Horse profile
Chemistry (IRE)
by Kingman (GB) out of Highest Ever (IRE) (Galileo)
15 runs · 11 courses · from Oct 2023
As at 25 Oct 2026 · KTB archive: GB, Ireland & France · 2005–present, updated daily
3 wins · Sedgefield, Leopardstown & Curragh
Headgear returns LTO
Last run 16 Jul 2026 · 2nd of 7
Last raced off OR 113
KTB Profile
Chemistry (IRE) is 3 from 15 with a Listed win in the Irish Stallion Farms EBF Vinnie Roe Stakes at Leopardstown in Aug 2024. All three wins came on turf, two of them on good ground, at trips from 1m2f to 2m4f. The gelding, by Kingman out of a Galileo mare, was held up in three of five analysed runs. He finished second of seven, having led, at Worcester in Jul 2026 when headgear returned and he last raced off his career-high mark of 113.
Based on 15 archived runs · run-style from 13 commented runs since Aug 2024 · updated 25 Oct 2026
KTB at a glance
All wins on turf
OR at career high
- 3–15Wins / Runs
- 20%Strike rate
- 7 (46.7%)Placed
- +0.50£1 level staken=15 at SP
- 1.28Fair A/E n=15 · 1.05 incl. margin
- 113Highest OR
- 72dAvg 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 rating113At career-high mark
113
88–113
KTB Speed and Rating
KTB Speed
Best recent Speed 124
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 25 Oct 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Good | 3 | 100B | 96 | 3 runs · 100 / 96 |
| Distance | Runs | Best | Median | Since 25 Oct 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1m5f – 2m | 2 | 100B | 83.5 | 2 runs · 100 / 83.5 |
| 2m1f – 2m4f | 1 | — | — | 1 run · — |
Flat
| Going | Runs | Best | Median | Since 25 Oct 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Standard (AW) | 4 | 124A | 104.5 | 4 runs · 124 / 104.5 |
| Good | 3 | 113A | 107 | 1 run · — |
| Heavy | 3 | 80A | 75 | 1 run · — |
| Soft | 2 | 138C | 109 | — |
| Distance | Runs | Best | Median | Since 25 Oct 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1m5f – 2m | 6 | 138C | 115.5 | 3 runs · 124 / 118 |
| 1m2f – 1m4f | 3 | 87C | 80 | 2 runs · 87 / 71.5 |
| 2m1f – 2m4f | 2 | 95C | 87.5 | 1 run · — |
| 1m – 1m1f | 1 | — | — | — |
KTB Speed v1 · batch 15 Sep 2026 · GB & Irish racing only · 15 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 13 analysed runs since Aug 2024
- Prominent 5 (38%) · 1 win
- Led 3 (23%) · 1 win
- Held up 3 (23%) · 0 wins
- Mid-division 2 (15%) · 0 wins
Pedigree intelligence
Sire
Progeny in our archive have won 14.6% of 7,481 runs since Jan 2008 (775 horses).
Weakest on soft going: 11% from 960. Weakest over 2m1f – 2m4f (all codes): 9.1% from 121.
| Going | Runs | Wins | SR | vs sire | This horse |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Firm | 13 | 1 | 7.7% | −6.9 | — |
| Good to Firm | 1,201 | 201 | 16.7% | +2.1 | — |
| Good | 1,684 | 240 | 14.3% | −0.3 | 2 from 6 |
| Good to Soft | 911 | 123 | 13.5% | −1.1 | — |
| Soft | 960 | 106 | 11% | −3.6 | 0 from 2 |
| Heavy | 292 | 36 | 12.3% | −2.3 | 1 from 3 |
| Standard (AW) | 2,420 | 382 | 15.8% | +1.2 | 0 from 4 |
| Distance (all codes) | Runs | Wins | SR | vs sire | This horse |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Under 6f | 274 | 39 | 14.2% | −0.4 | — |
| 6f – 7f | 2,625 | 386 | 14.7% | +0.1 | — |
| 1m – 1m1f | 2,574 | 397 | 15.4% | +0.8 | 0 from 1 |
| 1m2f – 1m4f | 1,490 | 218 | 14.6% | 0 | 1 from 3 |
| 1m5f – 2m | 362 | 36 | 9.9% | −4.7 | 1 from 8 |
| 2m1f – 2m4f | 121 | 11 | 9.1% | −5.5 | 1 from 3 |
| 2m5f – 3m | 33 | 2 | 6.1% | −8.5 | — |
| Over 3m | 2 | 0 | 0% | −14.6 | — |
Flat and jumps together (all codes) · since Jan 2008 · as at 25 Oct 2026 · rows under 30 runs muted · win % is the measure, a record not a forecast
Dam
Highest Ever (IRE) (Galileo)
4 siblings in the archive, 3 winners — best of them Joie De Soir (IRE) (3 wins).
The wins came over 1m1½f–1m7f; the highest grade won is Listed (Joie De Soir (IRE)).
| Produce | Runs | Wins | Win trips | Best grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Joie De Soir (IRE) | 13 | 3 | 1m1½f–1m7f | Listed |
| Villa D'Amore (IRE) | 7 | 1 | 1m2f | — |
| Rose D'Etoile (IRE) | 5 | 1 | 1m7f | — |
| Smart Cookie (IRE) | 1 | 0 | — | — |
Record by conditions
| Going | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Good | 6 | 2 | 33% | +7.88 |
| Standard (AW) | 4 | 0 | 0% | −4.00 |
| Heavy | 3 | 1 | 33% | −1.38 |
| Soft | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Class | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Class 2 | 5 | 0 | 0% | −5.00 |
| Class 4 | 3 | 1 | 33% | −0.12 |
| Class 3 | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Course | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Newcastle (AW) | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Southwell (AW) | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Naas | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Leopardstown | 2 | 1 | 50% | +9.00 |
| Worcester | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Kelso | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Chester | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Sedgefield | 1 | 1 | 100% | +1.88 |
| Doncaster | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Pontefract | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Curragh | 1 | 1 | 100% | +0.62 |
| Distance | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1m5f – 2m | 8 | 1 | 13% | +3.00 |
| 2m1f – 2m4f | 3 | 1 | 33% | −0.12 |
| 1m2f – 1m4f | 3 | 1 | 33% | −1.38 |
| 1m – 1m1f | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Jockey | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sean Quinlan | 3 | 1 | 33% | −0.12 |
| Elle-May Croot | 3 | 0 | 0% | −3.00 |
| Ryan Moore | 2 | 1 | 50% | −0.38 |
| Lewis Edmunds | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| David Probert | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Darragh Keenan | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Silvestre De Sousa | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Wayne Lordan | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Declan McDonogh | 1 | 1 | 100% | +10.00 |
| Killian Hennessy | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Headgear | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| None | 8 | 1 | 13% | −5.12 |
| Blinkers | 6 | 2 | 33% | +6.62 |
| Tongue tie + cheekpieces | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Season | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 7 | 1 | 14% | −4.12 |
| 2025 | 3 | 0 | 0% | −3.00 |
| 2024 | 4 | 2 | 50% | +8.62 |
| 2023 | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Type | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Flat | 12 | 2 | 17% | +0.62 |
| Hurdle | 3 | 1 | 33% | −0.12 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 · 7 runs | ||||||||||
| 16 Jul 26+19d | Worcester | CopyBet Daily Profit Boost Novices' Hurdle Race (GBB Race) set the pace early - driven and overtaken approaching 3 out - kept on but unable to get on terms with the winner | 2/7 | 8 | 11-9 | 113 | 100B | 117A | Sean Quinlan | 5/2 |
| 27 Jun 26+34d | Newcastle (AW) | JenningsBet Festival Northumberland Vase Handicap (Consolation Race For Northumberland Plate) (GBBPlus Race) Settled towards the back of the field - pushed along inside final quarter mile - made no real headway - eventually well beaten in 19th | 19/20 | 1¼ | 9-12 | 88 | 91C | 73C | Lewis Edmunds | 25/1 |
| 24 May 26+16d | Kelso | Ladies Day Novices' Hurdle (GBB Race) Settled in a forward position early - moved smoothly into second and sat behind the pacesetter after two out - pressed for a run after the last and closed on the winner up the straight - unable to find more and held for second | 2/9 | 3¾ | 11-8 | — | 67A | 119B | Sean Quinlan | 4/9F |
| 08 May 26+28d | Chester | Ladbrokes Chester Cup (Heritage Handicap) (GBBPlus Race) Settled mid-pack - pushed along with over 2f left - weakened soon after and beaten into 9th | 9/15 | 3 | 8-9 | 90 | 95C | 74A | David Probert | 16/1 |
| 10 Apr 26+50d | Sedgefield | Position Payout At bet365 Maiden Hurdle (GBB Race) Settled in third early - moved up to second with two furlongs left - hit the front approaching the last - drew away comfortably to score | 1/5 | 11-4 | — | 96C | 119B | Sean Quinlan | 15/8 | |
| 19 Feb 26+49d | Newcastle (AW) | Join The Midnite Movement Handicap (Rider Restricted Race) (GBBPlus Race) Held up in the pack early - made progress from 2f out - stayed on well through the final stages - moved into fourth close home | 4/11 | ¾ | 9-11 | 92 | 124A | 87A | Elle-May Croot | 18/1 |
| 01 Jan 26+20d | Southwell (AW) | Midnite, Building The Future Of Betting Handicap (GBBPlus Race) Settled towards the back early - lost touch from 3f out - well beaten through the closing stages finishing eighth | 8/8 | 7 | 9-9 | 95 | 87C | 68C | Elle-May Croot | 28/1 |
| 2025 · 3 runs | ||||||||||
| 12 Dec 25+34d | Southwell (AW) | Midnite A Next Generation Betting App Handicap (GBBPlus Race) Settled at rear early - pressed for run 2f out and closed late into fourth - unable to get to front pack | 4/9 | nk | 9-4 | 95 | 118A | 81A | Elle-May Croot | 22/1 |
| 08 Nov 25+19d | Doncaster | Virgin Bet November Handicap (GBBPlus Race) Sat close to the pace early - up into second by halfway - hampered for room and losing touch with 4f left - dropped right away to finish last | 20/22 | 3¾ | 9-5 | 100 | 56C | 86C | Darragh Keenan | 100/1 |
| 20 Oct 25+372d | Pontefract | Phil Bull Trophy Honouring Geoff Greetham Conditions Stakes (GBB/GBBPlus Race) Set the pace early - under pressure and pushed along 4f out then lost the advantage and dropped away 2f out - kept going to the line in third | 3/4 | 1½ | 9-11 | 103 | 80C | 77C | Silvestre De Sousa | 9/1 |
| 2024 · 4 runs | ||||||||||
| 13 Oct 24+29d | Naas | Colm White Bookmaker Beggar's End Handicap (Premier Handicap) Drifted wide early - soon up behind the pace - second at halfway - shared the lead 6f out - shaken up and lost the advantage 2½f out - unable to quicken and eventually well held | 15/20 | 16 | 9-10 | 106 | 138C | 85C | Wayne Lordan | 7/1 |
| 14 Sep 24+23d | Leopardstown | Irish Stallion Farms EBF Petingo Handicap (Premier Handicap) Sat close to front early - still 2nd at halfway - driven entering straight and unable to close on eventual winner inside final furlong - held effort to the line finishing 2nd | 2/22 | 4 | 9-2 | 100 | 107C | 94A | Ryan Moore | 3/1F |
| 22 Aug 24+124d | Leopardstown | Irish Stallion Farms EBF Vinnie Roe Stakes (Listed) Went straight to front - opened up clear past the 4f mark - margin cut back with 6f left - overtaken inside the last furlong - fought back on the rail though bumped in the process - stayed on well to prevail after a stewards' promotion | 1/8 | 9-7 | — | 113A | 92A | Declan McDonogh | 10/1 | |
| 20 Apr 24+189d | Curragh | Visit The Irish National Stud And Gardens Irish European Breeders Fund Maiden | 1/12 | 9-8 | — | 80A | 88A | Ryan Moore | 8/13F | |
| 2023 · 1 run | ||||||||||
| 14 Oct 23 | Naas | Irish Stallion Farms EBF Maiden | 3/12 | 2½ | 9-2 | — | 75A | 79A | Killian Hennessy | 8/1 |
Quick answers
- How many races has Chemistry won?
- Chemistry (IRE) won 3 of 15 archived starts between 2023 and 2026, a strike rate of 20%. Placed 7 times in total (46.7% of starts).
- Who trains Chemistry?
- Chemistry (IRE) is trained by Jennie Candlish, who saddled the horse on its most recent run on 16 July 2026.
- Who is Chemistry's sire?
- Chemistry (IRE) is by Kingman (GB) out of Highest Ever (IRE), whose sire is Galileo.
- What going does Chemistry prefer?
- Chemistry (IRE) has the best record on good going: 2 wins from 6 starts (33.3%). Only going bands with at least three archived starts are read, so this is a direction rather than a settled preference.
- What is Chemistry's official rating?
- The most recent official rating on record is 113, from the run on 16 July 2026. That is also the highest on record.
- What is Chemistry's sire's record?
- Kingman (GB)'s progeny in our archive have won 14.6% of 7,481 runs since Jan 2008 (775 horses), Flat and jumps together. Weakest on soft going: 11% from 960. Weakest over 2m1f – 2m4f (all codes): 9.1% from 121.
- Who are Chemistry's siblings?
- Out of Highest Ever (IRE), Chemistry (IRE) has 4 other produce in our archive, 3 of them winners. Most wins: Joie De Soir (IRE) (3). Highest grade won: Listed (Joie De Soir (IRE)). The wins came over 1m1½f–1m7f. As at Oct 2026.