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Horse profile

Saigon Steel (IRE)

4yo gelding (at last run, Jul 2024) · Last trainer J F O'Shea · Last owner J F Oshea
1 run · 1 course · from Jul 2024
As at 5 Nov 2026 · KTB archive: GB, Ireland & France · 2005–present, updated daily
No run recorded since 5 Jul 2024 — 853 days ago. Our archive can't say whether the horse is still in training.
Last run Jul 2024 · 14th of 14
KTB Profile

Saigon Steel is a lightly raced gelding who finished 14 of 14 at Cork in Jul 2024 on his only start. By Caravaggio, whose progeny have won 207 of 1,765 runs since Jan 2008 with a strongest trip under 6f. His dam Itasca has produced one winner from four runners to date, Al Aresh with two wins. The horse ran over 2m1f to 2m4f on good ground at Cork.

Based on 1 archived run · updated 5 Nov 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 →

Jumps 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 94C the best of the last 1 rated run · Cork, 5 Jul 2024

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 1 figure · too few for a breakdown

KTB Rating v1 · batch 3 Oct 2026 · GB & Irish racing only · 1 figure from 1 run · 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

Progeny in our archive have won 11.8% of 1,776 runs since Mar 2021 (201 horses).

Strongest at trips under 6f (all codes): 16.3% from 166.

GoingRunsWinsSRvs sireThis horse
Firm600%−11.8—
Good to Firm2092612.4%+0.6—
Good4525411.9%+0.10 from 1
Good to Soft1671710.2%−1.6—
Soft2532811.1%−0.7—
Heavy78810.3%−1.5—
Standard (AW)6117712.6%+0.8—
Distance (all codes)RunsWinsSRvs sireThis horse
Under 6f1662716.3%+4.5—
6f – 7f7389112.3%+0.5—
1m – 1m1f5315710.7%−1.1—
1m2f – 1m4f2262410.6%−1.2—
1m5f – 2m90910%−1.8—
2m1f – 2m4f2328.7%−3.10 from 1
2m5f – 3m200%−11.8—

Flat and jumps together (all codes) · since Mar 2021 · as at 5 Nov 2026 · rows under 30 runs muted · win % is the measure, a record not a forecast

Dam

4 siblings in the archive, 1 winner — best of them Al Aresh (FR) (2 wins).

The wins came over 7f–7½f; the highest grade won is Class 6 (Al Aresh (FR)).

ProduceRunsWinsWin tripsBest grade
Al Aresh (FR)1627f–7½fClass 6
Nine Dragons (IRE)50——
Thamna (IRE)30——
Agami (FR)130——

Too few runs for meaningful splits. The full record is below.

Form

DateCourseRace PosBtn Wgt SpdKTB Jockey SP
2024 · 1 run
05 Jul 24 Cork Declan Nerney Plays Live After Racing Flat Race 2m1f · Good · 14 ran 14/14 31 11-10 15C94C Mr J C Barry 50/1

Quick answers

How many races has Saigon Steel won?
Saigon Steel (IRE) has yet to win, from 1 archived start in 2024.
Who trained Saigon Steel?
Saigon Steel (IRE) was trained by J F O'Shea on the most recent run on record, at Cork on 5 July 2024.
Who is Saigon Steel's sire?
Saigon Steel (IRE) is by Caravaggio (USA) out of Itasca (FR), whose sire is Dylan Thomas.
What is Saigon Steel's sire's record?
Caravaggio (USA)'s progeny in our archive have won 11.8% of 1,776 runs since Mar 2021 (201 horses), Flat and jumps together. Strongest at trips under 6f (all codes): 16.3% from 166.
Who are Saigon Steel's siblings?
Out of Itasca (FR), Saigon Steel (IRE) has 4 other produce in our archive, 1 of them a winner. Most wins: Al Aresh (FR) (2). Highest grade won: Class 6 (Al Aresh (FR)). The wins came over 7f–7½f. As at Nov 2026.

Record shown from July 2024. 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.