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Horse profile

Arklow Lad (IRE)

4yo colt · Trainer Michael Appleby · Owner The Horse Watchers 6
by Kuroshio (AUS) out of Ella Fitzgerald (IRE) (Moss Vale)
14 runs · 13 courses · from Jul 2025
As at 25 Oct 2026 · KTB archive: GB, Ireland & France · 2005–present, updated daily
4 wins · 4 courses Last run 21 Sep 2026 · 5th of 6 Last raced off OR 91
KTB Profile

Arklow Lad won four of 14 starts, all over trips under 6f. Three of those wins came on good to soft or soft ground while each success was gained on a first visit to the course. The colt won a Class 2 handicap at Epsom Downs in Jun 2026 off a mark of 86 and a similar event at Pontefract two months earlier. He finished fifth of six when leading at Hamilton in Sep 2026.

Based on 14 archived runs · run-style from 14 commented runs since Jul 2025 · updated 25 Oct 2026
KTB at a glance Typically prominent
Official rating91↓ 1lb off peak
91 69–92

KTB Speed and Rating

KTB Speed

Best recent Speed 83 the best of the last 3 graded (A or B) runs · Hamilton, 1 Aug 2026

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 14 figures · best 116A · median 83.5
GoingRunsBestMedianSince 25 Oct 2025
Soft6100A762 runs · 77 / 74.5
Good4107C862 runs · 107 / 95
Good to Soft2112C962 runs · 112 / 96
Standard (AW)2116A1162 runs · 116 / 116
DistanceRunsBestMedianSince 25 Oct 2025
Under 6f11116A837 runs · 116 / 83
6f – 7f3116A891 run · —

KTB Speed v1 · batch 15 Sep 2026 · GB & Irish racing only · 14 figures from 14 runs · as at 3 Oct 2026 · a record, not a forecast

KTB Rating

Best recent KTB Rating 77B the best of the last 3 rated runs · Hamilton, 21 Sep 2026 Official rating 91 at the last run, 21 Sep 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. A, B or C on a run is how much known form was in that race. What this means →

Flat 14 figures · best 114A · median 86
GoingRunsBestMedianSince 25 Oct 2025
Soft697A74.52 runs · 77 / 67
Good4101A77.52 runs · 101 / 83.5
Good to Soft2114A1082 runs · 114 / 108
Standard (AW)2104A1022 runs · 104 / 102
DistanceRunsBestMedianSince 25 Oct 2025
Under 6f11114A937 runs · 114 / 101
6f – 7f3100A791 run · —

KTB Rating v1 · batch 3 Oct 2026 · GB & Irish racing only · 14 figures from 14 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 14 analysed runs since Jul 2025

  • Prominent 8 (57%) · 3 wins
  • Mid-division 3 (21%) · 1 win
  • Led 2 (14%) · 0 wins
  • Held up 1 (7%) · 0 wins

Pedigree intelligence

Sire
Kuroshio (AUS)

Progeny in our archive have won 7.4% of 1,301 runs since Jan 2008 (118 horses).

Weakest on good going: 3.8% from 288.

GoingRunsWinsSRvs sireThis horse
Firm500%−7.4—
Good to Firm158117%−0.4—
Good288113.8%−3.60 from 4
Good to Soft9066.7%−0.72 from 2
Soft130107.7%+0.31 from 6
Heavy3412.9%−4.5—
Standard (AW)596579.6%+2.21 from 2
Distance (all codes)RunsWinsSRvs sireThis horse
Under 6f4574610.1%+2.74 from 11
6f – 7f596386.4%−10 from 3
1m – 1m1f13985.8%−1.6—
1m2f – 1m4f7145.6%−1.8—
1m5f – 2m2600%−7.4—
2m1f – 2m4f600%−7.4—
2m5f – 3m500%−7.4—
Over 3m100%−7.4—

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
Ella Fitzgerald (IRE) (Moss Vale)

No other produce in our archive. It holds racing in Great Britain, Ireland and France from 2005, so siblings racing elsewhere won’t appear here.

Record by conditions

GoingRunsWinsSR£1
Soft 6 1 17% −1.67
Good 4 0 0% −4.00
Good to Soft 2 2 100% +14.50
Standard (AW) 2 1 50% +0.10

ClassRunsWinsSR£1
Class 2 5 2 40% +11.50
Class 3 1 0 0% −1.00
Class 4 1 0 0% −1.00
Class 5 1 1 100% +1.10

CourseRunsWinsSR£1
Hamilton 2 0 0% −2.00
Haydock 1 0 0% −1.00
Epsom Downs 1 1 100% +7.00
York 1 0 0% −1.00
Pontefract 1 1 100% +7.50
Wolverhampton (AW) 1 0 0% −1.00
Chelmsford City (AW) 1 1 100% +1.10
Navan 1 0 0% −1.00
Naas 1 0 0% −1.00
Bellewstown 1 1 100% +3.33
Down Royal 1 0 0% −1.00
Curragh 1 0 0% −1.00
Galway 1 0 0% −1.00

DistanceRunsWinsSR£1
Under 6f 11 4 36% +11.93
6f – 7f 3 0 0% −3.00

JockeyRunsWinsSR£1
Declan McDonogh 5 1 20% −0.67
Jason Watson 3 1 33% −0.90
Harry Davies 2 2 100% +14.50
Kevin Stott 1 0 0% −1.00
Clifford Lee 1 0 0% −1.00
Conor Whiteley 1 0 0% −1.00
Gavin Ryan 1 0 0% −1.00

HeadgearRunsWinsSR£1
Tongue tie + cheekpieces 5 2 40% +11.50
Tongue tie 4 2 50% +2.43
None 4 0 0% −4.00
Tongue tie + blinkers 1 0 0% −1.00

SeasonRunsWinsSR£1
2026 8 3 38% +10.60
2025 6 1 17% −1.67

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 · 8 runs
21 Sep 26+16d Hamilton Sir Ian Good Memorial Handicap Stakes Class 3 · 5f · Soft · 6 ran Set the pace early - pressed and overtaken with 2f left after being pushed along - lost touch in the closing stages to finish 5th 5/6 2½ 9-12 9172A77B Kevin Stott 9/2
05 Sep 26+35d Haydock Betfair Be Friendly Handicap Stakes Class 2 · 5f · Soft · 9 ran Held up towards the back - driven approaching final furlong - lost touch and slipped to last inside the furlong marker - well held at the finish 9/9 6 9-7 9277A57A Clifford Lee 5/1
01 Aug 26+56d Hamilton Cube Glass 'soba' Handicap Stakes Class 2 · 5f · Good · 11 ran Settled in the centre of the pack - urged forward with two furlongs left - lost ground into the final furlong to finish eleventh 11/11 1½ 9-4 9283A66A Conor Whiteley 4/1
06 Jun 26+23d Epsom Downs Betfred 'Dash' Handicap (Heritage Handicap) Class 2 · 5f · Good To Soft · 20 ran Settled in the pack early - pushed along approaching final furlong - moved through the field - powered clear inside the last - got up close home to score 1/20 8-13 8680C114A Harry Davies 7/1
14 May 26+37d York Lindum York Handicap Class 2 · 5f · Good · 21 ran Raced towards the stand rail behind the pace - pushed along with two furlongs left - edged in front of that cluster with a furlong to travel - dropped away inside the final 110 yards 5/21 ½ 8-9 86107C101A Jason Watson 12/1
07 Apr 26+18d Pontefract Ponte Premiership New For 2026 Handicap Class 2 · 5f · Good To Soft · 13 ran Handy early - driven approaching final 2f - hit front inside final furlong - dug deep to prevail 1/13 8-5 82112C102A Harry Davies 15/2
20 Mar 26+22d Wolverhampton (AW) SBK: No Casino Just Sports Handicap Class 4 · 6f · Standard · 11 ran Sat close up early - shadowed the pace-setter with two furlongs left - eased back to third under pressure inside the final furlong and held for a minor placing 3/11 ¾ 9-7 82116A100A Jason Watson 15/8F
26 Feb 26+127d Chelmsford City (AW) Cuppa For Dementia 17th March Handicap Class 5 · 5f · Standard · 7 ran Settled in second early - pushed along approaching final 2f and closed in - drifted to the left under pressure to hit the front inside the last furlong - stayed on strongly to score 1/7 9-9 75116A104A Jason Watson 11/10F
2025 · 6 runs
22 Oct 25+11d Navan Final Fence Marquee Hospitality Package 15th & 16th November On Sale Now Handicap 5f · Soft · 11 ran Sat close to the pace early - third at halfway - urged on with two furlongs left - dropped to fifth and driven approaching final furlong - held no more under pressure to finish 6/11 4¾ 9-12 7575A72A Declan McDonogh 4/1
11 Oct 25+10d Naas Osborne Denieffe Solicitors Handicap 5f · Yielding · 11 ran Sat behind front pack early - 5th at halfway - urged forward over 2f out - into 3rd inside final furlong - stayed on to snatch 2nd right at the line 2/11 ½ 8-12 7484A93A Declan McDonogh 15/2
01 Oct 25+26d Bellewstown Johnny Sullivan Memorial Maiden 5f · Soft · 7 ran Settled just behind the pace - disputing second at halfway then hit the front approaching the final furlong - driven out to hold on and win 1/7 9-8 69100A97A Declan McDonogh 10/3
05 Sep 25+13d Down Royal Irish Stallion Farms EBF Maiden 5f · Good · 10 ran Sat handy on the outside - fourth turning into the final 2f and pressed for effort - still fourth a furlong out - improved into second inside the last - stayed on but never able to challenge the winner - finished 2nd beaten 3 1/4 lengths 2/10 3¼ 9-8 —77A76A Declan McDonogh 9/2
23 Aug 25+25d Curragh Sheehy Motors Volkswagen Maiden 6f · Good · 15 ran Set the pace among the middle bunch early - still in command at halfway before being caught and passed inside the last furlong - unable to find more late and held for sixth 6/15 ½ 9-8 —89C79A Declan McDonogh 20/1
29 Jul 25 Galway Caulfield Industrial Irish EBF Maiden 7f · Yielding · 14 ran Slow to break and drifted left leaving stalls - settled in midfield - improved into 5th by halfway - pushed along with 2f to run - unable to make headway inside final furlongs and finished well held in 8th 8/14 2¾ 9-8 —64C65A Gavin Ryan 66/1

Quick answers

How many races has Arklow Lad won?
Arklow Lad (IRE) won 4 of 14 archived starts between 2025 and 2026, a strike rate of 28.6%. Placed 7 times in total (50% of starts).
Who trains Arklow Lad?
Arklow Lad (IRE) is trained by Michael Appleby, who saddled the horse on its most recent run on 21 September 2026.
Who is Arklow Lad's sire?
Arklow Lad (IRE) is by Kuroshio (AUS) out of Ella Fitzgerald (IRE), whose sire is Moss Vale.
What going does Arklow Lad prefer?
Arklow Lad (IRE) has the best record on 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 Arklow Lad's official rating?
The most recent official rating on record is 91, from the run on 21 September 2026. The highest on record is 92.
What is Arklow Lad's sire's record?
Kuroshio (AUS)'s progeny in our archive have won 7.4% of 1,301 runs since Jan 2008 (118 horses), Flat and jumps together. Weakest on good going: 3.8% from 288.

Record shown from July 2025. 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.