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Champagne Vacation (IRE)

9yo gelding (at last run, May 2024) · Last trainer Sean Aherne · Last owner J F Taylor
by Getaway (GER) out of Rachel's Choice (IRE) (Ela-Mana-Mou)
16 runs · 9 courses · from Jul 2020
As at 4 Nov 2026 · KTB archive: GB, Ireland & France · 2005–present, updated daily
No run recorded since 30 May 2024 — 888 days ago. Our archive can't say whether the horse is still in training.
Last run May 2024 · 5th of 15 Last raced off OR 95
KTB Profile

Champagne Vacation is a maiden who won none of 16 starts on turf and placed twice. His best effort came when second of nine at Galway in Oct 2021. The gelding, by Getaway out of a Ela-Mana-Mou mare, raced on soft ground on ten of those starts. He finished fifth of 15 in a handicap hurdle at Limerick in May 2024.

Based on 16 archived runs · updated 4 Nov 2026
Official rating95↓ 7lb off peak
95 95–102

KTB Speed and Rating

KTB Speed

Best recent Speed 86 the best of the last 3 graded (A or B) runs · Thurles, 19 Oct 2023

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 13 figures · best 107C · median 80
GoingRunsBestMedianSince 4 Nov 2025
Soft8107C77—
Good397B90—
Good to Soft1———
Heavy1———
DistanceRunsBestMedianSince 4 Nov 2025
2m1f – 2m4f8107C80.5—
1m5f – 2m597B73—

Of 16 runs looked at, 3 have no figure: obstacles omitted — the race ran a shortened course (1) · did not complete (1) · not enough races on the card to set the day (under 4) (1).

KTB Speed v1 · batch 15 Sep 2026 · GB & Irish racing only · 13 figures from 16 runs · as at 3 Oct 2026 · a record, not a forecast

KTB Rating

Best recent KTB Rating (jumps) 111A the best of the last 3 rated runs · Punchestown, 10 Oct 2023 Official rating 95 at the last jumps run, 30 May 2024

Best recent KTB Rating (flat) 68C the best of the last 1 rated run · Galway, 31 Jul 2020

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 — its best recent day. The KTB Rating on a racecard is a different reading of the same figures: the level the horse has been running to, an average of up to its last six runs with the latest counting most, so the two can differ. A, B or C on a run is how much known form was in that race. What this means →

Jumps 14 figures · best 123A · median 101
GoingRunsBestMedianSince 4 Nov 2025
Soft9123A102—
Good3112A100—
Good to Soft1———
Heavy1———
DistanceRunsBestMedianSince 4 Nov 2025
2m1f – 2m4f8112A99—
1m5f – 2m6123A106.5—
Flat 1 figure · too few for a breakdown

Of 16 runs looked at, 1 has no figure: did not complete (or a non-runner row) (1).

KTB Rating v1 · batch 3 Oct 2026 · GB & Irish racing only · 15 figures from 16 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 11.3% of 10,979 runs since Mar 2016 (1,029 horses).

Strongest on good to firm going: 23.1% from 134.

GoingRunsWinsSRvs sireThis horse
Good to Firm1343123.1%+11.8—
Good3,89651313.2%+1.90 from 4
Good to Soft2,40426310.9%−0.40 from 1
Soft3,1642929.2%−2.10 from 10
Heavy1,25312610.1%−1.20 from 1
Standard (AW)1281310.2%−1.1—
Distance (all codes)RunsWinsSRvs sireThis horse
6f – 7f400%−11.3—
1m – 1m1f2414.2%−7.1—
1m2f – 1m4f7879%−2.3—
1m5f – 2m3,41837110.9%−0.40 from 8
2m1f – 2m4f4,11947411.5%+0.20 from 8
2m5f – 3m2,71831111.4%+0.1—
Over 3m6187412%+0.7—

Flat and jumps together (all codes) · since Mar 2016 · as at 4 Nov 2026 · rows under 30 runs muted · win % is the measure, a record not a forecast

Dam
Rachel's Choice (IRE) (Ela-Mana-Mou)

5 siblings in the archive, 1 winner — best of them Leading Choice (IRE) (2 wins).

The wins came over 2m–2m3½f; the highest grade won is Class 4 (Leading Choice (IRE)).

ProduceRunsWinsWin tripsBest grade
Leading Choice (IRE)1222m–2m3½fClass 4
Apocalypse (IRE)40——
Wolfe Mountain (IRE)90——
No Choice (IRE)50——
Champ Des Reves (IRE)10——

Record by conditions

GoingRunsWinsSR£1
Soft 10 0 0% −10.00
Good 4 0 0% −4.00
Good to Soft 1 0 0% −1.00
Heavy 1 0 0% −1.00

CourseRunsWinsSR£1
Galway 5 0 0% −5.00
Navan 3 0 0% −3.00
Thurles 2 0 0% −2.00
Limerick 1 0 0% −1.00
Punchestown 1 0 0% −1.00
Sligo 1 0 0% −1.00
Bellewstown 1 0 0% −1.00
Wexford 1 0 0% −1.00
Ballinrobe 1 0 0% −1.00

DistanceRunsWinsSR£1
2m1f – 2m4f 8 0 0% −8.00
1m5f – 2m 8 0 0% −8.00

JockeyRunsWinsSR£1
Phillip Enright 3 0 0% −3.00
Diarmuid Moloney 2 0 0% −2.00
Sean O'Keeffe 2 0 0% −2.00
Shane Fitzgerald 2 0 0% −2.00
Peter Carberry 2 0 0% −2.00
Mr Finian Maguire 2 0 0% −2.00
Mike O'Connor 1 0 0% −1.00
Mr P J Cawley 1 0 0% −1.00
Paul Cawley 1 0 0% −1.00

HeadgearRunsWinsSR£1
Tongue tie 10 0 0% −10.00
None 6 0 0% −6.00

SeasonRunsWinsSR£1
2024 1 0 0% −1.00
2023 5 0 0% −5.00
2022 2 0 0% −2.00
2021 4 0 0% −4.00
2020 4 0 0% −4.00

TypeRunsWinsSR£1
Hurdle 13 0 0% −13.00
Chase 1 0 0% −1.00
NH Flat 1 0 0% −1.00
Flat 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

DateCourseRace PosBtn Wgt ORSpdKTB Jockey SP
2024 · 1 run
30 May 24+224d Limerick Tote, Never Beaten By SP Handicap Hurdle (80-95) 2m3f · Good To Yielding · 15 ran 5/15 3½ 12-0 9580B109A Phillip Enright 9/1
2023 · 5 runs
19 Oct 23+9d Thurles www.thurlesraces.ie Handicap Chase (0-102) 2m4½f · Soft · 12 ran 7/12 8½ 11-1 9586A87A Diarmuid Moloney 7/1
10 Oct 23+24d Punchestown Paddy Power Handicap Hurdle (80-109) 2m½f · Yielding · 18 ran 6/18 ½ 11-2 9659B111A Phillip Enright 14/1
16 Sep 23+37d Navan Bar One Racing Bet 10 Get 50 Sign Up Offer Handicap Hurdle (80-102) (Div 1) 1m7½f · Yielding · 18 ran 6/18 1¼ 11-10 9695B111A Phillip Enright 12/1
10 Aug 23+33d Sligo Apex Controls Ltd Handicap Hurdle (80-102) 2m2f · Yielding · 15 ran 9/15 2½ 11-6 9781B98A Mike O'Connor 13/2
08 Jul 23+226d Bellewstown Adare Manor Opportunity Handicap Hurdle (80-102) (Div 1) 2m4f · Good · 15 ran 3/15 4¾ 11-5 9790B112A Diarmuid Moloney 22/1
2022 · 2 runs
24 Nov 22+25d Thurles Holycross Handicap Hurdle (80-102) 2m · Yielding To Soft · 16 ran 6/16 3½ 11-13 101—102A Sean O'Keeffe 16/1
30 Oct 22+372d Wexford Slaney View Motors Wexford Handicap Hurdle (80-102) 2m4½f · Heavy · 11 ran 6/11 2¾ 12-0 10256C100C Sean O'Keeffe 7/1
2021 · 4 runs
23 Oct 21+18d Galway Corrib Oil Maiden Hurdle 2m½f · Soft · 9 ran 2/9 5½ 11-9 10073A123A Shane Fitzgerald 40/1
05 Oct 21+17d Galway BetVictor Maiden Hurdle 2m3f · Soft · 17 ran 8/17 1¾ 11-9 102107C90C Shane Fitzgerald 16/1
18 Sep 21+12d Navan Download The Bar One Racing App Maiden Hurdle 2m · Good · 19 ran F/19 — 11-7 ——— Mr P J Cawley 50/1
06 Sep 21+275d Galway Kenny Developments Maiden Hurdle 2m½f · Good · 19 ran 5/19 2¼ 11-7 —97B100A Paul Cawley 66/1
2020 · 4 runs
05 Dec 20+41d Navan Hotel Park St Johann Tirol Austria Maiden Hurdle (Div 2) 2m4f · Soft · 18 ran 14/18 18 12-0 —29C103C Peter Carberry 150/1
25 Oct 20+76d Galway Glenman Construction Maiden Hurdle 2m4½f · Soft · 9 ran 5/9 8 12-0 —64C96C Peter Carberry 250/1
10 Aug 20+10d Ballinrobe Cummins Hardware Flat Race 2m½f · Good · 11 ran 9/11 19 12-2 —56C94C Mr Finian Maguire 150/1
31 Jul 20 Galway Rockshore Light (pro-am) Flat Race 2m½f · Soft · 7 ran 7/7 11 11-7 ——68C Mr Finian Maguire 40/1

Quick answers

How many races has Champagne Vacation won?
Champagne Vacation (IRE) has yet to win, from 16 archived starts between 2020 and 2024. Placed 2 times in total (12.5% of starts).
Who trained Champagne Vacation?
Champagne Vacation (IRE) was trained by Sean Aherne on the most recent run on record, at Limerick on 30 May 2024.
Who is Champagne Vacation's sire?
Champagne Vacation (IRE) is by Getaway (GER) out of Rachel's Choice (IRE), whose sire is Ela-Mana-Mou.
What is Champagne Vacation's official rating?
The most recent official rating on record is 95, from the run on 30 May 2024. The highest on record is 102.
What is Champagne Vacation's sire's record?
Getaway (GER)'s progeny in our archive have won 11.3% of 10,979 runs since Mar 2016 (1,029 horses), Flat and jumps together. Strongest on good to firm going: 23.1% from 134.
Who are Champagne Vacation's siblings?
Out of Rachel's Choice (IRE), Champagne Vacation (IRE) has 5 other produce in our archive, 1 of them a winner. Most wins: Leading Choice (IRE) (2). Highest grade won: Class 4 (Leading Choice (IRE)). The wins came over 2m–2m3½f. As at Nov 2026.

Record shown from July 2020. Our archive holds racing in Great Britain, Ireland and France from January 2005. Any runs before that, or in other countries, are not in it. In-running comments are available from 2024 onward.