Horse profile
Moon Trouble (IRE)
7yo gelding (at last run, Feb 2020) · Last trainer Michael Appleby · Last owner Rob Oliver The Horse Watchers
by Lope De Vega (IRE) out of Shake The Moon (GER) (Loup Solitaire)
32 runs · 14 courses · from Oct 2015
As at 28 Oct 2026 · KTB archive: GB, Ireland & France · 2005–present, updated daily
No run recorded since 21 Feb 2020 — 2,440 days ago. Our archive can't say whether the horse is still in training.
Last run Feb 2020 · 5th of 6
3 wins · Chelmsford City (AW), Longchamp (FR) & Deauville (FR)
Last raced off OR 74
KTB Profile
Moon Trouble (IRE) is 3 from 32. Hasn't won since Jun 2019. Last raced off 74, 18lb below the career-high mark.
Based on 32 archived runs · updated 28 Oct 2026
KTB at a glance
OR ↓ 18lb off peak
- 3–32Wins / Runs
- 9.4%Strike rate
- 7 (21.9%)Placed
- −23.30£1 level staken=32 at SP
- 0.65Fair A/E n=32 · 0.56 incl. margin
- 92Highest OR
- 51dAvg 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 rating74↓ 18lb off peak
74
74–92
KTB Speed and Rating
KTB Speed
Best recent Speed 105
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 28 Oct 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Standard (AW) | 13 | 113C | 98 | — |
| Good to Firm | 1 | — | — | — |
| Good | 1 | — | — | — |
| Soft | 1 | — | — | — |
| Distance | Runs | Best | Median | Since 28 Oct 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6f – 7f | 11 | 113C | 97 | — |
| Under 6f | 5 | 115A | 100 | — |
KTB Speed v1 · batch 15 Sep 2026 · GB & Irish racing only · 16 figures from 16 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
Sire
Progeny in our archive have won 13.8% of 12,182 runs since Jan 2008 (1,104 horses).
Weakest over 1m5f – 2m (all codes): 9.3% from 957.
| Going | Runs | Wins | SR | vs sire | This horse |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Firm | 18 | 4 | 22.2% | +8.4 | — |
| Good to Firm | 1,559 | 238 | 15.3% | +1.5 | 0 from 1 |
| Good | 2,753 | 383 | 13.9% | +0.1 | 0 from 7 |
| Good to Soft | 1,556 | 183 | 11.8% | −2 | 0 from 3 |
| Soft | 1,874 | 252 | 13.4% | −0.4 | 1 from 3 |
| Heavy | 717 | 84 | 11.7% | −2.1 | 0 from 1 |
| Standard (AW) | 3,703 | 532 | 14.4% | +0.6 | 2 from 17 |
| Distance (all codes) | Runs | Wins | SR | vs sire | This horse |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Under 6f | 477 | 71 | 14.9% | +1.1 | 1 from 9 |
| 6f – 7f | 3,598 | 511 | 14.2% | +0.4 | 2 from 19 |
| 1m – 1m1f | 3,594 | 515 | 14.3% | +0.5 | 0 from 4 |
| 1m2f – 1m4f | 3,278 | 466 | 14.2% | +0.4 | — |
| 1m5f – 2m | 957 | 89 | 9.3% | −4.5 | — |
| 2m1f – 2m4f | 245 | 24 | 9.8% | −4 | — |
| 2m5f – 3m | 32 | 1 | 3.1% | −10.7 | — |
| Over 3m | 1 | 0 | 0% | −13.8 | — |
Flat and jumps together (all codes) · since Jan 2008 · as at 28 Oct 2026 · rows under 30 runs muted · win % is the measure, a record not a forecast
Dam
Shake The Moon (GER) (Loup Solitaire)
10 siblings in the archive, 5 winners — best of them Photo Choc (FR) (3 wins).
The wins came over 1m½f–2m2f; the highest grade won is Listed (Photo Choc (FR)).
Family form: Roman Skies (FR) finished 3rd of 15 at Auteuil (FR), 6 Oct 2026.
| Produce | Runs | Wins | Win trips | Best grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Photo Choc (FR) | 7 | 3 | 1m2f–2m2f | Listed |
| Borntobealeader (IRE) | 15 | 2 | 1m3f–2m | Class 3 |
| Roman Skies (FR) | 17 | 2 | 2m1½f–2m2f | — |
| Tremor (IRE) | 5 | 1 | 1m½f | Class 4 |
| Chega De Saudade (FR) | 5 | 1 | 1m5½f | — |
| Golden Moonshake (IRE) | 9 | 0 | — | — |
| Spinning Moon (IRE) | 3 | 0 | — | — |
| Moon Pie (IRE) | 2 | 0 | — | — |
| Quarter City (FR) | 1 | 0 | — | — |
| Roman Skies (FR) | 2 | 0 | — | — |
Record by conditions
| Going | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Standard (AW) | 17 | 2 | 12% | −11.20 |
| Good | 7 | 0 | 0% | −7.00 |
| Soft | 3 | 1 | 33% | −0.10 |
| Good to Soft | 3 | 0 | 0% | −3.00 |
| Good to Firm | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Heavy | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Class | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Class 3 | 5 | 1 | 20% | −1.50 |
| Class 2 | 5 | 0 | 0% | −5.00 |
| Class 4 | 3 | 0 | 0% | −3.00 |
| Class 6 | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Class 5 | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Course | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Deauville (FR) | 7 | 1 | 14% | −4.70 |
| Chelmsford City (AW) | 4 | 1 | 25% | −0.50 |
| Lingfield (AW) | 3 | 0 | 0% | −3.00 |
| Kempton (AW) | 3 | 0 | 0% | −3.00 |
| Maisons-Laffitte (FR) | 3 | 0 | 0% | −3.00 |
| Chantilly (FR) | 3 | 0 | 0% | −3.00 |
| Longchamp (FR) | 2 | 1 | 50% | +0.90 |
| Wolverhampton (AW) | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Newcastle (AW) | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Southwell (AW) | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Thirsk | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Goodwood | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Newbury | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Fontainebleau (FR) | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Distance | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6f – 7f | 19 | 2 | 11% | −13.20 |
| Under 6f | 9 | 1 | 11% | −6.10 |
| 1m – 1m1f | 4 | 0 | 0% | −4.00 |
| Jockey | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fabrice Veron | 7 | 1 | 14% | −4.10 |
| Mickael Barzalona | 6 | 1 | 17% | −3.70 |
| Alistair Rawlinson | 5 | 0 | 0% | −5.00 |
| Luke Morris | 3 | 0 | 0% | −3.00 |
| P J McDonald | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Mark Crehan | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Ben Curtis | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Sean Davis | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Angus Villiers | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Tom Marquand | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Oisin Murphy | 1 | 1 | 100% | +2.50 |
| Silvestre De Sousa | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Antoine Hamelin | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Franck Blondel | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Maxime Guyon | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Headgear | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| None | 25 | 3 | 12% | −16.30 |
| Tongue tie + visor | 4 | 0 | 0% | −4.00 |
| Visor | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Hood | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Cheekpieces | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Season | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | 6 | 0 | 0% | −6.00 |
| 2019 | 10 | 1 | 10% | −6.50 |
| 2018 | 4 | 1 | 25% | −1.10 |
| 2017 | 5 | 0 | 0% | −5.00 |
| 2016 | 6 | 0 | 0% | −6.00 |
| 2015 | 1 | 1 | 100% | +1.30 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 · 6 runs | ||||||||||
| 21 Feb 20+15d | Wolverhampton (AW) | Betway Classified Selling Stakes | 5/6 | 1½ | 9-7 | 74 | 84A | 61B | Luke Morris | 3/1 |
| 06 Feb 20+6d | Newcastle (AW) | Play 4 To Score At Betway Sprint Handicap | 6/6 | ½ | 9-0 | 78 | 105A | 67B | P J McDonald | 11/1 |
| 31 Jan 20+1d | Lingfield (AW) | Bombardier 'March To Your Own Drum' Claiming Stakes | 2/7 | 4 | 10-0 | 78 | 93A | 82A | Luke Morris | 10/1 |
| 30 Jan 20+10d | Chelmsford City (AW) | tote Is Back With Better Value Handicap | 7/7 | 1½ | 9-4 | 80 | 95A | 59A | Luke Morris | 12/1 |
| 20 Jan 20+10d | Kempton (AW) | 32Red.com Handicap | 5/9 | 1¼ | 9-2 | 80 | 97A | 78A | Mark Crehan | 20/1 |
| 10 Jan 20+21d | Lingfield (AW) | Betway Heed Your Hunch Claiming Stakes | 2/4 | 1½ | 9-4 | 85 | 113C | 85B | Alistair Rawlinson | 11/10F |
| 2019 · 10 runs | ||||||||||
| 20 Dec 19+11d | Southwell (AW) | Betway Heed Your Hunch Handicap | 6/6 | 4 | 9-5 | 87 | 100C | 57B | Ben Curtis | 17/2 |
| 09 Dec 19+18d | Lingfield (AW) | Betway Handicap | 6/7 | ½ | 8-2 | 87 | 92A | 70A | Sean Davis | 16/1 |
| 21 Nov 19+24d | Chelmsford City (AW) | Irish Lotto At totesport.com Handicap | 11/13 | 1 | 8-1 | 89 | 93B | 63A | Angus Villiers | 9/2 |
| 28 Oct 19+117d | Kempton (AW) | 32Red Handicap | 6/11 | ½ | 9-3 | 91 | 100A | 82A | Tom Marquand | 25/1 |
| 03 Jul 19+27d | Thirsk | Sri Lanka Staying Strong Handicap | 6/9 | ¾ | 9-9 | 91 | 97A | 80A | Alistair Rawlinson | 6/1 |
| 06 Jun 19+6d | Chelmsford City (AW) | Totepool Cashback Club At Totesport.com Handicap | 1/7 | 9-2 | 85 | 103A | 96A | Oisin Murphy | 5/2 | |
| 31 May 19+27d | Chelmsford City (AW) | Irish Lotto At Totesport.com Handicap | 4/10 | 2½ | 9-2 | 85 | 98A | 81A | Alistair Rawlinson | 11/4F |
| 04 May 19+22d | Goodwood | Unibet Handicap | 8/11 | 2¼ | 8-13 | 88 | 93A | 69A | Alistair Rawlinson | 8/1 |
| 12 Apr 19+13d | Newbury | Dubai Duty Free Handicap | 6/8 | ½ | 8-8 | 90 | 115A | 70A | Silvestre De Sousa | 9/4F |
| 30 Mar 19+178d | Kempton (AW) | Better Odds With Matchbook Handicap | 6/11 | ¾ | 8-11 | 92 | 105A | 87A | Alistair Rawlinson | 9/1 |
| 2018 · 4 runs | ||||||||||
| 03 Oct 18+61d | Fontainebleau (FR) | Prix du Rocher Cassepot (Conditions) (4yo+) (Turf) | 5/9 | nk | 9-6 | — | — | — | Fabrice Veron | 7/2 |
| 03 Aug 18+82d | Deauville (FR) | Prix d'Hudimesnil (Conditions) (4yo+) (Polytrack) | 8/10 | nk | 9-0 | — | — | — | Antoine Hamelin | 14/1 |
| 13 May 18+24d | Longchamp (FR) | Prix de Saint-Georges (3yo+) (Turf) | 6/8 | hd | 9-0 | — | — | — | Fabrice Veron | 12/1 |
| 19 Apr 18+199d | Longchamp (FR) | Prix de la Colonne de Juillet (Conditions) (4yo+) (Turf) | 1/9 | 9-0 | — | — | — | Fabrice Veron | 19/10F | |
| 2017 · 5 runs | ||||||||||
| 02 Oct 17+65d | Maisons-Laffitte (FR) | Prix de Bonneval () (3yo+) (Turf) | 3/12 | hd | 9-0 | — | — | — | Fabrice Veron | 112/10 |
| 29 Jul 17+24d | Deauville (FR) | Prix du Cercle () (3yo+) (Turf) | 8/8 | 2 | 9-2 | — | — | — | Fabrice Veron | 19/5 |
| 05 Jul 17+14d | Deauville (FR) | Prix du Manoir Potier (Conditions) (4yo+) (Polytrack) | 2/8 | 1¾ | 9-0 | — | — | — | Fabrice Veron | 37/10 |
| 21 Jun 17+62d | Maisons-Laffitte (FR) | Prix Zino (Conditions) (4yo+) (Turf) | 3/7 | 1¼ | 9-1 | — | — | — | Fabrice Veron | 96/10 |
| 20 Apr 17+200d | Chantilly (FR) | Prix du Bu (Conditions) (4yo+) (Polytrack) | 9/15 | ½ | 8-11 | — | — | — | Franck Blondel | 9/1 |
| 2016 · 6 runs | ||||||||||
| 02 Oct 16+61d | Chantilly (FR) | Qatar Prix de la Foret (3yo+) (Turf) | 11/11 | 5 | 9-0 | — | — | — | Mickael Barzalona | 33/1 |
| 02 Aug 16+31d | Deauville (FR) | Prix Chez Herve (Prix de Tourgeville) () (3yo Colts & Geldings) (Round) (Turf) | 5/9 | 1¼ | 9-3 | — | — | — | Maxime Guyon | 47/10 |
| 02 Jul 16+21d | Deauville (FR) | Prix de la Porte Maillot (3yo+) (Turf) | 6/6 | 3 | 8-7 | — | — | — | Mickael Barzalona | 7/4F |
| 11 Jun 16+27d | Chantilly (FR) | Prix Paul de Moussac (3yo Colts & Geldings) (Turf) | 2/8 | 2½ | 8-10 | — | — | — | Mickael Barzalona | 7/1 |
| 15 May 16+38d | Deauville (FR) | Poule d'Essai des Poulains (3yo Colts) (Straight) (Turf) | 8/13 | hd | 9-2 | — | — | — | Mickael Barzalona | 33/1 |
| 07 Apr 16+171d | Maisons-Laffitte (FR) | Prix Djebel (3yo Colts & Geldings) (Straight) (Turf) | 3/7 | nk | 9-2 | — | — | — | Mickael Barzalona | 4/1 |
| 2015 · 1 run | ||||||||||
| 19 Oct 15 | Deauville (FR) | Prix Filiberto (Maiden) (2yo Colts & Geldings) (Polytrack) | 1/13 | 9-2 | — | — | — | Mickael Barzalona | 13/10F | |
Quick answers
- How many races has Moon Trouble won?
- Moon Trouble (IRE) won 3 of 32 archived starts between 2015 and 2020, a strike rate of 9.4%. Placed 7 times in total (21.9% of starts).
- Who trained Moon Trouble?
- Moon Trouble (IRE) was trained by Michael Appleby on the most recent run on record, at Wolverhampton (AW) on 21 February 2020.
- Who is Moon Trouble's sire?
- Moon Trouble (IRE) is by Lope De Vega (IRE) out of Shake The Moon (GER), whose sire is Loup Solitaire.
- What going does Moon Trouble prefer?
- Moon Trouble (IRE) has the best record on soft going: 1 win from 3 starts (33.3%). Only going bands with at least three archived starts are read, so this is a direction rather than a settled preference.
- What is Moon Trouble's official rating?
- The most recent official rating on record is 74, from the run on 21 February 2020. The highest on record is 92.
- What is Moon Trouble's sire's record?
- Lope De Vega (IRE)'s progeny in our archive have won 13.8% of 12,182 runs since Jan 2008 (1,104 horses), Flat and jumps together. Weakest over 1m5f – 2m (all codes): 9.3% from 957.
- Who are Moon Trouble's siblings?
- Out of Shake The Moon (GER), Moon Trouble (IRE) has 10 other produce in our archive, 5 of them winners. Most wins: Photo Choc (FR) (3). Highest grade won: Listed (Photo Choc (FR)). The wins came over 1m½f–2m2f. As at Oct 2026.