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Horse profile

Captain Cardington (IRE)

5yo gelding (at last run, Jul 2014) · Last trainer Martin Keighley · Last owner Mrs Ruth Nelmes
by Strategic Prince (GB) out of Alkaffeyeh (IRE) (Sadler's Wells)
34 runs · 22 courses · from Jun 2011
As at 4 Nov 2026 · KTB archive: GB, Ireland & France · 2005–present, updated daily
No run recorded since 8 Jul 2014 — 4,502 days ago. Our archive can't say whether the horse is still in training.
Last run Jul 2014 4 wins · 4 courses New yard Last raced off OR 105
KTB Profile

Captain Cardington (IRE) is 4 from 34. Hasn't won since Dec 2012. Last raced off 105, 17lb below the career-high mark.

Based on 34 archived runs · updated 4 Nov 2026
KTB at a glance OR ↓ 17lb off peak
Official rating105↓ 17lb off peak
105 60–122

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 (jumps) 100B the best of the last 3 rated runs · Sandown, 7 Mar 2014 Official rating 105 at the last jumps run, 8 Jul 2014

Best recent KTB Rating (flat) 81A the best of the last 3 rated runs · Windsor, 22 Oct 2012 Official rating 65 at the last flat run, 12 Jul 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 — 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 →

Jumps 15 figures · best 130A · median 100
GoingRunsBestMedianSince 4 Nov 2025
Heavy6130A101—
Soft4115B97.5—
Good394C90—
Good to Soft2110B105—
DistanceRunsBestMedianSince 4 Nov 2025
1m5f – 2m9130A100—
2m1f – 2m4f5102A95—
2m5f – 3m1———
Flat 17 figures · best 88B · median 57
GoingRunsBestMedianSince 4 Nov 2025
Standard (AW)572A51—
Good to Firm488B65—
Good to Soft373A55—
Soft266A61.5—
Heavy281A80.5—
Good1———
DistanceRunsBestMedianSince 4 Nov 2025
1m2f – 1m4f781A57—
1m – 1m1f680A53.5—
6f – 7f388B78—
1m5f – 2m1———

Of 34 runs looked at, 2 have no figure: did not complete (or a non-runner row) (2).

KTB Rating v1 · batch 3 Oct 2026 · GB & Irish racing only · 32 figures from 34 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

Progeny in our archive have won 8.3% of 2,496 runs since Mar 2011 (144 horses).

Weakest on heavy going: 4.3% from 141.

GoingRunsWinsSRvs sireThis horse
Firm15320%+11.7—
Good to Firm417358.4%+0.11 from 4
Good556488.6%+0.30 from 5
Good to Soft2412410%+1.70 from 5
Soft354236.5%−1.80 from 6
Heavy14164.3%−42 from 9
Standard (AW)772698.9%+0.61 from 5
Distance (all codes)RunsWinsSRvs sireThis horse
Under 6f335309%+0.7—
6f – 7f857728.4%+0.11 from 3
1m – 1m1f481469.6%+1.30 from 6
1m2f – 1m4f447347.6%−0.72 from 7
1m5f – 2m242166.6%−1.71 from 10
2m1f – 2m4f10898.3%00 from 5
2m5f – 3m2314.3%−40 from 3
Over 3m300%−8.3—

Flat and jumps together (all codes) · since Mar 2011 · as at 4 Nov 2026 · rows under 30 runs muted · win % is the measure, a record not a forecast

Dam
Alkaffeyeh (IRE) (Sadler's Wells)

3 siblings in the archive, 2 winners — best of them Ajzal (IRE) (4 wins).

The wins came over 1m5f–2m4f; the highest grade won is Class 3 (Aather (IRE)).

ProduceRunsWinsWin tripsBest grade
Ajzal (IRE)2541m7½f–2m4fClass 4
Aather (IRE)2621m5f–2mClass 3
Hashid (IRE)60——

Record by conditions

GoingRunsWinsSR£1
Heavy 9 2 22% +9.00
Soft 6 0 0% −6.00
Good 5 0 0% −5.00
Good to Soft 5 0 0% −5.00
Standard (AW) 5 1 20% +2.50
Good to Firm 4 1 25% +11.00

ClassRunsWinsSR£1
Class 5 13 2 15% +12.00
Class 4 9 1 11% −1.00
Class 3 7 0 0% −7.00
Class 6 3 1 33% +4.50
Class 2 2 0 0% −2.00

CourseRunsWinsSR£1
Sandown 6 1 17% +2.00
Lingfield (AW) 3 1 33% +4.50
Chepstow 2 0 0% −2.00
Leicester 2 0 0% −2.00
Ffos Las 2 0 0% −2.00
Nottingham 2 0 0% −2.00
Goodwood 2 0 0% −2.00
Uttoxeter 1 0 0% −1.00
Southwell 1 0 0% −1.00
Ludlow 1 0 0% −1.00
Stratford 1 0 0% −1.00
Worcester 1 0 0% −1.00
Newbury 1 0 0% −1.00
Kempton 1 0 0% −1.00
Windsor 1 1 100% +9.00
Market Rasen 1 0 0% −1.00
Thirsk 1 0 0% −1.00
Kempton (AW) 1 0 0% −1.00
Wolverhampton (AW) 1 0 0% −1.00
Doncaster 1 0 0% −1.00
Salisbury 1 0 0% −1.00
Epsom Downs 1 1 100% +14.00

DistanceRunsWinsSR£1
1m5f – 2m 10 1 10% −2.00
1m2f – 1m4f 7 2 29% +10.50
1m – 1m1f 6 0 0% −6.00
2m1f – 2m4f 5 0 0% −5.00
2m5f – 3m 3 0 0% −3.00
6f – 7f 3 1 33% +12.00

JockeyRunsWinsSR£1
Ciaran Mckee 9 0 0% −9.00
Marc Goldstein 5 1 20% +3.00
Chris Catlin 4 1 25% +6.00
Sam Hitchcott 4 0 0% −4.00
Martin Harley 3 1 33% +4.50
Tony Culhane 3 0 0% −3.00
Ian Popham 1 0 0% −1.00
Richard Johnson 1 0 0% −1.00
LBdr Sally Randell 1 0 0% −1.00
Dominic Elsworth 1 0 0% −1.00
Luke Morris 1 0 0% −1.00
Cathy Gannon 1 1 100% +14.00

HeadgearRunsWinsSR£1
None 20 3 15% +13.00
Visor 11 1 9% −3.50
Blinkers 2 0 0% −2.00
Cheekpieces 1 0 0% −1.00

SeasonRunsWinsSR£1
2014 5 0 0% −5.00
2013 10 0 0% −10.00
2012 11 3 27% +14.50
2011 8 1 13% +7.00

TypeRunsWinsSR£1
Hurdle 17 1 6% −9.00
Flat 17 3 18% +15.50

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
2014 · 5 runs
08 Jul 14+113d Uttoxeter 10 Free Bet At 32RedSport.com Handicap Hurdle Class 4 · 3m · Good · 13 ran PU/13 — 11-8 105— Ian Popham 25/1
17 Mar 14+10d Southwell Follow Totepool On Facebook And Twitter Claiming Hurdle Class 5 · 2m4½f · Good · 4 ran 4/4 62 11-6 10590C Richard Johnson 10/1
07 Mar 14+13d Sandown Annington Amateur Riders' Handicap Hurdle (Military Amateur Riders) Class 4 · 2m · Soft · 7 ran 4/7 3¼ 11-3 105100B LBdr Sally Randell 6/1
22 Feb 14+3d Chepstow 32Red.com Handicap Hurdle Class 3 · 2m · Heavy · 7 ran 3/7 5 9-9 10599A Ciaran Mckee 12/1
19 Feb 14+70d Ludlow Shukers Land Rover Handicap Hurdle Class 4 · 2m5f · Heavy · 10 ran PU/10 — 10-9 105— Ciaran Mckee 16/1
2013 · 10 runs
11 Dec 13+6d Leicester Mistletoe Selling Hurdle Class 5 · 2m · Good To Soft · 4 ran 2/4 12 10-12 108110B Ciaran Mckee 7/1
05 Dec 13+13d Leicester Barkby Conditional Jockeys' Selling Hurdle Class 5 · 2m4½f · Good To Soft · 10 ran 4/10 8 10-12 108100A Ciaran Mckee 14/1
22 Nov 13+13d Ffos Las 32Red Handicap Hurdle Class 3 · 2m6f · Soft · 6 ran 5/6 27 10-2 11085C Ciaran Mckee 18/1
09 Nov 13+14d Sandown Hinchley Wood Conditional Jockeys' Handicap Hurdle Class 3 · 2m4f · Heavy · 10 ran 4/10 ¾ 10-6 112102A Ciaran Mckee 33/1
26 Oct 13+74d Stratford Live Pool Information At totepool.com Handicap Hurdle Class 3 · 2m2½f · Soft · 16 ran 15/16 60 10-4 11595C Ciaran Mckee 50/1
13 Aug 13+32d Worcester Haygain Hay Steamers Handicap Hurdle Class 3 · 2m4f · Good · 7 ran 6/7 45 9-13 12094C Ciaran Mckee 40/1
12 Jul 13+125d Chepstow 32 Free At 32Red.com Apprentice Training Series Handicap (Part Of The Racing Excellence Initiative) Class 5 · 1m4f · Good To Firm · 6 ran 6/6 37 9-5 6546C Ciaran Mckee 8/1
09 Mar 13+22d Sandown Michael Afflick Rocks At Paddy Power Juvenile Handicap Hurdle Class 3 · 2m · Heavy · 7 ran 5/7 24 11-12 12281C Marc Goldstein 9/2
15 Feb 13+30d Sandown London Southend Airport Juvenile Hurdle Class 4 · 2m · Heavy · 6 ran 4/6 nk 11-5 122106B Marc Goldstein 9/2
16 Jan 13+20d Newbury Betfred Mobile Lotto Juvenile Hurdle Class 4 · 2m½f · Soft · 6 ran 3/6 4 11-5 122115B Marc Goldstein 5/1
2012 · 11 runs
27 Dec 12+20d Kempton William Hill - Ipad App Now Available Juvenile Hurdle Class 3 · 2m · Heavy · 7 ran 4/7 9 11-4 —100B Marc Goldstein 3/1
07 Dec 12+37d Sandown Toll House Juvenile Hurdle Class 4 · 2m · Heavy · 10 ran 1/10 10-12 —130A Marc Goldstein 7/1
31 Oct 12+9d Nottingham Fortioaks Handicap Class 6 · 2m · Soft · 12 ran 5/12 1¼ 9-6 6066A Chris Catlin 4/1
22 Oct 12+122d Windsor Ben Woollacott Memorial Handicap Class 5 · 1m3½f · Heavy · 13 ran 1/13 8-10 6081A Chris Catlin 9/1
22 Jun 12+34d Market Rasen Sea-cargo Juvenile Hurdle Class 4 · 2m½f · Good · 12 ran 8/12 74 10-12 —83C Dominic Elsworth 20/1
19 May 12+14d Thirsk Pavilion At Thirsk Racecourse For Wedding Receptions Handicap Class 6 · 1m · Good To Soft · 11 ran 7/11 10 9-5 6341A Sam Hitchcott 14/1
05 May 12+24d Goodwood Collect totepool Bets At Betfred Shops Handicap Class 5 · 1m2f · Soft · 13 ran 7/13 3 9-2 6557C Chris Catlin 20/1
11 Apr 12+37d Nottingham Betfred Mobile Handicap (Div 2) Class 5 · 1m2f · Good To Soft · 11 ran 6/11 1½ 9-3 6673A Martin Harley 20/1
05 Mar 12+6d Lingfield (AW) Breathe Spa At Lingfield Marriott Handicap Class 5 · 1m4f · Standard · 8 ran 8/8 2 8-11 6447C Martin Harley 15/2
28 Feb 12+25d Lingfield (AW) Bet Blue Square On Your Mobile Apprentice Handicap Class 6 · 1m2f · Standard · 8 ran 1/8 9-10 6472A Martin Harley 13/2
03 Feb 12+51d Lingfield (AW) Follow Us On Twitter At bluesq Handicap Class 4 · 1m2f · Standard · 6 ran 6/6 2¼ 8-8 6751B Chris Catlin 14/1
2011 · 8 runs
14 Dec 11+30d Kempton (AW) Betdaq Mobile Apps Handicap Class 5 · 1m · Standard · 8 ran 7/8 5 9-2 7048A Tony Culhane 8/1
14 Nov 11+10d Wolverhampton (AW) 32 Free At 32Red.com Claiming Stakes Class 5 · 1m½f · Standard · 9 ran 4/9 2½ 8-13 6869A Tony Culhane 10/3
04 Nov 11+55d Ffos Las O'Brien Chartered Accountants Nursery Class 4 · 1m · Heavy · 7 ran 2/7 2¾ 8-8 6880A Tony Culhane 10/1
10 Sep 11+22d Doncaster Stratstone Endurance Nursery (Str) Class 2 · 1m · Good To Firm · 10 ran 10/10 ½ 8-6 7252A Sam Hitchcott 40/1
19 Aug 11+21d Salisbury Bathwick Tyres Nursery Class 5 · 1m · Good To Soft · 9 ran 9/9 ½ 9-4 7255C Sam Hitchcott 8/1
29 Jul 11+29d Goodwood Rothschild Waddesdon Wines Nursery Class 2 · 7f · Good To Firm · 15 ran 7/15 1½ 8-2 7578A Luke Morris 33/1
30 Jun 11+20d Epsom Downs British Stallion Studs Supporting British Racing E.b.f. Median Auction Maiden Stakes Class 5 · 7f · Good To Firm · 6 ran 1/6 9-3 —88B Cathy Gannon 14/1
10 Jun 11 Sandown British Stallion Studs Supporting British Racing E.b.f. Maiden Stakes Class 5 · 7f · Good · 10 ran 10/10 22 9-3 —42C Sam Hitchcott 20/1

Quick answers

How many races has Captain Cardington won?
Captain Cardington (IRE) won 4 of 34 archived starts between 2011 and 2014, a strike rate of 11.8%. Placed 5 times in total (14.7% of starts).
Who trained Captain Cardington?
Captain Cardington (IRE) was trained by Martin Keighley on the most recent run on record, at Uttoxeter on 8 July 2014.
Who is Captain Cardington's sire?
Captain Cardington (IRE) is by Strategic Prince (GB) out of Alkaffeyeh (IRE), whose sire is Sadler's Wells.
What going does Captain Cardington prefer?
Captain Cardington (IRE) has the best record on good to firm going: 1 win from 4 starts (25%). Only going bands with at least three archived starts are read, so this is a direction rather than a settled preference.
What is Captain Cardington's official rating?
The most recent official rating on record is 105, from the run on 8 July 2014. The highest on record is 122.
What is Captain Cardington's sire's record?
Strategic Prince (GB)'s progeny in our archive have won 8.3% of 2,496 runs since Mar 2011 (144 horses), Flat and jumps together. Weakest on heavy going: 4.3% from 141.
Who are Captain Cardington's siblings?
Out of Alkaffeyeh (IRE), Captain Cardington (IRE) has 3 other produce in our archive, 2 of them winners. Most wins: Ajzal (IRE) (4). Highest grade won: Class 3 (Aather (IRE)). The wins came over 1m5f–2m4f. As at Nov 2026.

Record shown from June 2011. 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.