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Horse profile

Birnam Wood (FR)

4yo gelding (at last run, Dec 2016) · Last trainer Eoin Griffin · Last owner Mark Mcdonagh
by Forestier (FR) out of La Louvine (FR) (Loup Solitaire)
2 runs · 2 courses · from Jun 2016
As at 4 Nov 2026 · KTB archive: GB, Ireland & France · 2005–present, updated daily
No run recorded since 26 Dec 2016 — 3,599 days ago. Our archive can't say whether the horse is still in training.
Last run Dec 2016 · 9th of 11
KTB Profile

Lightly raced, with 2 archived starts between Jun 2016 and Dec 2016, the last of them as a 4yo gelding. Finished 9 of 11 at Down Royal last time. By Forestier (FR), whose progeny in our archive have won 8.8% of 454 runs since Apr 2009.

Based on 2 archived runs · updated 4 Nov 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 →

Jumps 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 78C the best of the last 2 rated runs · Down Royal, 26 Dec 2016

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 →

Jumps 2 figures · best 78C · median 78
GoingRunsBestMedianSince 4 Nov 2025
Soft1———
Good1———
DistanceRunsBestMedianSince 4 Nov 2025
1m5f – 2m278C78—

KTB Rating v1 · batch 3 Oct 2026 · GB & Irish racing only · 2 figures from 2 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

Progeny in our archive have won 8.8% of 454 runs since Apr 2009 (44 horses).

GoingRunsWinsSRvs sireThis horse
Good to Firm6116.7%+7.9—
Good881314.8%+60 from 1
Good to Soft3339.1%+0.3—
Soft215167.4%−1.40 from 1
Heavy8655.8%−3—
Standard (AW)2627.7%−1.1—
Distance (all codes)RunsWinsSRvs sireThis horse
Under 6f100%−8.8—
6f – 7f800%−8.8—
1m – 1m1f700%−8.8—
1m2f – 1m4f34411.8%+3—
1m5f – 2m9399.7%+0.90 from 2
2m1f – 2m4f242177%−1.8—
2m5f – 3m58915.5%+6.7—
Over 3m1119.1%+0.3—

Flat and jumps together (all codes) · since Apr 2009 · as at 4 Nov 2026 · rows under 30 runs muted · win % is the measure, a record not a forecast

Dam
La Louvine (FR) (Loup Solitaire)

3 siblings in the archive, 2 winners — best of them Badenoch (FR) (1 win).

The wins came over 1m5f–2m1½f.

ProduceRunsWinsWin tripsBest grade
Badenoch (FR)411m5f—
Rose De Reims (FR)612m1½f—
Spoils Of War (FR)60——

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

Form

DateCourseRace PosBtn Wgt SpdKTB Jockey SP
2016 · 2 runs
26 Dec 16+189d Down Royal Bet With The Tote (Pro/Am) Flat Race 2m · Soft · 11 ran 9/11 15 11-6 46C78C Mr J C Barry 20/1
20 Jun 16 Kilbeggan Racing Again July 15th Flat Race 2m · Good · 12 ran 8/12 9½ 11-7 —78A Mr J J Codd 10/1

Quick answers

How many races has Birnam Wood won?
Birnam Wood (FR) has yet to win, from 2 archived starts in 2016.
Who trained Birnam Wood?
Birnam Wood (FR) was trained by Eoin Griffin on the most recent run on record, at Down Royal on 26 December 2016.
Who is Birnam Wood's sire?
Birnam Wood (FR) is by Forestier (FR) out of La Louvine (FR), whose sire is Loup Solitaire.
What is Birnam Wood's sire's record?
Forestier (FR)'s progeny in our archive have won 8.8% of 454 runs since Apr 2009 (44 horses), Flat and jumps together.
Who are Birnam Wood's siblings?
Out of La Louvine (FR), Birnam Wood (FR) has 3 other produce in our archive, 2 of them winners. Most wins: Badenoch (FR) (1). The wins came over 1m5f–2m1½f. As at Nov 2026.

Record shown from June 2016. 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.