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Horse profile

Need To Talk (IRE)

7yo gelding (at last run, Jul 2015) · Last trainer Paul Nolan · Last owner John P Mcmanus
by King's Theatre (IRE) out of Rouge Storm (IRE) (Glacial Storm)
3 runs · 3 courses · from Apr 2013
As at 5 Nov 2026 · KTB archive: GB, Ireland & France · 2005–present, updated daily
No run recorded since 23 Jul 2015 — 4,122 days ago. Our archive can't say whether the horse is still in training.
Last run Jul 2015
KTB Profile

Need To Talk (IRE) is yet to win from 3 starts.

Based on 3 archived runs · updated 5 Nov 2026

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 (jumps) 88A the best of the last 1 rated run · Cork, 10 Jul 2015

Best recent KTB Rating (flat) 68C the best of the last 1 rated run · Fairyhouse, 1 Apr 2013

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 →

Jumps 1 figure · too few for a breakdown
Flat 1 figure · too few for a breakdown

Of 3 runs looked at, 1 has no figure: did not complete (or a non-runner row) (1).

KTB Rating v1 · batch 3 Oct 2026 · GB & Irish racing only · 2 figures from 3 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
King's Theatre (IRE)

Progeny in our archive have won 14.4% of 12,129 runs since Jan 2008 (746 horses).

Weakest on standard (aw) going: 4.8% from 125. Weakest over 1m2f – 1m4f (all codes): 7.9% from 203.

GoingRunsWinsSRvs sireThis horse
Firm4449.1%−5.3—
Good to Firm78612015.3%+0.9—
Good4,05559514.7%+0.30 from 2
Good to Soft2,13431614.8%+0.4—
Soft3,30046414.1%−0.30 from 1
Heavy1,68424614.6%+0.2—
Standard (AW)12564.8%−9.6—
Distance (all codes)RunsWinsSRvs sireThis horse
Under 6f400%−14.4—
6f – 7f1715.9%−8.5—
1m – 1m1f2800%−14.4—
1m2f – 1m4f203167.9%−6.5—
1m5f – 2m3,34447614.2%−0.20 from 1
2m1f – 2m4f4,31465115.1%+0.70 from 2
2m5f – 3m3,30847914.5%+0.1—
Over 3m91112914.2%−0.2—

Flat and jumps together (all codes) · since Jan 2008 · as at 5 Nov 2026 · rows under 30 runs muted · win % is the measure, a record not a forecast

Dam
Rouge Storm (IRE) (Glacial Storm)

2 siblings in the archive, 0 winners.

ProduceRunsWinsWin tripsBest grade
Eton Storm (IRE)30——
Sans Cease (IRE)20——

Record by conditions

GoingRunsWinsSR£1
Good 2 0 0% −2.00
Soft 1 0 0% −1.00

CourseRunsWinsSR£1
Limerick 1 0 0% −1.00
Cork 1 0 0% −1.00
Fairyhouse 1 0 0% −1.00

DistanceRunsWinsSR£1
2m1f – 2m4f 2 0 0% −2.00
1m5f – 2m 1 0 0% −1.00

JockeyRunsWinsSR£1
Niall P Madden 1 0 0% −1.00
Barry Geraghty 1 0 0% −1.00
Mr A J Berry 1 0 0% −1.00

SeasonRunsWinsSR£1
2015 2 0 0% −2.00
2013 1 0 0% −1.00

TypeRunsWinsSR£1
Hurdle 2 0 0% −2.00
Flat 1 0 0% −1.00

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

DateCourseRace PosBtn Wgt KTB Jockey SP
2015 · 2 runs
23 Jul 15+13d Limerick Keanes Jewellers Ladies Day 11th October (c & G) Maiden Hurdle 2m4f · Good · 12 ran F/12 — 11-12 — Niall P Madden 33/1
10 Jul 15+830d Cork Great Value Social Package Maiden Hurdle 2m · Good · 11 ran 7/11 4¾ 11-12 88A Barry Geraghty 9/1
2013 · 1 run
01 Apr 13 Fairyhouse Racing Post Champion Point-to-Point Flat Race 2m2f · Yielding · 10 ran 10/10 3¾ 12-0 68C Mr A J Berry 6/1

Quick answers

How many races has Need To Talk won?
Need To Talk (IRE) has yet to win, from 3 archived starts between 2013 and 2015.
Who trained Need To Talk?
Need To Talk (IRE) was trained by Paul Nolan on the most recent run on record, at Limerick on 23 July 2015.
Who is Need To Talk's sire?
Need To Talk (IRE) is by King's Theatre (IRE) out of Rouge Storm (IRE), whose sire is Glacial Storm.
What is Need To Talk's sire's record?
King's Theatre (IRE)'s progeny in our archive have won 14.4% of 12,129 runs since Jan 2008 (746 horses), Flat and jumps together. Weakest on standard (aw) going: 4.8% from 125. Weakest over 1m2f – 1m4f (all codes): 7.9% from 203.
Who are Need To Talk's siblings?
Out of Rouge Storm (IRE), Need To Talk (IRE) has 2 other produce in our archive, 0 of them winners. As at Nov 2026.

Record shown from April 2013. 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.