Christmas (IRE)
Christmas (IRE) is 2 from 7, including a Listed win. The biggest win we hold: the Coolmore Caravaggio Stakes at Tipperary (Aug 2018). Hasn't won since Aug 2018. Each win came on a first visit to the course. Last raced off a career-high mark of 110.
- 2–7Wins / Runs
- 28.6%Strike rate
- 4 (57.1%)Placed
- −2.14£1 level staken=7 at SP
- 1.47Fair A/E n=7 · 1.28 incl. margin
- 110Highest OR
- 24dAvg 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.
KTB Speed and Rating
Best recent Speed 132
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 27 Oct 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Good to Firm | 4 | 94C | 76.5 | — |
| Good to Soft | 1 | — | — | — |
| Soft | 1 | — | — | — |
| Good | 1 | — | — | — |
| Distance | Runs | Best | Median | Since 27 Oct 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6f – 7f | 7 | 132A | 80 | — |
KTB Speed v1 · batch 15 Sep 2026 · GB & Irish racing only · 7 figures from 7 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 is derived from in-running commentary, which our data provider does not supply for this horse's races.
Pedigree intelligence
Progeny in our archive have won 14.5% of 18,195 runs since Jan 2008 (1,776 horses).
Strongest over 6f – 7f (all codes): 18.2% from 1,383. Weakest over 2m5f – 3m (all codes): 9.3% from 889.
| Going | Runs | Wins | SR | vs sire | This horse |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Firm | 72 | 14 | 19.4% | +4.9 | — |
| Good to Firm | 2,765 | 442 | 16% | +1.5 | 1 from 4 |
| Good | 5,308 | 790 | 14.9% | +0.4 | 1 from 1 |
| Good to Soft | 2,343 | 328 | 14% | −0.5 | 0 from 1 |
| Soft | 3,845 | 576 | 15% | +0.5 | 0 from 1 |
| Heavy | 1,378 | 190 | 13.8% | −0.7 | — |
| Standard (AW) | 2,483 | 304 | 12.2% | −2.3 | — |
| Distance (all codes) | Runs | Wins | SR | vs sire | This horse |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Under 6f | 14 | 1 | 7.1% | −7.4 | — |
| 6f – 7f | 1,383 | 252 | 18.2% | +3.7 | 2 from 7 |
| 1m – 1m1f | 3,021 | 517 | 17.1% | +2.6 | — |
| 1m2f – 1m4f | 6,848 | 1,051 | 15.3% | +0.8 | — |
| 1m5f – 2m | 4,240 | 555 | 13.1% | −1.4 | — |
| 2m1f – 2m4f | 1,650 | 170 | 10.3% | −4.2 | — |
| 2m5f – 3m | 889 | 83 | 9.3% | −5.2 | — |
| Over 3m | 150 | 16 | 10.7% | −3.8 | — |
Flat and jumps together (all codes) · since Jan 2008 · as at 27 Oct 2026 · rows under 30 runs muted · win % is the measure, a record not a forecast
7 siblings in the archive, 5 winners — best of them Michaelmas (USA) (2 wins).
The wins came over 5f–1m4f; the highest grade won is Listed (United Nations (IRE)).
| Produce | Runs | Wins | Win trips | Best grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Michaelmas (USA) | 11 | 2 | 5f–1m | — |
| United Nations (IRE) | 4 | 2 | 7f–1m3½f | Listed |
| Black Sea (IRE) | 11 | 2 | 7f–1m | Listed |
| Father Christmas (IRE) | 5 | 1 | 1m2½f | — |
| Kells (IRE) | 31 | 1 | 1m4f | Class 6 |
| Bright Eyed (IRE) | 6 | 0 | — | — |
| Simply Marvellous (IRE) | 1 | 0 | — | — |
Record by conditions
| Going | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Good to Firm | 4 | 1 | 25% | −2.64 |
| Good to Soft | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Soft | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Good | 1 | 1 | 100% | +2.50 |
| Class | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Class 1 | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Course | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Curragh | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Newmarket | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Tipperary | 1 | 1 | 100% | +2.50 |
| Roscommon | 1 | 1 | 100% | +0.36 |
| Gowran Park (IRE) | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Leopardstown | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Jockey | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Seamie Heffernan | 3 | 0 | 0% | −3.00 |
| Donnacha O'Brien | 3 | 2 | 67% | +1.86 |
| Emmet McNamara | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 · 7 runs | ||||||||||
| 13 Oct 18+27d | Newmarket | Darley Dewhurst Stakes (Group 1) | 6/7 | 3 | 9-1 | 110 | 73A | 80A | Seamie Heffernan | 20/1 |
| 16 Sep 18+21d | Curragh | Goffs Vincent O'Brien National Stakes (Group 1) | 3/7 | 4½ | 9-3 | 108 | 100A | 96A | Emmet McNamara | 9/1 |
| 26 Aug 18+16d | Curragh | Galileo Irish EBF Futurity Stakes (Group 2) | 2/6 | ½ | 9-3 | 98 | 132A | 105B | Seamie Heffernan | 13/2 |
| 10 Aug 18+32d | Tipperary | Coolmore Caravaggio Stakes (Listed) | 1/7 | 9-3 | — | 74A | 96A | Donnacha O'Brien | 5/2J | |
| 09 Jul 18+15d | Roscommon | Irish Stallion Farms EBF Maiden (Plus 10) | 1/5 | 9-5 | — | 94C | 96B | Donnacha O'Brien | 4/11F | |
| 24 Jun 18+30d | Gowran Park (IRE) | Irish Stallion Farms EBF Maiden (Plus 10 Race) | 2/13 | nk | 9-5 | — | 80C | 87A | Seamie Heffernan | 4/1 |
| 25 May 18 | Leopardstown | Irish Stallion Farms EBF Maiden (Plus 10) | 13/14 | ¾ | 9-5 | — | 52C | 70A | Donnacha O'Brien | 16/1 |
Quick answers
- How many races has Christmas won?
- Christmas (IRE) won 2 of 7 archived starts in 2018, a strike rate of 28.6%. Placed 4 times in total (57.1% of starts).
- Who trained Christmas?
- Christmas (IRE) was trained by A P O'Brien on the most recent run on record, at Newmarket on 13 October 2018.
- Who is Christmas's sire?
- Christmas (IRE) is by Galileo (IRE) out of Christmas Kid (USA), whose sire is Lemon Drop Kid.
- What going does Christmas prefer?
- Christmas (IRE) has the best record on good to firm 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 Christmas's official rating?
- The most recent official rating on record is 110, from the run on 13 October 2018. That is also the highest on record.
- What is Christmas's sire's record?
- Galileo (IRE)'s progeny in our archive have won 14.5% of 18,195 runs since Jan 2008 (1,776 horses), Flat and jumps together. Strongest over 6f – 7f (all codes): 18.2% from 1,383. Weakest over 2m5f – 3m (all codes): 9.3% from 889.
- Who are Christmas's siblings?
- Out of Christmas Kid (USA), Christmas (IRE) has 7 other produce in our archive, 5 of them winners. Most wins: Michaelmas (USA) (2). Highest grade won: Listed (United Nations (IRE)). The wins came over 5f–1m4f. As at Oct 2026.