Horse profile
Cast A Spell (IRE)
7yo mare (at last run, Feb 2025) · Last trainer T Hogan · Last owner Alan Jamieson Site Services Ltd
by Mastercraftsman (IRE) out of Blackwitch Woman (IRE) (Galileo)
26 runs · 15 courses · from Feb 2023
As at 21 Oct 2026 · KTB archive: GB, Ireland & France · 2005–present, updated daily
No run recorded since 2 Feb 2025 — 625 days ago. Our archive can't say whether the horse is still in training.
Last run Feb 2025 · 9th of 19
4 wins · 4 courses
Last raced off OR 119
KTB Profile
Cast A Spell is a mare who won four of 26 starts on turf, all at different courses. She gained her biggest success in the Irish Stallion Farms EBF Mares Handicap Hurdle at Cork over 2m1f – 2m4f on soft ground off an official rating of 113 in Jan 2025, having earlier won a mares maiden hurdle at Navan over 1m5f – 2m on soft, a maiden at Killarney over 1m2f – 1m4f on heavy and a Class 5 mares bumper at Southwell over 1m5f – 2m on good. Typically held up, she last ran at Leopardstown in Feb 2025 where she finished 9 of 19 off an official rating of 119.
Based on 26 archived runs · run-style from 12 commented runs · updated 21 Oct 2026
KTB at a glance
OR at career high
- 4–26Wins / Runs
- 15.4%Strike rate
- 10 (38.5%)Placed
- −3.80£1 level staken=26 at SP
- 1.42Fair A/E n=26 · 1.20 incl. margin
- 119Highest OR
- 28dAvg 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.
Official rating119At career-high mark
119
72–119
KTB Speed and Rating
KTB Speed
Best recent Speed 106
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 →
Jumps
| Going | Runs | Best | Median | Since 21 Oct 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Soft | 8 | 114B | 98 | — |
| Good | 3 | 95C | 91 | — |
| Good to Soft | 2 | 91B | 89.5 | — |
| Heavy | 2 | 85A | 40 | — |
| Distance | Runs | Best | Median | Since 21 Oct 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1m5f – 2m | 8 | 103A | 89 | — |
| 2m1f – 2m4f | 6 | 114B | 89.5 | — |
| 2m5f – 3m | 1 | — | — | — |
Flat
| Going | Runs | Best | Median | Since 21 Oct 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Soft | 5 | 109A | 99 | — |
| Heavy | 1 | — | — | — |
| Good | 1 | — | — | — |
| Distance | Runs | Best | Median | Since 21 Oct 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1m2f – 1m4f | 5 | 109A | 103 | — |
| 1m5f – 2m | 2 | 109A | 104 | — |
Of 26 runs looked at, 4 have no figure: did not complete (2) · not enough races on the card to set the day (under 4) (1) · no standard for this course, surface and code on the window (1).
KTB Speed v1 · batch 15 Sep 2026 · GB & Irish racing only · 22 figures from 26 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 12 analysed runs
- Prominent 6 (50%) · 1 win
- Held up 4 (33%) · 0 wins
- Led 1 (8%) · 1 win
- Midfield 1 (8%) · 1 win
Pedigree intelligence
Sire
Progeny in our archive have won 10.6% of 11,628 runs since Jan 2008 (842 horses).
| Going | Runs | Wins | SR | vs sire | This horse |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Firm | 23 | 2 | 8.7% | −1.9 | — |
| Good to Firm | 1,345 | 156 | 11.6% | +1 | — |
| Good | 2,973 | 345 | 11.6% | +1 | 1 from 6 |
| Good to Soft | 1,531 | 166 | 10.8% | +0.2 | 0 from 2 |
| Soft | 1,965 | 182 | 9.3% | −1.3 | 2 from 15 |
| Heavy | 660 | 70 | 10.6% | 0 | 1 from 3 |
| Standard (AW) | 3,130 | 310 | 9.9% | −0.7 | — |
| Distance (all codes) | Runs | Wins | SR | vs sire | This horse |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Under 6f | 54 | 5 | 9.3% | −1.3 | — |
| 6f – 7f | 1,384 | 119 | 8.6% | −2 | — |
| 1m – 1m1f | 2,331 | 217 | 9.3% | −1.3 | — |
| 1m2f – 1m4f | 3,815 | 438 | 11.5% | +0.9 | 1 from 6 |
| 1m5f – 2m | 2,586 | 285 | 11% | +0.4 | 2 from 12 |
| 2m1f – 2m4f | 1,084 | 114 | 10.5% | −0.1 | 1 from 7 |
| 2m5f – 3m | 326 | 44 | 13.5% | +2.9 | 0 from 1 |
| Over 3m | 48 | 9 | 18.8% | +8.2 | — |
Flat and jumps together (all codes) · since Jan 2008 · as at 21 Oct 2026 · rows under 30 runs muted · win % is the measure, a record not a forecast
Dam
Blackwitch Woman (IRE) (Galileo)
2 siblings in the archive, 0 winners.
| Produce | Runs | Wins | Win trips | Best grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Another Blue (IRE) | 3 | 0 | — | — |
| Aintasaint (IRE) | 1 | 0 | — | — |
Record by conditions
| Going | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Soft | 15 | 2 | 13% | +2.33 |
| Good | 6 | 1 | 17% | −3.38 |
| Heavy | 3 | 1 | 33% | −0.75 |
| Good to Soft | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Class | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Class 4 | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Class 5 | 1 | 1 | 100% | +1.62 |
| Course | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cork | 4 | 1 | 25% | +0.33 |
| Navan | 3 | 1 | 33% | +10.00 |
| Roscommon | 3 | 0 | 0% | −3.00 |
| Thurles | 3 | 0 | 0% | −3.00 |
| Fairyhouse | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Galway | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Leopardstown | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Curragh | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Killarney | 1 | 1 | 100% | +1.25 |
| Ballinrobe | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Limerick | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Punchestown | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Fontwell | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Southwell | 1 | 1 | 100% | +1.62 |
| Kilbeggan | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Distance | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1m5f – 2m | 12 | 2 | 17% | +3.62 |
| 2m1f – 2m4f | 7 | 1 | 14% | −2.67 |
| 1m2f – 1m4f | 6 | 1 | 17% | −3.75 |
| 2m5f – 3m | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Jockey | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Donagh Meyler | 6 | 0 | 0% | −6.00 |
| Cian Quirke | 5 | 2 | 40% | +12.33 |
| W J Lee | 4 | 1 | 25% | −1.75 |
| Ben Coen | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Jamie Moore | 2 | 1 | 50% | +0.62 |
| Mr P Lake | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Mr P W Mullins | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Adam Caffrey | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Mark McDonagh | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Darragh O'Keeffe | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Mr E P O'Brien | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Headgear | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Visor | 22 | 3 | 14% | −2.42 |
| None | 4 | 1 | 25% | −1.38 |
| Season | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 3 | 1 | 33% | +1.33 |
| 2024 | 16 | 2 | 13% | −0.75 |
| 2023 | 7 | 1 | 14% | −4.38 |
| Type | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hurdle | 14 | 2 | 14% | +3.33 |
| Flat | 9 | 2 | 22% | −4.13 |
| NH Flat | 3 | 0 | 0% | −3.00 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 02 Feb 25+16d | Leopardstown | Irish Stallion Farms EBF Paddy And Maureen Mullins Mares Handicap Hurdle (Fillies' And Mares' Listed) up with the front group early - slipped to 10th and wide 2f out - pushed along but couldn't find any response - finished ninth well held | 9/19 | 1¾ | 10-6 | 119 | 78B | 119A | Cian Quirke | 20/1 |
| 17 Jan 25+16d | Cork | Irish Stallion Farms EBF Mares Handicap Hurdle Early on into the front group - sitting just behind the pace - third at the midpoint - pushed along to reach the front rank after three out - fought for the advantage approaching the last - drove clear in the final furlong to win | 1/9 | 10-4 | 113 | 106A | 121A | Cian Quirke | 10/3 | |
| 01 Jan 25+17d | Fairyhouse | Wishing Everyone A Healthy 2025 Mares Hurdle Sat close up in second early - pushed along in that spot two out and still there at the last - edged back to third inside the final furlong - held that spot with nothing more to give | 3/6 | 2 | 11-5 | 113 | 99B | 125B | Donagh Meyler | 13/2 |
| 15 Dec 24+14d | Navan | Irish Stallion Farms EBF Handicap Hurdle (81-123) Up with the early pace - 4th at the 5th but jumped untidily there - slipped back to 7th by 2 out - rallied to 5th approaching the last - plugged on into 4th but never a danger | 4/15 | 1½ | 11-0 | 113 | 114B | 119A | Cian Quirke | 8/1 |
| 01 Dec 24+14d | Fairyhouse | Bar One Racing Royal Bond Novice Hurdle (Grade 2) Held up towards the back - crept into contention after 2nd and up to 6th before 4 out then briefly 5th - slipped back to 7th after 3 out - unable to threaten leaders from there - lost place before the last | 7/8 | 12 | 10-11 | 113 | 103A | 104A | Cian Quirke | 100/1 |
| 17 Nov 24+14d | Navan | Irish Stallion Farms EBF Mares Maiden Hurdle Sat behind the front group - 4th at halfway - pushed along two out - battling in 3rd approaching the last - rallied on the run-in to hit the front and hold on gamely | 1/21 | 11-2 | 105 | 97B | 129A | Cian Quirke | 12/1 | |
| 03 Nov 24+17d | Cork | Paddy Power 'How Many Days 'Til Christmas' Irish EBF Novice Hurdle (Listed) Tracked the pack in early stages - needed a nudge after the 4th - moved up to challenge in front by the 5th with a small stumble six out - up into 3rd four out - asked for more but found none approaching the straight - soon dropped away and held on for 3rd | 3/6 | 65 | 10-7 | 105 | 95C | 103C | Donagh Meyler | 25/1 |
| 17 Oct 24+3d | Curragh | Big Picture Communications Handicap Held up towards the back - still 17th past halfway - moved right and made progress inside the last two furlongs - stayed on late but always short of the front rank | 6/19 | ½ | 9-13 | 74 | 99C | 85A | Ben Coen | 18/1 |
| 14 Oct 24+7d | Roscommon | On-Course Vets Handicap (50-80) Held up in the back markers - driven into contention on the outside to move up into third inside the last two furlongs - stayed on same gear without finding more to finish third | 3/9 | 8 | 9-11 | 74 | 109A | 79A | W J Lee | 5/1 |
| 07 Oct 24+27d | Killarney | Killarney Races Final Farewell To 2024 Maiden Settled midpack early - slipped towards the back by halfway - urged forward turning into the straight - hit the front rank with 2f remaining - edged into second a furlong out then found more to nose ahead at the finish | 1/6 | 9-4 | 74 | 103A | 80B | W J Lee | 5/4 | |
| 10 Sep 24+8d | Galway | Sean Cleary Memorial Fillies Maiden Tracked front group early - 4th at halfway - pushed into 3rd approaching 2f out but unable to threaten - stayed on same gear to finish 4th | 4/7 | ½ | 9-11 | 74 | 62A | 78B | W J Lee | 11/2 |
| 02 Sep 24+33d | Roscommon | Oran Handicap (50-80) Held up towards the back and driven early with little response 4f out - moved into contention and shifted left entering the straight - urged for extra progress on the outside 2f out - up to 6th a furlong out - stayed on into 2nd inside the final 100 yards | 2/15 | 1¼ | 9-8 | 72 | 97C | 94A | W J Lee | 10/1 |
| 31 Jul 24+9d | Galway | Download The New Tote App (Q.R.) Maiden | 3/18 | shd | 11-7 | — | — | 92A | Mr P W Mullins | 10/1 |
| 22 Jul 24+20d | Ballinrobe | Download The New Tote App Maiden | 3/7 | 1¾ | 9-1 | — | 109A | 75B | Adam Caffrey | 12/1 |
| 02 Jul 24+33d | Roscommon | Ladies Day Here On Monday, 8th July 2024 Maiden | 5/14 | ½ | 9-4 | — | 105C | 64A | Ben Coen | 14/1 |
| 30 May 24+19d | Limerick | Mcmahons Builders Providers Mares Maiden Hurdle | 3/10 | 3¾ | 11-7 | — | 88A | 110A | Donagh Meyler | 9/4J |
| 11 May 24+9d | Cork | Irish Stallion Farms EBF Mares Maiden Hurdle | 2/17 | 2½ | 11-7 | — | 91B | 118A | Donagh Meyler | 5/1 |
| 02 May 24+32d | Punchestown | Close Brothers Mares Novice Hurdle (listed) | PU/16 | — | 11-0 | — | — | — | Donagh Meyler | 100/1 |
| 31 Mar 24+105d | Cork | O'Flynn Motors Mallow Mares Maiden Hurdle | 2/11 | 3¾ | 11-4 | — | 85A | 117A | Mark McDonagh | 7/1 |
| 17 Dec 23+17d | Thurles | Billy Harney Memorial Irish EBF Mares Novice Hurdle (Listed) | 4/9 | 2¼ | 10-11 | — | 87A | 125A | Donagh Meyler | 200/1 |
| 30 Nov 23+11d | Thurles | Irish Stallion Farms Ebf Mares Maiden Hurdle | 4/13 | nk | 11-7 | — | 83B | 111A | Darragh O'Keeffe | 100/1 |
| 19 Nov 23+87d | Navan | Coolmore N.H. Sires Hurricane Lane Irish EBF Mares Flat Race (Listed) | 9/10 | 25 | 11-8 | — | -5C | 105C | Mr E P O'Brien | 150/1 |
| 24 Aug 23+59d | Fontwell | Richmond Motor Group Maiden Hurdle (GBB Race) | PU/8 | — | 10-11 | — | — | — | Jamie Moore | EvensF |
| 26 Jun 23+67d | Southwell | Prestige Safety e-Learning At prestigesafetyservices.com Mares' Open NH Flat Race (GBB Race) | 1/6 | 11-2 | — | — | 74C | Jamie Moore | 13/8F | |
| 20 Apr 23+56d | Kilbeggan | Irish Stallion Farms EBF Mares Flat Race | 5/13 | 3¼ | 11-4 | — | 91B | 106A | Mr P Lake | 80/1 |
| 23 Feb 23 | Thurles | Irish Stallion Farms EBF Mares Flat Race | 13/15 | hd | 11-4 | — | 48B | 71A | Mr P Lake | 66/1 |
Quick answers
- How many races has Cast A Spell (IRE) won?
- Cast A Spell (IRE) won 4 of 26 archived starts between 2023 and 2025, a strike rate of 15.4%. Placed 10 times in total (38.5% of starts).
- Who trained Cast A Spell (IRE)?
- Cast A Spell (IRE) was trained by T Hogan on the most recent run on record, at Leopardstown on 2 February 2025.
- Who is Cast A Spell (IRE)'s sire?
- Cast A Spell (IRE) is by Mastercraftsman (IRE) out of Blackwitch Woman (IRE), whose sire is Galileo.
- What going does Cast A Spell (IRE) prefer?
- Cast A Spell (IRE) has the best record on heavy going: 1 win from 3 starts (33.3%). Only going bands with at least three archived starts are read, so this is a direction rather than a settled preference.
- What is Cast A Spell (IRE)'s official rating?
- The most recent official rating on record is 119, from the run on 2 February 2025. That is also the highest on record.
- What is Cast A Spell (IRE)'s sire's record?
- Mastercraftsman (IRE)'s progeny in our archive have won 10.6% of 11,628 runs since Jan 2008 (842 horses), Flat and jumps together.
- Who are Cast A Spell (IRE)'s siblings?
- Out of Blackwitch Woman (IRE), Cast A Spell (IRE) has 2 other produce in our archive, 0 of them winners. As at Oct 2026.