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Starting Fifteen (GB)

5yo gelding · Trainer E McNamara · Owner Starting Fifteen Partnership
by City Light (FR) out of M'Oubliez Pas (USA) (El Corredor)
11 runs · 8 courses · from Mar 2025
As at 11 Nov 2026 · KTB archive: GB, Ireland & France · 2005–present, updated daily
Won at Limerick Last run 1 Nov 2026 · 3rd of 19
KTB Profile

Starting Fifteen won the Signsplus Maiden Hurdle at Limerick in Dec 2025 on heavy ground over 1m5f – 2m. The gelding has one win and five places from 11 turf starts, all at that trip or shorter, and has raced at eight different courses. He finished third of 19 when held in the Velo Coffee At The Curragh Maiden in Nov 2026. He reached a highest ever mark of 136.

Based on 11 archived runs · run-style from 11 commented runs since Mar 2025 · updated 11 Nov 2026

KTB Speed and Rating

KTB Speed

Best recent Speed 129 the best of the last 3 graded (A or B) runs · Limerick, 26 Dec 2025

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 →

Flat 2 figures · best 88C · median 86.5
GoingRunsBestMedianSince 11 Nov 2025
Soft288C86.52 runs · 88 / 86.5
DistanceRunsBestMedianSince 11 Nov 2025
1m2f – 1m4f288C86.52 runs · 88 / 86.5
Jumps 7 figures · best 151B · median 107
GoingRunsBestMedianSince 11 Nov 2025
Good to Soft5151B1072 runs · 120 / 112
Good1——1 run · —
Heavy1——1 run · —
DistanceRunsBestMedianSince 11 Nov 2025
1m5f – 2m7151B1074 runs · 129 / 112

Of 11 runs looked at, 2 have no figure: obstacles omitted — the race ran a shortened course (1) · not enough races on the card to set the day (under 4) (1).

KTB Speed v1 · batch 15 Sep 2026 · GB & Irish racing only · 9 figures from 11 runs · as at 9 Nov 2026 · a record, not a forecast

KTB Rating

Best recent KTB Rating (flat) 81A the best of the last 3 rated runs · Curragh (IRE), 1 Nov 2026

Best recent KTB Rating (jumps) 139A the best of the last 3 rated runs · Listowel (IRE), 25 Sep 2026 Official rating 134 at the last jumps run, 25 Sep 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 →

Flat 3 figures · best 81A · median 79
GoingRunsBestMedianSince 11 Nov 2025
Soft381A792 runs · 81 / 70
DistanceRunsBestMedianSince 11 Nov 2025
1m2f – 1m4f281A702 runs · 81 / 70
1m5f – 2m1———
Jumps 8 figures · best 147A · median 139
GoingRunsBestMedianSince 11 Nov 2025
Good to Soft5142A1392 runs · 139 / 139
Heavy2147A143.52 runs · 147 / 143.5
Good1——1 run · —
DistanceRunsBestMedianSince 11 Nov 2025
1m5f – 2m8147A1395 runs · 147 / 139

KTB Rating v1 · batch 3 Oct 2026 · GB & Irish racing only · 11 figures from 11 runs · as at 9 Nov 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.

The forward record. KTB’s figures on this horse since 1 Nov 2026: fastest on KTB Speed in 1 run (won 0) · to 1 Nov 2026. Each pick was the figure’s choice before the off, settled against the result the next morning; “did not run” is counted apart. GB and Irish races since 5 Oct 2026.

Run style from 11 analysed runs since Mar 2025

  • Held up 6 (55%) · 0 wins
  • Mid-division 3 (27%) · 1 win
  • Prominent 2 (18%) · 0 wins

Pedigree intelligence

Sire

Progeny in our archive have won 13.3% of 1,000 runs since Apr 2023 (160 horses).

Strongest on standard (aw) going: 16.7% from 341. Weakest on soft going: 10.3% from 223. Weakest over 1m2f – 1m4f (all codes): 7.6% from 185.

GoingRunsWinsSRvs sireThis horse
Firm100%−13.3—
Good to Firm27311.1%−2.2—
Good981111.2%−2.10 from 1
Good to Soft2012713.4%+0.10 from 5
Soft2232310.3%−30 from 3
Heavy1091211%−2.31 from 2
Standard (AW)3415716.7%+3.4—
Distance (all codes)RunsWinsSRvs sireThis horse
Under 6f3239.4%−3.9—
6f – 7f3013913%−0.3—
1m – 1m1f4407116.1%+2.8—
1m2f – 1m4f185147.6%−5.70 from 2
1m5f – 2m2813.6%−9.71 from 9
2m1f – 2m4f13538.5%+25.2—
2m5f – 3m100%−13.3—

Flat and jumps together (all codes) · since Apr 2023 · as at 10 Nov 2026 · rows under 30 runs muted · win % is the measure, a record not a forecast

Dam
M'Oubliez Pas (USA) (El Corredor)

7 siblings in the archive, 3 winners — best of them Burning Victory (FR) (6 wins).

The wins came over 7f–2m4½f; the highest grade won is Grade 1 (Burning Victory (FR)).

ProduceRunsWinsWin tripsBest grade
Burning Victory (FR)1761m4f–2m4½fGrade 1
Don Tommasino (IRE)1427f–7½f—
Al Nectar (GB)1317½f—
Malta Badia (IRE)80——
Blue Fleur (IRE)50——
Huamulan (FR)20——
Ma Difference (FR)50——

Record by conditions

GoingRunsWinsSR£1
Good to Soft 5 0 0% −5.00
Soft 3 0 0% −3.00
Heavy 2 1 50% −0.20
Good 1 0 0% −1.00

ClassRunsWinsSR£1
Class 1 3 0 0% −3.00

CourseRunsWinsSR£1
Limerick 3 1 33% −1.20
Curragh (IRE) 2 0 0% −2.00
Listowel (IRE) 1 0 0% −1.00
Galway (IRE) 1 0 0% −1.00
Aintree 1 0 0% −1.00
Leopardstown 1 0 0% −1.00
Listowel 1 0 0% −1.00
Punchestown 1 0 0% −1.00

DistanceRunsWinsSR£1
1m5f – 2m 9 1 11% −7.20
1m2f – 1m4f 2 0 0% −2.00

JockeyRunsWinsSR£1
Sean Flanagan 6 1 17% −4.20
Mr Finian Maguire 3 0 0% −3.00
W. J. Lee 2 0 0% −2.00

HeadgearRunsWinsSR£1
None 6 0 0% −6.00
Hood 5 1 20% −3.20

SeasonRunsWinsSR£1
2026 6 0 0% −6.00
2025 5 1 20% −3.20

TypeRunsWinsSR£1
Hurdle 6 1 17% −4.20
Flat 3 0 0% −3.00
NH Flat 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
2026 · 6 runs
01 Nov 26+17d Curragh (IRE) Velo Coffee At The Curragh Maiden 1m4f · Yielding · 19 ran towards back of the pack early - gained ground to sit 6th over 2f out - pushed along to hold 4th over 1f out - stayed on inside final furlong to snatch 3rd late 3/19 1½ 9-13 —88C81A W. J. Lee 3/1
15 Oct 26+20d Curragh (IRE) DNG People & Property Maiden 1m4f · Yielding To Soft · 12 ran Raced in the back half of the pack - 7th over 2f out and urged on - soon outpaced and never a threat - finished 6th 6/12 9½ 10-0 —85C59C W. J. Lee 100/30
25 Sep 26+57d Listowel (IRE) Ballymore Handicap Hurdle (Listed) Class 1 · 2m · Good To Yielding · 15 ran Settled towards back of the pack - moved into contention approaching 3 out - third turning in then briefly second - stopped responding before last - eased back to finish 4th 4/15 3¼ 11-4 134120B139A Sean Flanagan 4/1
30 Jul 26+111d Galway (IRE) Guinness Galway Hurdle Handicap (Grade 3) Class 1 · 2m · Good · 20 ran Settled towards the back - pushed along and made headway approaching 2 out - unable to find more before the last - finished 10th 10/20 ¾ 10-8 135103C132A Sean Flanagan 12/1
10 Apr 26+68d Aintree ThatPrizeGuy Top Novices' Hurdle (Grade 1) (GBB Race) Class 1 · 2m½f · Good To Soft · 6 ran Held up early - clumsy at 2nd - urged on 3 out - stayed on steadily - driven approaching last - moved into fourth on run-in but couldn't threaten leaders 5/6 nk 11-7 136104A139B Sean Flanagan 16/1
01 Feb 26+37d Leopardstown Tattersalls Ireland Novice Hurdle (Grade 1) 2m · Heavy · 12 ran Settled behind the front group pulling hard - pushed along in 3rd approaching two out - dropped to 5th by the last - held on for 7th without finding more 7/12 1 11-12 130—140A Sean Flanagan 25/1
2025 · 5 runs
26 Dec 25+69d Limerick Signsplus Maiden Hurdle 2m · Heavy · 17 ran Settled midpack early - unbalanced at the opening obstacle - seventh at halfway - caught heels and nearly went down approaching three out - urged forward into fifth turning for home - made ground to join the front two out - went clear soon after - driven out after the last and kept finding more to win 1/17 10-13 —129B147A Sean Flanagan 4/5F
18 Oct 25+21d Limerick Limerick Show Maiden Hurdle 2m½f · Good To Yielding · 16 ran Sat handy early - 5th at halfway - moved up wide entering straight to sit 3rd - closed into 2nd two out - hit front briefly after a mistake at the last - quickly overtaken and stayed on same rhythm to finish 2nd 2/16 1 11-7 —151B142A Sean Flanagan 4/1
27 Sep 25+151d Listowel Listowel Printing Works Slan Abhaile (Pro/Am) Flat Race 2m · Good To Yielding · 9 ran Held up towards the back - still 7th at halfway - began to make headway 4f out - up to 4th with 3f left - closed on the front pair briefly 2f out but couldn't add to it - slipped back to 4th late on and finished 4th 4/9 6½ 11-5 —107B122A Mr Finian Maguire 11/8F
29 Apr 25+37d Punchestown Willie Coonan Memorial Flat Race 2m½f · Good To Yielding · 24 ran Settled midpack early - improved into 7th with 3f left - squeezed for room on the inner 2f out then pushed toward the leader - into second place and driven on approaching the final furlong and a half - held on for third without gaining further ground 3/24 ¾ 11-10 —104B133A Mr Finian Maguire 11/2
23 Mar 25 Limerick Kevin McManus Bookmaker Champion (Pro/Am) Flat Race (Listed) 2m · Soft · 10 ran Settled off the pace early - dropped to ninth by halfway - made ground from 4f out - finished strongly to take second inside the last - unable to get to the winner 2/10 2¼ 11-7 ——79A Mr Finian Maguire 9/2

Quick answers

How many races has Starting Fifteen won?
Starting Fifteen (GB) won 1 of 11 archived starts between 2025 and 2026, a strike rate of 9.1%. Placed 5 times in total (45.5% of starts).
Who trains Starting Fifteen?
Starting Fifteen (GB) is trained by E McNamara, who saddled the horse on its most recent run on 1 November 2026.
Who is Starting Fifteen's sire?
Starting Fifteen (GB) is by City Light (FR) out of M'Oubliez Pas (USA), whose sire is El Corredor.
What is Starting Fifteen's official rating?
Starting Fifteen (GB)'s highest official rating on record is 136.
What is Starting Fifteen's sire's record?
City Light (FR)'s progeny in our archive have won 13.3% of 1,000 runs since Apr 2023 (160 horses), Flat and jumps together. Strongest on standard (aw) going: 16.7% from 341. Weakest on soft going: 10.3% from 223. Weakest over 1m2f – 1m4f (all codes): 7.6% from 185.
Who are Starting Fifteen's siblings?
Out of M'Oubliez Pas (USA), Starting Fifteen (GB) has 7 other produce in our archive, 3 of them winners. Most wins: Burning Victory (FR) (6). Highest grade won: Grade 1 (Burning Victory (FR)). The wins came over 7f–2m4½f. As at Nov 2026.

Record shown from March 2025. 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.