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Top Of The Pops (GB)
8yo b g 21st May 2018Track Horse
Track Horse
Top Of The Pops (GB)
b g 21st May 2018Last Win
Gowran Park Wed, 2nd Apr, 25 25/1, W Joyce
(339 days)
Last Run
Roscommon Tue, 1st Jul, 25
14th, 33/1, W Joyce
(249 days)
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Runs
Wins
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Win %
Earnings
Level Stk
Flat IRE
14
1
0
7%
€6,200
12.00
Flat GB
4
1
0
25%
£6,294
-0.25
Under Rules Total
18
2
0
11%
11.75
Form Figures
15-45/909008-01600970-
Form Timeline
Form Figures - 15-45/909008-01600970-
Date Course Conditions
Race Result
Jockey
Class
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MorningSP
Change of Trainer Mark Johnston to J G Murray
Jul 2022
July Sale (Tattersalls (UK))
Kingsley Park
Purchaser: James McAuley
£2,500
Lots Sold: 520
Prices
Avg: £32,199
Median: £15,000
Maximum: £540,000
Jun 2020
Craven Breeze Up Sale, Tattersalls (Tattersalls (UK))
Mr Malcolm Bastard
Purchaser: Johnston Racing (P.S.)
£60,000
Lots Sold: 70
Prices
Avg: £94,993
Median: £61,000
Maximum: £575,000
Oct 2019
October Yearling Sale Book 1, Tattersalls (Tattersalls (UK))
Woodcote Stud
Purchaser: Lot Not Sold
£190,000
Lots Sold: 398
Prices
Avg: £257,430
Median: £150,000
Maximum: £3,600,000
Symbols Explained
ts2 Tongue Strap vs2 Visor hd2 Hood es2 Eye Shield ec2 Eye Cover cp2 Cheekpiece bl2 Blinkers tt2 Tongue Tie bf Beaten Favourite on Last Run srMentioned in Stewards Report in Results bbvBroke Blood Vessel
The superscript number on headgear bl2 indicates number of times worn. A plus bl+ indicates more than 10 times where as red background bl1indicates first time.
Date Course
Conditions
Race
Jockey Weight
OR
Class
Date
Sale
Consignor
Purchaser
Price
Jul 2022
July Sale (Tattersalls (UK))
Kingsley Park
Purchaser: James McAuley
£2,500
Lots Sold: 520
Prices
Avg: £32,199
Median: £15,000
Maximum: £540,000
Jun 2020
Craven Breeze Up Sale, Tattersalls (Tattersalls (UK))
Mr Malcolm Bastard
Purchaser: Johnston Racing (P.S.)
£60,000
Lots Sold: 70
Prices
Avg: £94,993
Median: £61,000
Maximum: £575,000
Oct 2019
October Yearling Sale Book 1, Tattersalls (Tattersalls (UK))
Woodcote Stud
Purchaser: Lot Not Sold
£190,000
Lots Sold: 398
Prices
Avg: £257,430
Median: £150,000
Maximum: £3,600,000
Reports in which Top Of The Pops (GB) was mentioned
Top Of The Pops in full cry for Murray
Top Of The Pops made most in the Paulstown Handicap at Gowran Park to spring a 25/1 surprise. Wed 02nd Apr
Merisi Diamond cuts down Mercurial in Roscommon
Merisi Diamond finished off best of all to nail Mercurial in the www.roscommonracecourse.ie Handicap over an extended seven-furlongs. Mon 14th Oct
After race at Gowran Park Wed, 2nd Apr, 2025 (1st) 
He was off for a good while and had his niggling problems so we campaigned him for Dundalk last year, but it didn’t suit him. It was a bit quick for him on Sunday (at Leopardstown), so we said we’d come here hoping there was a bit of cut in the ground and thankfully there was. I told him to try and go out and make it and he dictated from the front. When he won for Mark Johnston as a two-year-old that is the way he was trained, so we went back to them tactics. It was a winnable mark and, to be honest, we were going to pull the plug on him if he wasn’t in the first six.
J G Murray
He was off for a good while and had his niggling problems so we campaigned him for Dundalk last year, but it didn’t suit him. It was a bit quick for him on Sunday (at Leopardstown), so we said we’d come here hoping there was a bit of cut in the ground and thankfully there was. I told him to try and go out and make it and he dictated from the front. When he won for Mark Johnston as a two-year-old that is the way he was trained, so we went back to them tactics. It was a winnable mark and, to be honest, we were going to pull the plug on him if he wasn’t in the first six.
J G Murray
Related by Dam Whirly Bird (GB)
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