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Blue In The West: horse profile, stats, records and next races

Blue In The West is a 9-year-old gelding by Westerner, trained by Ben Lund. He has won 1 of 27 starts and placed in 7 more, for £13,086 in prize money. His best trip is 2m 5.5f, where 1 win from 6 is a 17% strike rate against 0% at every other distance. He runs next in the 1:52 at Ffos Las on 8 November. His best performance rating is 95, which is the figure to judge him against in this grade.

  • Runs 27
  • Wins 1
  • Placed 8
  • Strike rate 4%
  • Prize money £13,086
  • Best rating 95
  • Official rating 97

Where Blue In The West runs next

Time Course Race Best price
1:52 Ffos Las Dandara Handicap Hurdle Race —

Blue In The West form and race record

Date Course Race Dist Going Pos Beaten SP Jockey OR
9 May 26 Warwick Subscribe To Head In Front Betting Handicap Hurdle Class 5 3m 1f Good 3 12.5 5/1 Shane Quinlan 97
17 Apr 26 Exeter Heavitree Brewery PLC Handicap Hurdle Class 4 2m 5.5f Good 2 .75 85/40 Shane Quinlan 96
7 Apr 26 Exeter Happy Birthday Fiona Walker Novices' Handicap Hurdle Class 5 2m 5.5f Good 1 — 4/1C Shane Quinlan 90
26 Mar 26 Chepstow NFRC South West Roofing Industry Handicap Hurdle Class 5 2m 7.5f Good To Soft PU - 6/1 Sean Bowen 88
17 Mar 26 Exeter Oddschecker Handicap Hurdle Class 5 2m 7f Good To Soft 2 3.25 14/1 Shane Quinlan 88
6 Mar 26 Exeter Stowells Novices' Handicap Hurdle Class 5 2m 7f Good To Soft 3 1.25 20/1 Shane Quinlan 85
10 Dec 25 Hereford BetWright Safer Gambling Handicap Hurdle Class 4 3m 1.5f Good To Soft 6 29.25 9/1 Callum Pritchard 88
23 Nov 25 Exeter Stag Environmental Polaris Dealer Devon, Somerset Handicap Hurdle Class 5 2m 5.5f Good To Soft 4 12.25 50/1 Shane Quinlan 89
21 Oct 25 Exeter Mrs Patricia Gardner Memorial Handicap Hurdle Class 5 2m 7f Good To Firm 7 42 9/1 Callum Pritchard 91
13 Oct 25 Hereford BetWright Safer Gambling Novices' Limited Handicap Hurdle Class 5 3m 1.5f Good 4 4.75 25/1 Callum Pritchard 91
10 Jun 25 Fontwell Bet Clever BetGoodwin Handicap Hurdle Class 5 2m 5.5f Good F - 14/1 Gavin Sheehan 91
22 May 25 Ffos Las Adept GRP Cabinets Novices' Limited Handicap Hurdle Class 5 3m Good 4 11.25 10/1 Callum Pritchard 94
18 May 25 Stratford Racing Welfare Supporting Mental Health Awareness Novices' Hurdle (GBB Race) Class 4 2m 6f Good 2 22 9/1 Callum Pritchard 94
14 Apr 25 Tramore Anne Valley Walk Handicap Hurdle (0-100) 2m 5.5f Yielding 8 23.5 14/1 Mike O'Connor 90
17 Mar 25 Wexford Racing Again Friday 4th April Handicap Chase (0-100) 2m 3.5f Good To Yielding 7 28.75 12/1 Mike O'Connor 90
27 Feb 25 Clonmel Clonmel Novice Handicap Hurdle 2m 3f Heavy 7 20.75 15/2 Peter Smithers 90
1 Jan 25 Tramore Tramore Medical Clinic Handicap Hurdle (0-100) 2m 5.5f Heavy 2 6 12/1 Mike O'Connor 88
19 Nov 24 Limerick Limerick Races On Facebook Handicap Hurdle (80-95) (Div 1) 2m Yielding PU - 10/1 Mike O'Connor 90
3 Nov 24 Cork E. Tarrant & Sons Banteer Handicap Hurdle (80-109) 2m 4f Good 15 46 66/1 Mike O'Connor 92
12 Oct 23 Tramore www.tramoreraces.ie Maiden Hurdle 2m Heavy 3 13.5 7/2 Mike O'Connor 94
11 Sep 23 Galway Galway Handicap Hurdle (80-95) (Div 2) 2m 6f Soft PU - 9/1 Mark McDonagh 95
17 Aug 23 Tramore Storeall Logistics Handicap Hurdle (80-95) 2m 4.5f Good 5 3.5 33/1 Mike O'Connor 95
14 Jul 23 Cork Buy Tickets On www.corkracecourse.ie Maiden Hurdle 2m 1f Yielding 12 52.75 40/1 Simon Torrens –
19 Jun 23 Kilbeggan www.kilbegganraces.com (Q.R.) Maiden Hurdle 2m Good To Yielding 10 43 14/1 Mr M J O'Connor –
10 Jun 23 Punchestown Join Us Tomorrow For Punchestown FitClub Maiden Hurdle 2m 4f Good To Yielding 7 21.25 14/1 Mike O'Connor –
4 May 23 Tipperary Millennium Surveys Ltd (C & G) Point-To-Point Flat Race 2m 2f Good To Yielding 7 37.5 40/1 Mr E P O'Brien –
10 Apr 23 Cork Pegus Horse Feed Point-To-Point Flat Race 2m 3f Yielding To Soft 6 20.75 50/1 Mr D Allen –

Last time out

Finished 3 in the Subscribe To Head In Front Betting Handicap Hurdle at Warwick on 9 May 2026. Held up early - lost touch by the 2nd - made progress into contention before 8th - losing ground and stumbled 3 out - regained fourth spot before 2 out and pushed along - moved into third on the run-in but well held.

Blue In The West by distance

Split Runs Wins Strike rate Level stakes
21.5f 6 1 17% —
23f 3 0 0% —
16f 3 0 0% —
25.5f 2 0 0% —
22f 2 0 0% —
19f 2 0 0% —
20f 2 0 0% —
25f 1 0 0% —
23.5f 1 0 0% —
24f 1 0 0% —
19.5f 1 0 0% —
20.5f 1 0 0% —
17f 1 0 0% —
18f 1 0 0% —

Blue In The West by going

Split Runs Wins Strike rate Level stakes
Good 9 1 11% —
Good To Soft 5 0 0% —
Good To Yielding 4 0 0% —
Yielding 3 0 0% —
Heavy 3 0 0% —
Good To Firm 1 0 0% —
Soft 1 0 0% —
Yielding To Soft 1 0 0% —

Blue In The West by course

Split Runs Wins Strike rate Level stakes
Exeter 6 1 17% —
Tramore 4 0 0% —
Cork 3 0 0% —
Hereford 2 0 0% —
Warwick 1 0 0% —
Chepstow 1 0 0% —
Fontwell 1 0 0% —
Ffos Las 1 0 0% —
Stratford 1 0 0% —
Wexford 1 0 0% —

Blue In The West breeding

  • Sire Westerner (GB)
  • Dam Blue Supreme (IRE)
  • Damsire Pistolet Bleu (IRE)
  • Breeder Padraig Barry
  • Foaled 22 April 2017

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