Cantilever (IRE)
Cantilever is a gelding by No Nay Never out of an Encore Merci mare who has yet to win from four starts on turf. All four runs came over 6f to 7f, three of them on soft ground. He finished 10 of 12 in the Golf At Gowran Park Handicap at Gowran Park in Jun 2026 off an official rating of 63, which remains his highest ever mark.
- 0–4Wins / Runs
- 0%Strike rate
- 0 (0%)Placed
- −4.00£1 level staken=4 at SP
- 63Highest OR
- 108dAvg between runs
KTB Speed and Rating
Best recent Speed 49
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 25 Oct 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Soft | 3 | 63C | 54 | 2 runs · 54 / 51.5 |
| Heavy | 1 | — | — | 1 run · — |
| Distance | Runs | Best | Median | Since 25 Oct 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6f – 7f | 4 | 63C | 57 | 3 runs · 60 / 54 |
KTB Speed v1 · batch 15 Sep 2026 · GB & Irish racing only · 4 figures from 4 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 from 4 analysed runs since Jul 2025
- Led 2 (50%) · 0 wins
- Prominent 1 (25%) · 0 wins
- Held up 1 (25%) · 0 wins
Pedigree intelligence
Progeny in our archive have won 12.1% of 6,328 runs since Jan 2008 (707 horses).
Weakest on good to soft going: 9% from 612. Weakest over 1m5f – 2m (all codes): 7.6% from 185.
| Going | Runs | Wins | SR | vs sire | This horse |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Firm | 16 | 5 | 31.3% | +19.2 | — |
| Good to Firm | 927 | 122 | 13.2% | +1.1 | — |
| Good | 1,489 | 181 | 12.2% | +0.1 | — |
| Good to Soft | 612 | 55 | 9% | −3.1 | — |
| Soft | 845 | 110 | 13% | +0.9 | 0 from 3 |
| Heavy | 283 | 37 | 13.1% | +1 | 0 from 1 |
| Standard (AW) | 2,156 | 255 | 11.8% | −0.3 | — |
| Distance (all codes) | Runs | Wins | SR | vs sire | This horse |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Under 6f | 911 | 122 | 13.4% | +1.3 | — |
| 6f – 7f | 3,386 | 439 | 13% | +0.9 | 0 from 4 |
| 1m – 1m1f | 1,182 | 131 | 11.1% | −1 | — |
| 1m2f – 1m4f | 582 | 54 | 9.3% | −2.8 | — |
| 1m5f – 2m | 185 | 14 | 7.6% | −4.5 | — |
| 2m1f – 2m4f | 77 | 5 | 6.5% | −5.6 | — |
| 2m5f – 3m | 5 | 0 | 0% | −12.1 | — |
Flat and jumps together (all codes) · since Jan 2008 · as at 25 Oct 2026 · rows under 30 runs muted · win % is the measure, a record not a forecast
4 siblings in the archive, 2 winners — best of them We Go (FR) (4 wins).
The wins came over 6f–1m4½f.
| Produce | Runs | Wins | Win trips | Best grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| We Go (FR) | 21 | 4 | 6f–6½f | — |
| Merci Pour Tout (FR) | 12 | 1 | 1m4½f | — |
| Eleni (FR) | 3 | 0 | — | — |
| Le Pulp (FR) | 1 | 0 | — | — |
Record by conditions
| Going | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Soft | 3 | 0 | 0% | −3.00 |
| Heavy | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Course | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Curragh | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Gowran Park | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Naas | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Jockey | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Seamie Heffernan | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Andrew Slattery | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| J M Sheridan | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Season | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 3 | 0 | 0% | −3.00 |
| 2025 | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 · 3 runs | ||||||||||
| 12 Jun 26+54d | Gowran Park | Golf At Gowran Park Handicap Went straight to front - matched up by rival entering straight - pushed along 2f out and lost command soon after - unable to find more and dropped away late | 10/12 | 7 | 9-7 | 63 | 49A | 43A | Seamie Heffernan | 13/2 |
| 19 Apr 26+35d | Curragh | Bermingham Cameras Irish European Breeders Fund Maiden Up with the front group - off the bridle 2f out and fading - well beaten in 13th | 13/24 | nk | 9-8 | — | 54C | 54A | Andrew Slattery | 16/1 |
| 15 Mar 26+235d | Curragh | Nua CLaD Hub Irish European Breeders Fund Maiden Sent clear early - overtaken before halfway point and settled second - down to third with a furlong left - lost more ground late to finish fifth | 5/16 | nk | 9-7 | — | 60C | 72A | Seamie Heffernan | 10/1 |
| 2025 · 1 run | ||||||||||
| 23 Jul 25 | Naas | Irish Stallion Farms EBF Maiden Slow to break - into a forward spot early then pressed for effort with 2f left - dropped away late to finish 10th | 10/17 | ½ | 9-7 | — | 63C | 59A | J M Sheridan | 28/1 |
Quick answers
- How many races has Cantilever won?
- Cantilever (IRE) has yet to win, from 4 archived starts between 2025 and 2026.
- Who trains Cantilever?
- Cantilever (IRE) is trained by J A Stack, who saddled the horse on its most recent run on 12 June 2026.
- Who is Cantilever's sire?
- Cantilever (IRE) is by No Nay Never (USA) out of Encore Merci (IRE), whose sire is Danehill Dancer.
- What is Cantilever's official rating?
- The most recent official rating on record is 63, from the run on 12 June 2026. That is also the highest on record.
- What is Cantilever's sire's record?
- No Nay Never (USA)'s progeny in our archive have won 12.1% of 6,328 runs since Jan 2008 (707 horses), Flat and jumps together. Weakest on good to soft going: 9% from 612. Weakest over 1m5f – 2m (all codes): 7.6% from 185.
- Who are Cantilever's siblings?
- Out of Encore Merci (IRE), Cantilever (IRE) has 4 other produce in our archive, 2 of them winners. Most wins: We Go (FR) (4). The wins came over 6f–1m4½f. As at Oct 2026.