Shoot First Racehorse Profile
Shoot First is a 10-year-old Gelding, trained by C BYRNES, based at Galway. With 15 career starts and 3 wins, it has earned $84,005.
- Age
- 10
- Sex
- Gelding
- Trainer
- C BYRNES
- Trained at
- Galway
- Sire
- Westerner
- Dam
- Keeps Sake
- Sire of dam
- Old Vic
- Career
- 15:3-1-2
- Prize money
- $84,005
- Last start
- 26 Oct 2026
- Recent form
- /5F34-
Shoot First Form Guide
Shoot First — last 11 starts
| Date | Track | Dist | Class | Going | Bar | Wgt | Jockey | Result | Margin | Time | SP | Winner / 2nd |
|---|
| 31 Dec 2025 | Punchestown | 3856m | Make The Tote App Your New Year's Resolution NYE Hurdle | Yielding | 0 | 158kg | Philip Byrnes | 4 of 8 | 14.25L | 4:56.76 | — | El Fabiolo (FR) |
| 2 Dec 2025 | Clonmel | 4426m | Jim Strang & Sons Kilsheelan (Peugeot) Hurdle | Heavy | 0 | 154kg | Philip Byrnes | 3 of 5 | 18.5L | 6:4.52 | — | Staffordshire Knot (IRE) |
| 22 Nov 2025 | Haydock | 4881m | Class 1 | Good To Soft | 0 | 161kg | Benjamin Macey | F of 17 | — | - | — | Electric Mason (IRE) |
| 5 Oct 2025 | Tipperary | 3237m | Horse & Jockey Hotel Hurdle (Grade 3) | Good To Yielding | 0 | 155kg | Philip Byrnes | 5 of 7 | 56.75L | 4:8.61 | — | Gaucher (GB) |
| 1 Feb 2025 | Sandown | 4716m | Class 1 | Heavy | 0 | 165kg | Philip Byrnes | F of 13 | — | - | — | Red Dirt Road (IRE) |
| 21 Dec 2024 | Ascot | 4917m | Class 1 | Good To Soft | 0 | 161kg | Philip Byrnes | 9 of 10 | 36L | 6:14.84 | — | Crambo (GB) |
| 23 Nov 2024 | Haydock | 4881m | Class 1 | Soft | 0 | 159kg | Alex Harvey | 1 of 15 | — | 6:34.60 | — | Shoot First (IRE) |
| 26 Oct 2024 | Galway | 4407m | W.B. Gavin & Co. Handicap Hurdle | Yielding To Soft | 0 | 166kg | Philip Byrnes | 5 of 10 | 11.5L | 5:35.31 | — | Four Clean Aces (IRE) |
| 22 Oct 2022 | Cheltenham | 4817m | Class 2 | Good | 0 | 147kg | Philip Byrnes | 1 of 15 | — | 5:54.40 | — | Shoot First (IRE) |
| 21 Sept 2022 | Listowel | 4828m | Devon Inn Hotel Handicap Hurdle | Good | 0 | 153kg | Philip Byrnes | 8 of 12 | 14.75L | 5:57.47 | — | Macgiloney (IRE) |
| 27 July 2022 | — | 4527m | SP Or Better Guaranteed With Tote Handicap Hurdle | Good | 0 | 155kg | — | 2 | — | 5:25.40 | — | — |
Record by Condition
Starts, record (wins-seconds-thirds) and strike rate by condition
| Condition | Starts | Record | Win % | Place % |
|---|
| This track | 2 | 0-1-0 | 0% | 50% |
| This distance | 3 | 0-1-1 | 0% | 67% |
| Good | 5 | 2-1-0 | 40% | 60% |
| Soft | 8 | 1-0-1 | 13% | 25% |
| First-up | 4 | 0-0-1 | 0% | 25% |
| Second-up | 3 | 1-0-0 | 33% | 33% |
Record by Track
Performance at each track raced
| Track | Runs | Wins | Places | Win % | Place % |
|---|
| Punchestown | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0% | 0% |
| Galway | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0% | 0% |
Record by Jockey
Performance with each jockey ridden
| Jockey | Runs | Wins | Places | Win % | Place % |
|---|
| Philip Byrnes | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0% | 0% |