Highland Charge (IRE)
Highland Charge won four of 17 starts on turf all on soft going including the Grade 3 Bar One Racing Kingsfurze Novice Hurdle at Naas in Mar 2022. Three of those wins came over 1m5f to 2m and the fourth came in the Writech Handicap Hurdle at Kilbeggan over 2m1f to 2m4f in Jul 2023. The gelding aged 9 at his last run in Nov 2024 finished 24 of 24 at Fairyhouse when headgear returned and he raced off an official rating of 130.
- 4–17Wins / Runs
- 23.5%Strike rate
- 6 (35.3%)Placed
- +24.00£1 level staken=17 at SP
- 2.28Fair A/E n=17 · 1.87 incl. margin
- 139Highest OR
- 91dAvg between runs
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.
KTB Speed and Rating
Best recent Speed 134
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 27 Oct 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Soft | 10 | 134A | 83.5 | — |
| Heavy | 1 | — | — | — |
| Good to Soft | 1 | — | — | — |
| Distance | Runs | Best | Median | Since 27 Oct 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2m1f – 2m4f | 6 | 134A | 78.5 | — |
| 1m5f – 2m | 4 | 122B | 95.5 | — |
| 2m5f – 3m | 2 | 117A | 88.5 | — |
Of 17 runs looked at, 5 have no figure: not enough races on the card to set the day (under 4) (3) · did not complete (1) · obstacles omitted — the race ran a shortened course (1).
KTB Speed v1 · batch 15 Sep 2026 · GB & Irish racing only · 12 figures from 17 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.
Pedigree intelligence
Progeny in our archive have won 12.5% of 6,208 runs since Jan 2008 (504 horses).
| Going | Runs | Wins | SR | vs sire | This horse |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Good to Firm | 48 | 9 | 18.8% | +6.3 | — |
| Good | 1,836 | 248 | 13.5% | +1 | — |
| Good to Soft | 1,346 | 156 | 11.6% | −0.9 | 0 from 1 |
| Soft | 2,098 | 255 | 12.2% | −0.3 | 4 from 13 |
| Heavy | 846 | 105 | 12.4% | −0.1 | 0 from 3 |
| Standard (AW) | 32 | 1 | 3.1% | −9.4 | — |
| Distance (all codes) | Runs | Wins | SR | vs sire | This horse |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6f – 7f | 5 | 0 | 0% | −12.5 | — |
| 1m – 1m1f | 11 | 0 | 0% | −12.5 | — |
| 1m2f – 1m4f | 30 | 1 | 3.3% | −9.2 | — |
| 1m5f – 2m | 1,813 | 225 | 12.4% | −0.1 | 3 from 6 |
| 2m1f – 2m4f | 2,337 | 305 | 13.1% | +0.6 | 1 from 8 |
| 2m5f – 3m | 1,668 | 210 | 12.6% | +0.1 | 0 from 3 |
| Over 3m | 344 | 34 | 9.9% | −2.6 | — |
Flat and jumps together (all codes) · since Jan 2008 · as at 27 Oct 2026 · rows under 30 runs muted · win % is the measure, a record not a forecast
6 siblings in the archive, 5 winners — best of them Do Your Job (IRE) (7 wins).
The wins came over 2m–2m7f; the highest grade won is Grade 2 (Do Your Job (IRE)).
| Produce | Runs | Wins | Win trips | Best grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Do Your Job (IRE) | 32 | 7 | 2m–2m4½f | Grade 2 |
| Hunters Yarn (IRE) | 20 | 6 | 2m–2m1½f | Listed |
| Down Ace (IRE) | 19 | 6 | 2m–2m4f | Listed |
| Ballytober (GB) | 26 | 4 | 2m–2m7f | Class 3 |
| Draytonian (IRE) | 9 | 2 | 2m | Class 3 |
| Flew The Nest (IRE) | 8 | 0 | — | — |
Record by conditions
| Going | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Soft | 13 | 4 | 31% | +28.00 |
| Heavy | 3 | 0 | 0% | −3.00 |
| Good to Soft | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Class | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Class 1 | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Course | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fairyhouse | 5 | 1 | 20% | +8.00 |
| Naas | 5 | 2 | 40% | +8.00 |
| Navan | 3 | 0 | 0% | −3.00 |
| Galway | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Kilbeggan | 1 | 1 | 100% | +14.00 |
| Cheltenham | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Leopardstown | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Distance | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2m1f – 2m4f | 8 | 1 | 13% | +7.00 |
| 1m5f – 2m | 6 | 3 | 50% | +20.00 |
| 2m5f – 3m | 3 | 0 | 0% | −3.00 |
| Jockey | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sean Flanagan | 4 | 2 | 50% | +9.00 |
| Conor McNamara | 3 | 0 | 0% | −3.00 |
| B J Cooper | 3 | 0 | 0% | −3.00 |
| Neil Ryan | 2 | 1 | 50% | +13.00 |
| Mr Pat Taaffe | 2 | 1 | 50% | +11.00 |
| Liam McKenna | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Sam Ewing | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Denis O'Regan | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Headgear | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| None | 14 | 3 | 21% | +25.00 |
| Tongue tie | 3 | 1 | 33% | −1.00 |
| Season | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| 2023 | 7 | 1 | 14% | +8.00 |
| 2022 | 3 | 2 | 67% | +10.00 |
| 2021 | 4 | 0 | 0% | −4.00 |
| 2020 | 1 | 1 | 100% | +12.00 |
| Type | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hurdle | 11 | 3 | 27% | +17.00 |
| Chase | 4 | 0 | 0% | −4.00 |
| NH Flat | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Flat | 1 | 1 | 100% | +12.00 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 · 2 runs | ||||||||||
| 30 Nov 24+307d | Fairyhouse | Roganstown Hotel & Country Club 20th Anniversary Handicap Hurdle (80-130) Off the pace from the start - lost touch with the field before 4 out - well held to the finish | 24/24 | 43 | 12-0 | 130 | 20C | 123C | Conor McNamara | 80/1 |
| 28 Jan 24+50d | Naas | Clinton Higgins Chartered Accountants Novice Handicap Chase | 6/7 | 50 | 11-10 | 128 | 50C | 114C | Conor McNamara | 20/1 |
| 2023 · 7 runs | ||||||||||
| 09 Dec 23+126d | Navan | Durnin Workshop Beginners Chase | 5/7 | 79 | 11-12 | — | — | 117C | Conor McNamara | 66/1 |
| 05 Aug 23+22d | Galway | Boylesports Handicap Hurdle (Listed) | 5/16 | 6½ | 11-0 | 137 | — | 116A | Neil Ryan | 20/1 |
| 14 Jul 23+95d | Kilbeggan | Writech Handicap Hurdle | 1/10 | 11-6 | 131 | 134A | 146A | Neil Ryan | 14/1 | |
| 10 Apr 23+24d | Fairyhouse | Fairyhouse Steel Handicap Hurdle (0-140) | 13/19 | 3½ | 11-3 | 134 | 60C | 108C | Liam McKenna | 40/1 |
| 17 Mar 23+33d | Cheltenham | McCoy Contractors County Handicap Hurdle (Premier Handicap) (GBB Race) | 16/24 | 4¾ | 10-12 | 139 | 81B | 120A | Sam Ewing | 125/1 |
| 12 Feb 23+29d | Navan | William Hill Boyne Hurdle (Grade 2) | 8/8 | 2¾ | 11-6 | 138 | 117A | 123A | Sean Flanagan | 50/1 |
| 14 Jan 23+24d | Fairyhouse | Irish Stallion Farms EBF Beginners Chase | PU/5 | — | 11-12 | — | — | — | B J Cooper | 7/2 |
| 2022 · 3 runs | ||||||||||
| 21 Dec 22+283d | Fairyhouse | Irish Stallion Farms EBF Beginners Chase | 3/5 | 6 | 11-12 | — | — | 124B | B J Cooper | 11/1 |
| 13 Mar 22+14d | Naas | Bar One Racing Kingsfurze Novice Hurdle (Grade 3) | 1/8 | 11-1 | — | 105A | 132A | Sean Flanagan | 10/1 | |
| 27 Feb 22+63d | Naas | Festival Trials Day Maiden Hurdle (Div 1) | 1/17 | 11-12 | — | 122B | 146A | Sean Flanagan | EvensF | |
| 2021 · 4 runs | ||||||||||
| 26 Dec 21+22d | Leopardstown | Thorntons Recycling Maiden Hurdle | 2/18 | 8 | 12-0 | — | 86B | 133A | Sean Flanagan | 22/1 |
| 04 Dec 21+28d | Navan | Kilberry Pub & Kitchen Maiden Hurdle (Div 2) | 2/17 | 8 | 12-0 | — | 93B | 123A | Denis O'Regan | 7/2 |
| 06 Nov 21+251d | Naas | Betvictor Irish Ebf Maiden Hurdle | 6/14 | 1¾ | 12-0 | — | 76B | 109A | B J Cooper | 15/8 |
| 28 Feb 21+92d | Naas | Paddy Power (Pro/Am) Flat Race | 4/6 | 5½ | 11-6 | — | 45A | 109B | Mr Pat Taaffe | 9/4 |
| 2020 · 1 run | ||||||||||
| 28 Nov 20 | Fairyhouse | Willie Elliott Memorial (Pro/Am) Flat Race | 1/7 | 11-9 | — | — | 78C | Mr Pat Taaffe | 12/1 | |
Quick answers
- How many races has Highland Charge won?
- Highland Charge (IRE) won 4 of 17 archived starts between 2020 and 2024, a strike rate of 23.5%. Placed 6 times in total (35.3% of starts).
- Who trained Highland Charge?
- Highland Charge (IRE) was trained by E McNamara on the most recent run on record, at Fairyhouse on 30 November 2024.
- Who is Highland Charge's sire?
- Highland Charge (IRE) is by Fame And Glory (GB) out of Full Of Birds (FR), whose sire is Epervier Bleu.
- What going does Highland Charge prefer?
- Highland Charge (IRE) has the best record on soft going: 4 wins from 13 starts (30.8%). Only going bands with at least three archived starts are read, so this is a direction rather than a settled preference.
- What is Highland Charge's official rating?
- The most recent official rating on record is 130, from the run on 30 November 2024. The highest on record is 139.
- What is Highland Charge's sire's record?
- Fame And Glory (GB)'s progeny in our archive have won 12.5% of 6,208 runs since Jan 2008 (504 horses), Flat and jumps together.
- Who are Highland Charge's siblings?
- Out of Full Of Birds (FR), Highland Charge (IRE) has 6 other produce in our archive, 5 of them winners. Most wins: Do Your Job (IRE) (7). Highest grade won: Grade 2 (Do Your Job (IRE)). The wins came over 2m–2m7f. As at Oct 2026.