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Horse profile

Bold Chieftain (IRE)

6yo gelding (at last run, Apr 2009) · Last trainer John Joseph Murphy · Last owner John Joseph Murphy
by Leading Counsel (USA) out of Bella Verona (IRE) (Orchestra)
1 run · 1 course · from Apr 2009
As at 27 Oct 2026 · KTB archive: GB, Ireland & France · 2005–present, updated daily
No run recorded since 13 Apr 2009 — 6,406 days ago. Our archive can't say whether the horse is still in training.
Last run Apr 2009
KTB Profile

Lightly raced, with 1 archived start in Apr 2009 as a 6yo gelding. By Leading Counsel (USA), whose progeny in our archive have won 7% of 398 runs since Jan 2008.

Based on 1 archived run · updated 27 Oct 2026

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

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 →

Of 1 run looked at, 1 has no figure: did not complete (or a non-runner row) (1).

KTB Rating v1 · batch 3 Oct 2026 · GB & Irish racing only · 0 figures 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
Leading Counsel (USA)

Progeny in our archive have won 7% of 398 runs since Jan 2008 (43 horses).

GoingRunsWinsSRvs sireThis horse
Firm500%−7—
Good to Firm4436.8%−0.2—
Good11597.8%+0.8—
Good to Soft5923.4%−3.6—
Soft10298.8%+1.80 from 1
Heavy7256.9%−0.1—
Standard (AW)100%−7—
Distance (all codes)RunsWinsSRvs sireThis horse
1m5f – 2m4724.3%−2.7—
2m1f – 2m4f12065%−2—
2m5f – 3m171148.2%+1.20 from 1
Over 3m60610%+3—

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

Dam
Bella Verona (IRE) (Orchestra)

4 siblings in the archive, 2 winners — best of them Baby Whizz (IRE) (6 wins).

The wins came over 2m–2m6½f.

ProduceRunsWinsWin tripsBest grade
Baby Whizz (IRE)5262m–2m6½f—
Dr Whizz (IRE)1432m—
Goldfish (IRE)30——
Megans Bella (IRE)50——

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

Form

DateCourseRace PosBtn Wgt KTB Jockey SP
2009 · 1 run
13 Apr 09 Cork Coolmore N.h. Sires Hunters Chase 24f · Soft · 20 ran PU/20 — 11-7 — Mr J W Hannon 33/1

Quick answers

How many races has Bold Chieftain won?
Bold Chieftain (IRE) has yet to win, from 1 archived start in 2009.
Who trained Bold Chieftain?
Bold Chieftain (IRE) was trained by John Joseph Murphy on the most recent run on record, at Cork on 13 April 2009.
Who is Bold Chieftain's sire?
Bold Chieftain (IRE) is by Leading Counsel (USA) out of Bella Verona (IRE), whose sire is Orchestra.
What is Bold Chieftain's sire's record?
Leading Counsel (USA)'s progeny in our archive have won 7% of 398 runs since Jan 2008 (43 horses), Flat and jumps together.
Who are Bold Chieftain's siblings?
Out of Bella Verona (IRE), Bold Chieftain (IRE) has 4 other produce in our archive, 2 of them winners. Most wins: Baby Whizz (IRE) (6). The wins came over 2m–2m6½f. As at Oct 2026.

Record shown from April 2009. 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.