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Horse profile

Iontach Cheval (GB)

9yo gelding (at last run, Feb 2025) · Last trainer Alastair Ralph · Last owner Rskm Bloodstock
by Dunaden (FR) out of Dancing Emily (IRE) (Anshan)
17 runs · 10 courses · from Nov 2020
As at 5 Nov 2026 · KTB archive: GB, Ireland & France · 2005–present, updated daily
No run recorded since 21 Feb 2025 — 621 days ago. Our archive can't say whether the horse is still in training.
Last run Feb 2025 · 6th of 11 3 wins · Warwick, Uttoxeter & Bangor-on-Dee Last raced off OR 95
KTB Profile

Iontach Cheval won three of 17 starts on turf, all over 1m5f – 2m. His wins came in a Class 5 bumper at Bangor-on-Dee on good ground in Apr 2021, a Class 4 novices hurdle at Uttoxeter on good ground in Nov 2021 and a Class 4 handicap hurdle at Warwick on good to soft ground in Nov 2022 off a mark of 110. The gelding, aged 9 at his last run in Feb 2025, finished sixth of 11 in a Class 4 handicap hurdle at Warwick off an official rating of 95.

Based on 17 archived runs · run-style from 4 commented runs since Nov 2024 · updated 5 Nov 2026
KTB at a glance OR ↓ 19lb off peak
Official rating95↓ 19lb off peak
95 95–114

KTB Speed and Rating

KTB Speed

Best recent Speed 139 the best of the last 3 graded (A or B) runs · Warwick, 5 Nov 2024

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 →

Jumps 10 figures · best 139A · median 86.5
GoingRunsBestMedianSince 5 Nov 2025
Good to Soft587C79—
Good3139A111—
Soft288A81.5—
DistanceRunsBestMedianSince 5 Nov 2025
1m5f – 2m8139A87.5—
2m1f – 2m4f1———
2m5f – 3m1———

Of 17 runs looked at, 7 have no figure: not enough races on the card to set the day (under 4) (3) · obstacles omitted — the race ran a shortened course (3) · did not complete (1).

KTB Speed v1 · batch 15 Sep 2026 · GB & Irish racing only · 10 figures from 17 runs · as at 3 Oct 2026 · a record, not a forecast

KTB Rating

Best recent KTB Rating 93C the best of the last 3 rated runs · Uttoxeter, 31 Dec 2024 Official rating 95 at the last run, 21 Feb 2025

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 →

Jumps 16 figures · best 133A · median 101.5
GoingRunsBestMedianSince 5 Nov 2025
Good to Soft6127A97.5—
Good6133A112.5—
Soft3116A100—
Heavy1———
DistanceRunsBestMedianSince 5 Nov 2025
1m5f – 2m11133A112—
2m1f – 2m4f3104A100—
2m5f – 3m299C96—

Of 17 runs 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 · 16 figures from 17 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 from 4 analysed runs since Nov 2024

  • Prominent 2 (50%) · 0 wins
  • Held up 1 (25%) · 0 wins
  • Mid-division 1 (25%) · 0 wins

Pedigree intelligence

Sire
Dunaden (FR)

Progeny in our archive have won 9.7% of 631 runs since Jul 2018 (69 horses).

Strongest on soft going: 15.7% from 102.

GoingRunsWinsSRvs sireThis horse
Firm6116.7%+7—
Good to Firm6457.8%−1.9—
Good1972110.7%+12 from 6
Good to Soft12297.4%−2.31 from 7
Soft1021615.7%+60 from 3
Heavy3300%−9.70 from 1
Standard (AW)10798.4%−1.3—
Distance (all codes)RunsWinsSRvs sireThis horse
Under 6f200%−9.7—
6f – 7f2700%−9.7—
1m – 1m1f5958.5%−1.2—
1m2f – 1m4f11187.2%−2.5—
1m5f – 2m2553011.8%+2.13 from 11
2m1f – 2m4f1271411%+1.30 from 4
2m5f – 3m4237.1%−2.60 from 2
Over 3m8112.5%+2.8—

Flat and jumps together (all codes) · since Jul 2018 · as at 4 Nov 2026 · rows under 30 runs muted · win % is the measure, a record not a forecast

Dam
Dancing Emily (IRE) (Anshan)

5 siblings in the archive, 2 winners — best of them Marty Byrde (GB) (1 win).

The wins came over 2m–2m5½f; the highest grade won is Class 4 (Marty Byrde (GB)).

ProduceRunsWinsWin tripsBest grade
Marty Byrde (GB)712m5½fClass 4
Jack's A Legend (GB)2212mClass 5
Emilyfromtheknoll (GB)10——
Wendy Byrde (GB)10——
Sea Shed (GB)10——

Record by conditions

GoingRunsWinsSR£1
Good to Soft 7 1 14% +6.00
Good 6 2 33% +46.00
Soft 3 0 0% −3.00
Heavy 1 0 0% −1.00

ClassRunsWinsSR£1
Class 4 9 2 22% +15.00
Class 5 6 1 17% +35.00
Class 3 2 0 0% −2.00

CourseRunsWinsSR£1
Warwick 3 1 33% +10.00
Uttoxeter 2 1 50% +9.00
Ludlow 2 0 0% −2.00
Bangor-on-Dee 2 1 50% +39.00
Huntingdon 2 0 0% −2.00
Doncaster 2 0 0% −2.00
Sandown 1 0 0% −1.00
Cheltenham 1 0 0% −1.00
Worcester 1 0 0% −1.00
Hereford 1 0 0% −1.00

DistanceRunsWinsSR£1
1m5f – 2m 11 3 27% +54.00
2m1f – 2m4f 4 0 0% −4.00
2m5f – 3m 2 0 0% −2.00

JockeyRunsWinsSR£1
Jonathan Burke 6 1 17% +7.00
Nick Scholfield 3 1 33% +8.00
Murray Dodd 2 0 0% −2.00
Alex Edwards 2 0 0% −2.00
David Noonan 1 0 0% −1.00
Sean Bowen 1 0 0% −1.00
Jack Tudor 1 1 100% +40.00
Lee Edwards 1 0 0% −1.00

HeadgearRunsWinsSR£1
None 14 3 21% +51.00
Blinkers 2 0 0% −2.00
Hood 1 0 0% −1.00

SeasonRunsWinsSR£1
2025 1 0 0% −1.00
2024 5 0 0% −5.00
2023 2 0 0% −2.00
2022 4 1 25% +9.00
2021 4 2 50% +48.00
2020 1 0 0% −1.00

TypeRunsWinsSR£1
Hurdle 14 2 14% +10.00
NH Flat 3 1 33% +38.00

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 ORSpdKTB Jockey SP
2025 · 1 run
21 Feb 25+52d Warwick JCB Hydradig Handicap Hurdle Class 4 · 2m3f · Soft · 11 ran Settled towards the back on the wide side - made no impression - finished sixth well beaten 6/11 1¼ 10-6 9575C83C Murray Dodd 22/1
2024 · 5 runs
31 Dec 24+36d Uttoxeter Higgy's 70th Birthday Bash Handicap Hurdle Class 5 · 2m7½f · Good To Soft · 14 ran Prominent early - a jumping error cost ground and dropped back to 8th - out of contention before 3 out 8/14 3¾ 11-7 9871C93C Murray Dodd 25/1
25 Nov 24+20d Ludlow Flowfit Handicap Hurdle Class 5 · 2m · Good To Soft · 7 ran Settled prominent early - jumped awkwardly at 4th and slipped back through the field - asked for effort but found nothing and well beaten by 3 out 7/7 2¼ 12-0 10073C87C Jonathan Burke 7/2
05 Nov 24+251d Warwick TrustATrader Approved & Reviewed Tradespeople Handicap Hurdle Class 5 · 2m · Good · 9 ran Held a midpack spot wide - jumped awkwardly and needed urging at the 5th before rallying to make late inroads over the last two obstacles - finished the trip in fourth without further gain 4/9 5½ 12-0 102139A112A Jonathan Burke 9/4F
28 Feb 24+34d Bangor-on-Dee Bangor-On-Dee Handicap Hurdle Class 4 · 2m7f · Heavy · 6 ran 5/6 6 11-5 106—99C Jonathan Burke 16/1
25 Jan 24+41d Huntingdon Full Circle Series At Punchestown Festival Handicap Hurdle Class 4 · 2m4½f · Good To Soft · 15 ran PU/15 — 11-13 109—— David Noonan 28/1
2023 · 2 runs
15 Dec 23+33d Doncaster Polypipe Handicap Hurdle Class 4 · 2m½f · Good To Soft · 14 ran 9/14 1¾ 11-10 11187C99C Nick Scholfield 13/2
12 Nov 23+338d Sandown Sri Lanka - The Jewel Of Asia Handicap Hurdle Class 3 · 2m · Soft · 10 ran 3/10 11 11-0 11288A116A Jonathan Burke 25/1
2022 · 4 runs
09 Dec 22+38d Cheltenham Catesby Estates Handicap Hurdle Class 3 · 2m1f · Good · 9 ran 8/9 2½ 10-5 114—104A Sean Bowen 11/1
01 Nov 22+196d Warwick Jewson Coventry Handicap Hurdle Class 4 · 2m · Good To Soft · 12 ran 1/12 11-9 110—127A Jonathan Burke 12/1
19 Apr 22+38d Worcester Royal Equestrian Bedding Novices' Handicap Hurdle (GBB Race) Class 4 · 2m · Good · 7 ran 4/7 3¾ 11-10 112—113B Jonathan Burke 9/1
12 Mar 22+80d Hereford Cazoo Novices' Hurdle (GBB Race) Class 4 · 2m3½f · Soft · 7 ran 3/7 33 11-4 ——100C Alex Edwards 9/1
2021 · 4 runs
22 Dec 21+39d Ludlow Tanners Prosecco 'National Hunt' Novices' Hurdle (GBB Race) Class 4 · 2m · Good To Soft · 15 ran 8/15 1¼ 11-5 —79C98C Nick Scholfield 11/2
13 Nov 21+210d Uttoxeter Marston's Pedigree Novices' Hurdle (GBB Race) Class 4 · 2m · Good · 8 ran 1/8 10-12 —89A126A Nick Scholfield 10/1
17 Apr 21+41d Bangor-on-Dee Bryn Y Pys Standard NH Flat Race (Conditional Jockeys' And Amateur Riders' Race) (GBB Race) Class 5 · 2m½f · Good · 12 ran 1/12 11-1 ——133A Jack Tudor 40/1
07 Mar 21+100d Huntingdon Racing TV Standard Open NH Flat Race (GBB Race) Class 5 · 2m · Good To Soft · 16 ran 10/16 2¾ 11-2 —86B97A Lee Edwards 50/1
2020 · 1 run
27 Nov 20 Doncaster Visit attheraces.com Standard NH Flat Race (Conditionals And Amateurs) (GBB Race) Class 5 · 2m½f · Good · 12 ran 6/12 1½ 11-1 —111A103A Alex Edwards 5/1

Quick answers

How many races has Iontach Cheval won?
Iontach Cheval (GB) won 3 of 17 archived starts between 2020 and 2025, a strike rate of 17.6%. Placed 4 times in total (23.5% of starts).
Who trained Iontach Cheval?
Iontach Cheval (GB) was trained by Alastair Ralph on the most recent run on record, at Warwick on 21 February 2025.
Who is Iontach Cheval's sire?
Iontach Cheval (GB) is by Dunaden (FR) out of Dancing Emily (IRE), whose sire is Anshan.
What going does Iontach Cheval prefer?
Iontach Cheval (GB) has the best record on good 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 Iontach Cheval's official rating?
The most recent official rating on record is 95, from the run on 21 February 2025. The highest on record is 114.
What is Iontach Cheval's sire's record?
Dunaden (FR)'s progeny in our archive have won 9.7% of 631 runs since Jul 2018 (69 horses), Flat and jumps together. Strongest on soft going: 15.7% from 102.
Who are Iontach Cheval's siblings?
Out of Dancing Emily (IRE), Iontach Cheval (GB) has 5 other produce in our archive, 2 of them winners. Most wins: Marty Byrde (GB) (1). Highest grade won: Class 4 (Marty Byrde (GB)). The wins came over 2m–2m5½f. As at Nov 2026.

Record shown from November 2020. 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.