Chief Josef (IRE)
Chief Josef is a gelding by Valirann out of a Milan mare who is yet to win from five starts on turf. He showed his best effort when fourth of nine at Navan in Feb 2026. All five runs came over trips between 1m5f and 2m4f on soft or heavier ground. His last run, at Bellewstown in Apr 2026, was sixth of 16 in a maiden hurdle when he last raced off a career-high mark of 99.
- 0–5Wins / Runs
- 0%Strike rate
- 0 (0%)Placed
- −5.00£1 level staken=5 at SP
- 0.00Fair A/E n=5 · 0.00 incl. margin
- 99Highest OR
- 23dBetween runs (median)longest 61 d
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.
KTB Speed and Rating
Best recent Speed 85
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 →
| Going | Runs | Best | Median | Since 8 Nov 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Soft | 2 | 85A | 81 | 2 runs · 85 / 81 |
| Heavy | 2 | 83A | 69 | 2 runs · 83 / 69 |
| Good to Soft | 1 | — | — | 1 run · — |
| Distance | Runs | Best | Median | Since 8 Nov 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2m1f – 2m4f | 3 | 83A | 77 | 3 runs · 83 / 77 |
| 1m5f – 2m | 2 | 85A | 70 | 2 runs · 85 / 70 |
KTB Speed v1 · batch 15 Sep 2026 · GB & Irish racing only · 5 figures from 5 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 5 analysed runs since Dec 2025
- Mid-division 3 (60%) · 0 wins
- Prominent 2 (40%) · 0 wins
Pedigree intelligence
Progeny in our archive have won 10.1% of 1,452 runs since Oct 2018 (160 horses).
Weakest on good to soft going: 7% from 345.
| Going | Runs | Wins | SR | vs sire | This horse |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Good to Firm | 13 | 4 | 30.8% | +20.7 | — |
| Good | 460 | 49 | 10.7% | +0.6 | — |
| Good to Soft | 345 | 24 | 7% | −3.1 | 0 from 1 |
| Soft | 449 | 56 | 12.5% | +2.4 | 0 from 2 |
| Heavy | 171 | 12 | 7% | −3.1 | 0 from 2 |
| Standard (AW) | 14 | 2 | 14.3% | +4.2 | — |
| Distance (all codes) | Runs | Wins | SR | vs sire | This horse |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Under 6f | 4 | 1 | 25% | +14.9 | — |
| 6f – 7f | 14 | 2 | 14.3% | +4.2 | — |
| 1m – 1m1f | 16 | 0 | 0% | −10.1 | — |
| 1m2f – 1m4f | 28 | 4 | 14.3% | +4.2 | — |
| 1m5f – 2m | 479 | 40 | 8.4% | −1.7 | 0 from 2 |
| 2m1f – 2m4f | 561 | 54 | 9.6% | −0.5 | 0 from 3 |
| 2m5f – 3m | 284 | 35 | 12.3% | +2.2 | — |
| Over 3m | 66 | 11 | 16.7% | +6.6 | — |
Flat and jumps together (all codes) · since Oct 2018 · as at 8 Nov 2026 · rows under 30 runs muted · win % is the measure, a record not a forecast
No other produce in our archive. It holds racing in Great Britain, Ireland and France from 2005, so siblings racing elsewhere won’t appear here.
Record by conditions
| Going | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Soft | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Heavy | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Good to Soft | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Course | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Navan | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Bellewstown | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Limerick | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Leopardstown | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Distance | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2m1f – 2m4f | 3 | 0 | 0% | −3.00 |
| 1m5f – 2m | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Jockey | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Eoghan Finegan | 4 | 0 | 0% | −4.00 |
| E Walsh | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Season | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 3 | 0 | 0% | −3.00 |
| 2025 | 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 · 3 runs | ||||||||||
| 18 Apr 26+18d | Bellewstown | Byrne Marquees Maiden Hurdle Held up in the pack - minor error at the 5th - outpaced and making no headway before losing footing after 3 out - well beaten in 6th | 6/16 | 14 | 10-6 | 99 | 77C | 88C | Eoghan Finegan | 22/1 |
| 31 Mar 26+31d | Limerick | Ryans Cleaning (C & G) Maiden Hurdle Settled midpack early - clumsy over first fence - held sixth by halfway - untidy 4 out - driven into contention in fifth before 2 out - soon lacked response and eased back to sixth at the finish | 6/11 | 6½ | 11-0 | 99 | 85A | 99A | Eoghan Finegan | 66/1 |
| 28 Feb 26+61d | Navan | Navan Racecourse Maiden Hurdle Tracked the main group early - 5th and outpaced turning into halfway - pushed along with nothing to show 3 out then edged nearer 2 out - held safe and stayed on same gait to the line | 4/9 | 9 | 11-0 | — | 55C | 87C | Eoghan Finegan | 200/1 |
| 2025 · 2 runs | ||||||||||
| 29 Dec 25+23d | Leopardstown | Irish Stallion Farms EBF Academy Hurdle Sat close to the front pack early - 5th at halfway - driven after two out then found little more and dropped away late | 10/15 | 1¾ | 10-7 | — | 66C | 83C | Eoghan Finegan | 150/1 |
| 06 Dec 25 | Navan | Irish Stallion Farms EBF Academy Hurdle Settled midpack early - fumbled 2nd and knocked about 4th before dropping towards the back - drifted right 4 out - pushed along in 7th turning for home - up to 5th before the last - stayed on at one gait to finish sixth | 6/10 | 4¼ | 11-0 | — | 83A | 91A | E Walsh | 50/1 |
Quick answers
- How many races has Chief Josef won?
- Chief Josef (IRE) has yet to win, from 5 archived starts between 2025 and 2026.
- Who trains Chief Josef?
- Chief Josef (IRE) is trained by Ciaran Murphy, who saddled the horse on its most recent run on 18 April 2026.
- Who is Chief Josef's sire?
- Chief Josef (IRE) is by Valirann (FR) out of Shudacudawuda (IRE), whose sire is Milan.
- What is Chief Josef's official rating?
- The most recent official rating on record is 99, from the run on 18 April 2026. That is also the highest on record.
- What is Chief Josef's sire's record?
- Valirann (FR)'s progeny in our archive have won 10.1% of 1,452 runs since Oct 2018 (160 horses), Flat and jumps together. Weakest on good to soft going: 7% from 345.