DICKENS Thoroughbred



Dickens is a thoroughbred horse born in Ireland in 2018. Race horse Dickens is by Excelebration (IRE) out of Open Book (GB) , trained by Jennie Candlish. Dickens form is available here. Owned by A C O'KEEFFE.


Pedigree :
Sire EXCELEBRATION (IRE) 2008
Dam OPEN BOOK (GB) 2001
Dam Sire MARK OF ESTEEM (IRE) 1993

About the horse :
Foal Date 11 Apr 2018
Description 7yo B Gelding
Trainer Jennie Candlish
Owner A C O'keeffe
Career 5 Wins (22%) - 5 Placings (43%) - 23 starts
Wins 1678m (1), 1906m (1), 3262m (2), 4425m (1)
PM United Kingdom : GBP £27,008

Sale Information :
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2025 Spring HIT/PTP Sale (568)  

Barbury Castle Stables (A. King) 

Alan O'Keeffe

GBP £ 7,000

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2020 Guineas Breeze Up Sale (108)  

Meadowview Stables, Ireland 

Highflyer Bloodstock / A King

GNS 140,000

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2019 September Yearling Sale (422)  

The Forge Stables 

Meadowview Stables

EUR € 18,000

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2018 November Foal Sale Part 1 (13)  

Chapel Lane Farm 

Psd. EUR € 9,500

Res. EUR €



Starts:

23

Win Rate:

22%

Place Rate:

43%










Dickens Past Races

1 of 8, 29 Jun 2025, R3 BURLINGTON STONE NOVICES' LIMITED HANDICAP HURDLE 2m6f | GBP £ 6,049 | 73.0kg | J: L SCOTT | T: J CANDLISH | OP-Commanding win | 5:49.83 | 2nd: EVIES COURT
1 of 9, 22 Jun 2025, R1 L & R PEST CONTROL SERVICES CONDITIONAL JOCKEYS' HANDICAP HURDLE 2m48y | GBP £ 9,100 | 76.0kg | J: L SCOTT | T: J CANDLISH | MF-They never got close | 4:07.45 | 2nd: BLENDED STEALTH
1 of 13, 13 Mar 2025, R1 WELCOME TO BRITAIN'S MOST SCENIC RACECOURSE NOVICES' LIMITED HANDICAP HURDLE 2m48y | GBP £ 9,100 | 73.5kg | J: P ARMSON | T: A KING | Led-Gave no one a chance | 5:15.44 | 2nd: AM STILL HERE



Horse Stat

Jockey
Win
Win%
Place
Place%
Starts
PM
Profit
POT
DAVID PROBERT 2 33% 1 17% 6 $15,306 12 88
LUKE SCOTT 2 100% 0 0% 2 $14,860 60 300
PHILIP ARMSON 1 25% 1 25% 4 $11,168 10 100
OISIN MURPHY 0 0% 0 0% 1 $0 -10 0
TOM MARQUAND 0 0% 2 67% 3 $3,538 -30 0
CHARLES BISHOP 0 0% 0 0% 1 $526 -10 0
MR A P HESKIN 0 0% 0 0% 2 $850 -20 0
THOMAS BELLAMY 0 0% 1 33% 3 $3,185 -30 0
TOM CANNON 0 0% 0 0% 1 $343 -10 0

Course
Win
Win%
Place
Place%
Starts
PM
Profit
POT
HEXHAM 2 100% 0 0% 2 $17,734 85 425
NOTTINGHAM 1 50% 0 0% 2 $5,242 12 112
WOLVERHAMPTON 1 100% 0 0% 1 $6,125 30 300
CARTMEL 1 100% 0 0% 1 $5,993 15 150
SALISBURY 0 0% 1 100% 1 $1,203 -10 0
GREAT YARMOUTH 0 0% 1 100% 1 $2,462 -10 0
NEWMARKET (JULY) 0 0% 1 100% 1 $2,335 -10 0
MARKET RASEN 0 0% 1 100% 1 $1,739 -10 0
FFOS LAS 0 0% 1 100% 1 $1,378 -10 0
NEWBURY 0 0% 0 0% 1 $0 -10 0
NEWMARKET (ROWLEY) 0 0% 0 0% 1 $912 -10 0
SANDOWN PARK 0 0% 0 0% 1 $565 -10 0
LEICESTER 0 0% 0 0% 1 $0 -10 0
CHELMSFORD 0 0% 0 0% 1 $526 -10 0
WETHERBY 0 0% 0 0% 1 $850 -10 0
LINGFIELD 0 0% 0 0% 1 $0 -10 0
LUDLOW 0 0% 0 0% 1 $0 -10 0
FONTWELL PARK 0 0% 0 0% 1 $1,446 -10 0
CHEPSTOW 0 0% 0 0% 1 $343 -10 0
UTTOXETER 0 0% 0 0% 1 $0 -10 0
PLUMPTON 0 0% 0 0% 1 $923 -10 0