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Horse profile

Good Decision (IRE)

10yo gelding (at last run, Sep 2014) · Last trainer C Roche · Last owner John P Mcmanus
by Kayf Tara (GB) out of Golden (FR) (Sanglamore)
38 runs · 18 courses · from Oct 2008
As at 21 Oct 2026 · KTB archive: GB, Ireland & France · 2005–present, updated daily
No run recorded since 19 Sep 2014 — 4,415 days ago. Our archive can't say whether the horse is still in training.
Last run Sep 2014 3 wins · Wexford & Naas Last raced off OR 100
KTB Profile

Good Decision (IRE) is 3 from 38. Hasn't won since Jul 2013. Every win has come on good or faster ground (0 from 17 on softer). Last raced off 100, 16lb below the career-high mark.

Based on 38 archived runs · updated 21 Oct 2026
KTB at a glance Wins on good or faster OR ↓ 16lb off peak
Official rating100↓ 16lb off peak
100 87–116

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 110A the best of the last 3 rated runs · Cork, 31 Aug 2014 Official rating 100 at the last run, 19 Sep 2014

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. A, B or C on a run is how much known form was in that race. What this means →

Jumps 33 figures · best 128A · median 103
GoingRunsBestMedianSince 21 Oct 2025
Good12128A109—
Heavy9105C99—
Good to Firm6126A103.5—
Soft5117A107—
Firm1———
DistanceRunsBestMedianSince 21 Oct 2025
2m1f – 2m4f23128A105—
1m5f – 2m9117A99—
2m5f – 3m1———

Of 38 runs looked at, 5 have no figure: did not complete (or a non-runner row) (5).

KTB Rating v1 · batch 3 Oct 2026 · GB & Irish racing only · 33 figures from 38 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
Kayf Tara (GB)

Progeny in our archive have won 12.6% of 13,740 runs since Jan 2008 (1,148 horses).

Strongest on heavy going: 16.2% from 1,708.

GoingRunsWinsSRvs sireThis horse
Firm1300%−12.60 from 1
Good to Firm5296011.3%−1.32 from 6
Good4,49052411.7%−0.91 from 14
Good to Soft3,04935911.8%−0.8—
Soft3,75849313.1%+0.50 from 6
Heavy1,70827716.2%+3.60 from 11
Standard (AW)1932412.4%−0.2—
Distance (all codes)RunsWinsSRvs sireThis horse
6f – 7f200%−12.6—
1m – 1m1f2400%−12.6—
1m2f – 1m4f1631811%−1.6—
1m5f – 2m3,97552113.1%+0.51 from 11
2m1f – 2m4f4,75859312.5%−0.12 from 25
2m5f – 3m3,81547912.6%00 from 2
Over 3m1,00312612.6%0—

Flat and jumps together (all codes) · since Jan 2008 · as at 21 Oct 2026 · rows under 30 runs muted · win % is the measure, a record not a forecast

Dam
Golden (FR) (Sanglamore)

6 siblings in the archive, 3 winners — best of them Strait Of Magellan (IRE) (2 wins).

The wins came over 1m–1m4f; the highest grade won is Class 4 (Floating Ballerino (IRE)).

ProduceRunsWinsWin tripsBest grade
Strait Of Magellan (IRE)2621m2f–1m4fClass 5
Swehan (IRE)921m2fClass 5
Floating Ballerino (IRE)711mClass 4
Erycina (IRE)130——
Valferno (IRE)40——
Eyes On Me (IRE)80——

Record by conditions

GoingRunsWinsSR£1
Good 14 1 7% +1.00
Heavy 11 0 0% −11.00
Good to Firm 6 2 33% +6.50
Soft 6 0 0% −6.00
Firm 1 0 0% −1.00

CourseRunsWinsSR£1
Wexford 5 2 40% +7.50
Ballinrobe 4 0 0% −4.00
Punchestown 4 0 0% −4.00
Killarney 3 0 0% −3.00
Bellewstown 3 0 0% −3.00
Listowel 2 0 0% −2.00
Galway 2 0 0% −2.00
Naas 2 1 50% +13.00
Clonmel 2 0 0% −2.00
Fairyhouse 2 0 0% −2.00
Navan 2 0 0% −2.00
Cork 1 0 0% −1.00
Sligo 1 0 0% −1.00
Downpatrick 1 0 0% −1.00
Tramore 1 0 0% −1.00
Limerick 1 0 0% −1.00
Thurles 1 0 0% −1.00
Down Royal 1 0 0% −1.00

DistanceRunsWinsSR£1
2m1f – 2m4f 25 2 8% −12.50
1m5f – 2m 11 1 9% +4.00
2m5f – 3m 2 0 0% −2.00

JockeyRunsWinsSR£1
Alan Crowe 18 2 11% +3.50
Jody McGarvey 10 1 10% −4.00
Mr P Roche 2 0 0% −2.00
Mr J Mulvihill 2 0 0% −2.00
Ian McCarthy 2 0 0% −2.00
Mark Walsh 1 0 0% −1.00
B J Cooper 1 0 0% −1.00
D G Hogan 1 0 0% −1.00
G Cotter 1 0 0% −1.00

HeadgearRunsWinsSR£1
Tongue tie 17 2 12% −4.50
Tongue tie + cheekpieces 9 1 11% +6.00
None 8 0 0% −8.00
Tongue tie + blinkers 4 0 0% −4.00

SeasonRunsWinsSR£1
2014 5 0 0% −5.00
2013 6 1 17% +0.00
2012 3 0 0% −3.00
2011 7 1 14% −0.50
2010 8 1 13% +7.00
2009 7 0 0% −7.00
2008 2 0 0% −2.00

TypeRunsWinsSR£1
Chase 24 1 4% −17.50
Hurdle 13 2 15% +8.00
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
19 Sep 14+19d Listowel John Francis (Q.R.) Handicap Hurdle (80-109) 16f · Good · 18 ran RR/18 — 11-8 100— Mr P Roche 20/1
31 Aug 14+45d Cork Buy Online At corkracecourse.ie Handicap Hurdle (80-102) 20f · Good · 21 ran 6/21 1¾ 11-6 101110A Jody McGarvey 12/1
17 Jul 14+11d Killarney Dawn Hi + Lo Milk Handicap Hurdle (80-102) 17f · Good · 17 ran 6/17 1¾ 11-5 102103A Mr J Mulvihill 14/1
06 Jul 14+18d Bellewstown Seamus Mulvaney Crockafotha Handicap Hurdle (81-123) 20f · Good To Firm · 9 ran 4/9 1 10-3 102101A Mr J Mulvihill 9/1
18 Jun 14+259d Wexford Jog For Jockeys Handicap Chase (0-123) 17f · Good To Firm · 9 ran 6/9 21 10-13 11088C Alan Crowe 14/1
02 Oct 13+52d Sligo Foley's Bar & Off Licence Handicap Chase 17f · Heavy · 9 ran 8/9 1¼ 10-4 11588C Jody McGarvey 7/1
11 Aug 13+16d Downpatrick 'everyone Loves Downpatrick' Handicap Hurdle (80-116) 18f · Good · 14 ran 6/14 1½ 10-12 107105A Jody McGarvey 7/2F
26 Jul 13+19d Wexford Martinstown Opportunity Handicap Hurdle (80-102) 20f · Good To Firm · 13 ran 1/13 11-7 97126A Jody McGarvey 5/1
07 Jul 13+40d Bellewstown Martinstown Opportunity Handicap Hurdle (80-102) 20f · Good To Firm · 16 ran 2/16 5½ 11-1 95116A Jody McGarvey 6/1
28 May 13+17d Ballinrobe Hollymount Nursing Home Handicap Chase (0-116) 17f · Soft To Heavy · 8 ran 4/8 18 11-5 11699B Jody McGarvey 7/1
11 May 13+195d Punchestown Follow Punchestown On Facebook Handicap Chase 16f · Yielding · 14 ran 4/14 7 10-4 116115A Alan Crowe 16/1
28 Oct 12+152d Wexford M.W. Hickey Memorial Handicap Chase (0-130) 19f · Good · 15 ran PU/15 — 11-5 116— Mark Walsh 5/1
29 May 12+28d Ballinrobe Hollymount Nursing Home Handicap Chase (0-116) 17f · Good · 11 ran 2/11 2¾ 11-5 113128A Jody McGarvey 7/1
01 May 12+192d Ballinrobe P & D Lydon Plant Hire Handicap Chase (0-123) 17f · Good · 13 ran 2/13 1½ 10-6 110120A Jody McGarvey 7/1
22 Oct 11+10d Galway Renvyle House Hotel Handicap Chase (0-116) 18f · Heavy · 15 ran 8/15 5½ 11-3 11199C Jody McGarvey 8/1
12 Oct 11+45d Punchestown www.punchestown.com For Better Value Handicap Chase (0-130) 20f · Yielding To Soft · 17 ran 2/17 ¾ 10-0 108117A Jody McGarvey 14/1
28 Aug 11+10d Galway Guinness Handicap Chase 18f · Good · 10 ran 4/10 4½ 9-7 107103A B J Cooper 6/1
18 Aug 11+37d Bellewstown Lougher Stables Handicap Hurdle (80-102) 17f · Good To Firm · 9 ran 7/9 2½ 11-7 9799A Alan Crowe 7/2J
12 Jul 11+11d Killarney Mike Cronin Readymix Ltd. Handicap Chase (0-116) 17f · Good · 11 ran 2/11 3 11-0 104117A Alan Crowe 4/1
01 Jul 11+21d Wexford jogforjockeys.ie Handicap Chase (0-109) 19f · Good · 15 ran 2/15 1¾ 11-1 98123A Alan Crowe 4/1
10 Jun 11+269d Wexford Slaney Handicap Chase (0-123) 17f · Good To Firm · 9 ran 1/9 9-11 92106A Alan Crowe 11/2
14 Sep 10+33d Listowel Kerry Petroleum Handicap Chase (0-102) 24f · Good · 18 ran 9/18 7 11-2 9288C Alan Crowe 7/1
12 Aug 10+10d Tramore Brian Griffin Memorial Handicap Chase (0-102) 16f · Firm · 9 ran 2/9 ¾ 11-5 88117A Alan Crowe 11/4
02 Aug 10+83d Naas www.naasracecourse.com Handicap Hurdle (81-109) 16f · Good · 19 ran 1/19 10-7 90116A Alan Crowe 14/1
11 May 10+30d Killarney Cahernane House Hotel Handicap Chase (0-102) 17f · Good · 15 ran 5/15 ¾ 11-1 87108A Alan Crowe 10/1
11 Apr 10+17d Limerick Martinstown Opportunity Handicap Chase (0-116) 19.5f · Soft · 16 ran 10/16 1¾ 9-10 8876A Ian McCarthy 8/1
25 Mar 10+14d Thurles Martinstown Opportunity Handicap Hurdle (80-102) 16f · Soft To Heavy · 12 ran 5/12 9 11-2 9299A Ian McCarthy 7/1
11 Mar 10+36d Clonmel Margaret's 50th Celebration Handicap Chase (0-102) 20f · Soft · 13 ran 3/13 2 10-13 87107A Alan Crowe 12/1
03 Feb 10+34d Down Royal Martinstown Opportunity Handicap Chase (0-102) 20f · Heavy · 9 ran PU/9 — 10-13 89— D G Hogan 7/1
31 Dec 09+21d Punchestown Buy Your Punchestown Annual Membership For 2010 Handicap Chase (0-109) 16f · Heavy · 12 ran 4/12 23 10-12 9083C Alan Crowe 12/1
10 Dec 09+18d Fairyhouse New Years Day At Fairyhouse Handicap Chase (0-102) 21f · Heavy · 16 ran F/16 — 11-1 90— Alan Crowe 14/1
22 Nov 09+18d Navan Irish Stallion Farms E.B.F. Beginners Chase 17f · Heavy · 17 ran 11/17 10 11-12 90105C Alan Crowe 50/1
04 Nov 09+6d Fairyhouse 20% Ticket Discount On Line Beginners Chase 16f · Heavy · 16 ran 5/16 ½ 11-12 —92C Alan Crowe 20/1
29 Oct 09+11d Clonmel Irish Stallion Farms E.B.F Beginners Chase 17f · Soft · 15 ran 9/15 1 11-11 —95C Alan Crowe 25/1
18 Oct 09+179d Naas Kill Hurdle 16f · Good · 11 ran 9/11 2½ 11-5 —86A G Cotter 25/1
22 Apr 09+150d Ballinrobe Michael Jennings Electrical Flat Race 16f · Yielding To Soft · 16 ran PU/16 — 11-11 —— Mr P Roche 7/2
23 Nov 08+25d Navan Irish Stallion Farms Ebf Maiden Hurdle 16f · Heavy · 27 ran 9/27 ½ 11-9 —100C Alan Crowe 33/1
29 Oct 08 Punchestown Tote Sports Lounge Novice Hurdle 16f · Soft To Heavy · 20 ran 18/20 6 10-12 —90C Alan Crowe 20/1

Quick answers

How many races has Good Decision (IRE) won?
Good Decision (IRE) won 3 of 38 archived starts between 2008 and 2014, a strike rate of 7.9%. Placed 11 times in total (28.9% of starts).
Who trained Good Decision (IRE)?
Good Decision (IRE) was trained by C Roche on the most recent run on record, at Listowel on 19 September 2014.
Who is Good Decision (IRE)'s sire?
Good Decision (IRE) is by Kayf Tara (GB) out of Golden (FR), whose sire is Sanglamore.
What going does Good Decision (IRE) prefer?
Good Decision (IRE) has the best record on good to firm going: 2 wins from 6 starts (33.3%). Only going bands with at least three archived starts are read, so this is a direction rather than a settled preference.
What is Good Decision (IRE)'s official rating?
The most recent official rating on record is 100, from the run on 19 September 2014. The highest on record is 116.
What is Good Decision (IRE)'s sire's record?
Kayf Tara (GB)'s progeny in our archive have won 12.6% of 13,740 runs since Jan 2008 (1,148 horses), Flat and jumps together. Strongest on heavy going: 16.2% from 1,708.
Who are Good Decision (IRE)'s siblings?
Out of Golden (FR), Good Decision (IRE) has 6 other produce in our archive, 3 of them winners. Most wins: Strait Of Magellan (IRE) (2). Highest grade won: Class 4 (Floating Ballerino (IRE)). The wins came over 1m–1m4f. As at Oct 2026.

Record shown from October 2008. Our archive holds racing in Great Britain, Ireland and France from January 2005. Runs in other countries are not in it, and earlier runs are not available from our data provider. In-running comments are available from 2024 onward.