Horse profile
The Miracle Man (IRE)
by Workforce (GB) out of Carrigeen Kamala (IRE) (Old Vic)
19 runs · 13 courses · from Jan 2022
As at 1 Nov 2026 · KTB archive: GB, Ireland & France · 2005–present, updated daily
2 wins · Fairyhouse & Sligo
New yard
Headgear returns LTO
Last run 4 Jul 2026
Last raced off OR 105
KTB Profile
The Miracle Man is a gelding by Workforce out of a mare by Old Vic who has two wins from 19 starts on turf. Both wins came in handicaps, at Fairyhouse over 2m5f – 3m on good to soft in Apr 2025 off 101 and at Sligo over 2m1f – 2m4f on soft in Oct 2024 off 91. Typically held up, he was held in his last run at Bellewstown in Jul 2026, which was his first for Gordon Elliott and the headgear returned. He last ran off an official rating of 105, having reached a highest ever mark of 107.
Based on 19 archived runs · run-style from 14 commented runs since Oct 2024 · updated 1 Nov 2026
- 2–19Wins / Runs
- 10.5%Strike rate
- 7 (36.8%)Placed
- +6.50£1 level staken=19 at SP
- 1.42Fair A/E n=19 · 1.11 incl. margin
- 107Highest OR
- 90dAvg 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 rating105↓ 2lb off peak
105
91–107
KTB Speed and Rating
KTB Speed
Best recent Speed 116
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
| Going | Runs | Best | Median | Since 1 Nov 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Soft | 9 | 149B | 89 | 1 run · — |
| Heavy | 3 | 141B | 95 | 3 runs · 141 / 95 |
| Good | 1 | — | — | 1 run · — |
| Good to Soft | 1 | — | — | — |
| Distance | Runs | Best | Median | Since 1 Nov 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2m5f – 3m | 6 | 149B | 94 | 2 runs · 95 / 64 |
| Over 3m | 3 | 141B | 116 | 3 runs · 141 / 116 |
| 2m1f – 2m4f | 3 | 101B | 89 | — |
| 1m5f – 2m | 2 | 62A | 47 | — |
Of 19 runs looked at, 5 have no figure: did not complete (4) · not enough races on the card to set the day (under 4) (1).
KTB Speed v1 · batch 15 Sep 2026 · GB & Irish racing only · 14 figures from 19 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 14 analysed runs since Oct 2024
- Held up 5 (36%) · 0 wins
- Prominent 5 (36%) · 1 win
- Mid-division 4 (29%) · 1 win
Pedigree intelligence
Sire
Progeny in our archive have won 9.1% of 756 runs since Oct 2021 (101 horses).
| Going | Runs | Wins | SR | vs sire | This horse |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Good to Firm | 3 | 0 | 0% | −9.1 | — |
| Good | 223 | 23 | 10.3% | +1.2 | 0 from 3 |
| Good to Soft | 181 | 19 | 10.5% | +1.4 | 1 from 1 |
| Soft | 242 | 18 | 7.4% | −1.7 | 1 from 10 |
| Heavy | 103 | 9 | 8.7% | −0.4 | 0 from 5 |
| Standard (AW) | 4 | 0 | 0% | −9.1 | — |
| Distance (all codes) | Runs | Wins | SR | vs sire | This horse |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1m – 1m1f | 2 | 0 | 0% | −9.1 | — |
| 1m2f – 1m4f | 6 | 0 | 0% | −9.1 | — |
| 1m5f – 2m | 277 | 22 | 7.9% | −1.2 | 0 from 2 |
| 2m1f – 2m4f | 282 | 33 | 11.7% | +2.6 | 1 from 5 |
| 2m5f – 3m | 172 | 13 | 7.6% | −1.5 | 1 from 9 |
| Over 3m | 17 | 1 | 5.9% | −3.2 | 0 from 3 |
Flat and jumps together (all codes) · since Oct 2021 · as at 31 Oct 2026 · rows under 30 runs muted · win % is the measure, a record not a forecast
Dam
Carrigeen Kamala (IRE) (Old Vic)
1 sibling in the archive, 0 winners.
| Produce | Runs | Wins | Win trips | Best grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Deebert (IRE) | 4 | 0 | — | — |
Record by conditions
| Going | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Soft | 10 | 1 | 10% | +9.00 |
| Heavy | 5 | 0 | 0% | −5.00 |
| Good | 3 | 0 | 0% | −3.00 |
| Good to Soft | 1 | 1 | 100% | +5.50 |
| Course | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fairyhouse | 4 | 1 | 25% | +2.50 |
| Navan | 3 | 0 | 0% | −3.00 |
| Sligo | 2 | 1 | 50% | +17.00 |
| Bellewstown | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Gowran Park | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Galway | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Leopardstown | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Cork | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Tramore | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Punchestown | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Wexford | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Downpatrick | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Thurles | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Distance | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2m5f – 3m | 9 | 1 | 11% | −2.50 |
| 2m1f – 2m4f | 5 | 1 | 20% | +14.00 |
| Over 3m | 3 | 0 | 0% | −3.00 |
| 1m5f – 2m | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Jockey | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Donagh Meyler | 9 | 2 | 22% | +16.50 |
| Liam McKenna | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Conor Stone-Walsh | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Jack Kennedy | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Keith Donoghue | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Daniel King | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Ricky Doyle | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Jake Coen | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Sam Ewing | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Headgear | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| None | 16 | 2 | 13% | +9.50 |
| Cheekpieces | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Blinkers | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Season | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 5 | 0 | 0% | −5.00 |
| 2025 | 7 | 1 | 14% | −0.50 |
| 2024 | 4 | 1 | 25% | +15.00 |
| 2022 | 3 | 0 | 0% | −3.00 |
| Type | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hurdle | 17 | 2 | 12% | +8.50 |
| Chase | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 · 5 runs | ||||||||||
| 04 Jul 26+53d | Bellewstown | QuinnBet Bellewstown Handicap Hurdle Held up towards the back - urged into contention at the 6th but made no headway - eased down and pulled up before 3 out | PU/15 | — | 10-11 | 105 | — | — | Jack Kennedy | 13/2 |
| 12 May 26+93d | Sligo | Solar Generation Handicap Hurdle Sat close to the pace early - 5th at halfway - dropped away with a lap left and finished well behind | 9/12 | 27 | 11-9 | 107 | 72C | 102C | Donagh Meyler | 7/2J |
| 08 Feb 26+17d | Navan | Gibney's Of Malahide Handicap Hurdle Settled midfield - pushed along in 6th approaching 2 out and unable to gain ground into the last - stayed on same rate up the run-in to finish third | 3/11 | 5½ | 11-4 | 107 | 95B | 120A | Liam McKenna | 5/1 |
| 22 Jan 26+21d | Gowran Park | Adare Manor Opportunity Handicap Hurdle Held up towards the back of the pack - made progress from three out to lie 7th entering the straight - into 3rd approaching the last under pressure but unable to close - stayed on same gear to finish 3rd | 3/15 | 3 | 11-0 | 106 | 33B | 126A | Liam McKenna | 12/1 |
| 01 Jan 26+18d | Fairyhouse | Take A Pull Podcast Handicap Hurdle Sat behind front group early - 5th at halfway then slipped to 7th and urged approaching the straight - driven from two out to move up into 4th before the last - stayed on same gear to finish 4th | 4/17 | 11 | 11-12 | 107 | 116B | 119A | Keith Donoghue | 6/1 |
| 2025 · 7 runs | ||||||||||
| 14 Dec 25+50d | Navan | Irish Stallion Farms EBF Handicap Hurdle Settled towards rear early - pushed along and up to 8th after 4 out - made headway into 4th 2 out - closed on front-runner approaching last - clipped last fence - couldn't quicken and finished second same effort throughout | 2/13 | 6½ | 10-12 | 106 | 141B | 128B | Donagh Meyler | 15/2 |
| 25 Oct 25+186d | Galway | W.B. Gavin & Co. Handicap Hurdle Handy early - 5th then 9th - driven from 3 out and dropped away before 2 out - faded from there to finish 14th | 14/15 | 2¼ | 10-0 | 107 | 93B | 99A | Daniel King | 15/2 |
| 22 Apr 25+16d | Fairyhouse | Irish Stallion Farms EBF Novice Handicap Hurdle Series Final (Listed) Held up towards the back - still 11th at halfway - urged on inside turning for home and finished with a late rally to take 6th near the line | 6/18 | 3½ | 10-0 | 107 | 149B | 113A | Conor Stone-Walsh | 12/1 |
| 06 Apr 25+34d | Fairyhouse | Whistlin' Donkeys At Fairyhouse Easter Saturday Handicap Hurdle Settled in the pack midfield - 7th at halfway then improved into contention 3 out to hit the front approaching last - driven out for a strong finish and won | 1/13 | 10-7 | 101 | 105B | 116A | Donagh Meyler | 11/2 | |
| 03 Mar 25+22d | Leopardstown | QuinnBet Handicap Hurdle Settled midfield near the rail - checked for space around the 8th - improved and driven into the straight - up to 6th by the last - kept responding strongly through the closing stages - denied by a whisker at the line | 2/16 | hd | 11-1 | 99 | 74B | 122A | Donagh Meyler | 20/1 |
| 09 Feb 25+23d | Navan | Gibney's Handicap Hurdle Held up towards the back - improved into 5th and driven out with two to go before finding another gear into 2nd yet unable to threaten the winner - blundered and shed rider at the final obstacle | UR/12 | — | 10-9 | 98 | — | — | Conor Stone-Walsh | 13/2 |
| 17 Jan 25+52d | Cork | Weldon's Supplier Of John Deere Grass Machinery Beginners Chase Settled behind pace-setters - came down at the 2nd | F/15 | — | 11-12 | — | — | — | Ricky Doyle | 12/1 |
| 2024 · 4 runs | ||||||||||
| 26 Nov 24+32d | Tramore | Eddie McDonald Outstanding Contribution Award Winner 2024 Beginners Chase Settled midfield early - dropped towards the back by halfway - lost footing 6 out and pushed along - unable to close in 9th after 3 out - stayed on same effort to finish 7th | 7/13 | 5½ | 11-12 | — | — | 105A | Donagh Meyler | 9/1 |
| 25 Oct 24+139d | Sligo | Sligo Races Punters Handicap Hurdle (80-95) Settled close to the front early - shared the advantage after the 1st - edged ahead after the 3rd - pressed again 3 out then pushed along nearing the last - stayed on strongly to win | 1/16 | 11-10 | 91 | 70B | 125A | Donagh Meyler | 18/1 | |
| 08 Jun 24+21d | Punchestown | Ladbrokes Play '1-2-Free' On Football Handicap Hurdle (80-95) (Div 1) | PU/18 | — | 11-5 | 91 | — | — | Jake Coen | 28/1 |
| 18 May 24+790d | Wexford | Ambrex Switchgear Handicap Hurdle (80-95) (Div 2) | 10/13 | 2½ | 11-12 | 93 | 101B | 95A | Sam Ewing | 20/1 |
| 2022 · 3 runs | ||||||||||
| 20 Mar 22+22d | Downpatrick | Connolly's RED MILLS Irish EBF Auction Maiden Hurdle | 4/8 | 21 | 11-0 | — | 89C | 88C | Donagh Meyler | 22/1 |
| 26 Feb 22+34d | Fairyhouse | Connolly's RED MILLS Irish EBF Auction Maiden Hurdle | 6/7 | 3½ | 10-12 | — | 62A | 93B | Donagh Meyler | 33/1 |
| 23 Jan 22 | Thurles | Connolly's RED MILLS Irish EBF Auction Maiden Hurdle | 11/17 | 2¾ | 10-13 | — | 32C | 85C | Donagh Meyler | 33/1 |
Quick answers
- How many races has The Miracle Man won?
- The Miracle Man (IRE) won 2 of 19 archived starts between 2022 and 2026, a strike rate of 10.5%. Placed 7 times in total (36.8% of starts).
- Who trains The Miracle Man?
- The Miracle Man (IRE) is trained by Gordon Elliott, who saddled the horse on its most recent run on 4 July 2026.
- Who is The Miracle Man's sire?
- The Miracle Man (IRE) is by Workforce (GB) out of Carrigeen Kamala (IRE), whose sire is Old Vic.
- What going does The Miracle Man prefer?
- The Miracle Man (IRE) has the best record on soft going: 1 win from 10 starts (10%). Only going bands with at least three archived starts are read, so this is a direction rather than a settled preference.
- What is The Miracle Man's official rating?
- The most recent official rating on record is 105, from the run on 4 July 2026. The highest on record is 107.
- What is The Miracle Man's sire's record?
- Workforce (GB)'s progeny in our archive have won 9.1% of 756 runs since Oct 2021 (101 horses), Flat and jumps together.
- Who are The Miracle Man's siblings?
- Out of Carrigeen Kamala (IRE), The Miracle Man (IRE) has 1 other produce in our archive, 0 of them winners. As at Nov 2026.