Horse profile
Rory The Cat (IRE)
5yo gelding (at last run, Dec 2025) · Trainer Lucinda Russell & Michael Scudamore · Owner The Cool Cats
by Starspangledbanner (AUS) out of Obligada (IRE) (Beat Hollow)
41 runs · 13 courses · from Jul 2022
As at 1 Nov 2026 · KTB archive: GB, Ireland & France · 2005–present, updated daily
5 wins · Musselburgh & Beverley
Last run 22 Dec 2025
Last raced off OR 98
KTB Profile
Rory The Cat is a gelding who has won five of 41 starts. Three of those wins came at Musselburgh and two at Beverley, with all five turf successes gained over 1m2f – 1m4f or 1m5f – 2m on good or softer ground. He won a Class 6 handicap at Musselburgh in Aug 2024 off an official rating of 56. Last raced off 98 at Musselburgh in Dec 2025, 18lb below his highest ever mark, he was typically held up.
Based on 41 archived runs · run-style from 16 commented runs since Aug 2024 · updated 1 Nov 2026
KTB at a glance
OR ↓ 18lb off peak
- 5–41Wins / Runs
- 12.2%Strike rate
- 10 (24.4%)Placed
- −8.00£1 level staken=41 at SP
- 1.07Fair A/E n=40 · 0.92 incl. margin
- 116Highest OR
- 32dAvg 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.
Official rating98↓ 18lb off peak
98
50–116
KTB Speed and Rating
KTB Speed
Best recent Speed 85
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
| Going | Runs | Best | Median | Since 1 Nov 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Good to Soft | 4 | 89B | 68.5 | 1 run · — |
| Soft | 3 | 92A | 77 | — |
| Distance | Runs | Best | Median | Since 1 Nov 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1m5f – 2m | 5 | 89B | 75 | — |
| 2m1f – 2m4f | 2 | 92A | 77 | 1 run · — |
Flat
| Going | Runs | Best | Median | Since 1 Nov 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Good | 11 | 106A | 81 | — |
| Good to Soft | 7 | 107B | 91 | — |
| Soft | 6 | 122A | 90.5 | 1 run · — |
| Good to Firm | 5 | 114A | 84 | — |
| Standard (AW) | 2 | 69A | 57 | — |
| Distance | Runs | Best | Median | Since 1 Nov 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1m2f – 1m4f | 11 | 122A | 101 | — |
| 1m5f – 2m | 9 | 105A | 85 | 1 run · — |
| 1m – 1m1f | 6 | 106A | 62 | — |
| 6f – 7f | 3 | 88A | 73 | — |
| 2m1f – 2m4f | 2 | 101B | 100.5 | — |
Of 41 runs looked at, 3 have no figure: did not complete (2) · obstacles omitted — the race ran a shortened course (1).
KTB Speed v1 · batch 15 Sep 2026 · GB & Irish racing only · 38 figures from 41 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 16 analysed runs since Aug 2024
- Prominent 6 (38%) · 1 win
- Mid-division 5 (31%) · 0 wins
- Held up 3 (19%) · 0 wins
- Led 2 (13%) · 0 wins
Pedigree intelligence
Sire
Progeny in our archive have won 11.1% of 7,196 runs since May 2014 (663 horses).
Strongest at trips under 6f (all codes): 14.6% from 1,195.
| Going | Runs | Wins | SR | vs sire | This horse |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Firm | 25 | 3 | 12% | +0.9 | — |
| Good to Firm | 1,034 | 125 | 12.1% | +1 | 1 from 5 |
| Good | 1,737 | 183 | 10.5% | −0.6 | 1 from 12 |
| Good to Soft | 777 | 90 | 11.6% | +0.5 | 0 from 12 |
| Soft | 1,079 | 123 | 11.4% | +0.3 | 3 from 10 |
| Heavy | 294 | 33 | 11.2% | +0.1 | — |
| Standard (AW) | 2,250 | 243 | 10.8% | −0.3 | 0 from 2 |
| Distance (all codes) | Runs | Wins | SR | vs sire | This horse |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Under 6f | 1,195 | 174 | 14.6% | +3.5 | — |
| 6f – 7f | 3,582 | 397 | 11.1% | 0 | 0 from 3 |
| 1m – 1m1f | 1,401 | 139 | 9.9% | −1.2 | 0 from 6 |
| 1m2f – 1m4f | 651 | 60 | 9.2% | −1.9 | 2 from 11 |
| 1m5f – 2m | 270 | 26 | 9.6% | −1.5 | 3 from 16 |
| 2m1f – 2m4f | 84 | 4 | 4.8% | −6.3 | 0 from 5 |
| 2m5f – 3m | 13 | 0 | 0% | −11.1 | — |
Flat and jumps together (all codes) · since May 2014 · as at 31 Oct 2026 · rows under 30 runs muted · win % is the measure, a record not a forecast
Dam
Obligada (IRE) (Beat Hollow)
3 siblings in the archive, 3 winners — best of them Poetic Force (IRE) (18 wins).
The wins came over 6f–1m2f; the highest grade won is Class 4 (Poetic Force (IRE)).
| Produce | Runs | Wins | Win trips | Best grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Poetic Force (IRE) | 126 | 18 | 7f–1m2f | Class 4 |
| Anglo Saxson (IRE) | 46 | 5 | 7f–1m | Class 5 |
| Obligatory (IRE) | 12 | 1 | 6f | Class 5 |
Record by conditions
| Going | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Good to Soft | 12 | 0 | 0% | −12.00 |
| Good | 12 | 1 | 8% | −8.00 |
| Soft | 10 | 3 | 30% | +9.50 |
| Good to Firm | 5 | 1 | 20% | +4.50 |
| Standard (AW) | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Class | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Class 6 | 21 | 3 | 14% | −4.50 |
| Class 5 | 8 | 0 | 0% | −8.00 |
| Class 4 | 8 | 2 | 25% | +8.50 |
| Class 2 | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Class 1 | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Class 3 | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Course | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Musselburgh | 19 | 3 | 16% | +1.50 |
| Ayr | 6 | 0 | 0% | −6.00 |
| Beverley | 4 | 2 | 50% | +8.50 |
| Hamilton | 3 | 0 | 0% | −3.00 |
| Newcastle | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Wetherby | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Catterick | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Pontefract | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Bath | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Wolverhampton (AW) | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Southwell (AW) | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Thirsk | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Ripon | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Distance | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1m5f – 2m | 16 | 3 | 19% | +4.50 |
| 1m2f – 1m4f | 11 | 2 | 18% | +1.50 |
| 1m – 1m1f | 6 | 0 | 0% | −6.00 |
| 2m1f – 2m4f | 5 | 0 | 0% | −5.00 |
| 6f – 7f | 3 | 0 | 0% | −3.00 |
| Jockey | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oisin Orr | 10 | 1 | 10% | −7.00 |
| Derek Fox | 8 | 2 | 25% | +8.50 |
| Connor Beasley | 3 | 1 | 33% | +6.50 |
| Billy Garritty | 3 | 0 | 0% | −3.00 |
| Callum Rodriguez | 3 | 0 | 0% | −3.00 |
| Oisin McSweeney | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Andrew Mullen | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Sam James | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Jack Power | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Cian Horgan | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Daniel Tudhope | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Conner McCann | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Paul Mulrennan | 1 | 1 | 100% | +3.00 |
| Freddie Keighley | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Jason Hart | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Shane Gray | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Headgear | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tongue tie + blinkers | 30 | 5 | 17% | +3.00 |
| None | 7 | 0 | 0% | −7.00 |
| Tongue tie + cheekpieces | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Tongue tie + visor | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Visor | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Blinkers | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Season | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 11 | 0 | 0% | −11.00 |
| 2024 | 12 | 2 | 17% | +4.00 |
| 2023 | 12 | 3 | 25% | +5.00 |
| 2022 | 6 | 0 | 0% | −6.00 |
| Type | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Flat | 31 | 3 | 10% | −14.50 |
| Hurdle | 10 | 2 | 20% | +6.50 |
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
| Date | Course | Race | Pos | Btn | Wgt | OR | Spd | KTB | Jockey | SP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 · 11 runs | ||||||||||
| 22 Dec 25+24d | Musselburgh | LiveScore Bet Handicap Hurdle Shared front spot early - lost place after a stumble at the 4th and slipped towards the back on the home turn - eased out of contention before the second-last | PU/11 | — | 11-7 | 98 | — | — | Derek Fox | 50/1 |
| 28 Nov 25+23d | Musselburgh | 100% Racing TV Profits Back To Racing Conditional Jockeys' Handicap Hurdle Settled in the pack early - dropped away three out - trailed home in 9th | 9/11 | 20 | 11-8 | 102 | 62C | 94C | Jack Power | 33/1 |
| 05 Nov 25+35d | Musselburgh | Join Racing TV Now Handicap Settled in the pack - pushed along and stayed on from 3f out - finished fourth | 4/9 | 21 | 9-4 | 50 | 67C | 54C | Oisin McSweeney | 22/1 |
| 01 Oct 25+17d | Musselburgh | Watch On Racing TV Handicap Sat close to the front early - asked for effort 3f out - dropped away 2f out and beaten from there - finished third | 3/7 | 1 | 9-3 | 51 | 85A | 62A | Connor Beasley | 5/1 |
| 14 Sep 25+19d | Musselburgh | Musselburgh Racecourse Premium Annual Membership Handicap Settled with the pack early - improved into contention over 2f out - lost momentum from over 1f out - finished fourth well beaten | 4/5 | 4½ | 8-6 | 53 | 77C | 48B | Cian Horgan | 9/2 |
| 26 Aug 25+8d | Musselburgh | Join Racing TV Now Handicap Sat close to pace early - pushed into command 2f out - lost front spot late and could not quicken - held on for third | 3/5 | nk | 9-9 | 55 | 101C | 70B | Connor Beasley | 16/1 |
| 18 Aug 25+17d | Ayr | Start Your Racing TV Free Trial Handicap Sent to front early - lost command 2f out - pressed for effort and dropped away inside final furlong - finished sixth | 6/7 | ¾ | 9-6 | 55 | 79B | 58A | Daniel Tudhope | 10/1 |
| 01 Aug 25+10d | Musselburgh | Morris & Spottiswood Group Handicap Held up towards back early - losing touch and off the pace 3f out - well held at finish | 6/6 | 18 | 9-6 | 57 | 73C | 49C | Oisin McSweeney | 20/1 |
| 22 Jul 25+141d | Musselburgh | Sankt Goarshausen 1980 Handicap Settled in the pack - pushed along wide with over 2f left - dropped away soon after - finished well held in 8th | 8/8 | 5½ | 9-12 | 57 | 81A | 39A | Oisin Orr | 13/2 |
| 03 Mar 25+30d | Newcastle | Virgin Bet Daily Price Boosts Handicap Hurdle Front early and in command until after the 3rd - untidy over 4th then slipped back before 4 out - well adrift and pulled up before 3 out | PU/7 | — | 11-9 | 105 | — | — | Derek Fox | 25/1 |
| 01 Feb 25+56d | Musselburgh | bet365 Handicap Hurdle Settled off the pace early - roused approaching the home turn - dropped away 3 out - well beaten in 13th | 13/15 | ½ | 11-5 | 109 | 75C | 88C | Conner McCann | 33/1 |
| 2024 · 12 runs | ||||||||||
| 07 Dec 24+31d | Wetherby | William Hill Christmas Meeting Up Next Handicap Hurdle Tracked front-running rival until 3 out - lost momentum before the last and beaten well | 6/8 | 4¾ | 11-7 | 113 | — | 109A | Derek Fox | 22/1 |
| 06 Nov 24+23d | Musselburgh | Watch On Racing TV Handicap Settled at the back - pushed along from 2f out and made a little ground late - lacked the speed to get involved | 4/8 | nk | 9-2 | 58 | 101A | 67A | Oisin Orr | 4/1 |
| 14 Oct 24+12d | Musselburgh | Ray Hawthorne Memorial Handicap Held up towards the back - improving smoothly on the outside two furlongs out - driven approaching the final furlong - stayed on late but couldn't reach the front | 5/7 | hd | 9-5 | 59 | 105A | 63A | Oisin Orr | 10/3 |
| 02 Oct 24+35d | Musselburgh | 100% Racingtv Profits Back To Racing Handicap Sat just behind the front-runner - moved into command over 2f out - fought back under pressure but caught right at the line | 2/7 | nk | 9-10 | 59 | 91A | 77A | Oisin Orr | 11/4 |
| 28 Aug 24+19d | Musselburgh | Portobello Cup Handicap Held up handy early and pulling hard - shared second briefly before slipping back 5f out - toiled from there and eased away steadily in the straight - came home well held in 6th | 6/8 | nk | 8-8 | 59 | 101B | 60A | Andrew Mullen | 7/1 |
| 09 Aug 24+30d | Musselburgh | Champagne Pommery Cuvee Louise Handicap Sat just behind pace early - hit front over 4f out and edged left under pressure late - held on gamely to score | 1/6 | 9-0 | 56 | 74B | 74B | Paul Mulrennan | 3/1J | |
| 10 Jul 24+13d | Catterick | Best Odds Guaranteed At Vickers.Bet Handicap | 6/12 | 2 | 9-7 | 58 | 96B | 69A | Oisin Orr | 11/2 |
| 27 Jun 24+17d | Hamilton | Greenversity Saints & Sinners Amateur Jockeys' Handicap | 6/9 | ½ | 10-3 | 59 | 102A | 58A | Freddie Keighley | 5/1 |
| 10 Jun 24+66d | Pontefract | Tony Bethell Memorial Handicap | 3/13 | 1 | 9-9 | 59 | 100C | 78A | Jason Hart | 5/1 |
| 05 Apr 24+61d | Musselburgh | Go North Grey Bomber Juvenile Hurdle Series Final (Handicap Hurdle) (GBB Race) | 5/8 | 4¾ | 11-9 | 115 | 92A | 109A | Derek Fox | 33/1 |
| 04 Feb 24+34d | Musselburgh | bet365 Scottish Triumph Hurdle (Juvenile Hurdle) (Listed) (GBB Race) | 6/8 | 13 | 11-0 | 116 | 89B | 93A | Derek Fox | 28/1 |
| 01 Jan 24+32d | Musselburgh | tote.co.uk Hair Of The Dog Juvenile Hurdle (GBB Race) | 1/6 | 11-7 | — | 66C | 122B | Derek Fox | 11/1 | |
| 2023 · 12 runs | ||||||||||
| 30 Nov 23+22d | Musselburgh | Glynn Carroll Memorial Juvenile Maiden Hurdle (GBB Race) | 1/5 | 11-2 | — | 77C | 100C | Derek Fox | 7/2 | |
| 08 Nov 23+37d | Musselburgh | Watch Racing TV Free For 31 Days 'Introductory' Juvenile Hurdle | 6/9 | 7½ | 11-0 | — | 52C | 77C | Derek Fox | 6/1 |
| 02 Oct 23+8d | Hamilton | Members Of Hamilton Park Racecourse Handicap | 3/9 | 1 | 9-4 | 59 | 106A | 67A | Oisin Orr | 17/2 |
| 24 Sep 23+48d | Hamilton | McEwan Grant, Construction & Retail Joinery Contractors Handicap | 2/7 | 5½ | 9-0 | 59 | 90A | 58A | Oisin Orr | 11/2 |
| 07 Aug 23+20d | Ayr | Ayrshire Cancer Support Handicap | 5/7 | 1¼ | 9-6 | 59 | 107B | 60A | Oisin Orr | 9/4F |
| 18 Jul 23+9d | Beverley | Beverley Annual Badgeholders Handicap | 1/10 | 9-3 | 56 | 122A | 73A | Oisin Orr | 2/1F | |
| 09 Jul 23+12d | Ayr | Afternoon Tea At Western House Hotel Handicap | 2/14 | hd | 9-3 | 56 | 91C | 70A | Oisin Orr | 7/2 |
| 27 Jun 23+14d | Beverley | Racing TV Extra On racingtv.com Handicap (Div 1) | 1/10 | 9-6 | 52 | 114A | 72A | Connor Beasley | 17/2 | |
| 13 Jun 23+55d | Ayr | Make Memories At Western House Hotel Handicap | 5/9 | 2½ | 8-11 | 55 | 84A | 55A | Shane Gray | 14/1 |
| 19 Apr 23+12d | Beverley | Racing Again Next Thursday Handicap | 6/12 | hd | 8-10 | 57 | 88A | 58A | Sam James | 9/1 |
| 07 Apr 23+13d | Bath | Truespeed Whole Home Wi-Fi Handicap | 10/14 | ½ | 9-5 | 60 | 60C | 50A | Billy Garritty | 16/1 |
| 25 Mar 23+172d | Wolverhampton (AW) | It's Time To Turn To Talksport Handicap | 8/9 | 14 | 9-11 | 62 | 45C | 43C | Billy Garritty | 5/1 |
| 2022 · 6 runs | ||||||||||
| 04 Oct 22+17d | Southwell (AW) | Cazoo Nursery | 4/9 | 1 | 9-8 | 64 | 69A | 66A | Callum Rodriguez | 11/4 |
| 17 Sep 22+14d | Ayr | Remus Uomo EBF Nursery | 6/11 | 1 | 8-2 | 66 | 60A | 60A | Andrew Mullen | 25/1 |
| 03 Sep 22+21d | Thirsk | Vickers.Bet Best Odds Guaranteed Every Day Nursery | 5/11 | 1¾ | 9-6 | 67 | 106A | 67A | Sam James | 11/2 |
| 13 Aug 22+26d | Ripon | William Hill Play Responsibly EBF Restricted Novice Stakes (GBB Race) | 5/9 | 2 | 9-5 | — | 64B | 71A | Callum Rodriguez | 9/2 |
| 18 Jul 22+16d | Ayr | Longines Irish Champions Weekend EBF Maiden Stakes (GBB Race) | 4/6 | 2½ | 9-7 | — | 73A | 75B | Callum Rodriguez | 8/1 |
| 02 Jul 22 | Beverley | William Hill Play Responsibly EBF Restricted Novice Stakes (GBB Race) | 4/8 | 1 | 9-4 | — | 70A | 58A | Billy Garritty | 17/2 |
Quick answers
- How many races has Rory The Cat won?
- Rory The Cat (IRE) won 5 of 41 archived starts between 2022 and 2025, a strike rate of 12.2%. Placed 10 times in total (24.4% of starts).
- Who trains Rory The Cat?
- Rory The Cat (IRE) is trained by Lucinda Russell & Michael Scudamore, who saddled the horse on its most recent run on 22 December 2025.
- Who is Rory The Cat's sire?
- Rory The Cat (IRE) is by Starspangledbanner (AUS) out of Obligada (IRE), whose sire is Beat Hollow.
- What going does Rory The Cat prefer?
- Rory The Cat (IRE) has the best record on soft going: 3 wins from 10 starts (30%). Only going bands with at least three archived starts are read, so this is a direction rather than a settled preference.
- What is Rory The Cat's official rating?
- The most recent official rating on record is 98, from the run on 22 December 2025. The highest on record is 116.
- What is Rory The Cat's sire's record?
- Starspangledbanner (AUS)'s progeny in our archive have won 11.1% of 7,196 runs since May 2014 (663 horses), Flat and jumps together. Strongest at trips under 6f (all codes): 14.6% from 1,195.
- Who are Rory The Cat's siblings?
- Out of Obligada (IRE), Rory The Cat (IRE) has 3 other produce in our archive, 3 of them winners. Most wins: Poetic Force (IRE) (18). Highest grade won: Class 4 (Poetic Force (IRE)). The wins came over 6f–1m2f. As at Nov 2026.