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Headscratcher (IRE)

7yo gelding (at last run, Jul 2022) · Last trainer Eugene M O'Sullivan · Last owner William M Osullivan
by Oscar (IRE) out of Springford Hall (IRE) (Ridgewood Ben)
1 run · 1 course · from Jul 2022
As at 4 Nov 2026 · KTB archive: GB, Ireland & France · 2005–present, updated daily
No run recorded since 14 Jul 2022 — 1,574 days ago. Our archive can't say whether the horse is still in training.
Last run Jul 2022
KTB Profile

Headscratcher was lightly raced with one start over hurdles in Jul 2022. The gelding finished unplaced in the Kerry Drain Services Maiden Hurdle at Killarney over 2m1f – 2m4f on good ground. By Oscar, whose progeny in the archive have won 1810 of 16543 runs since Jan 2008. His dam is Springford Hall.

Based on 1 archived run · updated 4 Nov 2026

KTB Speed and Rating

KTB Speed

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 →

Of 1 run looked at, 1 has no figure: did not complete (1).

KTB Speed v1 · batch 15 Sep 2026 · GB & Irish racing only · 0 figures from 1 run · as at 3 Oct 2026 · a record, not a forecast

KTB Rating

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 →

Of 1 run looked at, 1 has no figure: did not complete (or a non-runner row) (1).

KTB Rating v1 · batch 3 Oct 2026 · GB & Irish racing only · 0 figures from 1 run · 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
Oscar (IRE)

Progeny in our archive have won 10.9% of 16,543 runs since Jan 2008 (1,456 horses).

Strongest on standard (aw) going: 18.1% from 105.

GoingRunsWinsSRvs sireThis horse
Firm5858.6%−2.3—
Good to Firm760648.4%−2.5—
Good4,65847910.3%−0.60 from 1
Good to Soft2,80435812.8%+1.9—
Soft5,00654010.8%−0.1—
Heavy3,15234510.9%0—
Standard (AW)1051918.1%+7.2—
Distance (all codes)RunsWinsSRvs sireThis horse
6f – 7f6116.7%+5.8—
1m – 1m1f7228.6%+17.7—
1m2f – 1m4f9088.9%−2—
1m5f – 2m4,43951411.6%+0.7—
2m1f – 2m4f5,91263010.7%−0.20 from 1
2m5f – 3m4,99653710.7%−0.2—
Over 3m1,09311810.8%−0.1—

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
Springford Hall (IRE) (Ridgewood Ben)

No other produce in our archive. It holds racing in Great Britain, Ireland and France from 2005, so siblings racing elsewhere won’t appear here.

Too few runs for meaningful splits. The full record is below.

Form

DateCourseRace PosBtn Wgt SpdKTB Jockey SP
2022 · 1 run
14 Jul 22 Killarney Kerry Drain Services Maiden Hurdle 2m4f · Good · 14 ran F/14 — 10-11 —— Mr Alan O'Sullivan 66/1

Quick answers

How many races has Headscratcher won?
Headscratcher (IRE) has yet to win, from 1 archived start in 2022.
Who trained Headscratcher?
Headscratcher (IRE) was trained by Eugene M O'Sullivan on the most recent run on record, at Killarney on 14 July 2022.
Who is Headscratcher's sire?
Headscratcher (IRE) is by Oscar (IRE) out of Springford Hall (IRE), whose sire is Ridgewood Ben.
What is Headscratcher's sire's record?
Oscar (IRE)'s progeny in our archive have won 10.9% of 16,543 runs since Jan 2008 (1,456 horses), Flat and jumps together. Strongest on standard (aw) going: 18.1% from 105.

Record shown from July 2022. 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.