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Horse profile

Cape Explorer (GB)

7yo gelding (at last run, Jun 2016) · Last trainer Albert Moriarty · Last owner Albert Moriarty
by Cape Cross (IRE) out of Eve (GB) (Rainbow Quest)
31 runs · 18 courses · from May 2012
As at 21 Oct 2026 · KTB archive: GB, Ireland & France · 2005–present, updated daily
No run recorded since 30 Jun 2016 — 3,764 days ago. Our archive can't say whether the horse is still in training.
Last run Jun 2016 · 9th of 14 3 wins · Dundalk (AW) & Leicester Last raced off OR 48
KTB Profile

Cape Explorer (GB) is 3 from 31. Hasn't won since Jan 2016. Last raced off 48, 71lb below the career-high mark.

Based on 31 archived runs · updated 21 Oct 2026
KTB at a glance OR ↓ 71lb off peak
Official rating48↓ 71lb off peak
48 47–119

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

Best recent KTB Rating (flat) 62A the best of the last 3 rated runs · Limerick, 23 Apr 2016 Official rating 48 at the last flat run, 30 Jun 2016

Best recent KTB Rating (jumps) 118A the best of the last 3 rated runs · Sedgefield, 21 Feb 2013 Official rating 119 at the last jumps run, 27 May 2013

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 27 figures · best 92A · median 57
GoingRunsBestMedianSince 21 Oct 2025
Good to Firm792A65—
Soft672A37.5—
Standard (AW)465C49—
Good459A55—
Heavy369A61—
Good to Soft256C56—
Firm1———
DistanceRunsBestMedianSince 21 Oct 2025
1m2f – 1m4f2077A57—
1m – 1m1f592A58—
1m5f – 2m1———
6f – 7f1———
Jumps 3 figures · best 118A · median 114
GoingRunsBestMedianSince 21 Oct 2025
Soft1———
Good1———
Good to Soft1———
DistanceRunsBestMedianSince 21 Oct 2025
2m1f – 2m4f3118A114—

Of 31 runs 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 · 30 figures from 31 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
Cape Cross (IRE)

Progeny in our archive have won 13.3% of 12,754 runs since Jan 2008 (988 horses).

Weakest on heavy going: 8.4% from 477. Weakest over 2m5f – 3m (all codes): 7.8% from 230.

GoingRunsWinsSRvs sireThis horse
Firm1412215.6%+2.30 from 1
Good to Firm2,36735314.9%+1.62 from 7
Good2,86638213.3%00 from 5
Good to Soft1,3781359.8%−3.50 from 4
Soft1,61817210.6%−2.70 from 7
Heavy477408.4%−4.90 from 3
Standard (AW)3,90558815.1%+1.81 from 4
Distance (all codes)RunsWinsSRvs sireThis horse
Under 6f2453112.7%−0.6—
6f – 7f2,81735712.7%−0.60 from 1
1m – 1m1f3,29245513.8%+0.51 from 5
1m2f – 1m4f3,81254414.3%+12 from 20
1m5f – 2m1,69922413.2%−0.10 from 1
2m1f – 2m4f629619.7%−3.60 from 4
2m5f – 3m230187.8%−5.5—
Over 3m30310%−3.3—

Flat and jumps together (all codes) · since Jan 2008 · as at 20 Oct 2026 · rows under 30 runs muted · win % is the measure, a record not a forecast

Dam
Eve (GB) (Rainbow Quest)

9 siblings in the archive, 6 winners — best of them Charm School (GB) (5 wins).

The wins came over 7f–2m½f; the highest grade won is Class 2 (Charm School (GB)).

ProduceRunsWinsWin tripsBest grade
Charm School (GB)2357f–2m½fClass 2
Boycie (GB)5657f–1m2fClass 5
Admission (GB)1211mClass 5
Dubai Twilight (GB)1111mClass 5
Descendant (GB)3417fClass 6
Korngold (GB)3211m4fClass 6
Ttainted Love (GB)150——
Rainbow Prince (GB)110——
Twentyonered (GB)40——

Record by conditions

GoingRunsWinsSR£1
Soft 7 0 0% −7.00
Good to Firm 7 2 29% +2.33
Good 5 0 0% −5.00
Standard (AW) 4 1 25% +17.00
Good to Soft 4 0 0% −4.00
Heavy 3 0 0% −3.00
Firm 1 0 0% −1.00

ClassRunsWinsSR£1
Class 5 7 0 0% −7.00
Class 4 6 1 17% −1.67
Class 1 1 0 0% −1.00
Class 6 1 1 100% +4.00

CourseRunsWinsSR£1
Leicester 4 2 50% +5.33
Tipperary 3 0 0% −3.00
Limerick 3 0 0% −3.00
Cork 3 0 0% −3.00
Dundalk (AW) 3 1 33% +18.00
Thirsk 2 0 0% −2.00
Sedgefield 2 0 0% −2.00
Navan 1 0 0% −1.00
Galway 1 0 0% −1.00
Ballinrobe 1 0 0% −1.00
Killarney 1 0 0% −1.00
Newcastle 1 0 0% −1.00
Cartmel 1 0 0% −1.00
Cheltenham 1 0 0% −1.00
Southwell (AW) 1 0 0% −1.00
Beverley 1 0 0% −1.00
Sandown 1 0 0% −1.00
Newmarket 1 0 0% −1.00

DistanceRunsWinsSR£1
1m2f – 1m4f 20 2 10% +5.33
1m – 1m1f 5 1 20% +0.00
2m1f – 2m4f 4 0 0% −4.00
1m5f – 2m 1 0 0% −1.00
6f – 7f 1 0 0% −1.00

JockeyRunsWinsSR£1
Keith Moriarty 16 1 6% +5.00
Danny Cook 4 0 0% −4.00
Martin Dwyer 4 2 50% +5.33
Paul Pickard 1 0 0% −1.00
Tom Eaves 1 0 0% −1.00
Neil Callan 1 0 0% −1.00
Paul Mulrennan 1 0 0% −1.00
Joe Fanning 1 0 0% −1.00
Kieren Fallon 1 0 0% −1.00
Eddie Ahern 1 0 0% −1.00

HeadgearRunsWinsSR£1
None 26 3 12% +4.33
Hood 5 0 0% −5.00

SeasonRunsWinsSR£1
2016 6 1 17% +15.00
2015 10 0 0% −10.00
2014 1 0 0% −1.00
2013 5 0 0% −5.00
2012 9 2 22% +0.33

TypeRunsWinsSR£1
Flat 27 3 11% +3.33
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 ORKTB Jockey SP
30 Jun 16+51d Tipperary Tipperaryraces.ie Handicap (45-65) 12.5f · Yielding · 14 ran 9/14 2 8-4 4836C Keith Moriarty 12/1
10 May 16+17d Tipperary Tipperary Handicap (45-70) (Div 2) 9f · Soft To Heavy · 13 ran 8/13 5½ 8-0 4934C Keith Moriarty 8/1
23 Apr 16+28d Limerick Best Odds Guaranteed At 188Bet Handicap (47-65) 11.5f · Yielding · 12 ran 5/12 1 8-6 5062A Keith Moriarty 14/1
26 Mar 16+36d Cork corkracecourse.ie Handicap (47-65) 8.5f · Heavy · 18 ran 6/18 ½ 8-7 5169A Keith Moriarty 25/1
19 Feb 16+21d Dundalk (AW) Irishinjuredjockeys.com Handicap (47-65) 12f · Standard · 14 ran 11/14 nk 8-9 5141C Keith Moriarty 25/1
29 Jan 16+119d Dundalk (AW) Crowne Plaza Hotel Race & Stay Handicap (47-65) (Div 2) 10.5f · Standard · 11 ran 1/11 8-6 4757A Keith Moriarty 20/1
02 Oct 15+11d Dundalk (AW) Dundalk Stadium On Facebook Handicap (47-65) (Div 1) 12f · Standard · 13 ran 9/13 2 8-3 4735A Keith Moriarty 20/1
21 Sep 15+14d Navan Simonstown Handicap (47-65) (Div 2) 10f · Yielding · 17 ran 13/17 1½ 8-2 4737C Keith Moriarty 18/1
07 Sep 15+34d Galway Galway Apprentice Handicap 12f · Yielding · 16 ran 12/16 4½ 7-11 4736C Keith Moriarty 16/1
04 Aug 15+15d Cork It Pays To Bet With Tote Handicap (47-65) 12f · Good · 18 ran 5/18 nk 8-1 4856A Keith Moriarty 20/1
20 Jul 15+18d Ballinrobe Daily Tips On thetote.com Apprentice Handicap (47-65) 13f · Heavy · 14 ran 4/14 1 8-4 4861A Keith Moriarty 12/1
02 Jul 15+13d Tipperary TipperaryRaces.ie Handicap (47-65) 12.5f · Good To Firm · 15 ran 4/15 2¼ 8-2 4962A Keith Moriarty 20/1
19 Jun 15+28d Limerick Irishinjuredjockeys.com Apprentice Handicap (47-65) 11.5f · Good To Firm · 9 ran 6/9 1 9-2 5357A Keith Moriarty 14/1
22 May 15+10d Cork Social Package Handicap (47-65) 7f · Good · 18 ran 14/18 ½ 8-13 6054A Keith Moriarty 25/1
12 May 15+17d Killarney Jim Ryan Racecourse Services Handicap (50-80) 11f · Soft · 11 ran 10/11 2½ 8-1 6338C Keith Moriarty 25/1
25 Apr 15+250d Limerick Racing Again At Limerick Racecourse On 17th May Handicap (47-65) 11.5f · Good · 16 ran 12/16 10 9-4 6548C Keith Moriarty 25/1
18 Aug 14+417d Thirsk Herriotworld.com Handicap Class 4 · 8f · Good To Soft · 13 ran 13/13 15 9-4 7056C Paul Pickard 50/1
27 Jun 13+31d Newcastle Betfred 'Fred's Pushes' Handicap Class 5 · 10f · Good · 9 ran 9/9 nk 9-6 7359A Tom Eaves 4/1
27 May 13+25d Cartmel Halecat Four Years Old Novices' Hurdle Class 4 · 17f · Soft · 5 ran 2/5 7 10-12 119114B Danny Cook 11/8F
02 May 13+48d Sedgefield Phoenix Security Maiden Hurdle Class 5 · 17f · Good · 12 ran 2/12 17 10-10 —103A Danny Cook 6/4
15 Mar 13+22d Cheltenham JCB Triumph Hurdle (Juvenile Grade 1) Class 1 · 17f · Good To Soft · 17 ran PU/17 — 11-0 —— Danny Cook 100/1
21 Feb 13+119d Sedgefield Collins Seafoods Novices' Hurdle (John Wade And Collins Seafoods Ltd Hurdle Series Qualifier) Class 4 · 17f · Good To Soft · 11 ran 2/11 nk 10-7 —118A Danny Cook 6/1
25 Oct 12+9d Southwell (AW) Guaranteed $2Million Jackpot Pool Handicap Class 5 · 12f · Standard · 13 ran 5/13 5 9-5 7565C Neil Callan 9/2
16 Oct 12+27d Leicester Stewards Handicap (Div 1) Class 5 · 10f · Soft · 8 ran 3/8 4½ 9-5 7572A Martin Dwyer 4/1
19 Sep 12+18d Beverley Sheila Stamford Always Remembered Birthday Handicap Class 4 · 12f · Firm · 6 ran 2/6 ½ 8-13 7470B Paul Mulrennan 11/4
01 Sep 12+20d Sandown Westbeach Group Handicap Class 4 · 10f · Good To Firm · 14 ran 4/14 1¼ 8-13 7474A Martin Dwyer 11/4F
12 Aug 12+11d Leicester Thurmaston Handicap Class 4 · 10f · Good To Firm · 10 ran 1/10 8-4 7077A Martin Dwyer 10/3F
01 Aug 12+65d Leicester Rose & Crown Houghton-on-the-hill Handicap Class 6 · 8f · Good To Firm · 13 ran 1/13 9-6 6392A Martin Dwyer 4/1F
28 May 12+11d Leicester British Stallion Studs Coplow E.b.f. Maiden Stakes Class 5 · 8f · Good To Firm · 13 ran 5/13 1½ 9-3 —58A Joe Fanning 40/1
17 May 12+12d Newmarket Chassis CAB DAF 30th Anniversary Maiden Stakes (Div 1) Class 5 · 10f · Good To Firm · 15 ran 13/15 3 9-3 —65C Kieren Fallon 33/1
05 May 12 Thirsk Bet totepool Text tote To 89660 Maiden Stakes (Div 2) Class 5 · 12f · Good To Soft · 11 ran 5/11 ½ 8-9 —56A Eddie Ahern 10/1

Quick answers

How many races has Cape Explorer (GB) won?
Cape Explorer (GB) won 3 of 31 archived starts between 2012 and 2016, a strike rate of 9.7%. Placed 8 times in total (25.8% of starts).
Who trained Cape Explorer (GB)?
Cape Explorer (GB) was trained by Albert Moriarty on the most recent run on record, at Tipperary on 30 June 2016.
Who is Cape Explorer (GB)'s sire?
Cape Explorer (GB) is by Cape Cross (IRE) out of Eve (GB), whose sire is Rainbow Quest.
What going does Cape Explorer (GB) prefer?
Cape Explorer (GB) has the best record on good to firm going: 2 wins from 7 starts (28.6%). Only going bands with at least three archived starts are read, so this is a direction rather than a settled preference.
What is Cape Explorer (GB)'s official rating?
The most recent official rating on record is 48, from the run on 30 June 2016. The highest on record is 119.
What is Cape Explorer (GB)'s sire's record?
Cape Cross (IRE)'s progeny in our archive have won 13.3% of 12,754 runs since Jan 2008 (988 horses), Flat and jumps together. Weakest on heavy going: 8.4% from 477. Weakest over 2m5f – 3m (all codes): 7.8% from 230.
Who are Cape Explorer (GB)'s siblings?
Out of Eve (GB), Cape Explorer (GB) has 9 other produce in our archive, 6 of them winners. Most wins: Charm School (GB) (5). Highest grade won: Class 2 (Charm School (GB)). The wins came over 7f–2m½f. As at Oct 2026.

Record shown from May 2012. 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.