Horse profile
Porsche Lad (IRE)
by Cotai Glory (GB) out of Ball Girl (IRE) (Tagula)
19 runs · 6 courses · from Jul 2024
As at 18 Oct 2026 · KTB archive: GB, Ireland & France · 2005–present, updated daily
2 wins · Dundalk (AW)
Off 97 days · 8th of 11
Last raced off OR 63
KTB Profile
Porsche Lad is a gelding who has won two of 19 starts, both in handicaps over 1m2f – 1m4f on standard going at Dundalk. He won the Now Racing Every Wednesday At Dundalk Handicap off 59 in Nov 2025 and the View Restaurant At Dundalk Stadium Handicap off 50 in Mar 2025. Typically held up, he was held in his last run at Dundalk in Jul 2026 when eighth of 11 off an official rating of 63. He has never won on turf from six starts.
Based on 19 archived runs · run-style from 10 commented runs · updated 18 Oct 2026
KTB at a glance
Typically held up
All wins on AW
OR at career high
- 2–19Wins / Runs
- 10.5%Strike rate
- 8 (42.1%)Placed
- −13.25£1 level staken=19 at SP
- 0.72Fair A/E n=19 · 0.57 incl. margin
- 63Highest OR
- 41dAvg 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 rating63At career-high mark
63
50–63
KTB Speed and Rating
KTB Speed
Best recent Speed 88
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) | 13 | 108B | 88 | 10 · 108 / 86 |
| Good | 4 | 69C | 58 | 1 · — |
| Soft | 1 | — | — | 1 · — |
| Good to Firm | 1 | — | — | — |
| Distance | Runs | Best | Median | Since 18 Oct 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1m2f – 1m4f | 12 | 97B | 74 | 8 · 92 / 74 |
| 1m – 1m1f | 3 | 50C | 37 | 1 · — |
| 6f – 7f | 3 | 88B | 88 | 2 · 88 / 88 |
| 1m5f – 2m | 1 | — | — | 1 · — |
KTB Speed v1 · batch 15 Sep 2026 · GB & Irish racing only · 19 figures from 19 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 8 (80%) · 1 win
- Midfield 2 (20%) · 1 win
Pedigree intelligence
Sire
Progeny in our archive have won 11.5% of 3,911 runs since Jan 2008 (388 horses).
Strongest on standard (aw) going: 14.7% from 1,392. Weakest on soft going: 7% from 416.
| Going | Runs | Wins | SR | vs sire | This horse |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Firm | 13 | 5 | 38.5% | +27 | — |
| Good to Firm | 620 | 78 | 12.6% | +1.1 | 0 from 1 |
| Good | 1,049 | 92 | 8.8% | −2.7 | 0 from 4 |
| Good to Soft | 318 | 29 | 9.1% | −2.4 | — |
| Soft | 416 | 29 | 7% | −4.5 | 0 from 1 |
| Heavy | 102 | 11 | 10.8% | −0.7 | — |
| Standard (AW) | 1,392 | 204 | 14.7% | +3.2 | 2 from 13 |
| Distance (all codes) | Runs | Wins | SR | vs sire | This horse |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Under 6f | 807 | 110 | 13.6% | +2.1 | — |
| 6f – 7f | 2,010 | 223 | 11.1% | −0.4 | 0 from 3 |
| 1m – 1m1f | 719 | 76 | 10.6% | −0.9 | 0 from 3 |
| 1m2f – 1m4f | 303 | 35 | 11.6% | +0.1 | 2 from 12 |
| 1m5f – 2m | 48 | 1 | 2.1% | −9.4 | 0 from 1 |
| 2m1f – 2m4f | 24 | 3 | 12.5% | +1 | — |
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
Ball Girl (IRE) (Tagula)
2 siblings in the archive, 1 winner — best of them Ipanema Princess (IRE) (1 win).
The wins came over 7f; the highest grade won is Class 4 (Ipanema Princess (IRE)).
| Produce | Runs | Wins | Win trips | Best grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ipanema Princess (IRE) | 9 | 1 | 7f | Class 4 |
| Satellite Call (IRE) | 12 | 0 | — | — |
Record by conditions
| Going | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Standard (AW) | 13 | 2 | 15% | −7.25 |
| Good | 4 | 0 | 0% | −4.00 |
| Soft | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Good to Firm | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Course | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dundalk (AW) | 13 | 2 | 15% | −7.25 |
| Leopardstown | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Bellewstown | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Gowran Park | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Killarney | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Fairyhouse | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Distance | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1m2f – 1m4f | 12 | 2 | 17% | −6.25 |
| 1m – 1m1f | 3 | 0 | 0% | −3.00 |
| 6f – 7f | 3 | 0 | 0% | −3.00 |
| 1m5f – 2m | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Jockey | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conor Cusack | 5 | 0 | 0% | −5.00 |
| Sean Davis | 5 | 1 | 20% | −2.50 |
| Reese Holohan | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Rory Cleary | 2 | 1 | 50% | +1.25 |
| J M Sheridan | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Nicola Burns | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Colin Keane | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Luke McAteer | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Seamie Heffernan | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Headgear | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cheekpieces | 10 | 1 | 10% | −7.50 |
| None | 6 | 1 | 17% | −2.75 |
| Blinkers | 3 | 0 | 0% | −3.00 |
| Season | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 8 | 0 | 0% | −8.00 |
| 2025 | 8 | 2 | 25% | −2.25 |
| 2024 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 12 Jul 26+9d | Dundalk (AW) | Fairways Hotel Dundalk Apprentice Handicap raced behind the front group - 6th at halfway - dropped away two furlongs out and soon out of contention | 8/11 | 6½ | 9-3 | 63 | 67A | 50A | Conor Cusack | 16/1 |
| 03 Jul 26+22d | Bellewstown | Dore & Co. Solicitors Handicap (0-60) Settled in the pack towards the wide side - held 6th at the midpoint - pushed along with no gain 3f out and dropped away late | 15/16 | 8 | 9-8 | 59 | 62C | 55C | Conor Cusack | 50/1 |
| 11 Jun 26+104d | Leopardstown | Sandyford Business District Handicap (0-60) Settled with the pack early - lost ground to 14th and pushed along 3f out - faded from there to finish well beaten | 16/17 | 10 | 9-8 | 59 | -40C | 51C | Conor Cusack | 22/1 |
| 27 Feb 26+7d | Dundalk (AW) | New Saddle Bar At Dundalk Stadium Handicap Hampered start - settled midfield - progress into contention entering the straight and up to 3rd a furlong out - stayed on same speed to finish 3rd beaten 2¾ lengths | 3/14 | 2½ | 9-0 | 63 | 84B | 72A | Conor Cusack | 10/3F |
| 20 Feb 26+21d | Dundalk (AW) | Put The Fun In Fundraising At Dundalk Handicap Sat behind the front group early - 7th at halfway - driven on with progress made entering the straight - up to 4th a furlong out but unable to close - stayed on same gait to finish 4th beaten two lengths | 4/14 | hd | 9-1 | 63 | 88B | 85A | Conor Cusack | 9/2 |
| 30 Jan 26+7d | Dundalk (AW) | Book Online At DundalkStadium.com Claiming Race Up with the front group early - contesting for position after 2f - third at halfway - niggled at from 3f out - hard at work 2f out - stayed on to challenge in the final furlong - just denied by a head at the line | 2/12 | ½ | 9-3 | 63 | 88A | 80A | Reese Holohan | 7/2 |
| 23 Jan 26+14d | Dundalk (AW) | Irishinjuredjockeys.com Claiming Race Shared early advantage - settled second behind pacesetter after a furlong - edged in front just before 2f out - pressed and drawn level with 1 1/2f left - overtaken inside the last furlong and held on for second | 2/11 | 1¾ | 9-10 | 63 | 91A | 93A | J M Sheridan | 11/4F |
| 09 Jan 26+21d | Dundalk (AW) | Happy New Year From All At Dundalk Apprentice Handicap Settled at the back early - still towards the back at halfway - pushed along and shifted left with 3f to run but couldn't land a challenge - stayed on at one gait to finish seventh | 7/12 | 1½ | 8-11 | 63 | 71A | 64A | Nicola Burns | 11/2 |
| 19 Dec 25+9d | Dundalk (AW) | HRI Best Turned-Out Flat League Handicap Held up towards the back - pushed along with three left - found room to finish well and stuck on to the line | 4/14 | nse | 8-1 | 63 | 108B | 65A | Reese Holohan | 8/1 |
| 10 Dec 25+28d | Dundalk (AW) | Christmas Party Nights At Dundalk Stadium Claiming Race Sat close to the pace early - fourth at halfway before improving to third and pressed with two out - stayed on strongly in the closing stages to finish third | 3/13 | hd | 9-2 | 63 | 70B | 77A | Colin Keane | 5/4F |
| 12 Nov 25+7d | Dundalk (AW) | Now Racing Every Wednesday At Dundalk Handicap Shared the front early - sat in touch and 4th at halfway - pushed along to make progress entering the straight and 3rd with a furlong left - driven out to fight back and get up close home | 1/14 | 9-3 | 59 | 77B | 77A | Sean Davis | 6/4F | |
| 05 Nov 25+82d | Dundalk (AW) | Now Racing Every Wednesday At Dundalk Handicap (0-60) (Div 2) Held up in the back markers - still 9th with four to run - urged into contention and up to 7th with a furlong left - finished strongly to snatch 4th near the line | 4/12 | ¾ | 10-1 | 59 | 92A | 79A | Luke McAteer | 15/8F |
| 15 Aug 25+91d | Dundalk (AW) | Friday Night Lights Return Weekly From 19th September Handicap (0-60) Held up handy early - 4th at halfway - urged forward 3f out - hit front approaching final 2f - overtaken inside last furlong - stopped finding more and bumped opponent close home - later placed 3rd | 3/14 | 3¾ | 10-1 | 59 | 88B | 86A | Sean Davis | 5/1 |
| 16 May 25+56d | Leopardstown | Bulmers Live At Leopardstown Handicap (0-60) Settled around midpack early - holding position through to 3f out then pushed along in 9th with two to go - unable to close and well held at the finish | 11/14 | ½ | 10-2 | 60 | 69C | 59C | Seamie Heffernan | 10/3 |
| 21 Mar 25+7d | Dundalk (AW) | Dundalk Stadium Winter Series Awards Day Handicap (47-65) Settled in the pack early - asked for effort 2f out - 6th with a furlong left - finished strongly late - denied narrowly - second beaten three quarters of a length | 2/14 | ¾ | 9-9 | 58 | 97B | 76A | Rory Cleary | 5/2F |
| 14 Mar 25+212d | Dundalk (AW) | View Restaurant At Dundalk Stadium Handicap (47-65) Sat behind pace early - third at halfway before driven into front approaching final furlong - asked for more and stayed on strongly to win | 1/12 | 9-2 | 50 | 65A | 76A | Rory Cleary | 9/4F | |
| 14 Aug 24+28d | Gowran Park | Irish Stallion Farms EBF Median Auction Maiden Held up towards back of the pack - still 12th at halfway - unable to close from 2f out - well held at finish | 12/13 | nk | 9-8 | — | 37C | 43A | Sean Davis | 250/1 |
| 17 Jul 24+7d | Killarney | Irish Stallion Farms EBF (C & G) Maiden | 6/7 | 8½ | 9-8 | — | 50C | 44C | Sean Davis | 150/1 |
| 10 Jul 24 | Fairyhouse | Irish Stallion Farms EBF Maiden | 12/16 | nk | 9-8 | — | 54C | 54C | Sean Davis | 66/1 |
Quick answers
- How many races has Porsche Lad (IRE) won?
- Porsche Lad (IRE) won 2 of 19 archived starts between 2024 and 2026, a strike rate of 10.5%. Placed 8 times in total (42.1% of starts).
- Who trains Porsche Lad (IRE)?
- Porsche Lad (IRE) is trained by P J F Murphy, who saddled the horse on its most recent run on 12 July 2026.
- Who is Porsche Lad (IRE)'s sire?
- Porsche Lad (IRE) is by Cotai Glory (GB) out of Ball Girl (IRE), whose sire is Tagula.
- What going does Porsche Lad (IRE) prefer?
- Porsche Lad (IRE) has the best record on standard (aw) going: 2 wins from 13 starts (15.4%). Only going bands with at least three archived starts are read, so this is a direction rather than a settled preference.
- What is Porsche Lad (IRE)'s official rating?
- The most recent official rating on record is 63, from the run on 12 July 2026. That is also the highest on record.
- What is Porsche Lad (IRE)'s sire's record?
- Cotai Glory (GB)'s progeny in our archive have won 11.5% of 3,911 runs since Jan 2008 (388 horses), Flat and jumps together. Strongest on standard (aw) going: 14.7% from 1,392. Weakest on soft going: 7% from 416.
- Who are Porsche Lad (IRE)'s siblings?
- Out of Ball Girl (IRE), Porsche Lad (IRE) has 2 other produce in our archive, 1 of them a winner. Most wins: Ipanema Princess (IRE) (1). Highest grade won: Class 4 (Ipanema Princess (IRE)). The wins came over 7f. As at Oct 2026.