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Horse profile

Simply Shabra (IRE)

10yo gelding (at last run, Mar 2025) · Last trainer Anthony McCann · Last owner Miss Rita Shah
by Mountain High (IRE) out of Valley Way (IRE) (Brian Boru)
25 runs · 13 courses · from Mar 2021
As at 28 Oct 2026 · KTB archive: GB, Ireland & France · 2005–present, updated daily
No run recorded since 9 Mar 2025 — 598 days ago. Our archive can't say whether the horse is still in training.
Last run Mar 2025 · 15th of 19 Won at Naas Last raced off OR 87
KTB Profile

Simply Shabra won one of 25 starts over hurdles on turf. His sole success came in the Naas Racecourse Handicap Hurdle over 1m5f – 2m on soft ground in Jan 2024 off a mark of 86. He raced at Naas four times in all, recording one win and no places at Punchestown, Navan or Fairyhouse. Aged 10 at his last run in Mar 2025, he finished 15 of 19 in a handicap hurdle at Naas off an official rating of 87.

Based on 25 archived runs · run-style from 2 commented runs since Feb 2025 · updated 28 Oct 2026
KTB at a glance OR ↓ 22lb off peak
Official rating87↓ 22lb off peak
87 86–109

KTB Speed and Rating

KTB Speed

Best recent Speed 92 the best of the last 3 graded (A or B) runs · Naas, 12 Jan 2024

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 18 figures · best 142B · median 91
GoingRunsBestMedianSince 28 Oct 2025
Soft13117A90—
Heavy3142B91—
Good1———
Good to Soft1———
DistanceRunsBestMedianSince 28 Oct 2025
2m1f – 2m4f7111A91—
2m5f – 3m7142B99—
1m5f – 2m492B62—

Of 25 runs looked at, 7 have no figure: did not complete (7).

KTB Speed v1 · batch 15 Sep 2026 · GB & Irish racing only · 18 figures from 25 runs · as at 3 Oct 2026 · a record, not a forecast

KTB Rating

Best recent KTB Rating 100A the best of the last 3 rated runs · Naas, 10 Mar 2024 Official rating 87 at the last run, 9 Mar 2025

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 →

Jumps 18 figures · best 124A · median 98
GoingRunsBestMedianSince 28 Oct 2025
Soft13124A100—
Heavy3119A89—
Good1———
Good to Soft1———
DistanceRunsBestMedianSince 28 Oct 2025
2m1f – 2m4f7116A92—
2m5f – 3m7122A107—
1m5f – 2m4124A94.5—

Of 25 runs looked at, 7 have no figure: did not complete (or a non-runner row) (7).

KTB Rating v1 · batch 3 Oct 2026 · GB & Irish racing only · 18 figures from 25 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.

Pedigree intelligence

Sire
Mountain High (IRE)

Progeny in our archive have won 9.5% of 2,245 runs since Jan 2008 (184 horses).

GoingRunsWinsSRvs sireThis horse
Firm2150%+40.5—
Good to Firm5635.4%−4.1—
Good7858611%+1.50 from 1
Good to Soft345339.6%+0.10 from 4
Soft663568.4%−1.11 from 15
Heavy360339.2%−0.30 from 5
Standard (AW)3412.9%−6.6—
Distance (all codes)RunsWinsSRvs sireThis horse
6f – 7f1200%−9.5—
1m – 1m1f1815.6%−3.9—
1m2f – 1m4f3113.2%−6.3—
1m5f – 2m603488%−1.51 from 5
2m1f – 2m4f8349611.5%+20 from 11
2m5f – 3m612559%−0.50 from 9
Over 3m135128.9%−0.6—

Flat and jumps together (all codes) · since Jan 2008 · as at 28 Oct 2026 · rows under 30 runs muted · win % is the measure, a record not a forecast

Dam
Valley Way (IRE) (Brian Boru)

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

GoingRunsWinsSR£1
Soft 15 1 7% −3.00
Heavy 5 0 0% −5.00
Good to Soft 4 0 0% −4.00
Good 1 0 0% −1.00

CourseRunsWinsSR£1
Naas 4 1 25% +8.00
Punchestown 3 0 0% −3.00
Navan 3 0 0% −3.00
Fairyhouse 3 0 0% −3.00
Downpatrick 2 0 0% −2.00
Down Royal 2 0 0% −2.00
Ballinrobe 2 0 0% −2.00
Clonmel 1 0 0% −1.00
Limerick 1 0 0% −1.00
Cork 1 0 0% −1.00
Kilbeggan 1 0 0% −1.00
Gowran Park 1 0 0% −1.00
Tipperary 1 0 0% −1.00

DistanceRunsWinsSR£1
2m1f – 2m4f 11 0 0% −11.00
2m5f – 3m 9 0 0% −9.00
1m5f – 2m 5 1 20% +7.00

JockeyRunsWinsSR£1
Conor Brassil 4 1 25% +8.00
James O'Sullivan 3 0 0% −3.00
Jonathan Moore 3 0 0% −3.00
Miss A B O'Connor 2 0 0% −2.00
Aidan Kelly 2 0 0% −2.00
Oakley Brown 1 0 0% −1.00
Jake Coen 1 0 0% −1.00
A P Heskin 1 0 0% −1.00
Conor Orr 1 0 0% −1.00
Shane Fitzgerald 1 0 0% −1.00
Denis O'Regan 1 0 0% −1.00
Michael O'Sullivan 1 0 0% −1.00
J J Slevin 1 0 0% −1.00
Mike O'Connor 1 0 0% −1.00
Ian McCarthy 1 0 0% −1.00
Jordan Gainford 1 0 0% −1.00

HeadgearRunsWinsSR£1
Blinkers 9 1 11% +3.00
Cheekpieces 9 0 0% −9.00
None 7 0 0% −7.00

SeasonRunsWinsSR£1
2025 2 0 0% −2.00
2024 5 1 20% +7.00
2023 11 0 0% −11.00
2022 2 0 0% −2.00
2021 5 0 0% −5.00

TypeRunsWinsSR£1
Hurdle 23 1 4% −11.00
Chase 2 0 0% −2.00

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
2025 · 2 runs
09 Mar 25+24d Naas Bar One Racing 'Price Boosts On The Favourite In Every Race At Cheltenham' Handicap Hurdle (0-100) 16f · Soft · 19 ran Set the early pace before giving way approaching the 3rd - up in second at halfway - stumbled 4 out and dropped away quickly - no response in the straight and well held 15/19 19 10-10 8714C79C Oakley Brown 16/1
13 Feb 25+259d Clonmel Kilmolash (Q.R.) Handicap Hurdle (0-100) (Div 1) 19f · Soft · 13 ran Went forward to share command early - lost the advantage soon after turning in and had nothing more to give - dropped away and eased out of contention before the final fence PU/13 — 11-8 90—— Miss A B O'Connor 16/1
2024 · 5 runs
30 May 24+34d Limerick Download The New Tote App Claiming Hurdle 16.5f · Good To Yielding · 10 ran BD/10 — 10-10 90—— James O'Sullivan 12/1
26 Apr 24+47d Downpatrick Grant Bros Developments Handicap Hurdle (80-95) 19f · Good · 15 ran 12/15 1¼ 11-6 9291C92A Conor Brassil 10/1
10 Mar 24+21d Naas Bar One Racing 'Price Boosts All 28 Favourites At Cheltenham' Handicap Hurdle (80-102) (Div 2) 15.5f · Soft · 19 ran 6/19 2¼ 10-13 9268B100A Conor Brassil 9/1
18 Feb 24+37d Punchestown Concept Colours Rated Novice Chase 16f · Heavy · 5 ran 5/5 39 11-2 —56C89C James O'Sullivan 125/1
12 Jan 24+17d Naas Naas Racecourse Handicap Hurdle (80-95) 16f · Soft · 21 ran 1/21 11-0 8692B124A Conor Brassil 11/1
2023 · 11 runs
26 Dec 23+38d Down Royal Adare Manor Opportunity Handicap Hurdle (80-102) 17f · Soft · 19 ran 12/19 1 11-4 8984B94A Conor Brassil 28/1
18 Nov 23+2d Navan Lisadell Equine Hospital Handicap Hurdle (80-116) 20f · Soft To Heavy · 17 ran 12/17 9½ 10-0 9291C83C Jake Coen 14/1
16 Nov 23+41d Punchestown Ladbrokes 'Halftime Quiz' Handicap Hurdle (80-102) 21f · Soft · 18 ran 10/18 6½ 11-1 9290B91A James O'Sullivan 28/1
06 Oct 23+153d Downpatrick McGrady Financial Services Novice Handicap Hurdle 18f · Soft · 6 ran 5/6 3¾ 10-7 95111A92B A P Heskin 33/1
06 May 23+16d Cork Follow Us On Twitter Handicap Hurdle 20f · Yielding · 18 ran PU/18 — 10-13 100—— Conor Orr 66/1
20 Apr 23+47d Kilbeggan KilbegganRaces.com Handicap Hurdle (80-109) 23.5f · Good To Yielding · 12 ran 10/12 8½ 11-5 10393C96C Shane Fitzgerald 14/1
04 Mar 23+24d Navan Navan Racecourse Handicap Hurdle 20f · Good To Yielding · 26 ran F/26 — 10-12 103—— Miss A B O'Connor 50/1
08 Feb 23+13d Fairyhouse Bobbyjo Day February 25th Handicap Hurdle (80-109) 20f · Yielding · 16 ran 13/16 11 11-3 10563C89C Aidan Kelly 25/1
26 Jan 23+11d Gowran Park Adare Manor Opportunity Handicap Hurdle (80-123) 20.5f · Soft To Heavy · 15 ran PU/15 — 10-12 106—— Aidan Kelly 33/1
15 Jan 23+7d Punchestown Sporting Life Beginners Chase 22.5f · Heavy · 9 ran PU/9 — 11-12 ——— Denis O'Regan 10/1
08 Jan 23+56d Naas Adare Manor Opportunity Handicap Hurdle (80-116) 19f · Soft · 11 ran 3/11 ½ 11-2 106111B116A Michael O'Sullivan 6/1
2022 · 2 runs
13 Nov 22+41d Navan Tynan's Bridge House Handicap Hurdle (80-116) 22f · Yielding · 22 ran 11/22 ½ 11-6 10899B107A Jonathan Moore 40/1
03 Oct 22+296d Tipperary Follow Tipperary Races On Twitter Handicap Hurdle (80-109) 24f · Good To Yielding · 7 ran PU/7 — 11-13 108—— J J Slevin 3/1
2021 · 5 runs
11 Dec 21+43d Fairyhouse Fairyhouse 2022 Annual Pass Maiden Hurdle 23.5f · Yielding To Soft · 15 ran 2/15 9 11-6 109110B122A Jonathan Moore 16/1
29 Oct 21+157d Down Royal Irish Stallion Farms EBF Maiden Hurdle 22.5f · Soft · 7 ran 7/7 1¾ 12-0 —36C100C Jonathan Moore 11/2
25 May 21+21d Ballinrobe McHale Fusion Range Maiden Hurdle 22f · Soft To Heavy · 15 ran 2/15 3 10-13 —142B119A Mike O'Connor 3/1
04 May 21+60d Ballinrobe Join tote.ie Maiden Hurdle 21.5f · Soft · 11 ran 3/11 10 11-6 —117A111A Ian McCarthy 50/1
05 Mar 21 Fairyhouse Fairyhouse Website For Merchandise Maiden Hurdle (Div 1) 20f · Soft · 14 ran 5/14 5½ 11-7 —70B100A Jordan Gainford 50/1

Quick answers

How many races has Simply Shabra won?
Simply Shabra (IRE) won 1 of 25 archived starts between 2021 and 2025, a strike rate of 4%. Placed 5 times in total (20% of starts).
Who trained Simply Shabra?
Simply Shabra (IRE) was trained by Anthony McCann on the most recent run on record, at Naas on 9 March 2025.
Who is Simply Shabra's sire?
Simply Shabra (IRE) is by Mountain High (IRE) out of Valley Way (IRE), whose sire is Brian Boru.
What going does Simply Shabra prefer?
Simply Shabra (IRE) has the best record on soft going: 1 win from 15 starts (6.7%). Only going bands with at least three archived starts are read, so this is a direction rather than a settled preference.
What is Simply Shabra's official rating?
The most recent official rating on record is 87, from the run on 9 March 2025. The highest on record is 109.
What is Simply Shabra's sire's record?
Mountain High (IRE)'s progeny in our archive have won 9.5% of 2,245 runs since Jan 2008 (184 horses), Flat and jumps together.

Record shown from March 2021. 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.