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Horse profile

Catch the Thaiger (IRE)

6yo gelding (at last run, Dec 2009) · Last trainer Thomas Foley · Last owner Have A Go Syndicate
by Turtle Island (IRE) out of Hazy Bird (GB) (Ballymore)
8 runs · 5 courses · from Feb 2008
As at 27 Oct 2026 · KTB archive: GB, Ireland & France · 2005–present, updated daily
No run recorded since 6 Dec 2009 — 6,169 days ago. Our archive can't say whether the horse is still in training.
Last run Dec 2009 · 7th of 20
KTB Profile

Catch the Thaiger (IRE) is yet to win from 8 starts. Best effort: 4th of 10 at Cork (Dec 2008).

Based on 8 archived runs · updated 27 Oct 2026

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 108A the best of the last 3 rated runs · Thurles, 27 Nov 2009

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 →

Jumps 8 figures · best 111A · median 102.5
GoingRunsBestMedianSince 27 Oct 2025
Heavy4111A107.5—
Soft4104A96.5—
DistanceRunsBestMedianSince 27 Oct 2025
1m5f – 2m6111A96.5—
2m1f – 2m4f2108A107.5—

KTB Rating v1 · batch 3 Oct 2026 · GB & Irish racing only · 8 figures from 8 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
Turtle Island (IRE)

Progeny in our archive have won 7.5% of 3,325 runs since Jan 2008 (309 horses).

Strongest on good to firm going: 10.7% from 215.

GoingRunsWinsSRvs sireThis horse
Firm2428.3%+0.8—
Good to Firm2152310.7%+3.2—
Good800607.5%0—
Good to Soft459408.7%+1.2—
Soft1,001707%−0.50 from 4
Heavy786546.9%−0.60 from 4
Standard (AW)4000%−7.5—
Distance (all codes)RunsWinsSRvs sireThis horse
Under 6f100%−7.5—
6f – 7f1100%−7.5—
1m – 1m1f2314.3%−3.2—
1m2f – 1m4f4137.3%−0.2—
1m5f – 2m954818.5%+10 from 6
2m1f – 2m4f1,144807%−0.50 from 2
2m5f – 3m954727.5%0—
Over 3m197126.1%−1.4—

Flat and jumps together (all codes) · since Jan 2008 · as at 27 Oct 2026 · rows under 30 runs muted · win % is the measure, a record not a forecast

Dam
Hazy Bird (GB) (Ballymore)

No other produce in our archive. It holds racing in Great Britain, Ireland and France from 2005, so siblings racing elsewhere won’t appear here.

Record by conditions

GoingRunsWinsSR£1
Heavy 4 0 0% −4.00
Soft 4 0 0% −4.00

CourseRunsWinsSR£1
Thurles 3 0 0% −3.00
Punchestown 2 0 0% −2.00
Clonmel 1 0 0% −1.00
Limerick 1 0 0% −1.00
Cork 1 0 0% −1.00

DistanceRunsWinsSR£1
1m5f – 2m 6 0 0% −6.00
2m1f – 2m4f 2 0 0% −2.00

JockeyRunsWinsSR£1
Mr P T Foley 6 0 0% −6.00
T G M Ryan 2 0 0% −2.00

SeasonRunsWinsSR£1
2009 5 0 0% −5.00
2008 3 0 0% −3.00

TypeRunsWinsSR£1
NH Flat 6 0 0% −6.00
Hurdle 2 0 0% −2.00

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 KTB Jockey SP
2009 · 5 runs
06 Dec 09+9d Punchestown Events At Punchestown Maiden Hurdle 20f · Heavy · 20 ran 7/20 ¾ 11-12 107A T G M Ryan 25/1
27 Nov 09+274d Thurles Holycross Maiden Hurdle 18f · Heavy · 18 ran 7/18 1¼ 11-4 108A T G M Ryan 33/1
26 Feb 09+21d Thurles Mid Tipp Flat Race 16f · Soft · 16 ran 9/16 3 11-7 90C Mr P T Foley 20/1
05 Feb 09+23d Clonmel Clogheen Flat Race 16f · Heavy · 13 ran 6/13 9 11-7 89C Mr P T Foley 20/1
13 Jan 09+18d Thurles Templemore Flat Race 16f · Soft · 11 ran 5/11 ½ 11-7 104A Mr P T Foley 16/1
2008 · 3 runs
26 Dec 08+12d Limerick Irish Racing Calendar 2009 Inh Flat Race 16f · Soft · 18 ran 8/18 16 11-7 92C Mr P T Foley 11/2
14 Dec 08+298d Cork Mitchelstown (pro-am) Inh Flat Race 16f · Heavy · 10 ran 4/10 10 11-7 111A Mr P T Foley 12/1
20 Feb 08 Punchestown Rockview (QR) INH Flat Race 16f · Yielding · 21 ran 9/21 shd 11-6 101A Mr P T Foley 25/1

Quick answers

How many races has Catch the Thaiger won?
Catch the Thaiger (IRE) has yet to win, from 8 archived starts between 2008 and 2009.
Who trained Catch the Thaiger?
Catch the Thaiger (IRE) was trained by Thomas Foley on the most recent run on record, at Punchestown on 6 December 2009.
Who is Catch the Thaiger's sire?
Catch the Thaiger (IRE) is by Turtle Island (IRE) out of Hazy Bird (GB), whose sire is Ballymore.
What is Catch the Thaiger's sire's record?
Turtle Island (IRE)'s progeny in our archive have won 7.5% of 3,325 runs since Jan 2008 (309 horses), Flat and jumps together. Strongest on good to firm going: 10.7% from 215.

Record shown from February 2008. 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.