Take Charge Star (IRE)
Take Charge Star is a colt by Starspangledbanner out of Freedonia who has one win from eight runs on turf. He won the Irish Stallion Farms EBF Maiden at Gowran Park over 6f-7f on good to soft in Sep 2025 and has since raced at up to 1m-1m1f without success. Typically held up he finished fourth of 11 in the Arc Prix Maurice De Gheest at Deauville in Aug 2026 when last raced off his career-high mark of 110.
- 1–8Wins / Runs
- 12.5%Strike rate
- 3 (37.5%)Placed
- −3.50£1 level staken=8 at SP
- 1.38Fair A/E n=8 · 1.14 incl. margin
- 110Highest OR
- 50dAvg 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 103
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 25 Oct 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Good | 3 | 103A | 97 | 2 runs · 103 / 100 |
| Soft | 2 | 94C | 83 | 1 run · — |
| Good to Firm | 1 | — | — | 1 run · — |
| Good to Soft | 1 | — | — | — |
| Distance | Runs | Best | Median | Since 25 Oct 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6f – 7f | 4 | 101A | 92.5 | 1 run · — |
| 1m – 1m1f | 3 | 103A | 97 | 3 runs · 103 / 97 |
KTB Speed v1 · batch 15 Sep 2026 · GB & Irish racing only · 7 figures from 7 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 since Aug 2025
- Held up 4 (57%) · 0 wins
- Prominent 2 (29%) · 1 win
- Mid-division 1 (14%) · 0 wins
Pedigree intelligence
Progeny in our archive have won 11.1% of 7,162 runs since Jan 2008 (661 horses).
Strongest at trips under 6f (all codes): 14.5% from 1,191.
| Going | Runs | Wins | SR | vs sire | This horse |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Firm | 25 | 3 | 12% | +0.9 | — |
| Good to Firm | 1,032 | 124 | 12% | +0.9 | 0 from 1 |
| Good | 1,737 | 183 | 10.5% | −0.6 | 0 from 3 |
| Good to Soft | 772 | 90 | 11.7% | +0.6 | 1 from 2 |
| Soft | 1,074 | 122 | 11.4% | +0.3 | 0 from 2 |
| Heavy | 293 | 33 | 11.3% | +0.2 | — |
| Standard (AW) | 2,229 | 238 | 10.7% | −0.4 | — |
| Distance (all codes) | Runs | Wins | SR | vs sire | This horse |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Under 6f | 1,191 | 173 | 14.5% | +3.4 | — |
| 6f – 7f | 3,566 | 394 | 11% | −0.1 | 1 from 5 |
| 1m – 1m1f | 1,393 | 137 | 9.8% | −1.3 | 0 from 3 |
| 1m2f – 1m4f | 648 | 60 | 9.3% | −1.8 | — |
| 1m5f – 2m | 267 | 25 | 9.4% | −1.7 | — |
| 2m1f – 2m4f | 84 | 4 | 4.8% | −6.3 | — |
| 2m5f – 3m | 13 | 0 | 0% | −11.1 | — |
Flat and jumps together (all codes) · since Jan 2008 · as at 25 Oct 2026 · rows under 30 runs muted · win % is the measure, a record not a forecast
7 siblings in the archive, 5 winners — best of them Polybius (GB) (7 wins).
The wins came over 5f–1m4f; the highest grade won is Group 1 (Albigna (IRE)).
Family form: Falcon Nine (GB) finished 2nd of 12 at Ayr, 8 Oct 2026.
| Produce | Runs | Wins | Win trips | Best grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Polybius (GB) | 44 | 7 | 6f | Listed |
| Albigna (IRE) | 8 | 3 | 6f–1m | Group 1 |
| No Lippy (IRE) | 9 | 3 | 5f | Class 2 |
| Falcon Nine (GB) | 45 | 2 | 1m1f | Class 6 |
| Dream Free (GB) | 36 | 1 | 1m4f | Class 6 |
| Edge Of Seventeen (IRE) | 6 | 0 | — | — |
| Cuddled (GB) | 3 | 0 | — | — |
Record by conditions
| Going | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Good | 3 | 0 | 0% | −3.00 |
| Good to Soft | 2 | 1 | 50% | +2.50 |
| Soft | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| 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 | 4 | 0 | 0% | −4.00 |
| Deauville (FR) | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Ascot | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Naas | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Gowran Park | 1 | 1 | 100% | +3.50 |
| Distance | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6f – 7f | 5 | 1 | 20% | −0.50 |
| 1m – 1m1f | 3 | 0 | 0% | −3.00 |
| Headgear | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| None | 5 | 1 | 20% | −0.50 |
| Tongue tie | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Tongue tie + blinkers | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Season | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 5 | 0 | 0% | −5.00 |
| 2025 | 3 | 1 | 33% | +1.50 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 · 5 runs | ||||||||||
| 09 Aug 26+50d | Deauville (FR) | Arc Prix Maurice De Gheest - Fee - En Memoire De Louis Romanet (group 1) | 4/11 | ¾ | 8-13 | 110 | — | — | Ben Coen | 12/1 |
| 20 Jun 26+28d | Ascot | Jersey Stakes (Group 3) Settled midfield down the middle - crept into contention with a furlong and a half remaining - pushed into second entering the last furlong - challenged the winner throughout it - narrowly missed out at the line | 2/16 | nk | 9-3 | 99 | 91C | 120A | Ben Coen | 50/1 |
| 23 May 26+19d | Curragh | Tattersalls Irish 2,000 Guineas (Group 1) Held up near back - still 8th at halfway - driven with two furlongs left but made no headway and finished well held | 8/9 | 1¼ | 9-2 | 97 | 97A | 92A | Ben Coen | 50/1 |
| 04 May 26+43d | Curragh | Coolmore Stud Henry Longfellow Irish European Breeders Fund Tetrarch Stakes (Listed) Slow to break - held up towards back - boxed in on rails with 2f left - hampered once more with a furlong to run - driven out but unable to find extra pace to finish 5th | 5/7 | ½ | 9-5 | 92 | 103A | 94A | Ben Coen | 7/1 |
| 22 Mar 26+176d | Naas | TRM Nutrition Best-Turned-Out Series Back For 2026 Race Held up early - moved left approaching final 3f - driven with a furlong left and drifted a touch left - kept on but unable to challenge winner late | 2/3 | 4½ | 9-9 | 92 | 72C | 94C | Ben Coen | 11/4 |
| 2025 · 3 runs | ||||||||||
| 27 Sep 25+25d | Curragh | Goffs Million Sat close behind the front group early - asked for effort over 2f out and into 6th place with a furlong left - stayed on at the same rate to the line finishing 6th | 6/30 | shd | 9-5 | — | 94C | 100A | Ben Coen | 8/1 |
| 02 Sep 25+10d | Gowran Park | Irish Stallion Farms EBF (C & G) Maiden Handy early - slipped back to 5th with 3f left - made ground to challenge approaching 2f out - hit the front at the furlong and a half marker - drifted a touch inside the final furlong but stayed on strongly to score | 1/12 | 9-5 | — | 101A | 104A | Ben Coen | 7/2 | |
| 23 Aug 25 | Curragh | Coolmore Stud Little Big Bear Irish European Breeders Fund Maiden Held up in rear - moved through to press the front group 2f out - tight for space in 4th at 1 1/2f out - squeezed for room again inside the final furlong - rallied strongly late to go 3rd | 3/14 | nse | 9-7 | — | 74C | 88A | Ben Coen | 28/1 |
Quick answers
- How many races has Take Charge Star won?
- Take Charge Star (IRE) won 1 of 8 archived starts between 2025 and 2026, a strike rate of 12.5%. Placed 3 times in total (37.5% of starts).
- Who trains Take Charge Star?
- Take Charge Star (IRE) is trained by J P Murtagh, who saddled the horse on its most recent run on 9 August 2026.
- Who is Take Charge Star's sire?
- Take Charge Star (IRE) is by Starspangledbanner (AUS) out of Freedonia (GB), whose sire is Selkirk.
- What is Take Charge Star's official rating?
- The most recent official rating on record is 110, from the run on 9 August 2026. That is also the highest on record.
- What is Take Charge Star's sire's record?
- Starspangledbanner (AUS)'s progeny in our archive have won 11.1% of 7,162 runs since Jan 2008 (661 horses), Flat and jumps together. Strongest at trips under 6f (all codes): 14.5% from 1,191.
- Who are Take Charge Star's siblings?
- Out of Freedonia (GB), Take Charge Star (IRE) has 7 other produce in our archive, 5 of them winners. Most wins: Polybius (GB) (7). Highest grade won: Group 1 (Albigna (IRE)). The wins came over 5f–1m4f. As at Oct 2026.