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Horse profile

Rachel's Surprise (IRE)

8yo mare (at last run, May 2021) · Last trainer W J Lanigan · Last owner Conor Breen
by Oscar (IRE) out of Born To Win (IRE) (Torus)
4 runs · 3 courses · from Feb 2021
As at 5 Nov 2026 · KTB archive: GB, Ireland & France · 2005–present, updated daily
No run recorded since 31 May 2021 — 1,984 days ago. Our archive can't say whether the horse is still in training.
Last run May 2021 · 8th of 20 Last raced off OR 83
KTB Profile

Rachel's Surprise (IRE) is yet to win from 4 starts.

Based on 4 archived runs · updated 5 Nov 2026

KTB Speed and Rating

KTB Speed

Best recent Speed 113 the best of the last 1 graded (A or B) run · Punchestown, 31 May 2021

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 →

Jumps 4 figures · best 113B · median 92
GoingRunsBestMedianSince 5 Nov 2025
Soft286C60.5—
Good to Soft1———
Heavy1———
DistanceRunsBestMedianSince 5 Nov 2025
2m1f – 2m4f3113B98—
1m5f – 2m1———

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

KTB Rating

Best recent KTB Rating 98A the best of the last 3 rated runs · Punchestown, 31 May 2021 Official rating 83 at the last run, 31 May 2021

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 →

Jumps 4 figures · best 98A · median 89.5
GoingRunsBestMedianSince 5 Nov 2025
Soft294C89.5—
Good to Soft1———
Heavy1———
DistanceRunsBestMedianSince 5 Nov 2025
2m1f – 2m4f398A94—
1m5f – 2m1———

KTB Rating v1 · batch 3 Oct 2026 · GB & Irish racing only · 4 figures from 4 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
Oscar (IRE)

Progeny in our archive have won 10.9% of 16,543 runs since Jan 2008 (1,456 horses).

Strongest on standard (aw) going: 18.1% from 105.

GoingRunsWinsSRvs sireThis horse
Firm5858.6%−2.3—
Good to Firm760648.4%−2.5—
Good4,65847910.3%−0.6—
Good to Soft2,80435812.8%+1.90 from 1
Soft5,00654010.8%−0.10 from 2
Heavy3,15234510.9%00 from 1
Standard (AW)1051918.1%+7.2—
Distance (all codes)RunsWinsSRvs sireThis horse
6f – 7f6116.7%+5.8—
1m – 1m1f7228.6%+17.7—
1m2f – 1m4f9088.9%−2—
1m5f – 2m4,43951411.6%+0.70 from 1
2m1f – 2m4f5,91263010.7%−0.20 from 3
2m5f – 3m4,99653710.7%−0.2—
Over 3m1,09311810.8%−0.1—

Flat and jumps together (all codes) · since Jan 2008 · as at 5 Nov 2026 · rows under 30 runs muted · win % is the measure, a record not a forecast

Dam
Born To Win (IRE) (Torus)

8 siblings in the archive, 1 winner — best of them Better Times (IRE) (3 wins).

The wins came over 2m–2m2f.

ProduceRunsWinsWin tripsBest grade
Better Times (IRE)1032m–2m2f—
Born To Succeed (IRE)60——
Bawn Reagh (IRE)10——
Artic Heir (IRE)90——
Winding Brook (IRE)20——
Born Strong (IRE)40——
Better Deal (IRE)30——
Where's The Line (IRE)10——

Record by conditions

GoingRunsWinsSR£1
Soft 2 0 0% −2.00
Good to Soft 1 0 0% −1.00
Heavy 1 0 0% −1.00

CourseRunsWinsSR£1
Naas 2 0 0% −2.00
Punchestown 1 0 0% −1.00
Limerick 1 0 0% −1.00

DistanceRunsWinsSR£1
2m1f – 2m4f 3 0 0% −3.00
1m5f – 2m 1 0 0% −1.00

JockeyRunsWinsSR£1
Donal McInerney 2 0 0% −2.00
Danny Mullins 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

DateCourseRace PosBtn Wgt ORSpdKTB Jockey SP
2021 · 4 runs
31 May 21+64d Punchestown Black Hills Handicap Hurdle (80-95) (Div 2) 2m4½f · Good To Yielding · 20 ran 8/20 shd 11-2 83113B98A Donal McInerney 33/1
28 Mar 21+14d Limerick I.N.H. Stallion Owners EBF Maiden Hurdle (Div 1) 2m3f · Heavy · 18 ran 8/18 1½ 11-7 —98C85C Danny Mullins 50/1
14 Mar 21+29d Naas Bar One Racing 'We'll Lay To Lose A Million' Maiden Hurdle 2m3f · Soft · 16 ran 9/16 ½ 11-7 —86C94C Donal McInerney 300/1
13 Feb 21 Naas Naas Business Club Members Maiden Hurdle (Div 2) 1m7½f · Soft · 18 ran 14/18 30 11-7 —35C85C Danny Mullins 66/1

Quick answers

How many races has Rachel's Surprise won?
Rachel's Surprise (IRE) has yet to win, from 4 archived starts in 2021.
Who trained Rachel's Surprise?
Rachel's Surprise (IRE) was trained by W J Lanigan on the most recent run on record, at Punchestown on 31 May 2021.
Who is Rachel's Surprise's sire?
Rachel's Surprise (IRE) is by Oscar (IRE) out of Born To Win (IRE), whose sire is Torus.
What is Rachel's Surprise's official rating?
The most recent official rating on record is 83, from the run on 31 May 2021. That is also the highest on record.
What is Rachel's Surprise's sire's record?
Oscar (IRE)'s progeny in our archive have won 10.9% of 16,543 runs since Jan 2008 (1,456 horses), Flat and jumps together. Strongest on standard (aw) going: 18.1% from 105.
Who are Rachel's Surprise's siblings?
Out of Born To Win (IRE), Rachel's Surprise (IRE) has 8 other produce in our archive, 1 of them a winner. Most wins: Better Times (IRE) (3). The wins came over 2m–2m2f. As at Nov 2026.

Record shown from February 2021. 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.