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Horse profile

Murtagh (IRE)

6yo gelding (at last run, Jun 2010) · Last trainer M Halford · Last owner Mrs Louise Halford
by Cape Cross (IRE) out of Suave Lady (FR) (Suave Dancer)
26 runs · 10 courses · from Oct 2006
As at 28 Oct 2026 · KTB archive: GB, Ireland & France · 2005–present, updated daily
No run recorded since 13 Jun 2010 — 5,980 days ago. Our archive can't say whether the horse is still in training.
Last run Jun 2010 · 9th of 15 Won at Navan Last raced off OR 54
KTB Profile

Murtagh (IRE) is 1 from 26. Hasn't won since Nov 2007. The win came on turf — 0 from 8 on the all-weather. Last raced off 54, 60lb below the career-high mark.

Based on 26 archived runs · updated 28 Oct 2026
KTB at a glance Won on turf, 0 on AW OR ↓ 60lb off peak
Official rating54↓ 60lb off peak
54 52–114

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 (flat) 62A the best of the last 3 rated runs · Dundalk (AW), 16 Apr 2010 Official rating 54 at the last flat run, 13 Jun 2010

Best recent KTB Rating (jumps) 110A the best of the last 3 rated runs · Bellewstown, 3 Jul 2009 Official rating 106 at the last jumps run, 3 Jul 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. A, B or C on a run is how much known form was in that race. What this means →

Flat 19 figures · best 79C · median 60
GoingRunsBestMedianSince 28 Oct 2025
Standard (AW)874A61—
Soft479C70—
Good to Firm356A53—
Good to Soft378C60—
Heavy1———
DistanceRunsBestMedianSince 28 Oct 2025
1m2f – 1m4f1478C59—
1m5f – 2m260C59.5—
1m – 1m1f279C62—
6f – 7f1———
Jumps 7 figures · best 129C · median 104
GoingRunsBestMedianSince 28 Oct 2025
Soft4129C106—
Good2110A103—
Heavy1———
DistanceRunsBestMedianSince 28 Oct 2025
1m5f – 2m5129C104—
2m1f – 2m4f2110A107—

KTB Rating v1 · batch 3 Oct 2026 · GB & Irish racing only · 26 figures from 26 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
Cape Cross (IRE)

Progeny in our archive have won 13.3% of 12,754 runs since Jan 2008 (988 horses).

Weakest on heavy going: 8.4% from 477. Weakest over 2m5f – 3m (all codes): 7.8% from 230.

GoingRunsWinsSRvs sireThis horse
Firm1412215.6%+2.3—
Good to Firm2,36735314.9%+1.60 from 3
Good2,86638213.3%00 from 2
Good to Soft1,3781359.8%−3.50 from 3
Soft1,61817210.6%−2.71 from 8
Heavy477408.4%−4.90 from 2
Standard (AW)3,90558815.1%+1.80 from 8
Distance (all codes)RunsWinsSRvs sireThis horse
Under 6f2453112.7%−0.6—
6f – 7f2,81735712.7%−0.60 from 1
1m – 1m1f3,29245513.8%+0.50 from 2
1m2f – 1m4f3,81254414.3%+10 from 14
1m5f – 2m1,69922413.2%−0.11 from 7
2m1f – 2m4f629619.7%−3.60 from 2
2m5f – 3m230187.8%−5.5—
Over 3m30310%−3.3—

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
Suave Lady (FR) (Suave Dancer)

1 sibling in the archive, 1 winner — best of them Iannis (IRE) (1 win).

The wins came over 7f; the highest grade won is Class 5 (Iannis (IRE)).

ProduceRunsWinsWin tripsBest grade
Iannis (IRE)417fClass 5

Record by conditions

GoingRunsWinsSR£1
Standard (AW) 8 0 0% −8.00
Soft 8 1 13% −0.50
Good to Firm 3 0 0% −3.00
Good to Soft 3 0 0% −3.00
Good 2 0 0% −2.00
Heavy 2 0 0% −2.00

CourseRunsWinsSR£1
Dundalk (AW) 8 0 0% −8.00
Leopardstown 4 0 0% −4.00
Navan 4 1 25% +3.50
Ballinrobe 3 0 0% −3.00
Fairyhouse 2 0 0% −2.00
Roscommon 1 0 0% −1.00
Down Royal 1 0 0% −1.00
Killarney 1 0 0% −1.00
Bellewstown 1 0 0% −1.00
Naas 1 0 0% −1.00

DistanceRunsWinsSR£1
1m2f – 1m4f 14 0 0% −14.00
1m5f – 2m 7 1 14% +0.50
2m1f – 2m4f 2 0 0% −2.00
1m – 1m1f 2 0 0% −2.00
6f – 7f 1 0 0% −1.00

JockeyRunsWinsSR£1
Conor Hoban 7 0 0% −7.00
J P Killahena 5 0 0% −5.00
P W Flood 3 1 33% +4.50
Rory Cleary 3 0 0% −3.00
Derek McCormack 2 0 0% −2.00
Johnny Murtagh 2 0 0% −2.00
Antonio Fernandes 1 0 0% −1.00
Gary Carroll 1 0 0% −1.00
Niall P Madden 1 0 0% −1.00
Paul Townend 1 0 0% −1.00

HeadgearRunsWinsSR£1
None 14 1 7% −6.50
Cheekpieces 7 0 0% −7.00
Blinkers 5 0 0% −5.00

SeasonRunsWinsSR£1
2010 3 0 0% −3.00
2009 14 0 0% −14.00
2008 3 0 0% −3.00
2007 4 1 25% +3.50
2006 2 0 0% −2.00

TypeRunsWinsSR£1
Flat 19 0 0% −19.00
Hurdle 7 1 14% +0.50

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 ORKTB Jockey SP
2010 · 3 runs
13 Jun 10+36d Roscommon Roscommon Herald Handicap (47-60) 12f · Good To Firm · 15 ran 9/15 ¾ 8-12 5453A J P Killahena 9/1
08 May 10+22d Dundalk (AW) Hen & Stag Packages At Dundalk Stadium Handicap (47-60) (Div 1) 12f · Standard · 14 ran 12/14 4 9-0 5641C J P Killahena 4/1F
16 Apr 10+141d Dundalk (AW) George Farrelly & John Byrne Memorial Handicap (47-60) 10.5f · Standard · 14 ran 2/14 shd 8-10 5262A J P Killahena 10/1
2009 · 14 runs
26 Nov 09+15d Dundalk (AW) Christmas Party Nights At Dundalk Stadium Handicap (47-65) (Div 2) 10.5f · Standard · 14 ran 6/14 ¾ 9-5 5860A Antonio Fernandes 14/1
11 Nov 09+33d Dundalk (AW) Christmas Party Packages At Dundalk Apprentice Handicap (47-65) Div 1 12f · Standard · 13 ran 5/13 8 9-5 6358C J P Killahena 11/1
09 Oct 09+28d Dundalk (AW) Fairways Hotel Race & Stay Package Handicap (50-70) 10.5f · Standard · 14 ran 9/14 nk 8-12 6454A J P Killahena 25/1
11 Sep 09+24d Down Royal Derrinstown Stud Apprentice Handicap (47-65) 13f · Good To Yielding · 14 ran 9/14 7 9-9 6060C Gary Carroll 12/1
18 Aug 09+33d Killarney Tadgh Clifford Groundcare Handicap (50-80) 11f · Good To Yielding · 15 ran 8/15 2 7-13 6142C Conor Hoban 14/1
16 Jul 09+13d Leopardstown Derrinstown Stud Apprentice Handicap (47-70) 10f · Yielding · 17 ran 4/17 dht 9-3 6271A Conor Hoban 14/1
03 Jul 09+18d Bellewstown Sam Dennigan & Co. Handicap Hurdle (81-109) 17f · Good · 15 ran 6/15 ½ 11-2 106110A Derek McCormack 20/1
15 Jun 09+10d Ballinrobe Mayo Advertiser Claiming Race 9f · Good To Firm · 14 ran 12/14 ½ 8-13 5845A Conor Hoban 7/1
05 Jun 09+49d Navan June Summer Bbq Nights At Navan Handicap (60-90) 10f · Good To Firm · 11 ran 5/11 1¾ 7-8 6656A Conor Hoban 8/1
17 Apr 09+14d Dundalk (AW) Alva Gia Handicap (50-80) 12f · Standard · 14 ran 7/14 ¾ 8-6 6765A Conor Hoban 12/1
03 Apr 09+14d Dundalk (AW) Derrinstown Stud Apprentice Handicap (50-70) 12f · Standard · 14 ran 4/14 1 9-6 6874A Conor Hoban 10/1
20 Mar 09+68d Dundalk (AW) Armagh Tyre Distributors Maiden 10.5f · Standard · 14 ran 4/14 ½ 8-11 5865A Conor Hoban 20/1
11 Jan 09+10d Leopardstown Pierse Hurdle (Extended Handicap (0-145) 16f · Yielding · 29 ran 22/29 3½ 9-10 11392C Niall P Madden 100/1
01 Jan 09+19d Fairyhouse Bambury Bookmakers Ashbourne Handicap Hurdle (81-130) 16f · Soft · 12 ran 9/12 ¾ 11-4 110104A Paul Townend 12/1
2008 · 3 runs
13 Dec 08+35d Fairyhouse Fairyhouseracecourse.ie Rated Hurdle 18f · Heavy · 13 ran 9/13 30 10-6 110104C Derek McCormack 25/1
08 Nov 08+31d Naas Event Hire At Naas Racecourse Handicap Hurdle (81-123) 16f · Soft · 18 ran 10/18 1¾ 11-10 114108A P W Flood 14/1
08 Oct 08+287d Navan October Maiden 16f · Soft To Heavy · 22 ran 9/22 ¾ 9-7 7259C Rory Cleary 8/1
2007 · 4 runs
26 Dec 07+31d Leopardstown Durkan New Homes Juvenile Hurdle (Grade 1) 16f · Good · 13 ran 9/13 8 11-0 —96C P W Flood 8/1
25 Nov 07+104d Navan Cusack Hotel Group 3-y-o Maiden Hurdle 16f · Yielding · 29 ran 1/29 11-0 —129C P W Flood 13/2
13 Aug 07+20d Ballinrobe Irish Stallion Farms Ebf Race 12f · Soft · 3 ran 2/3 22 8-13 7854C Rory Cleary 4/1
24 Jul 07+261d Ballinrobe Yolanda O'Gorman Memorial Maiden 12f · Good To Yielding · 15 ran 2/15 2 9-5 —78C Rory Cleary 7/1
2006 · 2 runs
05 Nov 06+19d Leopardstown Irish Stallion Farms EBF Maiden 7f · Yielding To Soft · 18 ran 11/18 ¾ 9-3 —69C Johnny Murtagh 6/1
17 Oct 06 Navan Irish Stallion Farms EBF (C&G) Maiden 8f · Yielding To Soft · 18 ran 6/18 shd 9-0 —79C Johnny Murtagh 10/1

Quick answers

How many races has Murtagh won?
Murtagh (IRE) won 1 of 26 archived starts between 2006 and 2010, a strike rate of 3.8%. Placed 4 times in total (15.4% of starts).
Who trained Murtagh?
Murtagh (IRE) was trained by M Halford on the most recent run on record, at Roscommon on 13 June 2010.
Who is Murtagh's sire?
Murtagh (IRE) is by Cape Cross (IRE) out of Suave Lady (FR), whose sire is Suave Dancer.
What going does Murtagh prefer?
Murtagh (IRE) has the best record on soft going: 1 win from 8 starts (12.5%). Only going bands with at least three archived starts are read, so this is a direction rather than a settled preference.
What is Murtagh's official rating?
The most recent official rating on record is 54, from the run on 13 June 2010. The highest on record is 114.
What is Murtagh's sire's record?
Cape Cross (IRE)'s progeny in our archive have won 13.3% of 12,754 runs since Jan 2008 (988 horses), Flat and jumps together. Weakest on heavy going: 8.4% from 477. Weakest over 2m5f – 3m (all codes): 7.8% from 230.
Who are Murtagh's siblings?
Out of Suave Lady (FR), Murtagh (IRE) has 1 other produce in our archive, 1 of them a winner. Most wins: Iannis (IRE) (1). Highest grade won: Class 5 (Iannis (IRE)). The wins came over 7f. As at Oct 2026.

Record shown from October 2006. 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.