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Horse profile

Award Ceremony (IRE)

5yo gelding (at last run, Oct 2010) · Last trainer D K Weld · Last owner Moyglare Stud Farm
by Green Desert (USA) out of Ripple Of Pride (IRE) (Sadler's Wells)
21 runs · 10 courses · from Oct 2007
As at 4 Nov 2026 · KTB archive: GB, Ireland & France · 2005–present, updated daily
No run recorded since 15 Oct 2010 — 5,863 days ago. Our archive can't say whether the horse is still in training.
Last run Oct 2010 · 8th of 14 2 wins · Gowran Park & Galway Last raced off OR 87
KTB Profile

Award Ceremony (IRE) is 2 from 21. Hasn't won since Aug 2008. Both wins have come on turf — 0 from 5 on the all-weather. Each win came on a first visit to the course. Last raced off 87, 11lb below the career-high mark.

Based on 21 archived runs · updated 4 Nov 2026
KTB at a glance All wins on turf OR ↓ 11lb off peak
Official rating87↓ 11lb off peak
87 63–98

KTB Speed and Rating

KTB Speed

No KTB Speed figures for this horse. The engine scores GB and Irish racing from Oct 2016; runs elsewhere, or earlier, have no figure.

KTB Speed v1 · batch 15 Sep 2026 · GB & Irish racing only · 0 figures from 0 runs · a record, not a forecast

KTB Rating

Best recent KTB Rating 82A the best of the last 3 rated runs · Curragh, 8 Aug 2010 Official rating 87 at the last run, 15 Oct 2010

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 →

Flat 21 figures · best 100A · median 81
GoingRunsBestMedianSince 4 Nov 2025
Good to Firm693A76—
Standard (AW)591A80—
Soft4100A80.5—
Good to Soft299A96—
Firm297A89—
Heavy1———
Good1———
DistanceRunsBestMedianSince 4 Nov 2025
6f – 7f14100A84—
1m – 1m1f791A73—

KTB Rating v1 · batch 3 Oct 2026 · GB & Irish racing only · 21 figures from 21 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
Green Desert (USA)

Progeny in our archive have won 11% of 3,324 runs since Jan 2008 (251 horses).

Weakest on good to soft going: 7.8% from 269. Weakest over 1m5f – 2m (all codes): 5.4% from 147.

GoingRunsWinsSRvs sireThis horse
Firm46715.2%+4.20 from 2
Good to Firm8128911%00 from 6
Good6676910.3%−0.70 from 1
Good to Soft269217.8%−3.21 from 2
Soft256239%−21 from 4
Heavy5147.8%−3.20 from 1
Standard (AW)1,22315212.4%+1.40 from 5
Distance (all codes)RunsWinsSRvs sireThis horse
Under 6f3464412.7%+1.7—
6f – 7f1,39416011.5%+0.52 from 14
1m – 1m1f8168310.2%−0.80 from 7
1m2f – 1m4f5516712.2%+1.2—
1m5f – 2m14785.4%−5.6—
2m1f – 2m4f4424.5%−6.5—
2m5f – 3m2414.2%−6.8—
Over 3m200%−11—

Flat and jumps together (all codes) · since Jan 2008 · as at 4 Nov 2026 · rows under 30 runs muted · win % is the measure, a record not a forecast

Dam
Ripple Of Pride (IRE) (Sadler's Wells)

3 siblings in the archive, 1 winner — best of them Kuilsriver (IRE) (2 wins).

The wins came over 2m3½f–2m4½f; the highest grade won is Class 2 (Kuilsriver (IRE)).

ProduceRunsWinsWin tripsBest grade
Kuilsriver (IRE)2022m3½f–2m4½fClass 2
Flexible Friend (IRE)170——
Dardenelles (IRE)50——

Record by conditions

GoingRunsWinsSR£1
Good to Firm 6 0 0% −6.00
Standard (AW) 5 0 0% −5.00
Soft 4 1 25% +0.00
Good to Soft 2 1 50% +0.88
Firm 2 0 0% −2.00
Heavy 1 0 0% −1.00
Good 1 0 0% −1.00

CourseRunsWinsSR£1
Dundalk (AW) 5 0 0% −5.00
Curragh 5 0 0% −5.00
Leopardstown 3 0 0% −3.00
Fairyhouse 2 0 0% −2.00
Sligo 1 0 0% −1.00
Gowran Park 1 1 100% +1.88
Galway 1 1 100% +3.00
Tipperary 1 0 0% −1.00
Limerick 1 0 0% −1.00
Navan 1 0 0% −1.00

DistanceRunsWinsSR£1
6f – 7f 14 2 14% −7.12
1m – 1m1f 7 0 0% −7.00

JockeyRunsWinsSR£1
Pat Smullen 13 2 15% −6.12
Leigh Roche 6 0 0% −6.00
Shane Gorey 1 0 0% −1.00
P Shanahan 1 0 0% −1.00

HeadgearRunsWinsSR£1
Blinkers 18 2 11% −11.12
Tongue tie + blinkers 2 0 0% −2.00
None 1 0 0% −1.00

SeasonRunsWinsSR£1
2010 11 0 0% −11.00
2009 3 0 0% −3.00
2008 6 2 33% +0.88
2007 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 ORKTB Jockey SP
2010 · 11 runs
15 Oct 10+12d Dundalk (AW) Dundalk Stadium On Facebook Handicap (70-100) 7f · Standard · 14 ran 8/14 1¼ 9-1 8780A Pat Smullen 7/1
03 Oct 10+56d Dundalk (AW) www.dundalkstadium.com Handicap (70-100) 7f · Standard · 13 ran 8/13 shd 8-12 9073A Leigh Roche 9/1
08 Aug 10+4d Curragh K & M Timber Handicap 6f · Yielding · 11 ran 6/11 1 9-8 8782A Pat Smullen 11/2
04 Aug 10+35d Sligo Foley's Bar & Off Licence Handicap (60-90) 6½f · Good To Yielding · 16 ran 3/16 1 9-7 8799A Leigh Roche 11/1
30 Jun 10+14d Fairyhouse Pubs Of Trim Handicap (60-90) 7f · Good To Firm · 11 ran 11/11 5 10-0 9059A Pat Smullen 9/1
16 Jun 10+25d Fairyhouse Bobbyjo Bistro Race 7f · Good To Firm · 5 ran 3/5 2 9-2 9076B Leigh Roche 10/1
22 May 10+13d Curragh Emirates Equestrian Federation Handicap 1m · Good To Firm · 25 ran 13/25 1½ 8-7 9176A Leigh Roche 16/1
09 May 10+30d Leopardstown Abbey Healthcare Handicap 1m · Good To Firm · 19 ran 10/19 ¾ 9-9 9282A Pat Smullen 8/1
09 Apr 10+19d Dundalk (AW) Crowne Plaza Leading Jockey & Trainer Championship Handicap 7f · Standard · 12 ran 5/12 2½ 9-10 9391A Pat Smullen 6/1
21 Mar 10+23d Curragh Tote Sports Lounge Irish Lincolnshire 1m · Soft · 22 ran 19/22 4 8-12 9470C Shane Gorey 14/1
26 Feb 10+279d Dundalk (AW) www.dundalkstadium.ie Handicap 7f · Standard · 9 ran 2/9 hd 9-7 9386A Pat Smullen 5/1
2009 · 3 runs
23 May 09+13d Curragh Boylepoker.com Handicap 1m · Heavy · 18 ran 6/18 1 8-13 9773A Leigh Roche 14/1
10 May 09+42d Leopardstown Glencullen Handicap 1m · Good · 17 ran 4/17 ½ 9-5 9891A Leigh Roche 6/1
29 Mar 09+180d Leopardstown Leopardstown Aertel Page 277 Handicap (60-100) 7f · Good To Firm · 11 ran 4/11 1½ 9-12 9893A Pat Smullen 6/1
2008 · 6 runs
30 Sep 08+31d Curragh Peter Keatley Curragh Equine Groundcare Race 7f · Soft · 8 ran 6/8 2½ 9-9 9879A Pat Smullen 5/1C
30 Aug 08+25d Dundalk (AW) Ruby Stakes (listed) 1m · Standard · 11 ran 10/11 4½ 9-1 9857C P Shanahan 7/2
05 Aug 08+7d Gowran Park Gowran Park Race 7f · Good To Yielding · 5 ran 1/5 9-5 6393B Pat Smullen 15/8
29 Jul 08+67d Galway Tote EBF Maiden 7f · Yielding To Soft · 13 ran 1/13 9-5 98100A Pat Smullen 3/1
23 May 08+8d Tipperary Knockanglass Stables (C & G) Maiden 7½f · Firm · 16 ran 2/16 ¾ 9-0 9897A Pat Smullen 5/1
15 May 08+218d Limerick Clohessy's Bar EBF Maiden 7f · Firm · 9 ran 3/9 nk 9-5 9881A Pat Smullen 10/1
2007 · 1 run
10 Oct 07 Navan Irish Stallion Farms EBF (C & G) Maiden 1m · Good To Firm · 17 ran 7/17 4 9-0 —53C Pat Smullen 6/1

Quick answers

How many races has Award Ceremony won?
Award Ceremony (IRE) won 2 of 21 archived starts between 2007 and 2010, a strike rate of 9.5%. Placed 7 times in total (33.3% of starts).
Who trained Award Ceremony?
Award Ceremony (IRE) was trained by D K Weld on the most recent run on record, at Dundalk (AW) on 15 October 2010.
Who is Award Ceremony's sire?
Award Ceremony (IRE) is by Green Desert (USA) out of Ripple Of Pride (IRE), whose sire is Sadler's Wells.
What going does Award Ceremony prefer?
Award Ceremony (IRE) has the best record on soft going: 1 win from 4 starts (25%). Only going bands with at least three archived starts are read, so this is a direction rather than a settled preference.
What is Award Ceremony's official rating?
The most recent official rating on record is 87, from the run on 15 October 2010. The highest on record is 98.
What is Award Ceremony's sire's record?
Green Desert (USA)'s progeny in our archive have won 11% of 3,324 runs since Jan 2008 (251 horses), Flat and jumps together. Weakest on good to soft going: 7.8% from 269. Weakest over 1m5f – 2m (all codes): 5.4% from 147.
Who are Award Ceremony's siblings?
Out of Ripple Of Pride (IRE), Award Ceremony (IRE) has 3 other produce in our archive, 1 of them a winner. Most wins: Kuilsriver (IRE) (2). Highest grade won: Class 2 (Kuilsriver (IRE)). The wins came over 2m3½f–2m4½f. As at Nov 2026.

Record shown from October 2007. 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.