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Horse profile

County (USA)

7yo gelding (at last run, May 2009) · Last trainer Paul Nolan · Last owner Declan Brennan
by Menifee (USA) out of Few Choice Words (USA) (Valid Appeal)
10 runs · 8 courses · from Feb 2008
As at 4 Nov 2026 · KTB archive: GB, Ireland & France · 2005–present, updated daily
No run recorded since 29 May 2009 — 6,368 days ago. Our archive can't say whether the horse is still in training.
Last run May 2009 Last raced off OR 84
KTB Profile

County (USA) is yet to win from 10 starts, though has placed once. Best effort: 4th of 24 at Cork (Jun 2008). Last raced off 84, 19lb below the career-high mark.

Based on 10 archived runs · updated 4 Nov 2026
KTB at a glance OR ↓ 19lb off peak
Official rating84↓ 19lb off peak
84 84–103

KTB Speed and Rating

KTB Speed

No KTB Speed figures for this horse. The engine scores GB and Irish racing from Oct 2016; runs elsewhere, or earlier, have no figure.

KTB Speed v1 · batch 15 Sep 2026 · GB & Irish racing only · 0 figures from 0 runs · a record, not a forecast

KTB Rating

Best recent KTB Rating 81C the best of the last 3 rated runs · Cork, 19 Oct 2008 Official rating 84 at the last run, 29 May 2009

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 — its best recent day. The KTB Rating on a racecard is a different reading of the same figures: the level the horse has been running to, an average of up to its last six runs with the latest counting most, so the two can differ. A, B or C on a run is how much known form was in that race. What this means →

Jumps 8 figures · best 107A · median 88.5
GoingRunsBestMedianSince 4 Nov 2025
Soft499C91—
Good to Soft279C78.5—
Good to Firm1———
Good1———
DistanceRunsBestMedianSince 4 Nov 2025
1m5f – 2m6107A83.5—
2m1f – 2m4f299C95—

Of 10 runs looked at, 2 have no figure: did not complete (or a non-runner row) (2).

KTB Rating v1 · batch 3 Oct 2026 · GB & Irish racing only · 8 figures from 10 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
Menifee (USA)

Progeny in our archive have won 10.3% of 58 runs since Feb 2008 (4 horses).

GoingRunsWinsSRvs sireThis horse
Firm100%−10.3—
Good to Firm14321.4%+11.10 from 2
Good1600%−10.30 from 2
Good to Soft700%−10.30 from 2
Soft14214.3%+40 from 4
Heavy100%−10.3—
Standard (AW)5120%+9.7—
Distance (all codes)RunsWinsSRvs sireThis horse
6f – 7f2150%+39.7—
1m – 1m1f11100%+89.7—
1m2f – 1m4f20315%+4.7—
1m5f – 2m2114.8%−5.50 from 7
2m1f – 2m4f800%−10.30 from 3
2m5f – 3m600%−10.3—

Flat and jumps together (all codes) · since Feb 2008 · as at 4 Nov 2026 · rows under 30 runs muted · win % is the measure, a record not a forecast

Dam
Few Choice Words (USA) (Valid Appeal)

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

GoingRunsWinsSR£1
Soft 4 0 0% −4.00
Good to Firm 2 0 0% −2.00
Good to Soft 2 0 0% −2.00
Good 2 0 0% −2.00

ClassRunsWinsSR£1
Class 4 1 0 0% −1.00

CourseRunsWinsSR£1
Cork 3 0 0% −3.00
Tramore 1 0 0% −1.00
Taunton 1 0 0% −1.00
Naas 1 0 0% −1.00
Killarney (IRE) 1 0 0% −1.00
Limerick 1 0 0% −1.00
Thurles 1 0 0% −1.00
Navan 1 0 0% −1.00

DistanceRunsWinsSR£1
1m5f – 2m 7 0 0% −7.00
2m1f – 2m4f 3 0 0% −3.00

JockeyRunsWinsSR£1
Alain Cawley 4 0 0% −4.00
John Cullen 2 0 0% −2.00
Tom Molloy 1 0 0% −1.00
Alan Crowe 1 0 0% −1.00
P W Flood 1 0 0% −1.00
Robbie Moran 1 0 0% −1.00

HeadgearRunsWinsSR£1
None 6 0 0% −6.00
Tongue tie 4 0 0% −4.00

SeasonRunsWinsSR£1
2009 1 0 0% −1.00
2008 9 0 0% −9.00

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

DateCourseRace PosBtn Wgt ORKTB Jockey SP
2009 · 1 run
29 May 09+197d Tramore Dunhill Handicap Hurdle (80-95) 2m · Good To Firm · 16 ran F/16 — 10-13 84— Alain Cawley 12/1
2008 · 9 runs
13 Nov 08+25d Taunton Morgan Ashurst Handicap Hurdle Class 4 · 2m½f · Good To Soft · 14 ran 8/14 7 10-9 10379C Tom Molloy 40/1
19 Oct 08+76d Cork Alchemy Properties Handicap Hurdle (81-102) 2m · Soft · 20 ran 11/20 8 10-10 8681C Alan Crowe 16/1
04 Aug 08+18d Naas www.naasracecourse.com Handicap Hurdle (81-109) 2m · Good To Yielding · 22 ran 17/22 28 10-10 8778C P W Flood 20/1
17 Jul 08+39d Killarney (IRE) Aghadoe Heights Hotel & Spa Handicap Hurdle 2m1f · Good · 18 ran F/18 — 11-4 87— Alain Cawley 7/1
08 Jun 08+19d Cork Glantane Handicap Hurdle (77-90) 2m · Good To Firm · 24 ran 4/24 nk 11-8 86107A John Cullen 25/1
20 May 08+58d Limerick Free Race Tickets At Supermacs Handicap Hurdle (81-102) 2m · Good · 15 ran 8/15 1½ 10-9 8886A Alain Cawley 10/1
23 Mar 08+17d Cork Munster Waste Management Maiden Hurdle 2m3f · Yielding · 21 ran 16/21 5 11-7 8891C Alain Cawley 33/1
06 Mar 08+18d Thurles Thurles Racecourse Maiden Hurdle 2m2f · Yielding · 18 ran 13/18 2 11-9 10399C Robbie Moran 33/1
17 Feb 08 Navan Irish Daily Mail Maiden Hurdle 2m · Soft · 29 ran 13/29 4 11-12 10391A John Cullen 33/1

Quick answers

How many races has County won?
County (USA) has yet to win, from 10 archived starts between 2008 and 2009. Placed 1 time in total (10% of starts).
Who trained County?
County (USA) was trained by Paul Nolan on the most recent run on record, at Tramore on 29 May 2009.
Who is County's sire?
County (USA) is by Menifee (USA) out of Few Choice Words (USA), whose sire is Valid Appeal.
What is County's official rating?
The most recent official rating on record is 84, from the run on 29 May 2009. The highest on record is 103.
What is County's sire's record?
Menifee (USA)'s progeny in our archive have won 10.3% of 58 runs since Feb 2008 (4 horses), Flat and jumps together.

Record shown from February 2008. Our archive holds racing in Great Britain, Ireland and France from January 2005. Any runs before that, or in other countries, are not in it. In-running comments are available from 2024 onward.