Gesture (IRE)
Gesture (IRE) is a gelding who won two of 11 starts. Both wins came in handicaps over 1m2f – 1m4f on Standard (AW) at Dundalk (AW), off marks of 72 in Feb 2024 and 76 in Apr 2024. He has never won on turf from six starts. His last run, at Dundalk (AW) in Oct 2024, saw him finish 3 of 6 off an official rating of 86.
- 2–11Wins / Runs
- 18.2%Strike rate
- 5 (45.5%)Placed
- −0.50£1 level staken=11 at SP
- 1.63Fair A/E n=11 · 1.39 incl. margin
- 88Highest OR
- 42dAvg between runs
A/E compares actual wins with what starting prices implied. "Fair" strips the bookmaker margin from the expectation, so favourites and longshots are judged on the same footing — figures near 1.00 mean the market priced this horse about right.
KTB Speed and Rating
Best recent Speed 103
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.
| Going | Runs | Best | Median | Since 14 Oct 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Standard (AW) | 5 | 103B | 90 | — |
| Good | 4 | 99C | 73 | — |
| Soft | 1 | — | — | — |
| Good to Soft | 1 | — | — | — |
| Distance | Runs | Best | Median | Since 14 Oct 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1m2f – 1m4f | 5 | 103B | 83 | — |
| 6f – 7f | 4 | 70C | 62.5 | — |
| 1m – 1m1f | 2 | 99C | 94.5 | — |
KTB Speed v1 · batch 15 Sep 2026 · GB & Irish racing only · 11 figures from 11 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 10.8% of 8,109 runs since Jan 2008 (669 horses).
Weakest on soft going: 7.7% from 841.
| Going | Runs | Wins | SR | vs sire | This horse |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Firm | 34 | 7 | 20.6% | +9.8 | — |
| Good to Firm | 1,293 | 149 | 11.5% | +0.7 | — |
| Good | 1,663 | 201 | 12.1% | +1.3 | 0 from 4 |
| Good to Soft | 809 | 81 | 10% | −0.8 | 0 from 1 |
| Soft | 841 | 65 | 7.7% | −3.1 | 0 from 1 |
| Heavy | 261 | 21 | 8% | −2.8 | — |
| Standard (AW) | 3,208 | 349 | 10.9% | +0.1 | 2 from 5 |
| Distance (all codes) | Runs | Wins | SR | vs sire | This horse |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Under 6f | 1,019 | 118 | 11.6% | +0.8 | — |
| 6f – 7f | 4,032 | 469 | 11.6% | +0.8 | 0 from 4 |
| 1m – 1m1f | 1,862 | 178 | 9.6% | −1.2 | 0 from 2 |
| 1m2f – 1m4f | 873 | 81 | 9.3% | −1.5 | 2 from 5 |
| 1m5f – 2m | 256 | 25 | 9.8% | −1 | — |
| 2m1f – 2m4f | 60 | 1 | 1.7% | −9.1 | — |
| 2m5f – 3m | 7 | 1 | 14.3% | +3.5 | — |
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
2 siblings in the archive, 1 winner — best of them Sunbelt (IRE) (1 win).
The wins came over 1m; the highest grade won is Class 4 (Sunbelt (IRE)).
| Produce | Runs | Wins | Win trips | Best grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sunbelt (IRE) | 3 | 1 | 1m | Class 4 |
| Laoise Eile (IRE) | 3 | 0 | — | — |
Record by conditions
| Going | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Standard (AW) | 5 | 2 | 40% | +5.50 |
| Good | 4 | 0 | 0% | −4.00 |
| Soft | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Good to Soft | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Class | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Class 5 | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Course | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dundalk (AW) | 4 | 2 | 50% | +6.50 |
| Leopardstown | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Punchestown | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Roscommon | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Southwell (AW) | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Curragh | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Naas | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Distance | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1m2f – 1m4f | 5 | 2 | 40% | +5.50 |
| 6f – 7f | 4 | 0 | 0% | −4.00 |
| 1m – 1m1f | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Jockey | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Shane Foley | 4 | 2 | 50% | +6.50 |
| Leigh Roche | 3 | 0 | 0% | −3.00 |
| Chris Hayes | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Clifford Lee | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Ben Coen | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Season | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 7 | 2 | 29% | +3.50 |
| 2023 | 4 | 0 | 0% | −4.00 |
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
| Date | Course | Race | Pos | Btn | Wgt | OR | Spd | KTB | Jockey | SP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18 Oct 24+31d | Dundalk (AW) | Floodlit Fridays At Dundalk Handicap Set the early gallop clear - challenged and pushed along turning for home - overtaken 2f out then slipped to third - stayed on at same tempo to finish third | 3/6 | 11 | 9-3 | 86 | 97A | 73B | Shane Foley | 9/4 |
| 17 Sep 24+77d | Punchestown | Happy 60th Birthday To Ger Dunne Of Punchestown Race Front from the off - kicked away 2f out - margin cut back approaching the final furlong - challenged hard inside the last - caught near the line and just touched off | 2/4 | hd | 9-5 | 83 | 99C | 83B | Shane Foley | 10/1 |
| 02 Jul 24+26d | Roscommon | Dermot Hughes Car Sales Handicap | 10/11 | 6½ | 10-0 | 88 | 67C | 63C | Chris Hayes | 25/1 |
| 06 Jun 24+55d | Leopardstown | King George V Cup (Listed) | 5/5 | 12 | 9-5 | 88 | 79C | 60B | Chris Hayes | 25/1 |
| 12 Apr 24+49d | Dundalk (AW) | Greyhound Racing Every Weekend Handicap | 1/13 | 10-4 | 76 | 103B | 100A | Shane Foley | 9/2 | |
| 23 Feb 24+49d | Dundalk (AW) | Dundalk Winter Series Leading Trainer & Jockey Championship Handicap | 1/5 | 9-4 | 72 | 83C | 81B | Shane Foley | 4/1 | |
| 05 Jan 24+37d | Southwell (AW) | Boost Your Acca At BetMGM Restricted Maiden Stakes (GBB Race) (Div 1) | 2/12 | 1¼ | 9-5 | 74 | 90A | 76A | Clifford Lee | 4/1 |
| 29 Nov 23+66d | Dundalk (AW) | Irish Stallion Farms EBF Auction Maiden | 3/12 | 1¾ | 9-1 | 75 | 67A | 71A | Leigh Roche | 7/1 |
| 24 Sep 23+10d | Curragh | Pat 'The Duke' Leavy Irish EBF Maiden | 8/10 | 2 | 9-7 | — | 56C | 63C | Leigh Roche | 16/1 |
| 14 Sep 23+21d | Naas | Irish EBF Auction Series Maiden | 3/14 | nse | 9-1 | — | 70C | 82A | Leigh Roche | 28/1 |
| 24 Aug 23 | Leopardstown | Irish EBF Auction Series Maiden | 6/10 | nse | 9-5 | — | 58A | 67A | Ben Coen | 5/1 |
Quick answers
- How many races has Gesture (IRE) won?
- Gesture (IRE) won 2 of 11 archived starts between 2023 and 2024, a strike rate of 18.2%. Placed 5 times in total (45.5% of starts).
- Who trained Gesture (IRE)?
- Gesture (IRE) was trained by E J O'Neill on the most recent run on record, at Dundalk (AW) on 18 October 2024.
- Who is Gesture (IRE)'s sire?
- Gesture (IRE) is by Bated Breath (GB) out of Curtsy (IRE), whose sire is Galileo.
- What going does Gesture (IRE) prefer?
- Gesture (IRE) has the best record on standard (aw) going: 2 wins from 5 starts (40%). Only going bands with at least three archived starts are read, so this is a direction rather than a settled preference.
- What is Gesture (IRE)'s official rating?
- The most recent official rating on record is 86, from the run on 18 October 2024. The highest on record is 88.
- What is Gesture (IRE)'s sire's record?
- Bated Breath (GB)'s progeny in our archive have won 10.8% of 8,109 runs since Jan 2008 (669 horses), Flat and jumps together. Weakest on soft going: 7.7% from 841.
- Who are Gesture (IRE)'s siblings?
- Out of Curtsy (IRE), Gesture (IRE) has 2 other produce in our archive, 1 of them a winner. Most wins: Sunbelt (IRE) (1). Highest grade won: Class 4 (Sunbelt (IRE)). The wins came over 1m. As at Oct 2026.