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Horse profile

California Max (IRE)

4yo colt · Trainer Fergal Birrane · Owner Ms Fiona Nolan
1 run · 1 course · from Oct 2026
As at 1 Nov 2026 · KTB archive: GB, Ireland & France · 2005–present, updated daily
Last run 12 Oct 2026 · 10th of 11
KTB Profile

Lightly raced 4yo colt with 1 start since Oct 2026. Finished 10 of 11 at Roscommon (IRE) last time. By Ribchester (IRE), whose progeny in our archive have won 9% of 2,764 runs since Apr 2021.

Based on 1 archived run · run-style from 1 commented run since Oct 2026 · updated 1 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 →

Flat 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 20 Oct 2026 · a record, not a forecast

KTB Rating

Best recent KTB Rating 47C the best of the last 1 rated run · Roscommon (IRE), 12 Oct 2026

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 →

Flat 1 figure · too few for a breakdown

KTB Rating v1 · batch 3 Oct 2026 · GB & Irish racing only · 1 figure from 1 run · as at 20 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.

Pedigree intelligence

Sire

Progeny in our archive have won 9% of 2,764 runs since Apr 2021 (261 horses).

Strongest on heavy going: 15.3% from 118. Strongest at trips under 6f (all codes): 14% from 215.

GoingRunsWinsSRvs sireThis horse
Firm8112.5%+3.5—
Good to Firm337329.5%+0.5—
Good582559.5%+0.5—
Good to Soft324278.3%−0.7—
Soft396358.8%−0.20 from 1
Heavy1181815.3%+6.3—
Standard (AW)999828.2%−0.8—
Distance (all codes)RunsWinsSRvs sireThis horse
Under 6f2153014%+5—
6f – 7f1,156988.5%−0.50 from 1
1m – 1m1f727567.7%−1.3—
1m2f – 1m4f4114210.2%+1.2—
1m5f – 2m162159.3%+0.3—
2m1f – 2m4f85910.6%+1.6—
2m5f – 3m700%−9—
Over 3m100%−9—

Flat and jumps together (all codes) · since Apr 2021 · as at 31 Oct 2026 · rows under 30 runs muted · win % is the measure, a record not a forecast

Dam

4 siblings in the archive, 3 winners — best of them Earls (IRE) (11 wins).

The wins came over 5f–1m4f; the highest grade won is Class 2 (Earls (IRE)).

ProduceRunsWinsWin tripsBest grade
Earls (IRE)70115f–1mClass 2
Pearl Jewel (IRE)1911m4f—
Dubirango (IRE)1317f—
Kippers Company (IRE)40——

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

Form

DateCourseRace PosBtn Wgt SpdKTB Jockey SP
2026 · 1 run
12 Oct 26 Roscommon (IRE) Roscommon Racecourse (C & G) Maiden 7½f · Soft · 11 ran Raced out the back early - made no progress turning in - well beaten in 10th 10/11 21 9-6 13C47C Rory Mulligan 250/1

Quick answers

How many races has California Max won?
California Max (IRE) has yet to win, from 1 archived start in 2026.
Who trains California Max?
California Max (IRE) is trained by Fergal Birrane, who saddled the horse on its most recent run on 12 October 2026.
Who is California Max's sire?
California Max (IRE) is by Ribchester (IRE) out of Princess Pearlita (IRE), whose sire is Manduro.
What is California Max's sire's record?
Ribchester (IRE)'s progeny in our archive have won 9% of 2,764 runs since Apr 2021 (261 horses), Flat and jumps together. Strongest on heavy going: 15.3% from 118. Strongest at trips under 6f (all codes): 14% from 215.
Who are California Max's siblings?
Out of Princess Pearlita (IRE), California Max (IRE) has 4 other produce in our archive, 3 of them winners. Most wins: Earls (IRE) (11). Highest grade won: Class 2 (Earls (IRE)). The wins came over 5f–1m4f. As at Nov 2026.

Record shown from October 2026. 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.