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Horse profile

Obsession (IRE)

4yo gelding (at last run, Aug 2012) · Last trainer John Joseph Hanlon · Last owner Paul Holden
by Marju (IRE) out of Athlumney Lady (GB) (Lycius)
20 runs · 14 courses · from Oct 2010
As at 21 Oct 2026 · KTB archive: GB, Ireland & France · 2005–present, updated daily
No run recorded since 20 Aug 2012 — 5,175 days ago. Our archive can't say whether the horse is still in training.
Last run Aug 2012 · 4th of 5 Won at Lingfield (AW) Last raced off OR 70
KTB Profile

Obsession (IRE) is 1 from 20, the win coming at Class 5 level. Hasn't won since Feb 2011. The win came on the all-weather — 0 from 14 on turf. Last raced off 70, 35lb below the career-high mark.

Based on 20 archived runs · updated 21 Oct 2026
KTB at a glance Won on AW, 0 on turf Win at Class 5 OR ↓ 35lb off peak
Official rating70↓ 35lb off peak
70 70–105

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) 61B the best of the last 3 rated runs · Tramore, 20 Aug 2012 Official rating 70 at the last flat run, 20 Aug 2012

Best recent KTB Rating (jumps) 108A the best of the last 3 rated runs · Tramore, 19 Aug 2012 Official rating 102 at the last jumps run, 19 Aug 2012

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 11 figures · best 90A · median 77
GoingRunsBestMedianSince 21 Oct 2025
Standard (AW)681A66—
Good to Firm390A86—
Heavy1———
Good1———
DistanceRunsBestMedianSince 21 Oct 2025
1m – 1m1f690A77.5—
1m2f – 1m4f481A71—
6f – 7f1———
Jumps 8 figures · best 108A · median 95
GoingRunsBestMedianSince 21 Oct 2025
Heavy3108A83—
Good3103A102—
Soft299A94.5—
DistanceRunsBestMedianSince 21 Oct 2025
1m5f – 2m5108A99—
2m1f – 2m4f3103A91—

Of 20 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 · 19 figures from 20 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
Marju (IRE)

Progeny in our archive have won 10.2% of 3,553 runs since Jan 2008 (286 horses).

GoingRunsWinsSRvs sireThis horse
Firm51917.6%+7.4—
Good to Firm6236510.4%+0.20 from 3
Good861809.3%−0.90 from 5
Good to Soft383369.4%−0.8—
Soft4895310.8%+0.60 from 2
Heavy176148%−2.20 from 4
Standard (AW)97010510.8%+0.61 from 6
Distance (all codes)RunsWinsSRvs sireThis horse
Under 6f1461711.6%+1.4—
6f – 7f858657.6%−2.60 from 1
1m – 1m1f7017510.7%+0.51 from 6
1m2f – 1m4f78710213%+2.80 from 4
1m5f – 2m651649.8%−0.40 from 5
2m1f – 2m4f335329.6%−0.60 from 4
2m5f – 3m6469.4%−0.8—
Over 3m1119.1%−1.1—

Flat and jumps together (all codes) · since Jan 2008 · as at 21 Oct 2026 · rows under 30 runs muted · win % is the measure, a record not a forecast

Dam
Athlumney Lady (GB) (Lycius)

6 siblings in the archive, 6 winners — best of them Jamarjo (IRE) (5 wins).

The wins came over 5f–2m½f; the highest grade won is Group 3 (Princess Iris (IRE)).

ProduceRunsWinsWin tripsBest grade
Jamarjo (IRE)2651m4f–2m½fClass 4
Princess Iris (IRE)425f–6fGroup 3
Princess Lomi (IRE)2221m4f–1m6fClass 5
Lady Gregory (IRE)711m4fClass 5
Adroit (IRE)517f—
Daylumney (IRE)411m½fClass 5

Record by conditions

GoingRunsWinsSR£1
Standard (AW) 6 1 17% −3.50
Good 5 0 0% −5.00
Heavy 4 0 0% −4.00
Good to Firm 3 0 0% −3.00
Soft 2 0 0% −2.00

ClassRunsWinsSR£1
Class 5 5 1 20% −2.50
Class 4 2 0 0% −2.00
Class 6 1 0 0% −1.00

CourseRunsWinsSR£1
Lingfield (AW) 3 1 33% −0.50
Tramore 2 0 0% −2.00
Sligo 2 0 0% −2.00
Dundalk (AW) 2 0 0% −2.00
Gowran Park 2 0 0% −2.00
Galway 1 0 0% −1.00
Downpatrick 1 0 0% −1.00
Wexford 1 0 0% −1.00
Punchestown 1 0 0% −1.00
Wolverhampton (AW) 1 0 0% −1.00
Leicester 1 0 0% −1.00
Windsor 1 0 0% −1.00
Newmarket 1 0 0% −1.00
Ascot 1 0 0% −1.00

DistanceRunsWinsSR£1
1m – 1m1f 6 1 17% −3.50
1m5f – 2m 5 0 0% −5.00
1m2f – 1m4f 4 0 0% −4.00
2m1f – 2m4f 4 0 0% −4.00
6f – 7f 1 0 0% −1.00

JockeyRunsWinsSR£1
Brian Hayes 4 0 0% −4.00
Mr J T Carroll 2 0 0% −2.00
Jimmy Fortune 2 0 0% −2.00
Ryan Moore 2 0 0% −2.00
George Baker 2 1 50% +0.50
Danny Mullins 1 0 0% −1.00
D J Casey 1 0 0% −1.00
S J Hassett 1 0 0% −1.00
Paul Townend 1 0 0% −1.00
Cathal Landers 1 0 0% −1.00
Ken Whelan 1 0 0% −1.00
Darryll Holland 1 0 0% −1.00
Tom Queally 1 0 0% −1.00

HeadgearRunsWinsSR£1
Visor 8 1 13% −5.50
Blinkers 7 0 0% −7.00
Cheekpieces 3 0 0% −3.00
None 2 0 0% −2.00

SeasonRunsWinsSR£1
2012 9 0 0% −9.00
2011 10 1 10% −7.50
2010 1 0 0% −1.00

TypeRunsWinsSR£1
Flat 11 1 9% −8.50
Hurdle 9 0 0% −9.00

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 ORKTB Jockey SP
20 Aug 12+1d Tramore Like Tramore Racecourse On Facebook Handicap (50-75) 12f · Heavy · 5 ran 4/5 7 9-11 7061B Danny Mullins 9/2
19 Aug 12+16d Tramore Richard Power Private Clients Betting Handicap Hurdle (81-123) 16f · Heavy · 7 ran 2/7 12 10-2 102108A D J Casey 20/1
03 Aug 12+19d Galway Guinness (Q.R.) Handicap Hurdle (88-109) 18f · Soft · 20 ran 16/20 4½ 11-3 10490C Mr J T Carroll 20/1
15 Jul 12+2d Sligo Follow Sligo On Facebook Opportunity Handicap Hurdle (80-109) 20f · Good · 13 ran 10/13 2 11-1 10591C S J Hassett 9/1
13 Jul 12+23d Downpatrick Downpatrick Family Day Fun Maiden Hurdle 18f · Good · 13 ran UR/13 — 11-6 105— Paul Townend 9/1
20 Jun 12+28d Wexford Mount Leinster Maiden Hurdle 20f · Good · 13 ran 4/13 ¾ 10-13 105103A Brian Hayes 8/1
23 May 12+131d Sligo Sunday 15th July Family Day At Sligo Maiden Hurdle 16f · Good · 16 ran 6/16 1¼ 10-13 —102A Brian Hayes 40/1
13 Jan 12+7d Dundalk (AW) Dundalk Winter Racing (Q.R.) Handicap (55-75) 12f · Standard · 10 ran 9/10 4¾ 11-5 7350A Mr J T Carroll 12/1
06 Jan 12+6d Dundalk (AW) Dundalk Winter Racing Handicap (60-75) 8f · Standard · 13 ran 12/13 ½ 9-7 7555A Cathal Landers 12/1
31 Dec 11+16d Punchestown Festival Hospitality On Sale 3-y-o Maiden Hurdle 16f · Heavy · 11 ran 6/11 25 10-7 —82C Brian Hayes 20/1
15 Dec 11+19d Gowran Park Christmas Championship At Gowran Park Golf Course 3-Y-O Hurdle 16f · Soft To Heavy · 11 ran 6/11 17 10-1 —83A Brian Hayes 8/1
26 Nov 11+37d Gowran Park Gowran Park Gift Vouchers 3-Y-O Maiden Hurdle 16f · Soft · 16 ran 5/16 2¼ 11-0 —99A Ken Whelan 11/2
20 Oct 11+9d Wolverhampton (AW) wolverhampton-racecourse.co.uk Handicap Class 4 · 12f · Standard · 12 ran 2/12 1¼ 8-13 7481A Jimmy Fortune 8/1
11 Oct 11+141d Leicester Stewards Handicap Class 5 · 10f · Good · 15 ran 4/15 nk 9-4 7481A Jimmy Fortune 12/1
23 May 11+10d Windsor Sportingbet.com Handicap Class 5 · 8f · Good To Firm · 11 ran 8/11 hd 9-7 7563A Ryan Moore 5/2
13 May 11+7d Newmarket Lloyds Tsb Commercial Handicap Class 5 · 8f · Good To Firm · 11 ran 4/11 ½ 9-7 7590A Darryll Holland 2/1F
06 May 11+83d Ascot T & R Group Handicap (Str) Class 4 · 8f · Good To Firm · 12 ran 4/12 2¼ 8-11 7586A Tom Queally 14/1
12 Feb 11+28d Lingfield (AW) Lingfield Marriott Hotel & Country Club Maiden Stakes Class 5 · 8f · Standard · 12 ran 1/12 9-3 —77A George Baker 6/4F
15 Jan 11+94d Lingfield (AW) Edenbridge Median Auction Maiden Stakes Class 6 · 8f · Standard · 6 ran 2/6 1¼ 9-3 —78B George Baker 9/2
13 Oct 10 Lingfield (AW) E.B.F. Scomac Services Maiden Stakes Class 5 · 7f · Standard · 12 ran 8/12 3 9-3 —55A Ryan Moore 9/1

Quick answers

How many races has Obsession (IRE) won?
Obsession (IRE) won 1 of 20 archived starts between 2010 and 2012, a strike rate of 5%. Placed 4 times in total (20% of starts).
Who trained Obsession (IRE)?
Obsession (IRE) was trained by John Joseph Hanlon on the most recent run on record, at Tramore on 20 August 2012.
Who is Obsession (IRE)'s sire?
Obsession (IRE) is by Marju (IRE) out of Athlumney Lady (GB), whose sire is Lycius.
What going does Obsession (IRE) prefer?
Obsession (IRE) has the best record on standard (aw) going: 1 win from 6 starts (16.7%). Only going bands with at least three archived starts are read, so this is a direction rather than a settled preference.
What is Obsession (IRE)'s official rating?
The most recent official rating on record is 70, from the run on 20 August 2012. The highest on record is 105.
What is Obsession (IRE)'s sire's record?
Marju (IRE)'s progeny in our archive have won 10.2% of 3,553 runs since Jan 2008 (286 horses), Flat and jumps together.
Who are Obsession (IRE)'s siblings?
Out of Athlumney Lady (GB), Obsession (IRE) has 6 other produce in our archive, 6 of them winners. Most wins: Jamarjo (IRE) (5). Highest grade won: Group 3 (Princess Iris (IRE)). The wins came over 5f–2m½f. As at Oct 2026.

Record shown from October 2010. 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.