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Blue Anthem: horse profile, stats, records and next races

Blue Anthem is a 4-year-old gelding by Starspangledbanner, trained by Gerard O'Leary. He has won 3 of 20 starts and placed in 3 more, for £17,719 in prize money. His best trip is 7f, where 2 wins from 4 is a 50% strike rate against 6% at every other distance. He runs next in the 4:39 at Laytown on 10 September. His best performance rating is 83, which is the figure to judge him against in this grade.

  • Runs 20
  • Wins 3
  • Placed 6
  • Strike rate 15%
  • Prize money £17,719
  • Best rating 83
  • Official rating 57

Where Blue Anthem runs next

Time Course Race Best price
4:39 Laytown Tote Guarantee, Never Beaten By SP Claiming Race —

Blue Anthem form and race record

Date Course Race Dist Going Pos Beaten SP Jockey OR
24 Aug 26 Brighton Ian Carnaby Handicap Stakes Class 6 6f Good To Firm 3 1.5 5/6F Billy Loughnane 57
30 Jun 26 Roscommon Jimmy Murray Agri Services Handicap (0-60) 7.5f Good 8 6.75 10/3 Shane Foley 60
18 May 26 Roscommon Knockcroghery Handicap 7.5f Good To Yielding 8 9.5 20/1 Siobhan Rutledge 64
4 May 26 Curragh Treacy Group Supporting Newbridge Community Day Handicap 6f Good 13 5.75 18/1 Shane Foley 67
19 Apr 26 Curragh Final Furlong Podcast With 1xBet.ie Handicap 6f Soft 13 12.25 14/1 Siobhan Rutledge 69
27 Mar 26 Dundalk (AW) New Saddle Bar At Dundalk Stadium Handicap 7f Standard 5 4.75 18/1 Siobhan Rutledge 71
6 Mar 26 Dundalk (AW) New Saddle Bar At Dundalk Stadium Handicap 7f Standard 9 5 10/1 Shane Foley 73
20 Oct 25 Wolverhampton (AW) Arc 1MILLION Bonus Has 150K Increase! Handicap Class 5 6f Standard 2 1 9/2 Billy Loughnane 73
29 Sep 25 Southwell (AW) Join Us For Glitzmas In December Handicap Class 5 5f Standard 4 3 9/1 Billy Loughnane 74
12 Sep 25 Sandown Carling Handicap Class 5 5f Soft 6 3.25 12/1 Pat Cosgrave 75
18 Aug 25 Windsor Get The Inside Track With raceday-ready.com Handicap Class 4 6f Good To Firm 5 5 15/2 Billy Loughnane 76
27 Jun 25 Yarmouth QuinnBet Best Odds Guaranteed Handicap Class 5 6f Good 2 3.25 5/4F Billy Loughnane 70
17 Jun 25 Thirsk BresBet Live Streaming All UK Racing Handicap Class 5 5f Good To Firm 1 — 3/1F Daniel Tudhope 70
24 May 25 Salisbury MPS Services Group Handicap Class 5 7f Good To Firm 1 — 10/1 Billy Loughnane 67
5 Mar 25 Kempton (AW) Unibet Zero% Mission Handicap Class 5 6f Standard To Slow 8 5.5 9/1 Benoit De La Sayette 68
15 Feb 25 Southwell (AW) Weekly Free Bets With BetMGM Extra Handicap (Div 1) Class 6 1m Standard 5 6.75 2/1F Billy Loughnane 68
3 Feb 25 Wolverhampton (AW) BetMGM: It's Showtime Handicap (Div 1) Class 6 7f Standard 1 — 5/1 Billy Loughnane 65
31 Aug 24 Lingfield (AW) Libra Utility Pump Services / EBF Novice Stakes (GBB Race) Class 5 5f Standard 5 5.25 33/1 Jack Mitchell –
17 Aug 24 Newmarket JenningsBet Britain's Biggest Independent Bookmaker EBF Novice Stakes (GBB Race) Class 4 6f Good 10 13.75 66/1 Edward Greatrex –
9 Aug 24 Newmarket Maritime Cargo Services On Time Maiden Stakes (GBB Race) Class 4 6f Good 12 16.25 14/1 Daniel Muscutt –

Last time out

Finished 3 in the Ian Carnaby Handicap Stakes at Brighton on 24 August 2026. Sent clear early - pushed along a furlong out - lost the advantage entering the last and squeezed for room momentarily - stayed on to finish third.

Blue Anthem by distance

Split Runs Wins Strike rate
6f 9 0 0%
7f 4 2 50%
5f 4 1 25%
7.5f 2 0 0%
8f 1 0 0%

Blue Anthem by going

Split Runs Wins Strike rate
Standard 7 1 14%
Good 5 0 0%
Good To Firm 4 2 50%
Soft 2 0 0%
Good To Yielding 1 0 0%
Standard To Slow 1 0 0%

Blue Anthem by course

Split Runs Wins Strike rate
Roscommon 2 0 0%
Curragh 2 0 0%
Dundalk (AW) 2 0 0%
Wolverhampton (AW) 2 1 50%
Southwell (AW) 2 0 0%
Newmarket 2 0 0%
Brighton 1 0 0%
Sandown 1 0 0%
Windsor 1 0 0%
Yarmouth 1 0 0%

Blue Anthem breeding

  • Sire Starspangledbanner (AUS)
  • Dam Blues Sister (GB)
  • Damsire Compton Place (GB)
  • Breeder Mr & Mrs M Morris, Mr & Mrs P Hopper
  • Foaled 19 March 2022

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