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Horse profile

Metal Soldier (IRE)

2yo gelding (at last run, May 2009) · Last trainer John Quinn · Last owner The Clay Family
by Antonius Pius (USA) out of Shenkara (IRE) (Night Shift)
1 run · 1 course · from May 2009
As at 5 Nov 2026 · KTB archive: GB, Ireland & France · 2005–present, updated daily
No run recorded since 7 May 2009 — 6,390 days ago. Our archive can't say whether the horse is still in training.
Last run May 2009 · 1st of 11 Won last time out Won at Chester
KTB Profile

Lightly raced, with 1 archived start in May 2009 as a 2yo gelding. Finished 1 of 11 at Chester last time. By Antonius Pius (USA), whose progeny in our archive have won 8.1% of 3,236 runs since Apr 2009.

Based on 1 archived run · updated 5 Nov 2026
KTB at a glance Win at Class 3

KTB Speed and Rating

KTB Speed

No KTB Speed figures for this horse. The engine scores GB and Irish racing from Oct 2016; runs elsewhere, or earlier, have no figure.

KTB Speed v1 · batch 15 Sep 2026 · GB & Irish racing only · 0 figures from 0 runs · a record, not a forecast

KTB Rating

Best recent KTB Rating 84A the best of the last 1 rated run · Chester, 7 May 2009

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 1 figure · too few for a breakdown

KTB Rating v1 · batch 3 Oct 2026 · GB & Irish racing only · 1 figure from 1 run · 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 8.1% of 3,236 runs since Apr 2009 (195 horses).

Weakest on good to soft going: 5% from 339.

GoingRunsWinsSRvs sireThis horse
Firm2414.2%−3.9—
Good to Firm640619.5%+1.41 from 1
Good799729%+0.9—
Good to Soft339175%−3.1—
Soft476428.8%+0.7—
Heavy213125.6%−2.5—
Standard (AW)745587.8%−0.3—
Distance (all codes)RunsWinsSRvs sireThis horse
Under 6f230156.5%−1.61 from 1
6f – 7f977969.8%+1.7—
1m – 1m1f651497.5%−0.6—
1m2f – 1m4f389266.7%−1.4—
1m5f – 2m574457.8%−0.3—
2m1f – 2m4f306216.9%−1.2—
2m5f – 3m76810.5%+2.4—
Over 3m3339.1%+1—

Flat and jumps together (all codes) · since Apr 2009 · as at 5 Nov 2026 · rows under 30 runs muted · win % is the measure, a record not a forecast

Dam
Shenkara (IRE) (Night Shift)

7 siblings in the archive, 4 winners — best of them Crocodile Bay (IRE) (9 wins).

The wins came over 5f–1m½f; the highest grade won is Class 2 (You da One (IRE)).

ProduceRunsWinsWin tripsBest grade
Crocodile Bay (IRE)12295f–1m½fClass 3
Who Told Jo Jo (IRE)5575f–6fClass 4
You da One (IRE)1225f–7fClass 2
Cara's Muse (IRE)1726½f–7fClass 6
Birkacre (IRE)30——
Anfield Star (IRE)60——
What An Honour (IRE)40——

Too few runs for meaningful splits. The full record is below.

Form

DateCourseRace PosBtn Wgt KTB Jockey SP
2009 · 1 run
07 May 09 Chester Moscow Eight E.B.F. Maiden Stakes Class 3 · 5f · Good To Firm · 11 ran 1/11 9-3 84A Graham Gibbons 9/1

Quick answers

How many races has Metal Soldier won?
Metal Soldier (IRE) won 1 of 1 archived start in 2009, a strike rate of 100%. Placed 1 time in total (100% of starts).
Who trained Metal Soldier?
Metal Soldier (IRE) was trained by John Quinn on the most recent run on record, at Chester on 7 May 2009.
Who is Metal Soldier's sire?
Metal Soldier (IRE) is by Antonius Pius (USA) out of Shenkara (IRE), whose sire is Night Shift.
What is Metal Soldier's sire's record?
Antonius Pius (USA)'s progeny in our archive have won 8.1% of 3,236 runs since Apr 2009 (195 horses), Flat and jumps together. Weakest on good to soft going: 5% from 339.
Who are Metal Soldier's siblings?
Out of Shenkara (IRE), Metal Soldier (IRE) has 7 other produce in our archive, 4 of them winners. Most wins: Crocodile Bay (IRE) (9). Highest grade won: Class 2 (You da One (IRE)). The wins came over 5f–1m½f. As at Nov 2026.

Record shown from May 2009. 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.