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Horse profile

Sam Cavallaro (IRE)

15yo gelding (at last run, Mar 2021) · Last trainer Miss H Brookshaw · Last owner Miss H Brookshaw
by Oscar Schindler (IRE) out of Gaelic Holly (IRE) (Scenic)
27 runs · 11 courses · from Apr 2012
As at 14 Oct 2026 · KTB archive: GB, Ireland & France · 2005–present, updated daily
No run recorded since 25 Mar 2021 — 2,029 days ago. Our archive can't say whether the horse is still in training.
Last run Mar 2021 3 wins · Cheltenham Last raced off OR 105
KTB Profile

Sam Cavallaro (IRE) is 3 from 27, all wins coming at Class 5 level. Hasn't won since May 2019. 3 of 5 starts at Cheltenham have ended in wins. All 3 wins have come over 1m5f – 2m. Last raced off 105, 10lb below the career-high mark.

Based on 27 archived runs · updated 14 Oct 2026
KTB at a glance All wins at Class 5 OR ↓ 10lb off peak
Official rating105↓ 10lb off peak
105 104–115

KTB Speed and Rating

KTB Speed

Best recent Speed 82 the best of the last 3 graded (A or B) runs · Cheltenham, 4 May 2018

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.

Jumps 10 figures · best 89C · median 60
GoingRunsBestMedianSince 14 Oct 2025
Good689C69.5—
Good to Soft265A60—
Soft252C44—
DistanceRunsBestMedianSince 14 Oct 2025
2m1f – 2m4f452C44—
2m5f – 3m389C73—
1m5f – 2m382B66—

Of 14 runs looked at, 4 have no figure: did not complete (2) · obstacles omitted — the race ran a shortened course (2).

KTB Speed v1 · batch 15 Sep 2026 · GB & Irish racing only · 10 figures from 14 runs · as at 3 Oct 2026 · a record, not a forecast

KTB Rating

Best recent KTB Rating 126B the best of the last 3 rated runs · Cheltenham, 3 May 2019 Official rating 105 at the last run, 25 Mar 2021

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.

Jumps 21 figures · best 137A · median 108
GoingRunsBestMedianSince 14 Oct 2025
Good13137A108—
Soft4111C100.5—
Good to Soft3126B126—
Good to Firm1———
DistanceRunsBestMedianSince 14 Oct 2025
2m1f – 2m4f10121A106.5—
2m5f – 3m6117A103—
1m5f – 2m5137A126—

Of 27 runs looked at, 6 have no figure: did not complete (or a non-runner row) (6).

KTB Rating v1 · batch 3 Oct 2026 · GB & Irish racing only · 21 figures from 27 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
Oscar Schindler (IRE)

Progeny in our archive have won 7.1% of 718 runs since Jan 2008 (82 horses).

GoingRunsWinsSRvs sireThis horse
Firm400%−7.1—
Good to Firm4736.4%−0.70 from 2
Good190157.9%+0.81 from 15
Good to Soft941010.6%+3.52 from 5
Soft222146.3%−0.80 from 5
Heavy16195.6%−1.5—
Distance (all codes)RunsWinsSRvs sireThis horse
1m – 1m1f8112.5%+5.4—
1m2f – 1m4f100%−7.1—
1m5f – 2m193147.3%+0.23 from 5
2m1f – 2m4f292206.8%−0.30 from 11
2m5f – 3m183158.2%+1.10 from 11
Over 3m4112.4%−4.7—

Flat and jumps together (all codes) · since Jan 2008 · as at 14 Oct 2026 · rows under 30 runs muted · win % is the measure, a record not a forecast

Dam
Gaelic Holly (IRE) (Scenic)

1 sibling in the archive, 1 winner — best of them Shergill (IRE) (2 wins).

The wins came over 2m7½f–3m; the highest grade won is Class 3 (Shergill (IRE)).

ProduceRunsWinsWin tripsBest grade
Shergill (IRE)2422m7½f–3mClass 3

Record by conditions

GoingRunsWinsSR£1
Good 15 1 7% −5.00
Good to Soft 5 2 40% +6.75
Soft 5 0 0% −5.00
Good to Firm 2 0 0% −2.00

ClassRunsWinsSR£1
Class 5 11 3 27% +10.75
Class 4 5 0 0% −5.00
Class 6 2 0 0% −2.00
Class 2 2 0 0% −2.00

CourseRunsWinsSR£1
Ludlow 8 0 0% −8.00
Cheltenham 5 3 60% +16.75
Stratford 4 0 0% −4.00
Aintree 2 0 0% −2.00
Downpatrick 2 0 0% −2.00
Southwell 1 0 0% −1.00
Punchestown 1 0 0% −1.00
Tramore 1 0 0% −1.00
Clonmel 1 0 0% −1.00
Wexford 1 0 0% −1.00
Cork 1 0 0% −1.00

DistanceRunsWinsSR£1
2m1f – 2m4f 11 0 0% −11.00
2m5f – 3m 11 0 0% −11.00
1m5f – 2m 5 3 60% +16.75

JockeyRunsWinsSR£1
Bryan Carver 5 1 20% −1.25
Mr R Jarrett 4 1 25% +6.00
Max Kendrick 3 0 0% −3.00
Mr B O'Neill 3 0 0% −3.00
Mr Jack Andrews 2 0 0% −2.00
Mr Joe Hill 2 0 0% −2.00
David Noonan 2 1 50% +6.00
Mr Huw Edwards 1 0 0% −1.00
Mr Tommie M O'Brien 1 0 0% −1.00
Mr J E Flynn 1 0 0% −1.00
Mr M J O'Connor 1 0 0% −1.00
Mr R J Kiely 1 0 0% −1.00
Mr Damien Skehan 1 0 0% −1.00

HeadgearRunsWinsSR£1
None 16 2 13% −2.25
Cheekpieces 6 0 0% −6.00
Tongue tie 3 0 0% −3.00
Hood 2 1 50% +6.00

SeasonRunsWinsSR£1
2021 1 0 0% −1.00
2020 1 0 0% −1.00
2019 4 1 25% −0.25
2018 3 0 0% −3.00
2017 5 0 0% −5.00
2016 4 1 25% +6.00
2015 2 1 50% +6.00
2014 2 0 0% −2.00
2013 2 0 0% −2.00
2012 3 0 0% −3.00

TypeRunsWinsSR£1
Chase 24 3 13% −2.25
NH Flat 3 0 0% −3.00

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
25 Mar 21+414d Ludlow Ludlow Race Club Open Hunters' Chase (For The Ludlow Gold Cup) Class 5 · 20f · Good · 9 ran PU/9 — 11-13 105—— Bryan Carver 66/1
05 Feb 20+250d Ludlow Chase Meredith Memorial Trophy Open Hunters' Chase Class 4 · 24f · Good To Soft · 7 ran 5/7 40 11-9 11255C91C Mr Huw Edwards 33/1
31 May 19+28d Stratford White Swan Hotel Handicap Hunters' Chase Class 4 · 21f · Good · 5 ran 3/5 7 10-8 11589C107B Bryan Carver 11/2
03 May 19+32d Cheltenham Cheltenham Club Open Hunters' Chase Class 5 · 16.5f · Good To Soft · 7 ran 1/7 11-3 10465A126B Bryan Carver 11/4
01 Apr 19+11d Ludlow Heath Farm Magnus-Allcroft Memorial Open Hunters' Chase Class 5 · 20f · Good · 4 ran 3/4 39 11-3 10634C96C Bryan Carver 10/1
21 Mar 19+286d Ludlow Eric Roper 90th Celebration Open Hunters' Chase Class 4 · 20f · Good · 6 ran 2/6 43 11-5 10652C93C Bryan Carver 20/1
08 Jun 18+24d Stratford racinguk.com/freetrial Handicap Hunters' Chase Class 4 · 21f · Good · 11 ran 4/11 5 10-7 10673B99B Mr Tommie M O'Brien 10/1
15 May 18+11d Southwell South Notts Hunt Open Hunters' Chase Class 6 · 20.5f · Good · 7 ran 3/7 7 11-9 104—121A Mr Jack Andrews 8/1
04 May 18+329d Cheltenham Brian Babbage Memorial Open Hunters' Chase Class 5 · 16.5f · Good · 15 ran 3/15 1¾ 11-5 10482B112A Mr Jack Andrews 8/1
09 Jun 17+35d Stratford Sheldon Bosley Knight Handicap Hunters' Chase Class 4 · 21f · Good · 8 ran 2/8 1½ 10-11 104—117A Max Kendrick 7/2
05 May 17+29d Cheltenham Brian Babbage Memorial Open Hunters' Chase Class 5 · 16.5f · Good · 12 ran 2/12 26 11-10 10566A101B Max Kendrick 4/1
06 Apr 17+35d Aintree Randox Health Foxhunters' Open Hunters' Chase (National Course) Class 2 · 21f · Good To Soft · 28 ran F/28 — 12-0 109—— Max Kendrick 100/1
02 Mar 17+22d Ludlow George Jones Memorial Open Hunters' Chase Class 5 · 20f · Soft · 8 ran 4/8 16 12-1 11252C108C Mr Joe Hill 11/1
08 Feb 17+264d Ludlow February Hunters' Chase Class 5 · 20f · Soft · 13 ran 5/13 6 11-11 11236C111C Mr Joe Hill 16/1
20 May 16+23d Stratford Apple Tree Exhibitions Motorhome Show Open Hunters' Chase Class 6 · 17f · Good · 16 ran 3/16 9 12-1 115—116A Mr R Jarrett 11/4J
27 Apr 16+20d Cheltenham Racing Uk Hunters' Chase Class 5 · 16.5f · Good · 14 ran 1/14 11-10 111—137A Mr R Jarrett 9/1
07 Apr 16+14d Aintree Crabbie's Fox Hunters' Chase (National Course) Class 2 · 21f · Soft · 22 ran F/22 — 12-0 111—— Mr R Jarrett 100/1
24 Mar 16+330d Ludlow Abberley Hall Old Pupils Association Open Hunters' Chase Class 5 · 24f · Good · 11 ran PU/11 — 11-12 115—— Mr R Jarrett 16/1
29 Apr 15+41d Cheltenham John Ellis Memorial Hunters' Chase Class 5 · 16.5f · Good To Soft · 14 ran 1/14 11-3 ——126A David Noonan 7/1
19 Mar 15+324d Ludlow 2C's Antiques Fairs Open Hunters' Chase Class 5 · 20f · Good · 14 ran 2/14 8 11-3 ——117A David Noonan 125/1
29 Apr 14+15d Punchestown Kildare Hunt Club Fr Sean Breen Memorial Chase 24f · Good To Firm · 18 ran PU/18 — 11-4 ——— Mr B O'Neill 33/1
14 Apr 14+122d Tramore Tote Trifecta Rollover Hunters Chase 22f · Good To Yielding · 15 ran PU/15 — 11-4 ——— Mr B O'Neill 25/1
13 Dec 13+189d Downpatrick Downpatrick Christmas Party Hunters Chase 21.5f · Good · 12 ran 4/12 ½ 11-4 ——108A Mr B O'Neill 16/1
07 Jun 13+250d Downpatrick Catch Me If You Can Hunters Chase 21.5f · Good To Firm · 14 ran 7/14 1 11-0 ——90A Mr J E Flynn 20/1
30 Sep 12+81d Clonmel Killahora (Pro/Am) Flat Race 20f · Good · 18 ran 10/18 ¾ 12-0 ——105A Mr M J O'Connor 25/1
11 Jul 12+93d Wexford Campile Flat Race 18f · Soft · 14 ran 13/14 50 11-9 ——92C Mr R J Kiely 25/1
09 Apr 12 Cork Pegus Horse Feed Point-to-point Series Final Flat Race 20f · Yielding To Soft · 15 ran 7/15 21 11-7 ——93C Mr Damien Skehan 25/1

Quick answers

How many races has Sam Cavallaro (IRE) won?
Sam Cavallaro (IRE) won 3 of 27 archived starts between 2012 and 2021, a strike rate of 11.1%. Placed 9 times in total (33.3% of starts).
Who trained Sam Cavallaro (IRE)?
Sam Cavallaro (IRE) was trained by Miss H Brookshaw on the most recent run on record, at Ludlow on 25 March 2021.
Who is Sam Cavallaro (IRE)'s sire?
Sam Cavallaro (IRE) is by Oscar Schindler (IRE) out of Gaelic Holly (IRE), whose sire is Scenic.
What going does Sam Cavallaro (IRE) prefer?
Sam Cavallaro (IRE) has the best record on good to soft going: 2 wins from 5 starts (40%). Only going bands with at least three archived starts are read, so this is a direction rather than a settled preference.
What is Sam Cavallaro (IRE)'s official rating?
The most recent official rating on record is 105, from the run on 25 March 2021. The highest on record is 115.
What is Sam Cavallaro (IRE)'s sire's record?
Oscar Schindler (IRE)'s progeny in our archive have won 7.1% of 718 runs since Jan 2008 (82 horses), Flat and jumps together.
Who are Sam Cavallaro (IRE)'s siblings?
Out of Gaelic Holly (IRE), Sam Cavallaro (IRE) has 1 other produce in our archive, 1 of them a winner. Most wins: Shergill (IRE) (2). Highest grade won: Class 3 (Shergill (IRE)). The wins came over 2m7½f–3m. As at Oct 2026.

Record shown from April 2012. 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.