Horse profile
Celtic Art (FR)
by Mastercraftsman (IRE) out of Irish Song (FR) (Singspiel)
48 runs · 25 courses · from Jul 2019
As at 18 Oct 2026 · KTB archive: GB, Ireland & France · 2005–present, updated daily
9 wins · 6 courses
Off 189 days
Last raced off OR 122
KTB Profile
Celtic Art is a gelding who has won nine of 48 starts. He gained his biggest success in a Class 2 handicap hurdle at Taunton in Jan 2026 off an official rating of 120 and has also won twice at Wincanton and twice at Lingfield AW. All eight hurdle wins came over 1m5f – 2m or 2m1f – 2m4f with three on good to soft and two on soft. Typically held up he last ran at Chepstow in Apr 2026 off an official rating of 122.
Based on 48 archived runs · run-style from 7 commented runs · updated 18 Oct 2026
KTB at a glance
Typically held up
- 9–48Wins / Runs
- 18.8%Strike rate
- 18 (37.5%)Placed
- +16.79£1 level staken=48 at SP
- 1.59Fair A/E n=48 · 1.39 incl. margin
- 125Highest OR
- 52dAvg 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 rating122↓ 3lb off peak
122
86–125
KTB Speed and Rating
KTB Speed
Best recent Speed 123
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 18 Oct 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Good to Soft | 8 | 123A | 101.5 | 2 · 104 / 101.5 |
| Soft | 6 | 116A | 92 | — |
| Good | 4 | 123A | 107.5 | 3 · 123 / 121 |
| Heavy | 3 | 106B | 66 | 1 · — |
| Distance | Runs | Best | Median | Since 18 Oct 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1m5f – 2m | 14 | 116A | 98 | 2 · 106 / 102.5 |
| 2m1f – 2m4f | 7 | 123A | 104 | 4 · 123 / 112.5 |
Flat
| Going | Runs | Best | Median | Since 18 Oct 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Good to Firm | 8 | 118A | 74 | — |
| Standard (AW) | 7 | 109A | 99 | — |
| Good | 7 | 114A | 99 | — |
| Soft | 1 | — | — | — |
| Distance | Runs | Best | Median | Since 18 Oct 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1m2f – 1m4f | 15 | 114A | 99 | — |
| 1m – 1m1f | 3 | 91C | 81 | — |
| 6f – 7f | 3 | 77C | 64 | — |
| 1m5f – 2m | 2 | 118A | 98 | — |
Of 47 runs looked at, 3 have no figure: did not complete (3).
KTB Speed v1 · batch 15 Sep 2026 · GB & Irish racing only · 44 figures from 47 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 7 analysed runs
- Held up 4 (57%) · 1 win
- Prominent 3 (43%) · 1 win
Pedigree intelligence
Sire
Progeny in our archive have won 10.6% of 11,624 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 | 1 from 8 |
| Good | 2,972 | 345 | 11.6% | +1 | 1 from 11 |
| Good to Soft | 1,530 | 166 | 10.8% | +0.2 | 3 from 9 |
| Soft | 1,963 | 182 | 9.3% | −1.3 | 2 from 9 |
| Heavy | 660 | 70 | 10.6% | 0 | 0 from 4 |
| Standard (AW) | 3,130 | 310 | 9.9% | −0.7 | 2 from 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 | 0 from 3 |
| 1m – 1m1f | 2,329 | 217 | 9.3% | −1.3 | 1 from 4 |
| 1m2f – 1m4f | 3,815 | 438 | 11.5% | +0.9 | 2 from 15 |
| 1m5f – 2m | 2,586 | 285 | 11% | +0.4 | 4 from 19 |
| 2m1f – 2m4f | 1,083 | 114 | 10.5% | −0.1 | 2 from 7 |
| 2m5f – 3m | 325 | 44 | 13.5% | +2.9 | — |
| Over 3m | 48 | 9 | 18.8% | +8.2 | — |
Flat and jumps together (all codes) · since Jan 2008 · as at 18 Oct 2026 · rows under 30 runs muted · win % is the measure, a record not a forecast
Dam
Irish Song (FR) (Singspiel)
7 siblings in the archive, 0 winners.
| Produce | Runs | Wins | Win trips | Best grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Warm Love (GB) | 5 | 0 | — | — |
| Ironie (GB) | 1 | 0 | — | — |
| Celtic Tenor (FR) | 1 | 0 | — | — |
| Yamina (FR) | 2 | 0 | — | — |
| Trenavin (FR) | 3 | 0 | — | — |
| The Dubliner (FR) | 4 | 0 | — | — |
| I Am Sovereign (FR) | 1 | 0 | — | — |
Record by conditions
| Going | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Good | 11 | 1 | 9% | +2.00 |
| Good to Soft | 9 | 3 | 33% | +7.71 |
| Soft | 9 | 2 | 22% | +15.00 |
| Good to Firm | 8 | 1 | 13% | −6.75 |
| Standard (AW) | 7 | 2 | 29% | +2.83 |
| Heavy | 4 | 0 | 0% | −4.00 |
| Class | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Class 3 | 22 | 2 | 9% | −4.67 |
| Class 2 | 14 | 4 | 29% | −0.04 |
| Class 4 | 9 | 3 | 33% | +24.50 |
| Class 1 | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Course | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Taunton | 7 | 2 | 29% | +8.88 |
| Wincanton | 5 | 2 | 40% | +8.83 |
| Lingfield (AW) | 4 | 2 | 50% | +5.83 |
| Newmarket | 4 | 0 | 0% | −4.00 |
| Goodwood | 4 | 1 | 25% | −2.75 |
| Newbury | 3 | 0 | 0% | −3.00 |
| Chepstow | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Sandown | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Bangor-on-Dee | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Warwick | 1 | 1 | 100% | +4.00 |
| Newton Abbot | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Uttoxeter | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Lingfield | 1 | 1 | 100% | +18.00 |
| Kempton (AW) | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Kempton | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Windsor | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Ascot | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Salisbury | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Wolverhampton (AW) | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Newcastle (AW) | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Thirsk | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Bath | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Epsom Downs | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Deauville (FR) | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| York | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Distance | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1m5f – 2m | 19 | 4 | 21% | +18.83 |
| 1m2f – 1m4f | 15 | 2 | 13% | −5.17 |
| 2m1f – 2m4f | 7 | 2 | 29% | +8.88 |
| 1m – 1m1f | 4 | 1 | 25% | −2.75 |
| 6f – 7f | 3 | 0 | 0% | −3.00 |
| Jockey | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lorcan Williams | 8 | 2 | 25% | +10.00 |
| Rex Dingle | 8 | 3 | 38% | +24.83 |
| P J McDonald | 6 | 1 | 17% | −4.75 |
| David Probert | 5 | 0 | 0% | −5.00 |
| Chad Bament | 4 | 1 | 25% | −1.12 |
| Hollie Doyle | 3 | 1 | 33% | +1.33 |
| Bryan Carver | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Harry Cobden | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Luke Scott | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Hector Crouch | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Callum Hutchinson | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Takeshi Yokoyama | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Jim Crowley | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Jason Watson | 1 | 1 | 100% | +4.50 |
| Mohammed Tabti | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| William Buick | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Kevin Stott | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Luke Morris | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Rossa Ryan | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Headgear | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| None | 28 | 5 | 18% | −3.09 |
| Cheekpieces | 11 | 2 | 18% | +13.00 |
| Blinkers | 9 | 2 | 22% | +6.88 |
| Season | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 5 | 1 | 20% | −2.12 |
| 2025 | 6 | 2 | 33% | +12.00 |
| 2024 | 5 | 0 | 0% | −5.00 |
| 2023 | 8 | 3 | 38% | +24.83 |
| 2022 | 8 | 2 | 25% | +1.83 |
| 2021 | 8 | 0 | 0% | −8.00 |
| 2020 | 3 | 0 | 0% | −3.00 |
| 2019 | 5 | 1 | 20% | −3.75 |
| Type | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hurdle | 24 | 6 | 25% | +29.71 |
| Flat | 24 | 3 | 13% | −12.92 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 11 Apr 26+19d | Chepstow | Tiptop Clean Convenience Handicap Hurdle Started towards the back - down at the first | F/9 | — | 11-4 | 122 | — | — | Chad Bament | 18/1 |
| 23 Mar 26+39d | Wincanton | Jim Morgan And Ronnie Stevens Memorial Handicap Hurdle Settled towards the back early - nudged for effort after three out - well beaten by two out | 8/8 | 17 | 11-8 | 124 | 94C | 108C | Lorcan Williams | 12/1 |
| 12 Feb 26+26d | Taunton | Royal Bath & West Show Handicap Hurdle Held up towards the back - progress on the outside from the 5th - pushed along wide after 3 out and shifted right after 2 out - unable to threaten leaders and finished 5th | 5/7 | 1¼ | 10-8 | 125 | 106B | 117A | Chad Bament | 11/2 |
| 17 Jan 26+9d | Taunton | Claim Your DragonBet Welcome Offer Handicap Hurdle (GBB Race) Settled behind the pace - improved into second by the 6th - hit the front two out in comfortable style - drew clear for an unchallenged win | 1/5 | 10-2 | 120 | 104C | 121B | Chad Bament | 15/8F | |
| 08 Jan 26+28d | Taunton | 26 February Landlord's Raceday Handicap Hurdle Settled towards back early - made smooth progress from the 5th - went clear approaching 2 out but blundered there - pushed along after the last - overtaken close to home - lost ground final stages | 2/10 | 2½ | 11-8 | 119 | 123A | 137B | Lorcan Williams | 18/5 |
| 11 Dec 25+35d | Taunton | Summerfield Handicap Hurdle Settled towards the back early - began to make ground into contention with four to go - moved through nicely to hit the front two out - kicked away after the last - won comfortably | 1/11 | 10-11 | 113 | 121A | 127A | Lorcan Williams | 12/1 | |
| 06 Nov 25+25d | Newbury | OLBG Conditional Jockeys' Handicap Hurdle Held second spot behind the front-runner into the straight - driven along approaching 2 out - dropped away before the last - finished well held in 8th | 8/13 | ½ | 11-2 | 115 | 99B | 111A | Chad Bament | 40/1 |
| 12 Oct 25+171d | Chepstow | dragonbet.co.uk Born From The Betting Ring Seniors' Handicap Hurdle Handy near the back early - pushed into contention around 4th with a share of 3rd - lost touch 3 out - well held at the finish | 5/6 | 25 | 11-1 | 117 | 41C | 104C | Lorcan Williams | 16/1 |
| 24 Apr 25+54d | Bangor-on-Dee | Bangor-On-Dee Congratulates Champion Jockey Sean Bowen Handicap Hurdle Handy early - moved into second having sat third until 4 out - dropped away quickly late to finish well beaten | 7/8 | 16 | 12-0 | 118 | 56C | 105C | Bryan Carver | 15/2 |
| 01 Mar 25+21d | Newbury | Lengthen The Odds At BetVictor Handicap Hurdle Sat close to pace early - hit front before 3 out but lost command soon after - unable to find more when weakening into 4th before last | 4/6 | 11 | 11-2 | 120 | 79A | 109B | Lorcan Williams | 14/1 |
| 08 Feb 25+72d | Warwick | racingtv.com Handicap Hurdle Handy early - moved to front on home bend - driven clear after second last - kept finding more to win | 1/9 | 11-9 | 115 | 116A | 132A | Lorcan Williams | 4/1 | |
| 28 Nov 24+29d | Taunton | Trucksmith Tipper Handicap Hurdle Settled in the pack early - improved into contention before the 6th and holding a good position approaching 2 out - unable to find more inside the final furlong finishing fourth | 4/11 | 3 | 11-9 | 115 | 123A | 126A | Lorcan Williams | 33/1 |
| 30 Oct 24+179d | Newton Abbot | attheraces.com Handicap Hurdle Settled just behind the front-runner early - had to be niggled approaching the home turn - dropped away before 2 out - finished fifth beaten a long way | 5/6 | ½ | 11-6 | 117 | 61C | 104B | Rex Dingle | 14/1 |
| 04 May 24+39d | Uttoxeter | Brooklyn Pilsner Handicap Hurdle | 8/9 | 15 | 10-9 | 118 | 81C | 101C | Harry Cobden | 9/1 |
| 26 Mar 24+35d | Taunton | Fowey Lifeboat 165 Years Handicap Hurdle | 3/5 | 1 | 11-9 | 119 | 69C | 125B | Rex Dingle | 9/4 |
| 20 Feb 24+70d | Taunton | Weatherbys Cheltenham Festival Betting Guide Handicap Hurdle | 3/9 | 1 | 11-0 | 118 | 103B | 134A | Rex Dingle | 22/1 |
| 12 Dec 23+10d | Wincanton | Yarlington Handicap Hurdle | 4/8 | 15 | 11-11 | 119 | 66B | 119A | Bryan Carver | 10/1 |
| 02 Dec 23+18d | Newbury | 'Bet In Race' With Coral Intermediate Handicap Hurdle (Registered As The Gerry Feilden) (Premier Handicap) (GBB Race) | 6/8 | 72 | 10-10 | 120 | 30C | 96C | Lorcan Williams | 25/1 |
| 14 Nov 23+16d | Lingfield | John & Paddy Sheehan Memorial Handicap Hurdle | 1/6 | 11-11 | 117 | 106B | 129B | Rex Dingle | 18/1 | |
| 29 Oct 23+144d | Wincanton | George Smith Horseboxes Conditional Jockeys' Handicap Hurdle | PU/10 | — | 11-11 | 120 | — | — | Luke Scott | 11/1 |
| 07 Jun 23+39d | Kempton (AW) | Unibet 3 Uniboosts Per Day Handicap | 11/14 | 7½ | 9-0 | 86 | 78B | 61A | Hector Crouch | 28/1 |
| 29 Apr 23+86d | Sandown | Bet365 Novices' Championship Final Handicap Hurdle (GBB Race) | PU/15 | — | 11-5 | 120 | — | — | Rex Dingle | 12/1 |
| 02 Feb 23+26d | Wincanton | JenningsBet Christchurch Novices' Hurdle (GBB Race) | 1/18 | 11-8 | 116 | 114B | 151A | Rex Dingle | 10/3 | |
| 07 Jan 23+61d | Wincanton | Virgin Bet Maiden Hurdle (GBB Race) | 1/18 | 11-8 | — | 111B | 139A | Rex Dingle | 17/2 | |
| 07 Nov 22+35d | Kempton | Watch RacingTV Free For 31 Days Novices' Hurdle (GBB Race) | 3/7 | 19 | 11-0 | — | 97A | 111B | Rex Dingle | 16/1 |
| 03 Oct 22+58d | Windsor | Hippodrome Handicap | 11/11 | 2¾ | 9-3 | 88 | 107A | 66A | Callum Hutchinson | 66/1 |
| 06 Aug 22+45d | Ascot | Dubai Duty Free Shergar Cup Challenge (Handicap) | 9/10 | 5½ | 9-8 | 89 | 64A | 63A | Takeshi Yokoyama | 12/1 |
| 22 Jun 22+107d | Salisbury | Nick Hancock Half Century Handicap | 6/6 | 2¼ | 9-9 | 90 | 118A | 75B | Jim Crowley | 9/2 |
| 07 Mar 22+16d | Wolverhampton (AW) | Betway Handicap | 3/8 | 1½ | 8-10 | 90 | 99A | 85A | Hollie Doyle | 9/2 |
| 19 Feb 22+7d | Lingfield (AW) | Betway Handicap | 1/7 | 9-4 | 88 | 109A | 85A | Jason Watson | 9/2 | |
| 12 Feb 22+21d | Lingfield (AW) | Betway Casino Handicap | 3/4 | ¾ | 9-10 | 88 | 94C | 82B | Hollie Doyle | 13/8F |
| 22 Jan 22+22d | Lingfield (AW) | Betway Handicap | 1/10 | 8-10 | 86 | 103A | 84A | Hollie Doyle | 10/3F | |
| 31 Dec 21+66d | Lingfield (AW) | Betway Handicap | 2/6 | 1½ | 9-5 | 86 | 94A | 83B | David Probert | 3/1 |
| 26 Oct 21+32d | Newcastle (AW) | Betway Handicap | 3/7 | 1½ | 9-6 | 86 | 100A | 90A | Mohammed Tabti | 10/3 |
| 24 Sep 21+20d | Newmarket | Unibet Casino Deposit 10 And Get 40 Bonus Handicap | 2/8 | 1¼ | 9-10 | 86 | 81A | 93A | William Buick | 6/1 |
| 04 Sep 21+14d | Thirsk | Calverts Carpets Hambleton Cup Handicap | 4/6 | 1¼ | 10-0 | 88 | 104A | 85B | Kevin Stott | 5/1 |
| 21 Aug 21+17d | Sandown | Heed Your Hunch At Betway Handicap | 6/11 | 1 | 8-13 | 90 | 114A | 78A | P J McDonald | 25/1 |
| 04 Aug 21+40d | Bath | Join Casumo Today Kelston Cup Handicap | 2/6 | 3¾ | 10-0 | 90 | 99A | 95B | Luke Morris | 11/1 |
| 25 Jun 21+66d | Newmarket | Rich Energy Powering Premium Handicap | 5/6 | 2¾ | 9-13 | 94 | 71A | 80B | David Probert | 18/1 |
| 20 Apr 21+206d | Epsom Downs | City And Suburban Handicap | 9/10 | 8 | 8-13 | 96 | 75B | 65A | Rossa Ryan | 10/1 |
| 26 Sep 20+28d | Newmarket | bet365 Cambridgeshire Handicap (Heritage Handicap) | 26/27 | 18 | 8-9 | 100 | 57C | 73C | David Probert | 66/1 |
| 29 Aug 20+30d | Goodwood | Ladbrokes March Stakes (Group 3) | 3/4 | 21 | 9-2 | 100 | 78C | 76C | David Probert | 5/1 |
| 30 Jul 20+281d | Goodwood | Unibet You're On Handicap | 6/11 | ¾ | 9-7 | 101 | 81A | 100A | David Probert | 20/1 |
| 23 Oct 19+50d | Deauville (FR) | Prix Isonomy () (2yo) (Round Course) (Turf) | 2/6 | 4 | 8-13 | — | — | — | P J McDonald | 42/10 |
| 03 Sep 19+11d | Goodwood | Matchbook EBF Peter Willett Future Stayers' Maiden Stakes (Plus 10) | 1/3 | 9-5 | 91 | 91C | 82C | P J McDonald | 1/4F | |
| 23 Aug 19+20d | York | British Stallion Studs EBF Convivial Maiden Stakes (Plus 10) | 2/14 | nk | 9-5 | — | 77C | 100A | P J McDonald | 9/1 |
| 03 Aug 19+22d | Goodwood | Qatar EBF Stallions Maiden Stakes (Plus 10) | 2/11 | ½ | 9-0 | — | 64A | 94A | P J McDonald | 14/1 |
| 12 Jul 19 | Newmarket | Weatherbys British EBF Maiden Stakes (Plus 10) | 11/14 | 1½ | 9-0 | — | 49C | 68A | P J McDonald | 20/1 |
Quick answers
- How many races has Celtic Art (FR) won?
- Celtic Art (FR) won 9 of 48 archived starts between 2019 and 2026, a strike rate of 18.8%. Placed 18 times in total (37.5% of starts).
- Who trains Celtic Art (FR)?
- Celtic Art (FR) is trained by Jeremy Scott, who saddled the horse on its most recent run on 11 April 2026.
- Who is Celtic Art (FR)'s sire?
- Celtic Art (FR) is by Mastercraftsman (IRE) out of Irish Song (FR), whose sire is Singspiel.
- What going does Celtic Art (FR) prefer?
- Celtic Art (FR) has the best record on good to soft going: 3 wins from 9 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 Celtic Art (FR)'s official rating?
- The most recent official rating on record is 122, from the run on 11 April 2026. The highest on record is 125.
- What is Celtic Art (FR)'s sire's record?
- Mastercraftsman (IRE)'s progeny in our archive have won 10.6% of 11,624 runs since Jan 2008 (842 horses), Flat and jumps together.
- Who are Celtic Art (FR)'s siblings?
- Out of Irish Song (FR), Celtic Art (FR) has 7 other produce in our archive, 0 of them winners. As at Oct 2026.