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Horse profile

Giant O Murchu (IRE)

11yo gelding (at last run, Oct 2015) · Last trainer John Upson · Last owner Miss Tracey Leeson
by Carroll House (IRE) out of Centralspires Best (GB) (Nishapour)
35 runs · 18 courses · from Apr 2008
As at 4 Nov 2026 · KTB archive: GB, Ireland & France · 2005–present, updated daily
No run recorded since 4 Oct 2015 — 4,049 days ago. Our archive can't say whether the horse is still in training.
Last run Oct 2015 · 8th of 8 4 wins · Fontwell, Stratford & Towcester Last raced off OR 105
KTB Profile

Giant O Murchu (IRE) is 4 from 35. Hasn't won since Aug 2014. Every win has come on good or faster ground (0 from 6 on softer). Last raced off 105, 12lb below the career-high mark.

Based on 35 archived runs · updated 4 Nov 2026
KTB at a glance Wins on good or faster OR ↓ 12lb off peak
Official rating105↓ 12lb off peak
105 93–117

KTB Speed and Rating

KTB Speed

No KTB Speed figures for this horse. The engine scores GB and Irish racing from Oct 2016; runs elsewhere, or earlier, have no figure.

KTB Speed v1 · batch 15 Sep 2026 · GB & Irish racing only · 0 figures from 0 runs · a record, not a forecast

KTB Rating

Best recent KTB Rating 92B the best of the last 3 rated runs · Uttoxeter, 24 Jul 2015 Official rating 105 at the last run, 4 Oct 2015

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 31 figures · best 129A · median 96
GoingRunsBestMedianSince 4 Nov 2025
Good19129A99—
Good to Firm6114B96—
Soft392C84—
Good to Soft2101C92.5—
Firm1———
DistanceRunsBestMedianSince 4 Nov 2025
2m1f – 2m4f15129A101—
1m5f – 2m15127A92—
2m5f – 3m1———

Of 35 runs looked at, 4 have no figure: did not complete (or a non-runner row) (4).

KTB Rating v1 · batch 3 Oct 2026 · GB & Irish racing only · 31 figures from 35 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
Carroll House (IRE)

Progeny in our archive have won 6.2% of 1,033 runs since Jan 2008 (133 horses).

GoingRunsWinsSRvs sireThis horse
Firm1317.7%+1.51 from 1
Good to Firm11376.2%01 from 7
Good293155.1%−1.12 from 21
Good to Soft10943.7%−2.50 from 2
Soft282217.4%+1.20 from 4
Heavy218167.3%+1.1—
Standard (AW)500%−6.2—
Distance (all codes)RunsWinsSRvs sireThis horse
1m2f – 1m4f10110%+3.8—
1m5f – 2m236145.9%−0.31 from 17
2m1f – 2m4f398266.5%+0.33 from 17
2m5f – 3m328226.7%+0.50 from 1
Over 3m6111.6%−4.6—

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

Dam
Centralspires Best (GB) (Nishapour)

1 sibling in the archive, 1 winner — best of them Tacooma (IRE) (1 win).

The wins came over 2m6f.

ProduceRunsWinsWin tripsBest grade
Tacooma (IRE)1912m6f—

Record by conditions

GoingRunsWinsSR£1
Good 21 2 10% −8.17
Good to Firm 7 1 14% −2.50
Soft 4 0 0% −4.00
Good to Soft 2 0 0% −2.00
Firm 1 1 100% +8.00

ClassRunsWinsSR£1
Class 4 24 3 13% −6.67
Class 3 6 0 0% −6.00
Class 5 1 1 100% +8.00

CourseRunsWinsSR£1
Stratford 6 2 33% +7.00
Fontwell 5 1 20% −0.67
Newton Abbot 3 0 0% −3.00
Kempton 3 0 0% −3.00
Huntingdon 2 0 0% −2.00
Uttoxeter 2 0 0% −2.00
Towcester 2 1 50% +7.00
Folkestone 2 0 0% −2.00
Chepstow 1 0 0% −1.00
Ludlow 1 0 0% −1.00
Leicester 1 0 0% −1.00
Ascot 1 0 0% −1.00
Wincanton 1 0 0% −1.00
Taunton 1 0 0% −1.00
Kilbeggan 1 0 0% −1.00
Tipperary (IRE) 1 0 0% −1.00
Sligo 1 0 0% −1.00
Cork 1 0 0% −1.00

DistanceRunsWinsSR£1
2m1f – 2m4f 17 3 18% +0.33
1m5f – 2m 17 1 6% −8.00
2m5f – 3m 1 0 0% −1.00

JockeyRunsWinsSR£1
Dougie Costello 9 1 11% −0.50
Aidan Coleman 5 2 40% +3.83
David Bass 5 0 0% −5.00
Harry Skelton 4 1 25% +5.00
Conor Ring 2 0 0% −2.00
Tom Doyle 2 0 0% −2.00
Sam Twiston-Davies 1 0 0% −1.00
Nick Scholfield 1 0 0% −1.00
A P McCoy 1 0 0% −1.00
Joshua Moore 1 0 0% −1.00
Gavin Sheehan 1 0 0% −1.00
Robert Thornton 1 0 0% −1.00
Sean Flanagan 1 0 0% −1.00
Mark Bolger 1 0 0% −1.00

HeadgearRunsWinsSR£1
None 21 2 10% −3.50
Cheekpieces 8 1 13% −3.50
Tongue tie + cheekpieces 4 1 25% +0.33
Tongue tie 2 0 0% −2.00

SeasonRunsWinsSR£1
2015 3 0 0% −3.00
2014 7 1 14% −2.67
2013 7 1 14% −2.50
2012 6 1 17% +2.50
2011 8 1 13% +1.00
2010 1 0 0% −1.00
2008 3 0 0% −3.00

TypeRunsWinsSR£1
Chase 22 3 14% −4.67
Hurdle 12 1 8% −3.00
NH Flat 1 0 0% −1.00

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 ORKTB Jockey SP
2015 · 3 runs
04 Oct 15+4d Huntingdon Winner.co.uk Handicap Chase Class 4 · 2m4f · Good · 8 ran 8/8 ½ 10-6 10585C Conor Ring 66/1
30 Sep 15+68d Chepstow Paul's Place Handicap Chase Class 4 · 2m · Good · 8 ran PU/8 — 11-12 105— Sam Twiston-Davies 25/1
24 Jul 15+292d Uttoxeter Matthew Curtis Hair Hoar Cross Hall Handicap Chase Class 4 · 2m · Good · 5 ran 4/5 4½ 11-2 10792B Conor Ring 25/1
2014 · 7 runs
05 Oct 14+29d Huntingdon Splinterwoodstudio.co.uk Based In Corby Northants Handicap Chase Class 4 · 2m½f · Good · 6 ran 4/6 67 11-5 11075C Nick Scholfield 16/1
06 Sep 14+9d Stratford Andy Townsend Memorial Supported By Pertemps Network Handicap Chase Class 4 · 2m1f · Good · 9 ran 7/9 5 11-9 110100A Aidan Coleman 9/2
28 Aug 14+14d Fontwell 500 Permanent Money Backs At choicebet.net Handicap Chase Class 4 · 2m1½f · Good · 6 ran 1/6 11-12 105126B Aidan Coleman 10/3
14 Aug 14+44d Fontwell Mercedes-benz Of Chichester Handicap Chase Class 4 · 2m1½f · Good To Firm · 6 ran 2/6 7 11-0 105110B Aidan Coleman 14/1
01 Jul 14+7d Stratford Sheppard Family Handicap Chase (For The Gay, Eve And Tim Sheppard Memorial Cup) Class 3 · 2m3½f · Good To Firm · 7 ran 5/7 hd 10-6 10891C Dougie Costello 14/1
24 Jun 14+14d Newton Abbot Gloria Hera Edwards Celebrating Permanent Residence Handicap Chase Class 4 · 2m5f · Good · 10 ran 8/10 2¾ 11-8 10889C A P McCoy 16/1
10 Jun 14+233d Fontwell Shoreham Port Handicap Chase Class 4 · 2m1½f · Good To Firm · 9 ran 9/9 8 11-6 113101C Joshua Moore 25/1
2013 · 7 runs
20 Oct 13+15d Kempton William Hill - Exclusive Mobile Offers Handicap Chase Class 3 · 2m · Good To Soft · 6 ran 6/6 31 10-8 11584C Aidan Coleman 20/1
05 Oct 13+28d Fontwell Clancy Docwra Supporting Chestnut Tree House Handicap Chase Class 4 · 2m3f · Good · 8 ran 6/8 7 11-9 11594C Gavin Sheehan 10/1
07 Sep 13+9d Stratford Keogh And Hows Handicap Chase (For The Keogh And Howes Challenge Trophy) Class 4 · 2m1f · Good To Firm · 5 ran 1/5 11-3 106114B Aidan Coleman 7/2
29 Aug 13+45d Stratford John Mytton Handicap Chase Class 3 · 2m1f · Good · 5 ran 3/5 12 10-11 10796B Dougie Costello 5/1
15 Jul 13+13d Newton Abbot Bet totepool Text Tote To 89660 Handicap Chase Class 4 · 2m½f · Good To Firm · 6 ran 5/6 8 11-0 10885C David Bass 11/2
02 Jul 13+21d Stratford Sheppard Family Handicap Chase (For The Gay, Eve And Tim Sheppard Memorial Cup) Class 3 · 2m3½f · Good · 11 ran 4/11 1 10-11 109103A Dougie Costello 33/1
11 Jun 13+208d Fontwell bet-n-tip.com Handicap Chase Class 4 · 2m1½f · Good · 7 ran PU/7 — 11-4 112— Dougie Costello 10/1
2012 · 6 runs
15 Nov 12+10d Ludlow Shukers Landrover Novices' Handicap Chase Class 4 · 2m · Good · 6 ran 5/6 34 11-12 11590C David Bass 28/1
05 Nov 12+15d Kempton Weatherbys Foreign Exchange Handicap Chase Class 4 · 2m4½f · Good To Soft · 11 ran 8/11 15 11-7 115101C Dougie Costello 25/1
21 Oct 12+78d Kempton William Hill - The Home Of Betting Handicap Chase Class 4 · 2m · Good · 12 ran 6/12 7 11-9 117100A Dougie Costello 8/1
04 Aug 12+6d Newton Abbot Sis Live Novices' Handicap Chase Class 4 · 2m½f · Good · 10 ran 8/10 2 11-7 107106A Dougie Costello 9/4F
29 Jul 12+112d Stratford Warwickshire Life Magazine Classic Novices' Handicap Chase Class 4 · 2m1f · Good · 13 ran 1/13 11-5 107129A Dougie Costello 15/2
08 Apr 12+102d Towcester Elite Racing Club Handicap Hurdle Class 4 · 2m · Good · 11 ran 7/11 2¾ 11-12 110109A Dougie Costello 8/1
2011 · 8 runs
28 Dec 11+60d Leicester Leicestershire Bronze Fox Handicap Hurdle Class 3 · 2m · Good · 11 ran 10/11 4½ 11-3 11399C Harry Skelton 33/1
29 Oct 11+16d Ascot Cushman & Wakefield Novices' Hurdle (For The John Travers' Memorial Trophy) Class 3 · 1m7½f · Good · 6 ran 3/6 1¼ 11-0 111101B David Bass 9/1
13 Oct 11+8d Wincanton Bathwick Tyres Handicap Hurdle Class 4 · 1m7½f · Good To Firm · 9 ran F/9 — 11-8 98— Harry Skelton 4/1
05 Oct 11+17d Towcester Prima Solutions Happy Birthday Handicap Hurdle Class 5 · 2m · Firm · 9 ran 1/9 11-12 98127A Harry Skelton 8/1
18 Sep 11+173d Uttoxeter Henry Mein Architects Handicap Hurdle Class 4 · 2m4f · Good To Firm · 8 ran 6/8 17 10-11 10083C Harry Skelton 12/1
29 Mar 11+19d Taunton Sis Live Handicap Hurdle Class 4 · 2m½f · Good · 7 ran 6/7 23 10-13 10083C David Bass 11/4F
10 Mar 11+23d Folkestone Bet On Live Tennis At totesport.com Handicap Hurdle Class 4 · 2m1½f · Good · 7 ran 2/7 3¼ 11-4 93113B David Bass 10/3
15 Feb 11+290d Folkestone ladbrokesgames.com Maiden Hurdle Class 4 · 2m4½f · Soft · 11 ran 7/11 10 11-3 —92C Robert Thornton 8/1
2010 · 1 run
01 May 10+632d Kilbeggan Cornaher Maiden Hurdle (Div 1) 2m3f · Yielding · 16 ran PU/16 — 11-4 —— Tom Doyle 25/1
2008 · 3 runs
07 Aug 08+25d Tipperary (IRE) Tipperary Lions Club Maiden Hurdle 2m · Soft · 19 ran 13/19 10 11-2 —84C Tom Doyle 33/1
13 Jul 08+85d Sligo I.T.B.A. (Western Region) Maiden Hurdle 2m · Yielding · 14 ran 9/14 ½ 10-13 —84C Sean Flanagan 14/1
19 Apr 08 Cork Killetra (Pro/Am) INH Flat Race 2m · Good · 14 ran 8/14 ¾ 10-11 —93A Mark Bolger 12/1

Quick answers

How many races has Giant O Murchu won?
Giant O Murchu (IRE) won 4 of 35 archived starts between 2008 and 2015, a strike rate of 11.4%. Placed 6 times in total (17.1% of starts).
Who trained Giant O Murchu?
Giant O Murchu (IRE) was trained by John Upson on the most recent run on record, at Huntingdon on 4 October 2015.
Who is Giant O Murchu's sire?
Giant O Murchu (IRE) is by Carroll House (IRE) out of Centralspires Best (GB), whose sire is Nishapour.
What going does Giant O Murchu prefer?
Giant O Murchu (IRE) has the best record on good to firm going: 1 win from 7 starts (14.3%). Only going bands with at least three archived starts are read, so this is a direction rather than a settled preference.
What is Giant O Murchu's official rating?
The most recent official rating on record is 105, from the run on 4 October 2015. The highest on record is 117.
What is Giant O Murchu's sire's record?
Carroll House (IRE)'s progeny in our archive have won 6.2% of 1,033 runs since Jan 2008 (133 horses), Flat and jumps together.
Who are Giant O Murchu's siblings?
Out of Centralspires Best (GB), Giant O Murchu (IRE) has 1 other produce in our archive, 1 of them a winner. Most wins: Tacooma (IRE) (1). The wins came over 2m6f. As at Nov 2026.

Record shown from April 2008. 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.