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Horse profile

Apache Stronghold (IRE)

10yo gelding (at last run, Feb 2018) · Last trainer Noel Meade · Last owner Mrs Patricia Hunt
by Milan (GB) out of First Battle (IRE) (Un Desperado)
18 runs · 7 courses · from Nov 2012
As at 4 Nov 2026 · KTB archive: GB, Ireland & France · 2005–present, updated daily
No run recorded since 4 Feb 2018 — 3,194 days ago. Our archive can't say whether the horse is still in training.
Last run Feb 2018 5 wins · 4 courses Last raced off OR 141
KTB Profile

Apache Stronghold (IRE) is 5 from 18, including a Grade 1 win. The biggest win we hold: the Flogas Novice Chase at Leopardstown (Feb 2015). Hasn't won since Feb 2015. Last raced off 141, 14lb below the career-high mark.

Based on 18 archived runs · updated 4 Nov 2026
KTB at a glance OR ↓ 14lb off peak
Official rating141↓ 14lb off peak
141 140–155

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 3 figures · best 95C · median 61
GoingRunsBestMedianSince 4 Nov 2025
Soft295C65—
Heavy1———
DistanceRunsBestMedianSince 4 Nov 2025
2m5f – 3m295C78—
2m1f – 2m4f1———

Of 4 runs looked at, 1 has no figure: did not complete (1).

KTB Speed v1 · batch 15 Sep 2026 · GB & Irish racing only · 3 figures from 4 runs · as at 3 Oct 2026 · a record, not a forecast

KTB Rating

Best recent KTB Rating 122C the best of the last 3 rated runs · Leopardstown, 27 Dec 2017 Official rating 141 at the last run, 4 Feb 2018

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 →

Jumps 16 figures · best 145A · median 133
GoingRunsBestMedianSince 4 Nov 2025
Soft9145A130—
Good to Soft3142A136—
Heavy2143B128—
Good2138A133.5—
DistanceRunsBestMedianSince 4 Nov 2025
2m1f – 2m4f8142A137—
2m5f – 3m4144B132.5—
1m5f – 2m3145A128—
Over 3m1———

Of 18 runs looked at, 2 have no figure: did not complete (or a non-runner row) (2).

KTB Rating v1 · batch 3 Oct 2026 · GB & Irish racing only · 16 figures from 18 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
Milan (GB)

Progeny in our archive have won 11.3% of 16,869 runs since Aug 2008 (1,463 horses).

GoingRunsWinsSRvs sireThis horse
Firm1815.6%−5.7—
Good to Firm5536611.9%+0.6—
Good5,17765112.6%+1.31 from 2
Good to Soft3,29838611.7%+0.41 from 3
Soft5,03450210%−1.33 from 11
Heavy2,71630311.2%−0.10 from 2
Standard (AW)7322.7%−8.6—
Distance (all codes)RunsWinsSRvs sireThis horse
6f – 7f300%−11.3—
1m – 1m1f9111.1%−0.2—
1m2f – 1m4f5835.2%−6.1—
1m5f – 2m3,86040310.4%−0.91 from 3
2m1f – 2m4f5,48159910.9%−0.43 from 9
2m5f – 3m5,80870012.1%+0.81 from 5
Over 3m1,65020512.4%+1.10 from 1

Flat and jumps together (all codes) · since Aug 2008 · as at 3 Nov 2026 · rows under 30 runs muted · win % is the measure, a record not a forecast

Dam
First Battle (IRE) (Un Desperado)

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

The wins came over 2m3f–2m4½f; the highest grade won is Class 3 (Billy Cuckoo (IRE)).

ProduceRunsWinsWin tripsBest grade
Billy Cuckoo (IRE)3852m3f–2m4½fClass 3
Battle Roar (IRE)90——
Claires Away (IRE)10——
Princess Lara (IRE)30——
Leading Legend (IRE)10——

Record by conditions

GoingRunsWinsSR£1
Soft 11 3 27% −0.95
Good to Soft 3 1 33% +2.50
Heavy 2 0 0% −2.00
Good 2 1 50% +0.25

ClassRunsWinsSR£1
Class 1 1 0 0% −1.00

CourseRunsWinsSR£1
Leopardstown 4 1 25% +1.50
Punchestown 4 1 25% −1.75
Fairyhouse 4 0 0% −4.00
Navan 2 1 50% +3.50
Down Royal 2 2 100% +2.55
Thurles 1 0 0% −1.00
Cheltenham 1 0 0% −1.00

DistanceRunsWinsSR£1
2m1f – 2m4f 9 3 33% +0.05
2m5f – 3m 5 1 20% +0.50
1m5f – 2m 3 1 33% +0.25
Over 3m 1 0 0% −1.00

JockeyRunsWinsSR£1
Paul Carberry 10 3 30% +2.30
Sean Flanagan 3 0 0% −3.00
Jonathan Moore 1 0 0% −1.00
Davy Condon 1 1 100% +1.25
Mr J P McKeown 1 0 0% −1.00
Mr J J King 1 0 0% −1.00
Ms N Carberry 1 1 100% +2.25

HeadgearRunsWinsSR£1
None 16 5 31% +1.80
Tongue tie + blinkers 1 0 0% −1.00
Tongue tie 1 0 0% −1.00

SeasonRunsWinsSR£1
2018 1 0 0% −1.00
2017 3 0 0% −3.00
2015 4 1 25% +1.50
2014 5 1 20% −3.70
2013 4 2 50% +3.75
2012 1 1 100% +2.25

TypeRunsWinsSR£1
Chase 11 2 18% −4.20
Hurdle 4 2 50% +3.75
NH Flat 3 1 33% +0.25

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
2018 · 1 run
04 Feb 18+39d Leopardstown Chanelle Pharma Handicap Chase (Grade A) 2m5f · Soft · 22 ran F/22 — 10-13 141—— Sean Flanagan 28/1
2017 · 3 runs
27 Dec 17+18d Leopardstown Paddy Power Chase (0-150) (grade B) 3m½f · Yielding · 28 ran 13/28 ½ 11-4 14495C122C Jonathan Moore 33/1
09 Dec 17+16d Navan Foxrock Handicap Chase (0-150) (grade B) 2m4f · Soft · 9 ran 4/9 8 11-6 14535C118C Sean Flanagan 14/1
23 Nov 17+940d Thurles Boomerang Animal Bedding And Boomerang Horse & Country Store Chase (listed) 2m6f · Soft To Heavy · 4 ran 3/4 14 11-0 14761C113C Sean Flanagan 3/1
2015 · 4 runs
28 Apr 15+23d Punchestown Growise Champion Novice Chase (Grade 1) 3m1f · Good To Yielding · 5 ran 3/5 1½ 11-10 155—130B Paul Carberry 5/1
05 Apr 15+24d Fairyhouse Ryanair Gold Cup Novice Chase (Grade 1) 2m4f · Soft · 8 ran F/8 — 11-10 155—— Paul Carberry 5/1
12 Mar 15+32d Cheltenham JLT Novices' Chase (Registered As The Golden Miller Novices' Chase) (Grade 1) Class 1 · 2m4f · Good · 8 ran 2/8 15 11-4 149—138A Paul Carberry 7/1
08 Feb 15+41d Leopardstown Flogas Novice Chase (grade 1) 2m5f · Yielding · 9 ran 1/9 11-10 149—144B Paul Carberry 9/2
2014 · 5 runs
29 Dec 14+29d Leopardstown Topaz Novice Chase (Grade 1) 3m · Soft To Heavy · 7 ran 2/7 3 11-10 145—143B Paul Carberry 5/1
30 Nov 14+30d Fairyhouse Bar One Racing Drinmore Novice Chase (Grade 1) 2m4f · Yielding To Soft · 13 ran 2/13 8 11-10 ——139A Paul Carberry 4/1
31 Oct 14+182d Down Royal Porter & Co. Beginners Chase 2m4f · Yielding · 7 ran 1/7 11-12 ——140A Paul Carberry 3/10F
02 May 14+26d Punchestown Tattersalls Ireland Champion Novice Hurdle (Grade 1) 2m4f · Good To Yielding · 4 ran 2/4 3½ 11-10 140—136B Paul Carberry 14/1
06 Apr 14+133d Fairyhouse Coolmore N.h. Sires Fame And Glory & Sans Frontieres Novice Hurdle (grade 2) 2m4f · Soft · 13 ran 4/13 4½ 11-10 144—130A Paul Carberry 4/1
2013 · 4 runs
24 Nov 13+39d Navan 'Monksfield' Novice Hurdle (Grade 2) 2m4f · Good To Yielding · 8 ran 1/8 11-3 ——142A Paul Carberry 9/2
16 Oct 13+175d Punchestown 10 Admission All Non Festival Racedays Maiden Hurdle 2m4f · Good · 21 ran 1/21 11-12 ——129A Davy Condon 5/4F
24 Apr 13+23d Punchestown Betdaq The Peoples Exchange Champion I.n.h. Flat Race (grade 1) 2m · Soft · 11 ran 3/11 shd 12-0 ——145A Mr J P McKeown 16/1
01 Apr 13+150d Fairyhouse Easter Festival Flat Race 2m · Yielding · 7 ran 3/7 4½ 11-4 ——127A Mr J J King 7/1
2012 · 1 run
02 Nov 12 Down Royal Archie Watson Memorial Flat Race 2m · Yielding To Soft · 9 ran 1/9 11-4 ——128A Ms N Carberry 9/4F

Quick answers

How many races has Apache Stronghold won?
Apache Stronghold (IRE) won 5 of 18 archived starts between 2012 and 2018, a strike rate of 27.8%. Placed 9 times in total (50% of starts).
Who trained Apache Stronghold?
Apache Stronghold (IRE) was trained by Noel Meade on the most recent run on record, at Leopardstown on 4 February 2018.
Who is Apache Stronghold's sire?
Apache Stronghold (IRE) is by Milan (GB) out of First Battle (IRE), whose sire is Un Desperado.
What going does Apache Stronghold prefer?
Apache Stronghold (IRE) has the best record on good to soft going: 1 win from 3 starts (33.3%). Only going bands with at least three archived starts are read, so this is a direction rather than a settled preference.
What is Apache Stronghold's official rating?
The most recent official rating on record is 141, from the run on 4 February 2018. The highest on record is 155.
What is Apache Stronghold's sire's record?
Milan (GB)'s progeny in our archive have won 11.3% of 16,869 runs since Aug 2008 (1,463 horses), Flat and jumps together.
Who are Apache Stronghold's siblings?
Out of First Battle (IRE), Apache Stronghold (IRE) has 5 other produce in our archive, 1 of them a winner. Most wins: Billy Cuckoo (IRE) (5). Highest grade won: Class 3 (Billy Cuckoo (IRE)). The wins came over 2m3f–2m4½f. As at Nov 2026.

Record shown from November 2012. 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.