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Border Battle (IRE)

6yo gelding (at last run, May 2022) · Last trainer S M Duffy · Last owner Garry Fleming
by Elzaam (AUS) out of Masakira (IRE) (Royal Academy)
20 runs · 10 courses · from Aug 2019
As at 21 Oct 2026 · KTB archive: GB, Ireland & France · 2005–present, updated daily
No run recorded since 24 May 2022 — 1,610 days ago. Our archive can't say whether the horse is still in training.
Last run May 2022 · 16th of 17 Last raced off OR 39
KTB Profile

Border Battle (IRE) is yet to win from 20 starts, though has placed once. Best effort: 2nd of 15 at Gowran Park (Aug 2019). Last raced off 39, 47lb below the career-high mark.

Based on 20 archived runs · updated 21 Oct 2026
KTB at a glance OR ↓ 47lb off peak
Official rating39↓ 47lb off peak
39 38–86

KTB Speed and Rating

KTB Speed

Best recent Speed 86 the best of the last 3 graded (A or B) runs · Roscommon, 2 Sep 2019

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 16 figures · best 101C · median 80
GoingRunsBestMedianSince 21 Oct 2025
Soft794C72—
Good4101C91.5—
Heavy386A75—
Standard (AW)285C76.5—
DistanceRunsBestMedianSince 21 Oct 2025
1m2f – 1m4f898C85—
1m5f – 2m594C72—
1m – 1m1f3101C91—
Jumps 4 figures · best 86C · median 60
GoingRunsBestMedianSince 21 Oct 2025
Good264C60—
Soft286C58—
DistanceRunsBestMedianSince 21 Oct 2025
1m5f – 2m386C64—
2m1f – 2m4f1———

KTB Speed v1 · batch 15 Sep 2026 · GB & Irish racing only · 20 figures from 20 runs · as at 3 Oct 2026 · a record, not a forecast

KTB Rating

Best recent KTB Rating (flat) 58C the best of the last 3 rated runs · Dundalk (AW), 23 Mar 2022 Official rating 39 at the last flat run, 24 May 2022

Best recent KTB Rating (jumps) 92C the best of the last 3 rated runs · Cork, 1 Nov 2020 Official rating 86 at the last jumps run, 16 Jul 2021

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 16 figures · best 76A · median 52.5
GoingRunsBestMedianSince 21 Oct 2025
Soft776A55—
Good460C46.5—
Heavy360A44—
Standard (AW)258C55.5—
DistanceRunsBestMedianSince 21 Oct 2025
1m2f – 1m4f860A48.5—
1m5f – 2m561C52—
1m – 1m1f376A60—
Jumps 4 figures · best 92C · median 79.5
GoingRunsBestMedianSince 21 Oct 2025
Good281C79.5—
Soft292C83—
DistanceRunsBestMedianSince 21 Oct 2025
1m5f – 2m392C81—
2m1f – 2m4f1———

KTB Rating v1 · batch 3 Oct 2026 · GB & Irish racing only · 20 figures from 20 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
Elzaam (AUS)

Progeny in our archive have won 9.2% of 4,517 runs since Jan 2008 (373 horses).

Weakest over 1m5f – 2m (all codes): 4.7% from 322.

GoingRunsWinsSRvs sireThis horse
Firm10110%+0.8—
Good to Firm4645411.6%+2.4—
Good1,115867.7%−1.50 from 6
Good to Soft4624710.2%+1—
Soft867748.5%−0.70 from 9
Heavy291258.6%−0.60 from 3
Standard (AW)1,3081309.9%+0.70 from 2
Distance (all codes)RunsWinsSRvs sireThis horse
Under 6f4084711.5%+2.3—
6f – 7f1,7701659.3%+0.1—
1m – 1m1f1,118998.9%−0.30 from 3
1m2f – 1m4f7007510.7%+1.50 from 8
1m5f – 2m322154.7%−4.50 from 8
2m1f – 2m4f153159.8%+0.60 from 1
2m5f – 3m3900%−9.2—
Over 3m7114.3%+5.1—

Flat and jumps together (all codes) · since Jan 2008 · as at 21 Oct 2026 · rows under 30 runs muted · win % is the measure, a record not a forecast

Dam
Masakira (IRE) (Royal Academy)

7 siblings in the archive, 1 winner — best of them Priest Field (IRE) (3 wins).

The wins came over 1m5f–2m; the highest grade won is Class 4 (Priest Field (IRE)).

ProduceRunsWinsWin tripsBest grade
Priest Field (IRE)3731m5f–2mClass 4
Giverny (IRE)20——
Kasarami (IRE)60——
Spirit of Mayfair (IRE)20——
A Smile Says Alot (IRE)40——
Bearing Kisses (IRE)50——
Cominginonmonday (IRE)50——

Record by conditions

GoingRunsWinsSR£1
Soft 9 0 0% −9.00
Good 6 0 0% −6.00
Heavy 3 0 0% −3.00
Standard (AW) 2 0 0% −2.00

CourseRunsWinsSR£1
Gowran Park 4 0 0% −4.00
Limerick 3 0 0% −3.00
Dundalk (AW) 2 0 0% −2.00
Killarney 2 0 0% −2.00
Navan 2 0 0% −2.00
Cork 2 0 0% −2.00
Galway 2 0 0% −2.00
Thurles 1 0 0% −1.00
Tramore 1 0 0% −1.00
Roscommon 1 0 0% −1.00

DistanceRunsWinsSR£1
1m5f – 2m 8 0 0% −8.00
1m2f – 1m4f 8 0 0% −8.00
1m – 1m1f 3 0 0% −3.00
2m1f – 2m4f 1 0 0% −1.00

JockeyRunsWinsSR£1
Killian Leonard 3 0 0% −3.00
Sorcha Woods 2 0 0% −2.00
Frank Hayes 2 0 0% −2.00
Rory Cleary 2 0 0% −2.00
David Hickey 2 0 0% −2.00
N G McCullagh 1 0 0% −1.00
J J Slevin 1 0 0% −1.00
Keith Donoghue 1 0 0% −1.00
Seamie Heffernan 1 0 0% −1.00
Oisin McSweeney 1 0 0% −1.00
Mikey Sheehy 1 0 0% −1.00
J M Sheridan 1 0 0% −1.00
Shane Crosse 1 0 0% −1.00
Ross Coakley 1 0 0% −1.00

HeadgearRunsWinsSR£1
Tongue tie 13 0 0% −13.00
None 4 0 0% −4.00
Tongue tie + cheekpieces 2 0 0% −2.00
Tongue tie + blinkers 1 0 0% −1.00

SeasonRunsWinsSR£1
2022 3 0 0% −3.00
2021 4 0 0% −4.00
2020 8 0 0% −8.00
2019 5 0 0% −5.00

TypeRunsWinsSR£1
Flat 16 0 0% −16.00
Hurdle 4 0 0% −4.00

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

DateCourseRace PosBtn Wgt ORSpdKTB Jockey SP
24 May 22+47d Gowran Park Gowran Park Golf Club Claiming Race 9.5f · Yielding · 17 ran 16/17 4¾ 9-2 3954C47C Killian Leonard 150/1
07 Apr 22+15d Gowran Park GowranPark1 Handicap (47-65) (Div 2) 13.5f · Good · 14 ran 11/14 4¾ 9-0 4764C49C Killian Leonard 100/1
23 Mar 22+167d Dundalk (AW) View Restaurant At Dundalk Stadium Claiming Race 10.5f · Standard · 12 ran 10/12 1¾ 10-2 3868C58C Killian Leonard 250/1
07 Oct 21+83d Thurles Littleton Handicap (45-65) 12.5f · Yielding · 14 ran 14/14 7 9-0 4588C36C N G McCullagh 50/1
16 Jul 21+83d Killarney Daily Jackpots At BoyleSports Vegas Handicap Hurdle (80-102) (Div 2) 17f · Good · 14 ran 12/14 38 11-3 8656C78C J J Slevin 20/1
24 Apr 21+28d Limerick Racing Again On 27th May Handicap (45-65) (Div 2) 11.5f · Good · 16 ran 10/16 1 8-0 4598C44A Sorcha Woods 40/1
27 Mar 21+146d Navan Navan Members Handicap (45-70) (Div 2) 13f · Heavy · 16 ran 8/16 6½ 7-10 4675C41C Sorcha Woods 40/1
01 Nov 20+21d Cork Paddy's Super Enhancements Maiden Hurdle (Div 2) 16f · Soft · 16 ran 6/16 6½ 11-9 —86C92C Keith Donoghue 80/1
11 Oct 20+16d Limerick Patrickswell Maiden Hurdle 16f · Soft · 16 ran 12/16 ¾ 11-3 —30B74A Frank Hayes 125/1
25 Sep 20+9d Dundalk (AW) Stay Safe, Protect Each Other Handicap (45-65) (Div 2) 12f · Standard · 14 ran 12/14 1¾ 9-8 5285C53C Rory Cleary 100/1
16 Sep 20+11d Cork Racing Again September 29th Handicap (45-65) (Div 2) 12f · Good · 14 ran 13/14 4¼ 8-10 5585C35C David Hickey 33/1
05 Sep 20+21d Navan Racing Again 10th September Handicap (45-65) 14f · Yielding · 16 ran 9/16 2 8-13 5594C52A David Hickey 50/1
15 Aug 20+26d Tramore Fenor Handicap (45-65) (Div 1) 16f · Yielding · 12 ran 12/12 1¼ 9-13 6071C61C Seamie Heffernan 33/1
20 Jul 20+7d Gowran Park Connolly's Red Mills Maiden Hurdle 16f · Good · 15 ran 8/15 8½ 11-2 —64C81C Frank Hayes 66/1
13 Jul 20+275d Killarney Easyclean Ltd. Handicap (45-65) (Div 1) 14f · Yielding · 11 ran 5/11 ½ 9-1 6072A60A Oisin McSweeney 33/1
12 Oct 19+25d Limerick JT McNamara Ladbrokes Munster National Tomorrow At Limerick Apprentice Handicap (45-65) 11.5f · Heavy · 16 ran 15/16 4½ 9-5 6464C44C Mikey Sheehy 16/1
17 Sep 19+15d Galway Galway Apprentice Handicap (45-70) 12f · Soft · 18 ran 16/18 ¾ 8-12 6451C55C J M Sheridan 16/1
02 Sep 19+19d Roscommon Roscommon Apprentice Maiden 12f · Heavy · 11 ran 4/11 hd 9-5 —86A60A Shane Crosse 12/1
14 Aug 19+11d Gowran Park Community Day September 21st Claiming Race 9.5f · Yielding To Soft · 15 ran 2/15 1¼ 8-10 —91C76A Rory Cleary 50/1
03 Aug 19 Galway Galway Shopping Centre Maiden 8.5f · Good · 18 ran 11/18 1¼ 9-5 —101C60C Ross Coakley 66/1

Quick answers

How many races has Border Battle (IRE) won?
Border Battle (IRE) has yet to win, from 20 archived starts between 2019 and 2022. Placed 1 time in total (5% of starts).
Who trained Border Battle (IRE)?
Border Battle (IRE) was trained by S M Duffy on the most recent run on record, at Gowran Park on 24 May 2022.
Who is Border Battle (IRE)'s sire?
Border Battle (IRE) is by Elzaam (AUS) out of Masakira (IRE), whose sire is Royal Academy.
What is Border Battle (IRE)'s official rating?
The most recent official rating on record is 39, from the run on 24 May 2022. The highest on record is 86.
What is Border Battle (IRE)'s sire's record?
Elzaam (AUS)'s progeny in our archive have won 9.2% of 4,517 runs since Jan 2008 (373 horses), Flat and jumps together. Weakest over 1m5f – 2m (all codes): 4.7% from 322.
Who are Border Battle (IRE)'s siblings?
Out of Masakira (IRE), Border Battle (IRE) has 7 other produce in our archive, 1 of them a winner. Most wins: Priest Field (IRE) (3). Highest grade won: Class 4 (Priest Field (IRE)). The wins came over 1m5f–2m. As at Oct 2026.

Record shown from August 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.