Horse profile
One Horse Town (IRE)
by Threat (IRE) out of Almost Always (IRE) (Galileo)
18 runs · 11 courses · from Nov 2024
As at 8 Nov 2026 · KTB archive: GB, Ireland & France · 2005–present, updated daily
5 wins · 5 courses
Last run 24 Oct 2026 · 3rd of 7
Last raced off OR 129
KTB Profile
One Horse Town won five of 18 starts including a Grade 2 success in the JCB Triumph Trial Juvenile Hurdle at Cheltenham in Nov 2025. All four hurdle wins came over 1m5f – 2m, on good to firm, good to soft, good and heavy. He has also won on the AW. The gelding led in half his races and finished third of seven, having led, at Cheltenham in Oct 2026 off an official rating of 129.
Based on 18 archived runs · run-style from 18 commented runs since Nov 2024 · updated 8 Nov 2026
- 5–18Wins / Runs
- 27.8%Strike rate
- 12 (66.7%)Placed
- −5.39£1 level staken=18 at SP
- 1.09Fair A/E n=18 · 0.94 incl. margin
- 134Highest OR
- 28dBetween runs (median)longest 152 d
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.
Official rating129↓ 5lb off peak
129
72–134
KTB Speed and Rating
KTB Speed
Best recent Speed 137
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
| Going | Runs | Best | Median | Since 8 Nov 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Good to Soft | 4 | 103A | 87 | 3 runs · 103 / 85 |
| Soft | 3 | 122A | 78 | 3 runs · 122 / 78 |
| Heavy | 1 | — | — | 1 run · — |
| Good | 1 | — | — | — |
| Good to Firm | 1 | — | — | — |
| Distance | Runs | Best | Median | Since 8 Nov 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1m5f – 2m | 7 | 100A | 88 | 4 runs · 93 / 84.5 |
| 2m1f – 2m4f | 3 | 122A | 103 | 3 runs · 122 / 103 |
Flat
| Going | Runs | Best | Median | Since 8 Nov 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Standard (AW) | 7 | 97B | 82 | — |
| Soft | 1 | — | — | 1 run · — |
| Distance | Runs | Best | Median | Since 8 Nov 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1m2f – 1m4f | 3 | 89A | 82 | — |
| 6f – 7f | 3 | 97B | 85 | — |
| 1m5f – 2m | 1 | — | — | 1 run · — |
| 1m – 1m1f | 1 | — | — | — |
KTB Speed v1 · batch 15 Sep 2026 · GB & Irish racing only · 18 figures from 18 runs · as at 1 Nov 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.
The forward record. KTB’s figures on this horse since 24 Oct 2026: fastest on KTB Speed in 1 run (won 0) · to 24 Oct 2026. Each pick was the figure’s choice before the off, settled against the result the next morning; “did not run” is counted apart. GB and Irish races since 5 Oct 2026.
Run style from 18 analysed runs since Nov 2024
- Led 9 (50%) · 2 wins
- Prominent 7 (39%) · 3 wins
- Held up 2 (11%) · 0 wins
Pedigree intelligence
Sire
Progeny in our archive have won 9% of 199 runs since Jun 2024 (34 horses).
| Going | Runs | Wins | SR | vs sire | This horse |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Good to Firm | 4 | 2 | 50% | +41 | 1 from 1 |
| Good | 30 | 4 | 13.3% | +4.3 | 1 from 1 |
| Good to Soft | 37 | 3 | 8.1% | −0.9 | 1 from 4 |
| Soft | 46 | 2 | 4.3% | −4.7 | 0 from 4 |
| Heavy | 14 | 2 | 14.3% | +5.3 | 1 from 1 |
| Standard (AW) | 68 | 5 | 7.4% | −1.6 | 1 from 7 |
| Distance (all codes) | Runs | Wins | SR | vs sire | This horse |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Under 6f | 11 | 1 | 9.1% | +0.1 | — |
| 6f – 7f | 71 | 4 | 5.6% | −3.4 | 0 from 3 |
| 1m – 1m1f | 48 | 5 | 10.4% | +1.4 | 0 from 1 |
| 1m2f – 1m4f | 46 | 4 | 8.7% | −0.3 | 1 from 3 |
| 1m5f – 2m | 15 | 4 | 26.7% | +17.7 | 4 from 8 |
| 2m1f – 2m4f | 8 | 0 | 0% | −9 | 0 from 3 |
Flat and jumps together (all codes) · since Jun 2024 · as at 7 Nov 2026 · rows under 30 runs muted · win % is the measure, a record not a forecast
Dam
Almost Always (IRE) (Galileo)
3 siblings in the archive, 2 winners — best of them Kensington Lane (IRE) (3 wins).
The wins came over 7f–1m1f; the highest grade won is Grade 1 (Kensington Lane (IRE)).
| Produce | Runs | Wins | Win trips | Best grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kensington Lane (IRE) | 10 | 3 | 7f–1m1f | Grade 1 |
| Stanford (IRE) | 6 | 2 | 7f–1m | Class 4 |
| Don't Panic (FR) | 1 | 0 | — | — |
Record by conditions
| Going | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Standard (AW) | 7 | 1 | 14% | −3.75 |
| Good to Soft | 4 | 1 | 25% | −1.50 |
| Soft | 4 | 0 | 0% | −4.00 |
| Heavy | 1 | 1 | 100% | +3.33 |
| Good | 1 | 1 | 100% | +0.17 |
| Good to Firm | 1 | 1 | 100% | +0.36 |
| Class | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Class 4 | 4 | 2 | 50% | −0.14 |
| Class 1 | 4 | 1 | 25% | +0.33 |
| Class 5 | 4 | 1 | 25% | −0.75 |
| Class 2 | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Class 3 | 1 | 1 | 100% | +0.17 |
| Course | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cheltenham | 5 | 1 | 20% | −0.67 |
| Kempton | 2 | 1 | 50% | −0.83 |
| Kempton (AW) | 2 | 1 | 50% | +1.25 |
| Dundalk (AW) | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Salisbury | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Punchestown | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Stratford | 1 | 1 | 100% | +0.36 |
| Hexham | 1 | 1 | 100% | +1.50 |
| Southwell (AW) | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Newcastle (AW) | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Chelmsford City (AW) | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Distance | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1m5f – 2m | 8 | 4 | 50% | +1.36 |
| 2m1f – 2m4f | 3 | 0 | 0% | −3.00 |
| 1m2f – 1m4f | 3 | 1 | 33% | +0.25 |
| 6f – 7f | 3 | 0 | 0% | −3.00 |
| 1m – 1m1f | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Jockey | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Paul O'Brien | 10 | 4 | 40% | −0.64 |
| Kieran Shoemark | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Declan McDonogh | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Saffie Osborne | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Kieran O'Neill | 1 | 1 | 100% | +2.25 |
| Jason Hart | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Billy Loughnane | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Headgear | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| None | 13 | 4 | 31% | −3.64 |
| Cheekpieces | 5 | 1 | 20% | −1.75 |
| Season | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 6 | 0 | 0% | −6.00 |
| 2025 | 10 | 5 | 50% | +2.61 |
| 2024 | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Type | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hurdle | 10 | 4 | 40% | −0.64 |
| Flat | 8 | 1 | 13% | −4.75 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 · 6 runs | ||||||||||
| 24 Oct 26+23d | Cheltenham | Masterson Holdings Hurdle Race (gbb Race) Made running early but overtaken before the 3rd - kept in touch with the winner until after 2 out - faded to finish a distant third | 3/7 | 11 | 11-8 | 129 | 84A | 129A | Paul O'Brien | 3/1 |
| 01 Oct 26+152d | Salisbury | Madar Corporation 'season Finale' Handicap Stakes (gbbplus Race) Made all the running - pushed along over 1f out and battled on as advantage shrank inside final furlong - collared near the line to finish second beaten a head | 2/10 | hd | 9-4 | 72 | 137A | 85A | Saffie Osborne | 9/2 |
| 02 May 26+50d | Punchestown | Ballymore Champion Four Year Old Hurdle (Grade 1) Up with the early pace and behind the front horse after the 1st - not clean at the 4th - small error 2 out and contesting the head of affairs into the straight - under pressure before the last and unable to land a blow - faded to finish 6th | 6/12 | 4¾ | 11-0 | 129 | 78B | 130A | Paul O'Brien | 20/1 |
| 13 Mar 26+20d | Cheltenham | JCB Triumph Hurdle (Grade 1) (GBB Race) Settled towards the back of the field - pressed for effort before two out - unable to make an impact - well beaten in 13th | 13/20 | 4 | 11-2 | 132 | 73B | 117A | Paul O'Brien | 40/1 |
| 21 Feb 26+28d | Kempton | Ladbrokes Adonis Juvenile Hurdle (Grade 2) (GBB Race) Went straight to front - overtaken before 3rd - stumbled at 5th - driven approaching 2 out - well beaten into second down the straight though never able to trouble winner | 2/6 | 13 | 11-5 | 134 | 85B | 122B | Paul O'Brien | 11/4 |
| 24 Jan 26+42d | Cheltenham | JCB Triumph Trial Juvenile Hurdle (Grade 2) (Registered As The Finesse) (GBB Race) Went straight to front and settled on the rails - pushed along and picked up pace approaching two out - opened a two length advantage - overtaken on the run-in - stayed on strongly to finish second | 2/10 | 2 | 11-5 | 131 | 122A | 138A | Paul O'Brien | 5/1 |
| 2025 · 10 runs | ||||||||||
| 13 Dec 25+28d | Cheltenham | JCB Triumph Trial Juvenile Hurdle (GBB Race) Set the pace early - relegated soon after - stayed in touch - hit front again briefly at the 5th - overtaken again after 2 out - driven approaching the last but couldn't quicken - held on for third | 3/10 | 3¼ | 11-7 | 131 | 103A | 132A | Paul O'Brien | 4/6F |
| 15 Nov 25+27d | Cheltenham | JCB Triumph Trial Juvenile Hurdle (Registered As The Prestbury Juvenile Hurdle) (Grade 2) (GBB Race) Set the pace from the off - roused along swinging into the straight - stumbled at the final flight - stayed on strongly to score comfortably | 1/8 | 11-0 | 123 | 93C | 143A | Paul O'Brien | 10/3 | |
| 19 Oct 25+98d | Kempton | Daily Profit Boost At CopyBet Juvenile Hurdle (GBB Race) Cruised through early stages - set the pace and opened a big advantage - extended the margin approaching two out and coasted home unopposed | 1/5 | 11-10 | — | 88C | 134C | Paul O'Brien | 1/6F | |
| 13 Jul 25+36d | Stratford | 2025 Mary Cecilia Beddows Memorial Juvenile Hurdle (GBB Race) Settled in behind the pacesetter - moving easily when hitting the front approaching two out - quickened away in the straight - had six lengths in hand at the last - eased through to the line unchallenged | 1/8 | 11-7 | — | 100A | 125B | Paul O'Brien | 4/11F | |
| 07 Jun 25+84d | Hexham | Most Important 3-Year-Old Race Today Juvenile Hurdle (GBB Race) Settled third early - up to second by the 5th - travelling strongest with two to jump - hit the front approaching the home bend and quickly opened up - stormed away for a taking success | 1/5 | 10-12 | — | 89C | 131C | Paul O'Brien | 6/4F | |
| 15 Mar 25+10d | Southwell (AW) | Weekly Free Bets With BetMGM Extra Handicap Handy early - pushed for effort into the turn and soon under pressure - dropped away inside final furlong to finish sixth | 6/7 | 7½ | 9-8 | 73 | 82A | 60A | Kieran Shoemark | 11/2 |
| 05 Mar 25+7d | Kempton (AW) | Unibet Supporting International Women's Day Restricted Maiden Stakes (GBB Race) Sat close to the front group early - hit the front with over 2f remaining - pushed along and challenged hard inside the last furlong - hung on by a whisker | 1/11 | 8-4 | 73 | 81A | 80A | Kieran O'Neill | 9/4 | |
| 26 Feb 25+22d | Kempton (AW) | Get Best Odds Guaranteed At Unibet Handicap (GBBPlus Race) Settled at the back early - shifted left with 2f remaining and again under pressure inside the final furlong - kept on well through the last furlong - moved up into third close home | 3/6 | ¾ | 8-13 | 73 | 89A | 72B | Kieran Shoemark | 25/1 |
| 04 Feb 25+19d | Newcastle (AW) | Boost Your Acca At BetMGM Restricted Maiden Stakes (GBB Race) Went straight to front - lost advantage inside final 2f - dropped to third and unable to close on the leading pair through the last furlong - finished 6 lengths back | 3/5 | 1¾ | 8-9 | 74 | 76C | 75B | Jason Hart | 6/1 |
| 16 Jan 25+50d | Chelmsford City (AW) | Racing Welfare Restricted Maiden Stakes (GBB Race) (Div 2) Tracked the pace - pushed along to close in with a furlong left - moved into second close home and kept battling but narrowly denied | 2/8 | hd | 8-10 | — | 85A | 68A | Billy Loughnane | 11/8F |
| 2024 · 2 runs | ||||||||||
| 27 Nov 24+14d | Dundalk (AW) | Irish Stallion Farms EBF Auction Maiden Disputed early lead - dropped in behind the front group after 1f - 4th at halfway - niggled into contention 2f out - no more to offer 1f out and held 3rd to the line | 3/14 | 2¾ | 8-13 | — | 69B | 72A | Declan McDonogh | 13/8F |
| 13 Nov 24 | Dundalk (AW) | View Restaurant At Dundalk Stadium Median Auction Maiden Tracked the front group early - 6th at halfway - pushed along and closed in over 1f out - flattened out late to finish third | 3/13 | ½ | 9-2 | — | 97B | 90A | Declan McDonogh | 8/1 |
Quick answers
- How many races has One Horse Town won?
- One Horse Town (IRE) won 5 of 18 archived starts between 2024 and 2026, a strike rate of 27.8%. Placed 12 times in total (66.7% of starts).
- Who trains One Horse Town?
- One Horse Town (IRE) is trained by Harry Derham, who saddled the horse on its most recent run on 24 October 2026.
- Who is One Horse Town's sire?
- One Horse Town (IRE) is by Threat (IRE) out of Almost Always (IRE), whose sire is Galileo.
- What going does One Horse Town prefer?
- One Horse Town (IRE) has the best record on good to soft going: 1 win from 4 starts (25%). Only going bands with at least three archived starts are read, so this is a direction rather than a settled preference.
- What is One Horse Town's official rating?
- The most recent official rating on record is 129, from the run on 24 October 2026. The highest on record is 134.
- What is One Horse Town's sire's record?
- Threat (IRE)'s progeny in our archive have won 9% of 199 runs since Jun 2024 (34 horses), Flat and jumps together.
- Who are One Horse Town's siblings?
- Out of Almost Always (IRE), One Horse Town (IRE) has 3 other produce in our archive, 2 of them winners. Most wins: Kensington Lane (IRE) (3). Highest grade won: Grade 1 (Kensington Lane (IRE)). The wins came over 7f–1m1f. As at Nov 2026.