Pacifica Pier (IRE)
Pacifica Pier is a gelding by Palace Pier out of a daughter of Elusive Quality who has one win from five starts. The success came in the Tattersalls 40,000 EBF Novice Stakes at Sandown in Jul 2025 over 6f to 7f on good to firm going. All three subsequent runs over 1m to 1m1f have failed to add to the tally, the latest when third of six in the Prix Thomas Bryon at Chantilly in Nov 2025. He has raced at four different courses.
- 1–5Wins / Runs
- 20%Strike rate
- 1 (20%)Placed
- +2.50£1 level staken=5 at SP
- 1.34Fair A/E n=5 · 1.18 incl. margin
- 90Highest OR
- 34dAvg 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 61
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 Firm | 3 | 63C | 60 | — |
| Good to Soft | 1 | — | — | — |
| Distance | Runs | Best | Median | Since 18 Oct 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6f – 7f | 2 | 60A | 56 | — |
| 1m – 1m1f | 2 | 63C | 62 | — |
KTB Speed v1 · batch 15 Sep 2026 · GB & Irish racing only · 4 figures from 4 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.
Pedigree intelligence
Progeny in our archive have won 11.4% of 577 runs since Jan 2008 (106 horses).
Strongest over 1m2f – 1m4f (all codes): 14.4% from 125.
| Going | Runs | Wins | SR | vs sire | This horse |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Good to Firm | 134 | 19 | 14.2% | +2.8 | 1 from 3 |
| Good | 156 | 17 | 10.9% | −0.5 | — |
| Good to Soft | 60 | 3 | 5% | −6.4 | 0 from 1 |
| Soft | 52 | 6 | 11.5% | +0.1 | — |
| Heavy | 14 | 0 | 0% | −11.4 | — |
| Standard (AW) | 161 | 21 | 13% | +1.6 | 0 from 1 |
| Distance (all codes) | Runs | Wins | SR | vs sire | This horse |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Under 6f | 13 | 4 | 30.8% | +19.4 | — |
| 6f – 7f | 257 | 25 | 9.7% | −1.7 | 1 from 2 |
| 1m – 1m1f | 170 | 18 | 10.6% | −0.8 | 0 from 3 |
| 1m2f – 1m4f | 125 | 18 | 14.4% | +3 | — |
| 1m5f – 2m | 12 | 1 | 8.3% | −3.1 | — |
Flat and jumps together (all codes) · since Jan 2008 · as at 18 Oct 2026 · rows under 30 runs muted · win % is the measure, a record not a forecast
4 siblings in the archive, 3 winners — best of them Intelligentsia (IRE) (1 win).
The wins came over 5f–7f; the highest grade won is Group 3 (Ideal Beauty (IRE)).
| Produce | Runs | Wins | Win trips | Best grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Intelligentsia (IRE) | 3 | 1 | 6f | Class 4 |
| Summer Heat (GB) | 10 | 1 | 7f | Class 5 |
| Ideal Beauty (IRE) | 9 | 1 | 5f | Group 3 |
| Sidewalk (IRE) | 4 | 0 | — | — |
Record by conditions
| Going | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Good to Firm | 3 | 1 | 33% | +4.50 |
| Standard (AW) | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Good to Soft | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Class | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Class 3 | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Class 4 | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Class 2 | 1 | 1 | 100% | +6.50 |
| Course | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Newmarket | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Chantilly (FR) | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Doncaster | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Sandown | 1 | 1 | 100% | +6.50 |
| Distance | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1m – 1m1f | 3 | 0 | 0% | −3.00 |
| 6f – 7f | 2 | 1 | 50% | +5.50 |
| Jockey | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| James Doyle | 2 | 1 | 50% | +5.50 |
| William Buick | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Cieren Fallon | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18 Nov 25+38d | Chantilly (FR) | Prix Thomas Bryon (2yo) (All-Weather Track) (Polytrack) | 3/6 | 2½ | 9-0 | — | — | — | James Doyle | 16/1 |
| 11 Oct 25+30d | Newmarket | Godolphin Flying Start Nursery Settled up with the pace on the far side - into the drive approaching two out - stayed on to the line but edged left inside the final furlong - unable to reel in the leaders - finished third | 3/7 | ½ | 9-8 | 88 | 60A | 89A | William Buick | 5/1 |
| 11 Sep 25+26d | Doncaster | Yates Drywall Ltd Nursery (GBBPlus Race) (Str) Slow to settle - tracked the pack towards the far rail - stayed off the pace at the back - improved into contention over 2f out then dropped away final furlong | 7/8 | 2½ | 9-9 | 90 | 61A | 75A | William Buick | 9/2 |
| 16 Aug 25+43d | Newmarket | JenningsBet Britain's Biggest Independent Bookmaker EBF Novice Stakes (GBB/GBBPlus Race) Sent clear early on - roused two out then drifted left before being overtaken approaching final furlong - drifted right with little space inside the closing stages - squeezed for room and slipped to third close home | 3/5 | 1 | 9-11 | — | 63C | 89B | Cieren Fallon | 9/4 |
| 04 Jul 25 | Sandown | Tattersalls 40,000 EBF Novice Stakes (GBB Race) Settled with the pack early - moved through to hit the front a furlong out - driven out and finished strongly for the win | 1/5 | 9-7 | — | 52C | 90B | James Doyle | 13/2 |
Quick answers
- How many races has Pacifica Pier (IRE) won?
- Pacifica Pier (IRE) won 1 of 5 archived starts in 2025, a strike rate of 20%. Placed 1 time in total (20% of starts).
- Who trains Pacifica Pier (IRE)?
- Pacifica Pier (IRE) is trained by Charlie Appleby, who saddled the horse on its most recent run on 18 November 2025.
- Who is Pacifica Pier (IRE)'s sire?
- Pacifica Pier (IRE) is by Palace Pier (GB) out of Discernable (GB), whose sire is Elusive Quality.
- What going does Pacifica Pier (IRE) prefer?
- Pacifica Pier (IRE) has the best record on good to firm going: 1 win from 3 starts (33.3%). Only going bands with at least three archived starts are read, so this is a direction rather than a settled preference.
- What is Pacifica Pier (IRE)'s official rating?
- Pacifica Pier (IRE)'s highest official rating on record is 90.
- What is Pacifica Pier (IRE)'s sire's record?
- Palace Pier (GB)'s progeny in our archive have won 11.4% of 577 runs since Jan 2008 (106 horses), Flat and jumps together. Strongest over 1m2f – 1m4f (all codes): 14.4% from 125.
- Who are Pacifica Pier (IRE)'s siblings?
- Out of Discernable (GB), Pacifica Pier (IRE) has 4 other produce in our archive, 3 of them winners. Most wins: Intelligentsia (IRE) (1). Highest grade won: Group 3 (Ideal Beauty (IRE)). The wins came over 5f–7f. As at Oct 2026.