Catching Shadows (IRE)
Catching Shadows (IRE) is 2 from 9. Hasn't won since Jan 2015. Each win came on a first visit to the course.
- 2–9Wins / Runs
- 22.2%Strike rate
- 5 (55.6%)Placed
- +26.80£1 level staken=9 at SP
- 1.32Fair A/E n=9 · 1.15 incl. margin
- 108Highest OR
- 105dAvg 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 109
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Soft | 2 | 80A | 77.5 | — |
| Heavy | 1 | — | — | — |
| Distance | Runs | Best | Median | Since 21 Oct 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1m5f – 2m | 2 | 109B | 92 | — |
| 2m1f – 2m4f | 1 | — | — | — |
Of 4 runs looked at, 1 has no figure: not enough races on the card to set the day (under 4) (1).
KTB Speed v1 · batch 15 Sep 2026 · GB & Irish racing only · 3 figures from 4 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 is derived from in-running commentary, which our data provider does not supply for this horse's races.
Pedigree intelligence
Progeny in our archive have won 8.9% of 2,570 runs since Jan 2008 (239 horses).
| Going | Runs | Wins | SR | vs sire | This horse |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Firm | 16 | 0 | 0% | −8.9 | — |
| Good to Firm | 298 | 24 | 8.1% | −0.8 | — |
| Good | 644 | 64 | 9.9% | +1 | 0 from 1 |
| Good to Soft | 298 | 27 | 9.1% | +0.2 | 1 from 3 |
| Soft | 544 | 46 | 8.5% | −0.4 | 0 from 3 |
| Heavy | 320 | 22 | 6.9% | −2 | 1 from 2 |
| Standard (AW) | 449 | 45 | 10% | +1.1 | — |
| Distance (all codes) | Runs | Wins | SR | vs sire | This horse |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Under 6f | 44 | 4 | 9.1% | +0.2 | — |
| 6f – 7f | 303 | 23 | 7.6% | −1.3 | — |
| 1m – 1m1f | 300 | 18 | 6% | −2.9 | — |
| 1m2f – 1m4f | 415 | 34 | 8.2% | −0.7 | — |
| 1m5f – 2m | 665 | 64 | 9.6% | +0.7 | 2 from 7 |
| 2m1f – 2m4f | 563 | 57 | 10.1% | +1.2 | 0 from 2 |
| 2m5f – 3m | 251 | 26 | 10.4% | +1.5 | — |
| Over 3m | 29 | 2 | 6.9% | −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
6 siblings in the archive, 2 winners — best of them Ain't That A Shame (IRE) (3 wins).
The wins came over 2m3½f–3m1f; the highest grade won is Grade 3 (Ain't That A Shame (IRE)).
| Produce | Runs | Wins | Win trips | Best grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ain't That A Shame (IRE) | 17 | 3 | 2m4f–3m1f | Grade 3 |
| Annie Nail (IRE) | 31 | 3 | 2m3½f–2m7½f | Class 5 |
| Doyen La Lutte (IRE) | 11 | 0 | — | — |
| Theatre Stage (IRE) | 9 | 0 | — | — |
| Alright George (IRE) | 7 | 0 | — | — |
| Irene's Pearl (IRE) | 1 | 0 | — | — |
Record by conditions
| Going | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Good to Soft | 3 | 1 | 33% | −1.20 |
| Soft | 3 | 0 | 0% | −3.00 |
| Heavy | 2 | 1 | 50% | +32.00 |
| Good | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Class | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Class 4 | 5 | 0 | 0% | −5.00 |
| Class 5 | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Class 6 | 1 | 1 | 100% | +0.80 |
| Course | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wetherby | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Newcastle | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Carlisle | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Perth | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Kelso | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Musselburgh | 1 | 1 | 100% | +0.80 |
| Cork | 1 | 1 | 100% | +33.00 |
| Thurles | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Distance | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1m5f – 2m | 7 | 2 | 29% | +28.80 |
| 2m1f – 2m4f | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Jockey | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lucy Alexander | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Jake Greenall | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Dale Irving | 2 | 1 | 50% | −0.20 |
| Mr P F Casey | 2 | 1 | 50% | +32.00 |
| Brian Hughes | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Season | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| 2016 | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| 2015 | 3 | 1 | 33% | −1.20 |
| 2014 | 2 | 1 | 50% | +32.00 |
| Type | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hurdle | 5 | 0 | 0% | −5.00 |
| NH Flat | 4 | 2 | 50% | +31.80 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 07 Mar 17+52d | Newcastle | St. James's Place Foundation Handicap Hurdle | 2/7 | 2¾ | 11-12 | 105 | 109B | 125A | Brian Hughes | 11/2 |
| 14 Jan 17+52d | Wetherby | wetherbyracing.co.uk Handicap Hurdle | 5/7 | 12 | 11-10 | 108 | — | 100A | Lucy Alexander | 6/1 |
| 23 Nov 16+34d | Wetherby | racinguk.com Novices' Hurdle (Div 2) | 5/10 | 3¼ | 10-12 | — | 75A | 93A | Jake Greenall | 15/8 |
| 20 Oct 16+501d | Carlisle | Racing To School Novices' Hurdle | 3/9 | 4½ | 10-12 | — | 80A | 106A | Lucy Alexander | 5/1 |
| 07 Jun 15+32d | Perth | Land Rover Defender Novices' Hurdle (For The Provost's Plate Challenge Trophy) | 4/13 | 1¾ | 11-0 | — | — | 110A | Jake Greenall | 9/2 |
| 06 May 15+110d | Kelso | Cheers Bar Standard Open NH Flat Race (Div 1) | 3/11 | 2½ | 11-7 | — | — | 123A | Dale Irving | 6/1 |
| 16 Jan 15+40d | Musselburgh | William Hill-The Home Of Betting Standard Open NH Flat Race | 1/7 | 11-4 | — | — | 111A | Dale Irving | 4/5F | |
| 07 Dec 14+17d | Cork | Galtee (pro/am) Flat Race | 1/15 | 11-7 | — | — | 141A | Mr P F Casey | 33/1 | |
| 20 Nov 14 | Thurles | Liscahill Flat Race | 6/6 | 1½ | 11-7 | — | — | 101B | Mr P F Casey | 66/1 |
Quick answers
- How many races has Catching Shadows (IRE) won?
- Catching Shadows (IRE) won 2 of 9 archived starts between 2014 and 2017, a strike rate of 22.2%. Placed 5 times in total (55.6% of starts).
- Who trained Catching Shadows (IRE)?
- Catching Shadows (IRE) was trained by James Ewart on the most recent run on record, at Newcastle on 7 March 2017.
- Who is Catching Shadows (IRE)'s sire?
- Catching Shadows (IRE) is by Catcher In The Rye (IRE) out of Castletown Girl (GB), whose sire is Bob Back.
- What going does Catching Shadows (IRE) prefer?
- Catching Shadows (IRE) has the best record on good to soft 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 Catching Shadows (IRE)'s official rating?
- The most recent official rating on record is 105, from the run on 7 March 2017. The highest on record is 108.
- What is Catching Shadows (IRE)'s sire's record?
- Catcher In The Rye (IRE)'s progeny in our archive have won 8.9% of 2,570 runs since Jan 2008 (239 horses), Flat and jumps together.
- Who are Catching Shadows (IRE)'s siblings?
- Out of Castletown Girl (GB), Catching Shadows (IRE) has 6 other produce in our archive, 2 of them winners. Most wins: Ain't That A Shame (IRE) (3). Highest grade won: Grade 3 (Ain't That A Shame (IRE)). The wins came over 2m3½f–3m1f. As at Oct 2026.