Ace Brannigan (IRE)
Ace Brannigan won the Donohue Marquees Maiden Hurdle at Tipperary in Oct 2025 on good to soft going over 1m5f – 2m. The gelding has one win and one place from four starts on turf, all over 1m5f – 2m. He last ran at Leopardstown in Dec 2025, finishing 10 of 17 in the National Maternity Hospital Foundation Handicap Hurdle off an official rating of 129.
- 1–4Wins / Runs
- 25%Strike rate
- 1 (25%)Placed
- −2.00£1 level staken=4 at SP
- 129Highest OR
- 42dBetween runs (median)longest 193 d
KTB Speed and Rating
Best recent Speed 104
How fast the horse ran, as points against the day-corrected standard time for its course and distance: 100 is the median GB Class 4 handicap winner on that code; one point is 0.1% of the standard time. A, B or C is how much the day's card could tell us, not how good the run was. What this means →
| Going | Runs | Best | Median | Since 4 Nov 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Soft | 1 | — | — | 1 run · — |
| Good to Soft | 1 | — | — | — |
| Distance | Runs | Best | Median | Since 4 Nov 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1m5f – 2m | 2 | 104A | 92.5 | 1 run · — |
Of 4 runs looked at, 2 have no figure: obstacles omitted — the race ran a shortened course (1) · did not complete (1).
KTB Speed v1 · batch 15 Sep 2026 · GB & Irish racing only · 2 figures from 4 runs · as at 3 Oct 2026 · a record, not a forecast
Both figures are KTB's own, computed from the archive; no vendor rating enters either. Every run's figure is on its form line below with its grade. Grades measure how much the archive could see, never the merit of the run.
Run style from 4 analysed runs since Mar 2025
- Prominent 4 (100%) · 1 win
Pedigree intelligence
Progeny in our archive have won 9.6% of 1,176 runs since Nov 2023 (202 horses).
| Going | Runs | Wins | SR | vs sire | This horse |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Good to Firm | 27 | 3 | 11.1% | +1.5 | — |
| Good | 474 | 49 | 10.3% | +0.7 | 0 from 1 |
| Good to Soft | 298 | 31 | 10.4% | +0.8 | 1 from 1 |
| Soft | 285 | 27 | 9.5% | −0.1 | 0 from 1 |
| Heavy | 91 | 3 | 3.3% | −6.3 | 0 from 1 |
| Standard (AW) | 1 | 0 | 0% | −9.6 | — |
| Distance (all codes) | Runs | Wins | SR | vs sire | This horse |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6f – 7f | 1 | 0 | 0% | −9.6 | — |
| 1m2f – 1m4f | 20 | 2 | 10% | +0.4 | — |
| 1m5f – 2m | 489 | 58 | 11.9% | +2.3 | 1 from 4 |
| 2m1f – 2m4f | 501 | 34 | 6.8% | −2.8 | — |
| 2m5f – 3m | 156 | 15 | 9.6% | 0 | — |
| Over 3m | 9 | 4 | 44.4% | +34.8 | — |
Flat and jumps together (all codes) · since Nov 2023 · as at 4 Nov 2026 · rows under 30 runs muted · win % is the measure, a record not a forecast
6 siblings in the archive, 4 winners — best of them Sky Pirate (GB) (5 wins).
The wins came over 2m–3m; the highest grade won is Grade 1 (Captain Teague (IRE)).
Family form: Captain Teague (IRE) won at Ffos Las, 14 Oct 2026.
| Produce | Runs | Wins | Win trips | Best grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sky Pirate (GB) | 28 | 5 | 2m–2m7f | Grade 3 |
| Captain Teague (IRE) | 12 | 5 | 2m1½f–3m | Grade 1 |
| Thecraicisninety (GB) | 29 | 2 | 2m1½f | — |
| Delightfantastic (IRE) | 15 | 1 | 2m | — |
| Enchancia (IRE) | 5 | 0 | — | — |
| Bella Girino (GB) | 3 | 0 | — | — |
Record by conditions
| Going | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Soft | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Heavy | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Good to Soft | 1 | 1 | 100% | +1.00 |
| Good | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Course | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Leopardstown | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Navan | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Tipperary | 1 | 1 | 100% | +1.00 |
| Clonmel | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Jockey | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Darragh O'Keeffe | 3 | 1 | 33% | −1.00 |
| Shaun Greene | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Type | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hurdle | 3 | 1 | 33% | −1.00 |
| NH Flat | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
Splits include every sample, however small — muted rows are under 3 runs. A one-from-one record is a fact, not a trend: read the Runs column before the strike rate.
Form
| Date | Course | Race | Pos | Btn | Wgt | OR | Spd | KTB | Jockey | SP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 · 4 runs | ||||||||||
| 27 Dec 25+40d | Leopardstown | National Maternity Hospital Foundation Handicap Hurdle Sat close to the front group early - 4th at halfway - pressed for a response and found nothing approaching the final fence - finished well beaten in 10th | 10/17 | ¾ | 11-4 | 129 | 81B | 128A | Darragh O'Keeffe | 10/1 |
| 17 Nov 25+42d | Navan | Bar One Racing For Auction Novice Hurdle (Grade 3) Sat close to front group early - 4th at halfway - driven from 2 out but couldn't quicken - finished well held in 4th | 4/7 | 31 | 11-1 | — | — | 108C | Darragh O'Keeffe | 6/1 |
| 06 Oct 25+193d | Tipperary | Donohue Marquees (C & G) Maiden Hurdle Tracked pace early - still second at halfway - improved to join front three out - shaken up to hit front before two out then stayed on strongly to the line | 1/11 | 11-4 | — | 104A | 144A | Darragh O'Keeffe | EvensF | |
| 27 Mar 25 | Clonmel | Next Race Meeting April 17th (Pro/Am) Flat Race Sat close to the front pair early - keen through the opening stages - shifted wide after 7f and unseated | CO/15 | — | 11-7 | — | — | — | Shaun Greene | 5/1 |
Quick answers
- How many races has Ace Brannigan won?
- Ace Brannigan (IRE) won 1 of 4 archived starts in 2025, a strike rate of 25%. Placed 1 time in total (25% of starts).
- Who trains Ace Brannigan?
- Ace Brannigan (IRE) is trained by Henry De Bromhead, who saddled the horse on its most recent run on 27 December 2025.
- Who is Ace Brannigan's sire?
- Ace Brannigan (IRE) is by Order Of St George (IRE) out of Dancingwithbubbles (IRE), whose sire is Supreme Leader.
- What is Ace Brannigan's official rating?
- The most recent official rating on record is 129, from the run on 27 December 2025. That is also the highest on record.
- What is Ace Brannigan's sire's record?
- Order Of St George (IRE)'s progeny in our archive have won 9.6% of 1,176 runs since Nov 2023 (202 horses), Flat and jumps together.
- Who are Ace Brannigan's siblings?
- Out of Dancingwithbubbles (IRE), Ace Brannigan (IRE) has 6 other produce in our archive, 4 of them winners. Most wins: Sky Pirate (GB) (5). Highest grade won: Grade 1 (Captain Teague (IRE)). The wins came over 2m–3m. As at Nov 2026.