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Horse profile

Talab (GB)

8yo gelding (at last run, May 2013) · Last trainer D T Hughes · Last owner Francis G Kenny
by Red Ransom (USA) out of Raghba (USA) (Gulch)
30 runs · 15 courses · from Sep 2009
As at 22 Oct 2026 · KTB archive: GB, Ireland & France · 2005–present, updated daily
No run recorded since 10 May 2013 — 4,912 days ago. Our archive can't say whether the horse is still in training.
Last run May 2013 · 8th of 15 Won at Bellewstown Last raced off OR 99
KTB Profile

Talab (GB) is 1 from 30. Hasn't won since Aug 2010. The win came on good or faster ground (0 from 17 on softer). Last raced off 99, 12lb below the career-high mark.

Based on 30 archived runs · updated 22 Oct 2026
KTB at a glance Wins on good or faster OR ↓ 12lb off peak
Official rating99↓ 12lb off peak
99 93–111

KTB Speed and Rating

KTB Speed

No KTB Speed figures for this horse. The engine scores GB and Irish racing from Oct 2016; runs elsewhere, or earlier, have no figure.

KTB Speed v1 · batch 15 Sep 2026 · GB & Irish racing only · 0 figures from 0 runs · a record, not a forecast

KTB Rating

Best recent KTB Rating (jumps) 124A the best of the last 3 rated runs · Kilbeggan, 7 Sep 2012 Official rating 99 at the last jumps run, 10 May 2013

Best recent KTB Rating (flat) 64B the best of the last 1 rated run · Listowel, 17 Sep 2009

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. A, B or C on a run is how much known form was in that race. What this means →

Jumps 23 figures · best 131A · median 108
GoingRunsBestMedianSince 22 Oct 2025
Good6126A114—
Heavy5131A106—
Soft5114A108—
Good to Firm496C95—
Good to Soft3127A117—
DistanceRunsBestMedianSince 22 Oct 2025
2m5f – 3m13131A112—
2m1f – 2m4f6127A103—
Over 3m2106A100.5—
1m5f – 2m2109C99—
Flat 1 figure · too few for a breakdown

Of 30 runs looked at, 6 have no figure: did not complete (or a non-runner row) (6).

KTB Rating v1 · batch 3 Oct 2026 · GB & Irish racing only · 24 figures from 30 runs · as at 4 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 is derived from in-running commentary, which our data provider does not supply for this horse's races.

Pedigree intelligence

Sire
Red Ransom (USA)

Progeny in our archive have won 9.7% of 3,290 runs since Jan 2008 (303 horses).

Strongest over 1m – 1m1f (all codes): 13% from 687.

GoingRunsWinsSRvs sireThis horse
Firm29413.8%+4.1—
Good to Firm5966110.2%+0.50 from 5
Good772719.2%−0.51 from 8
Good to Soft383379.7%00 from 4
Soft493397.9%−1.80 from 7
Heavy184189.8%+0.10 from 6
Standard (AW)8338810.6%+0.9—
Distance (all codes)RunsWinsSRvs sireThis horse
Under 6f1752112%+2.3—
6f – 7f758709.2%−0.5—
1m – 1m1f6878913%+3.3—
1m2f – 1m4f850698.1%−1.6—
1m5f – 2m445378.3%−1.40 from 3
2m1f – 2m4f257228.6%−1.10 from 7
2m5f – 3m9799.3%−0.41 from 17
Over 3m2114.8%−4.90 from 3

Flat and jumps together (all codes) · since Jan 2008 · as at 21 Oct 2026 · rows under 30 runs muted · win % is the measure, a record not a forecast

Dam
Raghba (USA) (Gulch)

No other produce in our archive. It holds racing in Great Britain, Ireland and France from 2005, so siblings racing elsewhere won’t appear here.

Record by conditions

GoingRunsWinsSR£1
Good 8 1 13% −3.50
Soft 7 0 0% −7.00
Heavy 6 0 0% −6.00
Good to Firm 5 0 0% −5.00
Good to Soft 4 0 0% −4.00

ClassRunsWinsSR£1
Class 3 1 0 0% −1.00

CourseRunsWinsSR£1
Limerick 3 0 0% −3.00
Leopardstown 3 0 0% −3.00
Punchestown 3 0 0% −3.00
Bellewstown 3 1 33% +1.50
Downpatrick 2 0 0% −2.00
Fairyhouse 2 0 0% −2.00
Kilbeggan 2 0 0% −2.00
Roscommon 2 0 0% −2.00
Wexford 2 0 0% −2.00
Navan 2 0 0% −2.00
Listowel 2 0 0% −2.00
Cheltenham 1 0 0% −1.00
Killarney 1 0 0% −1.00
Gowran Park 1 0 0% −1.00
Naas 1 0 0% −1.00

DistanceRunsWinsSR£1
2m5f – 3m 17 1 6% −12.50
2m1f – 2m4f 7 0 0% −7.00
Over 3m 3 0 0% −3.00
1m5f – 2m 3 0 0% −3.00

JockeyRunsWinsSR£1
B J Cooper 7 0 0% −7.00
Roger Loughran 7 1 14% −2.50
Ian McCarthy 7 0 0% −7.00
Mark Enright 4 0 0% −4.00
Mr B Connell 2 0 0% −2.00
Davy Russell 1 0 0% −1.00
M P Fogarty 1 0 0% −1.00
Mrs Pauline Condon 1 0 0% −1.00

HeadgearRunsWinsSR£1
Cheekpieces 12 1 8% −7.50
None 11 0 0% −11.00
Blinkers 7 0 0% −7.00

SeasonRunsWinsSR£1
2013 2 0 0% −2.00
2012 8 0 0% −8.00
2011 10 0 0% −10.00
2010 8 1 13% −3.50
2009 2 0 0% −2.00

TypeRunsWinsSR£1
Chase 14 0 0% −14.00
Hurdle 13 1 8% −8.50
NH Flat 2 0 0% −2.00
Flat 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

DateCourseRace PosBtn Wgt ORKTB Jockey SP
10 May 13+24d Downpatrick Newcastle Handicap Chase (0-102) 23f · Good · 15 ran 8/15 7 11-7 9996C Mark Enright 10/1
16 Apr 13+179d Fairyhouse Follow Fairyhouse On Facebook Handicap Chase (0-102) 21.5f · Yielding · 20 ran PU/20 — 11-9 99— Davy Russell 13/2
19 Oct 12+42d Cheltenham Talk To Victor Amateur Riders' Handicap Chase Class 3 · 24.5f · Good To Soft · 17 ran 3/17 7 10-9 108112A M P Fogarty 20/1
07 Sep 12+31d Kilbeggan Moate Handicap Hurdle (80-102) 19f · Good · 13 ran 2/13 1¾ 11-12 102124A B J Cooper 14/1
07 Aug 12+79d Roscommon J. F. Hanley Handicap Hurdle (80-109) 24f · Soft To Heavy · 18 ran 4/18 13 11-0 102106A Mark Enright 20/1
20 May 12+30d Limerick Cul Camps Limerick Handicap Chase (0-109) 24f · Good · 16 ran PU/16 — 11-1 98— B J Cooper 8/1
20 Apr 12+11d Wexford Broomhill Point Handicap Chase (0-116) 25f · Good To Firm · 12 ran 6/12 5½ 10-9 9995A B J Cooper 3/1F
09 Apr 12+15d Fairyhouse Comfybed Novice Handicap Chase (0-123) 22.5f · Soft · 20 ran 2/20 18 10-2 98108A B J Cooper 14/1
25 Mar 12+21d Downpatrick Toals Bookmakers Ulster Grand National E.B.F. Handicap Chase (0-130) 28f · Good · 9 ran 2/9 3 9-13 95106A B J Cooper 11/4F
04 Mar 12+66d Leopardstown Follow Leopardstown On Facebook Handicap Chase (0-109) 21f · Good · 16 ran 3/16 nse 10-10 93118A B J Cooper 12/1
29 Dec 11+18d Leopardstown Martinstown Opportunity Handicap Chase (0-116) 21f · Good To Yielding · 13 ran PU/13 — 10-3 95— Mark Enright 14/1
11 Dec 11+22d Punchestown Ladbrokes Supporting Longford Gaa Beginners Chase 20f · Heavy · 14 ran F/14 — 11-5 —— Mark Enright 33/1
19 Nov 11+6d Punchestown Punchestown For Value Beginners Chase 20f · Soft · 14 ran 7/14 1¼ 11-12 —104C Roger Loughran 25/1
13 Nov 11+13d Navan Irish Stallion Farms E.B.F. Beginners Chase 16f · Yielding To Soft · 18 ran 10/18 3 11-12 —109C B J Cooper 20/1
31 Oct 11+120d Wexford Whitford House Hotel Beginners Chase 17f · Soft · 15 ran 15/15 4¾ 11-12 —102C Roger Loughran 14/1
03 Jul 11+13d Bellewstown Bellewstown Golfcourse Handicap Hurdle (81-109) 24f · Good To Firm · 16 ran 11/16 12 11-7 10996C Ian McCarthy 8/1
20 Jun 11+36d Kilbeggan Loughnagore Beginners Chase 25f · Good To Firm · 14 ran F/14 — 11-7 —— Ian McCarthy 16/1
15 May 11+63d Killarney Kelly Brothers Farm Modernisation Limited Handicap Hurdle (81-116) 22f · Good To Yielding · 18 ran 6/18 4½ 11-2 110117A Ian McCarthy 9/1
13 Mar 11+42d Navan Slane Handicap Hurdle 23f · Soft To Heavy · 16 ran 5/16 12 10-0 111103A Ian McCarthy 9/1
30 Jan 11+32d Punchestown Pertemps Handicap Hurdle (Qualifier) 24f · Soft · 21 ran 4/21 4½ 9-8 111114A Ian McCarthy 16/1
29 Dec 10+39d Leopardstown Mobile Betting at paddypower.mobile Handicap Hurdle (0-140) 24f · Heavy · 24 ran 3/24 ½ 9-6 109117A Ian McCarthy 20/1
20 Nov 10+41d Gowran Park Gowran Park Racing Club 2011 Handicap Hurdle (80-109) 24f · Soft To Heavy · 20 ran 4/20 nk 11-12 109131A Roger Loughran 20/1
10 Oct 10+24d Limerick Greenmount Park Novice Hurdle (Listed) 21f · Good · 10 ran 7/10 ¾ 11-6 109110A Roger Loughran 25/1
16 Sep 10+21d Listowel Devon Inn Hotel Handicap Hurdle 24f · Yielding · 18 ran PU/18 — 10-10 109— Roger Loughran 10/1
26 Aug 10+35d Bellewstown King Crisps Maiden Hurdle Div 2 24f · Good · 12 ran 1/12 11-4 109126A Roger Loughran 7/2
22 Jul 10+18d Limerick Ladies Day 10th October Maiden Hurdle 20f · Good To Yielding · 18 ran 2/18 1¾ 11-12 —127A Roger Loughran 12/1
04 Jul 10+21d Bellewstown Glebe House Stud Maiden Hurdle 17f · Good To Firm · 16 ran 9/16 5 11-1 —95A Ian McCarthy 14/1
13 Jun 10+225d Roscommon Ladies Day At Roscommon On July 5th Flat Race 16f · Good To Firm · 17 ran 17/17 23 11-11 —89C Mr B Connell 7/2J
31 Oct 09+44d Naas Thoroughbred County (Pro/Am) Flat Race 19f · Soft To Heavy · 15 ran 7/15 4 11-7 —94A Mr B Connell 7/2
17 Sep 09 Listowel Paddy Cullagh Memorial (Pro/Am) Flat Race 16f · Good · 11 ran 2/11 9 10-12 —64B Mrs Pauline Condon 25/1

Quick answers

How many races has Talab (GB) won?
Talab (GB) won 1 of 30 archived starts between 2009 and 2013, a strike rate of 3.3%. Placed 12 times in total (40% of starts).
Who trained Talab (GB)?
Talab (GB) was trained by D T Hughes on the most recent run on record, at Downpatrick on 10 May 2013.
Who is Talab (GB)'s sire?
Talab (GB) is by Red Ransom (USA) out of Raghba (USA), whose sire is Gulch.
What going does Talab (GB) prefer?
Talab (GB) has the best record on good going: 1 win from 8 starts (12.5%). Only going bands with at least three archived starts are read, so this is a direction rather than a settled preference.
What is Talab (GB)'s official rating?
The most recent official rating on record is 99, from the run on 10 May 2013. The highest on record is 111.
What is Talab (GB)'s sire's record?
Red Ransom (USA)'s progeny in our archive have won 9.7% of 3,290 runs since Jan 2008 (303 horses), Flat and jumps together. Strongest over 1m – 1m1f (all codes): 13% from 687.

Record shown from September 2009. Our archive holds racing in Great Britain, Ireland and France from January 2005. Runs in other countries are not in it, and earlier runs are not available from our data provider. In-running comments are available from 2024 onward.