Horse profile
Nakassama (IRE)
by National Defense (GB) out of Kassama (FR) (Nayef)
27 runs · 19 courses · from Jul 2023
As at 18 Oct 2026 · KTB archive: GB, Ireland & France · 2005–present, updated daily
Won last time out
3 wins · Hamilton, Downpatrick & Hexham
Ran 57 days ago · 1st of 3
Last raced off OR 82
KTB Profile
Nakassama is a gelding who has three wins from 27 starts. He won the Darley EBF Novice Stakes at Hamilton over 1m2f – 1m4f on good to soft in Aug 2026, having earlier taken a Class 5 handicap hurdle at Hexham over 2m1f – 2m4f on good to soft and a handicap hurdle at Downpatrick over 2m5f – 3m on good. All three wins came on turf. He usually races held up but led when winning last time out at Hamilton in Aug 2026.
Based on 27 archived runs · run-style from 8 commented runs · updated 18 Oct 2026
KTB at a glance
Typically held up
OR ↓ 29lb off peak
- 3–27Wins / Runs
- 11.1%Strike rate
- 11 (40.7%)Placed
- −17.52£1 level staken=27 at SP
- 1.12Fair A/E n=27 · 0.89 incl. margin
- 111Highest OR
- 44dAvg 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 rating82↓ 29lb off peak
82
72–111
KTB Speed and Rating
KTB Speed
Best recent Speed 121
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 18 Oct 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Standard (AW) | 3 | 100A | 92 | — |
| Good to Soft | 2 | 85C | 83 | 1 · — |
| Good | 2 | 111A | 90.5 | — |
| Soft | 1 | — | — | — |
| Heavy | 1 | — | — | — |
| Distance | Runs | Best | Median | Since 18 Oct 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1m2f – 1m4f | 5 | 111A | 86 | 1 · — |
| 1m – 1m1f | 4 | 92B | 86 | — |
Jumps
| Going | Runs | Best | Median | Since 18 Oct 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Good | 7 | 121A | 86 | 3 · 121 / 114 |
| Good to Soft | 4 | 132B | 95.5 | 1 · — |
| Soft | 3 | 109B | 80 | 1 · — |
| Distance | Runs | Best | Median | Since 18 Oct 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2m1f – 2m4f | 8 | 132B | 84 | — |
| 2m5f – 3m | 4 | 121A | 100 | 4 · 121 / 100 |
| 1m5f – 2m | 2 | 109B | 87.5 | 1 · — |
Of 27 runs looked at, 4 have no figure: not enough races on the card to set the day (under 4) (3) · did not complete (1).
KTB Speed v1 · batch 15 Sep 2026 · GB & Irish racing only · 23 figures from 27 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 from 8 analysed runs
- Held up 6 (75%) · 0 wins
- Led 2 (25%) · 2 wins
Pedigree intelligence
Sire
Progeny in our archive have won 7.6% of 581 runs since Jan 2008 (50 horses).
| Going | Runs | Wins | SR | vs sire | This horse |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Firm | 5 | 1 | 20% | +12.4 | — |
| Good to Firm | 81 | 11 | 13.6% | +6 | — |
| Good | 152 | 10 | 6.6% | −1 | 1 from 9 |
| Good to Soft | 68 | 5 | 7.4% | −0.2 | 2 from 7 |
| Soft | 78 | 4 | 5.1% | −2.5 | 0 from 7 |
| Heavy | 26 | 1 | 3.8% | −3.8 | 0 from 1 |
| Standard (AW) | 171 | 12 | 7% | −0.6 | 0 from 3 |
| Distance (all codes) | Runs | Wins | SR | vs sire | This horse |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Under 6f | 19 | 2 | 10.5% | +2.9 | — |
| 6f – 7f | 188 | 12 | 6.4% | −1.2 | — |
| 1m – 1m1f | 198 | 20 | 10.1% | +2.5 | 0 from 4 |
| 1m2f – 1m4f | 84 | 6 | 7.1% | −0.5 | 1 from 8 |
| 1m5f – 2m | 46 | 1 | 2.2% | −5.4 | 0 from 2 |
| 2m1f – 2m4f | 38 | 2 | 5.3% | −2.3 | 1 from 9 |
| 2m5f – 3m | 8 | 1 | 12.5% | +4.9 | 1 from 4 |
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
Dam
Kassama (FR) (Nayef)
No other produce in our archive. It holds racing in Great Britain, Ireland and France from 2005, so siblings racing elsewhere won’t appear here.
Record by conditions
| Going | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Good | 9 | 1 | 11% | −6.90 |
| Good to Soft | 7 | 2 | 29% | +0.38 |
| Soft | 7 | 0 | 0% | −7.00 |
| Standard (AW) | 3 | 0 | 0% | −3.00 |
| Heavy | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Class | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Class 5 | 4 | 1 | 25% | −1.62 |
| Class 2 | 1 | 1 | 100% | +4.00 |
| Class 4 | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Course | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Downpatrick | 3 | 1 | 33% | −0.90 |
| Galway | 3 | 0 | 0% | −3.00 |
| Dundalk (AW) | 3 | 0 | 0% | −3.00 |
| Down Royal | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Punchestown | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Hamilton | 1 | 1 | 100% | +4.00 |
| Galway (IRE) | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Downpatrick (IRE) | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Cartmel | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Ayr | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Clonmel | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Hexham | 1 | 1 | 100% | +1.38 |
| Musselburgh | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Roscommon | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Perth | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Cork | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Bellewstown | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Naas | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Fairyhouse | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Distance | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2m1f – 2m4f | 9 | 1 | 11% | −6.62 |
| 1m2f – 1m4f | 8 | 1 | 13% | −3.00 |
| 2m5f – 3m | 4 | 1 | 25% | −1.90 |
| 1m – 1m1f | 4 | 0 | 0% | −4.00 |
| 1m5f – 2m | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Jockey | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mr O McGill | 8 | 2 | 25% | −3.52 |
| Jody McGarvey | 3 | 0 | 0% | −3.00 |
| J M Sheridan | 3 | 0 | 0% | −3.00 |
| Simon Torrens | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Shane Foley | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Shane Gray | 1 | 1 | 100% | +4.00 |
| Conor Stone-Walsh | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Niall Moore | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Conor O'Farrell | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Gavin Sheehan | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Killian Leonard | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Gavin Brouder | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Chris Hayes | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Donagh O'Connor | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Headgear | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| None | 20 | 1 | 5% | −17.62 |
| Tongue tie | 6 | 2 | 33% | +1.10 |
| Cheekpieces | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Season | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 6 | 2 | 33% | +1.10 |
| 2025 | 5 | 1 | 20% | −2.62 |
| 2024 | 9 | 0 | 0% | −9.00 |
| 2023 | 7 | 0 | 0% | −7.00 |
| Type | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hurdle | 13 | 2 | 15% | −8.52 |
| Flat | 12 | 1 | 8% | −7.00 |
| Chase | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
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
| Date | Course | Race | Pos | Btn | Wgt | OR | Spd | KTB | Jockey | SP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 21 Aug 26+23d | Hamilton | Darley EBF Novice Stakes (GBB/GBBPlus Race) Set the pace early - driven and lost front spot approaching 2f out - stayed in touch and fought back to edge in front inside the final 110 yards - kept on to prevail by the narrowest of margins | 1/3 | 9-12 | 82 | 81C | 78C | Shane Gray | 4/1 | |
| 29 Jul 26+15d | Galway (IRE) | Visit Tote26 On Course Today (Q.R.) Maiden Settled towards the back of the pack - crept into contention on the outside 3f out - urged into 6th with 2f left - up to 4th inside the final furlong but unable to threaten - stayed on same gear to finish 4th | 4/18 | 1½ | 11-7 | 74 | — | 81A | Mr O McGill | 11/1 |
| 14 Jul 26+16d | Downpatrick (IRE) | Tote Guarantee, Never Beaten By SP Handicap Hurdle Raced in 3rd early - sharing the front 2 out - in command over the last - overtaken when driven 100 yards out but battled on to the line | 2/13 | 1½ | 11-6 | 109 | 86B | 115A | Mr O McGill | 15/8F |
| 28 Jun 26+15d | Cartmel | Campbell & Rowley Handicap Hurdle Settled just off the pace early - moving well through the contest - improved into second two out then took command - two lengths ahead after the final fence - caught in the last strides | 2/11 | nk | 11-2 | 111 | 121A | 127A | Mr O McGill | 2/1F |
| 13 Jun 26+99d | Downpatrick | Denvir's Of Downpatrick (Q.R.) Handicap Hurdle (0-100) (Div 1) Settled midpack early - moved into 6th approaching 3 out - going nicely to reach front rank before last - clipped last fence then asked for effort - found more to prevail | 1/14 | 11-13 | 97 | 114B | 129A | Mr O McGill | 11/10F | |
| 06 Mar 26+134d | Ayr | Weatherbys Racing Bank Handicap Hurdle Settled in the pack early - moved onto winner's heels 6th - pressed forward to share front spot before 2 out - locked together with rival through the closing stages - overtaken near the line but responded gamely - edged out by a short margin at the finish | 2/7 | hd | 11-6 | 97 | 109B | 120B | Mr O McGill | 9/4F |
| 23 Oct 25+13d | Clonmel | Clonmel Oil Chase Day November 6th Handicap Chase (0-100) Held up near back of field - made little headway throughout - pushed along after 3 out but couldn't close - finished well held in 9th | 9/14 | 2¼ | 11-8 | 93 | 54B | 95A | Conor Stone-Walsh | 25/1 |
| 10 Oct 25+72d | Downpatrick | Franco Hughes Away Bet Beginners Chase Held up at the back throughout - unable to make an impression - well held in 6th | 6/7 | 5½ | 11-12 | 93 | 80C | 96C | Simon Torrens | 20/1 |
| 30 Jul 25+53d | Galway | Download The Tote App (Q.R.) Maiden Settled in the pack early - improved into 3rd turning for home but couldn't find extra when asked over a furlong out - stayed on same speed to snatch second late | 2/18 | 4½ | 11-7 | 72 | — | 88A | Mr O McGill | 11/1 |
| 07 Jun 25+33d | Hexham | Neil Pennington 10th Anniversary Amateur Jockeys' Handicap Hurdle Settled towards the back early - made smooth progress from the 6th fence - challenged the front pair wide 2 out - hit the last after taking command coming into the home bend - stayed on strongly to the finish | 1/15 | 11-4 | 90 | 132B | 116A | Mr O McGill | 11/8F | |
| 05 May 25+147d | Down Royal | Club Lemon Handicap Hurdle (0-100) Held up at the back - made no impression - well beaten in 15th | 15/19 | ¾ | 10-11 | 88 | 84B | 87A | Niall Moore | 18/1 |
| 09 Dec 24+59d | Musselburgh | Virgin Bet Daily Extra Places Handicap Hurdle Sat close to the pace early - went to the front after the 3rd - scrambled over the 6th and lost that advantage by a whisker - lost touch approaching 4 out and eased down before being pulled up | PU/13 | — | 11-5 | 91 | — | — | Conor O'Farrell | 22/1 |
| 11 Oct 24+11d | Downpatrick | Pro Solar NI, Sam Downey Memorial Handicap Hurdle (80-102) Held up early - shaken up to move into contention two out then improved into 4th entering the straight - stayed on to snatch 3rd close home | 3/7 | 1¼ | 10-12 | 87 | 107B | 108A | Jody McGarvey | 50/1 |
| 30 Sep 24+21d | Roscommon | Jimmy Murray Agri Services Handicap Hurdle (80-102) Held up at the back - urged forward after 4 out - unable to improve on final placing of 13th | 13/16 | 1¾ | 11-1 | 90 | 66B | 81A | Simon Torrens | 33/1 |
| 09 Sep 24+37d | Perth | Isuzu Pick Up At ASP Commercial Handicap Hurdle (Div 1) Held up at back early - moved into contention on the outside after the 5th - dropped away 3 out - finished well beaten in 8th | 8/11 | 34 | 11-5 | 93 | 30C | 90C | Gavin Sheehan | 9/1 |
| 03 Aug 24+3d | Galway | McDonogh Capital Investments Handicap (50-80) Shared front spot early - settled into third by halfway - pushed along into fifth 2f out - unable to close 1f out - stayed on at one speed to finish 4th | 4/12 | 2¾ | 9-11 | 75 | 86B | 78A | Killian Leonard | 40/1 |
| 31 Jul 24+26d | Galway | Download The New Tote App (Q.R.) Maiden | 7/18 | 6 | 11-5 | 75 | — | 69A | Mr O McGill | 40/1 |
| 05 Jul 24+27d | Cork | Sign Up To Our Newsletter Maiden Hurdle | 12/16 | ½ | 11-7 | — | 88C | 91C | Jody McGarvey | 80/1 |
| 08 Jun 24+45d | Punchestown | Ladbrokes '2UP&Win' Maiden Hurdle | 14/22 | shd | 11-2 | — | 71C | 98C | Gavin Brouder | 80/1 |
| 24 Apr 24+147d | Bellewstown | Veterinary Clinic Ratoath Maiden Hurdle | 9/16 | hd | 11-7 | — | 84B | 100A | Jody McGarvey | 50/1 |
| 29 Nov 23+14d | Dundalk (AW) | Now Racing Every Wednesday At Dundalk Maiden | 5/12 | ½ | 9-8 | 76 | 100A | 84A | Chris Hayes | 16/1 |
| 15 Nov 23+12d | Dundalk (AW) | Floodlit Fridays At Dundalk Stadium Maiden | 2/14 | 3 | 9-8 | 76 | 92B | 81A | Shane Foley | 10/3 |
| 03 Nov 23+20d | Dundalk (AW) | Book Online At DundalkStadium.com Maiden | 3/14 | 1 | 9-8 | 73 | 87B | 86A | J M Sheridan | 22/1 |
| 14 Oct 23+31d | Naas | SOBAC Soil.ie Celebrating 5 Years Sponsoring At Naas Maiden | 7/16 | 2 | 9-8 | 75 | 58C | 70A | J M Sheridan | 10/1 |
| 13 Sep 23+47d | Punchestown | Irish Stallion Farms EBF Median Auction Maiden | 8/14 | 3¼ | 9-8 | 76 | 85C | 73A | J M Sheridan | 5/1 |
| 28 Jul 23+16d | Down Royal | Irish Stallion Farms Ebf Median Auction Maiden | 2/10 | shd | 9-8 | — | 70A | 82A | Shane Foley | 14/1 |
| 12 Jul 23 | Fairyhouse | Fairyhouse Summer Season Claiming Race | 2/11 | nk | 9-4 | — | 111A | 70A | Donagh O'Connor | 40/1 |
Quick answers
- How many races has Nakassama (IRE) won?
- Nakassama (IRE) won 3 of 27 archived starts between 2023 and 2026, a strike rate of 11.1%. Placed 11 times in total (40.7% of starts).
- Who trains Nakassama (IRE)?
- Nakassama (IRE) is trained by Noel C Kelly, who saddled the horse on its most recent run on 21 August 2026.
- Who is Nakassama (IRE)'s sire?
- Nakassama (IRE) is by National Defense (GB) out of Kassama (FR), whose sire is Nayef.
- What going does Nakassama (IRE) prefer?
- Nakassama (IRE) has the best record on good to soft 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 Nakassama (IRE)'s official rating?
- The most recent official rating on record is 82, from the run on 21 August 2026. The highest on record is 111.
- What is Nakassama (IRE)'s sire's record?
- National Defense (GB)'s progeny in our archive have won 7.6% of 581 runs since Jan 2008 (50 horses), Flat and jumps together.