Intense Raffles (FR)
Intense Raffles won the BoyleSports Irish Grand National Chase at Fairyhouse in Apr 2024, a Grade 3 handicap over 3m on heavy ground off an official rating of 140. The gelding has five wins from 21 starts on turf, three of them at Fairyhouse and three on heavy ground. All five wins came between 2m1f and 3m. He finished fifth of 19, racing prominently, at Punchestown in May 2026 when last seen off a mark of 145.
- 5–21Wins / Runs
- 23.8%Strike rate
- 8 (38.1%)Placed
- +5.27£1 level staken=20 at SP
- 1.52Fair A/E n=20 · 1.28 incl. margin
- 157Highest OR
- 84dAvg 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 109
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 25 Oct 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Soft | 5 | 109A | 102 | 2 runs · 102 / 97 |
| Heavy | 3 | 120C | 118 | 1 run · — |
| Good to Soft | 1 | — | — | 1 run · — |
| Distance | Runs | Best | Median | Since 25 Oct 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Over 3m | 6 | 120C | 100.5 | 3 runs · 118 / 92 |
| 2m5f – 3m | 2 | 102C | 93 | 1 run · — |
| 2m1f – 2m4f | 1 | — | — | — |
Of 13 runs looked at, 4 have no figure: did not complete (3) · obstacles omitted — the race ran a shortened course (1).
KTB Speed v1 · batch 15 Sep 2026 · GB & Irish racing only · 9 figures from 13 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 10 analysed runs since Dec 2024
- Prominent 5 (50%) · 0 wins
- Led 2 (20%) · 0 wins
- Mid-division 2 (20%) · 0 wins
- Held up 1 (10%) · 0 wins
Pedigree intelligence
Progeny in our archive have won 14.2% of 7,345 runs since Jan 2008 (723 horses).
Weakest on standard (aw) going: 9.4% from 128. Weakest over 1m – 1m1f (all codes): 10% from 120.
| Going | Runs | Wins | SR | vs sire | This horse |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Firm | 1 | 0 | 0% | −14.2 | — |
| Good to Firm | 70 | 14 | 20% | +5.8 | — |
| Good | 1,272 | 186 | 14.6% | +0.4 | — |
| Good to Soft | 1,025 | 149 | 14.5% | +0.3 | 0 from 3 |
| Soft | 3,136 | 408 | 13% | −1.2 | 2 from 11 |
| Heavy | 1,709 | 272 | 15.9% | +1.7 | 3 from 7 |
| Standard (AW) | 128 | 12 | 9.4% | −4.8 | — |
| Distance (all codes) | Runs | Wins | SR | vs sire | This horse |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Under 6f | 3 | 0 | 0% | −14.2 | — |
| 6f – 7f | 39 | 6 | 15.4% | +1.2 | — |
| 1m – 1m1f | 120 | 12 | 10% | −4.2 | — |
| 1m2f – 1m4f | 269 | 29 | 10.8% | −3.4 | — |
| 1m5f – 2m | 1,521 | 236 | 15.5% | +1.3 | — |
| 2m1f – 2m4f | 3,523 | 516 | 14.6% | +0.4 | 2 from 7 |
| 2m5f – 3m | 1,495 | 204 | 13.6% | −0.6 | 1 from 4 |
| Over 3m | 375 | 40 | 10.7% | −3.5 | 2 from 10 |
Flat and jumps together (all codes) · since Jan 2008 · as at 25 Oct 2026 · rows under 30 runs muted · win % is the measure, a record not a forecast
3 siblings in the archive, 1 winner — best of them Great Raffles (FR) (2 wins).
The wins came over 3m–3m3f; the highest grade won is Class 5 (Great Raffles (FR)).
| Produce | Runs | Wins | Win trips | Best grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Great Raffles (FR) | 25 | 2 | 3m–3m3f | Class 5 |
| Jermyn Raffles (FR) | 6 | 0 | — | — |
| Lady Raffles (FR) | 3 | 0 | — | — |
Record by conditions
| Going | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Soft | 11 | 2 | 18% | +4.30 |
| Heavy | 7 | 3 | 43% | +3.97 |
| Good to Soft | 3 | 0 | 0% | −3.00 |
| Class | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Class 1 | 3 | 0 | 0% | −3.00 |
| Course | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Auteuil (FR) | 7 | 2 | 29% | +1.60 |
| Fairyhouse | 5 | 3 | 60% | +11.67 |
| Navan | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Punchestown | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Gowran Park | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Chepstow | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Newbury | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Clonmel | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Aintree | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Moulins (FR) | 1 | 0 | 0% | — |
| Distance | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Over 3m | 10 | 2 | 20% | −0.83 |
| 2m1f – 2m4f | 7 | 2 | 29% | +2.60 |
| 2m5f – 3m | 4 | 1 | 25% | +3.50 |
| Jockey | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| J J Slevin | 8 | 1 | 13% | −0.50 |
| Mlle Nathalie Desoutter | 7 | 2 | 29% | +1.60 |
| Bryony Frost | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Daryl Jacob | 2 | 2 | 100% | +7.17 |
| Ben Bromley | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Felix De Giles | 1 | 0 | 0% | — |
| Headgear | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| None | 11 | 3 | 27% | +5.67 |
| Tongue tie | 7 | 2 | 29% | +2.60 |
| Cheekpieces | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Tongue tie + cheekpieces | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Season | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 3 | 0 | 0% | −3.00 |
| 2025 | 6 | 0 | 0% | −6.00 |
| 2024 | 4 | 3 | 75% | +12.67 |
| 2023 | 1 | 0 | 0% | — |
| 2022 | 5 | 0 | 0% | −5.00 |
| 2021 | 2 | 2 | 100% | +6.60 |
| Type | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chase | 16 | 3 | 19% | +0.67 |
| Hurdle | 5 | 2 | 40% | +4.60 |
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 · 3 runs | ||||||||||
| 02 May 26+70d | Punchestown | DAR Golf Handicap Chase (0-145) Handy early up with the front group - fourth at halfway - driven but made no dent on those in front 3 out - sixth 2 out - couldn't quicken and held on for fifth | 5/19 | 9 | 11-12 | 145 | 92B | 132A | J J Slevin | 33/1 |
| 21 Feb 26+30d | Fairyhouse | BAR 1 Betting Bobbyjo Chase (Grade 3) Went straight to front before giving way after the first - settled just behind the pace - still in second at halfway - dropped away 2 out and faded from there - scrambled over the last | 6/9 | 13 | 11-0 | 148 | 118C | 122C | J J Slevin | 11/1 |
| 22 Jan 26+26d | Gowran Park | Goffs Thyestes Handicap Chase (Grade 3) Sat close to the pace early - faded from midfield 5 out and slipped towards the back - drifted right 3 out then pulled up before 2 out | PU/18 | — | 11-11 | 151 | — | — | J J Slevin | 9/1 |
| 2025 · 6 runs | ||||||||||
| 27 Dec 25+28d | Chepstow | Coral Welsh Grand National Handicap Chase (Premier Handicap) (GBB Race) Settled in the pack early - lost touch and slipped towards the back by the 8th - pulled up at the 15th | PU/17 | — | 12-0 | 155 | — | — | Bryony Frost | 33/1 |
| 29 Nov 25+23d | Newbury | Coral Gold Cup Handicap Chase (Premier Handicap) (GBB Race) Settled in the pack early - driven up into fifth approaching 4 out - hit the third-last and dropped away - finished well held in 8th | 8/24 | 2½ | 11-7 | 157 | 90B | 139A | Ben Bromley | 50/1 |
| 06 Nov 25+215d | Clonmel | Clonmel Oil Chase (Grade 2) Settled behind the front group early - faded towards the back before halfway and made no headway until fading further out - improved into third after two out and stayed on at the same rate to finish | 3/4 | 9 | 11-3 | 156 | 102C | 127B | J J Slevin | 12/1 |
| 05 Apr 25+42d | Aintree | Randox Grand National Handicap Chase (Premier Handicap) (GBB Race) Poor jumping from the off - towards the back - stumbled at the 1st and bumped at the 3rd - clipped the fence at the 6th before being pulled up ahead of the 17th | PU/34 | — | 10-10 | 151 | — | — | J J Slevin | 14/1 |
| 22 Feb 25+35d | Fairyhouse | Follow ToteRacing On Twitter Bobbyjo Chase (Grade 3) Sent to front from 3rd - held advantage into the straight - overtaken 2f out despite urging - battled on for second run-in | 2/6 | ¾ | 11-3 | 151 | 109A | 143B | J J Slevin | 11/4 |
| 18 Jan 25+42d | Navan | Navan Handicap Hurdle Sat close up early - hit the front from the 3rd and shared command - overtaken 5 out and dropped away quickly - held no more in reserve finishing well beaten in 14th | 14/19 | ½ | 11-13 | 141 | 104B | 131A | J J Slevin | 12/1 |
| 2024 · 4 runs | ||||||||||
| 07 Dec 24+250d | Navan | Bective Stud, Tea Rooms & Apartments Handicap Hurdle (Listed) Sat close to the pace early - pushed along and slipped back to 13th two out - 10th approaching the last then held with no gain to finish 9th | 9/20 | 4¾ | 11-12 | 141 | — | 134A | Bryony Frost | 16/1 |
| 01 Apr 24+37d | Fairyhouse | BoyleSports Irish Grand National Chase (Extended Handicap Chase) (Grade 3) | 1/20 | 11-4 | 140 | 46B | 152A | J J Slevin | 13/2 | |
| 24 Feb 24+42d | Fairyhouse | Book Your Advanced Tickets Rated Novice Chase | 1/4 | 11-6 | 127 | 120C | 143C | Daryl Jacob | 4/6F | |
| 13 Jan 24+118d | Fairyhouse | Irish Stallion Farms Ebf Rated Novice Chase | 1/6 | 11-6 | 117 | 84A | 131B | Daryl Jacob | 13/2 | |
| 2023 · 1 run | ||||||||||
| 17 Sep 23+309d | Moulins (FR) | Prix du Club des Coyotes (Prix du Nivernais) (Hurdle) (Conditions) (Turf) | 7/8 | 2½ | 10-9 | — | — | — | Felix De Giles | — |
| 2022 · 5 runs | ||||||||||
| 12 Nov 22+18d | Auteuil (FR) | Prix Coq Gaulois (Chase) (AQPS Conditions) (4yo) (Turf) | 5/7 | 7 | 11-5 | — | — | — | Mlle Nathalie Desoutter | 54/10 |
| 25 Oct 22+21d | Auteuil (FR) | Prix Adrien Besnouin (Chase) (AQPS Conditions) (4yo) (Turf) | 3/4 | ½ | 11-0 | — | — | — | Mlle Nathalie Desoutter | 19/10 |
| 04 Oct 22+168d | Auteuil (FR) | Prix Fezensac (Chase) (Conditions) (4yo) (Turf) | 4/9 | 14 | 10-12 | — | — | — | Mlle Nathalie Desoutter | 29/10 |
| 19 Apr 22+23d | Auteuil (FR) | Prix Rene Couetil (Chase) (AQPS Conditions) (4yo) (Turf) | 2/8 | 5 | 10-6 | — | — | — | Mlle Nathalie Desoutter | 8/5F |
| 27 Mar 22+149d | Auteuil (FR) | Prix Mitsouko III (Chase) (AQPS Conditions) (4yo) (Turf) | 2/9 | 13 | 10-3 | — | — | — | Mlle Nathalie Desoutter | 8/5F |
| 2021 · 2 runs | ||||||||||
| 29 Oct 21+38d | Auteuil (FR) | Prix Lusignan (Hurdle) (Conditions) (3yo Colts & Geldings) (Turf) | 1/9 | 10-10 | — | — | — | Mlle Nathalie Desoutter | 4/5F | |
| 21 Sep 21 | Auteuil (FR) | Prix Isopani (Hurdle) (AQPS Conditions) (3yo unraced over obstacles) (Turf) | 1/13 | 10-1 | — | — | — | Mlle Nathalie Desoutter | 58/10 | |
Quick answers
- How many races has Intense Raffles won?
- Intense Raffles (FR) won 5 of 21 archived starts between 2021 and 2026, a strike rate of 23.8%. Placed 8 times in total (38.1% of starts).
- Who trains Intense Raffles?
- Intense Raffles (FR) is trained by Thomas Gibney, who saddled the horse on its most recent run on 2 May 2026.
- Who is Intense Raffles's sire?
- Intense Raffles (FR) is by Martaline (GB) out of Une Artiste (FR), whose sire is Alberto Giacometti.
- What going does Intense Raffles prefer?
- Intense Raffles (FR) has the best record on heavy going: 3 wins from 7 starts (42.9%). Only going bands with at least three archived starts are read, so this is a direction rather than a settled preference.
- What is Intense Raffles's official rating?
- The most recent official rating on record is 145, from the run on 2 May 2026. The highest on record is 157.
- What is Intense Raffles's sire's record?
- Martaline (GB)'s progeny in our archive have won 14.2% of 7,345 runs since Jan 2008 (723 horses), Flat and jumps together. Weakest on standard (aw) going: 9.4% from 128. Weakest over 1m – 1m1f (all codes): 10% from 120.
- Who are Intense Raffles's siblings?
- Out of Une Artiste (FR), Intense Raffles (FR) has 3 other produce in our archive, 1 of them a winner. Most wins: Great Raffles (FR) (2). Highest grade won: Class 5 (Great Raffles (FR)). The wins came over 3m–3m3f. As at Oct 2026.