Nickajack Cave (IRE)
Nickajack Cave (IRE) is 4 from 10, including a Group 3 win. Won last time out in the Bahrain International Ballyroan Stakes at Leopardstown — a first Group 3 win in our archive. 3 of 6 starts on good or faster ground have ended in wins — 1 from 4 on softer. Last raced off a career-high mark of 109.
- 4–10Wins / Runs
- 40%Strike rate
- 7 (70%)Placed
- +37.38£1 level staken=10 at SP
- 3.39Fair A/E n=10 · 2.93 incl. margin
- 109Highest OR
- 54dAvg 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.
KTB Speed and Rating
Best recent Speed 148
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 28 Oct 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Good | 5 | 131A | 90 | — |
| Heavy | 2 | 148A | 112.5 | — |
| Good to Firm | 1 | — | — | — |
| Soft | 1 | — | — | — |
| Good to Soft | 1 | — | — | — |
| Distance | Runs | Best | Median | Since 28 Oct 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1m2f – 1m4f | 9 | 148A | 77 | — |
| 1m5f – 2m | 1 | — | — | — |
KTB Speed v1 · batch 15 Sep 2026 · GB & Irish racing only · 10 figures from 10 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 is derived from in-running commentary, which our data provider does not supply for this horse's races.
Pedigree intelligence
Progeny in our archive have won 9.6% of 5,229 runs since Jan 2008 (580 horses).
Weakest over 2m1f – 2m4f (all codes): 5.9% from 253.
| Going | Runs | Wins | SR | vs sire | This horse |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Firm | 5 | 1 | 20% | +10.4 | — |
| Good to Firm | 181 | 14 | 7.7% | −1.9 | 0 from 1 |
| Good | 879 | 79 | 9% | −0.6 | 3 from 5 |
| Good to Soft | 763 | 68 | 8.9% | −0.7 | 1 from 1 |
| Soft | 1,063 | 101 | 9.5% | −0.1 | 0 from 1 |
| Heavy | 502 | 44 | 8.8% | −0.8 | 0 from 2 |
| Standard (AW) | 1,835 | 195 | 10.6% | +1 | — |
| Distance (all codes) | Runs | Wins | SR | vs sire | This horse |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Under 6f | 215 | 23 | 10.7% | +1.1 | — |
| 6f – 7f | 1,394 | 121 | 8.7% | −0.9 | — |
| 1m – 1m1f | 1,878 | 171 | 9.1% | −0.5 | — |
| 1m2f – 1m4f | 1,033 | 119 | 11.5% | +1.9 | 3 from 9 |
| 1m5f – 2m | 400 | 49 | 12.3% | +2.7 | 1 from 1 |
| 2m1f – 2m4f | 253 | 15 | 5.9% | −3.7 | — |
| 2m5f – 3m | 53 | 4 | 7.5% | −2.1 | — |
| Over 3m | 3 | 0 | 0% | −9.6 | — |
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
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 | 5 | 3 | 60% | +36.88 |
| Heavy | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Good to Firm | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Soft | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Good to Soft | 1 | 1 | 100% | +4.50 |
| Course | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Curragh | 3 | 0 | 0% | −3.00 |
| Leopardstown | 2 | 2 | 100% | +13.88 |
| Naas | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Limerick | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Navan | 1 | 1 | 100% | +4.50 |
| Roscommon | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Cork | 1 | 1 | 100% | +25.00 |
| Distance | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1m2f – 1m4f | 9 | 3 | 33% | +25.38 |
| 1m5f – 2m | 1 | 1 | 100% | +12.00 |
| Jockey | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Colin Keane | 8 | 2 | 25% | +10.50 |
| Gary Carroll | 2 | 2 | 100% | +26.88 |
| Season | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | 3 | 2 | 67% | +12.88 |
| 2019 | 7 | 2 | 29% | +24.50 |
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
| Date | Course | Race | Pos | Btn | Wgt | OR | Spd | KTB | Jockey | SP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 · 3 runs | ||||||||||
| 06 Aug 20+53d | Leopardstown | Bahrain International Ballyroan Stakes (Group 3) | 1/5 | 9-10 | 109 | 92C | 87B | Gary Carroll | 15/8 | |
| 14 Jun 20+83d | Leopardstown | Saval Beg Levmoss Stakes (Listed) | 1/7 | 9-7 | 97 | 131A | 98A | Colin Keane | 12/1 | |
| 23 Mar 20+163d | Naas | Devoy Stakes (Listed) | 4/7 | 1½ | 9-7 | 97 | 77A | 87A | Colin Keane | 14/1 |
| 2019 · 7 runs | ||||||||||
| 12 Oct 19+27d | Limerick | Martin Molony Stakes (Listed) | 3/8 | ½ | 9-1 | 92 | 148A | 92A | Colin Keane | 5/1 |
| 15 Sep 19+30d | Curragh | Irish Stallion Farms EBF 'Northfields' Handicap (Premier Handicap) | 5/16 | 3 | 8-13 | 92 | 52C | 86A | Colin Keane | 7/1 |
| 16 Aug 19+49d | Curragh | Royal Whip Stakes (Group 3) | 5/7 | 5½ | 8-13 | 90 | 58A | 80B | Colin Keane | 33/1 |
| 28 Jun 19+27d | Curragh | Under Starters Orders Handicap | 2/14 | ¾ | 8-12 | 88 | 70C | 86A | Colin Keane | 5/1F |
| 01 Jun 19+19d | Navan | Royal County Handicap (Premier Handicap) | 1/6 | 8-8 | 84 | 109A | 92B | Colin Keane | 9/2 | |
| 13 May 19+36d | Roscommon | Irish Stallion Farms Ebf Median Auction Race | 2/5 | 3½ | 9-7 | — | 36C | 77B | Colin Keane | 5/1 |
| 07 Apr 19 | Cork | Irish Stallion Farms EBF Median Auction Maiden | 1/17 | 9-5 | — | 90C | 82A | Gary Carroll | 25/1 | |
Quick answers
- How many races has Nickajack Cave won?
- Nickajack Cave (IRE) won 4 of 10 archived starts between 2019 and 2020, a strike rate of 40%. Placed 7 times in total (70% of starts).
- Who trained Nickajack Cave?
- Nickajack Cave (IRE) was trained by G M Lyons on the most recent run on record, at Leopardstown on 6 August 2020.
- Who is Nickajack Cave's sire?
- Nickajack Cave (IRE) is by Kendargent (FR) out of Could You Be Loved (IRE), whose sire is Montjeu.
- What going does Nickajack Cave prefer?
- Nickajack Cave (IRE) has the best record on good going: 3 wins from 5 starts (60%). Only going bands with at least three archived starts are read, so this is a direction rather than a settled preference.
- What is Nickajack Cave's official rating?
- The most recent official rating on record is 109, from the run on 6 August 2020. That is also the highest on record.
- What is Nickajack Cave's sire's record?
- Kendargent (FR)'s progeny in our archive have won 9.6% of 5,229 runs since Jan 2008 (580 horses), Flat and jumps together. Weakest over 2m1f – 2m4f (all codes): 5.9% from 253.