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Horse profile

Ar Aghaidh (IRE)

8yo mare (at last run, Oct 2025) · Trainer Hugh Paul Finegan · Owner R Cavanagh
by Ocovango (GB) out of Miss Coley (IRE) (Milan)
13 runs · 10 courses · from May 2023
As at 25 Oct 2026 · KTB archive: GB, Ireland & France · 2005–present, updated daily
Last run 31 Oct 2025 · 13th of 20 Last raced off OR 81
KTB Profile

Ar Aghaidh is a maiden who has won none of 13 starts on turf and placed once. Her best effort came when second of 13 at Wexford in Aug 2025. The mare, by Ocovango out of a Milan mare, has raced over trips from 1m5f to over 3m on ground ranging from good to heavy. She finished 13 of 20 in a handicap hurdle at Down Royal in Oct 2025.

Based on 13 archived runs · run-style from 7 commented runs since Mar 2025 · updated 25 Oct 2026
KTB at a glance Typically prominent
Official rating81↓ 4lb off peak
81 77–85

KTB Speed and Rating

KTB Speed

Best recent Speed 100 the best of the last 3 graded (A or B) runs · Down Royal, 31 Oct 2025

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 10 figures · best 100B · median 79.5
GoingRunsBestMedianSince 25 Oct 2025
Good to Soft4100B78.51 run · —
Good396B85—
Soft274B50—
Heavy1———
DistanceRunsBestMedianSince 25 Oct 2025
2m5f – 3m6100B94.51 run · —
2m1f – 2m4f374B64—
1m5f – 2m1———

Of 13 runs looked at, 3 have no figure: obstacles omitted — the race ran a shortened course (2) · did not complete (1).

KTB Speed v1 · batch 15 Sep 2026 · GB & Irish racing only · 10 figures from 13 runs · as at 3 Oct 2026 · a record, not a forecast

KTB Rating

Best recent KTB Rating 109A the best of the last 3 rated runs · Wexford, 29 Aug 2025 Official rating 81 at the last run, 31 Oct 2025

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 10 figures · best 109A · median 85
GoingRunsBestMedianSince 25 Oct 2025
Good to Soft486C83.51 run · —
Good3109A85—
Soft297A88—
Heavy1———
DistanceRunsBestMedianSince 25 Oct 2025
2m5f – 3m6109A83.51 run · —
2m1f – 2m4f397A86—
1m5f – 2m1———

Of 13 runs looked at, 3 have no figure: did not complete (or a non-runner row) (3).

KTB Rating v1 · batch 3 Oct 2026 · GB & Irish racing only · 10 figures from 13 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 from 7 analysed runs since Mar 2025

  • Prominent 4 (57%) · 0 wins
  • Held up 3 (43%) · 0 wins

Pedigree intelligence

Sire

Progeny in our archive have won 9.5% of 2,990 runs since Jan 2008 (304 horses).

Strongest at trips beyond 3m (all codes): 14% from 193.

GoingRunsWinsSRvs sireThis horse
Good to Firm27829.6%+20.1—
Good937939.9%+0.40 from 5
Good to Soft7037010%+0.50 from 4
Soft914758.2%−1.30 from 3
Heavy393379.4%−0.10 from 1
Standard (AW)1600%−9.5—
Distance (all codes)RunsWinsSRvs sireThis horse
1m – 1m1f600%−9.5—
1m2f – 1m4f1100%−9.5—
1m5f – 2m788648.1%−1.40 from 1
2m1f – 2m4f1,095988.9%−0.60 from 5
2m5f – 3m8979410.5%+10 from 6
Over 3m1932714%+4.50 from 1

Flat and jumps together (all codes) · since Jan 2008 · as at 25 Oct 2026 · rows under 30 runs muted · win % is the measure, a record not a forecast

Dam

1 sibling in the archive, 0 winners.

ProduceRunsWinsWin tripsBest grade
All Rise Malone (IRE)20——

Record by conditions

GoingRunsWinsSR£1
Good 5 0 0% −5.00
Good to Soft 4 0 0% −4.00
Soft 3 0 0% −3.00
Heavy 1 0 0% −1.00

CourseRunsWinsSR£1
Sligo 3 0 0% −3.00
Wexford 2 0 0% −2.00
Down Royal 1 0 0% −1.00
Thurles 1 0 0% −1.00
Listowel 1 0 0% −1.00
Bellewstown 1 0 0% −1.00
Cork 1 0 0% −1.00
Fairyhouse 1 0 0% −1.00
Limerick 1 0 0% −1.00
Punchestown 1 0 0% −1.00

DistanceRunsWinsSR£1
2m5f – 3m 6 0 0% −6.00
2m1f – 2m4f 5 0 0% −5.00
Over 3m 1 0 0% −1.00
1m5f – 2m 1 0 0% −1.00

JockeyRunsWinsSR£1
Eoghan Finegan 3 0 0% −3.00
Mr S Cavanagh 3 0 0% −3.00
E Walsh 2 0 0% −2.00
Paddy Hanlon 1 0 0% −1.00
Anna McGuinness 1 0 0% −1.00
Mr A J Lord 1 0 0% −1.00
Mr Finn Tegetmeier 1 0 0% −1.00
Mr K P Healy 1 0 0% −1.00

HeadgearRunsWinsSR£1
None 9 0 0% −9.00
Cheekpieces 3 0 0% −3.00
Tongue tie + cheekpieces 1 0 0% −1.00

SeasonRunsWinsSR£1
2025 7 0 0% −7.00
2024 2 0 0% −2.00
2023 4 0 0% −4.00

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
2025 · 7 runs
31 Oct 25+15d Down Royal Lough Construction Ltd. Handicap Hurdle (0-100) 24.5f · Good To Yielding · 20 ran Sat close to the pace early - moved through to challenge from the 8th before losing the advantage before 3 out - faded away thereafter to finish 13th 13/20 4½ 10-2 81100B74A Eoghan Finegan 33/1
16 Oct 25+25d Thurles Premier County Mares Handicap Hurdle (0-100) 22.5f · Good To Yielding · 18 ran Sat close to the pace early - 4th at halfway - lost touch before 2 out and dropped away approaching the last 11/18 shd 10-4 8393B82A Eoghan Finegan 18/1
21 Sep 25+23d Listowel Bloom Feeds Irish EBF Mares Handicap Hurdle 18f · Yielding To Soft · 18 ran Held up towards the back - bumped soon after the first - unable to make headway - lost touch approaching the straight - clipped by another runner and pulled up before two out PU/18 — 9-8 85—— Paddy Hanlon 18/1
29 Aug 25+80d Wexford Brendan Cullimore Electrical Mares Maiden Hurdle 24f · Good · 13 ran Held a forward spot early - clumsy at the opening fence - urged forward to hit the front turning in - drawn level by a rival two out - overtaken after the final flight - held effort to the line in defeat by 1¾ lengths 2/13 1¾ 10-6 7796B109A Eoghan Finegan 28/1
10 Jun 25+59d Sligo Stephen Mullins & Sons Mares Maiden Hurdle 17.5f · Good · 15 ran Held up in last place - lost touch after four out - eased and pulled up before the following fence PU/15 — 11-0 79—— Anna McGuinness 10/1
12 Apr 25+23d Bellewstown Yellow Sam 50th Anniversary (Q.R.) Handicap Hurdle 24f · Good · 11 ran Held a forward position - urged along three out - dropped away late - eventually finished eighth 8/11 17 10-2 8385C80C Mr A J Lord 18/1
20 Mar 25+282d Cork Gentlemen's League Fegentri World Championship (Q.R.) Handicap Hurdle (0-100) 24.5f · Good · 11 ran Held up towards the back - suffered heavy interference 6 out - moved into 5th before the straight - pushed along but made no dent on those ahead and one paced from 3 out to finish sixth 6/11 3 11-4 8535C85C Mr Finn Tegetmeier 25/1
2024 · 2 runs
11 Jun 24+24d Sligo Glasshouse Hotel (Q.R.) Handicap Hurdle (80-109) 26f · Good · 12 ran F/12 — 10-2 85—— Mr K P Healy 12/1
18 May 24+176d Wexford Wexford Racecourse Mares Maiden Hurdle 20f · Soft · 14 ran 6/14 nk 11-0 8574B79A Mr S Cavanagh 25/1
2023 · 4 runs
24 Nov 23+28d Fairyhouse John Thomas McNamara Series (Q.R.) Handicap Hurdle (80-102) 23.5f · Soft To Heavy · 14 ran 6/14 2¾ 11-1 85100B91A Mr S Cavanagh 20/1
27 Oct 23+154d Sligo John Thomas McNamara Series (Q.R.) Maiden Hurdle 20f · Soft · 13 ran 8/13 3½ 10-11 —26B97A Mr S Cavanagh 150/1
26 May 23+3d Limerick Regeneron 'Day At The Races' Mares Maiden Hurdle 19f · Good To Yielding · 18 ran 13/18 7 11-2 —64C86C E Walsh 250/1
23 May 23 Punchestown Punchestown's Fittest Club Sunday June 11th Maiden Hurdle (Div 1) 16f · Good To Yielding · 16 ran 16/16 11 11-0 —21C85C E Walsh 200/1

Quick answers

How many races has Ar Aghaidh won?
Ar Aghaidh (IRE) has yet to win, from 13 archived starts between 2023 and 2025. Placed 1 time in total (7.7% of starts).
Who trains Ar Aghaidh?
Ar Aghaidh (IRE) is trained by Hugh Paul Finegan, who saddled the horse on its most recent run on 31 October 2025.
Who is Ar Aghaidh's sire?
Ar Aghaidh (IRE) is by Ocovango (GB) out of Miss Coley (IRE), whose sire is Milan.
What is Ar Aghaidh's official rating?
The most recent official rating on record is 81, from the run on 31 October 2025. The highest on record is 85.
What is Ar Aghaidh's sire's record?
Ocovango (GB)'s progeny in our archive have won 9.5% of 2,990 runs since Jan 2008 (304 horses), Flat and jumps together. Strongest at trips beyond 3m (all codes): 14% from 193.
Who are Ar Aghaidh's siblings?
Out of Miss Coley (IRE), Ar Aghaidh (IRE) has 1 other produce in our archive, 0 of them winners. As at Oct 2026.

Record shown from May 2023. 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.