Handshake (GER)
Handshake (GER) won one of four starts, the success coming in the Irish Stallion Farms EBF Median Auction Maiden at Dundalk (AW) over 1m – 1m1f on standard going in Jan 2026. The colt, by Sea The Moon (GER) out of a Speightstown mare, has raced twice on turf without success. He finished 10 of 14 in a Dundalk (AW) (IRE) handicap off an official rating of 75 in Sep 2026.
- 1–4Wins / Runs
- 25%Strike rate
- 1 (25%)Placed
- −1.50£1 level staken=4 at SP
- 75Highest OR
- 79dAvg between runs
KTB Speed and Rating
Best recent Speed 87
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 →
| Going | Runs | Best | Median | Since 18 Oct 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Standard (AW) | 2 | 87B | 82.5 | 2 · 87 / 82.5 |
| Soft | 1 | — | — | 1 · — |
| Good | 1 | — | — | 1 · — |
| Distance | Runs | Best | Median | Since 18 Oct 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1m2f – 1m4f | 2 | 87B | 64.5 | 2 · 87 / 64.5 |
| 1m5f – 2m | 1 | — | — | 1 · — |
| 1m – 1m1f | 1 | — | — | 1 · — |
KTB Speed v1 · batch 15 Sep 2026 · GB & Irish racing only · 4 figures from 4 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 3 analysed runs
- Held up 2 (67%) · 1 win
- Prominent 1 (33%) · 0 wins
Pedigree intelligence
Progeny in our archive have won 12.1% of 4,524 runs since Jan 2008 (500 horses).
Strongest over 1m5f – 2m (all codes): 15.1% from 802.
| Going | Runs | Wins | SR | vs sire | This horse |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Firm | 10 | 1 | 10% | −2.1 | — |
| Good to Firm | 404 | 51 | 12.6% | +0.5 | — |
| Good | 1,048 | 128 | 12.2% | +0.1 | 0 from 1 |
| Good to Soft | 619 | 85 | 13.7% | +1.6 | — |
| Soft | 860 | 102 | 11.9% | −0.2 | 0 from 1 |
| Heavy | 316 | 39 | 12.3% | +0.2 | — |
| Standard (AW) | 1,267 | 140 | 11% | −1.1 | 1 from 2 |
| Distance (all codes) | Runs | Wins | SR | vs sire | This horse |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Under 6f | 64 | 9 | 14.1% | +2 | — |
| 6f – 7f | 684 | 68 | 9.9% | −2.2 | — |
| 1m – 1m1f | 1,016 | 97 | 9.5% | −2.6 | 1 from 1 |
| 1m2f – 1m4f | 1,527 | 197 | 12.9% | +0.8 | 0 from 2 |
| 1m5f – 2m | 802 | 121 | 15.1% | +3 | 0 from 1 |
| 2m1f – 2m4f | 349 | 49 | 14% | +1.9 | — |
| 2m5f – 3m | 73 | 5 | 6.8% | −5.3 | — |
| Over 3m | 9 | 0 | 0% | −12.1 | — |
Flat and jumps together (all codes) · since Jan 2008 · as at 18 Oct 2026 · rows under 30 runs muted · win % is the measure, a record not a forecast
4 siblings in the archive, 2 winners — best of them Happy To Fly (GER) (1 win).
The wins came over 7f–1m1½f; the highest grade won is Class 5 (Happy To Fly (GER)).
| Produce | Runs | Wins | Win trips | Best grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Happy To Fly (GER) | 7 | 1 | 7f | Class 5 |
| Huancayo (GER) | 1 | 1 | 1m1½f | — |
| Happy Love (GER) | 1 | 0 | — | — |
| Habana (GER) | 1 | 0 | — | — |
Record by conditions
| Going | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Standard (AW) | 2 | 1 | 50% | +0.50 |
| Soft | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Good | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Course | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dundalk (AW) (IRE) | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Roscommon (IRE) | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Leopardstown (IRE) | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Dundalk (AW) | 1 | 1 | 100% | +1.50 |
| Distance | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1m2f – 1m4f | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| 1m5f – 2m | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| 1m – 1m1f | 1 | 1 | 100% | +1.50 |
| Jockey | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Julian Pietropaolo | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Scott McCullagh | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Dylan Browne McMonagle | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| J M Sheridan | 1 | 1 | 100% | +1.50 |
| Headgear | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tongue tie | 3 | 0 | 0% | −3.00 |
| None | 1 | 1 | 100% | +1.50 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 25 Sep 26+25d | Dundalk (AW) (IRE) | Bookings Open For Christmas Parties At Dundalk Stadium Handicap | 10/14 | nk | 8-10 | 75 | 87B | 60A | Julian Pietropaolo | 10/1 |
| 31 Aug 26+39d | Roscommon (IRE) | Lecarrow Race Held up in the pack - unable to make headway from 2f out - well held at the finish | 5/5 | 5½ | 9-7 | — | 42C | 71B | Scott McCullagh | 33/1 |
| 23 Jul 26+174d | Leopardstown (IRE) | Dubai Racing Carnival Rated Race sluggish out of the gates and dropped several lengths at the start - spent the race at the back without threatening - still travelling handy 4f out - sent forward without finding more approaching the straight and faded | 4/4 | 8½ | 9-9 | — | 78C | 63C | Dylan Browne McMonagle | 4/1 |
| 30 Jan 26 | Dundalk (AW) | Irish Stallion Farms EBF Median Auction Maiden Sat just behind the pace - 4th at halfway - pushed along and made ground towards the stands rail 2f out - went up to dispute the lead entering the final furlong - edged clear late to score | 1/14 | 9-8 | — | 78B | 84A | J M Sheridan | 6/4F |
Quick answers
- How many races has Handshake (GER) won?
- Handshake (GER) won 1 of 4 archived starts in 2026, a strike rate of 25%. Placed 1 time in total (25% of starts).
- Who trains Handshake (GER)?
- Handshake (GER) is trained by Joseph Patrick O'Brien, who saddled the horse on its most recent run on 25 September 2026.
- Who is Handshake (GER)'s sire?
- Handshake (GER) is by Sea The Moon (GER) out of Hargeisa (USA), whose sire is Speightstown.
- What is Handshake (GER)'s official rating?
- The most recent official rating on record is 75, from the run on 25 September 2026. That is also the highest on record.
- What is Handshake (GER)'s sire's record?
- Sea The Moon (GER)'s progeny in our archive have won 12.1% of 4,524 runs since Jan 2008 (500 horses), Flat and jumps together. Strongest over 1m5f – 2m (all codes): 15.1% from 802.
- Who are Handshake (GER)'s siblings?
- Out of Hargeisa (USA), Handshake (GER) has 4 other produce in our archive, 2 of them winners. Most wins: Happy To Fly (GER) (1). Highest grade won: Class 5 (Happy To Fly (GER)). The wins came over 7f–1m1½f. As at Oct 2026.