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Horse profile

Saga The First (IRE)

3yo gelding (at last run, Nov 2016) · Last trainer James M Barrett · Last owner Jean Mary Saguin
by Rock Of Gibraltar (IRE) out of Manaaqeb (GB) (Cape Cross)
3 runs · 3 courses · from Jun 2016
As at 28 Oct 2026 · KTB archive: GB, Ireland & France · 2005–present, updated daily
No run recorded since 25 Nov 2016 — 3,624 days ago. Our archive can't say whether the horse is still in training.
Last run Nov 2016 · 14th of 14
KTB Profile

Saga The First (IRE) is yet to win from 3 starts.

Based on 3 archived runs · updated 28 Oct 2026

KTB Speed and Rating

KTB Speed

Best recent Speed — no A or B graded figure in the last 3 runs; the figures below carry grade C

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 →

Flat 1 figure · too few for a breakdown

KTB Speed v1 · batch 15 Sep 2026 · GB & Irish racing only · 1 figure from 1 run · as at 3 Oct 2026 · a record, not a forecast

KTB Rating

Best recent KTB Rating 67C the best of the last 3 rated runs · Dundalk (AW), 25 Nov 2016

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. A, B or C on a run is how much known form was in that race. What this means →

Flat 3 figures · best 67C · median 51
GoingRunsBestMedianSince 28 Oct 2025
Standard (AW)1———
Good1———
Soft1———
DistanceRunsBestMedianSince 28 Oct 2025
1m2f – 1m4f1———
6f – 7f1———
1m – 1m1f1———

KTB Rating v1 · batch 3 Oct 2026 · GB & Irish racing only · 3 figures from 3 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
Rock Of Gibraltar (IRE)

Progeny in our archive have won 9.8% of 11,565 runs since Jan 2008 (871 horses).

GoingRunsWinsSRvs sireThis horse
Firm901112.2%+2.4—
Good to Firm1,83920110.9%+1.1—
Good2,76227710%+0.20 from 1
Good to Soft1,3751359.8%0—
Soft1,8531839.9%+0.10 from 1
Heavy710689.6%−0.2—
Standard (AW)2,9362588.8%−10 from 1
Distance (all codes)RunsWinsSRvs sireThis horse
Under 6f6326310%+0.2—
6f – 7f2,5822419.3%−0.50 from 1
1m – 1m1f2,7842729.8%00 from 1
1m2f – 1m4f3,10735011.3%+1.50 from 1
1m5f – 2m1,5471318.5%−1.3—
2m1f – 2m4f692598.5%−1.3—
2m5f – 3m197147.1%−2.7—
Over 3m24312.5%+2.7—

Flat and jumps together (all codes) · since Jan 2008 · as at 28 Oct 2026 · rows under 30 runs muted · win % is the measure, a record not a forecast

Dam
Manaaqeb (GB) (Cape Cross)

1 sibling in the archive, 1 winner — best of them Saga Timgad (FR) (3 wins).

The wins came over 7½f–1m.

ProduceRunsWinsWin tripsBest grade
Saga Timgad (FR)4437½f–1m—

Record by conditions

GoingRunsWinsSR£1
Standard (AW) 1 0 0% −1.00
Good 1 0 0% −1.00
Soft 1 0 0% −1.00

CourseRunsWinsSR£1
Dundalk (AW) 1 0 0% −1.00
Leopardstown 1 0 0% −1.00
Cork 1 0 0% −1.00

DistanceRunsWinsSR£1
1m2f – 1m4f 1 0 0% −1.00
6f – 7f 1 0 0% −1.00
1m – 1m1f 1 0 0% −1.00

JockeyRunsWinsSR£1
Rory Cleary 1 0 0% −1.00
Ronan Whelan 1 0 0% −1.00
Danny Redmond 1 0 0% −1.00

HeadgearRunsWinsSR£1
None 2 0 0% −2.00
Hood 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 SpdKTB Jockey SP
2016 · 3 runs
25 Nov 16+155d Dundalk (AW) Irishinjuredjockeys.com Claiming Race 10.5f · Standard · 14 ran 14/14 28 10-0 9C67C Rory Cleary 66/1
23 Jun 16+11d Leopardstown Leopardstown Summer Music & Racing Festival Maiden 7f · Good · 16 ran 16/16 29 9-5 —51C Ronan Whelan 40/1
12 Jun 16 Cork Coral.ie Bet & Watch Irish And UK Racing Live Median Auction Maiden 8.5f · Yielding · 12 ran 7/12 1¼ 8-12 —47A Danny Redmond 25/1

Quick answers

How many races has Saga The First won?
Saga The First (IRE) has yet to win, from 3 archived starts in 2016.
Who trained Saga The First?
Saga The First (IRE) was trained by James M Barrett on the most recent run on record, at Dundalk (AW) on 25 November 2016.
Who is Saga The First's sire?
Saga The First (IRE) is by Rock Of Gibraltar (IRE) out of Manaaqeb (GB), whose sire is Cape Cross.
What is Saga The First's sire's record?
Rock Of Gibraltar (IRE)'s progeny in our archive have won 9.8% of 11,565 runs since Jan 2008 (871 horses), Flat and jumps together.
Who are Saga The First's siblings?
Out of Manaaqeb (GB), Saga The First (IRE) has 1 other produce in our archive, 1 of them a winner. Most wins: Saga Timgad (FR) (3). The wins came over 7½f–1m. As at Oct 2026.

Record shown from June 2016. Our archive holds racing in Great Britain, Ireland and France from January 2005. Runs in other countries are not in it, and earlier runs are not available from our data provider. In-running comments are available from 2024 onward.