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Horse profile

First Crusade (IRE)

9yo gelding (at last run, Dec 2017) · Last trainer John Gerard Fitzgerald · Last owner Loughlin Bowe Jnr
by Great Palm (USA) out of Gisbella (IRE) (Great Commotion)
3 runs · 3 courses · from May 2017
As at 4 Nov 2026 · KTB archive: GB, Ireland & France · 2005–present, updated daily
No run recorded since 1 Dec 2017 — 3,260 days ago. Our archive can't say whether the horse is still in training.
Last run Dec 2017 · 9th of 14 New yard
KTB Profile

First Crusade (IRE) is yet to win from 3 starts.

Based on 3 archived runs · updated 4 Nov 2026

KTB Speed and Rating

KTB Speed

Best recent Speed — no A or B graded figure in the last 3 runs; the figures below carry grade C

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 →

Jumps 1 figure · too few for a breakdown

Of 3 runs looked at, 2 have no figure: did not complete (2).

KTB Speed v1 · batch 15 Sep 2026 · GB & Irish racing only · 1 figure from 3 runs · as at 3 Oct 2026 · a record, not a forecast

KTB Rating

Best recent KTB Rating 88C the best of the last 1 rated run · Limerick, 1 Dec 2017

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

KTB Rating v1 · batch 3 Oct 2026 · GB & Irish racing only · 1 figure from 3 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
Great Palm (USA)

Progeny in our archive have won 6.8% of 1,946 runs since Jan 2008 (256 horses).

Strongest on good to soft going: 9.9% from 262.

GoingRunsWinsSRvs sireThis horse
Firm2100%−6.8—
Good to Firm234156.4%−0.4—
Good672436.4%−0.40 from 2
Good to Soft262269.9%+3.1—
Soft493336.7%−0.10 from 1
Heavy248166.5%−0.3—
Standard (AW)1600%−6.8—
Distance (all codes)RunsWinsSRvs sireThis horse
6f – 7f7228.6%+21.8—
1m – 1m1f14321.4%+14.6—
1m2f – 1m4f2000%−6.8—
1m5f – 2m796506.3%−0.50 from 2
2m1f – 2m4f732517%+0.2—
2m5f – 3m316268.2%+1.40 from 1
Over 3m6111.6%−5.2—

Flat and jumps together (all codes) · since Jan 2008 · as at 4 Nov 2026 · rows under 30 runs muted · win % is the measure, a record not a forecast

Dam
Gisbella (IRE) (Great Commotion)

2 siblings in the archive, 0 winners.

ProduceRunsWinsWin tripsBest grade
Sheila Na Glic (IRE)40——
Trend Topper (IRE)60——

Record by conditions

GoingRunsWinsSR£1
Good 2 0 0% −2.00
Soft 1 0 0% −1.00

CourseRunsWinsSR£1
Limerick 1 0 0% −1.00
Wexford 1 0 0% −1.00
Tipperary 1 0 0% −1.00

DistanceRunsWinsSR£1
1m5f – 2m 2 0 0% −2.00
2m5f – 3m 1 0 0% −1.00

JockeyRunsWinsSR£1
Brian O'Connell 2 0 0% −2.00
Shane Shortall 1 0 0% −1.00

TypeRunsWinsSR£1
Chase 2 0 0% −2.00
Hurdle 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
2017 · 3 runs
01 Dec 17+163d Limerick Adare Manor Opportunity Maiden Hurdle 2m · Soft · 14 ran 9/14 42 11-4 71C88C Shane Shortall 66/1
21 Jun 17+41d Wexford Pro-form Beginners Chase 2m · Good · 13 ran PU/13 — 11-12 —— Brian O'Connell 66/1
11 May 17 Tipperary Kedrah House Stud 'Well Chosen' Beginners Chase 2m7f · Good · 8 ran PU/8 — 11-12 —— Brian O'Connell 50/1

Quick answers

How many races has First Crusade won?
First Crusade (IRE) has yet to win, from 3 archived starts in 2017.
Who trained First Crusade?
First Crusade (IRE) was trained by John Gerard Fitzgerald on the most recent run on record, at Limerick on 1 December 2017.
Who is First Crusade's sire?
First Crusade (IRE) is by Great Palm (USA) out of Gisbella (IRE), whose sire is Great Commotion.
What is First Crusade's sire's record?
Great Palm (USA)'s progeny in our archive have won 6.8% of 1,946 runs since Jan 2008 (256 horses), Flat and jumps together. Strongest on good to soft going: 9.9% from 262.
Who are First Crusade's siblings?
Out of Gisbella (IRE), First Crusade (IRE) has 2 other produce in our archive, 0 of them winners. As at Nov 2026.

Record shown from May 2017. 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.