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Horse profile

Fascinating Story (IRE)

5yo gelding (at last run, Jan 2024) · Last trainer A J Martin · Last owner John Breslin
by Fascinating Rock (IRE) out of Codger's Gift (IRE) (Footstepsinthesand)
5 runs · 5 courses · from Sep 2023
As at 27 Oct 2026 · KTB archive: GB, Ireland & France · 2005–present, updated daily
No run recorded since 31 Jan 2024 — 1,000 days ago. Our archive can't say whether the horse is still in training.
Last run Jan 2024 · 11th of 11
KTB Profile

Fascinating Story is a gelding by Fascinating Rock out of a Footstepsinthesand mare who was yet to win from five starts. He raced once on the all-weather and four times on turf, with all five runs between 1m2f and 2m. His starts came on standard, soft and heavy ground at four different Irish tracks. He finished 11 of 11 at Dundalk in Jan 2024.

Based on 5 archived runs · updated 27 Oct 2026

KTB Speed and Rating

KTB Speed

Best recent Speed 92 the best of the last 1 graded (A or B) run · Roscommon, 25 Sep 2023

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 →

Flat 1 figure · too few for a breakdown
Jumps 4 figures · best 92B · median 58
GoingRunsBestMedianSince 27 Oct 2025
Soft392B61—
Heavy1———
DistanceRunsBestMedianSince 27 Oct 2025
1m5f – 2m492B58—

KTB Speed v1 · batch 15 Sep 2026 · GB & Irish racing only · 5 figures from 5 runs · as at 3 Oct 2026 · a record, not a forecast

KTB Rating

Best recent KTB Rating (flat) 55C the best of the last 1 rated run · Dundalk (AW), 31 Jan 2024

Best recent KTB Rating (jumps) 102C the best of the last 3 rated runs · Fairyhouse, 3 Dec 2023

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. A, B or C on a run is how much known form was in that race. What this means →

Flat 1 figure · too few for a breakdown
Jumps 4 figures · best 102C · median 96
GoingRunsBestMedianSince 27 Oct 2025
Soft3102C97—
Heavy1———
DistanceRunsBestMedianSince 27 Oct 2025
1m5f – 2m4102C96—

KTB Rating v1 · batch 3 Oct 2026 · GB & Irish racing only · 5 figures from 5 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
Fascinating Rock (IRE)

Progeny in our archive have won 9.4% of 1,113 runs since Jan 2008 (101 horses).

GoingRunsWinsSRvs sireThis horse
Firm4125%+15.6—
Good to Firm5647.1%−2.3—
Good278279.7%+0.3—
Good to Soft1721810.5%+1.1—
Soft233198.2%−1.20 from 3
Heavy10376.8%−2.60 from 1
Standard (AW)2672910.9%+1.50 from 1
Distance (all codes)RunsWinsSRvs sireThis horse
Under 6f2528%−1.4—
6f – 7f239218.8%−0.6—
1m – 1m1f229187.9%−1.5—
1m2f – 1m4f2462911.8%+2.40 from 1
1m5f – 2m182168.8%−0.60 from 4
2m1f – 2m4f141128.5%−0.9—
2m5f – 3m42511.9%+2.5—
Over 3m9222.2%+12.8—

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

Dam
Codger's Gift (IRE) (Footstepsinthesand)

2 siblings in the archive, 0 winners.

Family form: Codger's Rock (IRE) finished 2nd of 9 at Hexham, 20 Oct 2026.

ProduceRunsWinsWin tripsBest grade
Codger's Rock (IRE)110——
Codger's Alley (IRE)40——

Record by conditions

GoingRunsWinsSR£1
Soft 3 0 0% −3.00
Standard (AW) 1 0 0% −1.00
Heavy 1 0 0% −1.00

CourseRunsWinsSR£1
Dundalk (AW) 1 0 0% −1.00
Leopardstown 1 0 0% −1.00
Fairyhouse 1 0 0% −1.00
Limerick 1 0 0% −1.00
Roscommon 1 0 0% −1.00

DistanceRunsWinsSR£1
1m5f – 2m 4 0 0% −4.00
1m2f – 1m4f 1 0 0% −1.00

JockeyRunsWinsSR£1
Peter Carberry 2 0 0% −2.00
Robbie Colgan 1 0 0% −1.00
Simon Torrens 1 0 0% −1.00
Mr D G Lavery 1 0 0% −1.00

HeadgearRunsWinsSR£1
Hood 3 0 0% −3.00
None 2 0 0% −2.00

SeasonRunsWinsSR£1
2024 1 0 0% −1.00
2023 4 0 0% −4.00

TypeRunsWinsSR£1
Hurdle 3 0 0% −3.00
Flat 1 0 0% −1.00
NH Flat 1 0 0% −1.00

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 SpdKTB Jockey SP
2024 · 1 run
31 Jan 24+36d Dundalk (AW) Irishinjuredjockeys.com Maiden 10.5f · Standard · 11 ran 11/11 1¾ 9-10 50C55C Robbie Colgan 80/1
2023 · 4 runs
26 Dec 23+23d Leopardstown TRI Equestrian Maiden Hurdle 16f · Yielding · 28 ran 20/28 ½ 11-7 61C97C Simon Torrens 200/1
03 Dec 23+43d Fairyhouse Bar One Racing 'Guaranteed Multiples All Shops' (Pro/Am) Flat Race 16f · Soft · 10 ran 9/10 1¾ 11-10 55C102C Mr D G Lavery 200/1
21 Oct 23+26d Limerick King John's Castle Maiden Hurdle 16f · Heavy · 18 ran 13/18 2¼ 11-7 26C94C Peter Carberry 100/1
25 Sep 23 Roscommon Boyle Maiden Hurdle 16f · Soft · 12 ran 6/12 15 11-7 92B95A Peter Carberry 125/1

Quick answers

How many races has Fascinating Story won?
Fascinating Story (IRE) has yet to win, from 5 archived starts between 2023 and 2024.
Who trained Fascinating Story?
Fascinating Story (IRE) was trained by A J Martin on the most recent run on record, at Dundalk (AW) on 31 January 2024.
Who is Fascinating Story's sire?
Fascinating Story (IRE) is by Fascinating Rock (IRE) out of Codger's Gift (IRE), whose sire is Footstepsinthesand.
What is Fascinating Story's sire's record?
Fascinating Rock (IRE)'s progeny in our archive have won 9.4% of 1,113 runs since Jan 2008 (101 horses), Flat and jumps together.
Who are Fascinating Story's siblings?
Out of Codger's Gift (IRE), Fascinating Story (IRE) has 2 other produce in our archive, 0 of them winners. As at Oct 2026.

Record shown from September 2023. Our archive holds racing in Great Britain, Ireland and France from January 2005. Runs in other countries are not in it, and earlier runs are not available from our data provider. In-running comments are available from 2024 onward.