Starlight Cato (IRE)
Starlight Cato is a maiden who won none of 11 starts over 2m5f – 3m on turf. He placed once, with his best effort when second of 13 at Navan in Jan 2024. The gelding, by Notnowcato out of a Beneficial mare, raced in first-time headgear when eighth of 10 in the Gormanlough Handicap Chase at Navan in Jan 2025. He last ran off an official rating of 79.
- 0–11Wins / Runs
- 0%Strike rate
- 1 (9.1%)Placed
- −11.00£1 level staken=11 at SP
- 0.00Fair A/E n=11 · 0.00 incl. margin
- 85Highest OR
- 65dAvg 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 78
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Soft | 5 | 109C | 31 | — |
| Heavy | 3 | 78B | 55 | — |
| Good to Soft | 1 | — | — | — |
| Distance | Runs | Best | Median | Since 22 Oct 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2m5f – 3m | 9 | 109C | 54 | — |
Of 11 runs looked at, 2 have no figure: not enough races on the card to set the day (under 4) (1) · did not complete (1).
KTB Speed v1 · batch 15 Sep 2026 · GB & Irish racing only · 9 figures from 11 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 from 4 analysed runs since Oct 2024
- Held up 3 (75%) · 0 wins
- Mid-division 1 (25%) · 0 wins
Pedigree intelligence
Progeny in our archive have won 9.8% of 2,368 runs since Jan 2008 (226 horses).
Strongest on good to soft going: 14.5% from 386. Weakest over 6f – 7f (all codes): 6.6% from 349.
| Going | Runs | Wins | SR | vs sire | This horse |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Firm | 17 | 0 | 0% | −9.8 | — |
| Good to Firm | 266 | 27 | 10.2% | +0.4 | — |
| Good | 652 | 67 | 10.3% | +0.5 | — |
| Good to Soft | 386 | 56 | 14.5% | +4.7 | 0 from 1 |
| Soft | 466 | 34 | 7.3% | −2.5 | 0 from 6 |
| Heavy | 171 | 17 | 9.9% | +0.1 | 0 from 4 |
| Standard (AW) | 410 | 31 | 7.6% | −2.2 | — |
| Distance (all codes) | Runs | Wins | SR | vs sire | This horse |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Under 6f | 52 | 4 | 7.7% | −2.1 | — |
| 6f – 7f | 349 | 23 | 6.6% | −3.2 | — |
| 1m – 1m1f | 362 | 46 | 12.7% | +2.9 | — |
| 1m2f – 1m4f | 366 | 39 | 10.7% | +0.9 | — |
| 1m5f – 2m | 525 | 53 | 10.1% | +0.3 | — |
| 2m1f – 2m4f | 402 | 40 | 10% | +0.2 | — |
| 2m5f – 3m | 273 | 23 | 8.4% | −1.4 | 0 from 11 |
| Over 3m | 39 | 4 | 10.3% | +0.5 | — |
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
2 siblings in the archive, 2 winners — best of them Prophesea (IRE) (3 wins).
The wins came over 2m½f–2m4f; the highest grade won is Class 4 (Prophesea (IRE)).
| Produce | Runs | Wins | Win trips | Best grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Prophesea (IRE) | 7 | 3 | 2m½f–2m4f | Class 4 |
| Taita Hills (IRE) | 10 | 1 | 2m4f | Class 4 |
Record by conditions
| Going | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Soft | 6 | 0 | 0% | −6.00 |
| Heavy | 4 | 0 | 0% | −4.00 |
| Good to Soft | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Course | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Limerick | 3 | 0 | 0% | −3.00 |
| Navan | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Tipperary | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Tramore | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Galway | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Thurles | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Cork | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Jockey | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Daniel King | 6 | 0 | 0% | −6.00 |
| Sean O'Keeffe | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Danny Gilligan | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Phillip Enright | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Mr E P O'Brien | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Mr E Mahon | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Headgear | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| None | 10 | 0 | 0% | −10.00 |
| Blinkers | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Season | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| 2024 | 6 | 0 | 0% | −6.00 |
| 2023 | 4 | 0 | 0% | −4.00 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18 Jan 25+20d | Navan | Gormanlough Handicap Chase (0-100) Held up towards the back - pushed along in 7th turning in with little response - dropped away to finish last | 8/10 | 42 | 10-10 | 79 | 57C | 70C | Daniel King | 15/2 |
| 29 Dec 24+33d | Limerick | Limerick Racecourse Vets Novice Handicap Chase (0-109) Held up at back - nudged along and improved slightly from 5 out - into 9th after 3 out - could find nothing more back in 7th before 2 out | 7/12 | 13 | 10-2 | 81 | 31C | 74C | Daniel King | 6/1 |
| 26 Nov 24+30d | Tramore | Ladies Cove Handicap Chase (0-95) Settled midfield - pushed along four out and down the field a fence later - stayed on same speed to finish 4th | 4/13 | 6 | 11-1 | 82 | — | 93A | Daniel King | 14/1 |
| 27 Oct 24+187d | Galway | COLM QUINN BMW Handicap Chase (0-102) Held up towards the back - down in tenth after 3 out - no real threat thereafter - well held in 9th | 9/16 | 19 | 10-11 | 84 | 18C | 83C | Sean O'Keeffe | 16/1 |
| 23 Apr 24+30d | Tipperary | Tipperary Handicap Chase (0-109) | 7/12 | 6½ | 10-2 | 85 | 109C | 70C | Danny Gilligan | 11/2 |
| 24 Mar 24+64d | Limerick | Student Raceday 11th April 2024 At Limerick Races Handicap Chase | 6/8 | 25 | 10-0 | 85 | 55C | 70C | Daniel King | 17/2 |
| 20 Jan 24+22d | Navan | Gormanlough Handicap Chase (0-102) | 2/13 | 3 | 10-6 | 83 | 78B | 100B | Daniel King | 20/1 |
| 29 Dec 23+36d | Limerick | Limerick Racecourse Vets Novice Handicap Chase (0-109) | 4/11 | 18 | 10-0 | 84 | 54A | 81B | Daniel King | 28/1 |
| 23 Nov 23+203d | Thurles | Download The BetVictor App Irish EBF Beginners Chase | 10/11 | 7 | 11-12 | — | 9C | 99C | Phillip Enright | 200/1 |
| 04 May 23+24d | Tipperary | Glenview And Rathbarry Stud Novice Hunters Chase | 7/10 | 16 | 11-4 | — | 35C | 90C | Mr E P O'Brien | 50/1 |
| 10 Apr 23 | Cork | John Thomas McNamara Series Maiden Hunters Chase | F/8 | — | 12-0 | — | — | — | Mr E Mahon | 18/1 |
Quick answers
- How many races has Starlight Cato (IRE) won?
- Starlight Cato (IRE) has yet to win, from 11 archived starts between 2023 and 2025. Placed 1 time in total (9.1% of starts).
- Who trained Starlight Cato (IRE)?
- Starlight Cato (IRE) was trained by Daniel John Howard on the most recent run on record, at Navan on 18 January 2025.
- Who is Starlight Cato (IRE)'s sire?
- Starlight Cato (IRE) is by Notnowcato (GB) out of Lady Benmear (IRE), whose sire is Beneficial.
- What is Starlight Cato (IRE)'s official rating?
- The most recent official rating on record is 79, from the run on 18 January 2025. The highest on record is 85.
- What is Starlight Cato (IRE)'s sire's record?
- Notnowcato (GB)'s progeny in our archive have won 9.8% of 2,368 runs since Jan 2008 (226 horses), Flat and jumps together. Strongest on good to soft going: 14.5% from 386. Weakest over 6f – 7f (all codes): 6.6% from 349.
- Who are Starlight Cato (IRE)'s siblings?
- Out of Lady Benmear (IRE), Starlight Cato (IRE) has 2 other produce in our archive, 2 of them winners. Most wins: Prophesea (IRE) (3). Highest grade won: Class 4 (Prophesea (IRE)). The wins came over 2m½f–2m4f. As at Oct 2026.