Birchdale (IRE)
Birchdale won four of 33 starts including the Grade 2 Ballymore Novices Hurdle at Cheltenham in Jan 2019. All wins came on turf with three over 2m5f to 3m on soft or good to soft. He also landed a handicap chase at Leopardstown in Feb 2022 off 129 and the Pigsback.com Risk Of Thunder Chase at Punchestown in Nov 2023 off 130. The gelding aged 10 at his last run in May 2024 at Killarney. Headgear returned last time out.
- 4–33Wins / Runs
- 12.1%Strike rate
- 11 (33.3%)Placed
- −17.75£1 level staken=33 at SP
- 0.82Fair A/E n=33 · 0.70 incl. margin
- 146Highest OR
- 41dBetween runs (median)longest 254 d
A/E compares actual wins with what starting prices implied. "Fair" strips the bookmaker margin from the expectation, so favourites and longshots are judged on the same footing — figures near 1.00 mean the market priced this horse about right.
KTB Speed and Rating
Best recent Speed 102
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 →
| Going | Runs | Best | Median | Since 4 Nov 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Good to Soft | 8 | 163B | 107 | — |
| Soft | 7 | 105B | 89 | — |
| Good | 4 | 91B | 69.5 | — |
| Heavy | 2 | 86C | 72.5 | — |
| Distance | Runs | Best | Median | Since 4 Nov 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2m5f – 3m | 10 | 163B | 97.5 | — |
| 2m1f – 2m4f | 7 | 113C | 89 | — |
| Over 3m | 2 | 91B | 55.5 | — |
| 1m5f – 2m | 2 | 86C | 72.5 | — |
Of 33 runs looked at, 12 have no figure: did not complete (8) · obstacles omitted — the race ran a shortened course (2) · not enough races on the card to set the day (under 4) (1) · no standard for this course, surface and code on the window (1).
KTB Speed v1 · batch 15 Sep 2026 · GB & Irish racing only · 21 figures from 33 runs · as at 3 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
Progeny in our archive have won 11.2% of 6,725 runs since Apr 2011 (425 horses).
Weakest on standard (aw) going: 7.5% from 664. Strongest at trips beyond 3m (all codes): 16.3% from 147. Weakest over 6f – 7f (all codes): 7.8% from 743.
| Going | Runs | Wins | SR | vs sire | This horse |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Firm | 10 | 1 | 10% | −1.2 | — |
| Good to Firm | 386 | 37 | 9.6% | −1.6 | — |
| Good | 1,811 | 207 | 11.4% | +0.2 | 0 from 5 |
| Good to Soft | 1,044 | 145 | 13.9% | +2.7 | 2 from 13 |
| Soft | 1,954 | 220 | 11.3% | +0.1 | 2 from 12 |
| Heavy | 856 | 90 | 10.5% | −0.7 | 0 from 2 |
| Standard (AW) | 664 | 50 | 7.5% | −3.7 | 0 from 1 |
| Distance (all codes) | Runs | Wins | SR | vs sire | This horse |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Under 6f | 192 | 19 | 9.9% | −1.3 | — |
| 6f – 7f | 743 | 58 | 7.8% | −3.4 | — |
| 1m – 1m1f | 653 | 62 | 9.5% | −1.7 | — |
| 1m2f – 1m4f | 685 | 69 | 10.1% | −1.1 | — |
| 1m5f – 2m | 1,889 | 241 | 12.8% | +1.6 | 0 from 2 |
| 2m1f – 2m4f | 1,680 | 211 | 12.6% | +1.4 | 1 from 9 |
| 2m5f – 3m | 736 | 66 | 9% | −2.2 | 3 from 16 |
| Over 3m | 147 | 24 | 16.3% | +5.1 | 0 from 6 |
Flat and jumps together (all codes) · since Apr 2011 · as at 4 Nov 2026 · rows under 30 runs muted · win % is the measure, a record not a forecast
3 siblings in the archive, 2 winners — best of them Onewaywest (IRE) (3 wins).
The wins came over 2m3f–2m4½f; the highest grade won is Class 3 (Onewaywest (IRE)).
Family form: Onewaywest (IRE) won at Worcester, 1 Nov 2026.
| Produce | Runs | Wins | Win trips | Best grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Onewaywest (IRE) | 15 | 3 | 2m3f–2m4f | Class 3 |
| Sonny Crockett (IRE) | 3 | 1 | 2m4½f | Class 4 |
| Navigate West (IRE) | 6 | 0 | — | — |
Record by conditions
| Going | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Good to Soft | 13 | 2 | 15% | −6.75 |
| Soft | 12 | 2 | 17% | −3.00 |
| Good | 5 | 0 | 0% | −5.00 |
| Heavy | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Standard (AW) | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Class | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Class 4 | 4 | 1 | 25% | −0.75 |
| Class 1 | 4 | 1 | 25% | −1.00 |
| Class 3 | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Course | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Leopardstown | 6 | 1 | 17% | −0.50 |
| Punchestown | 5 | 1 | 20% | −1.50 |
| Cheltenham | 4 | 1 | 25% | −1.00 |
| Killarney | 3 | 0 | 0% | −3.00 |
| Listowel | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Wexford | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Galway | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Kilbeggan | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Fairyhouse | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Worcester | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Kempton (AW) | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Newbury | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Catterick | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Ascot | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Warwick | 1 | 1 | 100% | +2.25 |
| Distance | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2m5f – 3m | 16 | 3 | 19% | −3.75 |
| 2m1f – 2m4f | 9 | 1 | 11% | −6.00 |
| Over 3m | 6 | 0 | 0% | −6.00 |
| 1m5f – 2m | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Jockey | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mark Walsh | 5 | 0 | 0% | −5.00 |
| Aidan Coleman | 5 | 0 | 0% | −5.00 |
| Mark McDonagh | 4 | 1 | 25% | +1.50 |
| Barry Geraghty | 4 | 2 | 50% | +2.25 |
| Simon Torrens | 3 | 1 | 33% | +0.50 |
| Aidan Kelly | 3 | 0 | 0% | −3.00 |
| John Shinnick | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Darragh O'Keeffe | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Mr Derek O'Connor | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| L P Dempsey | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Shane Fitzgerald | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Conor Maxwell | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Jody McGarvey | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Nico de Boinville | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Headgear | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| None | 18 | 3 | 17% | −8.25 |
| Cheekpieces | 9 | 1 | 11% | −3.50 |
| Blinkers | 6 | 0 | 0% | −6.00 |
| Season | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 4 | 0 | 0% | −4.00 |
| 2023 | 9 | 1 | 11% | −5.50 |
| 2022 | 6 | 1 | 17% | −0.50 |
| 2021 | 8 | 0 | 0% | −8.00 |
| 2020 | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| 2019 | 3 | 1 | 33% | +0.00 |
| 2018 | 1 | 1 | 100% | +2.25 |
| Type | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chase | 27 | 2 | 7% | −18.00 |
| Hurdle | 5 | 2 | 40% | +1.25 |
| NH Flat | 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
Quick answers
- How many races has Birchdale won?
- Birchdale (IRE) won 4 of 33 archived starts between 2018 and 2024, a strike rate of 12.1%. Placed 11 times in total (33.3% of starts).
- Who trained Birchdale?
- Birchdale (IRE) was trained by E Bolger on the most recent run on record, at Killarney on 12 May 2024.
- Who is Birchdale's sire?
- Birchdale (IRE) is by Jeremy (USA) out of Onewayortheother (IRE), whose sire is Presenting.
- What going does Birchdale prefer?
- Birchdale (IRE) has the best record on soft going: 2 wins from 12 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 Birchdale's official rating?
- The most recent official rating on record is 131, from the run on 12 May 2024. The highest on record is 146.
- What is Birchdale's sire's record?
- Jeremy (USA)'s progeny in our archive have won 11.2% of 6,725 runs since Apr 2011 (425 horses), Flat and jumps together. Weakest on standard (aw) going: 7.5% from 664. Strongest at trips beyond 3m (all codes): 16.3% from 147. Weakest over 6f – 7f (all codes): 7.8% from 743.
- Who are Birchdale's siblings?
- Out of Onewayortheother (IRE), Birchdale (IRE) has 3 other produce in our archive, 2 of them winners. Most wins: Onewaywest (IRE) (3). Highest grade won: Class 3 (Onewaywest (IRE)). The wins came over 2m3f–2m4½f. As at Nov 2026.