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Horse profile

Pub Talk (IRE)

5yo gelding (at last run, Apr 2025) · Last trainer Denis Gerard Hogan · Last owner Varland Syndicate
by Mondialiste (IRE) out of Novita (FR) (American Post)
23 runs · 8 courses · from Apr 2022
As at 14 Oct 2026 · KTB archive: GB, Ireland & France · 2005–present, updated daily
No run recorded since 2 Apr 2025 — 560 days ago. Our archive can't say whether the horse is still in training.
Last run Apr 2025 · 8th of 12 3 wins · Dundalk (AW) & Down Royal Headgear returns LTO Last raced off OR 57
KTB Profile

Pub Talk won three of 23 starts with all his wins over 6f – 7f. He took a Dundalk claiming race on standard going in Mar 2023 off a mark of 76, a similar event there in Nov 2022 off 72, and a Down Royal nursery handicap on good ground in Sep 2022 off 66. The gelding, who reached a highest ever mark of 78, last ran at Gowran Park in Apr 2025 where he finished eighth of 12 in the Paulstown Handicap off 57, 21lb below his career high. Headgear returned at that last run.

Based on 23 archived runs · run-style from 3 commented runs · updated 14 Oct 2026
KTB at a glance OR ↓ 21lb off peak
Official rating57↓ 21lb off peak
57 57–78

KTB Speed and Rating

KTB Speed

Best recent Speed 95 the best of the last 3 graded (A or B) runs · Newcastle (AW), 18 Mar 2024

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.

Flat 23 figures · best 104A · median 81
GoingRunsBestMedianSince 14 Oct 2025
Standard (AW)16104A83.5—
Soft371A69—
Good377A63—
Good to Soft1———
DistanceRunsBestMedianSince 14 Oct 2025
6f – 7f12104A81.5—
1m – 1m1f899A76—
Under 6f385A77—

KTB Speed v1 · batch 15 Sep 2026 · GB & Irish racing only · 23 figures from 23 runs · as at 3 Oct 2026 · a record, not a forecast

KTB Rating

Best recent KTB Rating 72A the best of the last 3 rated runs · Dundalk (AW), 21 Mar 2025 Official rating 57 at the last run, 2 Apr 2025

What the horse achieved in each race, in pounds on the official-rating scale, from the weight carried, the lengths beaten and the race's own level solved across the archive — never the market, never the official rating as a starting point. The headline is the best of the horse's last three rated runs on that code. A, B or C on a run is how much known form was in that race.

Flat 23 figures · best 91A · median 69
GoingRunsBestMedianSince 14 Oct 2025
Standard (AW)1691A72—
Soft367A63—
Good380A73—
Good to Soft1———
DistanceRunsBestMedianSince 14 Oct 2025
6f – 7f1291A70.5—
1m – 1m1f883A65—
Under 6f382A73—

KTB Rating v1 · batch 3 Oct 2026 · GB & Irish racing only · 23 figures from 23 runs · as at 4 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

  • Held up 2 (67%) · 0 wins
  • Midfield 1 (33%) · 0 wins

Pedigree intelligence

Sire

Progeny in our archive have won 6.5% of 902 runs since Jan 2008 (104 horses).

Strongest on soft going: 11.5% from 130. Weakest on standard (aw) going: 3.2% from 282.

GoingRunsWinsSRvs sireThis horse
Firm200%−6.5—
Good to Firm131107.6%+1.1—
Good212136.1%−0.41 from 3
Good to Soft10787.5%+10 from 1
Soft1301511.5%+50 from 3
Heavy38410.5%+4—
Standard (AW)28293.2%−3.32 from 16
Distance (all codes)RunsWinsSRvs sireThis horse
Under 6f4324.7%−1.80 from 3
6f – 7f333216.3%−0.23 from 12
1m – 1m1f232198.2%+1.70 from 8
1m2f – 1m4f14164.3%−2.2—
1m5f – 2m8233.7%−2.8—
2m1f – 2m4f51611.8%+5.3—
2m5f – 3m19210.5%+4—
Over 3m100%−6.5—

Flat and jumps together (all codes) · since Jan 2008 · as at 14 Oct 2026 · rows under 30 runs muted · win % is the measure, a record not a forecast

Dam
Novita (FR) (American Post)

3 siblings in the archive, 1 winner — best of them Do I Dream (IRE) (4 wins).

The wins came over 1m; the highest grade won is Class 4 (Do I Dream (IRE)).

ProduceRunsWinsWin tripsBest grade
Do I Dream (IRE)2741mClass 4
Nexxia (FR)30——
Nuri Bey (IRE)10——

Record by conditions

GoingRunsWinsSR£1
Standard (AW) 16 2 13% −10.77
Soft 3 0 0% −3.00
Good 3 1 33% +1.00
Good to Soft 1 0 0% −1.00

ClassRunsWinsSR£1
Class 5 2 0 0% −2.00
Class 6 1 0 0% −1.00
Class 4 1 0 0% −1.00

CourseRunsWinsSR£1
Dundalk (AW) 12 2 17% −6.77
Newcastle (AW) 3 0 0% −3.00
Down Royal 3 1 33% +1.00
Gowran Park 1 0 0% −1.00
Wolverhampton (AW) 1 0 0% −1.00
Bellewstown 1 0 0% −1.00
Navan 1 0 0% −1.00
Killarney 1 0 0% −1.00

DistanceRunsWinsSR£1
6f – 7f 12 3 25% −2.77
1m – 1m1f 8 0 0% −8.00
Under 6f 3 0 0% −3.00

JockeyRunsWinsSR£1
Colin Keane 5 3 60% +4.23
J M Sheridan 3 0 0% −3.00
Cam Hardie 3 0 0% −3.00
Chris Hayes 3 0 0% −3.00
W J Lee 2 0 0% −2.00
Gary Carroll 1 0 0% −1.00
Andrew Mullen 1 0 0% −1.00
Daniel King 1 0 0% −1.00
Sam Ewing 1 0 0% −1.00
Jamie Powell 1 0 0% −1.00
Jack Kearney 1 0 0% −1.00
Shane Crosse 1 0 0% −1.00

HeadgearRunsWinsSR£1
None 18 2 11% −10.50
Cheekpieces 5 1 20% −3.27

SeasonRunsWinsSR£1
2025 2 0 0% −2.00
2024 5 0 0% −5.00
2023 7 1 14% −5.27
2022 9 2 22% −1.50

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

DateCourseRace PosBtn Wgt ORSpdKTB Jockey SP
02 Apr 25+12d Gowran Park Paulstown Handicap (0-60) 8f · Yielding · 12 ran Settled midfield early - pushed to keep tabs and slipped backward by halfway - eighth and driven approaching final 3f - improved position out wide 2f out but couldn't threaten leaders - held same effort to the line finishing 8th 8/12 1½ 9-13 5769A67A J M Sheridan 17/2
21 Mar 25+114d Dundalk (AW) Dundalk Stadium Winter Series Awards Day Handicap (47-65) 6f · Standard · 11 ran Held up towards the back - urged into 9th 2f out - stayed on same gear to finish sixth 6/11 nse 9-8 5782A72A J M Sheridan 66/1
27 Nov 24+254d Dundalk (AW) Book Online At DundalkStadium.com Handicap (47-65) (Div 2) 8f · Standard · 14 ran Held up at back of field - under pressure with no headway 2f out - could find nothing further and well held at finish 14/14 3½ 9-9 5864C41C Gary Carroll 50/1
18 Mar 24+30d Newcastle (AW) Best Racing Odds Guaranteed At Betmgm Handicap (Rider Restricted Race) Class 6 · 7f · Standard · 10 ran 4/10 ¾ 9-4 6095A72A Cam Hardie 28/1
17 Feb 24+14d Newcastle (AW) BetUK. It's Where The UK Bets Handicap Class 5 · 6f · Standard · 8 ran 8/8 3½ 9-4 6588A49A Cam Hardie 66/1
03 Feb 24+18d Wolverhampton (AW) BetUK. Home Of The Acca-Fenwa Handicap Class 5 · 6f · Standard · 9 ran 9/9 1½ 9-8 6982A54A Cam Hardie 66/1
16 Jan 24+74d Newcastle (AW) Build Your Acca With BetUK Handicap (Div 1) Class 4 · 6f · Standard · 9 ran 7/9 ¾ 8-9 71104A68A Andrew Mullen 80/1
03 Nov 23+66d Dundalk (AW) Parkview Provisions Handicap (50-80) 8f · Standard · 14 ran 14/14 1¾ 9-8 7481B55A Chris Hayes 40/1
29 Aug 23+166d Bellewstown Peadar Kearney's Pub Handicap (50-80) 8f · Good To Yielding · 11 ran 11/11 3¾ 10-1 7836C55C Chris Hayes 50/1
16 Mar 23+6d Dundalk (AW) Book Online At DundalkStadium.com Handicap 8f · Standard · 8 ran 5/8 hd 10-6 7699A83A Daniel King 3/1
10 Mar 23+23d Dundalk (AW) Irishinjuredjockeys.com Claiming Race 7f · Standard · 8 ran 1/8 9-12 7681A91A Colin Keane 8/11F
15 Feb 23+19d Dundalk (AW) Irishinjuredjockeys.com Handicap 7f · Standard · 7 ran 3/7 ¾ 9-7 7694A80A W J Lee 7/1
27 Jan 23+21d Dundalk (AW) Book Online At Dundalkstadium.com Handicap 8f · Standard · 8 ran 6/8 ½ 9-9 7687A72A Colin Keane 7/1
06 Jan 23+30d Dundalk (AW) Find Us On Facebook At dundalkstadium Handicap 5f · Standard · 7 ran 2/7 ½ 10-2 7785A82A Sam Ewing 7/1
07 Dec 22+12d Dundalk (AW) Now Racing Every Wednesday At Dundalk Nursery Handicap 8f · Standard · 14 ran 2/14 ½ 9-12 7588B83A W J Lee 9/2
25 Nov 22+42d Dundalk (AW) William Hill Pick Your Places Claiming Race 7f · Standard · 12 ran 1/12 9-2 7281A83A Colin Keane 5/2
14 Oct 22+42d Dundalk (AW) Michael Cooney Memorial Nursery Handicap 7f · Standard · 11 ran 5/11 1 8-12 7274A64A Jamie Powell 8/1
02 Sep 22+8d Down Royal Grant Thornton Nursery Handicap (47-70) 7f · Good · 14 ran 1/14 9-8 6663C80A Colin Keane 3/1J
25 Aug 22+7d Navan Navan Racecourse Nursery Handicap 5.5f · Good · 8 ran 4/8 1¼ 8-8 6977A73A Jack Kearney 11/1
18 Aug 22+27d Killarney Irish EBF Supporting Irish Champions Weekend Nursery Handicap 8f · Yielding · 6 ran 4/6 1¾ 9-1 6771A63B J M Sheridan 9/2
22 Jul 22+35d Down Royal Irish Stallion Farms European Breeders Fund Maiden 7f · Good · 11 ran 6/11 2½ 9-7 —60A69A Shane Crosse 33/1
17 Jun 22+66d Down Royal Weatherbys Bloodstock Pro Median Auction Maiden 7f · Yielding · 14 ran 8/14 2 9-0 —34C55A Chris Hayes 10/1
12 Apr 22 Dundalk (AW) Irish EBF Median Sires Series Maiden 5f · Standard · 8 ran 6/8 1¾ 9-0 —60A62A Colin Keane 4/1

Quick answers

How many races has Pub Talk (IRE) won?
Pub Talk (IRE) won 3 of 23 archived starts between 2022 and 2025, a strike rate of 13%. Placed 5 times in total (21.7% of starts).
Who trained Pub Talk (IRE)?
Pub Talk (IRE) was trained by Denis Gerard Hogan on the most recent run on record, at Gowran Park on 2 April 2025.
Who is Pub Talk (IRE)'s sire?
Pub Talk (IRE) is by Mondialiste (IRE) out of Novita (FR), whose sire is American Post.
What going does Pub Talk (IRE) prefer?
Pub Talk (IRE) has the best record on good 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 Pub Talk (IRE)'s official rating?
The most recent official rating on record is 57, from the run on 2 April 2025. The highest on record is 78.
What is Pub Talk (IRE)'s sire's record?
Mondialiste (IRE)'s progeny in our archive have won 6.5% of 902 runs since Jan 2008 (104 horses), Flat and jumps together. Strongest on soft going: 11.5% from 130. Weakest on standard (aw) going: 3.2% from 282.
Who are Pub Talk (IRE)'s siblings?
Out of Novita (FR), Pub Talk (IRE) has 3 other produce in our archive, 1 of them a winner. Most wins: Do I Dream (IRE) (4). Highest grade won: Class 4 (Do I Dream (IRE)). The wins came over 1m. As at Oct 2026.

Record shown from April 2022. Our archive holds racing in Great Britain, Ireland and France from January 2005. Runs in other countries are not in it, and earlier runs are not available from our data provider. In-running comments are available from 2024 onward.