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Gaelic Thunder (GB)

8yo gelding (at last run, Mar 2023) · Last trainer Chris Honour · Last owner Mrs Jacqui Elliott
by Arvico (FR) out of Gaelic Lime (GB) (Lomitas)
20 runs · 8 courses · from Dec 2020
As at 14 Oct 2026 · KTB archive: GB, Ireland & France · 2005–present, updated daily
No run recorded since 13 Mar 2023 — 1,310 days ago. Our archive can't say whether the horse is still in training.
Last run Mar 2023 Last raced off OR 74
KTB Profile

Gaelic Thunder (GB) is yet to win from 20 starts, though has placed twice. Best effort: 2nd of 13 at Taunton (Dec 2022). Last raced off 74, 10lb below the career-high mark.

Based on 20 archived runs · updated 14 Oct 2026
KTB at a glance OR ↓ 10lb off peak
Official rating74↓ 10lb off peak
74 68–84

KTB Speed and Rating

KTB Speed

Best recent Speed 52 the best of the last 3 graded (A or B) runs · Hereford, 31 Oct 2022

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.

Jumps 16 figures · best 106B · median 52.5
GoingRunsBestMedianSince 14 Oct 2025
Good886A48.5—
Soft4106B84.5—
Good to Soft249C45.5—
Good to Firm1———
Heavy1———
DistanceRunsBestMedianSince 14 Oct 2025
1m5f – 2m10106B64—
2m1f – 2m4f6101A34—

Of 20 runs looked at, 4 have no figure: did not complete (3) · obstacles omitted — the race ran a shortened course (1).

KTB Speed v1 · batch 15 Sep 2026 · GB & Irish racing only · 16 figures from 20 runs · as at 3 Oct 2026 · a record, not a forecast

KTB Rating

Best recent KTB Rating 97B the best of the last 3 rated runs · Taunton, 21 Dec 2022 Official rating 74 at the last run, 13 Mar 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.

Jumps 17 figures · best 99A · median 83
GoingRunsBestMedianSince 14 Oct 2025
Good897B78—
Soft499A83.5—
Good to Firm297B88—
Good to Soft283C72—
Heavy1———
DistanceRunsBestMedianSince 14 Oct 2025
1m5f – 2m1199A83—
2m1f – 2m4f697B87.5—

Of 20 runs looked at, 3 have no figure: did not complete (or a non-runner row) (3).

KTB Rating v1 · batch 3 Oct 2026 · GB & Irish racing only · 17 figures from 20 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
Arvico (FR)

Progeny in our archive have won 7.4% of 659 runs since Jan 2008 (80 horses).

Strongest on soft going: 10.9% from 202. Weakest on good to soft going: 2.7% from 110.

GoingRunsWinsSRvs sireThis horse
Good to Firm2300%−7.40 from 2
Good206167.8%+0.40 from 9
Good to Soft11032.7%−4.70 from 3
Soft2022210.9%+3.50 from 5
Heavy10376.8%−0.60 from 1
Standard (AW)1417.1%−0.3—
Distance (all codes)RunsWinsSRvs sireThis horse
6f – 7f200%−7.4—
1m – 1m1f700%−7.4—
1m2f – 1m4f21314.3%+6.9—
1m5f – 2m229177.4%00 from 14
2m1f – 2m4f284217.4%00 from 6
2m5f – 3m11087.3%−0.1—
Over 3m600%−7.4—

Flat and jumps together (all codes) · since Jan 2008 · as at 14 Oct 2026 · rows under 30 runs muted · win % is the measure, a record not a forecast

Dam
Gaelic Lime (GB) (Lomitas)

4 siblings in the archive, 2 winners — best of them Gaelic Flow (GB) (2 wins).

The wins came over 1m2f–2m3½f; the highest grade won is Class 5 (Gaelic Flow (GB)).

ProduceRunsWinsWin tripsBest grade
Gaelic Flow (GB)1822m2½f–2m3½fClass 5
Gaelic Ice (GB)1821m2f–1m4fClass 6
Gaelic Surprise (GB)90——
Gaelic Dreamer (GB)10——

Record by conditions

GoingRunsWinsSR£1
Good 9 0 0% −9.00
Soft 5 0 0% −5.00
Good to Soft 3 0 0% −3.00
Good to Firm 2 0 0% −2.00
Heavy 1 0 0% −1.00

ClassRunsWinsSR£1
Class 5 16 0 0% −16.00
Class 4 3 0 0% −3.00
Class 3 1 0 0% −1.00

CourseRunsWinsSR£1
Taunton 7 0 0% −7.00
Wincanton 4 0 0% −4.00
Exeter 3 0 0% −3.00
Hereford 2 0 0% −2.00
Southwell 1 0 0% −1.00
Leicester 1 0 0% −1.00
Chepstow 1 0 0% −1.00
Ffos Las 1 0 0% −1.00

DistanceRunsWinsSR£1
1m5f – 2m 14 0 0% −14.00
2m1f – 2m4f 6 0 0% −6.00

JockeyRunsWinsSR£1
Bryan Carver 9 0 0% −9.00
David Noonan 6 0 0% −6.00
Finn Lambert 1 0 0% −1.00
Harriet Tucker 1 0 0% −1.00
Lilly Pinchin 1 0 0% −1.00
James Turner 1 0 0% −1.00
Millie Wonnacott 1 0 0% −1.00

HeadgearRunsWinsSR£1
None 11 0 0% −11.00
Tongue tie + blinkers 5 0 0% −5.00
Tongue tie + cheekpieces 4 0 0% −4.00

SeasonRunsWinsSR£1
2023 3 0 0% −3.00
2022 10 0 0% −10.00
2021 6 0 0% −6.00
2020 1 0 0% −1.00

TypeRunsWinsSR£1
Chase 10 0 0% −10.00
Hurdle 8 0 0% −8.00
NH Flat 2 0 0% −2.00

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
13 Mar 23+33d Taunton WilliamHill Cheltenham Extra Places Every Day Handicap Chase Class 5 · 16f · Good To Soft · 10 ran PU/10 — 9-11 74—— Finn Lambert 18/1
08 Feb 23+23d Southwell Vickers.bet Handicap Chase Class 4 · 16f · Good · 7 ran 6/7 29 10-2 7519C70C Bryan Carver 11/1
16 Jan 23+26d Hereford Download The Vickers.bet App Novices' Handicap Chase Class 5 · 16f · Soft · 11 ran UR/11 — 10-3 75—— Bryan Carver 15/2
21 Dec 22+14d Taunton Invest Southwest Novices' Handicap Chase Class 5 · 18f · Good · 13 ran 2/13 1¼ 10-2 7324B97B Bryan Carver 11/2
07 Dec 22+13d Leicester William Hill Play Responsibly Novices' Handicap Chase Class 5 · 16f · Good To Firm · 4 ran 3/4 12 10-2 73—79B Bryan Carver 10/1
24 Nov 22+24d Taunton Mike Trickey And Geoff White Memorial Handicap Chase Class 5 · 18f · Good · 11 ran 4/11 9½ 10-2 7426A79A David Noonan 14/1
31 Oct 22+13d Hereford Cazoo Handicap Chase Class 5 · 16f · Good · 10 ran 6/10 4 10-4 7652A70A David Noonan 9/2
18 Oct 22+191d Exeter Love Devon Legends Novices' Handicap Chase Class 5 · 17.5f · Good To Firm · 7 ran 2/7 9 10-2 72101A97B David Noonan 16/1
10 Apr 22+21d Wincanton Dot Tolson Memorial Handicap Chase Class 5 · 15.5f · Good · 5 ran 3/5 2¼ 10-0 6845C85B Bryan Carver 17/2
20 Mar 22+17d Chepstow Cazoo Handicap Chase Class 5 · 19.5f · Good To Soft · 10 ran 5/10 38 10-0 6942C61C David Noonan 10/1
03 Mar 22+21d Taunton S Roberts & Son Handicap Hurdle (Div 2) Class 5 · 19f · Soft · 10 ran 5/10 4¾ 10-0 7383A71A David Noonan 16/1
10 Feb 22+33d Ffos Las Fedwen Tentage Novices' Handicap Hurdle Class 5 · 16f · Soft · 15 ran 9/15 1 10-1 7582B83A David Noonan 18/1
08 Jan 22+30d Wincanton Leonna Mayor New House Celebration Handicap Hurdle Class 5 · 15f · Soft · 14 ran 6/14 2 9-7 7586B84A Harriet Tucker 100/1
09 Dec 21+21d Taunton Stables Business Park Novices' Handicap Hurdle Class 5 · 16.5f · Good · 12 ran 9/12 4½ 10-1 8086A71A Lilly Pinchin 100/1
18 Nov 21+16d Wincanton Somerset 'Hands And Heels' Novices' Handicap Hurdle (Conditional & Amateur Jockeys) Class 5 · 15f · Good · 8 ran PU/8 — 10-3 84—— James Turner 80/1
02 Nov 21+208d Exeter Betway Novices' Hurdle (GBB Race) Class 3 · 16.5f · Good To Soft · 15 ran 10/15 8½ 10-9 —49C83C Bryan Carver 250/1
08 Apr 21+16d Taunton Invest Southwest Novices' Hurdle (GBB Race) Class 4 · 16.5f · Good · 8 ran 6/8 31 10-11 —53C77C Bryan Carver 150/1
23 Mar 21+63d Taunton Game And Wildlife Conservation Trust Maiden Hurdle (GBB Race) Class 4 · 16.5f · Good · 14 ran 10/14 3½ 11-1 —75C93C Bryan Carver 250/1
19 Jan 21+24d Exeter Watch On Racing TV Standard Open NH Flat Race (GBB Race) Class 5 · 17f · Heavy · 13 ran 12/13 2¾ 11-1 —-4C96C Bryan Carver 66/1
26 Dec 20 Wincanton Get Daily Tips At racingtv.com Standard Open NH Flat Race (GBB Race) Class 5 · 15.5f · Soft · 13 ran 6/13 10 10-7 —106B99A Millie Wonnacott 50/1

Quick answers

How many races has Gaelic Thunder (GB) won?
Gaelic Thunder (GB) has yet to win, from 20 archived starts between 2020 and 2023. Placed 2 times in total (10% of starts).
Who trained Gaelic Thunder (GB)?
Gaelic Thunder (GB) was trained by Chris Honour on the most recent run on record, at Taunton on 13 March 2023.
Who is Gaelic Thunder (GB)'s sire?
Gaelic Thunder (GB) is by Arvico (FR) out of Gaelic Lime (GB), whose sire is Lomitas.
What is Gaelic Thunder (GB)'s official rating?
The most recent official rating on record is 74, from the run on 13 March 2023. The highest on record is 84.
What is Gaelic Thunder (GB)'s sire's record?
Arvico (FR)'s progeny in our archive have won 7.4% of 659 runs since Jan 2008 (80 horses), Flat and jumps together. Strongest on soft going: 10.9% from 202. Weakest on good to soft going: 2.7% from 110.
Who are Gaelic Thunder (GB)'s siblings?
Out of Gaelic Lime (GB), Gaelic Thunder (GB) has 4 other produce in our archive, 2 of them winners. Most wins: Gaelic Flow (GB) (2). Highest grade won: Class 5 (Gaelic Flow (GB)). The wins came over 1m2f–2m3½f. As at Oct 2026.

Record shown from December 2020. 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.