Horse profile
Polemon (GB)
by Frankel (GB) out of Very Good News (USA) (Empire Maker)
33 runs · 24 courses · from Oct 2022
As at 18 Oct 2026 · KTB archive: GB, Ireland & France · 2005–present, updated daily
3 wins · Curragh, Tipperary & Gowran Park
Ran 72 days ago · 7th of 7
Last raced off OR 72
KTB Profile
Polemon is a gelding who has won three of 33 starts, all on turf in handicaps. He won at Gowran Park over 1m – 1m1f on good to firm in Aug 2024, at Tipperary over 1m2f – 1m4f on good the following month, and at Curragh over 1m2f – 1m4f on good in Oct 2024. All three wins came on good or faster ground. Typically held up, he finished 7 of 7 at Chepstow in Aug 2026 when last raced off OR 72, 44lb below his highest ever mark.
Based on 33 archived runs · run-style from 10 commented runs · updated 18 Oct 2026
KTB at a glance
Typically held up
All wins on turf
Wins on good or faster
OR ↓ 44lb off peak
- 3–33Wins / Runs
- 9.1%Strike rate
- 7 (21.2%)Placed
- −4.00£1 level staken=33 at SP
- 1.03Fair A/E n=33 · 0.87 incl. margin
- 116Highest OR
- 43dAvg 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.
Official rating72↓ 44lb off peak
72
60–116
KTB Speed and Rating
KTB Speed
Best recent Speed 108
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 →
Flat
| Going | Runs | Best | Median | Since 18 Oct 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Standard (AW) | 10 | 99A | 77.5 | — |
| Good to Firm | 4 | 105C | 92.5 | 1 · — |
| Soft | 4 | 96C | 76 | — |
| Good | 3 | 138C | 120 | — |
| Good to Soft | 1 | — | — | — |
| Distance | Runs | Best | Median | Since 18 Oct 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1m2f – 1m4f | 18 | 138C | 77.5 | 1 · — |
| 1m5f – 2m | 2 | 96C | 92.5 | — |
| 1m – 1m1f | 2 | 105C | 100 | — |
Jumps
| Going | Runs | Best | Median | Since 18 Oct 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Soft | 3 | 80B | 78 | — |
| Good to Soft | 2 | 81B | 81 | — |
| Good | 1 | — | — | — |
| Good to Firm | 1 | — | — | — |
| Distance | Runs | Best | Median | Since 18 Oct 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1m5f – 2m | 6 | 105C | 80.5 | — |
| 2m1f – 2m4f | 1 | — | — | — |
Of 33 runs looked at, 4 have no figure: did not complete (3) · not enough races on the card to set the day (under 4) (1).
KTB Speed v1 · batch 15 Sep 2026 · GB & Irish racing only · 29 figures from 33 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 10 analysed runs
- Held up 7 (70%) · 0 wins
- Prominent 2 (20%) · 0 wins
- Midfield 1 (10%) · 1 win
Pedigree intelligence
Sire
Progeny in our archive have won 18% of 7,489 runs since Jan 2008 (872 horses).
Weakest on heavy going: 12.4% from 323. Weakest over 2m1f – 2m4f (all codes): 12.4% from 267.
| Going | Runs | Wins | SR | vs sire | This horse |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Firm | 15 | 4 | 26.7% | +8.7 | — |
| Good to Firm | 1,280 | 259 | 20.2% | +2.2 | 1 from 5 |
| Good | 1,914 | 362 | 18.9% | +0.9 | 2 from 7 |
| Good to Soft | 1,019 | 175 | 17.2% | −0.8 | 0 from 3 |
| Soft | 1,102 | 161 | 14.6% | −3.4 | 0 from 8 |
| Heavy | 323 | 40 | 12.4% | −5.6 | — |
| Standard (AW) | 1,836 | 347 | 18.9% | +0.9 | 0 from 10 |
| Distance (all codes) | Runs | Wins | SR | vs sire | This horse |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Under 6f | 64 | 11 | 17.2% | −0.8 | — |
| 6f – 7f | 1,255 | 236 | 18.8% | +0.8 | — |
| 1m – 1m1f | 1,964 | 368 | 18.7% | +0.7 | 1 from 2 |
| 1m2f – 1m4f | 2,876 | 543 | 18.9% | +0.9 | 2 from 18 |
| 1m5f – 2m | 968 | 151 | 15.6% | −2.4 | 0 from 9 |
| 2m1f – 2m4f | 267 | 33 | 12.4% | −5.6 | 0 from 3 |
| 2m5f – 3m | 84 | 6 | 7.1% | −10.9 | 0 from 1 |
| Over 3m | 11 | 0 | 0% | −18 | — |
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
Dam
Very Good News (USA) (Empire Maker)
5 siblings in the archive, 3 winners — best of them Weekender (GB) (5 wins).
The wins came over 1m–1m6f; the highest grade won is Class 2 (Weekender (GB)).
| Produce | Runs | Wins | Win trips | Best grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weekender (GB) | 20 | 5 | 1m2f–1m6f | Class 2 |
| Classical Wave (GB) | 8 | 3 | 1m1½f–1m2f | Class 2 |
| Media Stream (GB) | 10 | 2 | 1m–1m2f | — |
| Gradient (GB) | 2 | 0 | — | — |
| Nascent (GB) | 2 | 0 | — | — |
Record by conditions
| Going | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Standard (AW) | 10 | 0 | 0% | −10.00 |
| Soft | 8 | 0 | 0% | −8.00 |
| Good | 7 | 2 | 29% | +9.00 |
| Good to Firm | 5 | 1 | 20% | +8.00 |
| Good to Soft | 3 | 0 | 0% | −3.00 |
| Class | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Class 5 | 9 | 0 | 0% | −9.00 |
| Class 4 | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Class 6 | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Class 1 | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Course | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dundalk (AW) | 5 | 0 | 0% | −5.00 |
| Chepstow | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Clonmel | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Cork | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Leopardstown | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Curragh | 2 | 1 | 50% | +4.00 |
| Newton Abbot | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Punchestown | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Naas | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Thurles | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Tipperary | 1 | 1 | 100% | +9.00 |
| Killarney | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Gowran Park | 1 | 1 | 100% | +12.00 |
| Lingfield | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Newbury | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Yarmouth | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Doncaster | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Southwell (AW) | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Wolverhampton (AW) | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Kempton (AW) | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Lingfield (AW) | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Chelmsford City (AW) | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Cheltenham | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Exeter | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Distance | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1m2f – 1m4f | 18 | 2 | 11% | −2.00 |
| 1m5f – 2m | 9 | 0 | 0% | −9.00 |
| 2m1f – 2m4f | 3 | 0 | 0% | −3.00 |
| 1m – 1m1f | 2 | 1 | 50% | +11.00 |
| 2m5f – 3m | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Jockey | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Daniel King | 7 | 1 | 14% | +3.00 |
| Alan Casey | 4 | 1 | 25% | +9.00 |
| Hollie Doyle | 3 | 0 | 0% | −3.00 |
| Luke Morris | 3 | 0 | 0% | −3.00 |
| Philip Donovan | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Miss Brodie Hampson | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| William Carver | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| David Noonan | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Mr Edward Vaughan | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Andrew Slattery | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Dylan O'Connor | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| J M Sheridan | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Keithen Kennedy | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| W J Lee | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Miss Georgie Benson | 1 | 1 | 100% | +5.00 |
| Hana Macdonald | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Laura Coughlan | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Joshua Bryan | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Headgear | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tongue tie + cheekpieces | 20 | 3 | 15% | +9.00 |
| Tongue tie | 11 | 0 | 0% | −11.00 |
| Tongue tie + visor | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| None | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Season | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 3 | 0 | 0% | −3.00 |
| 2025 | 9 | 0 | 0% | −9.00 |
| 2024 | 15 | 3 | 20% | +14.00 |
| 2023 | 5 | 0 | 0% | −5.00 |
| 2022 | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Type | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Flat | 22 | 3 | 14% | +7.00 |
| Hurdle | 9 | 0 | 0% | −9.00 |
| NH Flat | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 06 Aug 26+64d | Chepstow | Wasdell Group Supports Chepstow Centenary Celebrations Handicap Stakes Sluggish start - settled at back - under pressure and toiling with 5f left - allowed to drop away well held | 7/7 | 31 | 9-13 | 72 | 37C | 56C | William Carver | 200/1 |
| 03 Jun 26+40d | Newton Abbot | Sun Racing Free Tickets With Sun Club Maiden Hurdle (GBB Race) Settled mid-pack early - urged into effort before the 7th then slipped to the back - eased out of contention approaching three from home | PU/9 | — | 11-4 | 110 | — | — | David Noonan | 14/1 |
| 24 Apr 26+344d | Chepstow | Braceys My Coranna Maiden Hurdle (GBB Race) (Div 1) Sat close to the leading group early - suffered severe interference and fell at the first | BD/14 | — | 10-11 | 110 | — | — | Mr Edward Vaughan | 20/1 |
| 15 May 25+9d | Clonmel | Aisling Kennedy Memorial (C & G) Maiden Hurdle Handy behind front group - third at halfway - driven from three out then flattened out in the straight - finished third | 3/5 | 35 | 11-12 | 107 | — | 98C | Daniel King | 11/2 |
| 06 May 25+6d | Cork | Cork Derby (Premier Handicap) Unhurried start and settled at the back - nudged forward from 2f out without threatening - picked up faintly in the final furlong to finish 7th | 7/9 | shd | 8-7 | 78 | 108A | 66A | Andrew Slattery | 25/1 |
| 30 Apr 25+13d | Punchestown | Adare Manor Opportunity Series Final Handicap Hurdle Held up towards the back - no headway when pushed along after 3 out - eased and pulled up before the last | PU/25 | — | 11-2 | 110 | — | — | Philip Donovan | 40/1 |
| 17 Apr 25+14d | Clonmel | Botanica International Maiden Hurdle Settled just off the pack early - jumped awkwardly in 5th four out - moved into third turning for home - unable to close on the front-runner two out - stayed on at one gear to the finish for second | 2/9 | 10 | 11-12 | 113 | 81B | 120A | Daniel King | 10/3 |
| 03 Apr 25+20d | Naas | Pat O'Hare Bookmakers Maiden Hurdle (Div 1) Settled just behind front group in 5th - pressed for effort with two furlongs left - unable to close and faded - finished 7th | 7/19 | 2¼ | 11-12 | 116 | 81B | 106A | Daniel King | 8/1 |
| 14 Mar 25+12d | Dundalk (AW) | William Hill Top Price Guarantee Handicap Held up towards the back - squeezed for space approaching the furlong pole - finished strongly to snatch 4th right at the line | 4/6 | ½ | 9-3 | 79 | 53A | 71B | Dylan O'Connor | 12/1 |
| 02 Mar 25+30d | Leopardstown | Adare Manor Opportunity Maiden Hurdle Sat behind the pace early - held mid-pack before improving into contention after 3 out - hit the front 2 out - lost the advantage before the last and faltered to 3rd with a small error there - unable to find more in the run to the line and slipped to 5th | 5/18 | ½ | 11-12 | — | 80B | 122A | Philip Donovan | 5/1 |
| 31 Jan 25+21d | Dundalk (AW) | Floodlit Friday Nights At Dundalk Stadium Rated Race Sat close up in 4th early - pushed into 2nd approaching 2f out - dropped back to 3rd then 4th inside final furlong - unable to close late finishing fourth | 4/5 | 4¾ | 9-5 | 79 | 87C | 67B | J M Sheridan | 9/4J |
| 10 Jan 25+15d | Dundalk (AW) | Happy New Year From All At Dundalk Apprentice Handicap (50-80) Held up in the pack early - roused into contention 2f out to be 3rd approaching final furlong - stayed on same gait to finish 4th beaten 2 lengths | 4/11 | hd | 10-2 | 78 | 99A | 93A | Keithen Kennedy | 18/1 |
| 26 Dec 24+27d | Leopardstown | Thorntons Recycling Maiden Hurdle Held up towards the back - nudged into contention 2 out then 8th and driven before the last - stayed on at one speed to finish sixth | 6/17 | 4¼ | 11-12 | — | 78C | 115C | Daniel King | 50/1 |
| 29 Nov 24+28d | Thurles | www.thurlesraces.ie Maiden Hurdle Settled towards the back early - moved through the pack after the third-last - into 5th turning for home - third after the last unable to close and finished 3.75 lengths off | 3/10 | 3¾ | 11-12 | — | 88A | 132A | Daniel King | 25/1 |
| 01 Nov 24+15d | Dundalk (AW) | Story Of Dundalk Stadium Book Buy Online Handicap Settled in the pack - pushed along and slipped back to 7th with 2f left - faded late to finish well held | 9/9 | 3¼ | 9-7 | 78 | 77A | 65A | W J Lee | 17/2 |
| 17 Oct 24+12d | Curragh | Big Picture Communications Handicap Settled with the pack early - back in 10th at halfway - moved into contention with 5f left - driven along in 7th approaching the final furlong then unable to find more and finished well held | 10/19 | 1¼ | 10-1 | 79 | 96C | 82A | Daniel King | 17/2 |
| 05 Oct 24+15d | Curragh | Newbridge Silverware Ladies Trophy (Q.R.) Handicap Settled midpack early - began making progress 3f out - shifted left approaching 2f out then made ground to hit the front inside final furlong - kept finding to the line | 1/15 | 10-4 | 75 | 120C | 86A | Miss Georgie Benson | 5/1 | |
| 20 Sep 24+9d | Dundalk (AW) | Celebrate Your Special Occasion At Dundalk Stadium Apprentice Handicap (50-80) Held up towards the back - pushed along with 2f left and seventh with a furlong to run - stayed on same gear to finish fifth beaten 7¼ lengths | 5/9 | 2 | 9-4 | 75 | 72A | 67A | Alan Casey | 10/1 |
| 11 Sep 24+10d | Cork | Racing Again October 1st Handicap (47-75) settled midpack early - boxed in on rails approaching final 2f then pushed along in 6th with a furlong and a half left - stayed on at one speed to finish 4th | 4/10 | 1½ | 9-6 | 75 | 95A | 81A | Alan Casey | 11/1 |
| 01 Sep 24+9d | Tipperary | Great National Ballykisteen Golf Hotel Handicap (47-70) Settled just off the pace on the inner - 7th at halfway - up to 4th turning for home - pressed for effort 2f out but making no headway - rallied to close 1f out - hit the front 150 yards from home - drew clear at the finish | 1/16 | 9-10 | 66 | 138C | 93A | Daniel King | 9/1 | |
| 23 Aug 24+9d | Killarney | Brehon Hotel And Spa Apprentice Handicap Settled towards back early - made headway 3f out - pushed into contention 2f out - battling in 5th with 1 1/2f left - stayed on at one speed to finish third | 3/6 | 6½ | 8-12 | 66 | 89A | 68B | Alan Casey | 8/1 |
| 14 Aug 24+35d | Gowran Park | BOYLESPORTS Supporting Irish Racing Handicap (47-65) Settled in midfield - ninth at the halfway point - asked for effort early in the straight - improved into third a furlong out - hit the front with 150 yards left - had to fight off a rival to prevail | 1/14 | 9-1 | 60 | 105C | 88A | Alan Casey | 12/1 | |
| 10 Jul 24+15d | Lingfield | Get Raceday Ready Selling Handicap | 4/9 | 1¾ | 10-2 | 60 | 63B | 74A | Hollie Doyle | 10/3 |
| 25 Jun 24+13d | Newbury | Racehorse Shares From 25 At racingclub.com Apprentice Handicap | 5/11 | ½ | 8-13 | 62 | 90A | 73A | Hana Macdonald | 33/1 |
| 12 Jun 24+12d | Yarmouth | Paul Corrigan Memorial Handicap | 4/7 | 5½ | 9-11 | 67 | 51B | 68A | Hollie Doyle | 18/1 |
| 31 May 24+143d | Doncaster | Alan Wood Plumbing & Heating Supporting WPCC 'Confined' Apprentice Handicap | 7/8 | 1¼ | 9-10 | 69 | 60A | 73A | Laura Coughlan | 28/1 |
| 09 Jan 24+22d | Southwell (AW) | BetUK. It's Where The UK Bets Handicap (Div 1) | 8/10 | 9 | 9-10 | 73 | 70C | 62C | Hollie Doyle | 22/1 |
| 18 Dec 23+313d | Wolverhampton (AW) | BetUK. It's Where The UK Bets Maiden Stakes (GBB Race) | 10/12 | 9½ | 9-11 | 76 | 78C | 58C | Joshua Bryan | 6/1 |
| 08 Feb 23+11d | Kempton (AW) | Unibet Horserace Betting Operator Of The Year Novice Stakes | 2/7 | nk | 9-7 | — | 74A | 74A | Luke Morris | 7/1 |
| 28 Jan 23+14d | Lingfield (AW) | Huge Daily Boosts Only At Betuk Novice Stakes | 2/6 | 2½ | 9-4 | — | 89A | 75B | Luke Morris | 8/1 |
| 14 Jan 23+13d | Chelmsford City (AW) | Full On Fullworks Novice Stakes | 4/7 | 1 | 9-4 | — | 86A | 71A | Luke Morris | 50/1 |
| 01 Jan 23+75d | Cheltenham | JCB 'Junior' NH Flat Race (Standard Open NH Flat Race) (Listed) (GBB Race) | 14/14 | 79 | 11-0 | — | -84C | 91C | Miss Brodie Hampson | 33/1 |
| 18 Oct 22 | Exeter | South West '3 Yrs Old' 'Junior' NH Flat Race (GBB Race) | 3/5 | 4¾ | 10-11 | — | 105C | 100B | Miss Brodie Hampson | 5/4 |
Quick answers
- How many races has Polemon (GB) won?
- Polemon (GB) won 3 of 33 archived starts between 2022 and 2026, a strike rate of 9.1%. Placed 7 times in total (21.2% of starts).
- Who trains Polemon (GB)?
- Polemon (GB) is trained by Tim Vaughan, who saddled the horse on its most recent run on 6 August 2026.
- Who is Polemon (GB)'s sire?
- Polemon (GB) is by Frankel (GB) out of Very Good News (USA), whose sire is Empire Maker.
- What going does Polemon (GB) prefer?
- Polemon (GB) has the best record on good going: 2 wins from 7 starts (28.6%). Only going bands with at least three archived starts are read, so this is a direction rather than a settled preference.
- What is Polemon (GB)'s official rating?
- The most recent official rating on record is 72, from the run on 6 August 2026. The highest on record is 116.
- What is Polemon (GB)'s sire's record?
- Frankel (GB)'s progeny in our archive have won 18% of 7,489 runs since Jan 2008 (872 horses), Flat and jumps together. Weakest on heavy going: 12.4% from 323. Weakest over 2m1f – 2m4f (all codes): 12.4% from 267.
- Who are Polemon (GB)'s siblings?
- Out of Very Good News (USA), Polemon (GB) has 5 other produce in our archive, 3 of them winners. Most wins: Weekender (GB) (5). Highest grade won: Class 2 (Weekender (GB)). The wins came over 1m–1m6f. As at Oct 2026.