Horse profile
Mariner (IRE)
by Kingman (GB) out of Kissed (IRE) (Galileo)
33 runs · 18 courses · from May 2023
As at 18 Oct 2026 · KTB archive: GB, Ireland & France · 2005–present, updated daily
4 wins · Doncaster, Ripon & Wolverhampton (AW)
Ran 61 days ago · 4th of 7
Last raced off OR 65
KTB Profile
Mariner is a 4-33 gelding with all four wins in handicaps, two at Doncaster and one each at Ripon and Wolverhampton (AW). He has scored twice over 1m2f – 1m4f on good to firm and good, and twice over 1m – 1m1f on good to firm and standard (AW). Typically held up, he won a Class 6 handicap at Doncaster in Aug 2026 off 62 then finished 4 of 7 in a Class 5 at Catterick later that month off 65, 11 lb below his highest ever mark of 76. By Kingman out of a Galileo mare, he is trained by Jennie Candlish.
Based on 33 archived runs · run-style from 13 commented runs · updated 18 Oct 2026
KTB at a glance
Typically held up
OR ↓ 11lb off peak
- 4–33Wins / Runs
- 12.1%Strike rate
- 10 (30.3%)Placed
- −14.25£1 level staken=33 at SP
- 1.16Fair A/E n=33 · 1.00 incl. margin
- 76Highest OR
- 37dAvg 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.
Official rating65↓ 11lb off peak
65
60–76
KTB Speed and Rating
KTB Speed
Best recent Speed 86
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
| Going | Runs | Best | Median | Since 18 Oct 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Standard (AW) | 10 | 103A | 82 | 1 · — |
| Good to Firm | 9 | 87A | 71 | 4 · 86 / 69 |
| Good | 8 | 94A | 72 | 3 · 94 / 79 |
| Soft | 2 | 83A | 73.5 | 1 · — |
| Good to Soft | 2 | 97A | 83 | — |
| Distance | Runs | Best | Median | Since 18 Oct 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1m – 1m1f | 14 | 103A | 78.5 | 6 · 94 / 75 |
| 1m2f – 1m4f | 10 | 97A | 70.5 | 2 · 67 / 66 |
| 6f – 7f | 7 | 91A | 81 | 1 · — |
Jumps
| Going | Runs | Best | Median | Since 18 Oct 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Good to Soft | 2 | 105B | 83.5 | — |
| Distance | Runs | Best | Median | Since 18 Oct 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1m5f – 2m | 2 | 105B | 83.5 | — |
KTB Speed v1 · batch 15 Sep 2026 · GB & Irish racing only · 33 figures from 33 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 from 13 analysed runs
- Held up 9 (69%) · 2 wins
- Prominent 2 (15%) · 0 wins
- Led 1 (8%) · 0 wins
- Midfield 1 (8%) · 1 win
Pedigree intelligence
Sire
Progeny in our archive have won 14.5% of 7,465 runs since Jan 2008 (774 horses).
Weakest on soft going: 11% from 958. Weakest over 2m1f – 2m4f (all codes): 9.1% from 121.
| Going | Runs | Wins | SR | vs sire | This horse |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Firm | 13 | 1 | 7.7% | −6.8 | — |
| Good to Firm | 1,201 | 201 | 16.7% | +2.2 | 2 from 9 |
| Good | 1,681 | 240 | 14.3% | −0.2 | 1 from 8 |
| Good to Soft | 911 | 123 | 13.5% | −1 | 0 from 4 |
| Soft | 958 | 105 | 11% | −3.5 | 0 from 2 |
| Heavy | 287 | 34 | 11.8% | −2.7 | — |
| Standard (AW) | 2,414 | 382 | 15.8% | +1.3 | 1 from 10 |
| Distance (all codes) | Runs | Wins | SR | vs sire | This horse |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Under 6f | 274 | 39 | 14.2% | −0.3 | — |
| 6f – 7f | 2,618 | 386 | 14.7% | +0.2 | 0 from 7 |
| 1m – 1m1f | 2,567 | 394 | 15.3% | +0.8 | 2 from 14 |
| 1m2f – 1m4f | 1,489 | 218 | 14.6% | +0.1 | 2 from 10 |
| 1m5f – 2m | 362 | 36 | 9.9% | −4.6 | 0 from 2 |
| 2m1f – 2m4f | 121 | 11 | 9.1% | −5.4 | — |
| 2m5f – 3m | 32 | 2 | 6.3% | −8.2 | — |
| Over 3m | 2 | 0 | 0% | −14.5 | — |
Flat and jumps together (all codes) · since Jan 2008 · as at 18 Oct 2026 · rows under 30 runs muted · win % is the measure, a record not a forecast
Dam
Kissed (IRE) (Galileo)
5 siblings in the archive, 2 winners — best of them Sussex (USA) (2 wins).
The wins came over 5f–1m2f; the highest grade won is Class 4 (Leo Minor (USA)).
| Produce | Runs | Wins | Win trips | Best grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sussex (USA) | 8 | 2 | 1m–1m2f | — |
| Leo Minor (USA) | 55 | 2 | 5f–6f | Class 4 |
| Cheering (USA) | 2 | 0 | — | — |
| Big White Chief (USA) | 5 | 0 | — | — |
| Fairy Fort (USA) | 6 | 0 | — | — |
Record by conditions
| Going | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Standard (AW) | 10 | 1 | 10% | −5.50 |
| Good to Firm | 9 | 2 | 22% | −0.25 |
| Good | 8 | 1 | 13% | −2.50 |
| Good to Soft | 4 | 0 | 0% | −4.00 |
| Soft | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Class | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Class 5 | 16 | 1 | 6% | −10.50 |
| Class 6 | 12 | 3 | 25% | +1.25 |
| Class 4 | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Course | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Doncaster | 7 | 2 | 29% | +1.75 |
| Wolverhampton (AW) | 5 | 1 | 20% | −0.50 |
| Newcastle (AW) | 4 | 0 | 0% | −4.00 |
| Ripon | 2 | 1 | 50% | +3.50 |
| Leicester | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Catterick | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Nottingham | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Chester | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Redcar | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Thirsk | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Pontefract | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Musselburgh | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Beverley | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Wetherby | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Kempton (AW) | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Naas | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Gowran Park | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Leopardstown | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Distance | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1m – 1m1f | 14 | 2 | 14% | −3.50 |
| 1m2f – 1m4f | 10 | 2 | 20% | −1.75 |
| 6f – 7f | 7 | 0 | 0% | −7.00 |
| 1m5f – 2m | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Jockey | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| George Wood | 8 | 1 | 13% | −3.50 |
| Lewis Edmunds | 5 | 1 | 20% | +1.00 |
| Jude Fernandes | 2 | 1 | 50% | +0.75 |
| Darragh Keenan | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Sean Quinlan | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Ben Sanderson | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Ben Coen | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Mr Jamie Neild | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Jack Callan | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Cam Hardie | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Mr Eireann Cagney | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| P J McDonald | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Warren Fentiman | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Paul Mulrennan | 1 | 1 | 100% | +4.50 |
| Callum Hutchinson | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Harrison Shaw | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Shane B Kelly | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Headgear | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cheekpieces | 15 | 3 | 20% | +1.00 |
| None | 14 | 0 | 0% | −14.00 |
| Tongue tie + cheekpieces | 4 | 1 | 25% | −1.25 |
| Season | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 9 | 1 | 11% | −6.25 |
| 2025 | 10 | 3 | 30% | +6.00 |
| 2024 | 10 | 0 | 0% | −10.00 |
| 2023 | 4 | 0 | 0% | −4.00 |
| Type | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Flat | 31 | 4 | 13% | −12.25 |
| 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
| Date | Course | Race | Pos | Btn | Wgt | OR | Spd | KTB | Jockey | SP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 17 Aug 26+16d | Catterick | Download The Raceday Ready App Amateur Jockeys' Handicap Stakes Settled with the group early - pushed for effort with 2f left - kept trying from inside the final furlong but couldn't land a serious blow - finished fourth | 4/7 | 6½ | 10-11 | 65 | 65B | 74A | Mr Jamie Neild | 9/1 |
| 01 Aug 26+9d | Doncaster | Yates Drywall Ltd Handicap Stakes Held up in the pack - urged forward 2f out and gained ground entering the final furlong - stayed on strongly to hit the front close home | 1/6 | 8-13 | 62 | 67A | 82B | Jude Fernandes | 7/4 | |
| 23 Jul 26+28d | Doncaster | Free Tips On attheraces.com Handicap Stakes settled towards the back - found trouble in running 2f out before making progress inside the final furlong - ran on but never reached the front rank towards the finish | 4/8 | 1 | 9-3 | 62 | 86A | 70A | Jack Callan | 13/2 |
| 25 Jun 26+13d | Nottingham | Cambion Electronics 65 Years In Manufacturing 'Hands And Heels' Apprentice Handicap Sat behind the pace - urged forward with over two furlongs remaining - stayed on inside final furlong but unable to close on the leading duo | 3/8 | 2¼ | 9-8 | 63 | 45B | 81A | Jude Fernandes | 9/2 |
| 12 Jun 26+25d | Chester | Tom Jones At Chester Racecourse Handicap Settled towards the back - pressed for effort with over a furlong left - always short of a factor - eventually finished ninth | 9/11 | 1¾ | 9-4 | 65 | 83A | 57A | George Wood | 40/1 |
| 18 May 26+23d | Redcar | Marske Fabrication & Engineering Straight Mile Handicap Settled at back of field - nudged along with slight headway approaching 2f out - unable to add to it inside final furlong - finished eighth | 8/12 | 1 | 9-6 | 66 | 94A | 72A | Darragh Keenan | 7/1 |
| 25 Apr 26+15d | Doncaster | Follow AtThe Races On Instagram Handicap (Rnd) Held up in the pack - pressed for effort with 2f left - closing steadily inside the final furlong - stormed clear late to snatch second by a short head | 2/12 | nk | 9-9 | 64 | 71A | 88A | Cam Hardie | 12/1 |
| 10 Apr 26+21d | Thirsk | Live Streams On Racing TV Extra Handicap Held up in the pack early - pushed into third with 2f left before dropping back under pressure inside the final furlong - weakened to finish seventh | 7/13 | nse | 9-5 | 66 | 79C | 83A | Darragh Keenan | 18/1 |
| 20 Mar 26+263d | Wolverhampton (AW) | Friday Night Live With SBK Handicap (Div 1) Held up towards the back - pushed along with a furlong left - stayed on without threatening late - finished 8th beaten 5.25 lengths | 8/11 | hd | 9-9 | 68 | 67A | 71A | George Wood | 22/1 |
| 30 Jun 25+32d | Pontefract | 23rd Wilfred Underwood Memorial Amateur Jockeys' Handicap Held up in 4th early - dropped back under pressure 3f out - soon well beaten - finished 9th | 9/9 | 2½ | 11-2 | 69 | 62A | 69A | Mr Eireann Cagney | 11/2 |
| 29 May 25+12d | Ripon | Download The Raceday Ready App Handicap Held up towards the back - urged forward with 2f left - soon lost touch - finished sixth | 6/6 | 3 | 9-8 | 70 | 69A | 64B | P J McDonald | 13/2 |
| 17 May 25+8d | Doncaster | Proudly Supporting Mental Health Awareness Week Apprentice Handicap Started at rear - clipped by another runner early on - made progress into contention 3f out - pushed along approaching final furlong and stayed on inside to finish 4th | 4/6 | 1¼ | 9-10 | 70 | 87A | 78B | Warren Fentiman | 4/1 |
| 09 May 25+13d | Ripon | Next Evening Meeting Wednesday 4th June Handicap Settled midfield early - made progress wide approaching final 3f then in front inside last - kept going strongly to the line | 1/9 | 9-9 | 67 | 93B | 85A | Paul Mulrennan | 9/2 | |
| 26 Apr 25+25d | Doncaster | Sky Sports Racing Sky 415 Handicap (Str) Settled just behind the front group in third - asked for effort approaching 2f out - moved into second inside the final furlong and a half before hitting the front - driven out to assert and hold on for the win | 1/7 | 9-9 | 64 | 80B | 88A | Lewis Edmunds | 5/1 | |
| 01 Apr 25+14d | Wolverhampton (AW) | Gamble Responsibly At BetMGM Handicap Bumped at the break - settled off the pace through the middle stages before making progress a furlong out - stayed on inside the final furlong to finish sixth | 6/9 | ¾ | 9-9 | 64 | 91A | 75A | George Wood | 11/2 |
| 18 Mar 25+28d | Wolverhampton (AW) | Gamble Responsibly At BetMGM Handicap Sat close up early - roused as field bent for home - hit front entering last furlong - overtaken and outpaced near finish but stuck on for second | 2/9 | 1 | 9-9 | 64 | 84A | 82A | George Wood | 10/3 |
| 18 Feb 25+8d | Wolverhampton (AW) | BetMGM: Its Showtime Handicap (Rider Restricted Race) Sat close to pace early - found room turning for home - went up a furlong out - stayed on to prevail | 1/8 | 9-7 | 60 | 103A | 88A | George Wood | 7/2 | |
| 10 Feb 25+20d | Wolverhampton (AW) | Boost Your Acca At BetMGM Handicap Held a midpack position - moved through the field into the final furlong and stayed on well - lacked the finishing speed to get closer at the line | 3/9 | ¾ | 9-9 | 60 | 100A | 79A | George Wood | 20/1 |
| 21 Jan 25+39d | Newcastle (AW) | BetMGM: It's Showtime Handicap Held up towards the back - never a threat - finished 11th | 11/12 | 1 | 9-7 | 64 | 78A | 60A | George Wood | 33/1 |
| 13 Dec 24+15d | Doncaster | Christmas Live At Doncaster Juvenile Maiden Hurdle (GBB Race) Settled in the pack - leant left at the third last - under pressure and beaten after 2 out | 4/7 | 4¼ | 11-4 | — | 62A | 97B | Sean Quinlan | 8/1 |
| 28 Nov 24+79d | Musselburgh | Athelstaneford Home Of The Saltire Juvenile Maiden Hurdle (GBB Race) Settled at the back - roused to make progress from 2 out - too far off the front to get into contention and finished 4th | 4/8 | 6½ | 11-2 | — | 105B | 101B | Sean Quinlan | 12/1 |
| 10 Sep 24+27d | Leicester | Next Meeting At LeicesterRaces Monday 23rd September Apprentice Handicap Handy early - moved through the field to sit close to the pace 3f out then pressed for effort - found nothing and dropped away inside the final furlong to finish 7th | 7/10 | 1 | 9-8 | 66 | 97A | 66A | Callum Hutchinson | 20/1 |
| 14 Aug 24+25d | Beverley | Clearanswer Call Centres Handicap Settled towards the back - pushed along with 2f left - unable to threaten leaders and dropped away final furlong | 7/8 | 2 | 9-4 | 67 | 50A | 54A | Ben Sanderson | 18/1 |
| 20 Jul 24+23d | Doncaster | Free Digital Racecard At raceday-ready.com Handicap | 5/6 | 12 | 9-2 | 68 | 94C | 47C | Lewis Edmunds | 14/1 |
| 27 Jun 24+24d | Leicester | Watch On Racing Tv Handicap | 2/6 | ½ | 9-11 | 67 | 74A | 69B | George Wood | 10/1 |
| 03 Jun 24+82d | Wetherby | Flint Design Supporting Wetherby Races - Teamspinal Handicap | 2/8 | 1¾ | 9-11 | 67 | 64B | 77A | Harrison Shaw | 11/1 |
| 13 Mar 24+20d | Newcastle (AW) | Win 2,000,000 With BetMGM's Golden Goals Handicap | 4/8 | 1¾ | 9-9 | 70 | 77A | 76A | Lewis Edmunds | 16/1 |
| 22 Feb 24+31d | Newcastle (AW) | Bet 10 Get 40 At BetMGM Handicap | 4/8 | 2¾ | 9-4 | 72 | 81A | 72A | Ben Sanderson | 20/1 |
| 22 Jan 24+37d | Kempton (AW) | Try Unibet's Improved Bet Builder Handicap | 9/11 | nse | 9-8 | 74 | 83A | 69A | Lewis Edmunds | 12/1 |
| 16 Dec 23+161d | Newcastle (AW) | Boost Your Acca At BetMGM EBF Novice Stakes (GBB Race) | 4/6 | 5 | 9-7 | 76 | 47A | 62B | Lewis Edmunds | 22/1 |
| 08 Jul 23+20d | Naas | Irish Stallion Farms EBF Maiden | 5/5 | 7½ | 9-7 | — | 44C | 51C | Ben Coen | 3/1 |
| 18 Jun 23+30d | Gowran Park | Irish Stallion Farms EBF Maiden | 5/10 | 1¼ | 9-7 | — | 64A | 71A | Ben Coen | 9/4F |
| 19 May 23 | Leopardstown | Irish Stallion Farms EBF Maiden | 6/14 | hd | 9-7 | — | 65C | 80A | Shane B Kelly | 16/1 |
Quick answers
- How many races has Mariner (IRE) won?
- Mariner (IRE) won 4 of 33 archived starts between 2023 and 2026, a strike rate of 12.1%. Placed 10 times in total (30.3% of starts).
- Who trains Mariner (IRE)?
- Mariner (IRE) is trained by Jennie Candlish, who saddled the horse on its most recent run on 17 August 2026.
- Who is Mariner (IRE)'s sire?
- Mariner (IRE) is by Kingman (GB) out of Kissed (IRE), whose sire is Galileo.
- What going does Mariner (IRE) prefer?
- Mariner (IRE) has the best record on good to firm going: 2 wins from 9 starts (22.2%). Only going bands with at least three archived starts are read, so this is a direction rather than a settled preference.
- What is Mariner (IRE)'s official rating?
- The most recent official rating on record is 65, from the run on 17 August 2026. The highest on record is 76.
- What is Mariner (IRE)'s sire's record?
- Kingman (GB)'s progeny in our archive have won 14.5% of 7,465 runs since Jan 2008 (774 horses), Flat and jumps together. Weakest on soft going: 11% from 958. Weakest over 2m1f – 2m4f (all codes): 9.1% from 121.
- Who are Mariner (IRE)'s siblings?
- Out of Kissed (IRE), Mariner (IRE) has 5 other produce in our archive, 2 of them winners. Most wins: Sussex (USA) (2). Highest grade won: Class 4 (Leo Minor (USA)). The wins came over 5f–1m2f. As at Oct 2026.