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Classic Escape (IRE)

9yo gelding (at last run, Apr 2022) · Last trainer Philip Kirby · Last owner Hold My Beer Syndicate
by Golan (IRE) out of Seana Ghael (IRE) (Oscar)
29 runs · 22 courses · from Nov 2018
As at 21 Oct 2026 · KTB archive: GB, Ireland & France · 2005–present, updated daily
No run recorded since 30 Apr 2022 — 1,634 days ago. Our archive can't say whether the horse is still in training.
Last run Apr 2022 · 7th of 10 2 wins · Southwell & Ballinrobe Last raced off OR 100
KTB Profile

Classic Escape (IRE) is 2 from 29. Hasn't won since Nov 2020. Last raced off 100, 22lb below the career-high mark.

Based on 29 archived runs · updated 21 Oct 2026
KTB at a glance OR ↓ 22lb off peak
Official rating100↓ 22lb off peak
100 92–122

KTB Speed and Rating

KTB Speed

Best recent Speed 108 the best of the last 3 graded (A or B) runs · Catterick, 13 Jan 2022

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 →

Jumps 21 figures · best 128C · median 100
GoingRunsBestMedianSince 21 Oct 2025
Good10119A102.5—
Soft8104C92—
Good to Soft3128C108—
DistanceRunsBestMedianSince 21 Oct 2025
2m5f – 3m9114B103—
Over 3m8128C101—
2m1f – 2m4f396C74—
1m5f – 2m1———

Of 29 runs looked at, 8 have no figure: obstacles omitted — the race ran a shortened course (4) · did not complete (3) · not enough races on the card to set the day (under 4) (1).

KTB Speed v1 · batch 15 Sep 2026 · GB & Irish racing only · 21 figures from 29 runs · as at 3 Oct 2026 · a record, not a forecast

KTB Rating

Best recent KTB Rating 108A the best of the last 3 rated runs · Hexham, 17 Mar 2022 Official rating 100 at the last run, 30 Apr 2022

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 →

Jumps 25 figures · best 128A · median 107
GoingRunsBestMedianSince 21 Oct 2025
Good12125A106.5—
Soft8118B97.5—
Good to Soft5128A108—
DistanceRunsBestMedianSince 21 Oct 2025
2m5f – 3m10125A108.5—
Over 3m8128A115.5—
2m1f – 2m4f4107C96.5—
1m5f – 2m3103A94—

Of 29 runs looked at, 4 have no figure: did not complete (or a non-runner row) (4).

KTB Rating v1 · batch 3 Oct 2026 · GB & Irish racing only · 25 figures from 29 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
Golan (IRE)

Progeny in our archive have won 8.7% of 3,151 runs since Jan 2008 (288 horses).

Weakest over 1m2f – 1m4f (all codes): 5.4% from 258.

GoingRunsWinsSRvs sireThis horse
Firm700%−8.7—
Good to Firm235187.7%−1—
Good990919.2%+0.51 from 14
Good to Soft402338.2%−0.51 from 6
Soft805799.8%+1.10 from 9
Heavy476357.4%−1.3—
Standard (AW)236198.1%−0.6—
Distance (all codes)RunsWinsSRvs sireThis horse
Under 6f800%−8.7—
6f – 7f9699.4%+0.7—
1m – 1m1f150106.7%−2—
1m2f – 1m4f258145.4%−3.3—
1m5f – 2m984858.6%−0.10 from 3
2m1f – 2m4f979959.7%+10 from 4
2m5f – 3m567569.9%+1.22 from 12
Over 3m10965.5%−3.20 from 10

Flat and jumps together (all codes) · since Jan 2008 · as at 21 Oct 2026 · rows under 30 runs muted · win % is the measure, a record not a forecast

Dam
Seana Ghael (IRE) (Oscar)

3 siblings in the archive, 1 winner — best of them Osterberg (IRE) (1 win).

The wins came over 2m6f; the highest grade won is Class 5 (Osterberg (IRE)).

ProduceRunsWinsWin tripsBest grade
Osterberg (IRE)1012m6fClass 5
Saquon (IRE)10——
Borderline (IRE)150——

Record by conditions

GoingRunsWinsSR£1
Good 14 1 7% −6.00
Soft 9 0 0% −9.00
Good to Soft 6 1 17% −2.75

ClassRunsWinsSR£1
Class 4 9 1 11% −5.75
Class 5 3 0 0% −3.00
Class 3 2 0 0% −2.00
Class 2 2 0 0% −2.00

CourseRunsWinsSR£1
Sedgefield 3 0 0% −3.00
Uttoxeter 2 0 0% −2.00
Catterick 2 0 0% −2.00
Southwell 2 1 50% +1.25
Ballinrobe 2 1 50% +6.00
Thurles 2 0 0% −2.00
Hexham 1 0 0% −1.00
Bangor-on-Dee 1 0 0% −1.00
Doncaster 1 0 0% −1.00
Musselburgh 1 0 0% −1.00
Kelso 1 0 0% −1.00
Market Rasen 1 0 0% −1.00
Newton Abbot 1 0 0% −1.00
Kilbeggan 1 0 0% −1.00
Bellewstown 1 0 0% −1.00
Down Royal 1 0 0% −1.00
Downpatrick 1 0 0% −1.00
Limerick 1 0 0% −1.00
Gowran Park 1 0 0% −1.00
Fairyhouse 1 0 0% −1.00
Tramore 1 0 0% −1.00
Navan 1 0 0% −1.00

DistanceRunsWinsSR£1
2m5f – 3m 12 2 17% −0.75
Over 3m 10 0 0% −10.00
2m1f – 2m4f 4 0 0% −4.00
1m5f – 2m 3 0 0% −3.00

JockeyRunsWinsSR£1
D G Hogan 8 0 0% −8.00
Lee Edwards 6 1 17% −2.75
Thomas Dowson 4 0 0% −4.00
Shane Mulcahy 3 1 33% +5.00
Sam Twiston-Davies 2 0 0% −2.00
Andrew Ring 2 0 0% −2.00
Sean Quinlan 1 0 0% −1.00
Cillin Leonard 1 0 0% −1.00
Charlie Todd 1 0 0% −1.00
Sean Bowen 1 0 0% −1.00

HeadgearRunsWinsSR£1
None 14 1 7% −6.00
Cheekpieces 9 1 11% −5.75
Blinkers 6 0 0% −6.00

SeasonRunsWinsSR£1
2022 6 0 0% −6.00
2021 4 0 0% −4.00
2020 6 1 17% −2.75
2019 11 1 9% −3.00
2018 2 0 0% −2.00

TypeRunsWinsSR£1
Hurdle 18 1 6% −10.00
Chase 11 1 9% −7.75

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

DateCourseRace PosBtn Wgt ORSpdKTB Jockey SP
30 Apr 22+22d Uttoxeter Marston's Pedigree Handicap Chase Class 5 · 24f · Good · 10 ran 7/10 7½ 11-12 10047C93C Lee Edwards 12/1
08 Apr 22+22d Sedgefield bet365 Handicap Chase Class 5 · 27f · Good To Soft · 10 ran PU/10 — 12-7 102—— Thomas Dowson 8/1
17 Mar 22+34d Hexham Wor Bella Handicap Hurdle (Div 1) Class 5 · 23.5f · Good To Soft · 9 ran 7/9 shd 11-12 100—108A Thomas Dowson 9/2
11 Feb 22+14d Bangor-on-Dee Download The At The Races App Handicap Chase Class 4 · 29.5f · Soft · 9 ran 3/9 4½ 11-1 10968B99B Thomas Dowson 12/1
28 Jan 22+15d Doncaster Sky Bet Extra Places Every Day Handicap Hurdle Class 4 · 24.5f · Good · 12 ran 6/12 1¾ 11-4 107102A111A Thomas Dowson 12/1
13 Jan 22+37d Catterick Vickers.Bet North Yorkshire Grand National Handicap Chase Class 3 · 30f · Good To Soft · 8 ran 4/8 6 10-4 115108A108B Sean Quinlan 8/1
07 Dec 21+18d Uttoxeter Chevin Homes Christmas Party Conditional Jockeys' Handicap Hurdle Class 4 · 23.5f · Soft · 8 ran 5/8 16 11-0 111104C90C Cillin Leonard 12/1
19 Nov 21+33d Catterick Jump Season Starts Now Conditional Jockeys' Handicap Hurdle Class 4 · 25.5f · Good · 8 ran 4/8 1 11-6 114119A116A Charlie Todd 22/1
17 Oct 21+253d Sedgefield Vickers Independent Family Run Bookmaker Durham National Handicap Chase (GBB Race) Class 2 · 29f · Good · 9 ran 9/9 31 10-6 12277C101C Lee Edwards 6/1
06 Feb 21+62d Musselburgh bet365 Edinburgh National Handicap Chase Class 2 · 33f · Soft · 11 ran F/11 — 10-8 122—— Lee Edwards 10/1
06 Dec 20+23d Kelso Persimmon Homes Scottish Borders National Handicap Chase Class 3 · 32.5f · Soft · 11 ran 2/11 15 10-8 12290A118B Lee Edwards 11/1
13 Nov 20+8d Southwell Sky Sports Racing Sky 415 Handicap Chase Class 4 · 24.5f · Good To Soft · 7 ran 1/7 11-3 112106A120B Lee Edwards 9/4
05 Nov 20+63d Sedgefield Alrose Productions The AV Specialists Handicap Chase Class 4 · 26.5f · Good To Soft · 10 ran 2/10 shd 11-9 112128C128A Lee Edwards 7/1
03 Sep 20+18d Southwell Kim Bailey Racing Handicap Chase Class 4 · 24.5f · Good · 8 ran UR/8 — 11-12 112—— Sean Bowen 5/2F
16 Aug 20+40d Market Rasen Betway Novices' Handicap Chase (GBB Race) Class 4 · 21.5f · Good · 7 ran 3/7 14 11-9 114103A104B Sam Twiston-Davies 3/1
07 Jul 20+354d Newton Abbot Haccombe Handicap Hurdle Class 4 · 26.5f · Good · 8 ran 2/8 1 11-12 110110A125A Sam Twiston-Davies 7/2
19 Jul 19+13d Kilbeggan Best Dressed Lady Competition At Kilbeggan Races Handicap Hurdle (80-102) 25f · Yielding · 8 ran 4/8 nk 11-12 10094B115A D G Hogan 11/1
06 Jul 19+15d Bellewstown Fast Terminals Handicap Hurdle 24f · Good · 15 ran PU/15 — 10-9 101—— Andrew Ring 20/1
21 Jun 19+25d Down Royal ASG & Partners Handicap Hurdle (80-102) 20f · Yielding · 20 ran 8/20 12 11-12 10296C107C D G Hogan 16/1
27 May 19+17d Ballinrobe Tim Kelly Group Handicap Hurdle (80-109) 20.5f · Good To Yielding · 16 ran 12/16 13 11-7 103—97C Andrew Ring 9/1
10 May 19+3d Downpatrick Portman Dental Care Handicap Hurdle (80-95) 22f · Good · 15 ran 3/15 6½ 11-6 92114B109A Shane Mulcahy 5/4F
07 May 19+26d Ballinrobe FBD Opportunity Handicap Hurdle (80-95) 21.5f · Good · 16 ran 1/16 11-5 9289B125A Shane Mulcahy 7/1
11 Apr 19+33d Limerick Follow Limerick Racecourse On Twitter Handicap Hurdle (80-95) (Div 2) 21f · Good · 17 ran 5/17 ½ 11-9 92105B117A D G Hogan 4/1J
09 Mar 19+24d Gowran Park Xenon Security Handicap Hurdle (80-109) (Div 2) 20f · Soft · 19 ran 10/19 7 10-12 9547C96C D G Hogan 50/1
13 Feb 19+24d Fairyhouse Coral Download The App Handicap Hurdle (80-109) 20f · Good · 16 ran 15/16 25 11-0 9774C92C D G Hogan 20/1
20 Jan 19+19d Thurles Connolly's RED MILLS Irish EBF Auction Maiden Hurdle 16f · Good · 13 ran 6/13 2 11-12 ——103A D G Hogan 100/1
01 Jan 19+16d Tramore Curran South East Cleaners Maiden Hurdle 21f · Soft · 14 ran 12/14 21 11-4 —100C95C D G Hogan 80/1
16 Dec 18+17d Navan Irish Stallion Owners EBF Maiden Hurdle 16f · Yielding · 21 ran 14/21 3 11-5 —35C94C Shane Mulcahy 100/1
29 Nov 18 Thurles Holycross Maiden Hurdle 16f · Good · 13 ran 10/13 nk 11-12 ——88C D G Hogan 28/1

Quick answers

How many races has Classic Escape (IRE) won?
Classic Escape (IRE) won 2 of 29 archived starts between 2018 and 2022, a strike rate of 6.9%. Placed 7 times in total (24.1% of starts).
Who trained Classic Escape (IRE)?
Classic Escape (IRE) was trained by Philip Kirby on the most recent run on record, at Uttoxeter on 30 April 2022.
Who is Classic Escape (IRE)'s sire?
Classic Escape (IRE) is by Golan (IRE) out of Seana Ghael (IRE), whose sire is Oscar.
What going does Classic Escape (IRE) prefer?
Classic Escape (IRE) has the best record on good to 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 Classic Escape (IRE)'s official rating?
The most recent official rating on record is 100, from the run on 30 April 2022. The highest on record is 122.
What is Classic Escape (IRE)'s sire's record?
Golan (IRE)'s progeny in our archive have won 8.7% of 3,151 runs since Jan 2008 (288 horses), Flat and jumps together. Weakest over 1m2f – 1m4f (all codes): 5.4% from 258.
Who are Classic Escape (IRE)'s siblings?
Out of Seana Ghael (IRE), Classic Escape (IRE) has 3 other produce in our archive, 1 of them a winner. Most wins: Osterberg (IRE) (1). Highest grade won: Class 5 (Osterberg (IRE)). The wins came over 2m6f. As at Oct 2026.

Record shown from November 2018. Our archive holds racing in Great Britain, Ireland and France from January 2005. Runs in other countries are not in it, and earlier runs are not available from our data provider. In-running comments are available from 2024 onward.