Bob Cigar (IRE)
Bob Cigar won one of six starts over hurdles between Feb 2023 and Jan 2024. The gelding landed a handicap at Punchestown in Nov 2023 off an official rating of 112 over 2m5f – 3m on soft ground. All his racing came on turf with the sole success among four starts at 2m5f – 3m. He finished 6 of 6 at Punchestown in Jan 2024 when last raced off his career-high mark of 120.
- 1–6Wins / Runs
- 16.7%Strike rate
- 3 (50%)Placed
- −1.00£1 level staken=6 at SP
- 1.06Fair A/E n=6 · 0.87 incl. margin
- 120Highest OR
- 68dAvg between runs
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 160
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 27 Oct 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Soft | 5 | 160B | 133 | — |
| Heavy | 1 | — | — | — |
| Distance | Runs | Best | Median | Since 27 Oct 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2m5f – 3m | 4 | 160B | 146.5 | — |
| 2m1f – 2m4f | 2 | 115C | 51 | — |
KTB Speed v1 · batch 15 Sep 2026 · GB & Irish racing only · 6 figures from 6 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 12.1% of 11,835 runs since Jan 2008 (941 horses).
Weakest on standard (aw) going: 8.5% from 188.
| Going | Runs | Wins | SR | vs sire | This horse |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Firm | 7 | 1 | 14.3% | +2.2 | — |
| Good to Firm | 234 | 27 | 11.5% | −0.6 | — |
| Good | 3,407 | 430 | 12.6% | +0.5 | — |
| Good to Soft | 2,110 | 252 | 11.9% | −0.2 | — |
| Soft | 3,780 | 452 | 12% | −0.1 | 1 from 5 |
| Heavy | 2,109 | 259 | 12.3% | +0.2 | 0 from 1 |
| Standard (AW) | 188 | 16 | 8.5% | −3.6 | — |
| Distance (all codes) | Runs | Wins | SR | vs sire | This horse |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6f – 7f | 49 | 4 | 8.2% | −3.9 | — |
| 1m – 1m1f | 124 | 13 | 10.5% | −1.6 | — |
| 1m2f – 1m4f | 267 | 25 | 9.4% | −2.7 | — |
| 1m5f – 2m | 3,367 | 395 | 11.7% | −0.4 | — |
| 2m1f – 2m4f | 4,284 | 537 | 12.5% | +0.4 | 0 from 2 |
| 2m5f – 3m | 2,978 | 375 | 12.6% | +0.5 | 1 from 4 |
| Over 3m | 766 | 88 | 11.5% | −0.6 | — |
Flat and jumps together (all codes) · since Jan 2008 · as at 27 Oct 2026 · rows under 30 runs muted · win % is the measure, a record not a forecast
1 sibling in the archive, 0 winners.
| Produce | Runs | Wins | Win trips | Best grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Promising Milan (IRE) | 2 | 0 | — | — |
Record by conditions
| Going | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Soft | 5 | 1 | 20% | +0.00 |
| Heavy | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Course | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Punchestown | 3 | 1 | 33% | +2.00 |
| Thurles | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Downpatrick | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Cork | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Distance | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2m5f – 3m | 4 | 1 | 25% | +1.00 |
| 2m1f – 2m4f | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Jockey | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jack Kennedy | 2 | 1 | 50% | +3.00 |
| Danny Gilligan | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Carl Millar | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Jordan Gainford | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Season | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| 2023 | 5 | 1 | 20% | +0.00 |
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
| Date | Course | Race | Pos | Btn | Wgt | OR | Spd | KTB | Jockey | SP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 · 1 run | ||||||||||
| 29 Jan 24+43d | Punchestown | Punchestown Members Club From 215 Rated Novice Hurdle | 6/6 | 99 | 11-9 | 120 | -13C | 105C | Jack Kennedy | 5/1 |
| 2023 · 5 runs | ||||||||||
| 17 Dec 23+21d | Thurles | Horse & Jockey Hotel Rated Novice Hurdle | 4/10 | 54 | 11-4 | 120 | 71C | 103C | Danny Gilligan | 2/1F |
| 26 Nov 23+205d | Punchestown | Fox Valet Retirement Handicap Hurdle (80-116) | 1/17 | 11-11 | 112 | 160B | 132A | Jack Kennedy | 4/1 | |
| 05 May 23+25d | Downpatrick | Rory's Miles2Mayo Maiden Hurdle | 3/12 | 7 | 11-5 | — | 133A | 119A | Danny Gilligan | 4/1 |
| 10 Apr 23+47d | Cork | Way To Paris At Coolagown Stud Maiden Hurdle | 3/9 | 10 | 11-5 | — | 160B | 116B | Carl Millar | 20/1 |
| 22 Feb 23 | Punchestown | I.N.H. Stallion Owners EBF Maiden Hurdle | 4/10 | 5½ | 11-4 | — | 115C | 106C | Jordan Gainford | 4/1 |
Quick answers
- How many races has Bob Cigar won?
- Bob Cigar (IRE) won 1 of 6 archived starts between 2023 and 2024, a strike rate of 16.7%. Placed 3 times in total (50% of starts).
- Who trained Bob Cigar?
- Bob Cigar (IRE) was trained by Gordon Elliott on the most recent run on record, at Punchestown on 29 January 2024.
- Who is Bob Cigar's sire?
- Bob Cigar (IRE) is by Westerner (GB) out of French Promise (IRE), whose sire is Anshan.
- What going does Bob Cigar prefer?
- Bob Cigar (IRE) has the best record on soft going: 1 win from 5 starts (20%). Only going bands with at least three archived starts are read, so this is a direction rather than a settled preference.
- What is Bob Cigar's official rating?
- The most recent official rating on record is 120, from the run on 29 January 2024. That is also the highest on record.
- What is Bob Cigar's sire's record?
- Westerner (GB)'s progeny in our archive have won 12.1% of 11,835 runs since Jan 2008 (941 horses), Flat and jumps together. Weakest on standard (aw) going: 8.5% from 188.
- Who are Bob Cigar's siblings?
- Out of French Promise (IRE), Bob Cigar (IRE) has 1 other produce in our archive, 0 of them winners. As at Oct 2026.