How many races has Chessman (IRE) won?

Chessman (IRE) won 1 of 36 archived starts between 2016 and 2021, a strike rate of 2.8%. Placed 8 times in total (22.2% of starts).

Who trained Chessman (IRE)?

Chessman (IRE) was trained by Richard John O'Brien on the most recent run on record, at Curragh on 12 September 2021.

Who is Chessman (IRE)'s sire?

Chessman (IRE) is by Acclamation (GB) out of Dulcian (IRE), whose sire is Shamardal.

What going does Chessman (IRE) prefer?

Chessman (IRE) has the best record on standard (aw) 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 Chessman (IRE)'s official rating?

The most recent official rating on record is 80, from the run on 12 September 2021. The highest on record is 102.

What is Chessman (IRE)'s sire's record?

Acclamation (GB)'s progeny in our archive have won 10% of 19,685 runs since Jan 2008 (1,326 horses), Flat and jumps together. Strongest on firm going: 15.2% from 151. Weakest over 2m1f – 2m4f (all codes): 6.7% from 194.

Who are Chessman (IRE)'s siblings?

Out of Dulcian (IRE), Chessman (IRE) has 3 other produce in our archive, 3 of them winners. Most wins: Flylikeaneagle (IRE) (8). Highest grade won: Listed (Hareem Queen (IRE)). The wins came over 5f–1m2½f. As at Oct 2026.

Horse profile

Chessman (IRE)

7yo gelding (at last run, Sep 2021) · Last trainer Richard John O'Brien · Last owner Chessman Partnership

by Acclamation (GB) out of Dulcian (IRE) (Shamardal)

36 runs · 17 courses · from Nov 2016

As at 21 Oct 2026 · KTB archive: GB, Ireland & France · 2005–present, updated daily

No run recorded since 12 Sep 2021 — 1,864 days ago. Our archive can't say whether the horse is still in training.

Last run Sep 2021 · 9th of 22 Won at Kempton (AW) Last raced off OR 80

KTB Profile

Chessman (IRE) is 1 from 36, the win coming at Class 5 level. Hasn't won since Nov 2016. The win came on the all-weather — 0 from 32 on turf. Last raced off 80, 22lb below the career-high mark.

Based on 36 archived runs · updated 21 Oct 2026

KTB at a glance Won on AW, 0 on turf Win at Class 5 OR ↓ 22lb off peak

1–36Wins / Runs
2.8%Strike rate
8 (22.2%)Placed
−32.75£1 level staken=36 at SP
0.27Fair A/E n=36 · 0.23 incl. margin
102Highest OR
50dAvg between runs

Official rating80↓ 22lb off peak

80 80–102

KTB Speed and Rating

KTB Speed

Best recent Speed 96 the best of the last 3 graded (A or B) runs · Leopardstown, 5 Aug 2021

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 →

Flat 35 figures · best 127^C · median 96

Going	Runs	Best	Median	Since 21 Oct 2025
Good	13	119^C	105	—
Good to Firm	10	100^C	88	—
Soft	7	122^C	96	—
Standard (AW)	3	127^C	100	—
Heavy	1	—	—	—
Firm	1	—	—	—

Distance	Runs	Best	Median	Since 21 Oct 2025
6f – 7f	28	127^C	96.5	—
Under 6f	5	114^A	107	—
1m – 1m1f	2	77^A	69	—

Of 36 runs looked at, 1 has no figure: did not complete (1).

KTB Speed v1 · batch 15 Sep 2026 · GB & Irish racing only · 35 figures from 36 runs · as at 3 Oct 2026 · a record, not a forecast

KTB Rating

Best recent KTB Rating 79^A the best of the last 3 rated runs · Cork, 8 Sep 2021 Official rating 80 at the last run, 12 Sep 2021

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. A, B or C on a run is how much known form was in that race. What this means →

Flat 35 figures · best 121^A · median 92

Going	Runs	Best	Median	Since 21 Oct 2025
Good	13	121^A	90	—
Good to Firm	10	100^A	96	—
Soft	7	108^A	86	—
Standard (AW)	3	94^A	92	—
Heavy	1	—	—	—
Firm	1	—	—	—

Distance	Runs	Best	Median	Since 21 Oct 2025
6f – 7f	28	108^A	92	—
Under 6f	5	121^A	96	—
1m – 1m1f	2	86^A	72	—

Of 36 runs looked at, 1 has no figure: did not complete (or a non-runner row) (1).

KTB Rating v1 · batch 3 Oct 2026 · GB & Irish racing only · 35 figures from 36 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

Acclamation (GB)

Progeny in our archive have won 10% of 19,685 runs since Jan 2008 (1,326 horses).

Strongest on firm going: 15.2% from 151. Weakest over 2m1f – 2m4f (all codes): 6.7% from 194.

Going	Runs	Wins	SR	vs sire	This horse
Firm	151	23	15.2%	+5.2	0 from 1
Good to Firm	3,917	446	11.4%	+1.4	0 from 10
Good	4,409	400	9.1%	−0.9	0 from 13
Good to Soft	1,951	214	11%	+1	—
Soft	2,131	184	8.6%	−1.4	0 from 7
Heavy	562	46	8.2%	−1.8	0 from 1
Standard (AW)	6,563	663	10.1%	+0.1	1 from 4

Distance (all codes)	Runs	Wins	SR	vs sire	This horse
Under 6f	3,758	409	10.9%	+0.9	0 from 5
6f – 7f	10,495	1,078	10.3%	+0.3	1 from 29
1m – 1m1f	3,506	331	9.4%	−0.6	0 from 2
1m2f – 1m4f	1,209	106	8.8%	−1.2	—
1m5f – 2m	481	37	7.7%	−2.3	—
2m1f – 2m4f	194	13	6.7%	−3.3	—
2m5f – 3m	42	2	4.8%	−5.2	—

Flat and jumps together (all codes) · since Jan 2008 · as at 20 Oct 2026 · rows under 30 runs muted · win % is the measure, a record not a forecast

Dam

Dulcian (IRE) (Shamardal)

3 siblings in the archive, 3 winners — best of them Flylikeaneagle (IRE) (8 wins).

The wins came over 5f–1m2½f; the highest grade won is Listed (Hareem Queen (IRE)).

Produce	Runs	Wins	Win trips	Best grade
Flylikeaneagle (IRE)	43	8	7½f–1m2½f	Class 4
Hareem Queen (IRE)	10	4	5f	Listed
Handbell (IRE)	4	1	6f	Class 5

Record by conditions

Going	Runs	Wins	SR	£1
Good	13	0	0%	−13.00
Good to Firm	10	0	0%	−10.00
Soft	7	0	0%	−7.00
Standard (AW)	4	1	25%	−0.75
Heavy	1	0	0%	−1.00
Firm	1	0	0%	−1.00

Class	Runs	Wins	SR	£1
Class 2	5	0	0%	−5.00
Class 1	3	0	0%	−3.00
Class 3	2	0	0%	−2.00
Class 5	1	1	100%	+2.25

Course	Runs	Wins	SR	£1
Curragh	9	0	0%	−9.00
Naas	6	0	0%	−6.00
Cork	4	0	0%	−4.00
Ascot	3	0	0%	−3.00
Kempton (AW)	2	1	50%	+1.25
Leopardstown	1	0	0%	−1.00
Down Royal	1	0	0%	−1.00
Limerick	1	0	0%	−1.00
Dundalk (AW)	1	0	0%	−1.00
Tipperary	1	0	0%	−1.00
Navan	1	0	0%	−1.00
Chelmsford City (AW)	1	0	0%	−1.00
Goodwood	1	0	0%	−1.00
Chester	1	0	0%	−1.00
York	1	0	0%	−1.00
Haydock	1	0	0%	−1.00
Newbury	1	0	0%	−1.00

Distance	Runs	Wins	SR	£1
6f – 7f	29	1	3%	−25.75
Under 6f	5	0	0%	−5.00
1m – 1m1f	2	0	0%	−2.00

Jockey	Runs	Wins	SR	£1
Oisin Orr	8	0	0%	−8.00
Scott McCullagh	5	0	0%	−5.00
Edward Greatrex	3	0	0%	−3.00
Chris Hayes	2	0	0%	−2.00
Declan McDonogh	2	0	0%	−2.00
Ronan Whelan	2	0	0%	−2.00
Robert Tart	2	1	50%	+1.25
Jamie Powell	1	0	0%	−1.00
Colin Keane	1	0	0%	−1.00
Daniel King	1	0	0%	−1.00
Donagh O'Connor	1	0	0%	−1.00
W J Lee	1	0	0%	−1.00
Hollie Doyle	1	0	0%	−1.00
Tom Marquand	1	0	0%	−1.00
Oisin Murphy	1	0	0%	−1.00
George Downing	1	0	0%	−1.00
Wayne Lordan	1	0	0%	−1.00
Adam Kirby	1	0	0%	−1.00
Frankie Dettori	1	0	0%	−1.00

Headgear	Runs	Wins	SR	£1
None	18	1	6%	−14.75
Tongue tie	10	0	0%	−10.00
Tongue tie + cheekpieces	5	0	0%	−5.00
Cheekpieces	2	0	0%	−2.00
Tongue tie + visor	1	0	0%	−1.00

Season	Runs	Wins	SR	£1
2021	11	0	0%	−11.00
2020	4	0	0%	−4.00
2019	9	0	0%	−9.00
2018	8	0	0%	−8.00
2017	3	0	0%	−3.00
2016	1	1	100%	+2.25

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
12 Sep 21+4d	Curragh	Irish Stallion Farms EBF 'Bold Lad' Sprint Handicap (Premier Handicap) 6f · Good · 22 ran	9/22	hd	7-13	80	93^C	76^A	Jamie Powell	50/1
08 Sep 21+34d	Cork	Follow Us On Instagram Handicap 6f · Good · 13 ran	9/13	½	9-9	80	100^C	79^A	Colin Keane	11/1
05 Aug 21+13d	Leopardstown	Leopardstown Claiming Race 7f · Yielding · 11 ran	9/11	hd	9-11	84	96^A	75^A	Chris Hayes	15/8F
23 Jul 21+19d	Down Royal	Pravha Handicap 7f · Good To Firm · 9 ran	3/9	1¼	8-13	85	92^A	79^A	Daniel King	4/1
04 Jul 21+9d	Limerick	Annacotty Rated Race 8f · Yielding To Soft · 8 ran	5/8	nk	9-13	87	77^A	86^A	Chris Hayes	17/2
25 Jun 21+34d	Curragh	Brady Family Supporting Barretstown Handicap (60-90) 7f · Good · 26 ran	11/26	hd	9-11	88	119^C	92^A	Scott McCullagh	20/1
22 May 21+15d	Curragh	Betway Handicap 5.5f · Soft To Heavy · 22 ran	10/22	nk	9-4	90	68^C	96^A	Declan McDonogh	20/1
07 May 21+11d	Cork	Mallow Handicap 7f · Good · 20 ran	8/20	¾	9-1	94	115^C	87^A	Scott McCullagh	33/1
26 Apr 21+23d	Naas	Naas Racecourse Business Club Handicap 6f · Good · 14 ran	5/14	nk	10-1	96	97^C	95^A	Scott McCullagh	11/1
03 Apr 21+6d	Cork	Sean Barrett Bloodstock Stakes (Listed) 6f · Yielding · 15 ran	8/15	2½	9-9	97	85^C	85^A	Scott McCullagh	22/1
28 Mar 21+225d	Naas	Smooth Daddy At Compas Stallions Handicap 6f · Soft · 17 ran	5/17	hd	9-11	97	95^C	108^A	Scott McCullagh	20/1
15 Aug 20+7d	Dundalk (AW)	BarOneRacing.com Mourne Handicap 6f · Standard · 14 ran	9/14	1	9-11	100	100^B	92^A	Donagh O'Connor	16/1
08 Aug 20+41d	Cork	Platinum Stakes (Listed) 7f · Good · 13 ran	7/13	3	9-9	101	105^C	90^A	Oisin Orr	40/1
28 Jun 20+20d	Curragh	Weatherbys Ireland Greenlands Stakes (Group 2) 6f · Yielding · 9 ran	8/9	¾	9-5	101	120^A	85^A	Ronan Whelan	25/1
08 Jun 20+254d	Naas	Anglesey Lodge Equine Hospital Woodlands Stakes (Listed) 5.5f · Good To Firm · 11 ran	4/11	1	9-7	101	95^A	96^A	Ronan Whelan	14/1
28 Sep 19+13d	Curragh	AES Renaissance Stakes (Group 3) 6f · Soft · 7 ran	3/7	2¼	9-5	101	99^A	94^A	Declan McDonogh	16/1
15 Sep 19+17d	Curragh	Derrinstown Stud Flying Five Stakes (Group 1) 5f · Good · 11 ran	9/11	nk	9-4	101	109^A	89^A	W J Lee	50/1
29 Aug 19+40d	Tipperary	Abergwaun Stakes (Listed) 5f · Good · 12 ran	7/12	nk	9-7	101	114^A	92^A	Oisin Orr	7/1
20 Jul 19+21d	Curragh	Tote Scurry Handicap (Premier Handicap) 6.5f · Good · 19 ran	16/19	½	9-9	101	97^C	86^A	Oisin Orr	8/1
29 Jun 19+35d	Curragh	Dubai Duty Free Tennis Championship Dash Stakes (Listed) 6f · Good · 12 ran	3/12	¾	9-7	101	105^A	108^A	Oisin Orr	7/1
25 May 19+6d	Curragh	Weatherbys Ireland Greenlands Stakes (Group 2) 6f · Good To Firm · 9 ran	5/9	¾	9-3	102	93^A	96^A	Oisin Orr	5/1
19 May 19+50d	Naas	Owenstown Stud Stakes (Listed) 7f · Good To Firm · 8 ran	2/8	nk	9-11	101	84^A	97^A	Oisin Orr	7/2
30 Mar 19+6d	Navan	Cork Stakes (Listed) 5.5f · Good · 15 ran	2/15	hd	9-7	95	107^C	121^A	Oisin Orr	16/1
24 Mar 19+176d	Naas	Naas Racecourse Launches The 2019 Irish Flat Season Handicap 6f · Yielding To Soft · 16 ran	6/16	1¾	9-9	95	122^C	94^A	Oisin Orr	12/1
29 Sep 18+21d	Chelmsford City (AW)	Bet Totetrifecta At Totesport.com Conditions Stakes Class 2 · 7f · Standard · 6 ran	PU/6	—	9-5	95	—	—	Edward Greatrex	16/1
08 Sep 18+14d	Ascot	Cunard Handicap Class 2 · 7f · Good To Firm · 20 ran	18/20	2¾	8-13	97	79^C	65^A	Hollie Doyle	12/1
25 Aug 18+28d	Goodwood	Ladbrokes Bet 5 Get 20 Handicap Class 2 · 7f · Good · 17 ran	10/17	nk	9-5	99	89^C	88^A	Tom Marquand	8/1
28 Jul 18+14d	Ascot	Gigaset International Stakes (Heritage Handicap) Class 2 · 7f · Good To Firm · 27 ran	5/27	nk	8-11	95	100^C	100^A	Oisin Murphy	16/1
14 Jul 18+29d	Chester	Corbettsports City Plate Stakes (Listed) Class 1 · 7f · Good · 9 ran	3/9	2	9-5	95	101^A	101^A	George Downing	50/1
15 Jun 18+26d	York	mrgreen.com Live Casino Ganton Stakes (Listed) Class 1 · 8f · Good To Firm · 5 ran	5/5	12	9-7	100	61^C	58^B	Edward Greatrex	14/1
20 May 18+19d	Naas	Owenstown Stud Stakes (listed) 7f · Good To Firm · 7 ran	5/7	1¼	9-11	100	78^B	89^A	Wayne Lordan	4/1
01 May 18+314d	Kempton (AW)	32red/british Stallion Studs Ebf Conditions Stakes Class 3 · 7f · Standard · 5 ran	3/5	½	9-2	97	127^C	90^B	Edward Greatrex	2/1F
21 Jun 17+25d	Ascot	Jersey Stakes (Group 3) Class 1 · 7f · Good To Firm · 20 ran	7/20	2¼	9-1	93	84^C	97^A	Adam Kirby	20/1
27 May 17+36d	Haydock	Armstrong Family Support The Abf Handicap Class 3 · 7f · Firm · 5 ran	2/5	nk	9-7	90	66^C	96^B	Robert Tart	4/5F
21 Apr 17+156d	Newbury	Dubai Duty Free Full Of Surprises Handicap Class 2 · 7f · Good To Firm · 15 ran	2/15	nk	9-2	87	94^C	97^A	Frankie Dettori	7/4F
16 Nov 16	Kempton (AW)	32Red Casino/ebfstallions.com Maiden Stakes (Div 2) Class 5 · 7f · Standard · 13 ran	1/13		9-5	—	77^B	94^A	Robert Tart	9/4

Quick answers

How many races has Chessman (IRE) won?: Chessman (IRE) won 1 of 36 archived starts between 2016 and 2021, a strike rate of 2.8%. Placed 8 times in total (22.2% of starts).
Who trained Chessman (IRE)?: Chessman (IRE) was trained by Richard John O'Brien on the most recent run on record, at Curragh on 12 September 2021.
Who is Chessman (IRE)'s sire?: Chessman (IRE) is by Acclamation (GB) out of Dulcian (IRE), whose sire is Shamardal.
What going does Chessman (IRE) prefer?: Chessman (IRE) has the best record on standard (aw) 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 Chessman (IRE)'s official rating?: The most recent official rating on record is 80, from the run on 12 September 2021. The highest on record is 102.
What is Chessman (IRE)'s sire's record?: Acclamation (GB)'s progeny in our archive have won 10% of 19,685 runs since Jan 2008 (1,326 horses), Flat and jumps together. Strongest on firm going: 15.2% from 151. Weakest over 2m1f – 2m4f (all codes): 6.7% from 194.
Who are Chessman (IRE)'s siblings?: Out of Dulcian (IRE), Chessman (IRE) has 3 other produce in our archive, 3 of them winners. Most wins: Flylikeaneagle (IRE) (8). Highest grade won: Listed (Hareem Queen (IRE)). The wins came over 5f–1m2½f. As at Oct 2026.

KTB Speed and Rating

Pedigree intelligence

Record by conditions

▾Going

▾Class 11 of 36 runs

▾Course

▾Distance

▾Jockey

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