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Horse profile

Necessitate

Zoffany (IRE) × Noelani (GER) (Nayef (USA))

TrainerDonnacha Aidan O'Brien
OwnerMrs A M O'Brien

Sex: gelding
Foaled: 2021
Colour: bay

Record (GB & IRE): 0 wins from 2 runs (0%)
Prize money (GB & IRE): €800 IRE
Last run (GB & IRE): 5 Oct 2023, Thurles (IRE) (4/13)
Last win (GB & IRE): Never won

Recent form

Form

Race record

Date	Course	Pos	SP	Btn	Jockey	Trainer	Race	Class	Type	Dist	Going	Wgt	Winner / 2nd	Winner prize	Days	Future form
5 Oct 23	Thurles (IRE)	4/13	14/1	4¼	Paddy Harnett	Donnacha Aidan O'Brien	Irish EBF Auction Series Maiden	Non-handicap (unclassified)	Flat Turf	1m	Soft	9-2	Ritournelle (IRE)	€7,800	136	1/9
22 May 23	Roscommon (IRE)	9/13	12/1	12½	Paddy Harnett	Donnacha Aidan O'Brien	Irish EBF Auction Series Maiden	Non-handicap (unclassified)	Flat Turf	7½f	Good to Yielding	9-0	Port Louis (IRE)	€12,390	-	0/12

4/135 Oct 23 · Thurles (IRE)14/1
Irish EBF Auction Series Maiden
Non-handicap (unclassified)1mSoft
All fields
Date
5 Oct 23
Course
Thurles (IRE)
Pos
4/13
SP
14/1
Btn
4¼
Jockey
Paddy Harnett
Trainer
Donnacha Aidan O'Brien
Race
Irish EBF Auction Series Maiden
Class
Non-handicap (unclassified)
Type
Flat Turf
Dist
1m
Going
Soft
Wgt
9-2
Winner / 2nd
Ritournelle (IRE)
Winner prize
€7,800
Days
136
Future form
1/9
9/1322 May 23 · Roscommon (IRE)12/1
Irish EBF Auction Series Maiden
Non-handicap (unclassified)7½fGood to Yielding
All fields
Date
22 May 23
Course
Roscommon (IRE)
Pos
9/13
SP
12/1
Btn
12½
Jockey
Paddy Harnett
Trainer
Donnacha Aidan O'Brien
Race
Irish EBF Auction Series Maiden
Class
Non-handicap (unclassified)
Type
Flat Turf
Dist
7½f
Going
Good to Yielding
Wgt
9-0
Winner / 2nd
Port Louis (IRE)
Winner prize
€12,390
Days
-
Future form
0/12

Every British and Irish run since 1990, latest first. Btn is the overall distance beaten (lengths). Where the horse won, the runner-up and winning margin are shown.

Future form: next-time-out winners from this horse's races

Date	Course	Race	This horse	Winner next time	Their pos	Won on	At	Race won
5 Oct 23	Thurles (IRE)	Irish EBF Auction Series Maiden	4/13	Volto Di Medusa (IRE)	3	19 Apr 24	Bath	Sergei Prokofiev Standing At Whitsbury Manor Restricted Maiden Stakes

4/135 Oct 23 · Thurles (IRE)
Irish EBF Auction Series Maiden
All fields
Date
5 Oct 23
Course
Thurles (IRE)
Race
Irish EBF Auction Series Maiden
This horse
4/13
Winner next time
Volto Di Medusa (IRE)
Their pos
3
Won on
19 Apr 24
At
Bath
Race won
Sergei Prokofiev Standing At Whitsbury Manor Restricted Maiden Stakes

Other runners from this horse's races (latest 20 races with a next-time-out winner, up to 40 rows) that won on their next start in Britain or Ireland. FF on the race record = next-time-out winners / runners that have run again (this horse excluded).

Trainer changes

Trainer	First run	Last run	First run for yard	Runs	Wins	2nd	3rd	Win %	Place %	Prize GB (£)	Prize IRE (€)
Donnacha Aidan O'Brien	22 May 23	5 Oct 23	9/13	2	0	0	0	0.0%	0.0%	£0	€800

Donnacha Aidan O'Brien

Trainer: Donnacha Aidan O'Brien
First run: 22 May 23
Last run: 5 Oct 23
First run for yard: 9/13
Runs: 2
Wins: 0
2nd: 0
3rd: 0
Win %: 0.0%
Place %: 0.0%
Prize GB (£): £0
Prize IRE (€): €800

Trained by one trainer throughout its British and Irish career.

Stats

Career summary by code (GB & IRE)

Code	Runs	Wins	2nd	3rd	Win %	Place %	Prize GB (£)	Prize IRE (€)	First run	Last run
Flat	2	0	0	0	0.0%	0.0%	£0	€800	22 May 23	5 Oct 23

Flat

Code: Flat
Runs: 2
Wins: 0
2nd: 0
3rd: 0
Win %: 0.0%
Place %: 0.0%
Prize GB (£): £0
Prize IRE (€): €800
First run: 22 May 23
Last run: 5 Oct 23

Placed = 1st in 2-4 runners, 1st-2nd in 5-7, 1st-3rd in 8+.

Pedigree

Sire branchZoffany (IRE)

Parent · 1

SireZoffany (IRE)

Grandparents · 2

Sire's sireDansili (GB)
Sire's damTyranny (GB)

Great-grandparents · 4

Sire's sire's sireNot traced
Sire's sire's damNot traced
Sire's dam's sireNot traced
Sire's dam's damNot traced

Dam branchNoelani (GER)

Parent · 1

DamNoelani (GER)

Grandparents · 2

Dam's sireNayef (USA)
Dam's damNot traced

Great-grandparents · 4

Dam's sire's sireNot traced
Dam's sire's damNot traced
Dam's dam's sireNot traced
Dam's dam's damNot traced

Zoffany (IRE)

Noelani (GER)

Dansili (GB)

Tyranny (GB)

Nayef (USA)

Not traced

Breeding card

HorseNecessitate (GER)

Sexgelding

Foaled2021

SireZoffany (IRE)

DamNoelani (GER)

DamsireNayef (USA)

Sire's sireDansili (GB)

Sire's damTyranny (GB)

Dam's produce1 winners from 2 runners

Notable siblingNoelan Star (GER)

Female line

Noelani (GER) · 1 winners from 2 runners

Sire, dam and damsire

Sire	Dam	Damsire	Breeder	Foaled	Colour	Sex	Sire's avg winning distance	Damsire's avg winning distance
Zoffany (IRE)	Noelani (GER)	Nayef (USA)	Graf U Grafin Von Stauffenberg	4 Feb 21	bay	gelding	Flat 8.9f · NH 2m2f	Flat 8.6f · NH 2m1½f

Zoffany (IRE)

Sire: Zoffany (IRE)
Dam: Noelani (GER)
Damsire: Nayef (USA)
Breeder: Graf U Grafin Von Stauffenberg
Foaled: 4 Feb 21
Colour: bay
Sex: gelding
Sire's avg winning distance: Flat 8.9f · NH 2m2f
Damsire's avg winning distance: Flat 8.6f · NH 2m1½f

Progeny of Zoffany (IRE) in this horse's best conditions

Condition	Runs	Wins	Placed	Win %	Place %	This horse runs
All Flat runs	8,176	820	2,297	10.0%	28.1%	2
At 7f to 1m	3,510	348	989	9.9%	28.2%	2
On Good going	1,991	191	573	9.6%	28.8%	1
At 7f to 1m on Good going	805	85	221	10.6%	27.5%	1

All Flat runs

Condition: All Flat runs
Runs: 8,176
Wins: 820
Placed: 2,297
Win %: 10.0%
Place %: 28.1%
This horse runs: 2
This horse wins: 0

At 7f to 1m

Condition: At 7f to 1m
Runs: 3,510
Wins: 348
Placed: 989
Win %: 9.9%
Place %: 28.2%
This horse runs: 2
This horse wins: 0

On Good going

Condition: On Good going
Runs: 1,991
Wins: 191
Placed: 573
Win %: 9.6%
Place %: 28.8%
This horse runs: 1
This horse wins: 0

At 7f to 1m on Good going

Condition: At 7f to 1m on Good going
Runs: 805
Wins: 85
Placed: 221
Win %: 10.6%
Place %: 27.5%
This horse runs: 1
This horse wins: 0

Best distance band and going band are where this horse has most wins (then places, then runs) in its main code. Sire figures: all British and Irish runs by the sire's progeny since 1990.

Zoffany (IRE) × Nayef (USA) mares (the cross)

Code	Runners	Winners	Winners %	Runs	Wins	2nd/3rd	Win %	Prize GB (£)	Prize IRE (€)
Flat	3	1	33.3%	30	1	7	3.3%	£3,224	€14,680
National Hunt	1	0	0.0%	2	0	0	0.0%	£0	€208
All runs	3	1	33.3%	32	1	7	3.1%	£3,224	€14,888

Flat

Code: Flat
Runners: 3
Winners: 1
Winners %: 33.3%
Black-type winners: 0
Runs: 30
Wins: 1
2nd/3rd: 7
Win %: 3.3%
Prize GB (£): £3,224
Prize IRE (€): €14,680

National Hunt

Code: National Hunt
Runners: 1
Winners: 0
Winners %: 0.0%
Black-type winners: 0
Runs: 2
Wins: 0
2nd/3rd: 0
Win %: 0.0%
Prize GB (£): £0
Prize IRE (€): €208

All runs

Code: All runs
Runners: 3
Winners: 1
Winners %: 33.3%
Black-type winners: 0
Runs: 32
Wins: 1
2nd/3rd: 7
Win %: 3.1%
Prize GB (£): £3,224
Prize IRE (€): €14,888

All British and Irish runners by this sire out of mares by this damsire, since 1990 (includes this horse). Black type = Group/Grade 1-3 or Listed winner.

Best of the cross

Horse	Runs	Wins	Prize GB (£)	Prize IRE (€)
Devore (IRE)	17	1	£0	€10,970
Necessitate (GER)	2	0	£0	€800
Zauffaly (FR)	13	0	£3,224	€3,118

Devore (IRE)

Horse: Devore (IRE)
Runs: 17
Wins: 1
Black-type wins: 0
Prize GB (£): £0
Prize IRE (€): €10,970

Necessitate (GER)

Horse: Necessitate (GER)
Runs: 2
Wins: 0
Black-type wins: 0
Prize GB (£): £0
Prize IRE (€): €800

Zauffaly (FR)

Horse: Zauffaly (FR)
Runs: 13
Wins: 0
Black-type wins: 0
Prize GB (£): £3,224
Prize IRE (€): €3,118

Top 12 by best win level, then wins.

Family

Dam summary

Noelani (GER)

G1 winners: 0
Produce: 1 winners from 2 runners

Full siblings

No other foal by Zoffany (IRE) out of Noelani (GER) has raced in Britain or Ireland.

Half siblings

By Starspangledbanner (AUS)

Noelan Star (GER)3W · 6R

Female line

1Noelani (GER)

Notable relatives

No black-type winners in this female family in GB or IRE since 1990.

In brief

When was Necessitate foaled?

Necessitate (GER), a bay racehorse, was foaled on 4 February 2021.

Who are the sire and dam of Necessitate?

Necessitate (GER) is by Zoffany (IRE) out of Noelani (GER), a daughter of Nayef (USA), and was bred by Graf U Grafin Von Stauffenberg.

Who trained Necessitate?

Necessitate (GER) was trained by Donnacha Aidan O'Brien and owned by Mrs A M O'Brien at the time of the last run in Britain or Ireland.

What is Necessitate's race record?

In Britain and Ireland, Necessitate (GER) ran 2 times without winning.

Is Necessitate still racing?

Necessitate (GER) last ran in Britain or Ireland on 5 October 2023 at Thurles (IRE) in the Irish EBF Auction Series Maiden, finishing 4th of 13, and has not run there since.