Defence Master (IRE)
Defence Master is a lightly raced gelding who made his only start in a Dundalk claiming race over 1m on standard going in Feb 2025 and finished 13 of 13 after being held. By National Defense whose progeny have won 44 of 580 runs since Jan 2008 this was his first and last run for Paul Stafford. His dam has had one other foal to race which did not win.
- 0–1Wins / Runs
- 0%Strike rate
- 0 (0%)Placed
- −1.00£1 level staken=1 at SP
KTB Speed and Rating
Best recent Speed —
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 7.6% of 581 runs since Jan 2008 (50 horses).
| Going | Runs | Wins | SR | vs sire | This horse |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Firm | 5 | 1 | 20% | +12.4 | — |
| Good to Firm | 81 | 11 | 13.6% | +6 | — |
| Good | 152 | 10 | 6.6% | −1 | — |
| Good to Soft | 68 | 5 | 7.4% | −0.2 | — |
| Soft | 78 | 4 | 5.1% | −2.5 | — |
| Heavy | 26 | 1 | 3.8% | −3.8 | — |
| Standard (AW) | 171 | 12 | 7% | −0.6 | 0 from 1 |
| Distance (all codes) | Runs | Wins | SR | vs sire | This horse |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Under 6f | 19 | 2 | 10.5% | +2.9 | — |
| 6f – 7f | 188 | 12 | 6.4% | −1.2 | — |
| 1m – 1m1f | 198 | 20 | 10.1% | +2.5 | 0 from 1 |
| 1m2f – 1m4f | 84 | 6 | 7.1% | −0.5 | — |
| 1m5f – 2m | 46 | 1 | 2.2% | −5.4 | — |
| 2m1f – 2m4f | 38 | 2 | 5.3% | −2.3 | — |
| 2m5f – 3m | 8 | 1 | 12.5% | +4.9 | — |
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
Too few runs for meaningful splits. The full record is below.
Form
| Date | Course | Race | Pos | Btn | Wgt | Spd | KTB | Jockey | SP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 · 1 run | |||||||||
| 14 Feb 25 | Dundalk (AW) | Floodlit Fridays At Dundalk Claiming Race Held up at back of field - urged on after halfway with no headway into the straight - dropped away quickly - finished well beaten in last | 13/13 | 37 | 9-2 | 11C | 50C | Chris Hayes | 150/1 |
Quick answers
- How many races has Defence Master won?
- Defence Master (IRE) has yet to win, from 1 archived start in 2025.
- Who trained Defence Master?
- Defence Master (IRE) was trained by Paul Stafford on the most recent run on record, at Dundalk (AW) on 14 February 2025.
- Who is Defence Master's sire?
- Defence Master (IRE) is by National Defense (GB) out of Neuf Des Coeurs (GB), whose sire is Champs Elysees.
- What is Defence Master's sire's record?
- National Defense (GB)'s progeny in our archive have won 7.6% of 581 runs since Jan 2008 (50 horses), Flat and jumps together.
- Who are Defence Master's siblings?
- Out of Neuf Des Coeurs (GB), Defence Master (IRE) has 1 other produce in our archive, 0 of them winners. As at Oct 2026.