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Horse profile

Champagne Saloon (IRE)

8yo gelding (at last run, Jun 2024) · Last trainer Sean Aherne · Last owner J F Taylor
by Westerner (GB) out of Exitnell (GB) (Exit To Nowhere)
9 runs · 8 courses · from Apr 2023
As at 27 Oct 2026 · KTB archive: GB, Ireland & France · 2005–present, updated daily
No run recorded since 1 Jun 2024 — 878 days ago. Our archive can't say whether the horse is still in training.
Last run Jun 2024 · 6th of 18 Headgear returns LTO Last raced off OR 92
KTB Profile

Champagne Saloon is a maiden who has been unplaced in all nine starts on turf. He showed his best effort when fourth of 17 at Listowel in Jun 2023 and later reached an official rating of 99. The gelding, by Westerner out of an Exit To Nowhere mare, finished sixth of 18 in the John Thomas McNamara Handicap Hurdle at Listowel in Jun 2024 off a mark of 92 with headgear returning. He raced eight times at different courses.

Based on 9 archived runs · updated 27 Oct 2026
Official rating92↓ 7lb off peak
92 92–99

KTB Speed and Rating

KTB Speed

Best recent Speed 84 the best of the last 3 graded (A or B) runs · Tipperary, 15 May 2024

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 7 figures · best 103B · median 79
GoingRunsBestMedianSince 27 Oct 2025
Good to Soft4103B84.5—
Good1———
Heavy1———
Soft1———
DistanceRunsBestMedianSince 27 Oct 2025
1m5f – 2m6103B75—
2m1f – 2m4f1———

Of 9 runs looked at, 2 have no figure: did not complete (2).

KTB Speed v1 · batch 15 Sep 2026 · GB & Irish racing only · 7 figures from 9 runs · as at 3 Oct 2026 · a record, not a forecast

KTB Rating

Best recent KTB Rating 107A the best of the last 3 rated runs · Tipperary, 15 May 2024 Official rating 92 at the last run, 1 Jun 2024

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 7 figures · best 111A · median 98
GoingRunsBestMedianSince 27 Oct 2025
Good to Soft4111A99—
Good1———
Heavy1———
Soft1———
DistanceRunsBestMedianSince 27 Oct 2025
1m5f – 2m6111A96.5—
2m1f – 2m4f1———

Of 9 runs looked at, 2 have no figure: did not complete (or a non-runner row) (2).

KTB Rating v1 · batch 3 Oct 2026 · GB & Irish racing only · 7 figures from 9 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

Progeny in our archive have won 12.1% of 11,835 runs since Jan 2008 (941 horses).

Weakest on standard (aw) going: 8.5% from 188.

GoingRunsWinsSRvs sireThis horse
Firm7114.3%+2.2—
Good to Firm2342711.5%−0.6—
Good3,40743012.6%+0.50 from 1
Good to Soft2,11025211.9%−0.20 from 5
Soft3,78045212%−0.10 from 2
Heavy2,10925912.3%+0.20 from 1
Standard (AW)188168.5%−3.6—
Distance (all codes)RunsWinsSRvs sireThis horse
6f – 7f4948.2%−3.9—
1m – 1m1f1241310.5%−1.6—
1m2f – 1m4f267259.4%−2.7—
1m5f – 2m3,36739511.7%−0.40 from 7
2m1f – 2m4f4,28453712.5%+0.40 from 2
2m5f – 3m2,97837512.6%+0.5—
Over 3m7668811.5%−0.6—

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
Exitnell (GB) (Exit To Nowhere)

3 siblings in the archive, 1 winner — best of them Exit To The West (IRE) (2 wins).

The wins came over 2m4f.

ProduceRunsWinsWin tripsBest grade
Exit To The West (IRE)2122m4f—
Big Boy Dan (IRE)20——
Dammit Janet (IRE)20——

Record by conditions

GoingRunsWinsSR£1
Good to Soft 5 0 0% −5.00
Soft 2 0 0% −2.00
Good 1 0 0% −1.00
Heavy 1 0 0% −1.00

CourseRunsWinsSR£1
Listowel 2 0 0% −2.00
Punchestown 1 0 0% −1.00
Tipperary 1 0 0% −1.00
Naas 1 0 0% −1.00
Cork 1 0 0% −1.00
Kilbeggan 1 0 0% −1.00
Limerick 1 0 0% −1.00
Tramore 1 0 0% −1.00

DistanceRunsWinsSR£1
1m5f – 2m 7 0 0% −7.00
2m1f – 2m4f 2 0 0% −2.00

JockeyRunsWinsSR£1
Mike O'Connor 5 0 0% −5.00
Phillip Enright 2 0 0% −2.00
Sean O'Keeffe 1 0 0% −1.00
Mr Derek O'Connor 1 0 0% −1.00

HeadgearRunsWinsSR£1
None 4 0 0% −4.00
Hood 3 0 0% −3.00
Tongue tie 1 0 0% −1.00
Hood + tongue tie 1 0 0% −1.00

SeasonRunsWinsSR£1
2024 4 0 0% −4.00
2023 5 0 0% −5.00

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 ORSpdKTB Jockey SP
2024 · 4 runs
01 Jun 24+11d Listowel John Thomas McNamara Handicap Hurdle (80-102) 20.5f · Good · 18 ran 6/18 2 11-4 9279B103A Sean O'Keeffe 25/1
21 May 24+6d Punchestown Thank You To Our Track Team Handicap Hurdle (80-95) (Div 1) 20.5f · Good To Yielding · 16 ran PU/16 — 11-11 92—— Phillip Enright 11/2
15 May 24+41d Tipperary Follow Us On Facebook Handicap Hurdle (80-102) (Div 1) 16f · Good To Yielding · 15 ran 5/15 2¼ 11-5 9384B107A Phillip Enright 20/1
04 Apr 24+130d Naas Owners Insurance Included In AIRO Membership Handicap Hurdle (80-95) 16f · Soft To Heavy · 25 ran 13/25 shd 11-11 9566B98A Mike O'Connor 125/1
2023 · 5 runs
26 Nov 23+160d Cork Adare Manor Opportunity Handicap Hurdle (80-109) 16f · Soft · 14 ran PU/14 — 11-3 97—— Mike O'Connor 40/1
19 Jun 23+14d Kilbeggan www.kilbegganraces.com (Q.R.) Maiden Hurdle 16f · Good To Yielding · 14 ran 13/14 27 11-12 9932C91C Mr Derek O'Connor 14/1
05 Jun 23+10d Listowel John B. Keane (C & G) Maiden Hurdle 16f · Good To Yielding · 17 ran 4/17 1¼ 11-7 —103B111A Mike O'Connor 200/1
26 May 23+39d Limerick Connolly's RED MILLS Irish EBF Auction Maiden Hurdle 16.5f · Good To Yielding · 18 ran 13/18 3¾ 11-1 —85C81C Mike O'Connor 200/1
17 Apr 23 Tramore Ladies Day August 19th Maiden Hurdle 16f · Soft · 13 ran 10/13 1¼ 10-13 —27C95C Mike O'Connor 200/1

Quick answers

How many races has Champagne Saloon won?
Champagne Saloon (IRE) has yet to win, from 9 archived starts between 2023 and 2024.
Who trained Champagne Saloon?
Champagne Saloon (IRE) was trained by Sean Aherne on the most recent run on record, at Listowel on 1 June 2024.
Who is Champagne Saloon's sire?
Champagne Saloon (IRE) is by Westerner (GB) out of Exitnell (GB), whose sire is Exit To Nowhere.
What is Champagne Saloon's official rating?
The most recent official rating on record is 92, from the run on 1 June 2024. The highest on record is 99.
What is Champagne Saloon's sire's record?
Westerner (GB)'s progeny in our archive have won 12.1% of 11,835 runs since Jan 2008 (941 horses), Flat and jumps together. Weakest on standard (aw) going: 8.5% from 188.
Who are Champagne Saloon's siblings?
Out of Exitnell (GB), Champagne Saloon (IRE) has 3 other produce in our archive, 1 of them a winner. Most wins: Exit To The West (IRE) (2). The wins came over 2m4f. As at Oct 2026.

Record shown from April 2023. 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.