Heart Wood Racehorse Profile
Heart Wood is a 8-year-old Gelding, trained by HENRY DE BROMHEAD, based at Down Royal.
- Age
- 8
- Sex
- Gelding
- Trainer
- HENRY DE BROMHEAD
- Trained at
- Down Royal
- Sire
- Choeur Du Nord
- Dam
- Miss Nikita
- Sire of dam
- High Chaparral
- Career
- 0:0-0-0
- Prize money
- $580,064
- Last start
- 31 Oct 2026
- Recent form
- 14113-
Heart Wood Form Guide
Heart Wood — last 13 starts
| Date | Track | Dist | Class | Going | Bar | Wgt | Jockey | Result | Margin | Time | SP | Winner / 2nd |
|---|
| 10 Apr 2026 | Aintree | 4005m | Class 1 | Good To Soft | 0 | 164kg | Darragh O'keeffe | 3 of 7 | 11.25L | 4:53.10 | — | Grey Dawning (IRE) |
| 12 Mar 2026 | Cheltenham | 4139m | Class 1 | Good | 0 | 164kg | Darragh O'keeffe | 1 of 7 | — | 5:7.34 | — | Heart Wood (FR) |
| 1 Jan 2026 | Tramore | 4581m | O'Driscoll's Irish Whiskey New Year's Day Chase (Grade 3) | Soft | 0 | 160kg | Darragh O'keeffe | 1 of 7 | — | 5:54.20 | — | Heart Wood (FR) |
| 23 Nov 2025 | Punchestown | 3959m | John Durkan Memorial Punchestown Chase (Grade 1) | Soft To Heavy | 0 | 166kg | Darragh O'keeffe | 4 of 10 | 31.75L | 5:12.85 | — | Gaelic Warrior (GER) |
| 15 Oct 2025 | Punchestown | 4663m | BetVictor Chase (Grade 3) | Good To Yielding | 0 | 154kg | Darragh O'keeffe | 1 of 6 | — | 6:3.30 | — | Heart Wood (FR) |
| 21 Apr 2025 | Fairyhouse | 3978m | Jack McInerney Memorial Fairyhouse Chase (Grade 2) | Soft To Heavy | 0 | 158kg | Rachael Blackmore | PU of 7 | — | - | — | Found A Fifty (IRE) |
| 13 Mar 2025 | Cheltenham | 4139m | Class 1 | Good To Soft | 0 | 164kg | Darragh O'keeffe | 2 of 9 | 9L | 5:11.61 | — | Fact To File (FR) |
| 28 Dec 2024 | Leopardstown | 4919m | Savills Chase (Grade 1) | Good To Yielding | 0 | 164kg | Rachael Blackmore | 4 of 9 | 15L | 6:20.53 | — | Galopin Des Champs (FR) |
| 1 Dec 2024 | Fairyhouse | 4023m | Bar One Racing Drinmore Novice Chase (Grade 1) | Yielding | 0 | 164kg | Darragh O'keeffe | 2 of 5 | 0.25L | 5:13.27 | — | Croke Park (IRE) |
| 28 Oct 2024 | Wexford | 4627m | Michael Hickey Memorial Chase (Listed) | Soft | 0 | 149kg | Darragh O'keeffe | 1 of 3 | — | 6:24.70 | — | Heart Wood (FR) |
| 12 Apr 2024 | Aintree | 5020m | Class 1 | Soft | 0 | 161kg | Rachael Blackmore | 3 of 6 | 5.25L | 6:43.72 | — | Inothewayurthinkin (IRE) |
| 4 Feb 2024 | Leopardstown | 4322m | O'Driscolls Irish Whiskey Leopardstown Handicap Chase | Yielding To Soft | 0 | 141kg | Rachael Blackmore | 1 of 25 | — | 5:30.30 | — | Heart Wood (FR) |
| 14 Dec 2023 | Naas | 4050m | Bar One Racing "Bet 10 Euro Get 50 Euro Sign Up Offer" Beginners Chase | Soft To Heavy | 0 | 166kg | Rachael Blackmore | 2 of 4 | 9L | 5:21.60 | — | Blood Destiny (FR) |
Heart Wood Race Entries
Recorded race entries
| Date | Track | Race | Distance | Class | Jockey | Barrier | Going |
|---|
| 31 Oct 2026 | Down Royal | R5 — BetVictor, Remembering Envoi Allen Champion Steeplechase (Grade 1) | 4828m | Class 1 | Darragh O'keeffe | 0 | Good To Yielding |
| 12 Mar 2026 | Cheltenham | R6 — Ryanair Chase (Registered As The Festival Trophy) (Grade 1) (GBB Race) | 4123m | Class 1 | Darragh O'keeffe | 0 | Good |
| 1 Jan 2026 | Tramore | O'Driscoll's Irish Whiskey New Year's Day Chase (Grade 3) | 4626m | — | Darragh O'keeffe | 5 | Soft |
Record by Condition
Starts, record (wins-seconds-thirds) and strike rate by condition
| Condition | Starts | Record | Win % | Place % |
|---|
| This distance | 2 | 1-0-0 | 50% | 50% |
| Good | 2 | 0-2-0 | 0% | 100% |
| First-up | 9 | 4-4-1 | 44% | 100% |
| Second-up | 6 | 0-3-1 | 0% | 67% |
Record by Track
Record by Jockey
Performance with each jockey ridden
| Jockey | Runs | Wins | Places | Win % | Place % |
|---|
| Darragh O'keeffe | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0% | 0% |