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Horse profile

Cheerful Giver (IRE)

2yo colt (at last run, Nov 2011) · Last trainer J S Bolger · Last owner Mrs J S Bolger
by Bachelor Duke (USA) out of Aoibhneas (USA) (Dehere)
8 runs · 6 courses · from Apr 2011
As at 4 Nov 2026 · KTB archive: GB, Ireland & France · 2005–present, updated daily
No run recorded since 4 Nov 2011 — 5,479 days ago. Our archive can't say whether the horse is still in training.
Last run Nov 2011 · 4th of 14 First-time headgear LTO Last raced off OR 80
KTB Profile

Cheerful Giver (IRE) is yet to win from 8 starts, though has placed twice. Best effort: 3rd of 12 at Navan (Jun 2011).

Based on 8 archived runs · updated 4 Nov 2026

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 74A the best of the last 3 rated runs · Dundalk (AW), 4 Nov 2011 Official rating 80 at the last run, 4 Nov 2011

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 →

Flat 8 figures · best 98A · median 65
GoingRunsBestMedianSince 4 Nov 2025
Soft470A57—
Standard (AW)1———
Good1———
Good to Firm1———
Heavy1———
DistanceRunsBestMedianSince 4 Nov 2025
6f – 7f698A57—
Under 6f276A73—

KTB Rating v1 · batch 3 Oct 2026 · GB & Irish racing only · 8 figures from 8 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
Bachelor Duke (USA)

Progeny in our archive have won 7.8% of 1,605 runs since Mar 2008 (109 horses).

Strongest on good to soft going: 11.2% from 143.

GoingRunsWinsSRvs sireThis horse
Firm20315%+7.2—
Good to Firm284207%−0.80 from 1
Good389338.5%+0.70 from 1
Good to Soft1431611.2%+3.4—
Soft256166.3%−1.50 from 4
Heavy122129.8%+20 from 1
Standard (AW)391256.4%−1.40 from 1
Distance (all codes)RunsWinsSRvs sireThis horse
Under 6f8733.4%−4.40 from 2
6f – 7f460459.8%+20 from 6
1m – 1m1f394348.6%+0.8—
1m2f – 1m4f259197.3%−0.5—
1m5f – 2m255155.9%−1.9—
2m1f – 2m4f11776%−1.8—
2m5f – 3m3126.5%−1.3—
Over 3m200%−7.8—

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

Dam
Aoibhneas (USA) (Dehere)

3 siblings in the archive, 0 winners.

ProduceRunsWinsWin tripsBest grade
Scriobhai (IRE)50——
Alainn (IRE)80——
Anois Direach (IRE)50——

Record by conditions

GoingRunsWinsSR£1
Soft 4 0 0% −4.00
Standard (AW) 1 0 0% −1.00
Good 1 0 0% −1.00
Good to Firm 1 0 0% −1.00
Heavy 1 0 0% −1.00

CourseRunsWinsSR£1
Curragh 3 0 0% −3.00
Dundalk (AW) 1 0 0% −1.00
Leopardstown 1 0 0% −1.00
Limerick 1 0 0% −1.00
Navan 1 0 0% −1.00
Tipperary 1 0 0% −1.00

DistanceRunsWinsSR£1
6f – 7f 6 0 0% −6.00
Under 6f 2 0 0% −2.00

JockeyRunsWinsSR£1
Kevin Manning 3 0 0% −3.00
Rory Cleary 3 0 0% −3.00
Ronan Whelan 1 0 0% −1.00
D J Moran 1 0 0% −1.00

HeadgearRunsWinsSR£1
None 7 0 0% −7.00
Tongue tie + blinkers 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 ORKTB Jockey SP
2011 · 8 runs
04 Nov 11+76d Dundalk (AW) Follow Dundalk On Facebook Claiming Race 7f · Standard · 14 ran 4/14 hd 9-0 8074A Kevin Manning 13/2
20 Aug 11+30d Curragh Galileo European Breeders Fund Futurity Stakes (Group 2) 7f · Good · 8 ran 8/8 9 9-1 8054A Rory Cleary 100/1
21 Jul 11+4d Leopardstown Korean Racing Authority Tyros Stakes (group 3) 7f · Soft · 6 ran 5/6 14 9-1 8060C Rory Cleary 66/1
17 Jul 11+30d Curragh Jebel Ali Stables & Racecourse Anglesey Stakes (Group 3) 6½f · Yielding To Soft · 7 ran 7/7 9 9-1 8054C Rory Cleary 50/1
17 Jun 11+7d Limerick Irish Stallion Farms E.B.F. Maiden 7f · Yielding To Soft · 10 ran 9/10 2 8-10 —43C Ronan Whelan 7/2
10 Jun 11+57d Navan Irish Stallion Farms E.B.F. Maiden 6f · Good To Firm · 12 ran 3/12 1 9-3 —98A Kevin Manning 7/2F
14 Apr 11+11d Tipperary Irish Stallion Farms E.B.F. Maiden 5f · Yielding To Soft · 9 ran 3/9 3 9-3 —70A Kevin Manning 2/1
03 Apr 11 Curragh Irish Stallion Farms European Breeders Fund Maiden 5f · Heavy · 7 ran 3/7 nk 9-3 —76A D J Moran 8/1

Quick answers

How many races has Cheerful Giver won?
Cheerful Giver (IRE) has yet to win, from 8 archived starts in 2011. Placed 2 times in total (25% of starts).
Who trained Cheerful Giver?
Cheerful Giver (IRE) was trained by J S Bolger on the most recent run on record, at Dundalk (AW) on 4 November 2011.
Who is Cheerful Giver's sire?
Cheerful Giver (IRE) is by Bachelor Duke (USA) out of Aoibhneas (USA), whose sire is Dehere.
What is Cheerful Giver's official rating?
The most recent official rating on record is 80, from the run on 4 November 2011. That is also the highest on record.
What is Cheerful Giver's sire's record?
Bachelor Duke (USA)'s progeny in our archive have won 7.8% of 1,605 runs since Mar 2008 (109 horses), Flat and jumps together. Strongest on good to soft going: 11.2% from 143.
Who are Cheerful Giver's siblings?
Out of Aoibhneas (USA), Cheerful Giver (IRE) has 3 other produce in our archive, 0 of them winners. As at Nov 2026.

Record shown from April 2011. 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.