Horse profile
Chestnutter (IRE)
by Anjaal (GB) out of Sapporo (IRE) (Distorted Humor)
34 runs · 15 courses · from May 2021
As at 13 Oct 2026 · KTB archive: GB, Ireland & France · 2005–present, updated daily
No run recorded since 18 Dec 2024 — 664 days ago. Our archive can't say whether the horse is still in training.
Last run Dec 2024 · 6th of 13
2 wins · Tipperary & Leopardstown
Last raced off OR 47
KTB Profile
Chestnutter is a mare who won two of 34 starts, both in handicaps over 6f – 7f on good ground at Tipperary in Jul 2023 and Leopardstown the previous month. She has never won on all-weather surfaces or on soft or heavier going. Her last run, at Dundalk (AW) in Dec 2024, saw her finish 6 of 13 off an official rating of 47, 34lb below her highest ever mark.
Based on 34 archived runs · run-style from 3 commented runs · updated 13 Oct 2026
KTB at a glance
All wins on turf
Wins on good or faster
OR ↓ 34lb off peak
- 2–34Wins / Runs
- 5.9%Strike rate
- 8 (23.5%)Placed
- −7.50£1 level staken=34 at SP
- 0.60Fair A/E n=34 · 0.49 incl. margin
- 81Highest OR
- 39dAvg 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 rating47↓ 34lb off peak
47
47–81
KTB Speed and Rating
KTB Speed
Best recent Speed 93
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.
Flat
| Going | Runs | Best | Median | Since 13 Oct 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Good | 17 | 98C | 88 | — |
| Standard (AW) | 7 | 96B | 86 | — |
| Soft | 4 | 100A | 68.5 | — |
| Good to Soft | 3 | 77A | 75 | — |
| Heavy | 2 | 84C | 76 | — |
| Distance | Runs | Best | Median | Since 13 Oct 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6f – 7f | 27 | 100A | 84 | — |
| 1m – 1m1f | 5 | 93C | 61 | — |
| Under 6f | 1 | — | — | — |
Of 34 runs looked at, 1 has no figure: no standard for this course, surface and code on the window (1).
KTB Speed v1 · batch 15 Sep 2026 · GB & Irish racing only · 33 figures from 34 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 3 analysed runs
- Held up 2 (67%) · 0 wins
- Prominent 1 (33%) · 0 wins
Pedigree intelligence
Sire
Progeny in our archive have won 7.9% of 1,213 runs since Jan 2008 (112 horses).
Strongest on good to firm going: 12.4% from 161.
| Going | Runs | Wins | SR | vs sire | This horse |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Firm | 6 | 0 | 0% | −7.9 | — |
| Good to Firm | 161 | 20 | 12.4% | +4.5 | — |
| Good | 297 | 19 | 6.4% | −1.5 | 2 from 17 |
| Good to Soft | 108 | 7 | 6.5% | −1.4 | 0 from 3 |
| Soft | 160 | 8 | 5% | −2.9 | 0 from 4 |
| Heavy | 54 | 5 | 9.3% | +1.4 | 0 from 2 |
| Standard (AW) | 427 | 37 | 8.7% | +0.8 | 0 from 8 |
| Distance (all codes) | Runs | Wins | SR | vs sire | This horse |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Under 6f | 251 | 21 | 8.4% | +0.5 | 0 from 1 |
| 6f – 7f | 588 | 46 | 7.8% | −0.1 | 2 from 28 |
| 1m – 1m1f | 256 | 25 | 9.8% | +1.9 | 0 from 5 |
| 1m2f – 1m4f | 53 | 0 | 0% | −7.9 | — |
| 1m5f – 2m | 44 | 2 | 4.5% | −3.4 | — |
| 2m1f – 2m4f | 20 | 2 | 10% | +2.1 | — |
| 2m5f – 3m | 1 | 0 | 0% | −7.9 | — |
Flat and jumps together (all codes) · since Jan 2008 · as at 13 Oct 2026 · rows under 30 runs muted · win % is the measure, a record not a forecast
Dam
Sapporo (IRE) (Distorted Humor)
3 siblings in the archive, 1 winner — best of them Amberia (IRE) (1 win).
The wins came over 7f; the highest grade won is Class 5 (Amberia (IRE)).
| Produce | Runs | Wins | Win trips | Best grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Amberia (IRE) | 3 | 1 | 7f | Class 5 |
| Fast In The Sun (IRE) | 3 | 0 | — | — |
| Sokudo (IRE) | 6 | 0 | — | — |
Record by conditions
| Going | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Good | 17 | 2 | 12% | +9.50 |
| Standard (AW) | 8 | 0 | 0% | −8.00 |
| Soft | 4 | 0 | 0% | −4.00 |
| Good to Soft | 3 | 0 | 0% | −3.00 |
| Heavy | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Course | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dundalk (AW) | 7 | 0 | 0% | −7.00 |
| Leopardstown | 7 | 1 | 14% | +10.00 |
| Bellewstown | 3 | 0 | 0% | −3.00 |
| Fairyhouse | 3 | 0 | 0% | −3.00 |
| Cork | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Limerick | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Naas | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Laytown (AW) | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Down Royal | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Roscommon | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Tipperary | 1 | 1 | 100% | +8.50 |
| Listowel | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Curragh | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Sligo | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Navan | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Distance | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6f – 7f | 28 | 2 | 7% | −1.50 |
| 1m – 1m1f | 5 | 0 | 0% | −5.00 |
| Under 6f | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Jockey | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chris Hayes | 10 | 1 | 10% | −0.50 |
| Colin Keane | 8 | 1 | 13% | +9.00 |
| Jamie Powell | 3 | 0 | 0% | −3.00 |
| Siobhan Rutledge | 3 | 0 | 0% | −3.00 |
| James Ryan | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Robert Whearty | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Cian Fahy | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Cian MacRedmond | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Robbie Colgan | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Gavin Ryan | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Wayne Lordan | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Danny Sheehy | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Headgear | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| None | 21 | 2 | 10% | +5.50 |
| Cheekpieces | 5 | 0 | 0% | −5.00 |
| Tongue tie + blinkers | 4 | 0 | 0% | −4.00 |
| Visor | 3 | 0 | 0% | −3.00 |
| Tongue tie | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Season | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 16 | 0 | 0% | −16.00 |
| 2023 | 8 | 2 | 25% | +18.50 |
| 2022 | 4 | 0 | 0% | −4.00 |
| 2021 | 6 | 0 | 0% | −6.00 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18 Dec 24+7d | Dundalk (AW) | Dundalk Stadium Gift Vouchers Available Online Handicap (47-65) (Div 2) Shared front spot early then went clear briefly - lost command at halfway - pressed for effort with 2f left and slipped to third approaching final furlong - held on same pace to finish sixth | 6/13 | nk | 8-9 | 47 | 86B | 62A | Jamie Powell | 33/1 |
| 11 Dec 24+21d | Dundalk (AW) | Book Online At DundalkStadium.com Handicap (47-65) Went straight to front - matched at 2f - back in command by halfway - pressed for effort with 2f left - lost command 1 1/2f out and unable to fight back - finished sixth beaten 5 lengths | 6/14 | ½ | 8-11 | 47 | 93B | 60A | Jamie Powell | 20/1 |
| 20 Nov 24+21d | Dundalk (AW) | Dundalk Stadium Gift Vouchers Available Online Handicap (47-65) (Div 1) Held up early - 8th at halfway - denied room and asked for effort 2 1/2f out - unable to find further gear approaching final furlong finished 7th | 7/14 | 2 | 8-9 | 47 | 79B | 53A | Siobhan Rutledge | 33/1 |
| 30 Oct 24+28d | Dundalk (AW) | Christmas Party Nights At Dundalk Stadium Handicap (47-65) Shared the front spot early - pressed for effort with 2f left then lost command a furlong out - eased back finishing well behind | 11/14 | ¾ | 8-11 | 49 | 73B | 53A | James Ryan | 33/1 |
| 02 Oct 24+9d | Bellewstown | BoyleSports Supporting Irish Racing Handicap (47-65) (Div 2) Sat close to front group early - 5th at halfway - driven approaching final furlongs but unable to close and faded to finish ninth | 9/12 | 7 | 9-1 | 51 | 61A | 46A | Siobhan Rutledge | 33/1 |
| 23 Sep 24+7d | Fairyhouse | Treo Eile Handicap (47-75) Up with the front group - 6th at halfway - driven on the outside over 2f out and found little in reserve - plugged on one-paced inside the final furlong to finish 6th | 6/11 | 3¼ | 8-11 | 54 | 91A | 58A | James Ryan | 20/1 |
| 16 Sep 24+20d | Laytown (AW) | Tote.ie Claiming Race Settled midpack early - pushed along and moved forward wide out with 2f left - continued to close and finish in fourth without further gain late | 4/10 | shd | 10-0 | 54 | — | 70A | Siobhan Rutledge | 40/1 |
| 27 Aug 24+19d | Bellewstown | Gibneys Malahide Handicap (47-65) (Div 1) Went straight to front - overtaken before 1f gone and settled third close up - urged forward from 3f out - lost touch with rivals over a furlong out and allowed to drop away late finishing well beaten | 15/15 | 4½ | 9-8 | 57 | 59C | 50C | Chris Hayes | 22/1 |
| 08 Aug 24+13d | Leopardstown | Unio Financial Services Handicap Slow to break - stayed towards the back - no real progress made and finished well held | 16/17 | hd | 8-9 | 61 | 77C | 48A | Cian Fahy | 25/1 |
| 26 Jul 24+14d | Cork | Follow Us On Social Media Handicap (47-65) | 20/23 | nk | 9-12 | 61 | 74C | 60A | Colin Keane | 9/1 |
| 12 Jul 24+7d | Dundalk (AW) | Catherine Allison & Co. Solicitors Claiming Race | 3/14 | 1¼ | 9-7 | 61 | 96B | 82A | Colin Keane | 15/2 |
| 05 Jul 24+15d | Bellewstown | Meath Farm Machinery Claiming Race | 2/14 | ½ | 9-7 | 62 | 60C | 87A | Colin Keane | 4/1F |
| 20 Jun 24+7d | Leopardstown | Dualway Coaches Handicap (47-70) | 7/11 | shd | 9-10 | 67 | 89A | 75A | Jamie Powell | 12/1 |
| 13 Jun 24+13d | Leopardstown | 1888 Restaurant Apprentice Handicap | 8/8 | 2½ | 9-1 | 67 | 75A | 53A | Robert Whearty | 17/2 |
| 31 May 24+14d | Down Royal | BoyleSports Money Back If 2nd To SP Fav Handicap (47-75) | 8/14 | nse | 9-5 | 69 | 93C | 72A | Robert Whearty | 12/1 |
| 17 May 24+203d | Leopardstown | GAIN The Advantage Series Handicap (50-70) (Div 1) | 9/14 | 1 | 10-2 | 70 | 93C | 75A | Colin Keane | 12/1 |
| 27 Oct 23+14d | Dundalk (AW) | Irishinjuredjockeys.com Fillies Claiming Race | 10/14 | nk | 9-8 | 70 | 74B | 61A | Colin Keane | 5/2F |
| 13 Oct 23+39d | Dundalk (AW) | Friday Night Lights At Dundalk Handicap (47-75) | 10/14 | ½ | 9-12 | 71 | 86B | 73A | Chris Hayes | 16/1 |
| 04 Sep 23+18d | Roscommon | RoscommonRacecourse.ie Handicap | 6/7 | ¾ | 8-9 | 71 | 100A | 72A | Chris Hayes | 13/2 |
| 17 Aug 23+43d | Leopardstown | Unio Employee Benefits Handicap | 3/15 | 1¼ | 9-13 | 74 | 88C | 88A | Chris Hayes | 10/1 |
| 05 Jul 23+13d | Tipperary | Racing Again Tomorrow Fillies Handicap | 1/13 | 9-6 | 66 | 36C | 85A | Chris Hayes | 17/2 | |
| 22 Jun 23+19d | Leopardstown | Awards & Gifts Handicap (47-70) | 1/14 | 9-8 | 62 | 91C | 93A | Colin Keane | 16/1 | |
| 03 Jun 23+17d | Listowel | Shay Rooney Handicap (47-75) | 10/12 | 2 | 9-10 | 67 | 64A | 56A | Chris Hayes | 16/1 |
| 17 May 23+314d | Cork | Buy Tickets Online At www.corkracecourse.ie Handicap | 17/25 | nk | 9-6 | 67 | 98C | 68A | Cian MacRedmond | 66/1 |
| 07 Jul 22+41d | Limerick | Have Fun At The Top Of The Town Askeaton Fillies Handicap (50-80) | 6/9 | nk | 9-0 | 73 | 93A | 66A | Robbie Colgan | 14/1 |
| 27 May 22+6d | Fairyhouse | CPAC MODULAR Building Ingenuity Fillies Maiden | 4/15 | ¾ | 9-3 | 76 | 86C | 70A | Colin Keane | 16/1 |
| 21 May 22+20d | Curragh | FBD Hotels And Resorts Handicap | 7/11 | ½ | 8-9 | 78 | 77A | 71A | Chris Hayes | 40/1 |
| 01 May 22+196d | Sligo | Tote Always SP Or Better At Sligo Races Fillies Maiden | 6/7 | 1¼ | 9-3 | 79 | 76A | 57A | Gavin Ryan | 9/4F |
| 17 Oct 21+8d | Naas | Irish EBF Auction Series Race Final | 10/16 | ¾ | 8-8 | 80 | 53C | 66A | Wayne Lordan | 20/1 |
| 09 Oct 21+35d | Limerick | Irish EBF Auction Series Maiden | 4/8 | 4 | 8-8 | 81 | 68A | 50A | Chris Hayes | 8/13F |
| 04 Sep 21+33d | Navan | Irish EBF Auction Series Fillies Maiden | 2/8 | hd | 8-10 | — | 78A | 74A | Colin Keane | 2/5F |
| 02 Aug 21+18d | Naas | Irish EBF Ballyhane Stakes (Median Auction Race) | 5/22 | ½ | 8-9 | — | 97C | 89A | Chris Hayes | 40/1 |
| 15 Jul 21+48d | Leopardstown | Irish EBF Auction Series Maiden | 3/12 | hd | 8-8 | — | 68A | 69A | Chris Hayes | 9/4F |
| 28 May 21 | Fairyhouse | Irish EBF Auction Series Maiden | 3/13 | 1 | 8-5 | — | 84C | 76A | Danny Sheehy | 18/1 |
Quick answers
- How many races has Chestnutter (IRE) won?
- Chestnutter (IRE) won 2 of 34 archived starts between 2021 and 2024, a strike rate of 5.9%. Placed 8 times in total (23.5% of starts).
- Who trained Chestnutter (IRE)?
- Chestnutter (IRE) was trained by John C McConnell on the most recent run on record, at Dundalk (AW) on 18 December 2024.
- Who is Chestnutter (IRE)'s sire?
- Chestnutter (IRE) is by Anjaal (GB) out of Sapporo (IRE), whose sire is Distorted Humor.
- What going does Chestnutter (IRE) prefer?
- Chestnutter (IRE) has the best record on good going: 2 wins from 17 starts (11.8%). Only going bands with at least three archived starts are read, so this is a direction rather than a settled preference.
- What is Chestnutter (IRE)'s official rating?
- The most recent official rating on record is 47, from the run on 18 December 2024. The highest on record is 81.
- What is Chestnutter (IRE)'s sire's record?
- Anjaal (GB)'s progeny in our archive have won 7.9% of 1,213 runs since Jan 2008 (112 horses), Flat and jumps together. Strongest on good to firm going: 12.4% from 161.
- Who are Chestnutter (IRE)'s siblings?
- Out of Sapporo (IRE), Chestnutter (IRE) has 3 other produce in our archive, 1 of them a winner. Most wins: Amberia (IRE) (1). Highest grade won: Class 5 (Amberia (IRE)). The wins came over 7f. As at Oct 2026.