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Horse profile

Galunggung (FR)

9yo gelding (at last run, Apr 2025) · Last trainer Donald McCain · Last owner Nigel Dunnington David Shaw
by Khalkevi (IRE) out of Unibelle (FR) (Dom Alco)
9 runs · 9 courses · from Jan 2023
As at 4 Nov 2026 · KTB archive: GB, Ireland & France · 2005–present, updated daily
No run recorded since 3 Apr 2025 — 580 days ago. Our archive can't say whether the horse is still in training.
Last run Apr 2025 · 12th of 14 4 wins · 4 courses Last raced off OR 129
KTB Profile

Galunggung won four of nine starts on turf between Jan 2023 and Apr 2025. All four wins came on a first visit to the course, three of them in handicaps. He won the Class 3 racingtv.com Novices' Limited Handicap Chase at Carlisle in Feb 2025 on soft ground off a mark of 124, having earlier scored over hurdles at Hexham on heavy and at Bangor-on-Dee on soft. Aged 9 at his last run in Apr 2025 he finished 12 of 14 in the Class 1 Close Brothers Red Rum Handicap Chase at Aintree off an official rating of 129.

Based on 9 archived runs · run-style from 5 commented runs since Nov 2024 · updated 4 Nov 2026
KTB at a glance Typically prominent OR at career high
Official rating129At career-high mark
129 111–129

KTB Speed and Rating

KTB Speed

Best recent Speed 147 the best of the last 2 graded (A or B) runs · Kelso, 15 Jan 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 →

Jumps 8 figures · best 147A · median 80.5
GoingRunsBestMedianSince 4 Nov 2025
Soft4128C96—
Good to Soft385C72—
Heavy1———
DistanceRunsBestMedianSince 4 Nov 2025
1m5f – 2m6147A80.5—
2m1f – 2m4f2116C94—

Of 9 runs looked at, 1 has no figure: obstacles omitted — the race ran a shortened course (1).

KTB Speed v1 · batch 15 Sep 2026 · GB & Irish racing only · 8 figures from 9 runs · as at 3 Oct 2026 · a record, not a forecast

KTB Rating

Best recent KTB Rating 132B the best of the last 3 rated runs · Carlisle, 3 Feb 2025 Official rating 129 at the last run, 3 Apr 2025

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 9 figures · best 136A · median 126
GoingRunsBestMedianSince 4 Nov 2025
Soft4136A129—
Good to Soft3129B123—
Heavy2134A129—
DistanceRunsBestMedianSince 4 Nov 2025
1m5f – 2m7134A126—
2m1f – 2m4f2136A129.5—

KTB Rating v1 · batch 3 Oct 2026 · GB & Irish racing only · 9 figures from 9 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 5 analysed runs since Nov 2024

  • Prominent 3 (60%) · 1 win
  • Mid-division 1 (20%) · 0 wins
  • Led 1 (20%) · 0 wins

Pedigree intelligence

Sire
Khalkevi (IRE)

Progeny in our archive have won 14.7% of 1,005 runs since Mar 2008 (135 horses).

Strongest over 1m5f – 2m (all codes): 17.9% from 190.

GoingRunsWinsSRvs sireThis horse
Firm11100%+85.3—
Good to Firm14214.3%−0.4—
Good1732816.2%+1.5—
Good to Soft1381813%−1.71 from 3
Soft4265913.8%−0.92 from 4
Heavy2203515.9%+1.21 from 2
Standard (AW)30413.3%−1.4—
Distance (all codes)RunsWinsSRvs sireThis horse
6f – 7f100%−14.7—
1m – 1m1f600%−14.7—
1m2f – 1m4f651116.9%+2.2—
1m5f – 2m1903417.9%+3.23 from 7
2m1f – 2m4f5186913.3%−1.41 from 2
2m5f – 3m1863116.7%+2—
Over 3m3937.7%−7—

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

Dam
Unibelle (FR) (Dom Alco)

1 sibling in the archive, 0 winners.

ProduceRunsWinsWin tripsBest grade
Metalic (FR)20——

Record by conditions

GoingRunsWinsSR£1
Soft 4 2 50% +7.25
Good to Soft 3 1 33% −1.17
Heavy 2 1 50% −0.47

ClassRunsWinsSR£1
Class 4 5 3 60% +6.86
Class 3 3 1 33% −0.25
Class 1 1 0 0% −1.00

CourseRunsWinsSR£1
Aintree 1 0 0% −1.00
Carlisle 1 1 100% +1.75
Ayr 1 0 0% −1.00
Market Rasen 1 0 0% −1.00
Haydock 1 0 0% −1.00
Perth 1 1 100% +0.83
Bangor-on-Dee 1 1 100% +7.50
Hexham 1 1 100% +0.53
Kelso 1 0 0% −1.00

DistanceRunsWinsSR£1
1m5f – 2m 7 3 43% −0.89
2m1f – 2m4f 2 1 50% +6.50

JockeyRunsWinsSR£1
Brian Hughes 8 4 50% +6.61
Theo Gillard 1 0 0% −1.00

SeasonRunsWinsSR£1
2025 3 1 33% −0.25
2024 5 3 60% +6.86
2023 1 0 0% −1.00

TypeRunsWinsSR£1
Chase 6 2 33% −1.42
Hurdle 3 2 67% +7.03

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
2025 · 3 runs
03 Apr 25+59d Aintree Close Brothers Red Rum Handicap Chase (Premier Handicap) (GBB Race) Class 1 · 2m · Good To Soft · 14 ran Settled around the middle of the field - briefly went third before fading before two out - soon dropped away well held 12/14 2 10-5 12958C100C Brian Hughes 25/1
03 Feb 25+14d Carlisle racingtv.com Novices' Limited Handicap Chase (GBB Race) Class 3 · 2m · Soft · 6 ran Settled just behind the pace wide - moved into second by the 5th - closing strongly two out - hit the lead soon after - opened up before the last - kept finding more up the run-in to score 1/6 11-5 12476A132B Brian Hughes 7/4F
20 Jan 25+25d Ayr Try Racing TV For Free Now Novices' Limited Handicap Chase (GBB Race) Class 3 · 2m½f · Soft · 4 ran Settled among the front group - improved to challenge two out - went in front soon after - asked for effort before the last - stayed on well through the run-in - edged out narrowly at the finish 2/4 ¾ 10-8 122128C126B Brian Hughes 6/1
2024 · 5 runs
26 Dec 24+33d Market Rasen Caspian Group Novices' Handicap Chase (GBB Race) Class 4 · 2m1f · Good To Soft · 4 ran Showed the way - driven after 3 out - serious mistake 2 out and soon caught - surrendered second on the run-in - nothing left late on 3/4 5½ 12-2 12272C123C Theo Gillard 7/2
23 Nov 24+192d Haydock Bet At Your Best With Betfair Handicap Chase Class 3 · 2m½f · Soft · 7 ran Near the front early - settled midpack but couldn't threaten leaders before 4 out - dropped away soon after and held on late for 6th 6/7 8 11-9 12463C98C Brian Hughes 4/1
15 May 24+25d Perth Joe Stratton 60th Birthday Bash Novices' Handicap Chase (GBB Race) Class 4 · 2m · Good To Soft · 4 ran 1/4 12-0 11985C129B Brian Hughes 5/6F
20 Apr 24+29d Bangor-on-Dee Weatherbysshop.Co.Uk Handicap Hurdle Class 4 · 2m3½f · Soft · 11 ran 1/11 12-1 111116C136A Brian Hughes 15/2
22 Mar 24+432d Hexham Download The Vickers.Bet App Novices' Hurdle (GBB Race) Class 4 · 2m · Heavy · 6 ran 1/6 11-5 ——124B Brian Hughes 8/15F
2023 · 1 run
15 Jan 23 Kelso William Hill Bookmakers Novices' Hurdle (GBB Race) Class 4 · 2m · Heavy · 12 ran 2/12 4½ 11-0 —147A134A Brian Hughes 11/4

Quick answers

How many races has Galunggung won?
Galunggung (FR) won 4 of 9 archived starts between 2023 and 2025, a strike rate of 44.4%. Placed 5 times in total (55.6% of starts).
Who trained Galunggung?
Galunggung (FR) was trained by Donald McCain on the most recent run on record, at Aintree on 3 April 2025.
Who is Galunggung's sire?
Galunggung (FR) is by Khalkevi (IRE) out of Unibelle (FR), whose sire is Dom Alco.
What going does Galunggung prefer?
Galunggung (FR) has the best record on soft going: 2 wins from 4 starts (50%). Only going bands with at least three archived starts are read, so this is a direction rather than a settled preference.
What is Galunggung's official rating?
The most recent official rating on record is 129, from the run on 3 April 2025. That is also the highest on record.
What is Galunggung's sire's record?
Khalkevi (IRE)'s progeny in our archive have won 14.7% of 1,005 runs since Mar 2008 (135 horses), Flat and jumps together. Strongest over 1m5f – 2m (all codes): 17.9% from 190.
Who are Galunggung's siblings?
Out of Unibelle (FR), Galunggung (FR) has 1 other produce in our archive, 0 of them winners. As at Nov 2026.

Record shown from January 2023. 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.