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The Bear Trap: horse profile, stats, records and next races

The Bear Trap is a 5-year-old gelding by Kodi Bear, trained by John Geoghegan. He has won 1 of 20 starts and placed in 6 more. His best trip is 7f, where 1 win from 11 is a 9% strike rate against 0% at every other distance. He runs next in the 5:10 at Cork on 9 September. His best performance rating is 85, which is the figure to judge him against in this grade.

  • Runs 20
  • Wins 1
  • Placed 7
  • Strike rate 5%
  • Best rating 85
  • Official rating 73

Where The Bear Trap runs next

Time Course Race Best price
5:10 Cork Follow Us On Instagram Handicap —

The Bear Trap form and race record

Date Course Race Dist Going Pos Beaten SP Jockey OR
5 May 25 Curragh PG Duffy & Sons Citroen Apprentice Handicap 7f Good 16 10.25 16/1 Paddy Harnett 73
9 Apr 25 Leopardstown FM104 'Giddy Up' Handicap 7f Good 5 1.5 10/1 Ben Coen 73
13 Dec 24 Dundalk (AW) Swifty Sports Proud Sponsor Of Irish Racing Maiden 7f Standard 1 — 7/1 Nathan Crosse 67
13 Nov 24 Dundalk (AW) DKITSU Race Day At Dundalk Handicap (47-70) 7f Standard 7 7.25 8/1 Sam Coen 69
22 Oct 24 Curragh Friarstown Stud Handicap 6f Soft 11 6.25 12/1 Paddy Harnett 71
5 Oct 24 Curragh Gormley's Gallery Handicap (47-75) 6f Good 10 3.5 14/1 Paddy Harnett 71
23 Sep 24 Fairyhouse Treo Eile Handicap (47-75) 7f Good 5 1.5 12/1 Paddy Harnett 72
5 Jun 24 Curragh Sky Bet Request A Bet Handicap 6.5f Good 8 5 10/3F Paddy Harnett 75
21 May 24 Cork Blackwater Apprentice Handicap 7f Good 2 1.25 3/1F Paddy Harnett 73
6 May 24 Curragh Holden Plant Rentals Handicap (47-75) 6f Soft 2 1.75 25/1 Paddy Harnett 72
5 Apr 24 Dundalk (AW) Friday 12th July Ladies Day At Dundalk Stadium Handicap 6f Standard 3 7 28/1 Paddy Harnett 72
12 Jan 24 Dundalk (AW) One Of The Only Dual Racetracks In Europe Maiden 1m Standard 6 5.5 17/2 Cian MacRedmond 72
20 Dec 23 Dundalk (AW) Gateway Hotel Dundalk Race & Stay Nursery Handicap 7f Standard 2 — 8/1 Shane Foley 69
6 Oct 23 Dundalk (AW) Irishinjuredjockeys.com Nursery Handicap 7f Standard 7 4.5 4/1 Colin Keane 71
18 Sep 23 Fairyhouse Winter Festival Tickets On Sale 25th September Claiming Race 7f Yielding 2 .5 6/4F Shane Foley 70
8 Sep 23 Down Royal Grant Thornton Nursery Handicap (47-70) 7f Good 2 .75 5/1 Shane Foley 65
24 Aug 23 Killarney Irish Stallion Farms EBF Nursery Handicap 1m Yielding 5 9 5/1 Ronan Whelan 66
30 Jun 23 Curragh Cunningham's Of Kildare Irish European Breeders Fund Maiden 6f Good 9 9.75 50/1 Scott McCullagh –
1 Jun 23 Roscommon Irish EBF Median Sires Series Maiden 7f Good 6 15 14/1 Shane Foley –
22 Apr 23 Navan Irish Stallion Farms EBF Maiden 5.5f Soft 6 21.75 6/1 Shane Foley –

Last time out

Finished 16 in the PG Duffy & Sons Citroen Apprentice Handicap at Curragh on 5 May 2025. Held up towards back of pack - driven to make late progress into 5th with a furlong left - held no more inside final 150 yards.

The Bear Trap by distance

Split Runs Wins Strike rate
7f 11 1 9%
6f 5 0 0%
8f 2 0 0%
6.5f 1 0 0%
5.5f 1 0 0%

The Bear Trap by going

Split Runs Wins Strike rate
Good 9 0 0%
Standard 6 1 17%
Soft 3 0 0%
Yielding 2 0 0%

The Bear Trap by course

Split Runs Wins Strike rate
Curragh 6 0 0%
Dundalk (AW) 6 1 17%
Fairyhouse 2 0 0%
Leopardstown 1 0 0%
Cork 1 0 0%
Down Royal 1 0 0%
Killarney 1 0 0%
Roscommon 1 0 0%
Navan 1 0 0%

The Bear Trap breeding

  • Sire Kodi Bear (IRE)
  • Dam Dat Il Do (GB)
  • Damsire Bahamian Bounty (GB)
  • Breeder Mr P Hollingsworth & Athnid Stud
  • Foaled 30 March 2021

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