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Horse profile

Is Fantastic (IRE)

6yo mare (at last run, Nov 2022) · Last trainer Miss Hilary McLoughlin · Last owner Gold Blue Syndicate
by Arcano (IRE) out of Phoebe Van Gelder (IRE) (Choisir)
24 runs · 11 courses · from Jul 2019
As at 5 Nov 2026 · KTB archive: GB, Ireland & France · 2005–present, updated daily
No run recorded since 16 Nov 2022 — 1,449 days ago. Our archive can't say whether the horse is still in training.
Last run Nov 2022 · 13th of 14 Last raced off OR 50
KTB Profile

Is Fantastic is a maiden who won none of 24 starts and placed three times between Jul 2019 and Nov 2022. Her best effort came when second of 15 at Killarney in Jul 2021. The mare, by Arcano out of a Choisir mare, raced on turf in 22 of those starts and on all weather in two. She finished 13 of 14 at Dundalk in Nov 2022 when last raced off OR 50, 12lb below her highest ever mark.

Based on 24 archived runs · updated 5 Nov 2026
KTB at a glance OR ↓ 12lb off peak
Official rating50↓ 12lb off peak
50 44–62

KTB Speed and Rating

KTB Speed

Best recent Speed 95 the best of the last 3 graded (A or B) runs · Killarney, 13 Jul 2022

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 →

Flat 22 figures · best 97C · median 77
GoingRunsBestMedianSince 5 Nov 2025
Good1197C84—
Soft783C62—
Standard (AW)277B75—
Good to Firm1———
Good to Soft1———
DistanceRunsBestMedianSince 5 Nov 2025
1m – 1m1f1697C77—
6f – 7f483C81.5—
1m2f – 1m4f267C62—

Of 24 runs looked at, 2 have no figure: not enough races on the card to set the day (under 4) (1) · obstacles omitted — the race ran a shortened course (1).

KTB Speed v1 · batch 15 Sep 2026 · GB & Irish racing only · 22 figures from 24 runs · as at 3 Oct 2026 · a record, not a forecast

KTB Rating

Best recent KTB Rating (flat) 67A the best of the last 3 rated runs · Gowran Park, 10 Aug 2022 Official rating 50 at the last flat run, 16 Nov 2022

Best recent KTB Rating (jumps) 78C the best of the last 2 rated runs · Thurles, 3 Nov 2022

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 →

Flat 22 figures · best 81A · median 61
GoingRunsBestMedianSince 5 Nov 2025
Good1181A67—
Soft772A59—
Standard (AW)239C37—
Good to Firm1———
Good to Soft1———
DistanceRunsBestMedianSince 5 Nov 2025
1m – 1m1f1681A65—
6f – 7f469A58.5—
1m2f – 1m4f256C54—
Jumps 2 figures · best 78C · median 75.5
GoingRunsBestMedianSince 5 Nov 2025
Soft1———
Heavy1———
DistanceRunsBestMedianSince 5 Nov 2025
1m5f – 2m278C75.5—

KTB Rating v1 · batch 3 Oct 2026 · GB & Irish racing only · 24 figures from 24 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 is derived from in-running commentary, which our data provider does not supply for this horse's races.

Pedigree intelligence

Sire
Arcano (IRE)

Progeny in our archive have won 10.6% of 4,647 runs since Apr 2014 (262 horses).

Weakest over 2m1f – 2m4f (all codes): 6.8% from 147.

GoingRunsWinsSRvs sireThis horse
Firm18211.1%+0.5—
Good to Firm74510013.4%+2.80 from 1
Good1,006929.1%−1.50 from 11
Good to Soft516479.1%−1.50 from 1
Soft661548.2%−2.40 from 8
Heavy2082813.5%+2.90 from 1
Standard (AW)1,49217111.5%+0.90 from 2
Distance (all codes)RunsWinsSRvs sireThis horse
Under 6f5336311.8%+1.2—
6f – 7f1,72917310%−0.60 from 4
1m – 1m1f91310211.2%+0.60 from 16
1m2f – 1m4f83410112.1%+1.50 from 2
1m5f – 2m425399.2%−1.40 from 2
2m1f – 2m4f147106.8%−3.8—
2m5f – 3m58610.3%−0.3—
Over 3m800%−10.6—

Flat and jumps together (all codes) · since Apr 2014 · as at 4 Nov 2026 · rows under 30 runs muted · win % is the measure, a record not a forecast

Dam
Phoebe Van Gelder (IRE) (Choisir)

1 sibling in the archive, 0 winners.

ProduceRunsWinsWin tripsBest grade
Sarah Kate (IRE)120——

Record by conditions

GoingRunsWinsSR£1
Good 11 0 0% −11.00
Soft 8 0 0% −8.00
Standard (AW) 2 0 0% −2.00
Good to Firm 1 0 0% −1.00
Good to Soft 1 0 0% −1.00
Heavy 1 0 0% −1.00

ClassRunsWinsSR£1
Class 4 1 0 0% −1.00

CourseRunsWinsSR£1
Gowran Park 5 0 0% −5.00
Cork 5 0 0% −5.00
Killarney 3 0 0% −3.00
Dundalk (AW) 2 0 0% −2.00
Thurles 2 0 0% −2.00
Tipperary 2 0 0% −2.00
Naas 1 0 0% −1.00
Perth 1 0 0% −1.00
Roscommon 1 0 0% −1.00
Galway 1 0 0% −1.00
Fairyhouse 1 0 0% −1.00

DistanceRunsWinsSR£1
1m – 1m1f 16 0 0% −16.00
6f – 7f 4 0 0% −4.00
1m5f – 2m 2 0 0% −2.00
1m2f – 1m4f 2 0 0% −2.00

JockeyRunsWinsSR£1
Declan McDonogh 7 0 0% −7.00
W J Lee 6 0 0% −6.00
Ben Coen 4 0 0% −4.00
Chris Hayes 4 0 0% −4.00
Darragh O'Keeffe 1 0 0% −1.00
Mark Enright 1 0 0% −1.00
Richard Johnson 1 0 0% −1.00

HeadgearRunsWinsSR£1
None 22 0 0% −22.00
Cheekpieces 2 0 0% −2.00

SeasonRunsWinsSR£1
2022 6 0 0% −6.00
2021 7 0 0% −7.00
2020 6 0 0% −6.00
2019 5 0 0% −5.00

TypeRunsWinsSR£1
Flat 22 0 0% −22.00
Hurdle 2 0 0% −2.00

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
2022 · 6 runs
16 Nov 22+13d Dundalk (AW) Book Online At DundalkStadium.com Handicap (47-70) 1m · Standard · 14 ran 13/14 4¾ 8-11 5077B35A Declan McDonogh 50/1
03 Nov 22+64d Thurles Templemore Mares Maiden Hurdle 2m · Yielding To Soft · 16 ran 14/16 5½ 10-13 ——78C Darragh O'Keeffe 125/1
31 Aug 22+21d Gowran Park Membership At Gowran Park Fillies Claiming Race 1m · Good To Firm · 11 ran 9/11 1¼ 9-3 5587A59A Declan McDonogh 14/1
10 Aug 22+28d Gowran Park BoyleSports Supporting Irish Racing Handicap (47-65) 1m1½f · Good · 17 ran 10/17 2 9-7 5685C67A Ben Coen 33/1
13 Jul 22+21d Killarney Larkin's Francie Sheahan's Claiming Race 1m · Good · 10 ran 5/10 3 10-2 5095A78A Ben Coen 22/1
22 Jun 22+258d Naas Irish Stallion Farms EBF Fillies Maiden 1m · Good · 12 ran 9/12 1¼ 9-13 4484A62A Ben Coen 80/1
2021 · 7 runs
07 Oct 21+9d Thurles Moyne Handicap (45-65) 1m · Yielding · 14 ran 8/14 2 8-12 4762C59A Declan McDonogh 20/1
28 Sep 21+40d Cork Follow Us On Twitter Handicap (45-65) 1m · Soft · 13 ran 8/13 1¾ 8-12 4726C49A Declan McDonogh 11/1
19 Aug 21+36d Killarney Irish Examiner Handicap (45-65) (Div 2) 1m · Good · 15 ran 9/15 hd 9-0 4972C63A Chris Hayes 3/1F
14 Jul 21+31d Killarney Kenmare Handicap (45-65) (Div 1) 1m · Good · 15 ran 2/15 ½ 8-13 4697C78A Chris Hayes 9/2C
13 Jun 21+54d Gowran Park Holden Plant Rentals Handicap (45-65) (Div 2) 1m · Good · 16 ran 2/16 1¾ 8-11 4593C71A Declan McDonogh 11/1
20 Apr 21+74d Tipperary Follow TipperaryRaces On Twitter Handicap (45-65) (Div 1) 1m1f · Yielding · 15 ran 9/15 shd 9-1 4869C56A W J Lee 9/1
05 Feb 21+115d Dundalk (AW) Crowne Plaza Hotel Dundalk Fillies Maiden 1m · Standard · 13 ran 11/13 2 9-4 5073C39C W J Lee 11/1
2020 · 6 runs
13 Oct 20+14d Cork Mallow Handicap (45-65) (Div 2) 1m · Yielding To Soft · 12 ran 5/12 1½ 9-3 5256A71A W J Lee 9/2
29 Sep 20+10d Cork Follow Us On Twitter Handicap (45-65) (Div 1) 1m · Good · 13 ran 6/13 ½ 9-3 5266C67A W J Lee 17/2
19 Sep 20+5d Gowran Park MansionBet Beaten By A Head Handicap (45-65) (Div 2) 1m · Good · 14 ran 2/14 ½ 9-1 4993C81A W J Lee 15/2
14 Sep 20+29d Tipperary Junction Handicap (45-65) (Div 1) 7½f · Good To Yielding · 14 ran 6/14 shd 9-6 5181C69A W J Lee 28/1
16 Aug 20+42d Cork Fermoy Handicap (45-70) 1m2f · Soft · 17 ran 16/17 nk 9-5 5657C56C Chris Hayes 33/1
05 Jul 20+283d Cork Cork Handicap (45-65) 7f · Good · 17 ran 11/17 2¼ 9-8 5782C57A Mark Enright 80/1
2019 · 5 runs
26 Sep 19+22d Perth Edinburgh Gin 2019 Perth Horsemen Awards Juvenile Maiden Hurdle Class 4 · 2m · Heavy · 7 ran 5/7 21 10-5 ——73C Richard Johnson 8/1
04 Sep 19+16d Gowran Park Get Your Tickets On GowranPark.ie Apprentice Handicap (45-65) (Div 2) 1m · Yielding · 16 ran 8/16 nk 9-6 6277C72A Ben Coen 20/1
19 Aug 19+17d Roscommon Murray Ambulance Maiden 7½f · Soft · 13 ran 7/13 ½ 9-0 —83C60A Declan McDonogh 33/1
02 Aug 19+19d Galway Guinness Irish EBF Fillies Maiden 1m4f · Good · 10 ran 10/10 4½ 9-0 —67C52C Chris Hayes 20/1
14 Jul 19 Fairyhouse Irish Stallion Farms EBF Maiden 7f · Good · 17 ran 7/17 ½ 9-0 —60C54A Declan McDonogh 22/1

Quick answers

How many races has Is Fantastic won?
Is Fantastic (IRE) has yet to win, from 24 archived starts between 2019 and 2022. Placed 3 times in total (12.5% of starts).
Who trained Is Fantastic?
Is Fantastic (IRE) was trained by Miss Hilary McLoughlin on the most recent run on record, at Dundalk (AW) on 16 November 2022.
Who is Is Fantastic's sire?
Is Fantastic (IRE) is by Arcano (IRE) out of Phoebe Van Gelder (IRE), whose sire is Choisir.
What is Is Fantastic's official rating?
The most recent official rating on record is 50, from the run on 16 November 2022. The highest on record is 62.
What is Is Fantastic's sire's record?
Arcano (IRE)'s progeny in our archive have won 10.6% of 4,647 runs since Apr 2014 (262 horses), Flat and jumps together. Weakest over 2m1f – 2m4f (all codes): 6.8% from 147.
Who are Is Fantastic's siblings?
Out of Phoebe Van Gelder (IRE), Is Fantastic (IRE) has 1 other produce in our archive, 0 of them winners. As at Nov 2026.

Record shown from July 2019. 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.