Horse profile
Ancient State (IRE)
20 runs · 12 courses · from Dec 2024
As at 18 Oct 2026 · KTB archive: GB, Ireland & France · 2005–present, updated daily
6 wins · 6 courses
Beaten favourite LTO
Ran 14 days ago · 5th of 12
Last raced off OR 90
KTB Profile
Ancient State (IRE) is 6 from 20. Last raced off a career-high mark of 90.
Based on 20 archived runs · run-style from 8 commented runs · updated 18 Oct 2026
KTB at a glance
OR at career high
- 6–20Wins / Runs
- 30%Strike rate
- 9 (45%)Placed
- +20.32£1 level staken=20 at SP
- 1.72Fair A/E n=20 · 1.46 incl. margin
- 90Highest OR
- 34dAvg between runs
A/E compares actual wins with what starting prices implied. "Fair" strips the bookmaker margin from the expectation, so favourites and longshots are judged on the same footing — figures near 1.00 mean the market priced this horse about right.
Official rating90At career-high mark
90
50–90
KTB Speed and Rating
KTB Speed
Best recent Speed 127
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
| Going | Runs | Best | Median | Since 18 Oct 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Standard (AW) | 10 | 157A | 82.5 | 3 · 157 / 110 |
| Good to Firm | 5 | 113A | 107 | 5 · 113 / 107 |
| Good | 3 | 102C | 99 | 3 · 102 / 99 |
| Heavy | 1 | — | — | 1 · — |
| Distance | Runs | Best | Median | Since 18 Oct 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Under 6f | 12 | 157A | 103 | 10 · 157 / 107.5 |
| 6f – 7f | 6 | 112C | 82.5 | 2 · 112 / 107 |
| 1m – 1m1f | 1 | — | — | — |
Of 20 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 · 19 figures from 20 runs · as at 11 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 8 analysed runs
- Held up 4 (50%) · 3 wins
- Prominent 3 (38%) · 2 wins
- Led 1 (13%) · 0 wins
Pedigree intelligence
Sire
Progeny in our archive have won 9.1% of 14,910 runs since Jan 2008 (930 horses).
Weakest over 1m5f – 2m (all codes): 5.3% from 170.
| Going | Runs | Wins | SR | vs sire | This horse |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Firm | 92 | 14 | 15.2% | +6.1 | — |
| Good to Firm | 2,477 | 256 | 10.3% | +1.2 | 1 from 6 |
| Good | 3,167 | 264 | 8.3% | −0.8 | 2 from 3 |
| Good to Soft | 1,338 | 109 | 8.1% | −1 | — |
| Soft | 1,711 | 136 | 7.9% | −1.2 | — |
| Heavy | 464 | 49 | 10.6% | +1.5 | 0 from 1 |
| Standard (AW) | 5,661 | 534 | 9.4% | +0.3 | 3 from 10 |
| Distance (all codes) | Runs | Wins | SR | vs sire | This horse |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Under 6f | 4,429 | 507 | 11.4% | +2.3 | 5 from 12 |
| 6f – 7f | 7,616 | 642 | 8.4% | −0.7 | 1 from 7 |
| 1m – 1m1f | 2,037 | 158 | 7.8% | −1.3 | 0 from 1 |
| 1m2f – 1m4f | 579 | 44 | 7.6% | −1.5 | — |
| 1m5f – 2m | 170 | 9 | 5.3% | −3.8 | — |
| 2m1f – 2m4f | 66 | 2 | 3% | −6.1 | — |
| 2m5f – 3m | 12 | 0 | 0% | −9.1 | — |
| Over 3m | 1 | 0 | 0% | −9.1 | — |
Flat and jumps together (all codes) · since Jan 2008 · as at 18 Oct 2026 · rows under 30 runs muted · win % is the measure, a record not a forecast
Dam
3 siblings in the archive, 2 winners — best of them Ipanema Queen (IRE) (4 wins).
The wins came over 5f–6f; the highest grade won is Listed (Ipanema Queen (IRE)).
| Produce | Runs | Wins | Win trips | Best grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ipanema Queen (IRE) | 14 | 4 | 5f–6f | Listed |
| Roots In Touche (IRE) | 5 | 1 | 5f | Class 4 |
| Briery Boy (IRE) | 4 | 0 | — | — |
Record by conditions
| Going | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Standard (AW) | 10 | 3 | 30% | −0.93 |
| Good to Firm | 6 | 1 | 17% | −3.25 |
| Good | 3 | 2 | 67% | +25.50 |
| Heavy | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Class | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Class 5 | 8 | 2 | 25% | +17.75 |
| Class 6 | 6 | 3 | 50% | +3.07 |
| Class 2 | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Class 3 | 2 | 1 | 50% | +3.50 |
| Class 4 | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Course | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wolverhampton (AW) | 3 | 1 | 33% | −0.38 |
| Lingfield (AW) | 3 | 1 | 33% | −0.75 |
| Southwell (AW) | 3 | 1 | 33% | +1.20 |
| Doncaster | 2 | 1 | 50% | +3.50 |
| Lingfield | 2 | 1 | 50% | +0.75 |
| Ascot | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Haydock | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Windsor | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| York | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Newmarket | 1 | 1 | 100% | +22.00 |
| Brighton | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Chelmsford City (AW) | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Distance | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Under 6f | 12 | 5 | 42% | +5.32 |
| 6f – 7f | 7 | 1 | 14% | +16.00 |
| 1m – 1m1f | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Jockey | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| William Carson | 7 | 2 | 29% | +20.20 |
| Callum Rodriguez | 3 | 1 | 33% | +2.50 |
| Charles Bishop | 3 | 1 | 33% | −0.75 |
| Darragh Keenan | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Taryn Langley | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Paddy Bradley | 1 | 1 | 100% | +1.75 |
| Oisin Orr | 1 | 1 | 100% | +1.62 |
| Tom Eaves | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Dylan Hogan | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Headgear | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tongue tie | 13 | 6 | 46% | +27.32 |
| None | 4 | 0 | 0% | −4.00 |
| T/CE | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Tongue tie + cheekpieces | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Season | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 12 | 4 | 33% | +23.45 |
| 2025 | 7 | 2 | 29% | −2.13 |
| 2024 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 03 Oct 26+7d | Ascot | Ascot Iron Stand Membership Handicap Stakes veered right leaving ststalls and pulled hard early - up with the pace - pushed along over 2f out - drifted left and level for third entering final furlong - fell back two spots late for 5th | 5/12 | shd | 9-1 | 90 | 99B | 92A | Taryn Langley | 3/1F |
| 26 Sep 26+13d | Haydock | William Hill Best Odds Guaranteed Handicap Stakes Settled in the front rank - drifted left approaching 2f out then right with a furlong left - drifted left again inside the final furlong - held on for fourth without finding more | 4/10 | ½ | 9-6 | 90 | 127A | 101A | Callum Rodriguez | 7/2 |
| 13 Sep 26+29d | Doncaster | Land Of Lights Festival At Gullivers Handicap Stakes Handy in the front rank - roused to hit the front two out - challenged and driven out entering final furlong - found extra to regain command close home and score | 1/16 | 9-7 | 85 | 99C | 107A | Callum Rodriguez | 9/2F | |
| 15 Aug 26+19d | Doncaster | French Connection At Meadowhall Handicap Stakes Hesitant beginning - travelled alone on the far flank - hit the front 3f out - opened a three-length margin 2f out - pushed along and edged left inside final furlong - lead whittled down and caught right on the line | 2/10 | shd | 9-11 | 82 | 113A | 100A | William Carson | 5/1 |
| 27 Jul 26+17d | Windsor | Fitzdares Sprint Series Handicap Stakes (Windsor Sprint Series Qualifier) pulled hard in the early stages - tracked the front-runners on the outside - hampered and driven over 2f out - looked capable of winning over 1f out but held a steady gallop into the finish | 5/13 | ½ | 9-7 | 83 | 112C | 94A | William Carson | 20/1 |
| 10 Jul 26+13d | York | William Hill Keep Your Raceday Positive Handicap dwelt at the start - settled in the pack - driven along over 2f out - stayed on well inside the final furlong but had nothing more to give | 5/12 | 2 | 9-12 | 83 | 99A | 98A | Charles Bishop | 11/1 |
| 27 Jun 26+8d | Lingfield | Choice Training Handicap Settled towards rear pulling hard early - urged into contention approaching final furlong - hit front inside last - kept on well to score | 1/5 | 9-12 | 78 | 107C | 91B | Paddy Bradley | 7/4 | |
| 19 Jun 26+10d | Newmarket | Find Your Zyn Moment Handicap Held up eagerly towards the back of the pack early - progress on the outside approaching halfway - asked for effort and hit the front 2f out - opened up a big advantage inside the final furlong - kept finding more to the line | 1/16 | 9-9 | 70 | 102C | 113A | William Carson | 22/1 | |
| 09 Jun 26+11d | Brighton | fairplaybet.co.uk Bet 20 Get 20 Free Bets Handicap Tracked the pace - pushed along and still in it with 1f left - hampered inside final furlong and faded to finish fifth | 5/8 | ½ | 9-9 | 70 | 89B | 81A | William Carson | 10/3 |
| 29 May 26+31d | Wolverhampton (AW) | Free Bets On attheraces.com Handicap Drifted left at the off - sat behind the front group - pressed for effort with 2f left - moved into second inside the final furlong - stayed on but unable to reel in winner | 2/10 | 3 | 9-4 | 70 | 110B | 94A | Callum Rodriguez | 15/8 |
| 28 Apr 26+31d | Lingfield (AW) | Free Race Replays On attheraces.com Handicap Tardy start - tracked the front group on the far side - driven over 2f out - kept on strongly inside the final furlong to close to a short head at the line | 2/5 | hd | 9-6 | 67 | 108C | 82B | William Carson | 8/15F |
| 28 Mar 26+219d | Southwell (AW) | Join The Midnite Movement Handicap Handy in the pack - pushed to the front with a furlong left - drifted to the outside then finished strongly to the line | 1/11 | 9-5 | 61 | 157A | 96A | William Carson | 16/5F | |
| 21 Aug 25+84d | Lingfield (AW) | Download The Racecourse App Raceday Ready Handicap Sat behind the pace on the outer - moved into second with a furlong left - hit the front close home - powered clear to win | 1/6 | 9-9 | 54 | 88B | 76B | Charles Bishop | 5/4F | |
| 29 May 25+49d | Lingfield | Mira Showers Rain Supreme Handicap Slow into stride - settled towards back on the wide side - drifted left approaching 4f out - improved into contention approaching 2f out but faded under pressure inside final furlong | 5/12 | 1¾ | 9-9 | 55 | — | 63A | William Carson | 9/2 |
| 10 Apr 25+33d | Lingfield (AW) | BetMGM: It's Showtime Handicap Sluggish start - settled towards the back and eager to go on - made ground on the inner approaching the final furlong - stayed on inside distance to move into 4th late - lacked the speed to challenge | 4/10 | 1 | 9-9 | 55 | 86A | 62A | Charles Bishop | 13/2 |
| 08 Mar 25+23d | Wolverhampton (AW) | Win 1M With BetMGM's Golden Goals Handicap Slow to break - tracked front group wide before pressed for effort a furlong out - powered clear in the closing strides to score | 1/8 | 9-4 | 50 | 55A | 67A | Oisin Orr | 13/8F | |
| 13 Feb 25+13d | Chelmsford City (AW) | 6 Horses Challenge At bet365 Handicap (Div 1) Slow into stride - fought for control early - settled towards back - moved to outer around 3f out - made late progress wide but couldn't threaten leaders | 5/10 | 2½ | 9-7 | 52 | 79A | 51A | Darragh Keenan | 17/2 |
| 31 Jan 25+14d | Southwell (AW) | 30 In Free Bets With BetUK Novice Stakes (GBB Race) Settled at the back early pulling hard - made ground into contention 2f out - up into third inside final furlong - never able to trouble the winner - stayed on to the line | 3/7 | ½ | 9-7 | — | 62A | 70A | Tom Eaves | 200/1 |
| 17 Jan 25+21d | Southwell (AW) | Boost Your Acca At BetMGM Maiden Stakes (GBB Race) Sluggish getaway - settled at back of the field - made no impression through the race - well held in 9th | 9/10 | 7½ | 8-10 | — | 45C | 44C | Dylan Hogan | 250/1 |
| 27 Dec 24 | Wolverhampton (AW) | Gamble Responsibly With BetMGM EBF 'Confined' Novice Stakes (GBB Race) (Div 1) Slow to break in murky conditions - settled towards the back - made swift progress to be prominent after 3f - dropped away with 2f left - got outpaced under pressure inside final furlong - finished well beaten in 12th | 12/12 | 1 | 9-7 | — | 42A | 50A | Darragh Keenan | 80/1 |
Quick answers
- How many races has Ancient State (IRE) won?
- Ancient State (IRE) won 6 of 20 archived starts between 2024 and 2026, a strike rate of 30%. Placed 9 times in total (45% of starts).
- Who trains Ancient State (IRE)?
- Ancient State (IRE) is trained by Adam Kirby, who saddled the horse on its most recent run on 3 October 2026.
- Who is Ancient State (IRE)'s sire?
- Ancient State (IRE) is by Dandy Man (IRE) out of No More Thrills (GB), whose sire is Dutch Art.
- What going does Ancient State (IRE) prefer?
- Ancient State (IRE) has the best record on good going: 2 wins from 3 starts (66.7%). Only going bands with at least three archived starts are read, so this is a direction rather than a settled preference.
- What is Ancient State (IRE)'s official rating?
- The most recent official rating on record is 90, from the run on 3 October 2026. That is also the highest on record.
- What is Ancient State (IRE)'s sire's record?
- Dandy Man (IRE)'s progeny in our archive have won 9.1% of 14,910 runs since Jan 2008 (930 horses), Flat and jumps together. Weakest over 1m5f – 2m (all codes): 5.3% from 170.
- Who are Ancient State (IRE)'s siblings?
- Out of No More Thrills (GB), Ancient State (IRE) has 3 other produce in our archive, 2 of them winners. Most wins: Ipanema Queen (IRE) (4). Highest grade won: Listed (Ipanema Queen (IRE)). The wins came over 5f–6f. As at Oct 2026.