Cullagh Lad (IRE)
Cullagh Lad is a lightly raced gelding who finished fifth of 14 in the Aguiar Racing Maiden Hurdle at Kilbeggan in Apr 2026, having been held. He is by Mahler, whose progeny have won 10.8% of 8,805 runs since Jan 2008 on turf, with a strongest record on good to firm. His dam has produced one winner from two runners to date, Cullaghs Star. He has made one start over 1m5f – 2m on good to soft.
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- −1.00£1 level staken=1 at SP
KTB Speed and Rating
Best recent Speed 139
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 →
KTB Speed v1 · batch 15 Sep 2026 · GB & Irish racing only · 1 figure from 1 run · 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.
Pedigree intelligence
Progeny in our archive have won 10.8% of 8,833 runs since Jan 2008 (784 horses).
Strongest on good to firm going: 15.1% from 119.
| Going | Runs | Wins | SR | vs sire | This horse |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Good to Firm | 119 | 18 | 15.1% | +4.3 | — |
| Good | 2,959 | 377 | 12.7% | +1.9 | — |
| Good to Soft | 1,798 | 177 | 9.8% | −1 | 0 from 1 |
| Soft | 2,734 | 257 | 9.4% | −1.4 | — |
| Heavy | 1,213 | 124 | 10.2% | −0.6 | — |
| Standard (AW) | 10 | 1 | 10% | −0.8 | — |
| Distance (all codes) | Runs | Wins | SR | vs sire | This horse |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1m – 1m1f | 5 | 0 | 0% | −10.8 | — |
| 1m2f – 1m4f | 16 | 0 | 0% | −10.8 | — |
| 1m5f – 2m | 2,038 | 199 | 9.8% | −1 | 0 from 1 |
| 2m1f – 2m4f | 3,195 | 321 | 10% | −0.8 | — |
| 2m5f – 3m | 2,813 | 339 | 12.1% | +1.3 | — |
| Over 3m | 766 | 95 | 12.4% | +1.6 | — |
Flat and jumps together (all codes) · since Jan 2008 · as at 17 Oct 2026 · rows under 30 runs muted · win % is the measure, a record not a forecast
2 siblings in the archive, 1 winner — best of them Cullaghs Star (IRE) (1 win).
The wins came over 2m.
| Produce | Runs | Wins | Win trips | Best grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cullaghs Star (IRE) | 16 | 1 | 2m | — |
| Cullagh Pride (IRE) | 14 | 0 | — | — |
Too few runs for meaningful splits. The full record is below.
Form
| Date | Course | Race | Pos | Btn | Wgt | Spd | KTB | Jockey | SP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 24 Apr 26 | Kilbeggan | Aguiar Racing Maiden Hurdle Held up towards the back - improved into midfield territory after the second-last then edged left approaching the final fence in 6th - finished with renewed effort to take 5th on the run-in | 5/14 | 8½ | 11-12 | 139B | 106A | Sean Flanagan | 33/1 |
Quick answers
- How many races has Cullagh Lad (IRE) won?
- Cullagh Lad (IRE) has yet to win, from 1 archived start in 2026.
- Who trains Cullagh Lad (IRE)?
- Cullagh Lad (IRE) is trained by Barry Connell, who saddled the horse on its most recent run on 24 April 2026.
- Who is Cullagh Lad (IRE)'s sire?
- Cullagh Lad (IRE) is by Mahler (GB) out of Cyras Love (IRE), whose sire is Fruits Of Love.
- What is Cullagh Lad (IRE)'s sire's record?
- Mahler (GB)'s progeny in our archive have won 10.8% of 8,833 runs since Jan 2008 (784 horses), Flat and jumps together. Strongest on good to firm going: 15.1% from 119.
- Who are Cullagh Lad (IRE)'s siblings?
- Out of Cyras Love (IRE), Cullagh Lad (IRE) has 2 other produce in our archive, 1 of them a winner. Most wins: Cullaghs Star (IRE) (1). The wins came over 2m. As at Oct 2026.