Kuwait Direction (IRE)
Kuwait Direction won three of 41 starts, all in handicaps. Two of those wins came at Dundalk on the all-weather and one came at Fairyhouse on good ground, all over trips between under 6f and 7f. The gelding, by Kodiac, last ran at Cork in Jul 2024 where he finished 19 of 23 off an official rating of 47, which was 50lb below his highest ever mark. He has not won since Jan 2023.
- 3–41Wins / Runs
- 7.3%Strike rate
- 7 (17.1%)Placed
- +3.50£1 level staken=41 at SP
- 1.09Fair A/E n=41 · 0.89 incl. margin
- 97Highest OR
- 48dAvg 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 78
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 21 Oct 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Standard (AW) | 24 | 106B | 82 | — |
| Good | 8 | 100C | 78 | — |
| Soft | 5 | 102C | 61 | — |
| Good to Firm | 3 | 78A | 71 | — |
| Good to Soft | 1 | — | — | — |
| Distance | Runs | Best | Median | Since 21 Oct 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6f – 7f | 31 | 106B | 80 | — |
| Under 6f | 10 | 102C | 72 | — |
KTB Speed v1 · batch 15 Sep 2026 · GB & Irish racing only · 41 figures from 41 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 is derived from in-running commentary, which our data provider does not supply for this horse's races.
Pedigree intelligence
Progeny in our archive have won 10.4% of 23,539 runs since Jan 2008 (1,665 horses).
Strongest on firm going: 14.3% from 147. Weakest over 2m1f – 2m4f (all codes): 7.1% from 252.
| Going | Runs | Wins | SR | vs sire | This horse |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Firm | 147 | 21 | 14.3% | +3.9 | — |
| Good to Firm | 4,208 | 496 | 11.8% | +1.4 | 0 from 3 |
| Good | 5,159 | 548 | 10.6% | +0.2 | 1 from 8 |
| Good to Soft | 2,367 | 218 | 9.2% | −1.2 | 0 from 1 |
| Soft | 2,462 | 218 | 8.9% | −1.5 | 0 from 5 |
| Heavy | 679 | 68 | 10% | −0.4 | — |
| Standard (AW) | 8,517 | 871 | 10.2% | −0.2 | 2 from 24 |
| Distance (all codes) | Runs | Wins | SR | vs sire | This horse |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Under 6f | 5,120 | 591 | 11.5% | +1.1 | 1 from 10 |
| 6f – 7f | 11,589 | 1,187 | 10.2% | −0.2 | 2 from 31 |
| 1m – 1m1f | 3,884 | 392 | 10.1% | −0.3 | — |
| 1m2f – 1m4f | 1,927 | 182 | 9.4% | −1 | — |
| 1m5f – 2m | 696 | 66 | 9.5% | −0.9 | — |
| 2m1f – 2m4f | 252 | 18 | 7.1% | −3.3 | — |
| 2m5f – 3m | 60 | 4 | 6.7% | −3.7 | — |
| Over 3m | 11 | 0 | 0% | −10.4 | — |
Flat and jumps together (all codes) · since Jan 2008 · as at 21 Oct 2026 · rows under 30 runs muted · win % is the measure, a record not a forecast
7 siblings in the archive, 5 winners — best of them Tangled (IRE) (6 wins).
The wins came over 5f–1m4f; the highest grade won is Class 2 (Tangled (IRE)).
| Produce | Runs | Wins | Win trips | Best grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tangled (IRE) | 59 | 6 | 6f–1m | Class 2 |
| Faithful Creek (IRE) | 30 | 2 | 7f–1m4f | Class 4 |
| Cruise (IRE) | 10 | 2 | 5f–6f | Class 4 |
| Peter Mac (IRE) | 2 | 2 | 5f | Class 5 |
| Mammasaidknockuout (IRE) | 19 | 1 | 6f | Class 6 |
| Shareef Shareef (IRE) | 3 | 0 | — | — |
| Billee (IRE) | 5 | 0 | — | — |
Record by conditions
| Going | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Standard (AW) | 24 | 2 | 8% | −8.50 |
| Good | 8 | 1 | 13% | +21.00 |
| Soft | 5 | 0 | 0% | −5.00 |
| Good to Firm | 3 | 0 | 0% | −3.00 |
| Good to Soft | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Class | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Class 4 | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Class 5 | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Class 3 | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Class 1 | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Course | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dundalk (AW) | 23 | 2 | 9% | −7.50 |
| Cork | 3 | 0 | 0% | −3.00 |
| Navan | 3 | 0 | 0% | −3.00 |
| Fairyhouse | 2 | 1 | 50% | +27.00 |
| Naas | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Limerick | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Sligo | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Tipperary | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Chelmsford City (AW) | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Newmarket | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Ascot | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Doncaster | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Windsor | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Distance | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6f – 7f | 31 | 2 | 6% | +5.00 |
| Under 6f | 10 | 1 | 10% | −1.50 |
| Jockey | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gavin Ryan | 9 | 2 | 22% | +27.00 |
| Rory Cleary | 8 | 0 | 0% | −8.00 |
| J M Sheridan | 4 | 1 | 25% | +4.50 |
| Sam Ewing | 3 | 0 | 0% | −3.00 |
| Chris Hayes | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Donagh O'Connor | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Pat Dobbs | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Sorcha Woods | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Rory Mulligan | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Robert Whearty | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Declan McDonogh | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Luke McAteer | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Paddy Harnett | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Dylan Browne McMonagle | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Nathan Crosse | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Rossa Ryan | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Silvestre De Sousa | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Tom Marquand | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Headgear | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| None | 33 | 3 | 9% | +11.50 |
| Blinkers | 7 | 0 | 0% | −7.00 |
| Cheekpieces | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Season | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 6 | 0 | 0% | −6.00 |
| 2023 | 8 | 1 | 13% | −1.00 |
| 2022 | 7 | 1 | 14% | +22.00 |
| 2021 | 8 | 0 | 0% | −8.00 |
| 2020 | 7 | 1 | 14% | +1.50 |
| 2019 | 5 | 0 | 0% | −5.00 |
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
Quick answers
- How many races has Kuwait Direction (IRE) won?
- Kuwait Direction (IRE) won 3 of 41 archived starts between 2019 and 2024, a strike rate of 7.3%. Placed 7 times in total (17.1% of starts).
- Who trained Kuwait Direction (IRE)?
- Kuwait Direction (IRE) was trained by Keith Henry Clarke on the most recent run on record, at Cork on 26 July 2024.
- Who is Kuwait Direction (IRE)'s sire?
- Kuwait Direction (IRE) is by Kodiac (GB) out of Open Verse (USA), whose sire is Black Minnaloushe.
- What going does Kuwait Direction (IRE) prefer?
- Kuwait Direction (IRE) has the best record on good going: 1 win from 8 starts (12.5%). Only going bands with at least three archived starts are read, so this is a direction rather than a settled preference.
- What is Kuwait Direction (IRE)'s official rating?
- The most recent official rating on record is 47, from the run on 26 July 2024. The highest on record is 97.
- What is Kuwait Direction (IRE)'s sire's record?
- Kodiac (GB)'s progeny in our archive have won 10.4% of 23,539 runs since Jan 2008 (1,665 horses), Flat and jumps together. Strongest on firm going: 14.3% from 147. Weakest over 2m1f – 2m4f (all codes): 7.1% from 252.
- Who are Kuwait Direction (IRE)'s siblings?
- Out of Open Verse (USA), Kuwait Direction (IRE) has 7 other produce in our archive, 5 of them winners. Most wins: Tangled (IRE) (6). Highest grade won: Class 2 (Tangled (IRE)). The wins came over 5f–1m4f. As at Oct 2026.