Gaelic Heart (IRE)
Gaelic Heart is a lightly raced colt by Masar out of a daughter of Invincible Spirit. His sire’s progeny in the archive have recorded 141 wins from 1,196 runs since Jan 2008, with a strongest strike rate of 15.9% on good to firm and 14.8% over 1m2f – 1m4f. He ran twice in Oct 2024, finishing seventh of 12 in a class 5 novice at Kempton on standard going after an earlier run on heavy ground at Bath. Aged 2 at his last run in Oct 2024.
- 0–2Wins / Runs
- 0%Strike rate
- 0 (0%)Placed
- −2.00£1 level staken=2 at SP
- 15dAvg between runs
KTB Speed and Rating
Best recent Speed 81
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 →
| Going | Runs | Best | Median | Since 27 Oct 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Standard (AW) | 1 | — | — | — |
| Heavy | 1 | — | — | — |
| Distance | Runs | Best | Median | Since 27 Oct 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6f – 7f | 1 | — | — | — |
| 1m – 1m1f | 1 | — | — | — |
KTB Speed v1 · batch 15 Sep 2026 · GB & Irish racing only · 2 figures from 2 runs · 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 11.7% of 1,220 runs since Jan 2008 (174 horses).
Strongest on good to firm going: 15.7% from 166. Weakest on good to soft going: 8.3% from 132. Strongest over 1m5f – 2m (all codes): 15.1% from 166. Weakest over 6f – 7f (all codes): 7.7% from 220.
| Going | Runs | Wins | SR | vs sire | This horse |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Firm | 2 | 0 | 0% | −11.7 | — |
| Good to Firm | 166 | 26 | 15.7% | +4 | — |
| Good | 307 | 35 | 11.4% | −0.3 | — |
| Good to Soft | 132 | 11 | 8.3% | −3.4 | — |
| Soft | 148 | 17 | 11.5% | −0.2 | — |
| Heavy | 37 | 2 | 5.4% | −6.3 | 0 from 1 |
| Standard (AW) | 428 | 52 | 12.1% | +0.4 | 0 from 1 |
| Distance (all codes) | Runs | Wins | SR | vs sire | This horse |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Under 6f | 9 | 1 | 11.1% | −0.6 | — |
| 6f – 7f | 220 | 17 | 7.7% | −4 | 0 from 1 |
| 1m – 1m1f | 310 | 31 | 10% | −1.7 | 0 from 1 |
| 1m2f – 1m4f | 445 | 65 | 14.6% | +2.9 | — |
| 1m5f – 2m | 166 | 25 | 15.1% | +3.4 | — |
| 2m1f – 2m4f | 58 | 2 | 3.4% | −8.3 | — |
| 2m5f – 3m | 12 | 2 | 16.7% | +5 | — |
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
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.
Too few runs for meaningful splits. The full record is below.
Form
| Date | Course | Race | Pos | Btn | Wgt | Spd | KTB | Jockey | SP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 · 2 runs | |||||||||
| 16 Oct 24+15d | Kempton (AW) | Unibet/British Stallion Studs EBF Novice Stakes (GBB Race) Well placed early - driven inside final 2f but unable to close - beaten into 7th | 7/12 | 2¼ | 9-4 | 81A | 71A | Daniel Muscutt | 33/1 |
| 01 Oct 24 | Bath | British EBF Future Stayers' Novice Stakes (GBB Race) Pulling hard early - close to the front - pressed for effort and dropped away 2f out - weakened before the line | 6/12 | 1¾ | 9-4 | 77A | 59A | David Probert | 20/1 |
Quick answers
- How many races has Gaelic Heart won?
- Gaelic Heart (IRE) has yet to win, from 2 archived starts in 2024.
- Who trained Gaelic Heart?
- Gaelic Heart (IRE) was trained by Andrew Balding on the most recent run on record, at Kempton (AW) on 16 October 2024.
- Who is Gaelic Heart's sire?
- Gaelic Heart (IRE) is by Masar (IRE) out of Caline (IRE), whose sire is Invincible Spirit.
- What is Gaelic Heart's sire's record?
- Masar (IRE)'s progeny in our archive have won 11.7% of 1,220 runs since Jan 2008 (174 horses), Flat and jumps together. Strongest on good to firm going: 15.7% from 166. Weakest on good to soft going: 8.3% from 132. Strongest over 1m5f – 2m (all codes): 15.1% from 166. Weakest over 6f – 7f (all codes): 7.7% from 220.