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Horse profile

The Claddagh Man (IRE)

5yo gelding (at last run, May 2021) · Last trainer Paul Stephen Kiely · Last owner Richard Kiely
by Leading Light (IRE) out of Liss Rua (IRE) (Bob Back)
2 runs · 2 courses · from Apr 2021
As at 28 Oct 2026 · KTB archive: GB, Ireland & France · 2005–present, updated daily
No run recorded since 8 May 2021 — 1,999 days ago. Our archive can't say whether the horse is still in training.
Last run May 2021
KTB Profile

Lightly raced, with 2 archived starts between Apr 2021 and May 2021, the last of them as a 5yo gelding. By Leading Light (IRE), whose progeny in our archive have won 8.2% of 2,204 runs since Jan 2008.

Based on 2 archived runs · updated 28 Oct 2026

KTB Speed and Rating

KTB Speed

Best recent Speed — no A or B graded figure in the last 3 runs; the figures below carry grade C

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 →

Jumps 1 figure · too few for a breakdown

Of 2 runs looked at, 1 has no figure: did not complete (1).

KTB Speed v1 · batch 15 Sep 2026 · GB & Irish racing only · 1 figure from 2 runs · as at 3 Oct 2026 · a record, not a forecast

KTB Rating

Best recent KTB Rating 89C the best of the last 1 rated run · Kilbeggan, 23 Apr 2021

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 1 figure · too few for a breakdown

Of 2 runs looked at, 1 has no figure: did not complete (or a non-runner row) (1).

KTB Rating v1 · batch 3 Oct 2026 · GB & Irish racing only · 1 figure from 2 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

Progeny in our archive have won 8.2% of 2,204 runs since Jan 2008 (225 horses).

Weakest on heavy going: 4.6% from 241.

GoingRunsWinsSRvs sireThis horse
Good to Firm23834.8%+26.6—
Good7677910.3%+2.10 from 2
Good to Soft524387.3%−0.9—
Soft636446.9%−1.3—
Heavy241114.6%−3.6—
Standard (AW)1300%−8.2—
Distance (all codes)RunsWinsSRvs sireThis horse
6f – 7f600%−8.2—
1m – 1m1f400%−8.2—
1m2f – 1m4f1700%−8.2—
1m5f – 2m613376%−2.20 from 1
2m1f – 2m4f840748.8%+0.6—
2m5f – 3m585569.6%+1.40 from 1
Over 3m139139.4%+1.2—

Flat and jumps together (all codes) · since Jan 2008 · as at 28 Oct 2026 · rows under 30 runs muted · win % is the measure, a record not a forecast

Dam
Liss Rua (IRE) (Bob Back)

9 siblings in the archive, 5 winners — best of them Lissen To The Lady (IRE) (7 wins).

The wins came over 2m–3m1½f; the highest grade won is Listed (Pym (IRE)).

ProduceRunsWinsWin tripsBest grade
Lissen To The Lady (IRE)4072m3½f–2m7½fClass 4
Pym (IRE)2462m–3m1½fListed
Minella Aris (IRE)822m4½f–3mClass 3
Beneagles (IRE)1722m7f–3m1fClass 3
God Of The Kop (IRE)812mClass 5
Don Pooleoni (IRE)130——
Varkala (IRE)60——
Liss Ui Riain (IRE)100——
New York Minute (IRE)10——

Too few runs for meaningful splits. The full record is below.

Form

DateCourseRace PosBtn Wgt SpdKTB Jockey SP
2021 · 2 runs
08 May 21+15d Cork Fermoy Maiden Hurdle 24f · Good · 14 ran PU/14 — 11-11 —— Mikey Hamill 200/1
23 Apr 21 Kilbeggan New Spring Two Day N.H. Race Meeting Maiden Hurdle 16f · Good · 14 ran 12/14 7 11-6 82C89C Ian Power 50/1

Quick answers

How many races has The Claddagh Man won?
The Claddagh Man (IRE) has yet to win, from 2 archived starts in 2021.
Who trained The Claddagh Man?
The Claddagh Man (IRE) was trained by Paul Stephen Kiely on the most recent run on record, at Cork on 8 May 2021.
Who is The Claddagh Man's sire?
The Claddagh Man (IRE) is by Leading Light (IRE) out of Liss Rua (IRE), whose sire is Bob Back.
What is The Claddagh Man's sire's record?
Leading Light (IRE)'s progeny in our archive have won 8.2% of 2,204 runs since Jan 2008 (225 horses), Flat and jumps together. Weakest on heavy going: 4.6% from 241.
Who are The Claddagh Man's siblings?
Out of Liss Rua (IRE), The Claddagh Man (IRE) has 9 other produce in our archive, 5 of them winners. Most wins: Lissen To The Lady (IRE) (7). Highest grade won: Listed (Pym (IRE)). The wins came over 2m–3m1½f. As at Oct 2026.

Record shown from April 2021. 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.