Shower Cross (IRE)
Shower Cross (IRE) is 2 from 8. Hasn't won since Mar 2018. Last raced off 96, 21lb below the career-high mark.
- 2–8Wins / Runs
- 25%Strike rate
- 3 (37.5%)Placed
- −0.25£1 level staken=8 at SP
- 1.88Fair A/E n=8 · 1.54 incl. margin
- 117Highest OR
- 56dAvg between runs
A/E compares actual wins with what starting prices implied. "Fair" strips the bookmaker margin from the expectation, so favourites and longshots are judged on the same footing — figures near 1.00 mean the market priced this horse about right.
KTB Speed and Rating
Best recent Speed 106
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 22 Oct 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Heavy | 5 | 106B | 54 | — |
| Distance | Runs | Best | Median | Since 22 Oct 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2m5f – 3m | 3 | 98A | 54 | — |
| 2m1f – 2m4f | 2 | 106B | 68 | — |
Of 8 runs looked at, 2 have no figure: obstacles omitted — the race ran a shortened course (2).
KTB Speed v1 · batch 15 Sep 2026 · GB & Irish racing only · 6 figures from 8 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.
Run style is derived from in-running commentary, which our data provider does not supply for this horse's races.
Pedigree intelligence
Progeny in our archive have won 11% of 1,448 runs since Jan 2008 (124 horses).
Strongest at trips beyond 3m (all codes): 14.3% from 223.
| Going | Runs | Wins | SR | vs sire | This horse |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Firm | 9 | 1 | 11.1% | +0.1 | — |
| Good to Firm | 85 | 6 | 7.1% | −3.9 | — |
| Good | 394 | 44 | 11.2% | +0.2 | 0 from 1 |
| Good to Soft | 247 | 30 | 12.1% | +1.1 | — |
| Soft | 448 | 50 | 11.2% | +0.2 | 0 from 1 |
| Heavy | 264 | 28 | 10.6% | −0.4 | 2 from 6 |
| Standard (AW) | 1 | 0 | 0% | −11 | — |
| Distance (all codes) | Runs | Wins | SR | vs sire | This horse |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1m5f – 2m | 236 | 22 | 9.3% | −1.7 | 0 from 1 |
| 2m1f – 2m4f | 461 | 46 | 10% | −1 | 1 from 4 |
| 2m5f – 3m | 528 | 59 | 11.2% | +0.2 | 1 from 3 |
| Over 3m | 223 | 32 | 14.3% | +3.3 | — |
Flat and jumps together (all codes) · since Jan 2008 · as at 21 Oct 2026 · rows under 30 runs muted · win % is the measure, a record not a forecast
No other produce in our archive. It holds racing in Great Britain, Ireland and France from 2005, so siblings racing elsewhere won’t appear here.
Record by conditions
| Going | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Heavy | 6 | 2 | 33% | +1.75 |
| Soft | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Good | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Course | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cork | 2 | 1 | 50% | +2.50 |
| Killarney | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Thurles | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Limerick | 1 | 1 | 100% | +2.25 |
| Fairyhouse | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Galway | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Gowran Park | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Distance | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2m1f – 2m4f | 4 | 1 | 25% | −0.75 |
| 2m5f – 3m | 3 | 1 | 33% | +1.50 |
| 1m5f – 2m | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Jockey | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ambrose McCurtin | 6 | 2 | 33% | +1.75 |
| Phillip Enright | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Mr E Walsh | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Season | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 | 3 | 1 | 33% | +1.50 |
| 2017 | 5 | 1 | 20% | −1.75 |
| Type | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chase | 4 | 0 | 0% | −4.00 |
| Hurdle | 3 | 2 | 67% | +4.75 |
| Flat | 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
| Date | Course | Race | Pos | Btn | Wgt | OR | Spd | KTB | Jockey | SP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 13 May 18+52d | Killarney | Irish Examiner Handicap Chase (0-102) | BD/10 | — | 11-1 | 96 | — | — | Ambrose McCurtin | 9/10F |
| 22 Mar 18+60d | Cork | Ucc Don't Step On The Crest Handicap Hurdle | 1/8 | 10-11 | 117 | 98A | 122B | Ambrose McCurtin | 7/2 | |
| 21 Jan 18+26d | Thurles | Matty Ryan Memorial Handicap Hurdle | 2/12 | 2¾ | 10-10 | 114 | — | 132A | Phillip Enright | 9/2 |
| 26 Dec 17+41d | Limerick | FutureTicketing.ie Maiden Hurdle | 1/13 | 11-7 | — | 106B | 115B | Ambrose McCurtin | 9/4F | |
| 15 Nov 17+16d | Fairyhouse | Racing At Fairyhouse On New Years Day 2018 Beginners Chase | 6/9 | 28 | 11-7 | — | 54C | 99C | Ambrose McCurtin | 66/1 |
| 30 Oct 17+30d | Galway | W.b. Gavin & Co. Irish Ebf Beginners Chase | 7/8 | 14 | 11-7 | — | 40C | 102C | Ambrose McCurtin | 100/1 |
| 30 Sep 17+166d | Gowran Park | Join Our Racing Club Beginners Chase | 6/11 | 5 | 11-7 | — | 30C | 108C | Ambrose McCurtin | 50/1 |
| 17 Apr 17 | Cork | Pegus Horse Feed Point-To-Point Flat Race | 6/14 | 1¼ | 11-7 | — | 108C | 64B | Mr E Walsh | 50/1 |
Quick answers
- How many races has Shower Cross (IRE) won?
- Shower Cross (IRE) won 2 of 8 archived starts between 2017 and 2018, a strike rate of 25%. Placed 3 times in total (37.5% of starts).
- Who trained Shower Cross (IRE)?
- Shower Cross (IRE) was trained by John J Walsh on the most recent run on record, at Killarney on 13 May 2018.
- Who is Shower Cross (IRE)'s sire?
- Shower Cross (IRE) is by Portrait Gallery (IRE) out of Storming Rose (IRE), whose sire is Glacial Storm.
- What going does Shower Cross (IRE) prefer?
- Shower Cross (IRE) has the best record on heavy going: 2 wins from 6 starts (33.3%). Only going bands with at least three archived starts are read, so this is a direction rather than a settled preference.
- What is Shower Cross (IRE)'s official rating?
- The most recent official rating on record is 96, from the run on 13 May 2018. The highest on record is 117.
- What is Shower Cross (IRE)'s sire's record?
- Portrait Gallery (IRE)'s progeny in our archive have won 11% of 1,448 runs since Jan 2008 (124 horses), Flat and jumps together. Strongest at trips beyond 3m (all codes): 14.3% from 223.