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Horse profile

Athena's War (IRE)

3yo filly · Trainer Simon Hodgson · Owner A M Balding
by Catholic Boy (USA) out of Sky Garden (GB) (Acclamation)
7 runs · 5 courses · from Sep 2025
As at 25 Oct 2026 · KTB archive: GB, Ireland & France · 2005–present, updated daily
Last run 14 Sep 2026 · 11th of 12 Last raced off OR 57
KTB Profile

Athena's War is a maiden who has yet to win from seven starts. Her best effort came when fourth of 11 at Newmarket in Oct 2025. The filly, by Catholic Boy out of a daughter of Acclamation, has raced five times on the all-weather and twice on turf. She finished 11 of 12 at Kempton in Sep 2026 in a Class 6 handicap off an official rating of 57.

Based on 7 archived runs · run-style from 7 commented runs since Sep 2025 · updated 25 Oct 2026
KTB at a glance Typically mid-division

KTB Speed and Rating

KTB Speed

Best recent Speed 90 the best of the last 3 graded (A or B) runs · Lingfield (AW), 25 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 7 figures · best 90B · median 70
GoingRunsBestMedianSince 25 Oct 2025
Standard (AW)590B704 runs · 90 / 75.5
Good1———
Good to Soft1———
DistanceRunsBestMedianSince 25 Oct 2025
6f – 7f490B762 runs · 90 / 72.5
1m – 1m1f390B612 runs · 90 / 75.5

KTB Speed v1 · batch 15 Sep 2026 · GB & Irish racing only · 7 figures from 7 runs · as at 3 Oct 2026 · a record, not a forecast

KTB Rating

Best recent KTB Rating 43A the best of the last 3 rated runs · Kempton (AW), 10 Aug 2026 Official rating 57 at the last run, 14 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 7 figures · best 67A · median 43
GoingRunsBestMedianSince 25 Oct 2025
Standard (AW)553A354 runs · 43 / 32.5
Good1———
Good to Soft1———
DistanceRunsBestMedianSince 25 Oct 2025
6f – 7f459A41.52 runs · 30 / 29.5
1m – 1m1f367A432 runs · 43 / 39

KTB Rating v1 · batch 3 Oct 2026 · GB & Irish racing only · 7 figures from 7 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 Sep 2025

  • Mid-division 4 (57%) · 0 wins
  • Led 2 (29%) · 0 wins
  • Prominent 1 (14%) · 0 wins

Pedigree intelligence

Sire
Catholic Boy (USA)

Progeny in our archive have won 0% of 23 runs since Jan 2008 (5 horses). A small sample.

GoingRunsWinsSRvs sireThis horse
Firm100%0—
Good to Firm200%0—
Good200%00 from 1
Good to Soft200%00 from 1
Standard (AW)1600%00 from 5
Distance (all codes)RunsWinsSRvs sireThis horse
6f – 7f1000%00 from 4
1m – 1m1f1100%00 from 3
1m2f – 1m4f100%0—
2m1f – 2m4f100%0—

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
Sky Garden (GB) (Acclamation)

1 sibling in the archive, 0 winners.

ProduceRunsWinsWin tripsBest grade
Rbflying (IRE)70——

Record by conditions

GoingRunsWinsSR£1
Standard (AW) 5 0 0% −5.00
Good 1 0 0% −1.00
Good to Soft 1 0 0% −1.00

ClassRunsWinsSR£1
Class 5 3 0 0% −3.00
Class 6 2 0 0% −2.00
Class 4 2 0 0% −2.00

CourseRunsWinsSR£1
Kempton (AW) 2 0 0% −2.00
Lingfield (AW) 2 0 0% −2.00
Newmarket 1 0 0% −1.00
Leicester 1 0 0% −1.00
Chelmsford City (AW) 1 0 0% −1.00

DistanceRunsWinsSR£1
6f – 7f 4 0 0% −4.00
1m – 1m1f 3 0 0% −3.00

JockeyRunsWinsSR£1
P J McDonald 3 0 0% −3.00
Isobelle Chalmers 2 0 0% −2.00
Alfie Redman 1 0 0% −1.00
Callum Hutchinson 1 0 0% −1.00

HeadgearRunsWinsSR£1
None 6 0 0% −6.00
Hood 1 0 0% −1.00

SeasonRunsWinsSR£1
2026 4 0 0% −4.00
2025 3 0 0% −3.00

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
2026 · 4 runs
14 Sep 26+20d Kempton (AW) Unibet Supports Safer Gambling Handicap Stakes Class 6 · 6f · Standard / Slow · 12 ran Settled in the pack - drifted left under pressure with 2f left - dropped away in the final furlong to finish well beaten 11/12 5 8-11 5755C29C Alfie Redman 100/1
25 Aug 26+15d Lingfield (AW) Follow @AtTheRaces On X Handicap Stakes Class 6 · 7f · Standard · 8 ran Settled in the pack - improved but drifted off a true line 2f out - pushed along inside the final furlong and always held finishing seventh 7/8 4 8-11 6090B30A Isobelle Chalmers 80/1
10 Aug 26+143d Kempton (AW) Unibet Supporting Safer Gambling Handicap Stakes Class 5 · 8f · Standard / Slow · 14 ran Settled off the pace early - pushed for effort with 2f left - dropped away inside final furlong - finished eighth 8/14 4 8-8 6290B43A Isobelle Chalmers 150/1
20 Mar 26+149d Lingfield (AW) Read Meg Nicholls' Blog At betmgm.co.uk Restricted Maiden Fillies' Stakes (GBB Race) Class 5 · 8f · Standard · 8 ran Went straight to front - had to be niggled at before losing command over 2f out - dropped away inside final furlong - finished seventh 7/8 10 8-13 6461C35C Callum Hutchinson 5/2
2025 · 3 runs
22 Oct 25+15d Newmarket Free Live Racing Streaming At CopyBet Fillies' Restricted Novice Stakes (GBB Race) Class 4 · 7f · Good · 11 ran Settled handy in the early stages - dropped down the order over 2f out - drifted left and unable to challenge in 4th inside the final furlong - finished 4th well held 4/11 1½ 9-0 —82A59A P J McDonald 11/2
07 Oct 25+19d Leicester British EBF Restricted Maiden Fillies' Stakes (GBB/GBBPlus Race) (Div 1) Class 4 · 8f · Good To Soft · 9 ran Just in front early - urged along with 2f left and battled on well - lost the advantage inside the last - couldn't find more late to finish fifth 5/9 nse 9-0 —49A67A P J McDonald 13/2
18 Sep 25 Chelmsford City (AW) Betfair EBF Restricted Novice Stakes (GBB Race) (Div 2) Class 5 · 7f · Standard · 11 ran Urged forward from off the pace early - shifted course with a furlong left but couldn't threaten leaders - finished well held in 6th 6/11 ¾ 9-2 —70A53A P J McDonald 5/1

Quick answers

How many races has Athena's War won?
Athena's War (IRE) has yet to win, from 7 archived starts between 2025 and 2026.
Who trains Athena's War?
Athena's War (IRE) is trained by Simon Hodgson, who saddled the horse on its most recent run on 14 September 2026.
Who is Athena's War's sire?
Athena's War (IRE) is by Catholic Boy (USA) out of Sky Garden (GB), whose sire is Acclamation.
What is Athena's War's official rating?
The most recent official rating on record is 57, from the run on 14 September 2026. The highest on record is 64.
What is Athena's War's sire's record?
Catholic Boy (USA)'s progeny in our archive have won 0% of 23 runs since Jan 2008 (5 horses), Flat and jumps together. A small sample.
Who are Athena's War's siblings?
Out of Sky Garden (GB), Athena's War (IRE) has 1 other produce in our archive, 0 of them winners. As at Oct 2026.

Record shown from September 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.