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Horse profile

Backstop (IRE)

3yo gelding (at last run, May 2019) · Last trainer Patrick J Flynn · Last owner Mrs J Dermot Cantillon
by Slade Power (IRE) out of Diamond Tango (FR) (Acatenango)
1 run · 1 course · from May 2019
As at 21 Oct 2026 · KTB archive: GB, Ireland & France · 2005–present, updated daily
No run recorded since 3 May 2019 — 2,727 days ago. Our archive can't say whether the horse is still in training.
Last run May 2019 · 8th of 9
KTB Profile

Lightly raced, with 1 archived start in May 2019 as a 3yo gelding. Finished 8 of 9 at Dundalk (AW) last time. By Slade Power (IRE), whose progeny in our archive have won 9.5% of 2,938 runs since Jan 2008.

Based on 1 archived run · updated 21 Oct 2026

KTB Speed and Rating

KTB Speed

Best recent Speed — no A or B graded figure in the last 3 runs; the figures below carry grade C

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 1 figure · too few for a breakdown

KTB Speed v1 · batch 15 Sep 2026 · GB & Irish racing only · 1 figure from 1 run · as at 3 Oct 2026 · a record, not a forecast

KTB Rating

Best recent KTB Rating 40C the best of the last 1 rated run · Dundalk (AW), 3 May 2019

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 1 figure · too few for a breakdown

KTB Rating v1 · batch 3 Oct 2026 · GB & Irish racing only · 1 figure from 1 run · 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 9.5% of 2,938 runs since Jan 2008 (208 horses).

Weakest on heavy going: 6.4% from 125.

GoingRunsWinsSRvs sireThis horse
Firm600%−9.5—
Good to Firm382389.9%+0.4—
Good633538.4%−1.1—
Good to Soft256207.8%−1.7—
Soft459449.6%+0.1—
Heavy12586.4%−3.1—
Standard (AW)1,07711510.7%+1.20 from 1
Distance (all codes)RunsWinsSRvs sireThis horse
Under 6f364369.9%+0.4—
6f – 7f1,3751359.8%+0.3—
1m – 1m1f576508.7%−0.8—
1m2f – 1m4f387348.8%−0.70 from 1
1m5f – 2m1712112.3%+2.8—
2m1f – 2m4f5723.5%−6—
2m5f – 3m800%−9.5—

Flat and jumps together (all codes) · since Jan 2008 · as at 20 Oct 2026 · rows under 30 runs muted · win % is the measure, a record not a forecast

Dam
Diamond Tango (FR) (Acatenango)

6 siblings in the archive, 4 winners — best of them Dounyapour (FR) (4 wins).

The wins came over 1m–2m4f; the highest grade won is Group 2 (Desert Skyline (IRE)).

ProduceRunsWinsWin tripsBest grade
Dounyapour (FR)1441m4f–2m4fClass 4
Desert Skyline (IRE)2531m–2m2fGroup 2
Dildar (IRE)1321m½f–2m½fClass 4
Doumaran (FR)521m4½f–1m6f—
Dercia (FR)20——
Douda (IRE)60——

Too few runs for meaningful splits. The full record is below.

Form

DateCourseRace PosBtn Wgt SpdKTB Jockey SP
03 May 19 Dundalk (AW) Irish Stallion Farms EBF Median Auction Maiden 10.5f · Standard · 9 ran 8/9 10 9-5 59C40C Conor Hoban 33/1

Quick answers

How many races has Backstop (IRE) won?
Backstop (IRE) has yet to win, from 1 archived start in 2019.
Who trained Backstop (IRE)?
Backstop (IRE) was trained by Patrick J Flynn on the most recent run on record, at Dundalk (AW) on 3 May 2019.
Who is Backstop (IRE)'s sire?
Backstop (IRE) is by Slade Power (IRE) out of Diamond Tango (FR), whose sire is Acatenango.
What is Backstop (IRE)'s sire's record?
Slade Power (IRE)'s progeny in our archive have won 9.5% of 2,938 runs since Jan 2008 (208 horses), Flat and jumps together. Weakest on heavy going: 6.4% from 125.
Who are Backstop (IRE)'s siblings?
Out of Diamond Tango (FR), Backstop (IRE) has 6 other produce in our archive, 4 of them winners. Most wins: Dounyapour (FR) (4). Highest grade won: Group 2 (Desert Skyline (IRE)). The wins came over 1m–2m4f. As at Oct 2026.

Record shown from May 2019. 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.