Horse profile
Taipan (FR)
31 runs · 14 courses · from Nov 2020
As at 18 Oct 2026 · KTB archive: GB, Ireland & France · 2005–present, updated daily
5 wins · 4 courses
Ran 78 days ago · 2nd of 6
Last raced off OR 91
KTB Profile
Taipan is a gelding with five wins from 31 starts on turf, four of them over 1m5f – 2m. He has won at four different courses, including two wins at Galway in the Rockshore Refreshingly Irish Race on soft ground in Aug 2024 and Aug 2025. All wins have come on soft or softer going apart from one on good and one on good to soft. He last ran at Galway in Jul 2026, finishing second of six off an official rating of 91.
Based on 31 archived runs · run-style from 7 commented runs · updated 18 Oct 2026
KTB at a glance
Typically held up
OR ↓ 14lb off peak
- 5–31Wins / Runs
- 16.1%Strike rate
- 12 (38.7%)Placed
- −10.17£1 level staken=31 at SP
- 1.16Fair A/E n=31 · 1.00 incl. margin
- 105Highest OR
- 70dAvg 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.
Official rating91↓ 14lb off peak
91
91–105
KTB Speed and Rating
KTB Speed
Best recent Speed 90
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
| Going | Runs | Best | Median | Since 18 Oct 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Soft | 13 | 146A | 105 | 2 · 130 / 110 |
| Heavy | 9 | 135C | 95 | 2 · 70 / 65 |
| Good | 6 | 152C | 107.5 | — |
| Good to Soft | 2 | 121A | 113.5 | — |
| Good to Firm | 1 | — | — | — |
| Distance | Runs | Best | Median | Since 18 Oct 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1m5f – 2m | 17 | 135C | 106 | 2 · 90 / 80 |
| 1m2f – 1m4f | 11 | 146A | 96 | 2 · 130 / 95 |
| 2m1f – 2m4f | 2 | 152C | 136.5 | — |
| 1m – 1m1f | 1 | — | — | — |
KTB Speed v1 · batch 15 Sep 2026 · GB & Irish racing only · 31 figures from 31 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 7 analysed runs
- Held up 4 (57%) · 0 wins
- Prominent 2 (29%) · 0 wins
- Led 1 (14%) · 1 win
Pedigree intelligence
Sire
Progeny in our archive have won 18% of 7,489 runs since Jan 2008 (872 horses).
Weakest on heavy going: 12.4% from 323. Weakest over 2m1f – 2m4f (all codes): 12.4% from 267.
| Going | Runs | Wins | SR | vs sire | This horse |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Firm | 15 | 4 | 26.7% | +8.7 | — |
| Good to Firm | 1,280 | 259 | 20.2% | +2.2 | 0 from 1 |
| Good | 1,914 | 362 | 18.9% | +0.9 | 1 from 6 |
| Good to Soft | 1,019 | 175 | 17.2% | −0.8 | 1 from 2 |
| Soft | 1,102 | 161 | 14.6% | −3.4 | 2 from 13 |
| Heavy | 323 | 40 | 12.4% | −5.6 | 1 from 9 |
| Standard (AW) | 1,836 | 347 | 18.9% | +0.9 | — |
| Distance (all codes) | Runs | Wins | SR | vs sire | This horse |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Under 6f | 64 | 11 | 17.2% | −0.8 | — |
| 6f – 7f | 1,255 | 236 | 18.8% | +0.8 | — |
| 1m – 1m1f | 1,964 | 368 | 18.7% | +0.7 | 1 from 1 |
| 1m2f – 1m4f | 2,876 | 543 | 18.9% | +0.9 | 0 from 11 |
| 1m5f – 2m | 968 | 151 | 15.6% | −2.4 | 4 from 17 |
| 2m1f – 2m4f | 267 | 33 | 12.4% | −5.6 | 0 from 2 |
| 2m5f – 3m | 84 | 6 | 7.1% | −10.9 | — |
| Over 3m | 11 | 0 | 0% | −18 | — |
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
Dam
2 siblings in the archive, 1 winner — best of them Brad The Brief (GB) (8 wins).
The wins came over 5f–6f; the highest grade won is Group 2 (Brad The Brief (GB)).
| Produce | Runs | Wins | Win trips | Best grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brad The Brief (GB) | 25 | 8 | 5f–6f | Group 2 |
| Woe Betide (GB) | 5 | 0 | — | — |
Record by conditions
| Going | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Soft | 13 | 2 | 15% | −4.00 |
| Heavy | 9 | 1 | 11% | −1.00 |
| Good | 6 | 1 | 17% | −4.27 |
| Good to Soft | 2 | 1 | 50% | +0.10 |
| Good to Firm | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Class | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Class 1 | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Course | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Curragh | 7 | 0 | 0% | −7.00 |
| Leopardstown | 5 | 0 | 0% | −5.00 |
| Galway | 3 | 2 | 67% | +6.00 |
| Killarney | 3 | 1 | 33% | −0.90 |
| Navan | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Listowel | 2 | 1 | 50% | −0.27 |
| Naas | 2 | 1 | 50% | +6.00 |
| Galway (IRE) | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Cork | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Gowran Park | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Down Royal | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Tipperary | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Bellewstown | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Ascot | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Distance | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1m5f – 2m | 17 | 4 | 24% | −4.17 |
| 1m2f – 1m4f | 11 | 0 | 0% | −11.00 |
| 2m1f – 2m4f | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| 1m – 1m1f | 1 | 1 | 100% | +7.00 |
| Jockey | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Shane Foley | 18 | 3 | 17% | −2.40 |
| Scott McCullagh | 5 | 0 | 0% | −5.00 |
| Keithen Kennedy | 2 | 1 | 50% | +1.50 |
| Michael O'Sullivan | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Mr H C Swan | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Mr B O'Neill | 1 | 1 | 100% | +0.73 |
| Ronan Whelan | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Tom Madden | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Headgear | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cheekpieces | 21 | 4 | 19% | −8.17 |
| None | 7 | 1 | 14% | +1.00 |
| Blinkers | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Tongue tie + cheekpieces | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Season | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 3 | 0 | 0% | −3.00 |
| 2025 | 5 | 1 | 20% | −1.50 |
| 2024 | 5 | 1 | 20% | +0.50 |
| 2023 | 5 | 2 | 40% | −1.17 |
| 2022 | 6 | 0 | 0% | −6.00 |
| 2021 | 6 | 0 | 0% | −6.00 |
| 2020 | 1 | 1 | 100% | +7.00 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 31 Jul 26+89d | Galway (IRE) | Rockshore Refreshingly Irish Race Went straight to front - driven and under pressure from close attention 2f out - overtaken turning into the straight - fought back inside the final furlong - kept up the effort to the line - denied by a whisker | 2/6 | nse | 9-9 | 91 | 90B | 92B | Shane Foley | 17/2 |
| 03 May 26+34d | Cork | HORSE AND JOCKEY HOTEL Cork Derby (Premier Handicap) Tracked pace-setter early - disputed second at halfway - driven from turn and dropped away inside final 2f | 11/15 | 1¼ | 9-9 | 95 | 130C | 76C | Scott McCullagh | 33/1 |
| 30 Mar 26+160d | Navan | Cusack Hotel Group Family Fun Day July 11th Handicap Slow to start - settled behind the front group pulling hard early - 5th at halfway - urged on 3f out - unable to make ground 2f out - dropped away and allowed to finish in own time late finishing 9th | 9/11 | 7 | 9-11 | 97 | 70C | 83C | Shane Foley | 14/1 |
| 21 Oct 25+29d | Curragh | Al Basti Equiworld Dubai Amateur Riders Derby (Q.R.) Race Held up handy in 2nd early - hit front after 3f - challenged 3f from home - lost advantage over 2f out under urging - dropped away steadily from 1f out to finish well held | 8/12 | nse | 12-0 | 98 | 60A | 80A | Mr H C Swan | 12/1 |
| 22 Sep 25+52d | Listowel | John McGuire Handicap (Premier Handicap) Sat close to the front pair early - 6th at halfway - driven approaching the straight with little response - held on for eighth without finding more | 8/11 | 1 | 10-0 | 99 | 75A | 86A | Shane Foley | 22/1 |
| 01 Aug 25+58d | Galway | Rockshore Refreshingly Irish Race Went straight to front - lost advantage for a spell early then regained command turning for home to open daylight inside final 2f - driven out and stayed on strongly to the line | 1/7 | 9-4 | 95 | 105B | 95B | Keithen Kennedy | 5/2F | |
| 04 Jun 25+63d | Curragh | Sky Bet Race To The Ebor Handicap (Premier Handicap) Sat second early - urged forward approaching 3f out to share front spot 2 1/2f out - lost front spot 2f out - dropped away to finish 10th | 10/13 | ¾ | 9-3 | 97 | 98C | 81C | Shane Foley | 20/1 |
| 02 Apr 25+150d | Gowran Park | Dine At Gowran Park Race Set the tempo early - lost the advantage after 6f then overtaken at halfway - pressed for the front again inside final 2f without getting on terms - fought for second a furlong out - held the effort to the line for third | 3/8 | ½ | 9-9 | 98 | 128A | 94A | Shane Foley | 11/2 |
| 03 Nov 24+14d | Curragh | Curragh On Course Bookmakers Finale Stakes (Listed) Sat close to the pace early - 7th at halfway - pushed along but unable to threaten turning for home and dropped away | 14/17 | 2¼ | 9-7 | 100 | 89C | 83C | Scott McCullagh | 50/1 |
| 20 Oct 24+21d | Leopardstown | Bahrain Turf Club October Handicap (Premier Handicap) Handy early - hit front after a furlong - driven approaching straight - overtaken inside final furlong and eventually well held | 7/11 | nk | 9-8 | 101 | 96A | 90A | Keithen Kennedy | 16/1 |
| 29 Sep 24+37d | Curragh | Friends Of The Curragh Irish Cesarewitch (0-110) (Premier Handicap) Held up towards the back and 25th at halfway - urged forward wide from 3f out and driven over 2f out - stayed on without finding more in the closing stages and finished 21st | 21/30 | 1¼ | 9-9 | 102 | 152C | 86C | Shane Foley | 33/1 |
| 23 Aug 24+21d | Killarney | Kellihers Toyota Kingdom Gold Cup Handicap Sat close behind pace - second at halfway - pressed for effort 3f out but faded 2f out to finish eighth | 8/12 | nk | 10-2 | 102 | 117A | 96A | Shane Foley | 9/2 |
| 02 Aug 24+406d | Galway | Rockshore Refreshingly Irish Race Set the pace from the outset - pushed further ahead with two furlongs left - powered on well in the closing stages to win with ease | 1/7 | 9-5 | 97 | 100B | 97A | Shane Foley | 9/2 | |
| 23 Jun 23+19d | Down Royal | His Majesty's Plate (Listed) | 2/6 | 1½ | 9-5 | 100 | 131A | 88B | Scott McCullagh | 10/11F |
| 04 Jun 23+19d | Listowel | Acro Fire & Safety (Q.R.) Race | 1/12 | 11-5 | 101 | 106A | 99A | Mr B O'Neill | 8/11F | |
| 16 May 23+26d | Killarney | Killarney Outlook Race | 1/7 | 9-7 | 100 | 106A | 86A | Shane Foley | 11/10F | |
| 20 Apr 23+22d | Tipperary | TipperaryRacecourse.ie Handicap | 2/10 | nk | 10-1 | 96 | 146A | 107A | Shane Foley | 4/1 |
| 29 Mar 23+143d | Navan | Navan Racecourse Race | 2/5 | 7½ | 9-7 | 96 | 129C | 88B | Shane Foley | 10/3 |
| 06 Nov 22+14d | Naas | Colm White Bookmaker November Handicap (Premier Handicap) | 9/20 | 2½ | 9-6 | 97 | 135C | 85A | Ronan Whelan | 40/1 |
| 23 Oct 22+28d | Curragh | Comer Group International Loughbrown Stakes (group 3) | 10/12 | ½ | 9-9 | 97 | 95C | 76C | Scott McCullagh | 25/1 |
| 25 Sep 22+38d | Curragh | Friends Of The Curragh Irish Cesarewitch (Premier Handicap) (0-110) | 7/30 | ½ | 9-3 | 97 | 111C | 91A | Shane Foley | 28/1 |
| 18 Aug 22+24d | Killarney | Mongey Communications Kingdom Gold Cup Handicap (Premier Handicap) | 5/14 | nk | 9-6 | 97 | 101C | 88A | Scott McCullagh | 20/1 |
| 25 Jul 22+25d | Galway | Connacht Hotel (Q.R.) Handicap (70-100) | 14/20 | ½ | 11-9 | 100 | 121C | 82C | Michael O'Sullivan | 25/1 |
| 30 Jun 22+322d | Bellewstown | Seamus Mulvaney Bookmaker, Crockafotha (Q.R.) Race | 2/7 | 6 | 10-7 | 101 | 99A | 80B | Michael O'Sullivan | 6/4 |
| 12 Aug 21+7d | Leopardstown | Vinnie Roe Stakes (Listed) | 3/6 | 1¼ | 9-7 | 101 | 121A | 92B | Shane Foley | 11/2 |
| 05 Aug 21+50d | Leopardstown | Grant Thornton Ballyroan Stakes (Group 3) | 5/8 | shd | 9-0 | 102 | 102C | 70C | Tom Madden | 6/1 |
| 16 Jun 21+24d | Ascot | Queen's Vase (Group 2) | 6/13 | ½ | 9-0 | 103 | 81C | 86A | Shane Foley | 8/1 |
| 23 May 21+14d | Curragh | Heider Family Stables Gallinule Stakes (Group 3) | 4/9 | 1¾ | 9-5 | 105 | 95A | 92A | Shane Foley | 11/4F |
| 09 May 21+28d | Leopardstown | Derrinstown Stud Derby Trial Stakes (Group 3) | 5/7 | ½ | 9-5 | — | 109A | 83A | Shane Foley | 5/1 |
| 11 Apr 21+161d | Leopardstown | P.W. McGrath Memorial Ballysax Stakes (Group 3) | 3/8 | nse | 9-5 | — | 85A | 89A | Shane Foley | 5/1 |
| 01 Nov 20 | Naas | Irish Stallion Farms EBF Maiden (Plus 10) | 1/18 | 9-7 | — | 107C | 97A | Shane Foley | 7/1 |
Quick answers
- How many races has Taipan (FR) won?
- Taipan (FR) won 5 of 31 archived starts between 2020 and 2026, a strike rate of 16.1%. Placed 12 times in total (38.7% of starts).
- Who trains Taipan (FR)?
- Taipan (FR) is trained by Mrs John Harrington, who saddled the horse on its most recent run on 31 July 2026.
- Who is Taipan (FR)'s sire?
- Taipan (FR) is by Frankel (GB) out of Kenzadargent (FR), whose sire is Kendargent.
- What going does Taipan (FR) prefer?
- Taipan (FR) has the best record on good going: 1 win from 6 starts (16.7%). Only going bands with at least three archived starts are read, so this is a direction rather than a settled preference.
- What is Taipan (FR)'s official rating?
- The most recent official rating on record is 91, from the run on 31 July 2026. The highest on record is 105.
- What is Taipan (FR)'s sire's record?
- Frankel (GB)'s progeny in our archive have won 18% of 7,489 runs since Jan 2008 (872 horses), Flat and jumps together. Weakest on heavy going: 12.4% from 323. Weakest over 2m1f – 2m4f (all codes): 12.4% from 267.
- Who are Taipan (FR)'s siblings?
- Out of Kenzadargent (FR), Taipan (FR) has 2 other produce in our archive, 1 of them a winner. Most wins: Brad The Brief (GB) (8). Highest grade won: Group 2 (Brad The Brief (GB)). The wins came over 5f–6f. As at Oct 2026.