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Gaelic Drills (IRE)

3yo colt · Trainer J S Bolger · Owner Mrs J S Bolger
6 runs · 6 courses · from Apr 2026
As at 25 Oct 2026 · KTB archive: GB, Ireland & France · 2005–present, updated daily
Last run 20 Aug 2026 · 6th of 11 Last raced off OR 71
KTB Profile

Gaelic Drills is a maiden who has shown no wins from six starts on turf. His best effort came when fourth of 10 at Cork in May 2026. The colt, by Parish Hall out of a Lawman mare, has contested races over 1m2f to 1m4f and once over 1m5f to 2m. He finished sixth of 11 in a handicap at Leopardstown in Aug 2026.

Based on 6 archived runs · run-style from 6 commented runs since Apr 2026 · updated 25 Oct 2026

KTB Speed and Rating

KTB Speed

Best recent Speed 118 the best of the last 3 graded (A or B) runs · Cork, 3 May 2026

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 6 figures · best 118A · median 89.5
GoingRunsBestMedianSince 25 Oct 2025
Good to Soft286A75.52 runs · 86 / 75.5
Soft2118A982 runs · 118 / 98
Good1——1 run · —
Good to Firm1——1 run · —
DistanceRunsBestMedianSince 25 Oct 2025
1m2f – 1m4f5118A935 runs · 118 / 93
1m5f – 2m1——1 run · —

KTB Speed v1 · batch 15 Sep 2026 · GB & Irish racing only · 6 figures from 6 runs · as at 3 Oct 2026 · a record, not a forecast

KTB Rating

Best recent KTB Rating 66A the best of the last 3 rated runs · Leopardstown (IRE), 20 Aug 2026 Official rating 71 at the last run, 20 Aug 2026

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 6 figures · best 75A · median 64.5
GoingRunsBestMedianSince 25 Oct 2025
Good to Soft266A60.52 runs · 66 / 60.5
Soft275A722 runs · 75 / 72
Good1——1 run · —
Good to Firm1——1 run · —
DistanceRunsBestMedianSince 25 Oct 2025
1m2f – 1m4f575A635 runs · 75 / 63
1m5f – 2m1——1 run · —

KTB Rating v1 · batch 3 Oct 2026 · GB & Irish racing only · 6 figures from 6 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 from 6 analysed runs since Apr 2026

  • Prominent 3 (50%) · 0 wins
  • Mid-division 1 (17%) · 0 wins
  • Led 1 (17%) · 0 wins
  • Held up 1 (17%) · 0 wins

Pedigree intelligence

Sire

Progeny in our archive have won 5.4% of 261 runs since Jan 2008 (32 horses).

GoingRunsWinsSRvs sireThis horse
Good to Firm600%−5.40 from 1
Good10487.7%+2.30 from 1
Good to Soft3837.9%+2.50 from 2
Soft7422.7%−2.70 from 2
Heavy2414.2%−1.2—
Standard (AW)1500%−5.4—
Distance (all codes)RunsWinsSRvs sireThis horse
6f – 7f2200%−5.4—
1m – 1m1f3712.7%−2.7—
1m2f – 1m4f5946.8%+1.40 from 5
1m5f – 2m6857.4%+20 from 1
2m1f – 2m4f4648.7%+3.3—
2m5f – 3m2800%−5.4—
Over 3m100%−5.4—

Flat and jumps together (all codes) · since Jan 2008 · as at 25 Oct 2026 · rows under 30 runs muted · win % is the measure, a record not a forecast

Dam

No other produce in our archive. It holds racing in Great Britain, Ireland and France from 2005, so siblings racing elsewhere won’t appear here.

Record by conditions

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

CourseRunsWinsSR£1
Leopardstown (IRE) 1 0 0% −1.00
Limerick 1 0 0% −1.00
Curragh 1 0 0% −1.00
Roscommon 1 0 0% −1.00
Cork 1 0 0% −1.00
Leopardstown 1 0 0% −1.00

DistanceRunsWinsSR£1
1m2f – 1m4f 5 0 0% −5.00
1m5f – 2m 1 0 0% −1.00

JockeyRunsWinsSR£1
Nathan Crosse 2 0 0% −2.00
Orla Tynan 1 0 0% −1.00
Declan McDonogh 1 0 0% −1.00
Seamie Heffernan 1 0 0% −1.00
Andrew Slattery 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 ORSpdKTB Jockey SP
2026 · 6 runs
20 Aug 26+40d Leopardstown (IRE) Money Back Daily Specials With Tote.ie Handicap 13f · Good To Yielding · 11 ran Settled midpack pulling hard early - improved onto the heels of the front group by the 3f mark - up into 5th by halfway - asked for effort 2f out but made no headway - stayed on same gait to the line without finding more 6/11 ½ 8-10 7186A66A Nathan Crosse 14/1
11 Jul 26+15d Limerick Private Suites At Limerick Racecourse Handicap 12.5f · Good · 6 ran close up early and pulling hard in 3rd at halfway - driven into the straight - 5th and boxed in 2f out - unable to threaten - denied room once more inside final furlong - stayed on at one speed 5/6 ½ 9-11 7198A63B Nathan Crosse 15/2
26 Jun 26+39d Curragh Fitzpatrick's Mercedes-Benz Apprentice Derby Handicap 12f · Good To Firm · 14 ran Went straight to the front pulling hard early - lost the advantage under pressure inside the last two furlongs - faded quickly after and beaten well 9/14 ½ 8-0 7393C57A Orla Tynan 11/1
18 May 26+15d Roscommon Michael Tiger Lyons Memorial Maiden 10.5f · Good To Yielding · 13 ran Sat close to the pace early - pushed along in 4th with 2f left - unable to find more in the closing stages - finished well held in 7th 7/13 1½ 9-7 —65C55C Declan McDonogh 12/1
03 May 26+18d Cork Irish Stallion Farms EBF (C & G) Maiden 10.5f · Soft · 10 ran Sat behind the front group - 5th at halfway - urged into action early in the straight and up to 4th over 2f out - held on for 4th without further improvement 4/10 6 9-6 —118A69A Seamie Heffernan 8/1
15 Apr 26 Leopardstown Student Style Awards (C & G) Maiden 10f · Yielding To Soft · 11 ran Held up towards the back early - still back around midfield after 2f - improved into 7th with 4f left - pushed into 6th with a furlong and a half to run - stayed on into 5th at the finish without threatening the front 5/11 nk 9-8 —78A75A Andrew Slattery 20/1

Quick answers

How many races has Gaelic Drills won?
Gaelic Drills (IRE) has yet to win, from 6 archived starts in 2026.
Who trains Gaelic Drills?
Gaelic Drills (IRE) is trained by J S Bolger, who saddled the horse on its most recent run on 20 August 2026.
Who is Gaelic Drills's sire?
Gaelic Drills (IRE) is by Parish Hall (IRE) out of Legal Thriller (IRE), whose sire is Lawman.
What is Gaelic Drills's official rating?
The most recent official rating on record is 71, from the run on 20 August 2026. The highest on record is 73.
What is Gaelic Drills's sire's record?
Parish Hall (IRE)'s progeny in our archive have won 5.4% of 261 runs since Jan 2008 (32 horses), Flat and jumps together.

Record shown from April 2026. 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.