River Vale (IRE)
River Vale is a gelding who has won three of 16 starts on turf, all in handicaps. He gained his biggest success in the Coolmore N.H. Sires Kyprios Handicap Chase at Cork over 2m1f – 2m4f on good to soft in Apr 2026 when carrying an official rating of 111. The other wins came at Naas over 1m5f – 2m on heavy in Dec 2025 off 102 and at Thurles over 2m5f – 3m on good to soft in Oct 2025 off 100. He has won two of four starts on good to soft. Aged 10 at his last run in Apr 2026, he won last time out at Cork. Typically held up, he was ridden with patience in seven of ten analysed runs.
- 3–16Wins / Runs
- 18.8%Strike rate
- 7 (43.8%)Placed
- +3.83£1 level staken=16 at SP
- 1.77Fair A/E n=16 · 1.37 incl. margin
- 112Highest OR
- 62dAvg 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.
KTB Speed and Rating
Best recent Speed 138
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 →
| Going | Runs | Best | Median | Since 18 Oct 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Heavy | 6 | 128A | 93.5 | 5 · 128 / 94 |
| Good to Soft | 4 | 143B | 116 | 2 · 138 / 115 |
| Soft | 4 | 101B | 59.5 | 1 · — |
| Good | 1 | — | — | — |
| Distance | Runs | Best | Median | Since 18 Oct 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2m1f – 2m4f | 8 | 143B | 107.5 | 4 · 138 / 121 |
| 1m5f – 2m | 5 | 94B | 89 | 2 · 94 / 91.5 |
| 2m5f – 3m | 2 | 93A | 92.5 | 2 · 93 / 92.5 |
Of 16 runs looked at, 1 has no figure: did not complete (1).
KTB Speed v1 · batch 15 Sep 2026 · GB & Irish racing only · 15 figures from 16 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%) · 1 win
- Midfield 1 (10%) · 0 wins
Pedigree intelligence
Progeny in our archive have won 10.8% of 8,833 runs since Jan 2008 (784 horses).
Strongest on good to firm going: 15.1% from 119.
| Going | Runs | Wins | SR | vs sire | This horse |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Good to Firm | 119 | 18 | 15.1% | +4.3 | — |
| Good | 2,959 | 377 | 12.7% | +1.9 | 0 from 1 |
| Good to Soft | 1,798 | 177 | 9.8% | −1 | 2 from 4 |
| Soft | 2,734 | 257 | 9.4% | −1.4 | 0 from 4 |
| Heavy | 1,213 | 124 | 10.2% | −0.6 | 1 from 7 |
| Standard (AW) | 10 | 1 | 10% | −0.8 | — |
| Distance (all codes) | Runs | Wins | SR | vs sire | This horse |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1m – 1m1f | 5 | 0 | 0% | −10.8 | — |
| 1m2f – 1m4f | 16 | 0 | 0% | −10.8 | — |
| 1m5f – 2m | 2,038 | 199 | 9.8% | −1 | 1 from 5 |
| 2m1f – 2m4f | 3,195 | 321 | 10% | −0.8 | 1 from 9 |
| 2m5f – 3m | 2,813 | 339 | 12.1% | +1.3 | 1 from 2 |
| Over 3m | 766 | 95 | 12.4% | +1.6 | — |
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
3 siblings in the archive, 2 winners — best of them Abuffalosoldier (IRE) (5 wins).
The wins came over 2m–3m3½f; the highest grade won is Class 1 (Abuffalosoldier (IRE)).
| Produce | Runs | Wins | Win trips | Best grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Abuffalosoldier (IRE) | 18 | 5 | 2m–3m3½f | Class 1 |
| Girl Friday (IRE) | 2 | 1 | 2m3½f | Class 4 |
| Jimmy The Jet (IRE) | 1 | 0 | — | — |
Record by conditions
| Going | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Heavy | 7 | 1 | 14% | +0.50 |
| Good to Soft | 4 | 2 | 50% | +8.33 |
| Soft | 4 | 0 | 0% | −4.00 |
| Good | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Course | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Limerick | 3 | 0 | 0% | −3.00 |
| Thurles | 3 | 1 | 33% | +5.00 |
| Listowel | 3 | 0 | 0% | −3.00 |
| Cork | 2 | 1 | 50% | +2.33 |
| Naas | 2 | 1 | 50% | +5.50 |
| Fairyhouse | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Clonmel | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Gowran Park | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Distance | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2m1f – 2m4f | 9 | 1 | 11% | −4.67 |
| 1m5f – 2m | 5 | 1 | 20% | +2.50 |
| 2m5f – 3m | 2 | 1 | 50% | +6.00 |
| Jockey | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mr L Burke-Ott | 6 | 1 | 17% | +1.50 |
| Gavin Brouder | 2 | 1 | 50% | +2.33 |
| Niall Moore | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Darragh O'Keeffe | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| A P Heskin | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Mr Andrew Burke-Ott | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Shane Fitzgerald | 1 | 1 | 100% | +7.00 |
| Headgear | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tongue tie | 11 | 2 | 18% | +4.50 |
| None | 4 | 0 | 0% | −4.00 |
| Tongue tie + cheekpieces | 1 | 1 | 100% | +3.33 |
| Season | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 4 | 1 | 25% | +0.33 |
| 2025 | 8 | 2 | 25% | +7.50 |
| 2024 | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| 2023 | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Type | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hurdle | 10 | 1 | 10% | −2.50 |
| Chase | 6 | 2 | 33% | +6.33 |
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 Apr 26+25d | Cork | Coolmore N.H. Sires Kyprios Handicap Chase Up with the front early in 2nd - right at fences on occasion - dropped to 3rd at the 4th - not clean at the 6th - marginally impeded in 2nd at the 8th - hit the front entering the straight - pressed hard 3 out and soon challenged - regained advantage after 2 out - drifted right at the last - kept on to win | 1/6 | 10-3 | 111 | 138A | 127B | Gavin Brouder | 10/3 | |
| 12 Mar 26+21d | Limerick | AOS Security Novice Handicap Chase Shared front spot early - sat second behind pacesetter - pressed forward before turning in - held third and found nothing more approaching 2 out - stayed on same gear to finish 4th | 4/8 | 2 | 11-2 | 112 | 128A | 114B | Niall Moore | 13/2 |
| 19 Feb 26+14d | Thurles | Racing Again 5th March Handicap Chase Sat just behind the front group - 4th at halfway - moved through to hit the front 4 out and cruised into the straight - clear by two lengths when fell at the last | F/13 | — | 10-5 | 108 | — | — | Niall Moore | 7/2F |
| 05 Feb 26+40d | Thurles | Racing Again On The 19th February Handicap Chase Up with the front group - 4th at halfway - moved through to front after 3 out - nudged into the straight - passed before the last and unable to close on the winner run-in (disqualified - came in short at the scales) | 19/16 | 7 | 11-3 | 108 | 38C | 96C | Mr L Burke-Ott | 17/2 |
| 27 Dec 25+12d | Limerick | D & J Glazing Novice Handicap Hurdle Settled just behind the pace in 2nd - slipped back through the field into midfield by halfway - pushed along into the straight and soon weakened - eased back to finish 8th well beaten | 8/15 | 1½ | 11-5 | 109 | 94B | 115A | Mr L Burke-Ott | 7/2 |
| 15 Dec 25+8d | Naas | John Thomas McNamara Series (Q.R.) Handicap Hurdle Settled in second early - moved into command after the second-last under pressure - kept finding through the closing stages to win | 1/16 | 11-10 | 102 | 89B | 128A | Mr L Burke-Ott | 13/2 | |
| 07 Dec 25+16d | Cork | BAR 1 Betting Handicap Hurdle Sat close up early - disputed second at halfway then third with pressure applied entering straight - unable to close and found nothing from two out finishing well held | 10/24 | 5½ | 10-13 | 102 | 114B | 96A | Mr Andrew Burke-Ott | 9/2F |
| 21 Nov 25+22d | Fairyhouse | William Hill Each Way Extra Challenge Series Handicap Hurdle Went straight to front - stumbled 3rd - pushed along and challenged hard 2 out - overtaken at the last - unable to find more close home to finish 3rd | 3/10 | hd | 11-2 | 100 | 93A | 120A | Darragh O'Keeffe | 5/2F |
| 30 Oct 25+34d | Thurles | www.thurlesraces.ie Handicap Chase (0-100) Up with the front group early - shared the advantage from 3rd - front by 5th - passed at the 7th before retaking it ahead of the following fence - nudged along and drifted left into the straight - hard challenged before the last - stayed on stoutly up the run-in to win | 1/18 | 12-0 | 100 | 92B | 139A | Shane Fitzgerald | 7/1 | |
| 26 Sep 25+118d | Listowel | Paud, Sarah & Mary Fitzmaurice Memorial Handicap Chase Held up towards the back - improved into 4th by halfway - urged on after 3 out and slipped to 7th approaching 2 out - stayed on from the last to retake 4th on the run-in | 4/16 | 3½ | 10-9 | 100 | 143B | 107A | Mr L Burke-Ott | 22/1 |
| 31 May 25+58d | Listowel | John Thomas McNamara Handicap Hurdle (0-100) Held up towards back - still 12th after 6th - improved into contention 3 out - couldn't threaten leading pair by 2 out then found little on run-in | 4/18 | 5½ | 11-7 | 100 | 93B | 118A | Mr L Burke-Ott | 8/1 |
| 03 Apr 25+95d | Naas | Franco Hughes Bookmakers Handicap Hurdle (0-100) Settled around midfield - moved closer before a heavy error four out - pressed for effort in 5th but unable to close two out - finished sixth without threatening | 6/18 | 2¼ | 12-0 | 100 | 94B | 119A | Darragh O'Keeffe | 7/2J |
| 29 Dec 24+26d | Limerick | RAYN Safety & Security Handicap Hurdle (80-102) Settled just behind pace early - moved up to challenge and hit front around 3 out before being reheaded soon after - pressed for effort late and battled on but couldn't quite reel in winner | 2/18 | 1 | 11-6 | 97 | 101B | 117A | Gavin Brouder | 16/1 |
| 03 Dec 24+431d | Clonmel | ClonmelRaces.ie (Q.R.) Maiden Hurdle (Div 2) Held up towards back of field - pushed along into 9th before 2 out - stayed on same speed to finish 7th | 7/18 | 7 | 10-11 | — | 77B | 100A | Mr L Burke-Ott | 125/1 |
| 29 Sep 23+9d | Gowran Park | Gowran Park Racing Club Maiden Hurdle | 8/11 | 7 | 11-12 | — | 38C | 85C | A P Heskin | 20/1 |
| 20 Sep 23 | Listowel | McSweeney Brothers Maiden Hurdle | 10/17 | 1½ | 11-12 | — | 42B | 100A | A P Heskin | 16/1 |
Quick answers
- How many races has River Vale (IRE) won?
- River Vale (IRE) won 3 of 16 archived starts between 2023 and 2026, a strike rate of 18.8%. Placed 7 times in total (43.8% of starts).
- Who trains River Vale (IRE)?
- River Vale (IRE) is trained by Michael Winters, who saddled the horse on its most recent run on 6 April 2026.
- Who is River Vale (IRE)'s sire?
- River Vale (IRE) is by Mahler (GB) out of Adderstonlee (IRE), whose sire is Presenting.
- What going does River Vale (IRE) prefer?
- River Vale (IRE) has the best record on good to soft going: 2 wins from 4 starts (50%). Only going bands with at least three archived starts are read, so this is a direction rather than a settled preference.
- What is River Vale (IRE)'s official rating?
- The most recent official rating on record is 111, from the run on 6 April 2026. The highest on record is 112.
- What is River Vale (IRE)'s sire's record?
- Mahler (GB)'s progeny in our archive have won 10.8% of 8,833 runs since Jan 2008 (784 horses), Flat and jumps together. Strongest on good to firm going: 15.1% from 119.
- Who are River Vale (IRE)'s siblings?
- Out of Adderstonlee (IRE), River Vale (IRE) has 3 other produce in our archive, 2 of them winners. Most wins: Abuffalosoldier (IRE) (5). Highest grade won: Class 1 (Abuffalosoldier (IRE)). The wins came over 2m–3m3½f. As at Oct 2026.