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Horse profile

Marcher Lord (IRE)

5yo gelding (at last run, Jul 2024) · Last trainer Michael John O'Connor · Last owner Ire Asset Holding Limited
by Shamardal (USA) out of Margravine (USA) (King's Best)
4 runs · 4 courses · from Aug 2022
As at 28 Oct 2026 · KTB archive: GB, Ireland & France · 2005–present, updated daily
No run recorded since 15 Jul 2024 — 834 days ago. Our archive can't say whether the horse is still in training.
Last run Jul 2024 · 12th of 14 Won at Navan New yard
KTB Profile

Marcher Lord won the Lynn Lodge Stud Maiden at Navan over 1m to 1m1f on good ground in Aug 2022. The gelding has one win and two places from four turf starts and reached an official rating of 90. He finished 12 of 14 in the Cosy Roof Maiden Hurdle at Downpatrick in Jul 2024, his last run and his first for the yard of Michael John O'Connor.

Based on 4 archived runs · updated 28 Oct 2026

KTB Speed and Rating

KTB Speed

Best recent Speed 92 the best of the last 1 graded (A or B) run · Gowran Park, 17 Sep 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 →

Jumps 1 figure · too few for a breakdown
Flat 3 figures · best 92A · median 80
GoingRunsBestMedianSince 28 Oct 2025
Soft292A86—
Good1———
DistanceRunsBestMedianSince 28 Oct 2025
1m – 1m1f280C80—
6f – 7f1———

KTB Speed v1 · batch 15 Sep 2026 · GB & Irish racing only · 4 figures from 4 runs · as at 3 Oct 2026 · a record, not a forecast

KTB Rating

Best recent KTB Rating (jumps) 96C the best of the last 1 rated run · Downpatrick, 15 Jul 2024

Best recent KTB Rating (flat) 87A the best of the last 3 rated runs · Gowran Park, 17 Sep 2022 Official rating 90 at the last flat run, 22 Oct 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. A, B or C on a run is how much known form was in that race. What this means →

Jumps 1 figure · too few for a breakdown
Flat 3 figures · best 87A · median 82
GoingRunsBestMedianSince 28 Oct 2025
Soft287A71.5—
Good1———
DistanceRunsBestMedianSince 28 Oct 2025
1m – 1m1f282A69—
6f – 7f1———

KTB Rating v1 · batch 3 Oct 2026 · GB & Irish racing only · 4 figures from 4 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
Shamardal (USA)

Progeny in our archive have won 14.8% of 10,412 runs since Jan 2008 (1,008 horses).

Weakest on soft going: 11.7% from 1,288. Weakest over 1m5f – 2m (all codes): 9.3% from 475.

GoingRunsWinsSRvs sireThis horse
Firm571119.3%+4.5—
Good to Firm1,98130615.4%+0.6—
Good2,38733514%−0.81 from 2
Good to Soft1,01312412.2%−2.6—
Soft1,28815111.7%−3.10 from 2
Heavy3704512.2%−2.6—
Standard (AW)3,31556417%+2.2—
Distance (all codes)RunsWinsSRvs sireThis horse
Under 6f5838714.9%+0.1—
6f – 7f4,07359314.6%−0.20 from 1
1m – 1m1f2,98547615.9%+1.11 from 2
1m2f – 1m4f2,07431315.1%+0.3—
1m5f – 2m475449.3%−5.5—
2m1f – 2m4f1802111.7%−3.10 from 1
2m5f – 3m3825.3%−9.5—
Over 3m400%−14.8—

Flat and jumps together (all codes) · since Jan 2008 · as at 27 Oct 2026 · rows under 30 runs muted · win % is the measure, a record not a forecast

Dam
Margravine (USA) (King's Best)

3 siblings in the archive, 0 winners.

ProduceRunsWinsWin tripsBest grade
Warning Shot (IRE)30——
Mercury Dime (IRE)60——
Breton March (IRE)10——

Record by conditions

GoingRunsWinsSR£1
Good 2 1 50% +10.00
Soft 2 0 0% −2.00

CourseRunsWinsSR£1
Downpatrick 1 0 0% −1.00
Leopardstown 1 0 0% −1.00
Gowran Park 1 0 0% −1.00
Navan 1 1 100% +11.00

DistanceRunsWinsSR£1
1m – 1m1f 2 1 50% +10.00
2m1f – 2m4f 1 0 0% −1.00
6f – 7f 1 0 0% −1.00

JockeyRunsWinsSR£1
W J Lee 3 1 33% +9.00
Danny Gilligan 1 0 0% −1.00

SeasonRunsWinsSR£1
2024 1 0 0% −1.00
2022 3 1 33% +9.00

TypeRunsWinsSR£1
Flat 3 1 33% +9.00
Hurdle 1 0 0% −1.00

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
2024 · 1 run
15 Jul 24+632d Downpatrick Cosy Roof (C & G) Maiden Hurdle 18f · Good · 14 ran 12/14 nk 11-9 —58C96C Danny Gilligan 14/1
2022 · 3 runs
22 Oct 22+35d Leopardstown Knockaire Stakes (listed) 8f · Soft · 12 ran 12/12 5½ 9-6 9080C56C W J Lee 16/1
17 Sep 22+23d Gowran Park Gowran Park For Golf Race 7f · Yielding To Soft · 8 ran 3/8 nk 9-10 —92A87A W J Lee 9/2
25 Aug 22 Navan Lynn Lodge Stud Maiden 8f · Good · 14 ran 1/14 9-8 —80C82A W J Lee 11/1

Quick answers

How many races has Marcher Lord won?
Marcher Lord (IRE) won 1 of 4 archived starts between 2022 and 2024, a strike rate of 25%. Placed 2 times in total (50% of starts).
Who trained Marcher Lord?
Marcher Lord (IRE) was trained by Michael John O'Connor on the most recent run on record, at Downpatrick on 15 July 2024.
Who is Marcher Lord's sire?
Marcher Lord (IRE) is by Shamardal (USA) out of Margravine (USA), whose sire is King's Best.
What is Marcher Lord's official rating?
Marcher Lord (IRE)'s highest official rating on record is 90.
What is Marcher Lord's sire's record?
Shamardal (USA)'s progeny in our archive have won 14.8% of 10,412 runs since Jan 2008 (1,008 horses), Flat and jumps together. Weakest on soft going: 11.7% from 1,288. Weakest over 1m5f – 2m (all codes): 9.3% from 475.
Who are Marcher Lord's siblings?
Out of Margravine (USA), Marcher Lord (IRE) has 3 other produce in our archive, 0 of them winners. As at Oct 2026.

Record shown from August 2022. Our archive holds racing in Great Britain, Ireland and France from January 2005. Runs in other countries are not in it, and earlier runs are not available from our data provider. In-running comments are available from 2024 onward.