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Horse profile

El Battle Bus (IRE)

4yo gelding (at last run, Jul 2024) · Last trainer Donald McCain · Last owner T G Leslie
by Australia (GB) out of Moondust (IRE) (Exceed And Excel)
2 runs · 2 courses · from May 2024
As at 4 Nov 2026 · KTB archive: GB, Ireland & France · 2005–present, updated daily
No run recorded since 14 Jul 2024 — 843 days ago. Our archive can't say whether the horse is still in training.
Last run Jul 2024
KTB Profile

El Battle Bus (IRE) is a lightly raced gelding with two starts between May 2024 and Jul 2024, both over 1m5f – 2m on good ground. By Australia (GB), whose progeny in the archive have recorded 628 wins from 5,622 runs since Jan 2008. His dam Moondust (IRE) has had two foals to race, none of whom have won. He finished his career record without a placing when last seen in the Class 4 Jebbo Becomes A Septuagenarian National Hunt Maiden Hurdle at Stratford in Jul 2024.

Based on 2 archived runs · updated 4 Nov 2026

KTB Speed and Rating

KTB 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 →

Of 2 runs looked at, 2 have no figure: did not complete (1) · not enough races on the card to set the day (under 4) (1).

KTB Speed v1 · batch 15 Sep 2026 · GB & Irish racing only · 0 figures from 2 runs · as at 3 Oct 2026 · a record, not a forecast

KTB Rating

Best recent KTB Rating 93C the best of the last 1 rated run · Haydock, 11 May 2024

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 1 figure · too few for a breakdown

Of 2 runs looked at, 1 has no figure: did not complete (or a non-runner row) (1).

KTB Rating v1 · batch 3 Oct 2026 · GB & Irish racing only · 1 figure from 2 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

Progeny in our archive have won 11.1% of 5,672 runs since May 2018 (566 horses).

Weakest over 2m5f – 3m (all codes): 6.5% from 108.

GoingRunsWinsSRvs sireThis horse
Firm13323.1%+12—
Good to Firm6658112.2%+1.1—
Good1,50916510.9%−0.20 from 2
Good to Soft6616710.1%−1—
Soft96912112.5%+1.4—
Heavy324299%−2.1—
Standard (AW)1,53116610.8%−0.3—
Distance (all codes)RunsWinsSRvs sireThis horse
Under 6f3425.9%−5.2—
6f – 7f643639.8%−1.3—
1m – 1m1f1,25113610.9%−0.2—
1m2f – 1m4f2,09226812.8%+1.7—
1m5f – 2m1,17612911%−0.10 from 2
2m1f – 2m4f356267.3%−3.8—
2m5f – 3m10876.5%−4.6—
Over 3m1218.3%−2.8—

Flat and jumps together (all codes) · since May 2018 · as at 4 Nov 2026 · rows under 30 runs muted · win % is the measure, a record not a forecast

Dam
Moondust (IRE) (Exceed And Excel)

2 siblings in the archive, 0 winners.

ProduceRunsWinsWin tripsBest grade
Gypsy Boy (IRE)100——
Celestially (IRE)90——

Too few runs for meaningful splits. The full record is below.

Form

DateCourseRace PosBtn Wgt SpdKTB Jockey SP
2024 · 2 runs
14 Jul 24+64d Stratford Jebbo Becomes A Septuagenarian 'National Hunt' Maiden Hurdle (GBB Race) Class 4 · 2m½f · Good · 12 ran PU/12 — 11-0 —— Brian Hughes 16/1
11 May 24 Haydock Pertemps Network 'Junior' Open NH Flat Race (GBB Race) Class 3 · 1m7½f · Good · 11 ran 6/11 7 10-7 —93C William Maggs 11/1

Quick answers

How many races has El Battle Bus won?
El Battle Bus (IRE) has yet to win, from 2 archived starts in 2024.
Who trained El Battle Bus?
El Battle Bus (IRE) was trained by Donald McCain on the most recent run on record, at Stratford on 14 July 2024.
Who is El Battle Bus's sire?
El Battle Bus (IRE) is by Australia (GB) out of Moondust (IRE), whose sire is Exceed And Excel.
What is El Battle Bus's sire's record?
Australia (GB)'s progeny in our archive have won 11.1% of 5,672 runs since May 2018 (566 horses), Flat and jumps together. Weakest over 2m5f – 3m (all codes): 6.5% from 108.
Who are El Battle Bus's siblings?
Out of Moondust (IRE), El Battle Bus (IRE) has 2 other produce in our archive, 0 of them winners. As at Nov 2026.

Record shown from May 2024. 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.