Step Up Son (IRE)
Step Up Son is a Scorpion gelding who is yet to win from five starts on turf, with two places. He showed his best effort when second of 13 at Gowran Park in Mar 2025. Ridden with patience on every start, he finished third of 12 in the Rathronan Maiden Hunters Chase at Clonmel in Jan 2026.
- 0–5Wins / Runs
- 0%Strike rate
- 2 (40%)Placed
- −5.00£1 level staken=5 at SP
- 0.00Fair A/E n=5 · 0.00 incl. margin
- 94dAvg 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 127
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 18 Oct 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Heavy | 1 | — | — | 1 · — |
| Good | 1 | — | — | — |
| Soft | 1 | — | — | — |
| Distance | Runs | Best | Median | Since 18 Oct 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2m1f – 2m4f | 1 | — | — | 1 · — |
| 2m5f – 3m | 1 | — | — | — |
| Over 3m | 1 | — | — | — |
Of 5 runs looked at, 2 have no figure: did not complete (2).
KTB Speed v1 · batch 15 Sep 2026 · GB & Irish racing only · 3 figures from 5 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 5 analysed runs
- Held up 5 (100%) · 0 wins
Pedigree intelligence
Progeny in our archive have won 9.2% of 6,313 runs since Jan 2008 (609 horses).
Strongest on good to firm going: 14.2% from 141.
| Going | Runs | Wins | SR | vs sire | This horse |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Good to Firm | 141 | 20 | 14.2% | +5 | — |
| Good | 2,303 | 239 | 10.4% | +1.2 | 0 from 1 |
| Good to Soft | 1,116 | 100 | 9% | −0.2 | — |
| Soft | 1,830 | 139 | 7.6% | −1.6 | 0 from 3 |
| Heavy | 898 | 77 | 8.6% | −0.6 | 0 from 1 |
| Standard (AW) | 25 | 3 | 12% | +2.8 | — |
| Distance (all codes) | Runs | Wins | SR | vs sire | This horse |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6f – 7f | 3 | 0 | 0% | −9.2 | — |
| 1m – 1m1f | 14 | 0 | 0% | −9.2 | — |
| 1m2f – 1m4f | 38 | 4 | 10.5% | +1.3 | — |
| 1m5f – 2m | 1,853 | 142 | 7.7% | −1.5 | — |
| 2m1f – 2m4f | 2,297 | 224 | 9.8% | +0.6 | 0 from 1 |
| 2m5f – 3m | 1,776 | 182 | 10.2% | +1 | 0 from 3 |
| Over 3m | 332 | 26 | 7.8% | −1.4 | 0 from 1 |
Flat and jumps together (all codes) · since Jan 2008 · as at 17 Oct 2026 · rows under 30 runs muted · win % is the measure, a record not a forecast
6 siblings in the archive, 1 winner — best of them Pat Garrett (IRE) (2 wins).
The wins came over 2m2f–2m2½f.
| Produce | Runs | Wins | Win trips | Best grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pat Garrett (IRE) | 25 | 2 | 2m2f–2m2½f | — |
| Love The Well (IRE) | 20 | 0 | — | — |
| Peggy Gordon (IRE) | 2 | 0 | — | — |
| The Ketchup Kid (IRE) | 1 | 0 | — | — |
| Catah (IRE) | 1 | 0 | — | — |
| Tomas Rua (IRE) | 1 | 0 | — | — |
Record by conditions
| Going | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Soft | 3 | 0 | 0% | −3.00 |
| Heavy | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Good | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Course | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Clonmel | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Fairyhouse | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Downpatrick | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Gowran Park | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Limerick | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Distance | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2m5f – 3m | 3 | 0 | 0% | −3.00 |
| 2m1f – 2m4f | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Over 3m | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Jockey | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mr B T Stone | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Mr C Mullins | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Mr F P Murphy | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Season | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| 2025 | 3 | 0 | 0% | −3.00 |
| 2024 | 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 | Spd | KTB | Jockey | SP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 08 Jan 26+261d | Clonmel | Rathronan Maiden Hunters Chase Sat just behind the pace - 5th at halfway - up into 3rd turning in - pressed for effort but couldn't close before 2 out and held on for 3rd | 3/12 | 25 | 11-7 | 76A | 98B | Mr F P Murphy | 100/1 |
| 22 Apr 25+23d | Fairyhouse | Race Displays Joseph O'Reilly Hunters Chase Sat just behind the front group early - still 3rd at halfway - urged forward after 4 out but had nothing left and slipped to 4th into the straight - made no headway before being pulled up before 2 out | PU/7 | — | 11-7 | — | — | Mr B T Stone | 16/1 |
| 30 Mar 25+22d | Downpatrick | Boardsmill Sires Maiden Hunters Chase Sat just behind the pace but jumped awkwardly early - up in 3rd - 4th by halfway - asked for effort before 3 out but had nothing more to give - dropped right away and finished last of the runners | 5/8 | 34 | 11-7 | 57C | 89C | Mr C Mullins | 4/1 |
| 08 Mar 25+69d | Gowran Park | INHSC Supporting Point-To-Points Tetratema Cup Hunters Chase Settled just behind the pacesetter early - dropped to 6th after the 9th - moved into second on the inner past the 13th - going nicely and reeled in ground after two out - couldn't get past up front and stayed on at one gear to the line | 2/13 | 6½ | 11-7 | 127B | 136A | Mr B T Stone | 100/1 |
| 29 Dec 24 | Limerick | Masterchefs 2025 Maiden Hunters Chase Held up at the back - lost touch with the field from 6 out - eased and pulled up before 2 out | PU/16 | — | 11-7 | — | — | Mr C Mullins | 300/1 |
Quick answers
- How many races has Step Up Son (IRE) won?
- Step Up Son (IRE) has yet to win, from 5 archived starts between 2024 and 2026. Placed 2 times in total (40% of starts).
- Who trains Step Up Son (IRE)?
- Step Up Son (IRE) is trained by David K Walsh, who saddled the horse on its most recent run on 8 January 2026.
- Who is Step Up Son (IRE)'s sire?
- Step Up Son (IRE) is by Scorpion (IRE) out of Junga Connection (GB), whose sire is Danzig Connection.
- What is Step Up Son (IRE)'s sire's record?
- Scorpion (IRE)'s progeny in our archive have won 9.2% of 6,313 runs since Jan 2008 (609 horses), Flat and jumps together. Strongest on good to firm going: 14.2% from 141.
- Who are Step Up Son (IRE)'s siblings?
- Out of Junga Connection (GB), Step Up Son (IRE) has 6 other produce in our archive, 1 of them a winner. Most wins: Pat Garrett (IRE) (2). The wins came over 2m2f–2m2½f. As at Oct 2026.