Shire Star (IRE)
Shire Star is a lightly raced gelding with two starts since May 2026. He finished 10 of 15 from mid division in the Sheridan Electric Maiden Hurdle at Ballinrobe in May 2026 on good going. By Berkshire, whose progeny have won 56 of 483 runs since Jan 2008 with a strongest strike rate of 15.5% over 1m5f – 2m. His dam Opera Star has produced two winners from eight runners that have reached the track.
- 0–2Wins / Runs
- 0%Strike rate
- 0 (0%)Placed
- −2.00£1 level staken=2 at SP
- 15dAvg between runs
KTB Speed and Rating
Best recent Speed —
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 →
| Going | Runs | Best | Median | Since 1 Nov 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Good | 1 | — | — | 1 run · — |
| Good to Soft | 1 | — | — | 1 run · — |
| Distance | Runs | Best | Median | Since 1 Nov 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1m5f – 2m | 1 | — | — | 1 run · — |
| 2m1f – 2m4f | 1 | — | — | 1 run · — |
KTB Speed v1 · batch 15 Sep 2026 · GB & Irish racing only · 2 figures from 2 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.
Pedigree intelligence
Progeny in our archive have won 11.6% of 516 runs since Sep 2022 (75 horses).
Strongest on soft going: 15.3% from 137. Strongest over 1m5f – 2m (all codes): 15.3% from 177.
| Going | Runs | Wins | SR | vs sire | This horse |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Good to Firm | 9 | 1 | 11.1% | −0.5 | — |
| Good | 182 | 20 | 11% | −0.6 | 0 from 1 |
| Good to Soft | 117 | 14 | 12% | +0.4 | 0 from 1 |
| Soft | 137 | 21 | 15.3% | +3.7 | — |
| Heavy | 52 | 2 | 3.8% | −7.8 | — |
| Standard (AW) | 19 | 2 | 10.5% | −1.1 | — |
| Distance (all codes) | Runs | Wins | SR | vs sire | This horse |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6f – 7f | 18 | 1 | 5.6% | −6 | — |
| 1m – 1m1f | 39 | 3 | 7.7% | −3.9 | — |
| 1m2f – 1m4f | 39 | 5 | 12.8% | +1.2 | — |
| 1m5f – 2m | 177 | 27 | 15.3% | +3.7 | 0 from 1 |
| 2m1f – 2m4f | 188 | 19 | 10.1% | −1.5 | 0 from 1 |
| 2m5f – 3m | 48 | 5 | 10.4% | −1.2 | — |
| Over 3m | 7 | 0 | 0% | −11.6 | — |
Flat and jumps together (all codes) · since Sep 2022 · as at 31 Oct 2026 · rows under 30 runs muted · win % is the measure, a record not a forecast
8 siblings in the archive, 2 winners — best of them Arena Seven (IRE) (1 win).
The wins came over 1m1f–2m.
| Produce | Runs | Wins | Win trips | Best grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Arena Seven (IRE) | 6 | 1 | 2m | — |
| My Adelia (IRE) | 4 | 1 | 1m1f | — |
| Arena Star (IRE) | 5 | 0 | — | — |
| My Little Star (IRE) | 5 | 0 | — | — |
| Rockson (IRE) | 14 | 0 | — | — |
| Banrion Fuar (IRE) | 6 | 0 | — | — |
| Black Tie Dancer (IRE) | 10 | 0 | — | — |
| Dirha Lady (IRE) | 3 | 0 | — | — |
Too few runs for meaningful splits. The full record is below.
Form
| Date | Course | Race | Pos | Btn | Wgt | Spd | KTB | Jockey | SP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 · 2 runs | |||||||||
| 26 May 26+15d | Ballinrobe | Sheridan Electric Maiden Hurdle (Div 1) Settled around midfield - driven approaching 3 out and unable to close from 9th place 2 out - finished well held in 10th | 10/15 | 6½ | 11-4 | 61C | 89C | G B Noonan | 125/1 |
| 11 May 26 | Killarney | Park2Travel Maiden Hurdle Held up towards the back - briefly 7th before fading well before 3 out - beaten a long way home | 9/12 | 32 | 11-4 | 62C | 89C | G B Noonan | 66/1 |
Quick answers
- How many races has Shire Star won?
- Shire Star (IRE) has yet to win, from 2 archived starts in 2026.
- Who trains Shire Star?
- Shire Star (IRE) is trained by Eoin Christopher McCarthy, who saddled the horse on its most recent run on 26 May 2026.
- Who is Shire Star's sire?
- Shire Star (IRE) is by Berkshire (IRE) out of Opera Star (IRE), whose sire is Sadler's Wells.
- What is Shire Star's sire's record?
- Berkshire (IRE)'s progeny in our archive have won 11.6% of 516 runs since Sep 2022 (75 horses), Flat and jumps together. Strongest on soft going: 15.3% from 137. Strongest over 1m5f – 2m (all codes): 15.3% from 177.
- Who are Shire Star's siblings?
- Out of Opera Star (IRE), Shire Star (IRE) has 8 other produce in our archive, 2 of them winners. Most wins: Arena Seven (IRE) (1). The wins came over 1m1f–2m. As at Nov 2026.