Captain Cuddles (IRE)
Captain Cuddles won once from 18 starts, the success coming at Class 4 level at Salisbury over 6f to 7f on good to firm ground in Jul 2022. The gelding, by Kodiac out of a Royal Applause mare, has not won since. All 18 runs have come over 6f to 7f. He finished 9 of 12 at Newcastle on the all-weather in Sep 2024, his last run, which was his first time in first-time headgear and came off an official rating of 66, 19lb below his highest ever mark.
- 1–18Wins / Runs
- 5.6%Strike rate
- 5 (27.8%)Placed
- −13.67£1 level staken=18 at SP
- 0.62Fair A/E n=18 · 0.52 incl. margin
- 85Highest OR
- 47dAvg between runs
A/E compares actual wins with what starting prices implied. "Fair" strips the bookmaker margin from the expectation, so favourites and longshots are judged on the same footing — figures near 1.00 mean the market priced this horse about right.
KTB Speed and Rating
Best recent Speed 105
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 21 Oct 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Good | 6 | 97C | 79.5 | — |
| Standard (AW) | 5 | 97A | 89 | — |
| Good to Soft | 3 | 118B | 87 | — |
| Good to Firm | 2 | 105A | 100 | — |
| Heavy | 1 | — | — | — |
| Soft | 1 | — | — | — |
| Distance | Runs | Best | Median | Since 21 Oct 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6f – 7f | 18 | 118B | 86 | — |
KTB Speed v1 · batch 15 Sep 2026 · GB & Irish racing only · 18 figures from 18 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.
Pedigree intelligence
Progeny in our archive have won 10.4% of 23,538 runs since Jan 2008 (1,665 horses).
Strongest on firm going: 14.3% from 147. Weakest over 2m1f – 2m4f (all codes): 7.1% from 252.
| Going | Runs | Wins | SR | vs sire | This horse |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Firm | 147 | 21 | 14.3% | +3.9 | — |
| Good to Firm | 4,208 | 496 | 11.8% | +1.4 | 1 from 2 |
| Good | 5,159 | 548 | 10.6% | +0.2 | 0 from 6 |
| Good to Soft | 2,367 | 218 | 9.2% | −1.2 | 0 from 3 |
| Soft | 2,462 | 218 | 8.9% | −1.5 | 0 from 1 |
| Heavy | 679 | 68 | 10% | −0.4 | 0 from 1 |
| Standard (AW) | 8,516 | 871 | 10.2% | −0.2 | 0 from 5 |
| Distance (all codes) | Runs | Wins | SR | vs sire | This horse |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Under 6f | 5,120 | 591 | 11.5% | +1.1 | — |
| 6f – 7f | 11,588 | 1,187 | 10.2% | −0.2 | 1 from 18 |
| 1m – 1m1f | 3,884 | 392 | 10.1% | −0.3 | — |
| 1m2f – 1m4f | 1,927 | 182 | 9.4% | −1 | — |
| 1m5f – 2m | 696 | 66 | 9.5% | −0.9 | — |
| 2m1f – 2m4f | 252 | 18 | 7.1% | −3.3 | — |
| 2m5f – 3m | 60 | 4 | 6.7% | −3.7 | — |
| Over 3m | 11 | 0 | 0% | −10.4 | — |
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
8 siblings in the archive, 4 winners — best of them Basholo (IRE) (8 wins).
The wins came over 5f–6f; the highest grade won is Class 2 (Chagatai (IRE)).
| Produce | Runs | Wins | Win trips | Best grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Basholo (IRE) | 61 | 8 | 5f | Class 6 |
| Chagatai (IRE) | 11 | 3 | 5f–6f | Class 2 |
| Moondyne Joe (IRE) | 5 | 2 | 5f | Class 4 |
| Arthur Martinleake (IRE) | 7 | 1 | 6f | Class 5 |
| Aigiarne (IRE) | 4 | 0 | — | — |
| Sunset Glow (IRE) | 8 | 0 | — | — |
| Lazareti (IRE) | 6 | 0 | — | — |
| King Of Lir (IRE) | 5 | 0 | — | — |
Record by conditions
| Going | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Good | 6 | 0 | 0% | −6.00 |
| Standard (AW) | 5 | 0 | 0% | −5.00 |
| Good to Soft | 3 | 0 | 0% | −3.00 |
| Good to Firm | 2 | 1 | 50% | +2.33 |
| Heavy | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Soft | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Class | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Class 4 | 11 | 1 | 9% | −6.67 |
| Class 5 | 3 | 0 | 0% | −3.00 |
| Class 3 | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Class 6 | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Class 2 | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Course | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Newbury | 5 | 0 | 0% | −5.00 |
| Doncaster | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Wolverhampton (AW) | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Newcastle (AW) | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Haydock | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Nottingham | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Southwell (AW) | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Chelmsford City (AW) | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Chester | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Ascot | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Salisbury | 1 | 1 | 100% | +3.33 |
| Sandown | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Jockey | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dougie Costello | 3 | 0 | 0% | −3.00 |
| Pat Dobbs | 3 | 1 | 33% | +1.33 |
| Sean Levey | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Thore Hammer Hansen | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Daniel Tudhope | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Paul Mulrennan | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Sean Kirrane | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Ray Dawson | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Paddy Mathers | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Ryan Moore | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Joe Fanning | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Dane O'Neill | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Headgear | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| None | 17 | 1 | 6% | −12.67 |
| Tongue tie | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Season | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 5 | 0 | 0% | −5.00 |
| 2023 | 10 | 0 | 0% | −10.00 |
| 2022 | 3 | 1 | 33% | +1.33 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 10 Sep 24+24d | Newcastle (AW) | Download The Racecourse App Raceday Ready Handicap Handy in the early running - pushed along with 2f left then dropped through the field - faded inside the closing furlong to finish well beaten | 9/12 | 4 | 9-10 | 66 | 90A | 65A | Daniel Tudhope | 12/1 |
| 17 Aug 24+29d | Doncaster | Believe Loans Handicap (Div 1) Held up towards the back - lost touch under pressure 2f out - kept same position to the line - finished 8th | 8/12 | 1 | 9-2 | 68 | 105A | 66A | Paul Mulrennan | 33/1 |
| 19 Jul 24+13d | Haydock | Victor Welsh Ltd Handicap | 8/9 | shd | 9-11 | 72 | 84B | 70A | Sean Kirrane | 20/1 |
| 06 Jul 24+165d | Nottingham | Lesley Matthews Memorial Handicap | 11/13 | 1¼ | 10-2 | 75 | 68C | 65A | Ray Dawson | 22/1 |
| 23 Jan 24+38d | Southwell (AW) | Find More Big Deals At BetUK Handicap (Div 1) | 8/8 | 2¾ | 9-8 | 77 | 84A | 62A | Paddy Mathers | 18/1 |
| 16 Dec 23+9d | Wolverhampton (AW) | Build Your Acca With BetUK Handicap | 10/12 | ¾ | 9-8 | 79 | 85A | 75A | Dougie Costello | 12/1 |
| 07 Dec 23+12d | Chelmsford City (AW) | tote Guarantee Now At Chelmsford Handicap | 8/13 | 1¼ | 9-9 | 80 | 89B | 77A | Dougie Costello | 16/1 |
| 25 Nov 23+63d | Wolverhampton (AW) | Best Odds Guaranteed At BetMGM Handicap (Div 2) | 3/9 | ½ | 9-11 | 80 | 97A | 85A | Dougie Costello | 28/1 |
| 23 Sep 23+8d | Newbury | Conundrum Consulting Handicap | 10/11 | 9 | 9-1 | 80 | 36C | 53C | Sean Levey | 17/2 |
| 15 Sep 23+17d | Chester | Roodee Handicap | 2/12 | 2¾ | 9-9 | 80 | 82A | 87A | Thore Hammer Hansen | 6/4F |
| 29 Aug 23+11d | Newbury | Bet In Play On Racing At BetVictor Handicap | 10/13 | hd | 9-9 | 80 | 81C | 71A | Ryan Moore | 3/1F |
| 18 Aug 23+21d | Newbury | Christopher Smith Associates LLP Handicap (Str) | 2/8 | 2¼ | 9-9 | 80 | 118B | 93A | Pat Dobbs | 10/3 |
| 28 Jul 23+69d | Ascot | Chapel Down Handicap | 3/9 | 1½ | 9-7 | 80 | 87B | 95A | Thore Hammer Hansen | 33/1 |
| 20 May 23+29d | Doncaster | Sky Sports Racing Sky 415 Handicap | 9/9 | 2½ | 9-8 | 84 | 78A | 51A | Joe Fanning | 15/2 |
| 21 Apr 23+267d | Newbury | Dubai Duty Free Full Of Surprises Handicap (Str) | 7/8 | 1½ | 9-1 | 85 | 87A | 71A | Dane O'Neill | 25/1 |
| 28 Jul 22+13d | Salisbury | Andy Hardwick Memorial British Ebf Novice Stakes | 1/7 | 9-2 | — | 95B | 83A | Pat Dobbs | 10/3 | |
| 15 Jul 22+14d | Newbury | R & M Electrical EBF Novice Stakes (GBB Race) (Div 1) | 5/14 | 2¼ | 9-7 | — | 97C | 88A | Sean Levey | 16/1 |
| 01 Jul 22 | Sandown | Irish Stallion Farms EBF Novice Stakes (GBB Race) | 5/10 | nk | 9-7 | — | 50A | 77A | Pat Dobbs | 22/1 |
Quick answers
- How many races has Captain Cuddles (IRE) won?
- Captain Cuddles (IRE) won 1 of 18 archived starts between 2022 and 2024, a strike rate of 5.6%. Placed 5 times in total (27.8% of starts).
- Who trained Captain Cuddles (IRE)?
- Captain Cuddles (IRE) was trained by Fionn McSharry on the most recent run on record, at Newcastle (AW) on 10 September 2024.
- Who is Captain Cuddles (IRE)'s sire?
- Captain Cuddles (IRE) is by Kodiac (GB) out of Golden Shine (GB), whose sire is Royal Applause.
- What is Captain Cuddles (IRE)'s official rating?
- The most recent official rating on record is 66, from the run on 10 September 2024. The highest on record is 85.
- What is Captain Cuddles (IRE)'s sire's record?
- Kodiac (GB)'s progeny in our archive have won 10.4% of 23,538 runs since Jan 2008 (1,665 horses), Flat and jumps together. Strongest on firm going: 14.3% from 147. Weakest over 2m1f – 2m4f (all codes): 7.1% from 252.
- Who are Captain Cuddles (IRE)'s siblings?
- Out of Golden Shine (GB), Captain Cuddles (IRE) has 8 other produce in our archive, 4 of them winners. Most wins: Basholo (IRE) (8). Highest grade won: Class 2 (Chagatai (IRE)). The wins came over 5f–6f. As at Oct 2026.