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Horse profile

Pure Champion (IRE)

3yo colt (at last run, Sep 2010) · Last trainer A P O'Brien · Last owner Michael Tabor
by Footstepsinthesand (GB) out of Castara Beach (IRE) (Danehill)
7 runs · 6 courses · from May 2009
As at 5 Nov 2026 · KTB archive: GB, Ireland & France · 2005–present, updated daily
No run recorded since 12 Sep 2010 — 5,898 days ago. Our archive can't say whether the horse is still in training.
Last run Sep 2010 · 1st of 8 Won last time out 3 wins · Curragh, Killarney & Naas Last raced off OR 114
KTB Profile

Pure Champion (IRE) is 3 from 7, including a Group 3 win. Won last time out in the O'Brien's Wines Supporting Jack & Jill Solonaway Stakes at Curragh — a first Group 3 win in our archive.

Based on 7 archived runs · updated 5 Nov 2026

KTB Speed and Rating

KTB Speed

No KTB Speed figures for this horse. The engine scores GB and Irish racing from Oct 2016; runs elsewhere, or earlier, have no figure.

KTB Speed v1 · batch 15 Sep 2026 · GB & Irish racing only · 0 figures from 0 runs · a record, not a forecast

KTB Rating

Best recent KTB Rating 108A the best of the last 3 rated runs · Curragh, 12 Sep 2010 Official rating 114 at the last run, 12 Sep 2010

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 — its best recent day. The KTB Rating on a racecard is a different reading of the same figures: the level the horse has been running to, an average of up to its last six runs with the latest counting most, so the two can differ. A, B or C on a run is how much known form was in that race. What this means →

Flat 7 figures · best 108A · median 102
GoingRunsBestMedianSince 5 Nov 2025
Soft2108A102.5—
Good to Firm2102A98—
Good2107A100—
Good to Soft1———
DistanceRunsBestMedianSince 5 Nov 2025
1m – 1m1f5108A97—
6f – 7f2107A105.5—

KTB Rating v1 · batch 3 Oct 2026 · GB & Irish racing only · 7 figures from 7 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 is derived from in-running commentary, which our data provider does not supply for this horse's races.

Pedigree intelligence

Sire

Progeny in our archive have won 10.2% of 12,805 runs since Apr 2009 (937 horses).

Weakest over 2m1f – 2m4f (all codes): 6.9% from 320.

GoingRunsWinsSRvs sireThis horse
Firm721622.2%+12—
Good to Firm1,91122011.5%+1.31 from 2
Good2,9462689.1%−1.10 from 2
Good to Soft1,2401088.7%−1.51 from 1
Soft1,7781458.2%−21 from 2
Heavy5456211.4%+1.2—
Standard (AW)4,31248611.3%+1.1—
Distance (all codes)RunsWinsSRvs sireThis horse
Under 6f1,12714212.6%+2.4—
6f – 7f5,04652910.5%+0.31 from 2
1m – 1m1f3,33533610.1%−0.12 from 5
1m2f – 1m4f2,1041969.3%−0.9—
1m5f – 2m839809.5%−0.7—
2m1f – 2m4f320226.9%−3.3—
2m5f – 3m3113.2%−7—
Over 3m300%−10.2—

Flat and jumps together (all codes) · since Apr 2009 · as at 5 Nov 2026 · rows under 30 runs muted · win % is the measure, a record not a forecast

Dam
Castara Beach (IRE) (Danehill)

4 siblings in the archive, 1 winner — best of them Corsicanrun (IRE) (1 win).

The wins came over 7½f; the highest grade won is Class 5 (Corsicanrun (IRE)).

ProduceRunsWinsWin tripsBest grade
Corsicanrun (IRE)717½fClass 5
Excellent Mariner (IRE)60——
Sea Goddess (IRE)20——
Cora Pearl (IRE)80——

Record by conditions

GoingRunsWinsSR£1
Soft 2 1 50% +0.38
Good to Firm 2 1 50% +0.25
Good 2 0 0% −2.00
Good to Soft 1 1 100% +2.25

ClassRunsWinsSR£1
Class 1 2 0 0% −2.00

CourseRunsWinsSR£1
Curragh 2 1 50% +0.38
Killarney 1 1 100% +1.25
Leopardstown 1 0 0% −1.00
Ascot 1 0 0% −1.00
Newmarket 1 0 0% −1.00
Naas 1 1 100% +2.25

DistanceRunsWinsSR£1
1m – 1m1f 5 2 40% −0.37
6f – 7f 2 1 50% +1.25

JockeyRunsWinsSR£1
Johnny Murtagh 6 2 33% −0.37
Seamie Heffernan 1 1 100% +1.25

SeasonRunsWinsSR£1
2010 5 2 40% −0.37
2009 2 1 50% +1.25

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 ORKTB Jockey SP
2010 · 5 runs
12 Sep 10+26d Curragh O'Brien's Wines Supporting Jack & Jill Solonaway Stakes (Group 3) 1m · Soft · 8 ran 1/8 9-1 114108A Johnny Murtagh 11/8F
17 Aug 10+26d Killarney Vincent O'Brien Ruby Stakes (Listed) 1m½f · Good To Firm · 8 ran 1/8 9-1 11494A Seamie Heffernan 5/4F
22 Jul 10+37d Leopardstown Jockey Club Of Turkey Meld Stakes (group 3) 1m1f · Yielding · 6 ran 2/6 2½ 8-12 11597B Johnny Murtagh 7/4
15 Jun 10+24d Ascot St James's Palace Stakes (Group 1) (Rnd) Class 1 · 1m · Good · 9 ran 8/9 1½ 9-0 11593A Johnny Murtagh 15/2
22 May 10+217d Curragh Abu Dhabi Irish 2,000 Guineas (group 1) 1m · Good To Firm · 13 ran 4/13 ½ 9-0 —102A Johnny Murtagh 9/2
2009 · 2 runs
17 Oct 09+157d Newmarket Jumeirah Dewhurst Stakes (Group 1) Class 1 · 7f · Good · 15 ran 4/15 nk 9-1 —107A Johnny Murtagh 4/1
13 May 09 Naas Pat Dunlea Memorial Race 6f · Good To Yielding · 6 ran 1/6 9-0 —104B Johnny Murtagh 9/4

Quick answers

How many races has Pure Champion won?
Pure Champion (IRE) won 3 of 7 archived starts between 2009 and 2010, a strike rate of 42.9%. Placed 4 times in total (57.1% of starts).
Who trained Pure Champion?
Pure Champion (IRE) was trained by A P O'Brien on the most recent run on record, at Curragh on 12 September 2010.
Who is Pure Champion's sire?
Pure Champion (IRE) is by Footstepsinthesand (GB) out of Castara Beach (IRE), whose sire is Danehill.
What is Pure Champion's official rating?
The most recent official rating on record is 114, from the run on 12 September 2010. The highest on record is 115.
What is Pure Champion's sire's record?
Footstepsinthesand (GB)'s progeny in our archive have won 10.2% of 12,805 runs since Apr 2009 (937 horses), Flat and jumps together. Weakest over 2m1f – 2m4f (all codes): 6.9% from 320.
Who are Pure Champion's siblings?
Out of Castara Beach (IRE), Pure Champion (IRE) has 4 other produce in our archive, 1 of them a winner. Most wins: Corsicanrun (IRE) (1). Highest grade won: Class 5 (Corsicanrun (IRE)). The wins came over 7½f. As at Nov 2026.

Record shown from May 2009. Our archive holds racing in Great Britain, Ireland and France from January 2005. Any runs before that, or in other countries, are not in it. In-running comments are available from 2024 onward.