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Rookie Trainer (IRE)

8yo gelding (at last run, Aug 2022) · Last trainer Daragh Bourke · Last owner S Townshend S Lowther
by Gold Well (GB) out of Crazy Falcon (IRE) (Polar Falcon)
15 runs · 11 courses · from Apr 2019
As at 5 Nov 2026 · KTB archive: GB, Ireland & France · 2005–present, updated daily
No run recorded since 29 Aug 2022 — 1,529 days ago. Our archive can't say whether the horse is still in training.
Last run Aug 2022 · 6th of 6 3 wins · Worcester & Fontwell New yard Last raced off OR 122
KTB Profile

Rookie Trainer won three of 15 starts all at Class 4 level with two of those wins at Fontwell. His victories came in handicaps over 2m1f to 2m4f and 2m5f to 3m on good ground plus a maiden hurdle on good to soft. The gelding was aged 8 at his last run in Aug 2022 at Cartmel where his last run was his first for Daragh Bourke and he finished sixth of six off a mark of 122.

Based on 15 archived runs · updated 5 Nov 2026
KTB at a glance All wins at Class 4 OR at career high
Official rating122At career-high mark
122 115–122

KTB Speed and Rating

KTB Speed

Best recent Speed 130 the best of the last 3 graded (A or B) runs · Worcester, 5 May 2022

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 15 figures · best 135C · median 101
GoingRunsBestMedianSince 5 Nov 2025
Good9135C103—
Good to Soft4123A94.5—
Soft2101B95.5—
DistanceRunsBestMedianSince 5 Nov 2025
2m5f – 3m7130A114—
2m1f – 2m4f5117A95—
Over 3m2135C105—
1m5f – 2m1———

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

KTB Rating

Best recent KTB Rating 115B the best of the last 3 rated runs · Perth, 26 Jul 2022 Official rating 122 at the last run, 29 Aug 2022

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 15 figures · best 135A · median 111
GoingRunsBestMedianSince 5 Nov 2025
Good9135A107—
Good to Soft4128A114.5—
Soft2129A111—
DistanceRunsBestMedianSince 5 Nov 2025
2m5f – 3m7135A111—
2m1f – 2m4f5129A118—
Over 3m2116B106.5—
1m5f – 2m1———

KTB Rating v1 · batch 3 Oct 2026 · GB & Irish racing only · 15 figures from 15 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
Gold Well (GB)

Progeny in our archive have won 12.2% of 5,648 runs since Jan 2011 (363 horses).

GoingRunsWinsSRvs sireThis horse
Good to Firm1241411.3%−0.9—
Good1,75222012.6%+0.42 from 9
Good to Soft98012112.3%+0.11 from 4
Soft1,79219410.8%−1.40 from 2
Heavy96713714.2%+2—
Standard (AW)3313%−9.2—
Distance (all codes)RunsWinsSRvs sireThis horse
6f – 7f200%−12.2—
1m – 1m1f1900%−12.2—
1m2f – 1m4f1400%−12.2—
1m5f – 2m1,21314612%−0.20 from 1
2m1f – 2m4f1,89824312.8%+0.62 from 5
2m5f – 3m1,96722911.6%−0.61 from 7
Over 3m5356912.9%+0.70 from 2

Flat and jumps together (all codes) · since Jan 2011 · as at 5 Nov 2026 · rows under 30 runs muted · win % is the measure, a record not a forecast

Dam
Crazy Falcon (IRE) (Polar Falcon)

4 siblings in the archive, 1 winner — best of them Romeo Americo (IRE) (4 wins).

The wins came over 2m1f–2m4½f; the highest grade won is Class 3 (Romeo Americo (IRE)).

ProduceRunsWinsWin tripsBest grade
Romeo Americo (IRE)4142m1f–2m4½fClass 3
Crazy Mistake (IRE)40——
Crazy House (IRE)30——
Crazy Diva (IRE)80——

Record by conditions

GoingRunsWinsSR£1
Good 9 2 22% +10.33
Good to Soft 4 1 25% +0.00
Soft 2 0 0% −2.00

ClassRunsWinsSR£1
Class 4 12 3 25% +11.33
Class 3 3 0 0% −3.00

CourseRunsWinsSR£1
Fontwell 3 2 67% +5.33
Worcester 2 1 50% +13.00
Ffos Las 2 0 0% −2.00
Cartmel 1 0 0% −1.00
Perth 1 0 0% −1.00
Taunton 1 0 0% −1.00
Huntingdon 1 0 0% −1.00
Plumpton 1 0 0% −1.00
Wincanton 1 0 0% −1.00
Wetherby 1 0 0% −1.00
Newton Abbot 1 0 0% −1.00

DistanceRunsWinsSR£1
2m5f – 3m 7 1 14% +8.00
2m1f – 2m4f 5 2 40% +3.33
Over 3m 2 0 0% −2.00
1m5f – 2m 1 0 0% −1.00

JockeyRunsWinsSR£1
Robert Dunne 3 1 33% +1.00
Kevin Brogan 2 1 50% +13.00
James Best 2 0 0% −2.00
Peter Kavanagh 1 0 0% −1.00
Thomas Doggrell 1 0 0% −1.00
Gavin Sheehan 1 0 0% −1.00
Jonathan Burke 1 0 0% −1.00
Niall Houlihan 1 0 0% −1.00
Liam Harrison 1 1 100% +3.33
Tom Scudamore 1 0 0% −1.00
Harry Reed 1 0 0% −1.00

HeadgearRunsWinsSR£1
Tongue tie 9 2 22% −0.67
Tongue tie + cheekpieces 4 1 25% +11.00
None 2 0 0% −2.00

SeasonRunsWinsSR£1
2022 5 1 20% +10.00
2021 5 1 20% −0.67
2020 3 1 33% +1.00
2019 2 0 0% −2.00

TypeRunsWinsSR£1
Hurdle 11 3 27% +12.33
Chase 3 0 0% −3.00
NH Flat 1 0 0% −1.00

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
2022 · 5 runs
29 Aug 22+34d Cartmel Monks Bistro Handicap Hurdle Class 3 · 3m1½f · Good · 6 ran 6/6 54 11-9 12275C97C Peter Kavanagh 20/1
26 Jul 22+27d Perth Follow Racing TV On Twitter Handicap Hurdle Class 4 · 3m · Good · 5 ran 3/5 1¼ 11-9 122115C115B Thomas Doggrell 7/1
29 Jun 22+55d Worcester Get Pulling With PJ Nicholls Ssangyong Handicap Hurdle Class 3 · 2m7f · Good · 8 ran 8/8 2¼ 11-6 122114C106C Kevin Brogan 7/2
05 May 22+28d Worcester Cazoo Handicap Hurdle Class 4 · 2m7f · Good · 9 ran 1/9 11-8 117130A135A Kevin Brogan 14/1
07 Apr 22+98d Ffos Las Geoff Jenkins 90th Birthday Novices' Handicap Chase (GBB Race) Class 4 · 3m · Good · 7 ran 5/7 8 11-7 115103C100C Gavin Sheehan 7/1
2021 · 5 runs
30 Dec 21+40d Taunton Summerfield Developments Novices' Handicap Chase (GBB Race) Class 4 · 2m7f · Good To Soft · 10 ran 6/10 shd 11-10 11972A111A Jonathan Burke 16/1
20 Nov 21+199d Huntingdon MansionBet Best Odds Guaranteed Handicap Chase Class 4 · 2m4f · Good · 6 ran 4/6 4¼ 11-7 12277C107C Niall Houlihan 13/2
05 May 21+44d Fontwell Paul Mant 40 Years At Fontwell Conditional Jockeys' Handicap Hurdle Class 4 · 2m3f · Good · 7 ran 1/7 11-11 11995A126A Liam Harrison 10/3
22 Mar 21+72d Plumpton Sky Sports Racing Sky 415 Novices' Handicap Hurdle (GBB Race) Class 4 · 3m1f · Good · 5 ran 2/5 26 11-12 120135C116B Tom Scudamore 2/1
09 Jan 21+45d Wincanton Follow MansionBet On Twitter Handicap Hurdle Class 3 · 2m5½f · Good To Soft · 12 ran 4/12 ½ 11-8 120123A128A Robert Dunne 40/1
2020 · 3 runs
25 Nov 20+35d Wetherby Visit injuredjockeys.co.uk For Christmas Cards Conditional Jockeys' Handicap Hurdle Class 4 · 2m3½f · Good To Soft · 13 ran 11/13 29 11-9 12050C103C Harry Reed 15/2
21 Oct 20+269d Fontwell Heart Of The South Supports Fontwell Maiden Hurdle (GBB Race) (Div 2) Class 4 · 2m3f · Good To Soft · 9 ran 1/9 11-2 —117A118B Robert Dunne 3/1
26 Jan 20+256d Fontwell Southern Cranes And Access Maiden Hurdle Class 4 · 2m3f · Soft · 13 ran 2/13 4¼ 11-5 —101B129A Robert Dunne 20/1
2019 · 2 runs
15 May 19+38d Newton Abbot Racehorse Owners Association Supports Mental Health Week Novices' Hurdle Class 4 · 2m5½f · Good · 7 ran 6/7 10 10-12 —88C98C James Best 50/1
07 Apr 19 Ffos Las Walters UK Standard Open NH Flat Race Class 4 · 2m · Soft · 8 ran 8/8 14 11-2 —90C93C James Best 25/1

Quick answers

How many races has Rookie Trainer won?
Rookie Trainer (IRE) won 3 of 15 archived starts between 2019 and 2022, a strike rate of 20%. Placed 5 times in total (33.3% of starts).
Who trained Rookie Trainer?
Rookie Trainer (IRE) was trained by Daragh Bourke on the most recent run on record, at Cartmel on 29 August 2022.
Who is Rookie Trainer's sire?
Rookie Trainer (IRE) is by Gold Well (GB) out of Crazy Falcon (IRE), whose sire is Polar Falcon.
What going does Rookie Trainer prefer?
Rookie Trainer (IRE) has the best record on good to soft going: 1 win from 4 starts (25%). Only going bands with at least three archived starts are read, so this is a direction rather than a settled preference.
What is Rookie Trainer's official rating?
The most recent official rating on record is 122, from the run on 29 August 2022. That is also the highest on record.
What is Rookie Trainer's sire's record?
Gold Well (GB)'s progeny in our archive have won 12.2% of 5,648 runs since Jan 2011 (363 horses), Flat and jumps together.
Who are Rookie Trainer's siblings?
Out of Crazy Falcon (IRE), Rookie Trainer (IRE) has 4 other produce in our archive, 1 of them a winner. Most wins: Romeo Americo (IRE) (4). Highest grade won: Class 3 (Romeo Americo (IRE)). The wins came over 2m1f–2m4½f. As at Nov 2026.

Record shown from April 2019. 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.