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Horse profile

Nibbles (IRE)

9yo gelding · Trainer Turlough O'Connor · Owner The Nibbles Partnership
by Westerner (GB) out of Milling Road (IRE) (Dushyantor)
17 runs · 8 courses · from Sep 2022
As at 18 Oct 2026 · KTB archive: GB, Ireland & France · 2005–present, updated daily
Off 194 days · 13th of 16 Last raced off OR 98
KTB Profile

Nibbles is a maiden who has failed to win in 17 starts on turf. He showed his best effort when third of 14 at Limerick in Dec 2025 and last ran when 13th of 16 in the John Thomas McNamara Series Maiden Hunters Chase at Cork in Apr 2026 off an official rating of 98. Typically held up, he has raced eight times at Clonmel and Limerick without success. By Westerner out of a Dushyantor mare, he has contested races over 2m5f to 3m on soft and heavy ground.

Based on 17 archived runs · run-style from 6 commented runs · updated 18 Oct 2026
KTB at a glance Typically held up
Official rating98↓ 2lb off peak
98 87–100

KTB Speed and Rating

KTB Speed

Best recent Speed 123 the best of the last 3 graded (A or B) runs · Limerick, 29 Dec 2025

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 →

Jumps 16 figures · best 123B · median 75
GoingRunsBestMedianSince 18 Oct 2025
Soft697B71.5—
Heavy5123B803 · 123 / 63
Good to Soft379C721 · —
Good291B73.5—
DistanceRunsBestMedianSince 18 Oct 2025
2m5f – 3m8123B85.52 · 123 / 101
1m5f – 2m497B75—
2m1f – 2m4f357C571 · —
Over 3m1——1 · —

Of 17 runs looked at, 1 has no figure: did not complete (1).

KTB Speed v1 · batch 15 Sep 2026 · GB & Irish racing only · 16 figures from 17 runs · as at 3 Oct 2026 · a record, not a forecast

KTB Rating

Best recent KTB Rating 96C the best of the last 3 rated runs · Clonmel, 8 Jan 2026 Official rating 98 at the last run, 6 Apr 2026

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 →

Jumps 16 figures · best 108A · median 93
GoingRunsBestMedianSince 18 Oct 2025
Soft696A93—
Heavy5107A963 · 104 / 96
Good to Soft391C901 · —
Good2108A103—
DistanceRunsBestMedianSince 18 Oct 2025
2m5f – 3m8108A93.52 · 104 / 97
1m5f – 2m496A92.5—
2m1f – 2m4f398C961 · —
Over 3m1——1 · —

Of 17 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 · 16 figures from 17 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 from 6 analysed runs

  • Held up 5 (83%) · 0 wins
  • Midfield 1 (17%) · 0 wins

Pedigree intelligence

Sire

Progeny in our archive have won 12.1% of 11,820 runs since Jan 2008 (941 horses).

Weakest on standard (aw) going: 8.5% from 188.

GoingRunsWinsSRvs sireThis horse
Firm7114.3%+2.2—
Good to Firm2342711.5%−0.6—
Good3,40442912.6%+0.50 from 2
Good to Soft2,10625111.9%−0.20 from 3
Soft3,77645212%−0.10 from 6
Heavy2,10525912.3%+0.20 from 6
Standard (AW)188168.5%−3.6—
Distance (all codes)RunsWinsSRvs sireThis horse
6f – 7f4948.2%−3.9—
1m – 1m1f1241310.5%−1.6—
1m2f – 1m4f267259.4%−2.7—
1m5f – 2m3,36539511.7%−0.40 from 4
2m1f – 2m4f4,27653512.5%+0.40 from 3
2m5f – 3m2,97337512.6%+0.50 from 9
Over 3m7668811.5%−0.60 from 1

Flat and jumps together (all codes) · since Jan 2008 · as at 17 Oct 2026 · rows under 30 runs muted · win % is the measure, a record not a forecast

Dam
Milling Road (IRE) (Dushyantor)

3 siblings in the archive, 2 winners — best of them Jody Ted (IRE) (5 wins).

The wins came over 2m–3m½f; the highest grade won is Class 5 (Uncle Al (IRE)).

ProduceRunsWinsWin tripsBest grade
Jody Ted (IRE)2352m–3m½f—
Uncle Al (IRE)1922m5f–2m7½fClass 5
Desert Maid (IRE)70——

Record by conditions

GoingRunsWinsSR£1
Heavy 6 0 0% −6.00
Soft 6 0 0% −6.00
Good to Soft 3 0 0% −3.00
Good 2 0 0% −2.00

CourseRunsWinsSR£1
Clonmel 4 0 0% −4.00
Limerick 4 0 0% −4.00
Tipperary 3 0 0% −3.00
Cork 2 0 0% −2.00
Thurles 1 0 0% −1.00
Kilbeggan 1 0 0% −1.00
Punchestown 1 0 0% −1.00
Listowel 1 0 0% −1.00

DistanceRunsWinsSR£1
2m5f – 3m 9 0 0% −9.00
1m5f – 2m 4 0 0% −4.00
2m1f – 2m4f 3 0 0% −3.00
Over 3m 1 0 0% −1.00

HeadgearRunsWinsSR£1
None 13 0 0% −13.00
Cheekpieces 3 0 0% −3.00
Tongue tie 1 0 0% −1.00

SeasonRunsWinsSR£1
2026 3 0 0% −3.00
2025 4 0 0% −4.00
2024 3 0 0% −3.00
2023 4 0 0% −4.00
2022 3 0 0% −3.00

TypeRunsWinsSR£1
Chase 9 0 0% −9.00
Hurdle 8 0 0% −8.00

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 ORSpdKTB Jockey SP
06 Apr 26+67d Cork John Thomas McNamara Series Maiden Hunters Chase 24.5f · Good To Yielding · 16 ran Settled towards the back of the pack - still adrift approaching halfway - pushed along with no response before 4 out - dropped away to finish 13th 13/16 nk 11-12 9879C90C Mr T O'Connor 33/1
29 Jan 26+21d Thurles Racing Again February 5th Maiden Hunters Chase 25f · Heavy · 9 ran Held up towards the back early - up to 4th by halfway - blundered at the 8th then moved into command soon after - overtaken 5 out - weakened into 5th by 3 out and found nothing more 5/9 12 11-7 9863C82C Mr T O'Connor 20/1
08 Jan 26+10d Clonmel Rathronan Maiden Hunters Chase 20.5f · Heavy · 12 ran Settled midfield - small error at 2nd - dropped towards the back and asked for effort after 5 out - still 8th and unable to close entering straight before staying on same gear to finish 5th 5/12 4¾ 11-7 9857C96C Mr T O'Connor 40/1
29 Dec 25+272d Limerick Grant Thornton Maiden Hunters Chase 22.5f · Soft To Heavy · 14 ran Settled towards the back - jumping errors at the 5th - nudged up into 6th on the home turn - progressed to 5th two out and 3rd before the last but never threatened - stayed on at the one speed to finish third 3/14 11 11-7 98123B104A Mr T O'Connor 28/1
01 Apr 25+19d Limerick Panoramic Restaurant At Limerick Maiden Hurdle 24f · Good · 14 ran Held up towards the back - 11th approaching the 7th - pushed along after three out with little response in 7th two out - stayed on late to finish 7th 7/14 1½ 11-5 8791B108A Mr T O'Connor 100/1
13 Mar 25+14d Limerick McDermotts Gala Patrickswell Handicap Chase (0-100) 23f · Good To Yielding · 15 ran Held up at the back - down in 15th after the 7th - lost touch three out - closed some ground after but weakened again from two out and finished well held 9/15 1 11-7 10065C90C Mr T O'Connor 22/1
27 Feb 25+60d Clonmel Clonmel Handicap Chase (0-100) 23f · Heavy · 14 ran Held up towards the back - clipped a fence 4 out - urged forward into the straight running 10th 2 out - stayed on same rate without threatening the front 8/14 ½ 11-7 10080B107A Mr T O'Connor 25/1
29 Dec 24+234d Limerick Masterchefs 2025 Maiden Hunters Chase 22.5f · Yielding To Soft · 16 ran Held up towards the back - pushed along with slight headway after 3 out - stayed on without finding more from the second-last - finished 9th 9/16 6 11-7 —50C95C Mr T O'Connor 100/1
09 May 24+119d Tipperary Boomerang.ie Novice Hunters Chase 23.5f · Yielding · 10 ran 9/10 ½ 11-2 —91A92A Mr T O'Connor 9/1
11 Jan 24+244d Clonmel Rathronan Maiden Hunters Chase 21f · Heavy · 13 ran F/13 — 11-7 ——— Mr T O'Connor 11/1
12 May 23+24d Kilbeggan William Hill Play Responsibly Maiden Hurdle 16f · Yielding · 14 ran 6/14 1¾ 11-5 8797B94A Mr T O'Connor 8/1
18 Apr 23+61d Tipperary Junction Handicap Hurdle (80-95) 16f · Yielding · 19 ran 7/19 shd 11-0 8878B96A Mr T O'Connor 6/1
16 Feb 23+31d Clonmel Kilmolash (Q.R.) Handicap Hurdle (80-102) 19f · Soft · 15 ran 5/15 1½ 11-1 9157C84C Mr T O'Connor 12/1
16 Jan 23+57d Punchestown Grand National Trial Day 19th February Handicap Hurdle (80-102) 24.5f · Heavy · 21 ran 9/21 6 10-12 9393C83C Mr T O'Connor 40/1
20 Nov 22+48d Cork I.N.H. Stallion Owners EBF Maiden Hurdle 16f · Soft · 10 ran 8/10 1¾ 11-5 —65C90C Mr T O'Connor 50/1
03 Oct 22+10d Tipperary Join The Tipperary Supporter's Club (C & G) Maiden Hurdle 16f · Good To Yielding · 19 ran 5/19 13 10-11 —72C91C Mr T O'Connor 150/1
23 Sep 22 Listowel John J. Galvin Maiden Hurdle 20f · Good · 16 ran 10/16 17 11-5 —56C98C Mr T O'Connor 250/1

Quick answers

How many races has Nibbles (IRE) won?
Nibbles (IRE) has yet to win, from 17 archived starts between 2022 and 2026. Placed 1 time in total (5.9% of starts).
Who trains Nibbles (IRE)?
Nibbles (IRE) is trained by Turlough O'Connor, who saddled the horse on its most recent run on 6 April 2026.
Who is Nibbles (IRE)'s sire?
Nibbles (IRE) is by Westerner (GB) out of Milling Road (IRE), whose sire is Dushyantor.
What is Nibbles (IRE)'s official rating?
The most recent official rating on record is 98, from the run on 6 April 2026. The highest on record is 100.
What is Nibbles (IRE)'s sire's record?
Westerner (GB)'s progeny in our archive have won 12.1% of 11,820 runs since Jan 2008 (941 horses), Flat and jumps together. Weakest on standard (aw) going: 8.5% from 188.
Who are Nibbles (IRE)'s siblings?
Out of Milling Road (IRE), Nibbles (IRE) has 3 other produce in our archive, 2 of them winners. Most wins: Jody Ted (IRE) (5). Highest grade won: Class 5 (Uncle Al (IRE)). The wins came over 2m–3m½f. As at Oct 2026.

Record shown from September 2022. 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.