Horse profile
Charlus (IRE)
by Churchill (IRE) out of Nobilis (GB) (Rock Of Gibraltar)
16 runs · 14 courses · from May 2024
As at 18 Oct 2026 · KTB archive: GB, Ireland & France · 2005–present, updated daily
Won at Naas
Ran 43 days ago · 4th of 8
Last raced off OR 113
KTB Profile
Charlus is a gelding who won one of 16 starts on turf, the success coming at Naas in Jan 2025 in a maiden hurdle over 1m5f – 2m on heavy ground. He has been held up in four of five analysed runs. Last ran at Worcester in Sep 2026 when fourth of eight in a Class 4 handicap hurdle, racing off a mark of 113 which was 20lb below his highest ever mark.
Based on 16 archived runs · run-style from 5 commented runs · updated 18 Oct 2026
KTB at a glance
Typically held up
OR ↓ 20lb off peak
- 1–16Wins / Runs
- 6.3%Strike rate
- 3 (18.8%)Placed
- −14.09£1 level staken=16 at SP
- 0.58Fair A/E n=16 · 0.48 incl. margin
- 133Highest OR
- 55dAvg 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 rating113↓ 20lb off peak
113
93–133
KTB Speed and Rating
KTB Speed
Best recent Speed 117
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 | 3 | 117A | 90 | 3 · 117 / 90 |
| Heavy | 2 | 70A | 70 | 1 · — |
| Good to Firm | 1 | — | — | 1 · — |
| Soft | 1 | — | — | 1 · — |
| Good to Soft | 1 | — | — | — |
| Distance | Runs | Best | Median | Since 18 Oct 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2m1f – 2m4f | 5 | 117A | 90 | 4 · 117 / 94 |
| 1m5f – 2m | 3 | 83C | 70 | 2 · 83 / 76.5 |
Flat
| Going | Runs | Best | Median | Since 18 Oct 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Good to Firm | 2 | 85C | 83.5 | — |
| Good to Soft | 1 | — | — | — |
| Soft | 1 | — | — | — |
| Distance | Runs | Best | Median | Since 18 Oct 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1m5f – 2m | 4 | 97B | 89.5 | — |
Of 15 runs looked at, 3 have no figure: did not complete (3).
KTB Speed v1 · batch 15 Sep 2026 · GB & Irish racing only · 12 figures from 15 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 5 analysed runs
- Held up 4 (80%) · 0 wins
- Prominent 1 (20%) · 1 win
Pedigree intelligence
Sire
Progeny in our archive have won 11% of 4,774 runs since Jan 2008 (458 horses).
| Going | Runs | Wins | SR | vs sire | This horse |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Firm | 9 | 1 | 11.1% | +0.1 | — |
| Good to Firm | 644 | 79 | 12.3% | +1.3 | 0 from 3 |
| Good | 1,374 | 165 | 12% | +1 | 0 from 3 |
| Good to Soft | 531 | 51 | 9.6% | −1.4 | 0 from 4 |
| Soft | 701 | 62 | 8.8% | −2.2 | 0 from 2 |
| Heavy | 224 | 19 | 8.5% | −2.5 | 1 from 4 |
| Standard (AW) | 1,291 | 150 | 11.6% | +0.6 | — |
| Distance (all codes) | Runs | Wins | SR | vs sire | This horse |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Under 6f | 146 | 17 | 11.6% | +0.6 | — |
| 6f – 7f | 1,291 | 145 | 11.2% | +0.2 | — |
| 1m – 1m1f | 1,114 | 118 | 10.6% | −0.4 | 0 from 1 |
| 1m2f – 1m4f | 1,295 | 138 | 10.7% | −0.3 | — |
| 1m5f – 2m | 643 | 80 | 12.4% | +1.4 | 1 from 8 |
| 2m1f – 2m4f | 242 | 28 | 11.6% | +0.6 | 0 from 6 |
| 2m5f – 3m | 43 | 1 | 2.3% | −8.7 | 0 from 1 |
Flat and jumps together (all codes) · since Jan 2008 · as at 17 Oct 2026 · rows under 30 runs muted · win % is the measure, a record not a forecast
Dam
Nobilis (GB) (Rock Of Gibraltar)
5 siblings in the archive, 1 winner — best of them Kosciuszko (IRE) (1 win).
The wins came over 1m; the highest grade won is Class 5 (Kosciuszko (IRE)).
| Produce | Runs | Wins | Win trips | Best grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kosciuszko (IRE) | 7 | 1 | 1m | Class 5 |
| Aquileon (IRE) | 4 | 0 | — | — |
| Benaki (IRE) | 3 | 0 | — | — |
| Des Moines (IRE) | 3 | 0 | — | — |
| Handcrafted (FR) | 1 | 0 | — | — |
Record by conditions
| Going | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Good to Soft | 4 | 0 | 0% | −4.00 |
| Heavy | 4 | 1 | 25% | −2.09 |
| Good | 3 | 0 | 0% | −3.00 |
| Good to Firm | 3 | 0 | 0% | −3.00 |
| Soft | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Class | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Class 2 | 5 | 0 | 0% | −5.00 |
| Class 4 | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Class 3 | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Class 1 | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Course | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Newton Abbot | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Cheltenham | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Worcester | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Market Rasen | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Aintree | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Kempton | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Clonmel | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Punchestown | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Leopardstown | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| York | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Galway | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Ascot | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Naas | 1 | 1 | 100% | +0.91 |
| Bordeaux Le Bouscat (FR) | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Distance | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1m5f – 2m | 8 | 1 | 13% | −6.09 |
| 2m1f – 2m4f | 6 | 0 | 0% | −6.00 |
| 2m5f – 3m | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| 1m – 1m1f | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Jockey | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tristan Durrell | 3 | 0 | 0% | −3.00 |
| Harry Atkins | 3 | 0 | 0% | −3.00 |
| Paul Townend | 3 | 1 | 33% | −1.09 |
| Harry Skelton | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Gary Carroll | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Jamie Spencer | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Seamie Heffernan | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Ryan Moore | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Sean O'Keeffe | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Jean-Bernard Eyquem | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Headgear | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| HT | 6 | 0 | 0% | −6.00 |
| None | 6 | 1 | 17% | −4.09 |
| Hood | 4 | 0 | 0% | −4.00 |
| Season | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 8 | 0 | 0% | −8.00 |
| 2025 | 7 | 1 | 14% | −5.09 |
| 2024 | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Type | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hurdle | 11 | 1 | 9% | −9.09 |
| Flat | 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
| Date | Course | Race | Pos | Btn | Wgt | OR | Spd | KTB | Jockey | SP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 04 Sep 26+13d | Worcester | Copybet Follow Us On X Handicap Hurdle Race Held up towards the back - urged forward to reach contention before 3 out - up into fourth 2 out but only able to plod on to the line | 4/8 | 3 | 11-7 | 113 | 117A | 115B | Tristan Durrell | 40/1 |
| 22 Aug 26+35d | Newton Abbot | Sun Racing Summer Jumps Championship Handicap Hurdle Race Settled towards the back - lost touch after 3 out - well beaten from 2 out - finished 5th | 5/5 | 11 | 12-0 | 118 | 98C | 107B | Tristan Durrell | 14/1 |
| 18 Jul 26+15d | Market Rasen | Betway Summer Handicap Hurdle Race (GBB Race) never a factor in the race | 10/13 | 5½ | 11-3 | 122 | 83C | 105C | Tristan Durrell | 100/1 |
| 03 Jul 26+84d | Newton Abbot | Gordon Rowe Memorial Handicap Hurdle Held up at the back - pushed along after 3 out - unable to make an impression - finished 5th | 5/5 | 8 | 12-0 | 124 | 90C | 114B | Harry Skelton | 8/1 |
| 10 Apr 26+28d | Aintree | Debenhams Handicap Hurdle (Conditional Jockeys/Amateur Riders) (GBB Race) Settled just off the pace in the pack - driven to keep tempo before fading fast after 4 out - eased and pulled up before the following fence | PU/21 | — | 11-7 | 128 | — | — | Harry Atkins | 80/1 |
| 13 Mar 26+20d | Cheltenham | Martin Pipe Conditional Jockeys' Handicap Hurdle (GBB Race) Hesitant leaving the stalls - fought for control early - stayed at the back throughout - well held in 22nd | 22/24 | 9½ | 11-1 | 130 | 57C | 105C | Harry Atkins | 100/1 |
| 21 Feb 26+44d | Kempton | Ladbrokes 'New Horse Racing Bet Builder' Handicap Hurdle Settled towards the back - hit the third-last awkwardly - dropped away with little chance and pulled up before the second-last | PU/9 | — | 11-0 | 133 | — | — | Harry Atkins | 66/1 |
| 08 Jan 26+28d | Clonmel | Munster Hurdle Settled behind the front group early - up to 4th by halfway - into 3rd and under a drive when brought down 2 out | F/5 | — | 11-12 | 132 | — | — | Paul Townend | 7/4 |
| 11 Dec 25+89d | Punchestown | Solo Arte - An Irish Art Gallery At Punchestown Hurdle Held up early - improved to 4th by the home turn - made progress after two out - into second before the last and continued to the line - unable to close on winner but held on for 2nd | 2/8 | 2½ | 11-12 | — | 70A | 141A | Paul Townend | 4/1 |
| 13 Sep 25+21d | Leopardstown | Irish Stallion Farms EBF Petingo Handicap (Premier Handicap) Settled in the pack early fighting for control - pushed along in 8th with 2f left - dropped away toward the finish | 14/17 | ¾ | 9-2 | 93 | 94C | 78A | Gary Carroll | 28/1 |
| 23 Aug 25+22d | York | Sky Bet Ebor Handicap (Heritage Handicap) (GBBPlus Race) Settled at the back - pushed along 2f out and moved right over 1f out - made a little late ground but well beaten in 13th | 13/22 | nk | 9-1 | 97 | 85C | 82A | Jamie Spencer | 66/1 |
| 01 Aug 25+45d | Galway | Rockshore Refreshingly Irish Race Settled at the back early - urged up entering the straight and up to 5th a furlong out - moved into 3rd but only stayed on at one gait close home | 3/7 | 3¼ | 9-5 | 97 | 97B | 84B | Seamie Heffernan | 5/1 |
| 17 Jun 25+95d | Ascot | Copper Horse Stakes (Handicap) (GBBPlus Race) Settled up with the pace fighting for control early - hit the front approaching 2f - overtaken with 2f remaining - dropped away inside the final furlong | 16/16 | 8 | 9-5 | 98 | 82C | 71C | Ryan Moore | 9/2 |
| 14 Mar 25+47d | Cheltenham | JCB Triumph Hurdle (Grade 1) (GBB Race) Settled in the pack early - began losing ground with two to jump - well beaten at the finish | 12/17 | 14 | 11-2 | — | 59C | 118C | Sean O'Keeffe | 66/1 |
| 26 Jan 25+246d | Naas | Get Extra Cheltenham Places Now At BetVictor Maiden Hurdle Handy in the early stages - shared front spot going into last two furlongs - shaken up to go clear at the final fence - held on gamely up the run-in to score | 1/16 | 11-7 | — | 70B | 131A | Paul Townend | 10/11F | |
| 25 May 24 | Bordeaux Le Bouscat (FR) | 168th Derby du Midi () (3yo) (Turf) | 2/5 | 3 | 9-0 | — | — | — | Jean-Bernard Eyquem | 19/10 |
Quick answers
- How many races has Charlus (IRE) won?
- Charlus (IRE) won 1 of 16 archived starts between 2024 and 2026, a strike rate of 6.3%. Placed 3 times in total (18.8% of starts).
- Who trains Charlus (IRE)?
- Charlus (IRE) is trained by Dan Skelton, who saddled the horse on its most recent run on 4 September 2026.
- Who is Charlus (IRE)'s sire?
- Charlus (IRE) is by Churchill (IRE) out of Nobilis (GB), whose sire is Rock Of Gibraltar.
- What going does Charlus (IRE) prefer?
- Charlus (IRE) has the best record on heavy 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 Charlus (IRE)'s official rating?
- The most recent official rating on record is 113, from the run on 4 September 2026. The highest on record is 133.
- What is Charlus (IRE)'s sire's record?
- Churchill (IRE)'s progeny in our archive have won 11% of 4,774 runs since Jan 2008 (458 horses), Flat and jumps together.
- Who are Charlus (IRE)'s siblings?
- Out of Nobilis (GB), Charlus (IRE) has 5 other produce in our archive, 1 of them a winner. Most wins: Kosciuszko (IRE) (1). Highest grade won: Class 5 (Kosciuszko (IRE)). The wins came over 1m. As at Oct 2026.