Celtic Chieftain (IRE)
Celtic Chieftain won the Lynn Lodge Stud Irish EBF Maiden at Navan over under 6f on good ground in Jun 2024. The colt has one win and one place from six turf starts and last ran off a career-high official rating of 88. He finished sixth of seven in the Heider Family Stables Round Tower Stakes at the Curragh in Aug 2024. By No Nay Never out of a daughter of Aqlaam he is trained by A P O'Brien.
- 1–6Wins / Runs
- 16.7%Strike rate
- 1 (16.7%)Placed
- +3.00£1 level staken=6 at SP
- 1.28Fair A/E n=6 · 1.08 incl. margin
- 88Highest OR
- 17dAvg 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 100
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 | 4 | 90C | 77.5 | — |
| Good to Firm | 2 | 100A | 86.5 | — |
| Distance | Runs | Best | Median | Since 21 Oct 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Under 6f | 4 | 100A | 81.5 | — |
| 6f – 7f | 2 | 85A | 77.5 | — |
KTB Speed v1 · batch 15 Sep 2026 · GB & Irish racing only · 6 figures from 6 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 12.1% of 6,310 runs since Jan 2008 (705 horses).
Weakest on good to soft going: 9% from 612. Weakest over 1m5f – 2m (all codes): 7.6% from 185.
| Going | Runs | Wins | SR | vs sire | This horse |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Firm | 16 | 5 | 31.3% | +19.2 | — |
| Good to Firm | 927 | 122 | 13.2% | +1.1 | 0 from 2 |
| Good | 1,489 | 181 | 12.2% | +0.1 | 1 from 4 |
| Good to Soft | 612 | 55 | 9% | −3.1 | — |
| Soft | 843 | 109 | 12.9% | +0.8 | — |
| Heavy | 276 | 36 | 13% | +0.9 | — |
| Standard (AW) | 2,147 | 253 | 11.8% | −0.3 | — |
| Distance (all codes) | Runs | Wins | SR | vs sire | This horse |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Under 6f | 910 | 122 | 13.4% | +1.3 | 1 from 4 |
| 6f – 7f | 3,374 | 437 | 13% | +0.9 | 0 from 2 |
| 1m – 1m1f | 1,177 | 129 | 11% | −1.1 | — |
| 1m2f – 1m4f | 582 | 54 | 9.3% | −2.8 | — |
| 1m5f – 2m | 185 | 14 | 7.6% | −4.5 | — |
| 2m1f – 2m4f | 77 | 5 | 6.5% | −5.6 | — |
| 2m5f – 3m | 5 | 0 | 0% | −12.1 | — |
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
3 siblings in the archive, 3 winners — best of them Lumacho (IRE) (3 wins).
The wins came over 5f–1m; the highest grade won is Class 4 (Storm Force (IRE)).
| Produce | Runs | Wins | Win trips | Best grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lumacho (IRE) | 15 | 3 | 5f | Class 6 |
| Janoobi (IRE) | 7 | 2 | 7f–1m | — |
| Storm Force (IRE) | 3 | 2 | 6f | Class 4 |
Record by conditions
| Going | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Good | 4 | 1 | 25% | +5.00 |
| Good to Firm | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Class | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Class 1 | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Course | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Curragh | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Cork | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Tipperary | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Ascot | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Navan | 1 | 1 | 100% | +8.00 |
| Distance | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Under 6f | 4 | 1 | 25% | +5.00 |
| 6f – 7f | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Headgear | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| None | 5 | 1 | 20% | +4.00 |
| Cheekpieces | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 31 Aug 24+36d | Curragh | Heider Family Stables Round Tower Stakes (Group 3) Fought for control early before dropping into 5th - pressed for effort a furlong out - lost momentum and dropped to 6th close home | 6/7 | 2¼ | 9-5 | 88 | 85A | 72A | Wayne Lordan | 22/1 |
| 26 Jul 24+5d | Cork | Irish Stallion Farms EBF Rated Race | 4/4 | 4¼ | 9-7 | — | 60C | 61B | Wayne Lordan | 10/3 |
| 21 Jul 24+18d | Curragh | Jebel Ali Racecourse And Stables Anglesey Stakes (Group 3) | 9/10 | hd | 9-5 | — | 70A | 79A | Wayne Lordan | 20/1 |
| 03 Jul 24+14d | Tipperary | Coolmore Ten Sovereigns Tipperary Stakes (Listed) | 8/10 | 1 | 9-5 | — | 100A | 76A | Wayne Lordan | 9/4F |
| 19 Jun 24+11d | Ascot | Windsor Castle Stakes (Listed) | 18/27 | hd | 9-5 | — | 73C | 72A | Wayne Lordan | 9/2 |
| 08 Jun 24 | Navan | Lynn Lodge Stud Irish EBF Maiden | 1/16 | 9-7 | — | 90C | 101A | Wayne Lordan | 8/1 |
Quick answers
- How many races has Celtic Chieftain (IRE) won?
- Celtic Chieftain (IRE) won 1 of 6 archived starts in 2024, a strike rate of 16.7%. Placed 1 time in total (16.7% of starts).
- Who trained Celtic Chieftain (IRE)?
- Celtic Chieftain (IRE) was trained by A P O'Brien on the most recent run on record, at Curragh on 31 August 2024.
- Who is Celtic Chieftain (IRE)'s sire?
- Celtic Chieftain (IRE) is by No Nay Never (USA) out of Southern Belle (IRE), whose sire is Aqlaam.
- What going does Celtic Chieftain (IRE) prefer?
- Celtic Chieftain (IRE) has the best record on good going: 1 win from 4 starts (25%). Only going bands with at least three archived starts are read, so this is a direction rather than a settled preference.
- What is Celtic Chieftain (IRE)'s official rating?
- The most recent official rating on record is 88, from the run on 31 August 2024. That is also the highest on record.
- What is Celtic Chieftain (IRE)'s sire's record?
- No Nay Never (USA)'s progeny in our archive have won 12.1% of 6,310 runs since Jan 2008 (705 horses), Flat and jumps together. Weakest on good to soft going: 9% from 612. Weakest over 1m5f – 2m (all codes): 7.6% from 185.
- Who are Celtic Chieftain (IRE)'s siblings?
- Out of Southern Belle (IRE), Celtic Chieftain (IRE) has 3 other produce in our archive, 3 of them winners. Most wins: Lumacho (IRE) (3). Highest grade won: Class 4 (Storm Force (IRE)). The wins came over 5f–1m. As at Oct 2026.