Charles The Bold (IRE)
Charles The Bold is a lightly raced gelding by Mahler out of a dam who has produced three winners from five runners to race, including Legends Gold with five wins. His sire has a 10.8% strike rate from 8791 runners since Jan 2008 with strongest progeny form on good to firm. He made a winning debut in the Bernard Kenny Maiden Hurdle at Kilbeggan in Aug 2026 where he finished 9 of 13 on good ground over 2m1f – 2m4f, held in the race.
- 0–1Wins / Runs
- 0%Strike rate
- 0 (0%)Placed
- −1.00£1 level staken=1 at SP
KTB Speed and Rating
Best recent Speed —
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 →
KTB Speed v1 · batch 15 Sep 2026 · GB & Irish racing only · 1 figure from 1 run · 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 10.8% of 8,863 runs since Sep 2014 (785 horses).
Strongest on good to firm going: 15.1% from 119.
| Going | Runs | Wins | SR | vs sire | This horse |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Good to Firm | 119 | 18 | 15.1% | +4.3 | — |
| Good | 2,968 | 378 | 12.7% | +1.9 | 0 from 1 |
| Good to Soft | 1,813 | 179 | 9.9% | −0.9 | — |
| Soft | 2,739 | 259 | 9.5% | −1.3 | — |
| Heavy | 1,214 | 124 | 10.2% | −0.6 | — |
| Standard (AW) | 10 | 1 | 10% | −0.8 | — |
| Distance (all codes) | Runs | Wins | SR | vs sire | This horse |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1m – 1m1f | 5 | 0 | 0% | −10.8 | — |
| 1m2f – 1m4f | 16 | 0 | 0% | −10.8 | — |
| 1m5f – 2m | 2,045 | 199 | 9.7% | −1.1 | — |
| 2m1f – 2m4f | 3,207 | 324 | 10.1% | −0.7 | 0 from 1 |
| 2m5f – 3m | 2,822 | 341 | 12.1% | +1.3 | — |
| Over 3m | 768 | 95 | 12.4% | +1.6 | — |
Flat and jumps together (all codes) · since Sep 2014 · as at 31 Oct 2026 · rows under 30 runs muted · win % is the measure, a record not a forecast
5 siblings in the archive, 3 winners — best of them Legends Gold (IRE) (5 wins).
The wins came over 2m–3m; the highest grade won is Class 3 (Legends Gold (IRE)).
| Produce | Runs | Wins | Win trips | Best grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Legends Gold (IRE) | 23 | 5 | 2m½f–3m | Class 3 |
| Fu's Island (IRE) | 36 | 4 | 2m3½f–2m4½f | — |
| Mount Pelier (IRE) | 15 | 3 | 2m–2m3f | — |
| Wildflower Girl (IRE) | 2 | 0 | — | — |
| Madame Rocco (IRE) | 1 | 0 | — | — |
Too few runs for meaningful splits. The full record is below.
Form
| Date | Course | Race | Pos | Btn | Wgt | Spd | KTB | Jockey | SP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 · 1 run | |||||||||
| 08 Aug 26 | Kilbeggan (IRE) | Bernard Kenny Maiden Hurdle Held up towards the back - error 3 out while in tenth - driven but unable to find more and well held | 9/13 | 2 | 10-11 | 89C | 81C | Mr E M Nugent | 25/1 |
Quick answers
- How many races has Charles The Bold won?
- Charles The Bold (IRE) has yet to win, from 1 archived start in 2026.
- Who trains Charles The Bold?
- Charles The Bold (IRE) is trained by Brian M McMahon, who saddled the horse on its most recent run on 8 August 2026.
- Who is Charles The Bold's sire?
- Charles The Bold (IRE) is by Mahler (GB) out of Fu's Legend (IRE), whose sire is Pistolet Bleu.
- What is Charles The Bold's sire's record?
- Mahler (GB)'s progeny in our archive have won 10.8% of 8,863 runs since Sep 2014 (785 horses), Flat and jumps together. Strongest on good to firm going: 15.1% from 119.
- Who are Charles The Bold's siblings?
- Out of Fu's Legend (IRE), Charles The Bold (IRE) has 5 other produce in our archive, 3 of them winners. Most wins: Legends Gold (IRE) (5). Highest grade won: Class 3 (Legends Gold (IRE)). The wins came over 2m–3m. As at Nov 2026.