Horse profile
Giselles Defence (IRE)
49 runs · 29 courses · from Feb 2023
As at 8 Nov 2026 · KTB archive: GB, Ireland & France · 2005–present, updated daily
4 wins · Epsom Downs, Newbury & Pontefract
Last run 5 Sep 2026 · 7th of 21
Last raced off OR 52
KTB Profile
Giselles Defence is a 4-49 gelding with all wins at Class 5 level over 1m2f – 1m4f on turf. He won handicaps at Epsom Downs in Jul 2025 on good to firm, at Newbury in Jul 2024 on good to soft, at Epsom Downs in Jul 2024 on good and at Pontefract in May 2024 on soft. Typically held up, he finished 7 of 21 at Navan in Sep 2026 off an official rating of 52, 56lb below his highest ever mark.
Based on 49 archived runs · run-style from 25 commented runs since Aug 2024 · updated 8 Nov 2026
KTB at a glance
All wins on turf
All wins at Class 5
OR ↓ 56lb off peak
- 4–49Wins / Runs
- 8.2%Strike rate
- 14 (28.6%)Placed
- −37.42£1 level staken=49 at SP
- 0.77Fair A/E n=49 · 0.66 incl. margin
- 108Highest OR
- 17dBetween runs (median)longest 144 d
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.
Official rating52↓ 56lb off peak
52
52–108
KTB Speed and Rating
KTB Speed
Best recent Speed 101
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 →
Flat
| Going | Runs | Best | Median | Since 8 Nov 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Good | 13 | 110C | 93 | 3 runs · 110 / 102 |
| Standard (AW) | 10 | 119A | 83.5 | 3 runs · 71 / 63 |
| Good to Firm | 7 | 102B | 75 | — |
| Soft | 6 | 90A | 76 | 2 runs · 67 / 47.5 |
| Good to Soft | 4 | 101A | 88 | 1 run · — |
| Heavy | 3 | 67C | 65 | 1 run · — |
| Distance | Runs | Best | Median | Since 8 Nov 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1m2f – 1m4f | 34 | 110C | 81 | 4 runs · 110 / 86.5 |
| 1m – 1m1f | 6 | 119A | 77.5 | 3 runs · 67 / 64 |
| 6f – 7f | 2 | 49C | 22.5 | 2 runs · 49 / 22.5 |
| 1m5f – 2m | 1 | — | — | 1 run · — |
Jumps
| Going | Runs | Best | Median | Since 8 Nov 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Heavy | 2 | 78C | 71 | — |
| Good | 1 | — | — | — |
| Soft | 1 | — | — | — |
| Distance | Runs | Best | Median | Since 8 Nov 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1m5f – 2m | 3 | 78C | 76 | — |
| 2m1f – 2m4f | 1 | — | — | — |
Of 49 runs looked at, 2 have no figure: did not complete (1) · not enough races on the card to set the day (under 4) (1).
KTB Speed v1 · batch 15 Sep 2026 · GB & Irish racing only · 47 figures from 49 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.
Run style from 25 analysed runs since Aug 2024
- Held up 12 (48%) · 0 wins
- Prominent 6 (24%) · 0 wins
- Mid-division 5 (20%) · 0 wins
- Led 2 (8%) · 1 win
Pedigree intelligence
Sire
Progeny in our archive have won 7.5% of 583 runs since May 2021 (50 horses).
| Going | Runs | Wins | SR | vs sire | This horse |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Firm | 5 | 1 | 20% | +12.5 | — |
| Good to Firm | 81 | 11 | 13.6% | +6.1 | 1 from 7 |
| Good | 152 | 10 | 6.6% | −0.9 | 1 from 15 |
| Good to Soft | 69 | 5 | 7.2% | −0.3 | 1 from 4 |
| Soft | 78 | 4 | 5.1% | −2.4 | 1 from 8 |
| Heavy | 26 | 1 | 3.8% | −3.7 | 0 from 5 |
| Standard (AW) | 172 | 12 | 7% | −0.5 | 0 from 10 |
| Distance (all codes) | Runs | Wins | SR | vs sire | This horse |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Under 6f | 19 | 2 | 10.5% | +3 | — |
| 6f – 7f | 188 | 12 | 6.4% | −1.1 | 0 from 2 |
| 1m – 1m1f | 199 | 20 | 10.1% | +2.6 | 0 from 7 |
| 1m2f – 1m4f | 84 | 6 | 7.1% | −0.4 | 4 from 34 |
| 1m5f – 2m | 46 | 1 | 2.2% | −5.3 | 0 from 5 |
| 2m1f – 2m4f | 39 | 2 | 5.1% | −2.4 | 0 from 1 |
| 2m5f – 3m | 8 | 1 | 12.5% | +5 | — |
Flat and jumps together (all codes) · since May 2021 · as at 8 Nov 2026 · rows under 30 runs muted · win % is the measure, a record not a forecast
Dam
5 siblings in the archive, 3 winners — best of them Virtual Hug (IRE) (6 wins).
The wins came over 7f–2m; the highest grade won is Class 6 (Virtual Hug (IRE)).
| Produce | Runs | Wins | Win trips | Best grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Virtual Hug (IRE) | 71 | 6 | 1m3½f–2m | Class 6 |
| Future Cutlet (IRE) | 14 | 1 | 7f | — |
| Sofian (IRE) | 15 | 1 | 7½f | Class 6 |
| Olivia's Choice (IRE) | 1 | 0 | — | — |
| Manntari (IRE) | 2 | 0 | — | — |
Record by conditions
| Going | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Good | 15 | 1 | 7% | −13.00 |
| Standard (AW) | 10 | 0 | 0% | −10.00 |
| Soft | 8 | 1 | 13% | −3.67 |
| Good to Firm | 7 | 1 | 14% | −4.75 |
| Heavy | 5 | 0 | 0% | −5.00 |
| Good to Soft | 4 | 1 | 25% | −1.00 |
| Class | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Class 5 | 13 | 4 | 31% | −1.42 |
| Class 4 | 11 | 0 | 0% | −11.00 |
| Course | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dundalk (AW) | 8 | 0 | 0% | −8.00 |
| Curragh | 4 | 0 | 0% | −4.00 |
| Chester | 4 | 0 | 0% | −4.00 |
| Epsom Downs | 3 | 2 | 67% | +1.25 |
| Navan (IRE) | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Fairyhouse | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Sligo | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Newbury | 2 | 1 | 50% | +1.00 |
| Leicester | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Ballinrobe (IRE) | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Bellewstown | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Doncaster | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Newmarket | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Haydock | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Lingfield (AW) | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Wolverhampton (AW) | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Catterick | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Market Rasen | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Ludlow | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Windsor | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Beverley | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Hamilton | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Pontefract | 1 | 1 | 100% | +3.33 |
| Nottingham | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Cork | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Leopardstown | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Ballinrobe | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Down Royal | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Galway | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Distance | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1m2f – 1m4f | 34 | 4 | 12% | −22.42 |
| 1m – 1m1f | 7 | 0 | 0% | −7.00 |
| 1m5f – 2m | 5 | 0 | 0% | −5.00 |
| 6f – 7f | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| 2m1f – 2m4f | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Jockey | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gary Carroll | 8 | 0 | 0% | −8.00 |
| Joe Leavy | 5 | 2 | 40% | +0.00 |
| Paddy Harnett | 3 | 0 | 0% | −3.00 |
| Ryan Kavanagh | 3 | 0 | 0% | −3.00 |
| Robert Whearty | 3 | 0 | 0% | −3.00 |
| Jimmy Dalton | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Sean Davis | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Shane B Kelly | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Dougie Costello | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Charles Bishop | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Josephine Gordon | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Ricky Doyle | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Rory Cleary | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Silvestre De Sousa | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Billy Loughnane | 1 | 1 | 100% | +1.25 |
| Cieren Fallon | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Marco Ghiani | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Charlie Todd | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Alice Stevens | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| P J McDonald | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| David Egan | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Harry Burns | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Clifford Lee | 1 | 1 | 100% | +3.33 |
| Conor Maxwell | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Alex Harvey | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Headgear | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| None | 30 | 3 | 10% | −20.67 |
| Cheekpieces | 16 | 1 | 6% | −13.75 |
| Tongue tie + cheekpieces | 3 | 0 | 0% | −3.00 |
| Season | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 9 | 0 | 0% | −9.00 |
| 2025 | 10 | 1 | 10% | −7.75 |
| 2024 | 16 | 3 | 19% | −6.67 |
| 2023 | 14 | 0 | 0% | −14.00 |
| Type | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Flat | 44 | 4 | 9% | −32.42 |
| Hurdle | 5 | 0 | 0% | −5.00 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 · 9 runs | ||||||||||
| 05 Sep 26+3d | Navan (IRE) | Return Of The Jumps At Navan Racecourse September 19th Handicap (Div I) Sat close to the front group early - third at halfway - pressed for effort with 2f left - unable to find more and finished 7th one-paced | 7/21 | ¾ | 9-5 | 52 | 102C | 67A | Paddy Harnett | 16/1 |
| 02 Sep 26+44d | Navan (IRE) | Navan Handicap (Div I) Held up towards back of pack - driven with no gain 2f out - stayed on same speed to finish without threatening | 10/16 | nk | 9-6 | 53 | 64C | 61A | Paddy Harnett | 18/1 |
| 20 Jul 26+38d | Ballinrobe (IRE) | Racing, Sports & Games At Tote.ie Apprentice Handicap racing in the pack on the outside - driven along in 8th 2f out - improved to 5th 1f out with nothing more to give | 5/11 | 1¾ | 9-5 | 56 | 101A | 66A | Jimmy Dalton | 25/1 |
| 12 Jun 26+40d | Fairyhouse | Kate O'Sullivan Memorial Handicap (0-60) Held up towards the back - still down the field turning for home - unable to make headway - well held at the finish | 11/17 | ½ | 10-1 | 59 | 110C | 68A | Sean Davis | 50/1 |
| 03 May 26+22d | Sligo | Web The Tool Company Handicap (0-60) Dwelt and settled last - pushed along with modest headway inside final 2f - unable to threaten 8th - stayed on same speed to finish 9th | 9/12 | nk | 9-9 | 60 | 28C | 54C | Jimmy Dalton | 12/1 |
| 11 Apr 26+14d | Bellewstown | BOYLE Sports Handicap Held up towards the back - hampered 3f out - driven approaching the straight and up into 5th close home - stayed on to finish 5th | 5/14 | 4 | 9-1 | 62 | 67C | 69A | Paddy Harnett | 50/1 |
| 28 Mar 26+71d | Curragh | Cavalor Equine Nutrition Handicap Held in the pack early - unable to make headway from 2f out - dropped away late | 23/23 | 12 | 9-8 | 64 | -4C | 69C | Shane B Kelly | 100/1 |
| 16 Jan 26+7d | Dundalk (AW) | BAR 1 Betting Download Our New App Handicap Held up towards the back - failed to make headway in the closing stages - well held throughout | 11/11 | 3 | 9-1 | 67 | 63A | 45A | Rory Cleary | 200/1 |
| 09 Jan 26+37d | Dundalk (AW) | BAR 1 Betting NEW APP OUT NOW Handicap Held up at the back - pushed along and unable to quicken over 2f out - well held at the finish | 14/14 | 5 | 9-5 | 71 | 49C | 55C | Sean Davis | 80/1 |
| 2025 · 10 runs | ||||||||||
| 03 Dec 25+109d | Dundalk (AW) | Dundalk Stadium Gift Vouchers Available Online Handicap Held up at the back - driven from early straight without gaining ground - one paced late to finish 12th | 12/12 | 1¼ | 9-6 | 72 | 71A | 53A | Shane B Kelly | 50/1 |
| 16 Aug 25+8d | Doncaster | UAndI Renewables With Doncaster Radio Handicap Settled in 5th early - found room and made progress over 3f out - pressed the pace briefly then pushed along inside final 2f - lost ground soon after and finished 7th | 7/8 | 8½ | 9-7 | 73 | 68A | 56A | Silvestre De Sousa | 7/2 |
| 08 Aug 25+13d | Newmarket | Maritime Cargo Services Container Gallop Handicap Sat close to the pace early - remained handy through midrace - pressed for effort and gave way inside final furlong - finished fourth | 4/9 | ½ | 10-2 | 74 | 102B | 86A | Joe Leavy | 10/1 |
| 26 Jul 25+9d | Chester | Cruzcampo Handicap (GBBPlus Race) Settled midpack on rail - boxed in with over a furlong left then asked for effort and lost ground - stayed on late to finish eighth beaten 8 lengths | 8/9 | shd | 9-5 | 74 | 84A | 68A | Dougie Costello | 15/2 |
| 17 Jul 25+7d | Epsom Downs | Chantilly Handicap Set the pace from the off - asked for effort a furlong out and challenged hard inside the final furlong - dug in to prevail by a whisker | 1/4 | 10-1 | 71 | 75C | 85B | Billy Loughnane | 5/4F | |
| 10 Jul 25+26d | Newbury | Orida Hotels Handicap tucked in tightly behind leaders - pushed along to move up into second inside final 2f while drifting left - stayed on at one gallop but held for a runner-up finish beaten 3.5 lengths | 2/8 | 3½ | 9-7 | 71 | 92A | 79A | Ryan Kavanagh | 9/2 |
| 14 Jun 25+11d | Chester | Summer Saturday On 28th June Handicap Settled towards back early - pushed along 3f out - made strong progress wide 2f out - moved into second inside final furlong - stayed on but unable to reel in winner | 2/10 | 2½ | 9-4 | 70 | 77A | 90A | Cieren Fallon | 9/2 |
| 03 Jun 25+25d | Leicester | Dark Horse Ladies' Day Saturday 5th July Handicap Settled in third early - dropped back a fraction into the straight before finding renewed purpose behind the front pair with 2f left - stayed on for third final furlong without the speed to get closer | 3/6 | ¾ | 8-13 | 70 | 75A | 71B | Ryan Kavanagh | 11/4F |
| 09 May 25+13d | Chester | Xenon Workplace Apprentice Handicap (GBBPlus Race) Sluggish start - settled off the pace midfield - made ground 3f out - stayed on late to take 3rd inside the final furlong - unable to trouble the top two | 3/12 | 5½ | 8-13 | 70 | 81A | 75A | Ryan Kavanagh | 20/1 |
| 26 Apr 25+144d | Haydock | Free Bet With Unibet Betbuilder Rebound Handicap (GBBPlus Race) (Div 2) Sluggish getaway and unbalanced start - stayed at the back throughout - no impact on the finish - eventually came home seventh | 7/7 | ½ | 9-1 | 72 | 65A | 67A | Marco Ghiani | 12/1 |
| 2024 · 16 runs | ||||||||||
| 03 Dec 24+17d | Lingfield (AW) | Extra Winnings With BetUK Acca Club Handicap Held eagerly early - up with pace and hit front after 1f - lost advantage 2f out - lost ground final furlong - well held at finish | 10/11 | 5 | 9-8 | 74 | 78A | 63A | Charles Bishop | 11/1 |
| 16 Nov 24+18d | Wolverhampton (AW) | 30 In Free Bets With BetUK Handicap Checked at the break and slow into stride - settled towards the rear drifting left - shortened gap late but no threat to leaders | 7/12 | 2 | 9-5 | 76 | 119A | 73A | Charles Bishop | 66/1 |
| 29 Oct 24+14d | Catterick | Bet 10 Get 10 At Vickers.Bet Handicap Held up towards the back - driven approaching 2f out - unable to close the gap - finished sixth beaten a distance | 6/7 | 4¾ | 9-12 | 78 | 81C | 65C | Dougie Costello | 50/1 |
| 15 Oct 24+6d | Market Rasen | Stuart Burton 60th Birthday Handicap Hurdle Settled among the pack early - made ground approaching 3 out - dropped away before 2 out - eventually finished eighth | 8/8 | 23 | 11-3 | 108 | 76C | 87C | Charlie Todd | 40/1 |
| 09 Oct 24+44d | Ludlow | Welcome Back To Ludlow Conditional Jockeys' Handicap Hurdle Settled towards the back - equipment shifted out of place - eased and pulled up before the 4th | PU/9 | — | 11-8 | 108 | — | — | Alice Stevens | 22/1 |
| 26 Aug 24+11d | Epsom Downs | Robin Grossmith Memorial Handicap Wide of field close to pace early - pressed for effort 2f out - lost momentum in closing stages - finished fifth | 5/9 | 7½ | 9-10 | 79 | 88B | 71A | Joe Leavy | 15/2 |
| 15 Aug 24+35d | Windsor | Tote Placepot Leg 3 Racing League Race 24 Handicap (Trainers Registered To Racing League) Shared the front spot early - slipped back into the pack - then eased away from contention 3f out - finished 11th | 11/11 | 13 | 9-6 | 79 | 56C | 54C | P J McDonald | 11/1 |
| 11 Jul 24+5d | Newbury | Win Races With Jonny Portman Handicap | 1/9 | 9-9 | 71 | 81B | 92A | Joe Leavy | 2/1 | |
| 06 Jul 24+3d | Beverley | Maureen 'I Am Fine' Steer Life Celebration Handicap | 2/9 | 2½ | 9-0 | 71 | 97B | 79A | Joe Leavy | EvensF |
| 03 Jul 24+18d | Epsom Downs | Betfred 'Bet Builder' Apprentice Handicap | 1/7 | 9-10 | 71 | 93B | 97A | Joe Leavy | EvensF | |
| 15 Jun 24+13d | Leicester | Jewel Of Wine - La Joya Gran Reserva Handicap | 2/8 | 1¾ | 9-7 | 70 | 79A | 83A | Josephine Gordon | 2/1F |
| 02 Jun 24+23d | Hamilton | Sky Bet Acca Freeze Handicap | 9/14 | ¾ | 9-5 | 71 | 95C | 70A | David Egan | 13/2 |
| 10 May 24+9d | Chester | Horse PWR Apprentice Handicap (Div 2) | 6/8 | 3 | 9-1 | 64 | 69A | 63A | Harry Burns | 9/4F |
| 01 May 24+11d | Pontefract | National Horseracing College Handicap | 1/9 | 9-1 | 64 | 90A | 92A | Clifford Lee | 10/3F | |
| 20 Apr 24+105d | Nottingham | Follow Rhino.Bet On Instagram Handicap | 2/8 | nk | 9-5 | 64 | 75A | 82A | Josephine Gordon | 15/2 |
| 06 Jan 24+10d | Cork | Happy New Year From All At Cork Maiden Hurdle | 9/22 | 17 | 10-13 | — | 78C | 90C | Ricky Doyle | 18/1 |
| 2023 · 14 runs | ||||||||||
| 27 Dec 23+12d | Leopardstown | Paddy Power I Have No Idea What Day It Is 3-Y-O Maiden Hurdle | 8/19 | 4 | 11-0 | — | 64B | 120A | Conor Maxwell | 125/1 |
| 15 Dec 23+9d | Dundalk (AW) | Happy Christmas From All At Dundalk Stadium Handicap | 4/14 | nk | 9-0 | 70 | 104B | 75A | Robert Whearty | 13/2 |
| 06 Dec 23+28d | Dundalk (AW) | Dundalk Stadium Gift Vouchers Available Online Handicap | 3/14 | dht | 8-11 | 70 | 91B | 72A | Robert Whearty | 15/2 |
| 08 Nov 23+8d | Dundalk (AW) | Irishinjuredjockeys.com Handicap (47-75) | 3/14 | shd | 9-12 | 71 | 109B | 84A | Gary Carroll | 9/1 |
| 31 Oct 23+19d | Curragh | Tote Fantasy Handicap (47-70) | 10/19 | hd | 9-8 | 66 | 67C | 68A | Gary Carroll | 10/1 |
| 12 Oct 23+27d | Curragh | Equine MediRecord Student Derby Handicap | 4/14 | nk | 10-7 | 67 | 65C | 79A | Alex Harvey | 9/1 |
| 15 Sep 23+7d | Ballinrobe | David Sweeney Memorial 3-Y-O Maiden Hurdle | 6/7 | 18 | 11-0 | — | 80C | 94C | Ricky Doyle | 11/2 |
| 08 Sep 23+19d | Down Royal | Children's Heartbeat Trust Handicap (50-70) | 2/13 | 3½ | 9-9 | 67 | 93C | 76A | Gary Carroll | 6/1 |
| 20 Aug 23+14d | Curragh | Sheehy Motors Cupra Apprentice Handicap (47-70) | 5/19 | 2½ | 9-6 | 70 | 88C | 82A | Robert Whearty | 40/1 |
| 06 Aug 23+58d | Galway | Ireland West Airport Knock Handicap (50-80) | 9/9 | nse | 9-9 | 73 | — | 59A | Gary Carroll | 22/1 |
| 09 Jun 23+24d | Fairyhouse | Bet With The Tote At Fairyhouse Handicap | 5/6 | 2½ | 9-10 | 76 | 101A | 67B | Gary Carroll | 10/1 |
| 16 May 23+46d | Sligo | Irish Stallion Farms EBF Median Auction Maiden | 4/11 | ½ | 9-8 | — | 95A | 76A | Gary Carroll | 7/1 |
| 31 Mar 23+58d | Dundalk (AW) | View Restaurant At Dundalk Stadium Maiden | 5/14 | ½ | 9-8 | — | 80B | 70A | Gary Carroll | 16/1 |
| 01 Feb 23 | Dundalk (AW) | Book Online At DundalkStadium.com Maiden | 3/10 | 3 | 9-8 | — | 87A | 72A | Gary Carroll | 14/1 |
Quick answers
- How many races has Giselles Defence won?
- Giselles Defence (IRE) won 4 of 49 archived starts between 2023 and 2026, a strike rate of 8.2%. Placed 14 times in total (28.6% of starts).
- Who trains Giselles Defence?
- Giselles Defence (IRE) is trained by Sean Davis, who saddled the horse on its most recent run on 5 September 2026.
- Who is Giselles Defence's sire?
- Giselles Defence (IRE) is by National Defense (GB) out of Cotton Camera (IRE), whose sire is Lilbourne Lad.
- What going does Giselles Defence prefer?
- Giselles Defence (IRE) has the best record on good to soft going: 1 win from 4 starts (25%). Only going bands with at least three archived starts are read, so this is a direction rather than a settled preference.
- What is Giselles Defence's official rating?
- The most recent official rating on record is 52, from the run on 5 September 2026. The highest on record is 108.
- What is Giselles Defence's sire's record?
- National Defense (GB)'s progeny in our archive have won 7.5% of 583 runs since May 2021 (50 horses), Flat and jumps together.
- Who are Giselles Defence's siblings?
- Out of Cotton Camera (IRE), Giselles Defence (IRE) has 5 other produce in our archive, 3 of them winners. Most wins: Virtual Hug (IRE) (6). Highest grade won: Class 6 (Virtual Hug (IRE)). The wins came over 7f–2m. As at Nov 2026.