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Apparition (IRE)

4yo gelding (at last run, Nov 2018) · Last trainer Joseph Patrick O'Brien · Last owner Rugby Racing Syndicate
28 runs · 16 courses · from Oct 2016
As at 13 Oct 2026 · KTB archive: GB, Ireland & France · 2005–present, updated daily
No run recorded since 6 Nov 2018 — 2,898 days ago. Our archive can't say whether the horse is still in training.
Last run Nov 2018 · 4th of 10 3 wins · Thurles, Curragh & Killarney
KTB Profile

Apparition (IRE) is 3 from 28. Hasn't won since Oct 2017.

Based on 28 archived runs · updated 13 Oct 2026
Official rating112↓ 6lb off peak
112 76–118

KTB Speed and Rating

KTB Speed

Best recent Speed 112 the best of the last 3 graded (A or B) runs · Gowran Park, 5 Oct 2018

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.

Jumps 10 figures · best 112A · median 77
GoingRunsBestMedianSince 13 Oct 2025
Soft4103B53.5—
Good2112A88.5—
Good to Soft2109B105—
Heavy289C76—
DistanceRunsBestMedianSince 13 Oct 2025
1m5f – 2m6109B76—
2m5f – 3m265A55—
2m1f – 2m4f2112A106.5—
Flat 18 figures · best 124C · median 90.5
GoingRunsBestMedianSince 13 Oct 2025
Good6107C94.5—
Good to Firm4124C114.5—
Standard (AW)3110A96—
Heavy283C73.5—
Soft293A66—
Good to Soft1———
DistanceRunsBestMedianSince 13 Oct 2025
1m2f – 1m4f11124C83—
1m – 1m1f496B88.5—
1m5f – 2m2116A114.5—
2m1f – 2m4f1———

KTB Speed v1 · batch 15 Sep 2026 · GB & Irish racing only · 28 figures from 28 runs · as at 3 Oct 2026 · a record, not a forecast

KTB Rating

Best recent KTB Rating (jumps) 112A the best of the last 3 rated runs · Gowran Park, 5 Oct 2018 Official rating 112 at the last jumps run, 5 Oct 2018

Best recent KTB Rating (flat) 88A the best of the last 3 rated runs · Killarney, 22 Aug 2018 Official rating 82 at the last flat run, 7 Sep 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. A, B or C on a run is how much known form was in that race.

Jumps 10 figures · best 127A · median 103
GoingRunsBestMedianSince 13 Oct 2025
Soft4115A106.5—
Good2112A104.5—
Good to Soft2127A115—
Heavy295B86.5—
DistanceRunsBestMedianSince 13 Oct 2025
1m5f – 2m6127A106.5—
2m5f – 3m297A97—
2m1f – 2m4f2112A107.5—
Flat 18 figures · best 91A · median 83
GoingRunsBestMedianSince 13 Oct 2025
Good688A82.5—
Good to Firm491A84.5—
Standard (AW)386B84—
Heavy289A84—
Soft286A76—
Good to Soft1———
DistanceRunsBestMedianSince 13 Oct 2025
1m2f – 1m4f1191A83—
1m – 1m1f486A81.5—
1m5f – 2m286A84.5—
2m1f – 2m4f1———

KTB Rating v1 · batch 3 Oct 2026 · GB & Irish racing only · 28 figures from 28 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 9.1% of 5,661 runs since Jan 2008 (528 horses).

Weakest over 1m5f – 2m (all codes): 6% from 184.

GoingRunsWinsSRvs sireThis horse
Firm29620.7%+11.6—
Good to Firm7047510.7%+1.61 from 4
Good1,08012011.1%+20 from 8
Good to Soft682629.1%01 from 3
Soft830637.6%−1.51 from 6
Heavy295268.8%−0.30 from 4
Standard (AW)2,0411648%−1.10 from 3
Distance (all codes)RunsWinsSRvs sireThis horse
Under 6f8629811.4%+2.3—
6f – 7f3,0142869.5%+0.4—
1m – 1m1f1,105827.4%−1.71 from 4
1m2f – 1m4f422348.1%−11 from 11
1m5f – 2m184116%−3.11 from 8
2m1f – 2m4f6757.5%−1.60 from 3
2m5f – 3m500%−9.10 from 2
Over 3m200%−9.1—

Flat and jumps together (all codes) · since Jan 2008 · as at 13 Oct 2026 · rows under 30 runs muted · win % is the measure, a record not a forecast

Dam

7 siblings in the archive, 6 winners — best of them Solar Heat (IRE) (7 wins).

The wins came over 6f–2m2f; the highest grade won is Class 3 (Manhattan Swing (IRE)).

ProduceRunsWinsWin tripsBest grade
Solar Heat (IRE)8971m2½f–2m2f—
Yafordadoe (IRE)3657f–2m1½f—
Manhattan Swing (IRE)2641m2½f–2m½fClass 3
Waitaki (IRE)6036f–7fClass 5
Manhattan Dandy (IRE)8037f–1m—
Captain Teemo (IRE)811m4f—
Shesaidyes (IRE)20——

Record by conditions

GoingRunsWinsSR£1
Good 8 0 0% −8.00
Soft 6 1 17% +3.00
Good to Firm 4 1 25% −1.00
Heavy 4 0 0% −4.00
Good to Soft 3 1 33% −0.75
Standard (AW) 3 0 0% −3.00

ClassRunsWinsSR£1
Class 1 1 0 0% −1.00

CourseRunsWinsSR£1
Curragh 5 1 20% −2.00
Dundalk (AW) 3 0 0% −3.00
Fairyhouse 2 0 0% −2.00
Gowran Park 2 0 0% −2.00
Down Royal 2 0 0% −2.00
Killarney 2 1 50% +7.00
Navan 2 0 0% −2.00
Roscommon 2 0 0% −2.00
Clonmel 1 0 0% −1.00
Galway 1 0 0% −1.00
Cork 1 0 0% −1.00
Leopardstown 1 0 0% −1.00
Punchestown 1 0 0% −1.00
Cheltenham 1 0 0% −1.00
Thurles 1 1 100% +1.25
Leopardstown (IRE) 1 0 0% −1.00

DistanceRunsWinsSR£1
1m2f – 1m4f 11 1 9% −8.00
1m5f – 2m 8 1 13% −5.75
1m – 1m1f 4 1 25% +5.00
2m1f – 2m4f 3 0 0% −3.00
2m5f – 3m 2 0 0% −2.00

JockeyRunsWinsSR£1
Donnacha O'Brien 11 1 9% −2.00
J J Slevin 6 1 17% −3.75
Shane Shortall 2 0 0% −2.00
Mr Derek O'Connor 2 1 50% +1.00
Seamie Heffernan 2 0 0% −2.00
E T Daly 1 0 0% −1.00
Danny Redmond 1 0 0% −1.00
Noel Fehily 1 0 0% −1.00
Wayne Lordan 1 0 0% −1.00
Connor King 1 0 0% −1.00

HeadgearRunsWinsSR£1
None 22 3 14% −7.75
Blinkers 4 0 0% −4.00
Cheekpieces 1 0 0% −1.00
Hood 1 0 0% −1.00

SeasonRunsWinsSR£1
2018 14 0 0% −14.00
2017 11 3 27% +3.25
2016 3 0 0% −3.00

TypeRunsWinsSR£1
Flat 18 2 11% −6.00
Hurdle 9 1 11% −6.75
Chase 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

DateCourseRace PosBtn Wgt ORSpdKTB Jockey SP
06 Nov 18+32d Fairyhouse Fairyhouse Membership 2019 Beginners Chase 21f · Good · 10 ran 4/10 4 11-3 —65A97A Shane Shortall 5/1
05 Oct 18+15d Gowran Park McDonalds Kilkenny Handicap Hurdle 20f · Good · 12 ran 4/12 7 10-7 112112A112A Shane Shortall 10/1
20 Sep 18+13d Clonmel Irish Stallion Farms EBF Handicap Hurdle (80-116) 19.5f · Good To Yielding · 7 ran 4/7 1½ 10-13 112101A103B E T Daly 9/2
07 Sep 18+7d Down Royal West Coast Cooler Rose Ulster Cesarewitch Handicap 18f · Good · 13 ran 8/13 3 10-2 82107C82A Donnacha O'Brien 9/1
31 Aug 18+9d Curragh Paddy Power Amateur Riders Derby (Q.R.) Handicap (50-85) 12f · Good To Yielding · 22 ran 15/22 9½ 12-0 8463C79C Mr Derek O'Connor 8/1
22 Aug 18+21d Killarney M C Group Handicap 11f · Good · 7 ran 3/7 1 10-0 85104A88A Seamie Heffernan 10/1
01 Aug 18+32d Galway TheTote.com Handicap Hurdle (81-123) 21f · Yielding To Soft · 20 ran 15/20 7 10-12 11445C97C J J Slevin 12/1
30 Jun 18+13d Curragh Dubai Duty Free Tennis Championships Irish EBF Handicap (60-100) 16f · Good To Firm · 14 ran 5/14 nk 9-2 85113C86A Donnacha O'Brien 14/1
17 Jun 18+15d Cork Cork Derby (Handicap) 12f · Good To Firm · 14 ran 12/14 hd 9-0 86124C68C Donnacha O'Brien 7/1
02 Jun 18+20d Navan Come Racing Saturday July 14th Handicap 13f · Good To Firm · 7 ran 2/7 ½ 9-3 85116A83A Danny Redmond 4/1
13 May 18+17d Leopardstown Fitzpatrick Gallagher McEvoy Solicitors Handicap 12f · Good · 10 ran 7/10 nk 9-2 8688A83A Donnacha O'Brien 7/1
26 Apr 18+45d Punchestown JLT Handicap Hurdle (88-123) 16f · Yielding To Soft · 25 ran 8/25 ¾ 10-8 115103B110A Noel Fehily 10/1
12 Mar 18+33d Dundalk (AW) www.dundalkstadium.com Handicap 12f · Standard · 6 ran 3/6 1¾ 9-5 86110A86B Donnacha O'Brien 7/1
07 Feb 18+81d Fairyhouse Follow Fairyhouse On Twitter Rated Novice Hurdle 16f · Soft To Heavy · 9 ran 7/9 9½ 10-8 11689C78C J J Slevin 5/1
18 Nov 17+14d Cheltenham JCB Triumph Trial Juvenile Hurdle (Grade 2) (Registered As The Prestbury Juvenile Hurdle) Class 1 · 16.5f · Soft · 6 ran 6/6 74 10-12 11816C103C J J Slevin 25/1
04 Nov 17+23d Down Royal Value Cabs 3-Y-O Hurdle 16f · Soft · 7 ran 3/7 5½ 11-1 —62B115A J J Slevin 4/1
12 Oct 17+12d Thurles Devils Bit 3-Y-O Maiden Hurdle 16f · Good To Yielding · 18 ran 1/18 10-9 —109B127A J J Slevin 5/4F
30 Sep 17+20d Gowran Park Golf Memberships 2018 From 500 3-Y-O Hurdle 16f · Soft To Heavy · 8 ran 3/8 4½ 10-5 —63A95B J J Slevin 9/10F
10 Sep 17+13d Curragh Irish Stallion Farms EBF 'Northfields' Handicap 10f · Soft To Heavy · 13 ran 4/13 hd 8-4 8764C89A Wayne Lordan 8/1
28 Aug 17+30d Roscommon Peggy Guerin Memorial Handicap (60-90) 10f · Heavy · 5 ran 2/5 4¾ 10-0 8783C79B Donnacha O'Brien 6/4F
29 Jul 17+29d Curragh Irish Daily Mail Amateur Riders Derby (Q.R.) Handicap (50-85) 12f · Good To Firm · 12 ran 1/12 11-3 8268B91A Mr Derek O'Connor 2/1F
30 Jun 17+45d Curragh Silken Thomas & Lock 13 Handicap (60-100) 10f · Good · 7 ran 2/7 ½ 8-9 8268A77A Seamie Heffernan 11/2
16 May 17+8d Killarney Ladies Day Thursday 20th July 2017 Handicap 8f · Yielding · 11 ran 1/11 9-8 7893A86A Donnacha O'Brien 8/1
08 May 17+15d Roscommon Irish Stallion Farms EBF (C & G) Median Auction Maiden 10.5f · Good · 6 ran 3/6 3 9-5 7867C74B Donnacha O'Brien 5/1
23 Apr 17+142d Navan Wesco Electrical Forty-Fifth Anniversary Handicap 10f · Good · 11 ran 3/11 ½ 9-4 76101A87A Donnacha O'Brien 8/1
02 Dec 16+21d Dundalk (AW) Irish Stallion Farms European Breeders Fund Maiden (Plus 10) (Div 2) 8f · Standard · 14 ran 4/14 shd 9-2 —84B84A Donnacha O'Brien 10/3
11 Nov 16+19d Dundalk (AW) Irish Stallion Farms European Breeders Fund Maiden (Plus 10) 8f · Standard · 13 ran 5/13 ½ 9-2 —96B79A Donnacha O'Brien 12/1
23 Oct 16 Leopardstown (IRE) Irish Stallion Farms European Breeders Fund (C & G) Maiden (Plus 10 Race) 8f · Yielding · 15 ran 9/15 nk 9-5 —39C66A Connor King 66/1

Quick answers

How many races has Apparition (IRE) won?
Apparition (IRE) won 3 of 28 archived starts between 2016 and 2018, a strike rate of 10.7%. Placed 8 times in total (28.6% of starts).
Who trained Apparition (IRE)?
Apparition (IRE) was trained by Joseph Patrick O'Brien on the most recent run on record, at Fairyhouse on 6 November 2018.
Who is Apparition (IRE)'s sire?
Apparition (IRE) is by Dream Ahead (USA) out of Bluebell Park (USA), whose sire is Gulch.
What going does Apparition (IRE) prefer?
Apparition (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 Apparition (IRE)'s official rating?
Apparition (IRE)'s highest official rating on record is 118.
What is Apparition (IRE)'s sire's record?
Dream Ahead (USA)'s progeny in our archive have won 9.1% of 5,661 runs since Jan 2008 (528 horses), Flat and jumps together. Weakest over 1m5f – 2m (all codes): 6% from 184.
Who are Apparition (IRE)'s siblings?
Out of Bluebell Park (USA), Apparition (IRE) has 7 other produce in our archive, 6 of them winners. Most wins: Solar Heat (IRE) (7). Highest grade won: Class 3 (Manhattan Swing (IRE)). The wins came over 6f–2m2f. As at Oct 2026.

Record shown from October 2016. 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.