O'connell (IRE)
O'connell is a gelding who has won five of 20 starts on turf, all in handicaps. He gained his biggest success in the Betfair Exchange London National Handicap Chase at Sandown over 3m on good to soft in Dec 2025 off a mark of 132, having earlier won twice at Market Rasen and once at Carlisle. He also landed a Class 2 handicap at Sandown on heavy ground in Feb 2025. His last run came when second of 17 in the Coral Welsh Grand National Handicap Chase at Chepstow in Dec 2025 off an official rating of 132.
- 5–20Wins / Runs
- 25%Strike rate
- 11 (55%)Placed
- +1.13£1 level staken=20 at SP
- 1.59Fair A/E n=20 · 1.37 incl. margin
- 132Highest OR
- 57dAvg 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 103
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 18 Oct 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Good to Soft | 9 | 137A | 98 | 3 · 103 / 98 |
| Soft | 6 | 113A | 94 | — |
| Heavy | 1 | — | — | — |
| Good | 1 | — | — | — |
| Distance | Runs | Best | Median | Since 18 Oct 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Over 3m | 7 | 133A | 98 | 3 · 103 / 98 |
| 2m5f – 3m | 6 | 137A | 102.5 | — |
| 2m1f – 2m4f | 4 | 93B | 57 | — |
Of 20 runs looked at, 3 have no figure: obstacles omitted — the race ran a shortened course (2) · not enough races on the card to set the day (under 4) (1).
KTB Speed v1 · batch 15 Sep 2026 · GB & Irish racing only · 17 figures from 20 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 3 analysed runs
- Midfield 2 (67%) · 2 wins
- Held up 1 (33%) · 1 win
Pedigree intelligence
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.
| Going | Runs | Wins | SR | vs sire | This horse |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Firm | 7 | 1 | 14.3% | +2.2 | — |
| Good to Firm | 234 | 27 | 11.5% | −0.6 | — |
| Good | 3,404 | 429 | 12.6% | +0.5 | 0 from 1 |
| Good to Soft | 2,106 | 251 | 11.9% | −0.2 | 2 from 9 |
| Soft | 3,776 | 452 | 12% | −0.1 | 2 from 9 |
| Heavy | 2,105 | 259 | 12.3% | +0.2 | 1 from 1 |
| Standard (AW) | 188 | 16 | 8.5% | −3.6 | — |
| Distance (all codes) | Runs | Wins | SR | vs sire | This horse |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6f – 7f | 49 | 4 | 8.2% | −3.9 | — |
| 1m – 1m1f | 124 | 13 | 10.5% | −1.6 | — |
| 1m2f – 1m4f | 267 | 25 | 9.4% | −2.7 | — |
| 1m5f – 2m | 3,365 | 395 | 11.7% | −0.4 | — |
| 2m1f – 2m4f | 4,276 | 535 | 12.5% | +0.4 | 0 from 5 |
| 2m5f – 3m | 2,973 | 375 | 12.6% | +0.5 | 3 from 8 |
| Over 3m | 766 | 88 | 11.5% | −0.6 | 2 from 7 |
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
5 siblings in the archive, 4 winners — best of them Terresita (IRE) (7 wins).
The wins came over 2m–2m7½f; the highest grade won is Listed (Terresita (IRE)).
| Produce | Runs | Wins | Win trips | Best grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Terresita (IRE) | 24 | 7 | 2m–2m7½f | Listed |
| Taras Halls (IRE) | 22 | 3 | 2m–2m4f | Class 4 |
| Rialannah (IRE) | 20 | 2 | 2m4f–2m7½f | Class 2 |
| Brixson (IRE) | 6 | 1 | 2m½f | Class 4 |
| Howya Darlin (IRE) | 3 | 0 | — | — |
Record by conditions
| Going | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Good to Soft | 9 | 2 | 22% | −1.50 |
| Soft | 9 | 2 | 22% | +1.88 |
| Heavy | 1 | 1 | 100% | +1.75 |
| Good | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Class | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Class 4 | 8 | 0 | 0% | −8.00 |
| Class 3 | 7 | 2 | 29% | +5.00 |
| Class 2 | 3 | 2 | 67% | +3.25 |
| Class 1 | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Class 5 | 1 | 1 | 100% | +1.88 |
| Course | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Carlisle | 4 | 1 | 25% | +4.00 |
| Market Rasen | 4 | 2 | 50% | +2.88 |
| Sandown | 2 | 2 | 100% | +4.25 |
| Haydock | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Leicester | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Chepstow | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Newcastle | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Wetherby | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Hexham | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Southwell | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Uttoxeter | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Distance | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2m5f – 3m | 8 | 3 | 38% | +5.63 |
| Over 3m | 7 | 2 | 29% | +0.50 |
| 2m1f – 2m4f | 5 | 0 | 0% | −5.00 |
| Jockey | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nick Scholfield | 5 | 1 | 20% | −2.12 |
| Gavin Sheehan | 4 | 3 | 75% | +10.25 |
| Ross Chapman | 4 | 0 | 0% | −4.00 |
| Peter Kavanagh | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Danny McMenamin | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Theo Gillard | 1 | 1 | 100% | +3.00 |
| Daryl Jacob | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Sean Quinlan | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Thomas Willmott | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Season | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 5 | 2 | 40% | +1.25 |
| 2024 | 6 | 2 | 33% | +6.00 |
| 2023 | 8 | 1 | 13% | −5.12 |
| 2022 | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Type | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chase | 17 | 5 | 29% | +4.13 |
| Hurdle | 3 | 0 | 0% | −3.00 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 27 Dec 25+21d | Chepstow | Coral Welsh Grand National Handicap Chase (Premier Handicap) (GBB Race) Settled in the pack - pushed along before 5 out - moved up to track the front group before 2 out - closed on the winner approaching the last - stayed on without finding more in the closing stages | 2/17 | 3 | 10-9 | 132 | 103B | 143A | Danny McMenamin | 9/1 |
| 06 Dec 25+34d | Sandown | Betfair Exchange London National Handicap Chase (GBB Race) Settled at the back early - clipped the 9th - still in contention 3 out - knocked sideways and pushed along - moved through to hit the front before the last and powered clear to win | 1/6 | 11-6 | 132 | 69A | 131B | Gavin Sheehan | 5/2 | |
| 02 Nov 25+253d | Carlisle | PricedUp Cumberland Handicap Chase (GBB Race) Settled towards the back early - driven up steadily with progress from 3 out - pressed for effort before the last - finished into 3rd but couldn't get closer | 3/9 | 2½ | 11-11 | 132 | 98A | 132A | Gavin Sheehan | 17/2 |
| 22 Feb 25+21d | Newcastle | Virgin Bet Eider Handicap Chase (GBB Race) Settled off the pace early - made steady progress into contention around the home turn - pressed for effort 3 out but lost ground quickly - stayed on late from the rear finishing second | 2/17 | 16 | 11-7 | 132 | 110B | 132A | Peter Kavanagh | 7/1 |
| 01 Feb 25+37d | Sandown | Virgin Bet Masters Handicap Chase (GBB Race) Held up early - still towards the back after 2 - improved into 4th approaching 4 out - pushed along after 3 out - powered home on the run-in to hit the front late and clear | 1/9 | 10-11 | 124 | 97B | 134A | Gavin Sheehan | 7/4F | |
| 26 Dec 24+25d | Market Rasen | Pallinc Lincolnshire National Handicap Chase Settled midfield early - crept forward with fluent progress before the fourth-last - moved strongly into second three out - hit the front at the last - drew away easily on the run-in for a commanding win | 1/9 | 11-2 | 115 | 133A | 128B | Theo Gillard | 3/1 | |
| 01 Dec 24+38d | Carlisle | racingtv.com Handicap Chase Settled in midfield early - urged forward to close in three out - up with the pace approaching two out - edged ahead before the last - battled on under pressure to hold off a determined rival close home | 1/12 | 10-12 | 110 | 113A | 130A | Gavin Sheehan | 7/1 | |
| 24 Oct 24+218d | Carlisle | Hather Financial Services Handicap Chase Settled towards the back early - improved into contention 4 out - dropped away before 2 out - well beaten in 8th | 8/15 | 2¼ | 11-6 | 113 | 72B | 112A | Peter Kavanagh | 16/1 |
| 20 Mar 24+13d | Haydock | Greyland 25th Anniversary Handicap Chase | 4/8 | 4 | 11-4 | 115 | 26B | 107B | Nick Scholfield | 7/2 |
| 07 Mar 24+44d | Carlisle | Every Race Live On Racing TV Handicap Chase | 2/7 | 2¼ | 11-12 | 111 | 98B | 129B | Daryl Jacob | 9/4F |
| 23 Jan 24+28d | Leicester | Kube - Leicester's Premier Events Venue Handicap Chase | 2/9 | 4¾ | 10-9 | 111 | 107B | 123A | Nick Scholfield | 3/1F |
| 26 Dec 23+19d | Market Rasen | Pallinc Lincolnshire National Handicap Chase | 4/10 | nk | 10-13 | 110 | 84A | 117A | Nick Scholfield | 15/8F |
| 07 Dec 23+21d | Market Rasen | Price Boosts On Football At Rhino.Bet Handicap Chase | 1/5 | 12-0 | 104 | — | 125C | Nick Scholfield | 15/8F | |
| 16 Nov 23+12d | Market Rasen | Daily Charged Up Offers At Rhino.Bet Novices' Handicap Chase (GBB Race) | 2/9 | 7 | 10-11 | 103 | 137A | 125B | Nick Scholfield | 20/1 |
| 04 Nov 23+21d | Wetherby | bet365 Handicap Chase | F/9 | — | 11-2 | 103 | — | — | Ross Chapman | 13/2 |
| 14 Oct 23+189d | Hexham | Fantastic Falcons Events For Every Occasion Handicap Chase | 3/7 | 4½ | 11-9 | 104 | 42A | 107B | Ross Chapman | 10/3 |
| 08 Apr 23+33d | Haydock | cavani.co.uk Bow Tie Bonanza Handicap Chase | 5/7 | 1½ | 11-10 | 106 | 26A | 104B | Ross Chapman | 7/1 |
| 06 Mar 23+33d | Southwell | Follow starsports_bet On Twitter Maiden Hurdle (GBB Race) | 4/13 | nk | 11-7 | — | 93B | 108A | Sean Quinlan | 13/2 |
| 01 Feb 23+32d | Leicester | EBF British Stallion Studs 'National Hunt' Novices' Hurdle (GBB Race) | 5/6 | 19 | 11-2 | — | — | 110C | Ross Chapman | 25/1 |
| 31 Dec 22 | Uttoxeter | Happy New Year Carol Forrester Maiden Hurdle (GBB Race) | 5/13 | 1¾ | 11-1 | — | 90B | 111A | Thomas Willmott | 20/1 |
Quick answers
- How many races has O'connell (IRE) won?
- O'connell (IRE) won 5 of 20 archived starts between 2022 and 2025, a strike rate of 25%. Placed 11 times in total (55% of starts).
- Who trains O'connell (IRE)?
- O'connell (IRE) is trained by Joel Parkinson & Sue Smith, who saddled the horse on its most recent run on 27 December 2025.
- Who is O'connell (IRE)'s sire?
- O'connell (IRE) is by Westerner (GB) out of Brixen (IRE), whose sire is Heron Island.
- What going does O'connell (IRE) prefer?
- O'connell (IRE) has the best record on good to soft going: 2 wins from 9 starts (22.2%). Only going bands with at least three archived starts are read, so this is a direction rather than a settled preference.
- What is O'connell (IRE)'s official rating?
- The most recent official rating on record is 132, from the run on 27 December 2025. That is also the highest on record.
- What is O'connell (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 O'connell (IRE)'s siblings?
- Out of Brixen (IRE), O'connell (IRE) has 5 other produce in our archive, 4 of them winners. Most wins: Terresita (IRE) (7). Highest grade won: Listed (Terresita (IRE)). The wins came over 2m–2m7½f. As at Oct 2026.