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American Lawyer (USA)

5yo gelding · Trainer A J Martin · Owner Mrs C Oleary
by American Pharoah (USA) out of Keesha (USA) (Tapit)
17 runs · 5 courses · from Feb 2024
As at 4 Nov 2026 · KTB archive: GB, Ireland & France · 2005–present, updated daily
Won at Chantilly (FR) New yard Last run 13 Jul 2026 · 8th of 8 Last raced off OR 84
KTB Profile

American Lawyer won once from 17 starts, the success coming at Chantilly in Apr 2024 over 1m – 1m1f on good to soft. All wins are at that trip and on turf, with no success from nine starts on all-weather. The gelding last ran at Killarney in Jul 2026, finishing eighth of eight in the Killarney Glamping Handicap off a mark of 84, which was his last run and his first for the yard of A J Martin.

Based on 17 archived runs · run-style from 1 commented run since Jul 2026 · updated 4 Nov 2026
KTB at a glance Won on turf, 0 on AW

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 →

Flat 1 figure · too few for a breakdown

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

KTB Rating

Best recent KTB Rating 61C the best of the last 1 rated run · Killarney (IRE), 13 Jul 2026 Official rating 84 at the last run, 13 Jul 2026

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 — its best recent day. The KTB Rating on a racecard is a different reading of the same figures: the level the horse has been running to, an average of up to its last six runs with the latest counting most, so the two can differ. A, B or C on a run is how much known form was in that race. What this means →

Flat 1 figure · too few for a breakdown

KTB Rating v1 · batch 3 Oct 2026 · GB & Irish racing only · 1 figure from 1 run · 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.

Pedigree intelligence

Sire
American Pharoah (USA)

Progeny in our archive have won 13.1% of 586 runs since Apr 2019 (90 horses).

Weakest on soft going: 9% from 100.

GoingRunsWinsSRvs sireThis horse
Firm100%−13.1—
Good to Firm551323.6%+10.5—
Good1582415.2%+2.10 from 2
Good to Soft60813.3%+0.21 from 6
Soft10099%−4.1—
Heavy48714.6%+1.5—
Standard (AW)164169.8%−3.30 from 9
Distance (all codes)RunsWinsSRvs sireThis horse
Under 6f10330%+16.9—
6f – 7f1161311.2%−1.9—
1m – 1m1f2263214.2%+1.11 from 14
1m2f – 1m4f1972412.2%−0.90 from 3
1m5f – 2m29517.2%+4.1—
2m1f – 2m4f700%−13.1—
2m5f – 3m100%−13.1—

Flat and jumps together (all codes) · since Apr 2019 · as at 4 Nov 2026 · rows under 30 runs muted · win % is the measure, a record not a forecast

Dam
Keesha (USA) (Tapit)

1 sibling in the archive, 0 winners.

ProduceRunsWinsWin tripsBest grade
Tiztastic (USA)10——

Record by conditions

GoingRunsWinsSR£1
Standard (AW) 9 0 0% −9.00
Good to Soft 6 1 17% +1.60
Good 2 0 0% −2.00

CourseRunsWinsSR£1
Chantilly (FR) 7 1 14% +0.60
Deauville (FR) 4 0 0% −4.00
Longchamp (FR) 3 0 0% −3.00
Saint-Cloud (FR) 2 0 0% −2.00
Killarney (IRE) 1 0 0% −1.00

DistanceRunsWinsSR£1
1m – 1m1f 14 1 7% −6.40
1m2f – 1m4f 3 0 0% −3.00

JockeyRunsWinsSR£1
Rosario Mangione 7 0 0% −7.00
Christophe Soumillon 5 1 20% +2.60
Robbie Colgan 1 0 0% −1.00
Giovanni Sias 1 0 0% −1.00
Stephane Pasquier 1 0 0% −1.00
Tom Morisson 1 0 0% −1.00
Theo Bachelot 1 0 0% −1.00

HeadgearRunsWinsSR£1
Hood + tongue tie 15 1 7% −7.40
None 1 0 0% −1.00
Tongue tie 1 0 0% −1.00

SeasonRunsWinsSR£1
2026 1 0 0% −1.00
2025 7 0 0% −7.00
2024 9 1 11% −1.40

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

DateCourseRace PosBtn Wgt ORSpdKTB Jockey SP
2026 · 1 run
13 Jul 26+335d Killarney (IRE) Killarney Glamping Handicap 1m · Good · 8 ran Sluggish start - urged into contention near the tail of the field - no headway when asked for effort inside final 2f - held to the line 8/8 5 9-12 8458C61C Robbie Colgan 80/1
2025 · 7 runs
12 Aug 25+38d Deauville (FR) Prix de Pre-en-Pail - Categorie Personnel de Haras - FDEG (Claimer) (4yo+) (All-Weather Track) (Poly 1m1½f · Standard · 10 ran 4/10 shd 8-7 ——— Giovanni Sias 12/1
05 Jul 25+20d Deauville (FR) Prix du Chateau de Fontaine Henri (Claimer) (4yo+) (All-Weather Track) (Polytrack) 1m1½f · Standard · 9 ran 5/9 hd 9-0 ——— Stephane Pasquier 31/10
15 Jun 25+35d Chantilly (FR) Grand Handicap de Lamorlaye Longines (Handicap) (4yo+) (Turf) 1m1f · Good To Soft · 16 ran 11/16 hd 9-1 ——— Rosario Mangione 13/1
11 May 25+10d Longchamp (FR) Super Handicap du Printemps (Handicap) (4yo+) (Grande Course) (Turf) 1m2f · Good To Soft · 19 ran 10/19 1¼ 8-11 ——— Rosario Mangione 35/1
01 May 25+23d Saint-Cloud (FR) Prix Paul-Noel Delahoutre - Trophee Studio Harcourt (Conditions) (4yo+) (Gentlemen Amateurs) (Turf) 1m2½f · Good To Soft · 6 ran 3/6 1¼ 10-9 ——— Tom Morisson 8/5
08 Apr 25+54d Deauville (FR) Prix de l'Operation Overlord (Handicap) (4yo+) (All-Weather Track) (Polytrack) 1m1½f · Standard · 14 ran 7/14 nk 9-6 ——— Rosario Mangione 4/1F
13 Feb 25+45d Chantilly (FR) Prix de Chauvry (Conditions) (4yo+) (All-Weather Track) (Polytrack) 1m1½f · Standard · 9 ran 2/9 nse 8-13 ——— Rosario Mangione 48/10
2024 · 9 runs
30 Dec 24+18d Chantilly (FR) Prix de la Piste Sea Bird (Handicap) (3yo) (All-Weather Track) (Polytrack) 1m1f · Standard · 7 ran 2/7 4 9-6 ——— Rosario Mangione 47/10
12 Dec 24+105d Chantilly (FR) Prix My Swallow (Conditions) (3yo) (All-Weather Track) (Polytrack) 1m · Standard · 12 ran 5/12 nse 9-0 ——— Theo Bachelot 10/1
29 Aug 24+30d Longchamp (FR) Prix du Bois de Boulogne (Handicap) (3yo) (Moyenne Course) (Turf) 1m · Good · 14 ran 14/14 3 9-6 ——— Christophe Soumillon 32/5
30 Jul 24+26d Deauville (FR) Prix Du Secours Populaire Francais (Handicap) (3yo) (All-Weather Track) (Polytrack) 1m1½f · Slow · 6 ran 2/6 1¼ 9-5 ——— Christophe Soumillon 47/10
04 Jul 24+45d Longchamp (FR) Prix du Pont Mirabeau (Handicap) (3yo) (Moyenne Course) (Turf) 1m2f · Good To Soft · 7 ran 3/7 2 9-1 ——— Christophe Soumillon 33/10
20 May 24+24d Saint-Cloud (FR) Prix Nasrullah (Conditions) (3yo) (Turf) 1m · Good To Soft · 6 ran 3/6 shd 9-0 ——— Christophe Soumillon 18/5
26 Apr 24+52d Chantilly (FR) Prix de la Salle du Sanglier (Maiden) (3yo) (Turf) 1m · Good To Soft · 8 ran 1/8 9-2 ——— Christophe Soumillon 66/10
05 Mar 24+18d Chantilly (FR) Prix de la Broutillerie (Maiden) (3yo Colts & Geldings) (All-Weather Track) (Polytrack) 1m · Standard · 11 ran 3/11 hd 9-2 ——— Rosario Mangione 54/1
16 Feb 24 Chantilly (FR) Prix du Carrefour du Clos-la-Barre (Maiden) (3yo Colts & Geldings) (All-Weather Track) (Polytrack) 1m · Standard · 7 ran 5/7 nse 8-11 ——— Rosario Mangione 9/1

Quick answers

How many races has American Lawyer won?
American Lawyer (USA) won 1 of 17 archived starts between 2024 and 2026, a strike rate of 5.9%. Placed 5 times in total (29.4% of starts).
Who trains American Lawyer?
American Lawyer (USA) is trained by A J Martin, who saddled the horse on its most recent run on 13 July 2026.
Who is American Lawyer's sire?
American Lawyer (USA) is by American Pharoah (USA) out of Keesha (USA), whose sire is Tapit.
What going does American Lawyer prefer?
American Lawyer (USA) has the best record on good to soft going: 1 win from 6 starts (16.7%). Only going bands with at least three archived starts are read, so this is a direction rather than a settled preference.
What is American Lawyer's official rating?
The most recent official rating on record is 84, from the run on 13 July 2026. That is also the highest on record.
What is American Lawyer's sire's record?
American Pharoah (USA)'s progeny in our archive have won 13.1% of 586 runs since Apr 2019 (90 horses), Flat and jumps together. Weakest on soft going: 9% from 100.
Who are American Lawyer's siblings?
Out of Keesha (USA), American Lawyer (USA) has 1 other produce in our archive, 0 of them winners. As at Nov 2026.

Record shown from February 2024. Our archive holds racing in Great Britain, Ireland and France from January 2005. Any runs before that, or in other countries, are not in it. In-running comments are available from 2024 onward.