Horse Details

Willing To Please (GB)

26 Runs 2 Wins (7.7%) 6 Places (23.1%)
Trainer: Philip Kirby
4 years old
Sire: Iffraaj (GB)
Dam: Tebee's Oasis (GB)
Damsire: Oasis Dream
Past Runs (26 Total)
Date/Time Course Draw Distance Jockey Trainer Position Time Beaten By OR Weight SP Comment
16/10/23
15:35 		Musselburgh 1 7f Aiden Brookes Philip Kirby 5 1:31.00 0.2 46 8-4 7/2J
Pressed leader - led over 2f out - headed over 1f out - weakened inside final furlong(op 11/2)
27/09/23
17:35 		Redcar 10 7f Andrew Breslin Philip Kirby 6 1:22.37 1 48 8-6 33/1
Prominent - outpaced over 2f out - lost position when edged right over 1f out - rallied and stayed on inside final furlong(op 28/1)
07/09/23
18:35 		Carlisle 1 1m Ben Curtis Philip Kirby 6 1:41.28 1.25 46 8-9 15/2
Stumbled start - in touch with leaders - headway 4f out - challenging 2f out - edged left and no extra inside final furlong(op 7/1)
16/08/23
15:45 		Beverley 4 7½f P J McDonald Philip Kirby 6 1:32.56 2.25 48 9-2 9/2
Slightly awkward start - soon prominent on inner - lost position over 2f out - weakened gradually from over 1f out(op 11/2)
04/08/23
19:50 		Musselburgh 11 7f Andrew Breslin Philip Kirby 5 1:30.89 2.75 49 9-5 4/1
Midfield - headway on outer over 2f out - no extra final furlong(op 9/2 tchd 7/2)
11/07/23
19:30 		Brighton 11 1m Billy Loughnane Philip Kirby 6 1:37.06 1 50 9-8 6/4F
Took keen hold - in touch with leaders - weakened from 2f out(op 7/4)
24/06/23
16:54 		Ayr 3 7f Joe Fanning Philip Kirby 2nd 1:27.48 1.25 50 9-9 100/30F
Prominent - pushed along over 2f out - ridden over 1f out - pressed winner inside final furlong - ridden and kept on inside final 110yds(op 7/2 tchd 4/1)
02/06/23
13:10 		Carlisle 6 1m1f Madi Patzelt Philip Kirby 6 2:2.99 4 50 8-11 2/1F
Took keen hold - led - ridden and headed over 2f out - weakened quickly from over 1f out (trainer's rep had no explanation for the poor form shown; vet said post-race examination failed to reveal any abnormalities)(tchd 15/8 and tchd 9/4)
19/05/23
21:00 		Hamilton 6 1m½f P J McDonald Philip Kirby 3rd 1:44.80 0.2 49 8-12 5/1
In touch with leaders - pushed along over 2f out - soon outpaced - ridden and rallied over 1f out - kept on well final 110yds - went third towards finish(op 11/2)
03/05/23
17:10 		Pontefract 4 1m Jason Hart Philip Kirby 3rd 1:46.33 .75 50 9-4 7/2J
Travelled strongly - raced in second - pushed along and led over 1f out - ridden and headed 1f out - weakened and lost second towards finish(Mkt1: op 9/2 tchd 4/1)
18/04/23
19:30 		Southwell (AW) 1 7f Ben Curtis Philip Kirby 5 1:27.93 0.05 51 9-0 25/1
Prominent - pushed along over 2f out - ridden over 1f out - weakened final 110yds(op 33/1)
31/03/23
19:20 		Newcastle (AW) 7 7f P J McDonald Philip Kirby 13 1:28.25 1 53 9-7 33/1
Midfield - ridden 2f out - lost ground quickly from over 1f out(op 28/1)
20/01/23
16:23 		Southwell (AW) 4 7f Kevin Stott Philip Kirby 9 1:29.33 0.05 54 9-8 8/1
Led - headed and prominent over 5f out - ridden over 2f out - weakened inside final furlong(op 9/1)
06/01/23
19:15 		Southwell (AW) 10 7f Connor Beasley Philip Kirby 3rd 1:27.32 .75 54 9-8 17/2
Prominent - headway to lead going easily over 2f out - soon pushed along - ridden and headed over 1f out - hung left inside final furlong - weakened final 110yds(op 16/1)
16/12/22
16:55 		Southwell (AW) 1 7f Joe Williamson Philip Kirby 7 1:27.94 0.2 56 9-5 33/1
Prominent - ridden and briefly led over 1f out - weakened inside final furlong(tchd 28/1)
02/12/22
17:15 		Newcastle (AW) 5 7f Kevin Stott Philip Kirby 13 1:28.00 0.3 58 9-2 33/1
Prominent - ridden 2f out - dropped to rear 1f out(op 40/1)
18/10/22
16:13 		Newcastle (AW) 11 6f Kevin Stott Philip Kirby 14 1:19.49 39 58 9-7 10/1
Towards near side - prominent - ridden and lost position when short of room 2f out - soon weakened - lost action (jockey said mare lost her action approaching the final furlong)(op 15/2 tchd 7/1)
29/09/22
18:45 		Wolverhampton (AW) 3 7f Kevin Stott Philip Kirby 3rd 1:27.95 .75 58 9-7 7/2
Led - ridden 2f out - headed final 110yds - kept on(tchd 10/3)
01/08/22
17:30 		Carlisle 1 1m Nicola Currie Philip Kirby 1st 1:41.03 Won 54 10-8 4/1
Made all - pushed along over 2f out - ridden over 1f out - kept on inside final furlong(op 9/2)
14/06/22
20:15 		Beverley 3 1m½f Dale Swift Philip Kirby 4 1:45.99 .5 55 9-9 14/1
Took keen hold - in touch with leaders on inner - shaken up 3f out - ridden and chased leader over 1f out - kept on inside final furlong - no extra final 110yds(op 18/1 tchd 12/1)
10/05/22
18:00 		Newcastle (AW) 7 1m2f William Buick Philip Kirby 9 2:16.58 3.75 58 9-7 17/2
Midfield - ridden over 2f out - weakened over 1f out (jockey said mare hung left-handed)(tchd 7/1 and tchd 9/1)
13/04/22
16:35 		Beverley 1 1m½f Ben Curtis Philip Kirby 4 1:47.59 0.2 57 8-11 14/1
Reared start - towards rear - ridden over 2f out - headway 1f out - kept on well and went fourth towards finish (jockey said mare fly leapt when leaving the stalls)(op 11/1)
14/03/22
17:00 		Wolverhampton (AW) 1 7f Dale Swift Philip Kirby 10 1:29.78 0.3 58 8-9 12/1
In touch with leaders - lost position and pushed along over 3f out - struggling from 2f out(op 11/1)
27/09/21
19:30 		Newcastle (AW) 2 1m Ben Curtis Philip Kirby 7 1:40.61 1 59 9-6 28/1
Awkward start - close up - challenging going easily over 2f out - ridden over 1f out - weakened final 110yds(op 22/1)
08/09/21
16:20 		Carlisle 9 1m Ben Curtis Philip Kirby 1st 1:38.82 Won 56 9-3 10/1
Tracked leaders - ridden to lead over 1f out - ran on well final 110yds(Mkt1: op 11/1 tchd 14/1)
28/04/21
15:35 		Wolverhampton (AW) 4 7f Connor Beasley David Barron 2nd 1:28.32 1 65 9-2 10/1
Towards rear - pushed along over 2f out - chased winner over 1f out - ridden and kept on final furlong - always held(op 9/1 tchd 11/1)