Death Duty (IRE)
Death Duty won 10 of 30 starts in the archive, including two Grade 1 races. His biggest win came in the Grade 1 Lawlor's Hotel Novice Hurdle at Naas in Jan 2017. Six of those wins came over 2m1f – 2m4f, with four on heavy ground and six on soft. The gelding, aged 12 at his last run in Feb 2023, finished second of 12 in the QuinnBet Grand National Trial Handicap Chase at Punchestown off an official rating of 138.
- 10–30Wins / Runs
- 33.3%Strike rate
- 15 (50%)Placed
- −7.12£1 level staken=30 at SP
- 1.41Fair A/E n=30 · 1.16 incl. margin
- 159Highest OR
- 99dAvg 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 102
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Soft | 11 | 173B | 102 | — |
| Heavy | 5 | 151C | 140 | — |
| Good to Soft | 3 | 148B | 114 | — |
| Distance | Runs | Best | Median | Since 27 Oct 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2m1f – 2m4f | 9 | 173B | 136 | — |
| Over 3m | 6 | 114B | 91.5 | — |
| 2m5f – 3m | 4 | 151C | 120 | — |
Of 26 runs looked at, 7 have no figure: obstacles omitted — the race ran a shortened course (4) · did not complete (3).
KTB Speed v1 · batch 15 Sep 2026 · GB & Irish racing only · 19 figures from 26 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 13.6% of 7,823 runs since Jan 2008 (539 horses).
Strongest on good to firm going: 20.3% from 158.
| Going | Runs | Wins | SR | vs sire | This horse |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Firm | 2 | 1 | 50% | +36.4 | — |
| Good to Firm | 158 | 32 | 20.3% | +6.7 | — |
| Good | 2,288 | 311 | 13.6% | 0 | 0 from 1 |
| Good to Soft | 1,430 | 176 | 12.3% | −1.3 | 0 from 4 |
| Soft | 2,611 | 363 | 13.9% | +0.3 | 6 from 18 |
| Heavy | 1,283 | 178 | 13.9% | +0.3 | 4 from 7 |
| Standard (AW) | 51 | 5 | 9.8% | −3.8 | — |
| Distance (all codes) | Runs | Wins | SR | vs sire | This horse |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6f – 7f | 3 | 0 | 0% | −13.6 | — |
| 1m – 1m1f | 11 | 0 | 0% | −13.6 | — |
| 1m2f – 1m4f | 62 | 6 | 9.7% | −3.9 | — |
| 1m5f – 2m | 2,030 | 276 | 13.6% | 0 | 2 from 4 |
| 2m1f – 2m4f | 2,710 | 378 | 13.9% | +0.3 | 6 from 11 |
| 2m5f – 3m | 2,339 | 334 | 14.3% | +0.7 | 1 from 8 |
| Over 3m | 668 | 72 | 10.8% | −2.8 | 1 from 7 |
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
4 siblings in the archive, 2 winners — best of them How About It (IRE) (2 wins).
The wins came over 2m5f–3m; the highest grade won is Class 4 (How About It (IRE)).
| Produce | Runs | Wins | Win trips | Best grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| How About It (IRE) | 22 | 2 | 2m5f–3m | Class 4 |
| Heroes Of Renown (IRE) | 24 | 1 | 3m | — |
| Big Ambitions (IRE) | 5 | 0 | — | — |
| Lady Dromlac (IRE) | 6 | 0 | — | — |
Record by conditions
| Going | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Soft | 18 | 6 | 33% | −8.20 |
| Heavy | 7 | 4 | 57% | +6.08 |
| Good to Soft | 4 | 0 | 0% | −4.00 |
| Good | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Class | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Class 1 | 4 | 0 | 0% | −4.00 |
| Course | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Navan | 5 | 3 | 60% | +1.85 |
| Fairyhouse | 5 | 1 | 20% | −3.27 |
| Punchestown | 4 | 2 | 50% | +4.44 |
| Leopardstown | 3 | 0 | 0% | −3.00 |
| Cheltenham | 3 | 0 | 0% | −3.00 |
| Gowran Park | 3 | 0 | 0% | −3.00 |
| Limerick | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Aintree | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Clonmel | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Tipperary | 1 | 1 | 100% | +0.20 |
| Naas | 1 | 1 | 100% | +0.83 |
| Roscommon | 1 | 1 | 100% | +0.33 |
| Down Royal | 1 | 1 | 100% | +0.50 |
| Distance | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2m1f – 2m4f | 11 | 6 | 55% | −0.07 |
| 2m5f – 3m | 8 | 1 | 13% | −6.80 |
| Over 3m | 7 | 1 | 14% | +0.00 |
| 1m5f – 2m | 4 | 2 | 50% | −0.25 |
| Jockey | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Davy Russell | 6 | 3 | 50% | −1.63 |
| Jack Kennedy | 4 | 2 | 50% | +4.83 |
| B J Cooper | 4 | 2 | 50% | +0.60 |
| Ms N Carberry | 3 | 2 | 67% | +0.75 |
| Jordan Gainford | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Gavin Brouder | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Michael O'Sullivan | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Kieren Buckley | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Sam Ewing | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Shane Fitzgerald | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| E O'Connell | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Conor Orr | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Rachael Blackmore | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| R Walsh | 1 | 1 | 100% | +0.33 |
| Mr R P Quinlan | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Season | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| 2022 | 8 | 1 | 13% | −1.00 |
| 2021 | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| 2020 | 6 | 0 | 0% | −6.00 |
| 2017 | 7 | 4 | 57% | −0.80 |
| 2016 | 4 | 3 | 75% | +1.93 |
| 2015 | 3 | 2 | 67% | +0.75 |
| Type | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chase | 19 | 4 | 21% | −7.63 |
| Hurdle | 7 | 4 | 57% | +0.76 |
| NH Flat | 3 | 1 | 33% | −0.75 |
| Flat | 1 | 1 | 100% | +0.50 |
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
Quick answers
- How many races has Death Duty won?
- Death Duty (IRE) won 10 of 30 archived starts between 2015 and 2023, a strike rate of 33.3%. Placed 15 times in total (50% of starts).
- Who trained Death Duty?
- Death Duty (IRE) was trained by Gordon Elliott on the most recent run on record, at Punchestown on 19 February 2023.
- Who is Death Duty's sire?
- Death Duty (IRE) is by Shantou (USA) out of Midnight Gift (IRE), whose sire is Presenting.
- What going does Death Duty prefer?
- Death Duty (IRE) has the best record on heavy going: 4 wins from 7 starts (57.1%). Only going bands with at least three archived starts are read, so this is a direction rather than a settled preference.
- What is Death Duty's official rating?
- The most recent official rating on record is 138, from the run on 19 February 2023. The highest on record is 159.
- What is Death Duty's sire's record?
- Shantou (USA)'s progeny in our archive have won 13.6% of 7,823 runs since Jan 2008 (539 horses), Flat and jumps together. Strongest on good to firm going: 20.3% from 158.
- Who are Death Duty's siblings?
- Out of Midnight Gift (IRE), Death Duty (IRE) has 4 other produce in our archive, 2 of them winners. Most wins: How About It (IRE) (2). Highest grade won: Class 4 (How About It (IRE)). The wins came over 2m5f–3m. As at Oct 2026.