dace Luke Dace 2nd 0:59.40 2.5 60 7-12 50/1
Raced in second - disputed lead over 2f out - no extra inside final 110yds(op 40/1 tchd 33/1)
19/09/24
16:55 		Chelmsford (AW) 5f Jack Dace Luke Dace 2nd - - 57 8-13 7/2
Prominent - challenging 1f out - edged right final 110yds - just failed
27/08/24
19:38 		Lingfield (AW) 5f Jack Dace Luke Dace 2nd 0:59.27 2.5 60 9-0 6/4F
Soon led - headed inside final furlong - weakened final 110yds - no match for winner(op 2/1 tchd 6/4)
23/08/24
19:20 		Goodwood 5f Jack Dace Luke Dace 6 1:0.09 1.75 60 8-9 10/1
In touch with leaders - headway and pressed leader over 2f out - weakened over 1f out(op 9/1)
27/07/24
18:30 		Salisbury 5f Rob Hornby Luke Dace 2nd 1:0.64 2.5 61 9-10 100/30
Took keen hold - prominent - went second over 1f out - soon edged left - kept on(op 5/2)
24/07/24
19:40 		Salisbury 5f Oisin Murphy Luke Dace 3rd 1:0.80 0.1 61 9-10 5/1
Took keen hold - prominent - led 4f out - no extra and lost two places inside final 110yds(op 6/1)
13/07/24
19:10 		Chester 5f Sean D Bowen Luke Dace 8 1:5.70 3.25 64 8-11 20/1
Pressed leader - lost position 2f out - weakened over 1f out(op 12/1)
18/06/24
18:30 		Brighton 5½f Tom Queally Luke Dace 2nd 1:1.15 1.75 65 10-1 15/2
Took keen hold - led at fast pace - reduced lead over 1f out - headed and weakened final 110yds(op 17/2 tchd 9/1)
01/06/24
20:45 		Lingfield 6f Tyler Heard Luke Dace 8 1:12.44 3.25 66 9-0 12/1
Took keen hold - pressed leader early - led at fast pace after 1f - headed and weakened over 1f out (jockey said gelding ran too free)(op 20/1)
20/05/24
19:10 		Windsor 5f Tyler Heard Luke Dace 6 0:59.42 1.75 68 8-8 20/1
Raced wide - midfield - headway from over 2f out - weakened inside final furlong(op 16/1)
16/05/24
19:52 		Lingfield 5f Aidan Keeley Luke Dace 5 0:58.02 2.75 68 8-13 9/1
Pressed leaders - hung left and weakened inside final furlong(op 7/1)
23/04/24
14:10 		Epsom 5f Tyler Heard Luke Dace 3rd 0:55.77 1.75 71 8-1 25/1
Pressed leaders - went third inside final furlong - ran on(op 18/1)
13/04/24
12:30 		Chelmsford (AW) 5f Ethan Jones Luke Dace 5 0:59.47 1 70 9-7 13/2
Took keen hold - prominent on outer - weakened inside final furlong(op 10/1 tchd 6/1)
04/04/24
15:50 		Lingfield (AW) 5f Ethan Jones Luke Dace 2nd 0:57.09 0.3 67 7-12 22/1
Disputed lead - led clearly after 2f - went clear 2f out - reduced lead final 110yds - headed final strides(tchd 20/1)
28/03/24
16:25 		Southwell (AW) 5f Oisin Murphy Luke Dace 6 1:0.76 0.1 67 9-8 6/1
Took keen hold - in touch with leaders - brief headway on far side of group over 1f out - weakened inside final 110yds(tchd 11/2)
09/03/24
19:00 		Chelmsford (AW) 5f Joshua Bryan Luke Dace 1st 0:59.76 Won 62 9-5 6/4F
In touch with leaders - headway on inner to lead over 1f out - ridden clear final furlong(op 9/4)
26/02/24
19:30 		Wolverhampton (AW) 5f Oisin Murphy Luke Dace 5 1:0.78 0.1 63 9-4 9/2
Prominent - outpaced inside final furlong - lost fourth post(op 5/1)
15/02/24
17:30 		Chelmsford (AW) 5f Joe Leavy Luke Dace 3rd 0:59.61 2.75 64 9-5 6/1
In touch with leaders - some headway from 2f out - weakened inside final furlong(op 13/2)
02/02/24
16:20 		Lingfield (AW) 5f Joshua Bryan Luke Dace 3rd 0:57.71 1 65 9-7 16/1
Towards rear - headway and prominent halfway - ridden inside final furlong - kept on inside final 110yds(op 18/1 tchd 14/1)
19/10/23
17:40 		Brighton 5½f Joshua Bryan Luke Dace 5 1:7.91 8.5 68 9-9 10/1
Took keen hold - led - switched to centre 3f out - hampered when headed over 1f out - soon weakened(tchd 11/1)
09/10/23
19:30 		Wolverhampton (AW) 5f Joshua Bryan Luke Dace 4 1:0.75 .75 68 9-6 22/1
Pressed leader - headway to lead but hung right over 1f out - headed and weakened inside final furlong (jockey said gelding jinked right-handed inside final furlong)(op 12/1 tchd 11/1)
15/09/23
14:40 		Sandown 5f Marco Ghiani Luke Dace 8 1:1.95 1 70 9-7 33/1
In touch with leaders - outpaced over 1f out - soon edged left - weakened gradually inside final furlong(op 28/1)
01/09/23
18:43 		Salisbury 5f Joshua Bryan Luke Dace 5 1:4.93 4.5 72 9-12 6/1
Prominent - weakened over 1f out(op 15/2)
09/08/23
15:00 		Brighton 5½f Joshua Bryan Daniel Steele 8 1:2.83 3.5 74 9-6 11/1
Took keen hold - prominent - hung left over 1f out - soon weakened(op 9/1 tchd 17/2)
09/07/23
17:40 		Chelmsford (AW) 5f Kieran Shoemark Daniel Steele 5 0:58.50 0.1 74 8-12 8/1
Raced in second - outpaced over 1f out - lost second inside final furlong - weakened and lost two places final strides(Mkt1: op 17/2 tchd 8/1; Mkt2 tchd 15/2)
22/06/23
14:05 		Chelmsford (AW) 5f Joshua Bryan Daniel Steele 1st 0:58.94 Won 69 9-8 5/2F
In touch with leaders - going easily 2f out - pushed along to lead inside final furlong - soon ridden - kept on well(op 11/4)
03/06/23
17:05 		Epsom 6f Mia Nicholls Daniel Steele 6 1:7.86 .5 78 7-11 80/1
Took keen hold - in touch with leaders - switched right halfway - headway and briefly disputed lead over 1f out - weakened final 110yds(op 66/1)
22/04/23
16:40 		Brighton 5½f Joshua Bryan Daniel Steele 2nd 1:2.63 1.25 69 9-3 7/2
Midfield on outer - headway over 2f out - ridden to lead over 1f out - edged left inside final furlong - kept on but headed towards finish(op 11/4)
31/03/23
16:35 		Lingfield (AW) 5f Rhys Clutterbuck Daniel Steele 7 0:57.41 .75 71 9-10 18/1
Hampered start - in rear - ridden over 1f out - made no telling impression(op 11/1)
19/11/22
14:20 		Lingfield (AW) 5f Rhys Clutterbuck Daniel Steele 9 0:58.33 .5 73 9-3 8/1
Always towards rear(op 15/2 tchd 7/1)
08/11/22
20:30 		Chelmsford (AW) 5f Joshua Bryan Daniel Steele 8 0:58.93 0.3 74 8-12 11/1
Raced wide - prominent - pushed along over 1f out - ridden and weakened inside final furlong(op 9/1 tchd 17/2)
15/08/22
15:30 		Lingfield (AW) 5f Rhys Clutterbuck Daniel Steele 1st 0:58.17 Won 68 9-9 4/1
Took keen hold - prominent - pushed along from under 2f out - ridden when pressed leader 1f out - kept on to lead final 110yds - edged right towards finish - ran on and all out(op 9/2 tchd 5/1)
26/07/22
16:10 		Goodwood 5f Joey Haynes Daniel Steele 5 0:57.00 0.3 79 8-4 100/1
Raced near side - prominent - ridden 2f out - kept on final 110yds(tchd 150/1)
23/07/22
18:30 		Salisbury 5f Rhys Clutterbuck Daniel Steele 3rd 1:0.16 .5 65 9-11 4/1
Taken down early - ducked left start - travelled strongly - soon prominent - pushed along and went second over 1f out - ridden and led 1f out - soon headed but kept on - lost second towards finish(op 7/2 tchd 9/2)
06/07/22
15:00 		Lingfield (AW) 5f Rhys Clutterbuck Daniel Steele 2nd 0:57.97 0.1 64 9-3 16/1
Midfield - pushed along and headway 2f out - ridden over 1f out - briefly led towards finish - headed final stride - just failed(op 14/1 tchd 11/1)
16/05/22
17:10 		Windsor 5f Joshua Bryan Daniel Steele 10 1:0.20 .75 65 8-13 14/1
Hung left throughout - prominent against near rail - ridden 2f out - weakened over 1f out(op 11/1)
31/03/22
17:15 		Lingfield (AW) 5f Joshua Bryan Daniel Steele 1st 0:59.90 Won 59 9-1 3/1J
Close up - led after 2f - 2 lengths ahead 2f out - soon ridden and kept on strongly - reduced lead inside final 110yds - ridden out
12/03/22
17:00 		Kempton (AW) 5f Joshua Bryan Daniel Steele 1st 0:59.77 Won 56 9-2 15/8F
Made all - ridden over 1f out - kept on - always doing enough(op 3/1 tchd 7/4)
30/08/21
15:05 		Les Landes (JER) 5½f Grace McEntee K Kukk 4 1:11.00 3 – 8-11 11/2
Slowly away - rushed up and joined leader after 1f - weakened over 1f out - well beaten inside final furlong
09/07/21
19:05 		Les Landes (JER) 5½f Aidan Keeley K Kukk 4 1:10.46 2.5 – 9-2 8/1
Held up in rear - took keen hold - ran on from 2f out - not reach leaders
07/09/19
17:55 		Thirsk 5f Ben Robinson Paul Midgley 6 0:58.70 0.2 71 8-7 16/1
Raced keenly - pressed leader - led over 3f out - ridden over 1f out - headed just inside final furlong - soon weakened (jockey said gelding ran too free)(op 18/1 tchd 20/1)