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Horse profile

Galway Star (GB)

4yo gelding · Trainer Eoin Christopher McCarthy · Owner Micheal Healy
by Dartmouth (GB) out of Samedi Soir (GB) (Black Sam Bellamy)
2 runs · 2 courses · from Sep 2026
As at 1 Nov 2026 · KTB archive: GB, Ireland & France · 2005–present, updated daily
Last run 6 Oct 2026 · 7th of 20
KTB Profile

Lightly raced 4yo gelding with 2 starts since Sep 2026. Finished 7 of 20 at Galway (IRE) last time. By Dartmouth (GB), whose progeny in our archive have won 9.9% of 497 runs since Jul 2021.

Based on 2 archived runs · run-style from 2 commented runs since Sep 2026 · updated 1 Nov 2026

KTB Speed and Rating

KTB Speed

Best recent Speed 72 the best of the last 1 graded (A or B) run · Galway (IRE), 6 Oct 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 →

Jumps 2 figures · best 72B · median 57
GoingRunsBestMedianSince 1 Nov 2025
Soft1——1 run · —
Good1——1 run · —
DistanceRunsBestMedianSince 1 Nov 2025
1m5f – 2m272B572 runs · 72 / 57

KTB Speed v1 · batch 15 Sep 2026 · GB & Irish racing only · 2 figures from 2 runs · as at 14 Oct 2026 · a record, not a forecast

KTB Rating

Best recent KTB Rating 93A the best of the last 2 rated runs · Galway (IRE), 6 Oct 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 — 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 2 figures · best 93A · median 93
GoingRunsBestMedianSince 1 Nov 2025
Soft1——1 run · —
Good1——1 run · —
DistanceRunsBestMedianSince 1 Nov 2025
1m5f – 2m293A932 runs · 93 / 93

KTB Rating v1 · batch 3 Oct 2026 · GB & Irish racing only · 2 figures from 2 runs · as at 14 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

Sire

Progeny in our archive have won 9.9% of 497 runs since Jul 2021 (79 horses).

Weakest over 1m5f – 2m (all codes): 5.1% from 195.

GoingRunsWinsSRvs sireThis horse
Good to Firm17423.5%+13.6—
Good2042210.8%+0.90 from 1
Good to Soft124108.1%−1.8—
Soft10088%−1.90 from 1
Heavy35411.4%+1.5—
Standard (AW)1715.9%−4—
Distance (all codes)RunsWinsSRvs sireThis horse
6f – 7f400%−9.9—
1m – 1m1f300%−9.9—
1m2f – 1m4f20210%+0.1—
1m5f – 2m195105.1%−4.80 from 2
2m1f – 2m4f1812011%+1.1—
2m5f – 3m791519%+9.1—
Over 3m15213.3%+3.4—

Flat and jumps together (all codes) · since Jul 2021 · as at 1 Nov 2026 · rows under 30 runs muted · win % is the measure, a record not a forecast

Dam
Samedi Soir (GB) (Black Sam Bellamy)

1 sibling in the archive, 0 winners.

ProduceRunsWinsWin tripsBest grade
Royal March (GB)20——

Too few runs for meaningful splits. The full record is below.

Form

DateCourseRace PosBtn Wgt SpdKTB Jockey SP
2026 · 2 runs
06 Oct 26+12d Galway (IRE) Tote Always SP Or Better At Galway Maiden Hurdle 2m½f · Yielding · 20 ran Sat in the pack early - ninth 4 out - made no inroads from 3 out and finished 7th 7/20 1 11-11 72B93A Daniel King 200/1
24 Sep 26 Listowel (IRE) Connolly's RED MILLS Irish EBF Auction & Median Maiden Hurdle 2m · Good · 14 ran Held up at the back throughout - never able to challenge - well held at the finish 13/14 6 11-10 42C93C Mike O'Connor 100/1

Quick answers

How many races has Galway Star won?
Galway Star (GB) has yet to win, from 2 archived starts in 2026.
Who trains Galway Star?
Galway Star (GB) is trained by Eoin Christopher McCarthy, who saddled the horse on its most recent run on 6 October 2026.
Who is Galway Star's sire?
Galway Star (GB) is by Dartmouth (GB) out of Samedi Soir (GB), whose sire is Black Sam Bellamy.
What is Galway Star's sire's record?
Dartmouth (GB)'s progeny in our archive have won 9.9% of 497 runs since Jul 2021 (79 horses), Flat and jumps together. Weakest over 1m5f – 2m (all codes): 5.1% from 195.
Who are Galway Star's siblings?
Out of Samedi Soir (GB), Galway Star (GB) has 1 other produce in our archive, 0 of them winners. As at Nov 2026.

Record shown from September 2026. 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.