Horse profile
Chester Nimitz (IRE)
by Profitable (IRE) out of Pinewoods Lily (IRE) (Indian Ridge)
16 runs · 14 courses · from Oct 2024
As at 1 Nov 2026 · KTB archive: GB, Ireland & France · 2005–present, updated daily
Won at Navan
Last run 30 Oct 2026 · 9th of 14
Last raced off OR 60
KTB Profile
Chester Nimitz (IRE) is 1 from 16. Last raced off 60, 25lb below the career-high mark.
Based on 16 archived runs · run-style from 15 commented runs since Oct 2024 · updated 1 Nov 2026
KTB at a glance
OR ↓ 25lb off peak
- 1–16Wins / Runs
- 6.3%Strike rate
- 5 (31.3%)Placed
- −3.00£1 level staken=16 at SP
- 0.60Fair A/E n=16 · 0.49 incl. margin
- 85Highest OR
- 50dAvg 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 rating60↓ 25lb off peak
60
60–85
KTB Speed and Rating
KTB Speed
Best recent Speed 102
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
| Going | Runs | Best | Median | Since 1 Nov 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Good | 7 | 88C | 86 | 5 runs · 88 / 82 |
| Soft | 6 | 121C | 77 | 1 run · — |
| Standard (AW) | 2 | 84B | 73.5 | 1 run · — |
| Good to Soft | 1 | — | — | — |
| Distance | Runs | Best | Median | Since 1 Nov 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6f – 7f | 12 | 121C | 80.5 | 5 runs · 121 / 82 |
| 1m – 1m1f | 4 | 88C | 86 | 2 runs · 88 / 86 |
KTB Speed v1 · batch 15 Sep 2026 · GB & Irish racing only · 16 figures from 16 runs · as at 1 Nov 2026 · 1 recent figure provisional (may move for 7 days) · 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 15 analysed runs since Oct 2024
- Prominent 8 (53%) · 0 wins
- Held up 3 (20%) · 0 wins
- Mid-division 2 (13%) · 0 wins
- Led 2 (13%) · 1 win
Pedigree intelligence
Sire
Progeny in our archive have won 9.5% of 4,436 runs since Mar 2021 (358 horses).
| Going | Runs | Wins | SR | vs sire | This horse |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Firm | 20 | 2 | 10% | +0.5 | — |
| Good to Firm | 646 | 60 | 9.3% | −0.2 | — |
| Good | 1,016 | 110 | 10.8% | +1.3 | 0 from 7 |
| Good to Soft | 414 | 31 | 7.5% | −2 | 0 from 1 |
| Soft | 554 | 50 | 9% | −0.5 | 1 from 6 |
| Heavy | 154 | 11 | 7.1% | −2.4 | — |
| Standard (AW) | 1,632 | 157 | 9.6% | +0.1 | 0 from 2 |
| Distance (all codes) | Runs | Wins | SR | vs sire | This horse |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Under 6f | 1,139 | 135 | 11.9% | +2.4 | — |
| 6f – 7f | 2,278 | 211 | 9.3% | −0.2 | 1 from 12 |
| 1m – 1m1f | 706 | 55 | 7.8% | −1.7 | 0 from 4 |
| 1m2f – 1m4f | 257 | 17 | 6.6% | −2.9 | — |
| 1m5f – 2m | 44 | 3 | 6.8% | −2.7 | — |
| 2m1f – 2m4f | 12 | 0 | 0% | −9.5 | — |
Flat and jumps together (all codes) · since Mar 2021 · as at 31 Oct 2026 · rows under 30 runs muted · win % is the measure, a record not a forecast
Dam
Pinewoods Lily (IRE) (Indian Ridge)
8 siblings in the archive, 4 winners — best of them Beryl The Petal (IRE) (4 wins).
The wins came over 6f–1m1f; the highest grade won is Class 5 (Beryl The Petal (IRE)).
| Produce | Runs | Wins | Win trips | Best grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Beryl The Petal (IRE) | 33 | 4 | 6f–1m1f | Class 5 |
| Dainty Dandy (IRE) | 10 | 1 | 6½f | Class 5 |
| Herewego (IRE) | 12 | 1 | 6f | — |
| Me Before You (IRE) | 16 | 1 | 6f | Class 6 |
| Matriarch (IRE) | 13 | 0 | — | — |
| My Girl Rio (IRE) | 1 | 0 | — | — |
| Lick Ur Lips Lulu (IRE) | 2 | 0 | — | — |
| Carribean Bay (IRE) | 8 | 0 | — | — |
Record by conditions
| Going | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Good | 7 | 0 | 0% | −7.00 |
| Soft | 6 | 1 | 17% | +7.00 |
| Standard (AW) | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Good to Soft | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Course | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Curragh | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Navan | 2 | 1 | 50% | +11.00 |
| Dundalk (AW) (IRE) | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Curragh (IRE) | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Naas (IRE) | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Fairyhouse | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Roscommon | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Leopardstown | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Down Royal | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Galway | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Killarney | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Sligo | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Bellewstown | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Dundalk (AW) | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Distance | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6f – 7f | 12 | 1 | 8% | +1.00 |
| 1m – 1m1f | 4 | 0 | 0% | −4.00 |
| Jockey | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Colin Keane | 4 | 1 | 25% | +9.00 |
| Shane Foley | 3 | 0 | 0% | −3.00 |
| Ben Coen | 3 | 0 | 0% | −3.00 |
| Nicola Burns | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Jamie Powell | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Danny O'Leary | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Gary Carroll | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Headgear | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| None | 14 | 1 | 7% | −1.00 |
| Tongue tie + blinkers | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Tongue tie | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Season | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 7 | 0 | 0% | −7.00 |
| 2025 | 7 | 1 | 14% | +6.00 |
| 2024 | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 · 7 runs | ||||||||||
| 30 Oct 26+69d | Dundalk (AW) (IRE) | Irishinjuredjockeys.com Handicap | 9/14 | ½ | 9-6 | 60 | 84B | 62A | Danny O'Leary | 15/2 |
| 22 Aug 26+19d | Curragh (IRE) | Friends Of Moorefield GAA Handicap Sat close to the pace on the grandstand flank - pushed along with nothing more to give inside the final 2f - well held in 23rd | 23/27 | 1¾ | 9-9 | 65 | 65C | 47A | Shane Foley | 14/1 |
| 03 Aug 26+26d | Naas (IRE) | Bet 20 Get 40 With Matchbook Handicap Held up towards the back - asked for effort 2f out - denied a clean route with 1f left - stayed on at the same rate through a gap late - finished 9th beaten 3.5 lengths | 9/16 | nk | 9-11 | 67 | 82C | 82A | Gary Carroll | 14/1 |
| 08 Jul 26+12d | Fairyhouse | Racing Again September 21st Handicap sat behind the pace - 5th at halfway - asked for effort in 4th with 2f to run - driven without finding more and faded fast with a furlong left | 12/15 | 1½ | 9-9 | 70 | 53C | 55C | Nicola Burns | 10/1 |
| 26 Jun 26+46d | Curragh | Silken Thomas And Lock 13 Handicap Held up in the pack - driven approaching final furlong and slipped to 11th - unable to close late | 9/20 | hd | 9-4 | 73 | 88C | 81A | Nicola Burns | 28/1 |
| 11 May 26+26d | Roscommon | www.roscommonracecourse.ie Handicap Held up at the back - made no impression - finished well held in 9th | 9/14 | ¾ | 9-11 | 77 | 86C | 78A | Shane Foley | 12/1 |
| 15 Apr 26+189d | Leopardstown | FM104 'Giddy Up' Handicap Held up towards the back of the pack - slipped to 15th turning into the straight - found room and improved a furlong out - finished with running on but held to 5th at the line | 5/16 | 2¼ | 9-12 | 78 | 121C | 91A | Shane Foley | 28/1 |
| 2025 · 7 runs | ||||||||||
| 08 Oct 25+9d | Navan | Buy Now & Save With The Real Deal Bundle Maiden Set the pace throughout - pressed for effort a furlong out - stayed strong to prevail close home | 1/12 | 9-8 | 72 | 102A | 94A | Colin Keane | 12/1 | |
| 29 Sep 25+62d | Down Royal | Madri Excepcional Maiden Sat close to the front group - stumbled and nearly lost rider approaching halfway - urged forward with 2f left - unable to close in 5th passing the furlong marker - dropped away late | 10/14 | nk | 9-8 | 72 | 79C | 65A | Ben Coen | 8/1 |
| 29 Jul 25+13d | Galway | Caulfield Industrial Irish EBF Maiden Sat close to the pace - fourth at halfway - pushed along with 2f left then held no more in hand approaching final furlong | 7/14 | 1¼ | 9-8 | 78 | 70C | 73A | Ben Coen | 16/1 |
| 16 Jul 25+73d | Killarney | Irish Stallion Farms EBF (C & G) Maiden Held a midpack spot early - slipped to 5th by 2f - urged forward with 3f left - couldn't find extra pace inside the final 2f and stayed 4th | 4/7 | 1¼ | 9-8 | 80 | 75A | 66A | Colin Keane | 13/2 |
| 04 May 25+29d | Sligo | Tote.ie Median Auction Maiden Sat close behind the pace - asked for effort with 2f left - made ground under pressure inside the last 2f - claimed second spot late but held for the runner-up spot | 2/7 | 4 | 9-5 | 84 | 87A | 77A | Jamie Powell | 2/1 |
| 05 Apr 25+20d | Bellewstown | Irish Stallion Farms EBF Median Auction Maiden Went straight to front - lost spot before 2f and sat second - hit front 3f out - pressed and lost advantage by a whisker with 2f remaining - regained command 1f out - overtaken entering final furlong and held on for second | 2/11 | 2¼ | 9-5 | 85 | 88A | 90A | Jamie Powell | 9/4 |
| 16 Mar 25+137d | Curragh | Tote.ie Irish European Breeders Fund Maiden Sat behind the front group early - pressed for effort in 3rd with 2f left - couldn't find enough to threaten the front pair - stayed on at an even effort to finish 4th narrowly behind | 4/13 | nse | 9-8 | 85 | 71C | 92A | Colin Keane | 8/1 |
| 2024 · 2 runs | ||||||||||
| 30 Oct 24+21d | Dundalk (AW) | Irish Stallion Farms EBF Auction Maiden Up with the front early in 2nd - driven entering the straight and dropped to 3rd then 5th inside the final 2f without threatening - recovered to 3rd and plugged on at one speed | 3/12 | ¾ | 9-1 | — | 63A | 84A | Ben Coen | 13/8F |
| 09 Oct 24 | Navan | Arkle Bar Median Auction Maiden Sat behind pace on outer - shared advantage and going smoothly 2f out - asked for effort and hit front - opened daylight approaching final 1 1/2f - driven out and challenged hard 1f out - overtaken inside last but battled on to finish second | 2/19 | ½ | 9-0 | — | 96C | 97A | Colin Keane | 20/1 |
Quick answers
- How many races has Chester Nimitz won?
- Chester Nimitz (IRE) won 1 of 16 archived starts between 2024 and 2026, a strike rate of 6.3%. Placed 5 times in total (31.3% of starts).
- Who trains Chester Nimitz?
- Chester Nimitz (IRE) is trained by G. O'Leary, who saddled the horse on its most recent run on 30 October 2026.
- Who is Chester Nimitz's sire?
- Chester Nimitz (IRE) is by Profitable (IRE) out of Pinewoods Lily (IRE), whose sire is Indian Ridge.
- What going does Chester Nimitz prefer?
- Chester Nimitz (IRE) has the best record on soft going: 1 win from 6 starts (16.7%). Only going bands with at least three archived starts are read, so this is a direction rather than a settled preference.
- What is Chester Nimitz's official rating?
- The most recent official rating on record is 60, from the run on 30 October 2026. The highest on record is 85.
- What is Chester Nimitz's sire's record?
- Profitable (IRE)'s progeny in our archive have won 9.5% of 4,436 runs since Mar 2021 (358 horses), Flat and jumps together.
- Who are Chester Nimitz's siblings?
- Out of Pinewoods Lily (IRE), Chester Nimitz (IRE) has 8 other produce in our archive, 4 of them winners. Most wins: Beryl The Petal (IRE) (4). Highest grade won: Class 5 (Beryl The Petal (IRE)). The wins came over 6f–1m1f. As at Nov 2026.