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Horse profile

Spanish Hero (IRE)

7yo gelding · Trainer David Harry Kelly · Owner P Brogan
by Spanish Moon (USA) out of Sweet Chestnut (FR) (Turgeon)
1 run · 1 course · from Mar 2026
As at 5 Nov 2026 · KTB archive: GB, Ireland & France · 2005–present, updated daily
First-time headgear LTO Last run 19 Mar 2026 · 9th of 21
KTB Profile

Spanish Hero is a lightly raced gelding with one run to his name, finishing 9 of 21 at Cork in Mar 2026 in the Mouse Trap Bar & Bridge House Bar Pre Race Party Maiden Hurdle. He raced prominently and wore first-time headgear that day. By Spanish Moon, whose progeny in the archive have won 204 of 1,657 runs since Jan 2008 at a rate of 12.3%. His dam has produced one runner with no winners among them.

Based on 1 archived run · run-style from 1 commented run since Mar 2026 · updated 5 Nov 2026

KTB Speed and Rating

KTB Speed

Best recent Speed — no A or B graded figure in the last 3 runs; the figures below carry grade C

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 1 figure · too few for a breakdown

KTB Speed v1 · batch 15 Sep 2026 · GB & Irish racing only · 1 figure from 1 run · as at 3 Oct 2026 · a record, not a forecast

KTB Rating

Best recent KTB Rating 101C the best of the last 1 rated run · Cork, 19 Mar 2026

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 — its best recent day. The KTB Rating on a racecard is a different reading of the same figures: the level the horse has been running to, an average of up to its last six runs with the latest counting most, so the two can differ. A, B or C on a run is how much known form was in that race. What this means →

Jumps 1 figure · too few for a breakdown

KTB Rating v1 · batch 3 Oct 2026 · GB & Irish racing only · 1 figure from 1 run · 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

Progeny in our archive have won 12.4% of 1,676 runs since Mar 2014 (219 horses).

Strongest on good going: 16.8% from 393. Weakest over 2m5f – 3m (all codes): 7.9% from 278.

GoingRunsWinsSRvs sireThis horse
Good to Firm10220%+7.6—
Good3936616.8%+4.4—
Good to Soft2963612.2%−0.2—
Soft564549.6%−2.80 from 1
Heavy3394513.3%+0.9—
Standard (AW)7445.4%−7—
Distance (all codes)RunsWinsSRvs sireThis horse
Under 6f4125%+12.6—
6f – 7f1119.1%−3.3—
1m – 1m1f2428.3%−4.1—
1m2f – 1m4f82911%−1.4—
1m5f – 2m4626914.9%+2.5—
2m1f – 2m4f7609712.8%+0.40 from 1
2m5f – 3m278227.9%−4.5—
Over 3m55610.9%−1.5—

Flat and jumps together (all codes) · since Mar 2014 · as at 5 Nov 2026 · rows under 30 runs muted · win % is the measure, a record not a forecast

Dam
Sweet Chestnut (FR) (Turgeon)

1 sibling in the archive, 0 winners.

ProduceRunsWinsWin tripsBest grade
Sweet Threat (FR)10——

Too few runs for meaningful splits. The full record is below.

Form

DateCourseRace PosBtn Wgt SpdKTB Jockey SP
2026 · 1 run
19 Mar 26 Cork Mouse Trap Bar & Bridge House Bar Pre Race Party Maiden Hurdle 2m4f · Yielding · 21 ran Sat handy behind front group - drifted right and squared up 3rd - urged into effort from 3 out - slipped to 7th 2 out and found nothing more before finishing well held 9/21 2 11-12 82C101C Cian Quirke 28/1

Quick answers

How many races has Spanish Hero won?
Spanish Hero (IRE) has yet to win, from 1 archived start in 2026.
Who trains Spanish Hero?
Spanish Hero (IRE) is trained by David Harry Kelly, who saddled the horse on its most recent run on 19 March 2026.
Who is Spanish Hero's sire?
Spanish Hero (IRE) is by Spanish Moon (USA) out of Sweet Chestnut (FR), whose sire is Turgeon.
What is Spanish Hero's sire's record?
Spanish Moon (USA)'s progeny in our archive have won 12.4% of 1,676 runs since Mar 2014 (219 horses), Flat and jumps together. Strongest on good going: 16.8% from 393. Weakest over 2m5f – 3m (all codes): 7.9% from 278.
Who are Spanish Hero's siblings?
Out of Sweet Chestnut (FR), Spanish Hero (IRE) has 1 other produce in our archive, 0 of them winners. As at Nov 2026.

Record shown from March 2026. Our archive holds racing in Great Britain, Ireland and France from January 2005. Any runs before that, or in other countries, are not in it. In-running comments are available from 2024 onward.