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Horse profile

Isambard Brunel (USA)

3yo colt (at last run, Oct 2025) · Last trainer A P O'Brien · Last owner Derrick Smith Mrs John Magnier Michael Tabor
by Justify (USA) out of Magical Dream (IRE) (Galileo)
5 runs · 5 courses · from Aug 2024
As at 8 Nov 2026 · KTB archive: GB, Ireland & France · 2005–present, updated daily
No run recorded since 16 Oct 2025 — 387 days ago. Our archive can't say whether the horse is still in training.
Last run Oct 2025 · 8th of 8 Won at Navan Last raced off OR 92
KTB Profile

Isambard Brunel won one of five starts on turf. The colt gained his success at Navan in Oct 2024 over 1m – 1m1f on good to soft. He has not won since. His last run came at the Curragh in Oct 2025 when he finished 8 of 8 in the DNG Handicap, having raced off a mark of 92.

Based on 5 archived runs · run-style from 5 commented runs since Aug 2024 · updated 8 Nov 2026
KTB at a glance Typically led

KTB Speed and Rating

KTB Speed

Best recent Speed 98 the best of the last 3 graded (A or B) runs · Ascot, 6 Sep 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 →

Flat 5 figures · best 98A · median 87
GoingRunsBestMedianSince 8 Nov 2025
Soft298A92.5—
Good280B72.5—
Good to Soft1———
DistanceRunsBestMedianSince 8 Nov 2025
1m2f – 1m4f287A76—
1m – 1m1f291A85.5—
6f – 7f1———

KTB Speed v1 · batch 15 Sep 2026 · GB & Irish racing only · 5 figures from 5 runs · as at 3 Oct 2026 · a record, not a forecast

KTB Rating

Best recent KTB Rating 98A the best of the last 3 rated runs · Navan, 9 Oct 2024 Official rating 92 at the last run, 16 Oct 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 →

Flat 5 figures · best 98A · median 84
GoingRunsBestMedianSince 8 Nov 2025
Soft288A81.5—
Good284A74.5—
Good to Soft1———
DistanceRunsBestMedianSince 8 Nov 2025
1m2f – 1m4f275A70—
1m – 1m1f298A91—
6f – 7f1———

KTB Rating v1 · batch 3 Oct 2026 · GB & Irish racing only · 5 figures from 5 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 5 analysed runs since Aug 2024

  • Led 3 (60%) · 1 win
  • Prominent 1 (20%) · 0 wins
  • Mid-division 1 (20%) · 0 wins

Pedigree intelligence

Sire
Justify (USA)

Progeny in our archive have won 17.7% of 537 runs since May 2022 (98 horses).

Strongest over 6f – 7f (all codes): 23.2% from 151. Weakest over 1m – 1m1f (all codes): 13.8% from 167.

GoingRunsWinsSRvs sireThis horse
Firm100%−17.7—
Good to Firm751520%+2.3—
Good1673018%+0.30 from 2
Good to Soft59915.3%−2.41 from 1
Soft761722.4%+4.70 from 2
Heavy26311.5%−6.2—
Standard (AW)1332115.8%−1.9—
Distance (all codes)RunsWinsSRvs sireThis horse
Under 6f3266.7%+49—
6f – 7f1513523.2%+5.50 from 1
1m – 1m1f1672313.8%−3.91 from 2
1m2f – 1m4f1762614.8%−2.90 from 2
1m5f – 2m36822.2%+4.5—
2m1f – 2m4f4125%+7.3—

Flat and jumps together (all codes) · since May 2022 · as at 8 Nov 2026 · rows under 30 runs muted · win % is the measure, a record not a forecast

Dam

4 siblings in the archive, 3 winners — best of them Royal Navy Warship (USA) (1 win).

The wins came over 6f–1m2f; the highest grade won is Class 6 (Fortune Finder (USA)).

ProduceRunsWinsWin tripsBest grade
Royal Navy Warship (USA)1716f—
Time To Boogie (USA)711m—
Fortune Finder (USA)411m2fClass 6
Venosa (USA)80——

Record by conditions

GoingRunsWinsSR£1
Soft 2 0 0% −2.00
Good 2 0 0% −2.00
Good to Soft 1 1 100% +0.50

ClassRunsWinsSR£1
Class 1 1 0 0% −1.00
Class 3 1 0 0% −1.00
Class 4 1 0 0% −1.00

CourseRunsWinsSR£1
Curragh 1 0 0% −1.00
Chester 1 0 0% −1.00
Navan 1 1 100% +0.50
Ascot 1 0 0% −1.00
Newbury 1 0 0% −1.00

DistanceRunsWinsSR£1
1m2f – 1m4f 2 0 0% −2.00
1m – 1m1f 2 1 50% −0.50
6f – 7f 1 0 0% −1.00

JockeyRunsWinsSR£1
Wayne Lordan 2 1 50% −0.50
Ryan Moore 2 0 0% −2.00
William Buick 1 0 0% −1.00

HeadgearRunsWinsSR£1
None 3 1 33% −1.50
Tongue tie + blinkers 1 0 0% −1.00
Tongue tie 1 0 0% −1.00

SeasonRunsWinsSR£1
2025 2 0 0% −2.00
2024 3 1 33% −1.50

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 · 2 runs
16 Oct 25+161d Curragh DNG Handicap 1m2f · Yielding · 8 ran Settled just behind the pace - hit the front soon after - overtaken with 2 1/2f left and slipped back before a furlong out - faded in the closing stages to finish eighth 8/8 1¾ 9-7 9287A75A Wayne Lordan 10/1
08 May 25+211d Chester Boodles Raindance Dee Stakes (Listed) Class 1 · 1m2½f · Good · 7 ran Pulled hard early - disputed the lead before dropping in behind after 2f - fell away sharply from 2f out to finish a well-beaten 7th 7/7 19 9-2 9265C65C William Buick 6/1
2024 · 3 runs
09 Oct 24+33d Navan Navan Racecourse Welcomes Our Local Community Maiden 1m · Good To Yielding · 11 ran Set the pace almost throughout - urged on with 2f left and challenged for a moment inside the final furlong - powered clear to the line 1/11 9-7 —91A98A Wayne Lordan 1/2F
06 Sep 24+21d Ascot Charbonnel Et Walker British Ebf Maiden Stakes (GBB Race) Class 3 · 7f · Soft · 9 ran Settled among the pack early - pushed along and drifted left approaching final furlong - unable to find more late and finished 5th 5/9 ½ 9-7 —98A88A Ryan Moore 15/8F
16 Aug 24 Newbury Go Bonkers With Dizzee This Saturday EBF Maiden Stakes (GBB Race) (Str) Class 4 · 1m · Good · 10 ran Went straight to the front early - handed up second spot before halfway with encouragement needed - dropped a place with a furlong left - faded to finish fifth 5/10 1½ 9-7 —80B84A Ryan Moore 11/4

Quick answers

How many races has Isambard Brunel won?
Isambard Brunel (USA) won 1 of 5 archived starts between 2024 and 2025, a strike rate of 20%. Placed 1 time in total (20% of starts).
Who trained Isambard Brunel?
Isambard Brunel (USA) was trained by A P O'Brien on the most recent run on record, at Curragh on 16 October 2025.
Who is Isambard Brunel's sire?
Isambard Brunel (USA) is by Justify (USA) out of Magical Dream (IRE), whose sire is Galileo.
What is Isambard Brunel's official rating?
The most recent official rating on record is 92, from the run on 16 October 2025. That is also the highest on record.
What is Isambard Brunel's sire's record?
Justify (USA)'s progeny in our archive have won 17.7% of 537 runs since May 2022 (98 horses), Flat and jumps together. Strongest over 6f – 7f (all codes): 23.2% from 151. Weakest over 1m – 1m1f (all codes): 13.8% from 167.
Who are Isambard Brunel's siblings?
Out of Magical Dream (IRE), Isambard Brunel (USA) has 4 other produce in our archive, 3 of them winners. Most wins: Royal Navy Warship (USA) (1). Highest grade won: Class 6 (Fortune Finder (USA)). The wins came over 6f–1m2f. As at Nov 2026.

Record shown from August 2024. 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.