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Horse profile

Self Defence (IRE)

3yo gelding (at last run, Sep 2015) · Last trainer J P Murtagh · Last owner Clipper Logistics Group Ltd
by Danehill Dancer (IRE) out of Chaturanga (GB) (Night Shift)
3 runs · 3 courses · from Sep 2015
As at 22 Oct 2026 · KTB archive: GB, Ireland & France · 2005–present, updated daily
No run recorded since 29 Sep 2015 — 4,040 days ago. Our archive can't say whether the horse is still in training.
Last run Sep 2015 · 8th of 8
KTB Profile

Self Defence (IRE) is yet to win from 3 starts.

Based on 3 archived runs · updated 22 Oct 2026

KTB Speed and Rating

KTB Speed

No KTB Speed figures for this horse. The engine scores GB and Irish racing from Oct 2016; runs elsewhere, or earlier, have no figure.

KTB Speed v1 · batch 15 Sep 2026 · GB & Irish racing only · 0 figures from 0 runs · a record, not a forecast

KTB Rating

Best recent KTB Rating 49A the best of the last 3 rated runs · Galway, 7 Sep 2015

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 49A · median 48
GoingRunsBestMedianSince 22 Oct 2025
Good to Soft1———
Good1———
Soft1———
DistanceRunsBestMedianSince 22 Oct 2025
1m2f – 1m4f249A43.5—
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
Danehill Dancer (IRE)

Progeny in our archive have won 11.2% of 10,094 runs since Jan 2008 (783 horses).

Weakest over 2m5f – 3m (all codes): 6.2% from 130.

GoingRunsWinsSRvs sireThis horse
Firm911011%−0.2—
Good to Firm1,74022312.8%+1.6—
Good2,4992489.9%−1.30 from 1
Good to Soft1,08912011%−0.20 from 1
Soft1,73322412.9%+1.70 from 1
Heavy6567811.9%+0.7—
Standard (AW)2,2852249.8%−1.4—
Distance (all codes)RunsWinsSRvs sireThis horse
Under 6f4035313.2%+2—
6f – 7f2,71033112.2%+1—
1m – 1m1f2,71531211.5%+0.30 from 1
1m2f – 1m4f2,31123710.3%−0.90 from 2
1m5f – 2m1,27013410.6%−0.6—
2m1f – 2m4f533519.6%−1.6—
2m5f – 3m13086.2%−5—
Over 3m2214.5%−6.7—

Flat and jumps together (all codes) · since Jan 2008 · as at 22 Oct 2026 · rows under 30 runs muted · win % is the measure, a record not a forecast

Dam
Chaturanga (GB) (Night Shift)

6 siblings in the archive, 3 winners — best of them Battledress (IRE) (4 wins).

The wins came over 6f–2m1f; the highest grade won is Class 5 (Battledress (IRE)).

ProduceRunsWinsWin tripsBest grade
Battledress (IRE)1541m3½f–2m1fClass 5
Mooretown Lady (IRE)3211m½f—
Ruling (IRE)216f—
Finite Destination (IRE)60——
Mutamaleq (IRE)150——
Arabian Skies (IRE)10——

Record by conditions

GoingRunsWinsSR£1
Good to Soft 1 0 0% −1.00
Good 1 0 0% −1.00
Soft 1 0 0% −1.00

CourseRunsWinsSR£1
Fairyhouse 1 0 0% −1.00
Gowran Park (IRE) 1 0 0% −1.00
Galway 1 0 0% −1.00

DistanceRunsWinsSR£1
1m2f – 1m4f 2 0 0% −2.00
1m – 1m1f 1 0 0% −1.00

JockeyRunsWinsSR£1
Gary Carroll 2 0 0% −2.00
Connor King 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 KTB Jockey SP
29 Sep 15+9d Fairyhouse Book Your Winter Festival Tickets Online At fairyhouse.ie Claiming Race 12f · Good To Yielding · 8 ran 8/8 1¼ 9-0 38C Connor King 25/1
20 Sep 15+13d Gowran Park (IRE) Powerstown Stud Maiden 9.5f · Good · 17 ran 14/17 shd 9-5 48C Gary Carroll 50/1
07 Sep 15 Galway Sean Cleary Memorial Maiden 12f · Yielding · 16 ran 12/16 3¼ 9-5 49A Gary Carroll 28/1

Quick answers

How many races has Self Defence (IRE) won?
Self Defence (IRE) has yet to win, from 3 archived starts in 2015.
Who trained Self Defence (IRE)?
Self Defence (IRE) was trained by J P Murtagh on the most recent run on record, at Fairyhouse on 29 September 2015.
Who is Self Defence (IRE)'s sire?
Self Defence (IRE) is by Danehill Dancer (IRE) out of Chaturanga (GB), whose sire is Night Shift.
What is Self Defence (IRE)'s sire's record?
Danehill Dancer (IRE)'s progeny in our archive have won 11.2% of 10,094 runs since Jan 2008 (783 horses), Flat and jumps together. Weakest over 2m5f – 3m (all codes): 6.2% from 130.
Who are Self Defence (IRE)'s siblings?
Out of Chaturanga (GB), Self Defence (IRE) has 6 other produce in our archive, 3 of them winners. Most wins: Battledress (IRE) (4). Highest grade won: Class 5 (Battledress (IRE)). The wins came over 6f–2m1f. As at Oct 2026.

Record shown from September 2015. 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.