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Horse profile

Massif Central (IRE)

5yo gelding (at last run, Oct 2019) · Last trainer M Halford · Last owner Paul Rooney
by Arcano (IRE) out of Melaaya (USA) (Aljabr)
28 runs · 10 courses · from Aug 2016
As at 21 Oct 2026 · KTB archive: GB, Ireland & France · 2005–present, updated daily
No run recorded since 11 Oct 2019 — 2,567 days ago. Our archive can't say whether the horse is still in training.
Last run Oct 2019 · 2nd of 14 2 wins · Dundalk (AW) Last raced off OR 101
KTB Profile

Massif Central (IRE) is 2 from 28. Hasn't won since Nov 2018. Both wins have come on the all-weather — 0 from 21 on turf. Last raced off a career-high mark of 101.

Based on 28 archived runs · updated 21 Oct 2026
KTB at a glance All wins on AW OR at career high
Official rating101At career-high mark
101 82–101

KTB Speed and Rating

KTB Speed

Best recent Speed 116 the best of the last 3 graded (A or B) runs · Dundalk (AW), 11 Oct 2019

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 26 figures · best 124C · median 98.5
GoingRunsBestMedianSince 21 Oct 2025
Standard (AW)7122A116—
Good to Firm6122A75—
Good4100A96—
Soft4124C113.5—
Good to Soft3105A70—
Heavy285C72—
DistanceRunsBestMedianSince 21 Oct 2025
1m2f – 1m4f17122A102—
1m – 1m1f7124C97—
6f – 7f285C72—

KTB Speed v1 · batch 15 Sep 2026 · GB & Irish racing only · 26 figures from 26 runs · as at 3 Oct 2026 · a record, not a forecast

KTB Rating

Best recent KTB Rating 106A the best of the last 3 rated runs · Dundalk (AW), 11 Oct 2019 Official rating 101 at the last run, 11 Oct 2019

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 →

Flat 28 figures · best 114A · median 90
GoingRunsBestMedianSince 21 Oct 2025
Standard (AW)7114A96—
Good to Firm6108A91—
Good6107A91—
Soft487B83—
Good to Soft3101A97—
Heavy287A73.5—
DistanceRunsBestMedianSince 21 Oct 2025
1m2f – 1m4f17114A91—
1m – 1m1f7108A86—
6f – 7f491A82—

KTB Rating v1 · batch 3 Oct 2026 · GB & Irish racing only · 28 figures from 28 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

Progeny in our archive have won 10.6% of 4,646 runs since Jan 2008 (262 horses).

Weakest over 2m1f – 2m4f (all codes): 6.8% from 146.

GoingRunsWinsSRvs sireThis horse
Firm18211.1%+0.5—
Good to Firm74510013.4%+2.80 from 6
Good1,006929.1%−1.50 from 6
Good to Soft516479.1%−1.50 from 3
Soft660548.2%−2.40 from 4
Heavy2082813.5%+2.90 from 2
Standard (AW)1,49217111.5%+0.92 from 7
Distance (all codes)RunsWinsSRvs sireThis horse
Under 6f5336311.8%+1.2—
6f – 7f1,72917310%−0.60 from 4
1m – 1m1f91310211.2%+0.61 from 7
1m2f – 1m4f83410112.1%+1.51 from 17
1m5f – 2m425399.2%−1.4—
2m1f – 2m4f146106.8%−3.8—
2m5f – 3m58610.3%−0.3—
Over 3m800%−10.6—

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

Dam
Melaaya (USA) (Aljabr)

6 siblings in the archive, 2 winners — best of them Reve du Jour (IRE) (2 wins).

The wins came over 6f–2m1½f; the highest grade won is Class 5 (Reve du Jour (IRE)).

ProduceRunsWinsWin tripsBest grade
Reve du Jour (IRE)1826fClass 5
Madam Anna (IRE)712m1½fClass 6
Estimaid (IRE)80——
Bunglasha Boy (IRE)20——
Invincible Sea (IRE)100——
I'm Lucy (IRE)70——

Record by conditions

GoingRunsWinsSR£1
Standard (AW) 7 2 29% −1.50
Good to Firm 6 0 0% −6.00
Good 6 0 0% −6.00
Soft 4 0 0% −4.00
Good to Soft 3 0 0% −3.00
Heavy 2 0 0% −2.00

CourseRunsWinsSR£1
Dundalk (AW) 7 2 29% −1.50
Curragh 7 0 0% −7.00
Naas 5 0 0% −5.00
Leopardstown 2 0 0% −2.00
Roscommon 2 0 0% −2.00
Cork 1 0 0% −1.00
Listowel 1 0 0% −1.00
Galway 1 0 0% −1.00
Curragh (IRE) 1 0 0% −1.00
Navan 1 0 0% −1.00

DistanceRunsWinsSR£1
1m2f – 1m4f 17 1 6% −13.00
1m – 1m1f 7 1 14% −5.50
6f – 7f 4 0 0% −4.00

JockeyRunsWinsSR£1
Ronan Whelan 12 0 0% −12.00
Shane Foley 3 0 0% −3.00
Declan McDonogh 3 0 0% −3.00
Colin Keane 2 1 50% +2.00
Pat Smullen 2 1 50% −0.50
Kevin Manning 2 0 0% −2.00
N G McCullagh 1 0 0% −1.00
Conor Hoban 1 0 0% −1.00
Jamie Spencer 1 0 0% −1.00
Wayne Lordan 1 0 0% −1.00

HeadgearRunsWinsSR£1
None 22 2 9% −16.50
Hood 3 0 0% −3.00
Tongue tie 2 0 0% −2.00
Cheekpieces 1 0 0% −1.00

SeasonRunsWinsSR£1
2019 9 0 0% −9.00
2018 10 1 10% −6.00
2017 5 1 20% −3.50
2016 4 0 0% −4.00

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
11 Oct 19+14d Dundalk (AW) Irish Stallion Farms EBF 'Red God' Handicap 10.5f · Standard · 14 ran 2/14 ½ 10-1 101116B106A Ronan Whelan 5/1
27 Sep 19+12d Dundalk (AW) Matthews.ie Diamond Stakes (Group 3) 10.5f · Standard · 8 ran 4/8 ¾ 9-8 101116A88A Ronan Whelan 14/1
15 Sep 19+38d Curragh Irish Stallion Farms EBF 'Northfields' Handicap (Premier Handicap) 10f · Good To Firm · 16 ran 11/16 hd 9-10 9747C88A Ronan Whelan 16/1
08 Aug 19+31d Leopardstown Grenke Finance Ballyroan Stakes (Group 3) 12f · Good To Firm · 6 ran 5/6 4½ 9-8 9788A83B Ronan Whelan 22/1
08 Jul 19+11d Roscommon Lenebane Stakes (listed) 12f · Good · 4 ran 2/4 ½ 9-11 9895C91B Colin Keane 5/2
27 Jun 19+13d Curragh Irish Stallion Farms European Breeders Fund 'Ragusa' Handicap (Premier Handicap) 12f · Good · 10 ran 4/10 1¼ 9-12 9888A97A Ronan Whelan 10/1
14 Jun 19+20d Cork Cork Derby (Extended Handicap) 12f · Good To Yielding · 10 ran 2/10 nk 9-12 98105A97A Ronan Whelan 8/1
25 May 19+19d Curragh FBD Hotels & Resorts Handicap 10f · Good To Firm · 18 ran 3/18 ½ 9-12 9862C99A Ronan Whelan 10/1
06 May 19+171d Curragh Curragh On Hallowed Ground Handicap (60-100) 8f · Good To Yielding · 27 ran 20/27 nk 10-0 9970C83A Ronan Whelan 8/1
16 Nov 18+12d Dundalk (AW) Dundalk Stadium - Light Up Your Night Handicap 10.5f · Standard · 11 ran 1/11 9-12 96122A114A Colin Keane 3/1J
04 Nov 18+14d Naas Finale Stakes (Listed) 12f · Yielding · 9 ran 7/9 1¾ 9-5 97117C82C N G McCullagh 20/1
21 Oct 18+9d Naas Matchbook Time To Move Over Handicap 10f · Good To Yielding · 13 ran 4/13 1 10-0 9765C101A Ronan Whelan 6/1
12 Oct 18+14d Dundalk (AW) Al Basti Equiworld Carlingford Stakes (Listed) 10.5f · Standard · 7 ran 3/7 ¾ 9-7 97107A96A Ronan Whelan 6/1
28 Sep 18+18d Dundalk (AW) Recruit Island Diamond Stakes (Group 3) 10.5f · Standard · 6 ran 4/6 2½ 9-8 97106A89B Ronan Whelan 13/2
10 Sep 18+41d Listowel Edmund & Josie Whelan Memorial Listowel Stakes (Listed) 9f · Soft · 15 ran 8/15 11 9-9 98124C79C Ronan Whelan 25/1
31 Jul 18+19d Galway Colm Quinn BMW Mile Handicap 8.5f · Soft · 17 ran 13/17 2½ 9-7 100110C84A Shane Foley 16/1
12 Jul 18+11d Leopardstown Irish Stallion Farms EBF 'Nasrullah' Handicap (Premier Handicap) 10f · Good To Firm · 12 ran 9/12 hd 9-12 100122A94A Shane Foley 7/1
01 Jul 18+35d Curragh Lyndsey & Eleanor Comer Trust Handicap (Premier Handicap) 8f · Good To Firm · 10 ran 3/10 hd 9-13 9995A108A Conor Hoban 5/1C
27 May 18+219d Curragh Irish Stallion Farms European Breeders Fund 'Habitat' Handicap 8f · Good · 13 ran 3/13 2¼ 10-0 10097C107A Jamie Spencer 7/1
20 Oct 17+61d Dundalk (AW) www.dundalkstadium.com Maiden 8f · Standard · 14 ran 1/14 9-5 100121B101A Pat Smullen 1/2F
20 Aug 17+22d Curragh (IRE) Qatar Airways Royal Whip Stakes 10f · Yielding To Soft · 5 ran 2/5 3¼ 8-13 86102C87B Shane Foley 33/1
29 Jul 17+97d Curragh Extra.ie Maiden 10f · Good To Firm · 13 ran 4/13 ½ 9-5 8662C74A Wayne Lordan 7/1
23 Apr 17+28d Navan Wesco Electrical Forty-Fifth Anniversary Handicap 10f · Good · 11 ran 4/11 ¾ 9-10 82100A91A Pat Smullen 9/1
26 Mar 17+149d Naas Palmerstown House Madrid Handicap 7f · Soft To Heavy · 12 ran 11/12 ¾ 9-0 8359C60C Declan McDonogh 5/1F
28 Oct 16+12d Dundalk (AW) Irish Stallion Farms European Breeders Fund Median Auction Maiden (Plus 10) 8f · Standard · 14 ran 2/14 nk 9-5 8794B86A Declan McDonogh 13/8F
16 Oct 16+62d Naas Irish Stallion Farms E.B.F. Auction Race (Plus 10) 7f · Soft To Heavy · 14 ran 3/14 nk 8-13 —85C87A Declan McDonogh 5/1
15 Aug 16+14d Roscommon Irish Stallion Farms E.B.F. Auction Race (Plus 10) 7f · Good · 7 ran 2/7 ¾ 8-13 ——91A Kevin Manning 7/2
01 Aug 16 Naas Billy's Bus Supporting Naas Hurling Race (Plus 10) 6f · Good · 5 ran 3/5 1½ 9-0 ——77B Kevin Manning 33/1

Quick answers

How many races has Massif Central (IRE) won?
Massif Central (IRE) won 2 of 28 archived starts between 2016 and 2019, a strike rate of 7.1%. Placed 11 times in total (39.3% of starts).
Who trained Massif Central (IRE)?
Massif Central (IRE) was trained by M Halford on the most recent run on record, at Dundalk (AW) on 11 October 2019.
Who is Massif Central (IRE)'s sire?
Massif Central (IRE) is by Arcano (IRE) out of Melaaya (USA), whose sire is Aljabr.
What going does Massif Central (IRE) prefer?
Massif Central (IRE) has the best record on standard (aw) going: 2 wins from 7 starts (28.6%). Only going bands with at least three archived starts are read, so this is a direction rather than a settled preference.
What is Massif Central (IRE)'s official rating?
The most recent official rating on record is 101, from the run on 11 October 2019. That is also the highest on record.
What is Massif Central (IRE)'s sire's record?
Arcano (IRE)'s progeny in our archive have won 10.6% of 4,646 runs since Jan 2008 (262 horses), Flat and jumps together. Weakest over 2m1f – 2m4f (all codes): 6.8% from 146.
Who are Massif Central (IRE)'s siblings?
Out of Melaaya (USA), Massif Central (IRE) has 6 other produce in our archive, 2 of them winners. Most wins: Reve du Jour (IRE) (2). Highest grade won: Class 5 (Reve du Jour (IRE)). The wins came over 6f–2m1½f. As at Oct 2026.

Record shown from August 2016. 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.