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Horse profile

Always Handy (IRE)

5yo gelding (at last run, Jan 2023) · Last trainer Brian Jordan · Last owner Linda Butler
by Mahler (GB) out of Sainte Careigne (FR) (Saint Des Saints)
2 runs · 2 courses · from Nov 2022
As at 20 Oct 2026 · KTB archive: GB, Ireland & France · 2005–present, updated daily
No run recorded since 14 Jan 2023 — 1,375 days ago. Our archive can't say whether the horse is still in training.
Last run Jan 2023 · 8th of 10
KTB Profile

Lightly raced, with 2 archived starts between Nov 2022 and Jan 2023, the last of them as a 5yo gelding. Finished 8 of 10 at Fairyhouse last time. By Mahler (GB), whose progeny in our archive have won 10.8% of 8,836 runs since Jan 2008.

Based on 2 archived runs · updated 20 Oct 2026

KTB Speed and Rating

KTB Speed

Best recent Speed — no A or B graded figure in the last 3 runs; the figures below carry grade C

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 →

Jumps 1 figure · too few for a breakdown

Of 2 runs looked at, 1 has no figure: not enough races on the card to set the day (under 4) (1).

KTB Speed v1 · batch 15 Sep 2026 · GB & Irish racing only · 1 figure from 2 runs · as at 3 Oct 2026 · a record, not a forecast

KTB Rating

Best recent KTB Rating (jumps) 90C the best of the last 1 rated run · Fairyhouse, 14 Jan 2023

Best recent KTB Rating (flat) 59C the best of the last 1 rated run · Thurles, 3 Nov 2022

What the horse achieved in each race, in pounds on the official-rating scale, from the weight carried, the lengths beaten and the race's own level solved across the archive — never the market, never the official rating as a starting point. The headline is the best of the horse's last three rated runs on that code. A, B or C on a run is how much known form was in that race. What this means →

Jumps 1 figure · too few for a breakdown
Flat 1 figure · too few for a breakdown

KTB Rating v1 · batch 3 Oct 2026 · GB & Irish racing only · 2 figures from 2 runs · as at 4 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 is derived from in-running commentary, which our data provider does not supply for this horse's races.

Pedigree intelligence

Sire

Progeny in our archive have won 10.8% of 8,836 runs since Jan 2008 (784 horses).

Strongest on good to firm going: 15.1% from 119.

GoingRunsWinsSRvs sireThis horse
Good to Firm1191815.1%+4.3—
Good2,95937712.7%+1.9—
Good to Soft1,8011789.9%−0.9—
Soft2,7342579.4%−1.40 from 1
Heavy1,21312410.2%−0.60 from 1
Standard (AW)10110%−0.8—
Distance (all codes)RunsWinsSRvs sireThis horse
1m – 1m1f500%−10.8—
1m2f – 1m4f1600%−10.8—
1m5f – 2m2,0401999.8%−10 from 2
2m1f – 2m4f3,19632210.1%−0.7—
2m5f – 3m2,81333912.1%+1.3—
Over 3m7669512.4%+1.6—

Flat and jumps together (all codes) · since Jan 2008 · as at 20 Oct 2026 · rows under 30 runs muted · win % is the measure, a record not a forecast

Dam
Sainte Careigne (FR) (Saint Des Saints)

5 siblings in the archive, 1 winner — best of them Sir Carnegie (IRE) (5 wins).

The wins came over 2m4f–3m; the highest grade won is Class 4 (Sir Carnegie (IRE)).

ProduceRunsWinsWin tripsBest grade
Sir Carnegie (IRE)2752m4f–3mClass 4
Right Destination (IRE)210——
Larkhill Lady (IRE)110——
Ballinoe Biden (IRE)60——
Jenina (IRE)20——

Too few runs for meaningful splits. The full record is below.

Form

DateCourseRace PosBtn Wgt SpdKTB Jockey SP
14 Jan 23+72d Fairyhouse Racing Again January 19th (Pro/Am) Flat Race 16f · Soft To Heavy · 10 ran 8/10 ½ 11-7 44C90C Mr B T Stone 66/1
03 Nov 22 Thurles Irish Stallion Farms EBF Auction Flat Race 16f · Yielding To Soft · 10 ran 8/10 1¾ 11-3 —59C Mr B T Stone 25/1

Quick answers

How many races has Always Handy (IRE) won?
Always Handy (IRE) has yet to win, from 2 archived starts between 2022 and 2023.
Who trained Always Handy (IRE)?
Always Handy (IRE) was trained by Brian Jordan on the most recent run on record, at Fairyhouse on 14 January 2023.
Who is Always Handy (IRE)'s sire?
Always Handy (IRE) is by Mahler (GB) out of Sainte Careigne (FR), whose sire is Saint Des Saints.
What is Always Handy (IRE)'s sire's record?
Mahler (GB)'s progeny in our archive have won 10.8% of 8,836 runs since Jan 2008 (784 horses), Flat and jumps together. Strongest on good to firm going: 15.1% from 119.
Who are Always Handy (IRE)'s siblings?
Out of Sainte Careigne (FR), Always Handy (IRE) has 5 other produce in our archive, 1 of them a winner. Most wins: Sir Carnegie (IRE) (5). Highest grade won: Class 4 (Sir Carnegie (IRE)). The wins came over 2m4f–3m. As at Oct 2026.

Record shown from November 2022. Our archive holds racing in Great Britain, Ireland and France from January 2005. Runs in other countries are not in it, and earlier runs are not available from our data provider. In-running comments are available from 2024 onward.