Moonlight Warrior (IRE)
Moonlight Warrior won one of two starts between Sep 2025 and Oct 2025, scoring at Class 5 level. The colt won the Bet 10 Get 40 With BetMGM EBF Restricted Novice Stakes over 6f – 7f on Standard going at Newcastle (AW) last time out. By Gleneagles, whose progeny have won 11.4% of 4,507 runs since Jan 2008 on all codes, he is out of a dam who has produced four winners from five runners to date, including Bell Shot with nine wins.
- 1–2Wins / Runs
- 50%Strike rate
- 1 (50%)Placed
- +1.25£1 level staken=2 at SP
- 26dAvg between runs
KTB Speed and Rating
Best recent Speed 69
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 →
| Going | Runs | Best | Median | Since 18 Oct 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Standard (AW) | 1 | — | — | 1 · — |
| Good | 1 | — | — | — |
| Distance | Runs | Best | Median | Since 18 Oct 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6f – 7f | 1 | — | — | 1 · — |
| 1m – 1m1f | 1 | — | — | — |
KTB Speed v1 · batch 15 Sep 2026 · GB & Irish racing only · 2 figures from 2 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.
Pedigree intelligence
Progeny in our archive have won 11.4% of 4,544 runs since Jan 2008 (444 horses).
Strongest on heavy going: 17.2% from 279.
| Going | Runs | Wins | SR | vs sire | This horse |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Firm | 11 | 2 | 18.2% | +6.8 | — |
| Good to Firm | 497 | 63 | 12.7% | +1.3 | — |
| Good | 1,158 | 138 | 11.9% | +0.5 | 0 from 1 |
| Good to Soft | 556 | 57 | 10.3% | −1.1 | — |
| Soft | 744 | 88 | 11.8% | +0.4 | — |
| Heavy | 279 | 48 | 17.2% | +5.8 | — |
| Standard (AW) | 1,299 | 122 | 9.4% | −2 | 1 from 1 |
| Distance (all codes) | Runs | Wins | SR | vs sire | This horse |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Under 6f | 140 | 14 | 10% | −1.4 | — |
| 6f – 7f | 949 | 107 | 11.3% | −0.1 | 1 from 1 |
| 1m – 1m1f | 1,201 | 149 | 12.4% | +1 | 0 from 1 |
| 1m2f – 1m4f | 1,294 | 150 | 11.6% | +0.2 | — |
| 1m5f – 2m | 591 | 64 | 10.8% | −0.6 | — |
| 2m1f – 2m4f | 237 | 22 | 9.3% | −2.1 | — |
| 2m5f – 3m | 96 | 6 | 6.3% | −5.1 | — |
| Over 3m | 36 | 6 | 16.7% | +5.3 | — |
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
5 siblings in the archive, 4 winners — best of them Bell Shot (IRE) (9 wins).
The wins came over 6f–2m; the highest grade won is Class 4 (Bell Shot (IRE)).
| Produce | Runs | Wins | Win trips | Best grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bell Shot (IRE) | 56 | 9 | 6f–7½f | Class 4 |
| Merry Minister (IRE) | 22 | 2 | 7f–2m | Class 5 |
| Winston's Tipple (IRE) | 6 | 1 | 1m2f | Class 4 |
| Herodotus (IRE) | 20 | 1 | 1m2f | Class 5 |
| Winston's Folly (IRE) | 5 | 0 | — | — |
Too few runs for meaningful splits. The full record is below.
Form
| Date | Course | Race | Pos | Btn | Wgt | Spd | KTB | Jockey | SP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 21 Oct 25+26d | Newcastle (AW) | Bet 10 Get 40 With BetMGM EBF Restricted Novice Stakes (GBB Race) Settled in 4th - pushed along and lost ground two out - rallied well to hit the front close home | 1/4 | 9-7 | 82C | 75B | P J McDonald | 9/4 | |
| 25 Sep 25 | Newmarket | Hunters Prestige British EBF Maiden Stakes Settled towards the back through the middle stages - shifted right approaching final furlong looking for room - inexperienced but battled on between rivals - finished up in 4th | 4/7 | 3 | 9-2 | 69A | 82A | Oisin Murphy | 10/1 |
Quick answers
- How many races has Moonlight Warrior (IRE) won?
- Moonlight Warrior (IRE) won 1 of 2 archived starts in 2025, a strike rate of 50%. Placed 1 time in total (50% of starts).
- Who trains Moonlight Warrior (IRE)?
- Moonlight Warrior (IRE) is trained by Andrew Balding, who saddled the horse on its most recent run on 21 October 2025.
- Who is Moonlight Warrior (IRE)'s sire?
- Moonlight Warrior (IRE) is by Gleneagles (IRE) out of Merry Me (IRE), whose sire is Invincible Spirit.
- What is Moonlight Warrior (IRE)'s sire's record?
- Gleneagles (IRE)'s progeny in our archive have won 11.4% of 4,544 runs since Jan 2008 (444 horses), Flat and jumps together. Strongest on heavy going: 17.2% from 279.
- Who are Moonlight Warrior (IRE)'s siblings?
- Out of Merry Me (IRE), Moonlight Warrior (IRE) has 5 other produce in our archive, 4 of them winners. Most wins: Bell Shot (IRE) (9). Highest grade won: Class 4 (Bell Shot (IRE)). The wins came over 6f–2m. As at Oct 2026.