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Horse profile

Cheddar Island (IRE)

9yo gelding (at last run, Jul 2011) · Last trainer Aidan Anthony Howard · Last owner G Tierney
by Trans Island (GB) out of Poker Dice (GB) (Primo Dominie)
27 runs · 14 courses · from Mar 2005
As at 4 Nov 2026 · KTB archive: GB, Ireland & France · 2005–present, updated daily
No run recorded since 8 Jul 2011 — 5,598 days ago. Our archive can't say whether the horse is still in training.
Last run Jul 2011 · 10th of 17 4 wins · 4 courses New yard Last raced off OR 86
KTB Profile

Cheddar Island (IRE) is 4 from 27. Hasn't won since Aug 2007. Last raced off 86, 11lb below the career-high mark.

Based on 27 archived runs · updated 4 Nov 2026
KTB at a glance OR ↓ 11lb off peak
Official rating86↓ 11lb off peak
86 80–97

KTB Speed and Rating

KTB Speed

No KTB Speed figures for this horse. The engine scores GB and Irish racing from Oct 2016; runs elsewhere, or earlier, have no figure.

KTB Speed v1 · batch 15 Sep 2026 · GB & Irish racing only · 0 figures from 0 runs · a record, not a forecast

KTB Rating

Best recent KTB Rating (jumps) 113A the best of the last 3 rated runs · Bellewstown, 27 Aug 2008 Official rating 86 at the last jumps run, 8 Jul 2011

Best recent KTB Rating (flat) 62A the best of the last 3 rated runs · Dundalk (AW), 25 Nov 2009 Official rating 81 at the last flat run, 25 Nov 2009

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 7 figures · best 113A · median 87
GoingRunsBestMedianSince 4 Nov 2025
Soft395C82—
Heavy287C86.5—
Good1———
Good to Soft1———
DistanceRunsBestMedianSince 4 Nov 2025
1m5f – 2m5102C86—
2m1f – 2m4f2113A104—
Flat 20 figures · best 108C · median 77
GoingRunsBestMedianSince 4 Nov 2025
Heavy6108C82—
Soft592C82—
Good4102C68—
Standard (AW)262A58.5—
Firm278C73—
Good to Soft1———
DistanceRunsBestMedianSince 4 Nov 2025
6f – 7f12108C82.5—
1m – 1m1f792C62—
1m2f – 1m4f1———

KTB Rating v1 · batch 3 Oct 2026 · GB & Irish racing only · 27 figures from 27 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
Trans Island (GB)

Progeny in our archive have won 9% of 4,741 runs since Jan 2008 (295 horses).

GoingRunsWinsSRvs sireThis horse
Firm3326.1%−2.90 from 2
Good to Firm600579.5%+0.5—
Good1,297987.6%−1.41 from 5
Good to Soft5655710.1%+1.10 from 2
Soft865819.4%+0.42 from 8
Heavy378359.3%+0.31 from 8
Standard (AW)1,003969.6%+0.60 from 2
Distance (all codes)RunsWinsSRvs sireThis horse
Under 6f4354911.3%+2.3—
6f – 7f864799.1%+0.13 from 12
1m – 1m1f486326.6%−2.41 from 7
1m2f – 1m4f419368.6%−0.40 from 1
1m5f – 2m951798.3%−0.70 from 5
2m1f – 2m4f96610110.5%+1.50 from 2
2m5f – 3m521468.8%−0.2—
Over 3m9944%−5—

Flat and jumps together (all codes) · since Jan 2008 · as at 4 Nov 2026 · rows under 30 runs muted · win % is the measure, a record not a forecast

Dam
Poker Dice (GB) (Primo Dominie)

4 siblings in the archive, 2 winners — best of them Illusive Spirit (IRE) (1 win).

The wins came over 6f–1m½f; the highest grade won is Class 6 (Illusive Spirit (IRE)).

ProduceRunsWinsWin tripsBest grade
Illusive Spirit (IRE)611m½fClass 6
Betty Boo (IRE)3716fClass 6
Alocin (IRE)270——
Art of Poker (IRE)20——

Record by conditions

GoingRunsWinsSR£1
Soft 8 2 25% −4.37
Heavy 8 1 13% −2.50
Good 5 1 20% −1.00
Standard (AW) 2 0 0% −2.00
Good to Soft 2 0 0% −2.00
Firm 2 0 0% −2.00

CourseRunsWinsSR£1
Curragh 5 1 20% +0.50
Leopardstown 4 1 25% −2.10
Cork 3 0 0% −3.00
Dundalk (AW) 2 0 0% −2.00
Navan 2 0 0% −2.00
Gowran Park 2 0 0% −2.00
Naas 2 0 0% −2.00
Galway 1 0 0% −1.00
Bellewstown 1 0 0% −1.00
Thurles 1 0 0% −1.00
Sligo 1 0 0% −1.00
Ballinrobe 1 1 100% +0.73
Tipperary 1 1 100% +3.00
Curragh (IRE) 1 0 0% −1.00

DistanceRunsWinsSR£1
6f – 7f 12 3 25% −0.60
1m – 1m1f 7 1 14% −5.27
1m5f – 2m 5 0 0% −5.00
2m1f – 2m4f 2 0 0% −2.00
1m2f – 1m4f 1 0 0% −1.00

JockeyRunsWinsSR£1
Declan McDonogh 11 4 36% +2.13
Robert Dunne 4 0 0% −4.00
Kevin Manning 3 0 0% −3.00
P B Beggy 3 0 0% −3.00
Davy Condon 1 0 0% −1.00
Samantha Louise Wynne 1 0 0% −1.00
John Cullen 1 0 0% −1.00
Keith Bowens 1 0 0% −1.00
Davy Russell 1 0 0% −1.00
Christopher Geoghegan 1 0 0% −1.00

HeadgearRunsWinsSR£1
None 24 4 17% −10.87
Tongue tie 2 0 0% −2.00
Blinkers 1 0 0% −1.00

SeasonRunsWinsSR£1
2011 1 0 0% −1.00
2009 5 0 0% −5.00
2008 4 0 0% −4.00
2007 8 3 38% −0.37
2006 8 1 13% −2.50
2005 1 0 0% −1.00

TypeRunsWinsSR£1
Flat 20 4 20% −6.87
Hurdle 7 0 0% −7.00

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 ORKTB Jockey SP
2011 · 1 run
08 Jul 11+590d Cork Mallow Print Handicap Hurdle (80-102) 2m · Yielding · 17 ran 10/17 11 10-5 8681C Robert Dunne 20/1
2009 · 5 runs
25 Nov 09+12d Dundalk (AW) www.dundalkstadium.com Handicap 1m · Standard · 9 ran 8/9 ¾ 9-6 8162A Kevin Manning 16/1
13 Nov 09+8d Dundalk (AW) www.dundalkstadium.com Handicap (60-90) 1m2½f · Standard · 14 ran 12/14 8 9-5 8155A Kevin Manning 10/1
05 Nov 09+11d Leopardstown Heather Road Handicap 1m · Heavy · 19 ran 12/19 3 8-13 8160C Kevin Manning 13/2
25 Oct 09+13d Galway A1 Dental Care Handicap (50-80) 7f · Heavy · 16 ran 3/16 1½ 10-0 8098A Davy Condon 9/1
12 Oct 09+411d Curragh Stephen Quirke Memorial Apprentice Handicap (50-80) 1m · Soft · 18 ran 5/18 hd 9-9 8082A Samantha Louise Wynne 25/1
2008 · 4 runs
27 Aug 08+151d Bellewstown A.I.B. Bank Handicap Hurdle (81-102) 2m1f · Good · 16 ran 4/16 hd 11-3 93113A John Cullen 20/1
29 Mar 08+23d Navan Kells Handicap Hurdle (81-102) 2m · Heavy · 18 ran 10/18 3 11-2 9587C Robert Dunne 16/1
06 Mar 08+40d Thurles Prime Beef Handicap Hurdle (81-102) 2m2f · Yielding · 18 ran 12/18 1¼ 11-2 9795C Robert Dunne 25/1
26 Jan 08+63d Navan Navan Golf Club Open For Membership Hurdle 2m · Heavy · 27 ran 16/27 5½ 11-0 9786C Robert Dunne 33/1
2007 · 8 runs
24 Nov 07+88d Gowran Park Porters Saddlery Maiden Hurdle 2m · Yielding To Soft · 20 ran 15/20 hd 11-7 —82C Keith Bowens 25/1
28 Aug 07+15d Sligo Terry Casey Memorial Maiden Hurdle 2m · Good To Yielding · 15 ran 6/15 1¼ 11-12 —102C Davy Russell 13/2
13 Aug 07+26d Ballinrobe J.p.s.property Development Claiming Race 1m1f · Soft · 7 ran 1/7 10-0 9092C Declan McDonogh 8/11F
18 Jul 07+17d Leopardstown Kodak Easy Share Claiming Race 7f · Soft · 7 ran 1/7 10-0 9087C Declan McDonogh 9/10F
01 Jul 07+63d Curragh John Roarty Memorial Scurry Handicap 6½f · Soft To Heavy · 20 ran 9/20 1 9-2 9375C Declan McDonogh 14/1
29 Apr 07+10d Gowran Park Summer Sundays At Gowran Park Handicap (60-100) 1m · Good · 12 ran 11/12 3 9-2 9359C Christopher Geoghegan 8/1
19 Apr 07+10d Tipperary New Tote Ireland Placepot Race 7½f · Good · 12 ran 1/12 9-9 86102C Declan McDonogh 3/1
09 Apr 07+232d Cork Mallow Handicap (60-100) 6f · Good · 12 ran 10/12 1½ 9-11 9374C Declan McDonogh 7/1
2006 · 8 runs
20 Aug 06+32d Leopardstown Alaska Distributing Handicap (60-100) 7f · Good To Yielding · 12 ran 3/12 ½ 10-0 9594C Declan McDonogh 25/1
19 Jul 06+21d Leopardstown Vodafone Free Calls For Life Premier Handicap 1m1f · Good · 14 ran 14/14 ½ 9-9 9562C P B Beggy 25/1
28 Jun 06+10d Naas Summer BBQ Race 7f · Firm · 3 ran 3/3 3 10-0 9578C Declan McDonogh 11/2
18 Jun 06+22d Cork Kerry Group Race 6f · Firm · 7 ran 5/7 3½ 9-7 9668C P B Beggy 7/1
27 May 06+35d Curragh (IRE) Weatherbys Ireland Greenlands Stakes 6f · Heavy · 6 ran 5/6 6 9-9 9772C Declan McDonogh 14/1
22 Apr 06+13d Naas Summer Barbeque Handicap (60-100) 7f · Yielding To Soft · 16 ran 7/16 1½ 9-7 9676C P B Beggy 4/1F
09 Apr 06+14d Curragh Four Star Keadeen Hotel Handicap (60-100) 6f · Heavy · 12 ran 2/12 ½ 9-8 9489C Declan McDonogh 13/8F
26 Mar 06+371d Curragh Unicorn Homes Maiden 6f · Heavy · 24 ran 1/24 10-4 94108C Declan McDonogh 9/2
2005 · 1 run
20 Mar 05 Curragh One In Four EBF Maiden Stakes 1m · Soft · 19 ran 5/19 1½ 9-2 —80C Declan McDonogh 4/1

Quick answers

How many races has Cheddar Island won?
Cheddar Island (IRE) won 4 of 27 archived starts between 2005 and 2011, a strike rate of 14.8%. Placed 8 times in total (29.6% of starts).
Who trained Cheddar Island?
Cheddar Island (IRE) was trained by Aidan Anthony Howard on the most recent run on record, at Cork on 8 July 2011.
Who is Cheddar Island's sire?
Cheddar Island (IRE) is by Trans Island (GB) out of Poker Dice (GB), whose sire is Primo Dominie.
What going does Cheddar Island prefer?
Cheddar Island (IRE) has the best record on soft going: 2 wins from 8 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 Cheddar Island's official rating?
The most recent official rating on record is 86, from the run on 8 July 2011. The highest on record is 97.
What is Cheddar Island's sire's record?
Trans Island (GB)'s progeny in our archive have won 9% of 4,741 runs since Jan 2008 (295 horses), Flat and jumps together.
Who are Cheddar Island's siblings?
Out of Poker Dice (GB), Cheddar Island (IRE) has 4 other produce in our archive, 2 of them winners. Most wins: Illusive Spirit (IRE) (1). Highest grade won: Class 6 (Illusive Spirit (IRE)). The wins came over 6f–1m½f. As at Nov 2026.

Record shown from March 2005. 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.