The Niffler (IRE)
The Niffler is a gelding who won three of 25 starts on turf, all in handicap hurdles. He gained those wins at Tipperary in May 2024 over 1m5f – 2m on good to soft off 102, at Naas in April 2024 over 2m1f – 2m4f on soft off 93, and at Punchestown in February 2022 over 2m1f – 2m4f on heavy off 95. He finished third of 14 at Kilbeggan in April 2025 when last seen, racing off his highest ever mark of 111.
- 3–25Wins / Runs
- 12%Strike rate
- 9 (36%)Placed
- +1.50£1 level staken=25 at SP
- 1.70Fair A/E n=25 · 1.34 incl. margin
- 111Highest OR
- 62dAvg 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 99
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 28 Oct 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Soft | 8 | 100A | 78 | — |
| Heavy | 7 | 172A | 90 | — |
| Good to Soft | 5 | 171C | 98 | — |
| Distance | Runs | Best | Median | Since 28 Oct 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1m5f – 2m | 10 | 172A | 89.5 | — |
| 2m1f – 2m4f | 8 | 171C | 89 | — |
| 2m5f – 3m | 2 | 100A | 77 | — |
Of 25 runs looked at, 5 have no figure: did not complete (3) · obstacles omitted — the race ran a shortened course (2).
KTB Speed v1 · batch 15 Sep 2026 · GB & Irish racing only · 20 figures from 25 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 3 analysed runs since Aug 2024
- Held up 2 (67%) · 0 wins
- Mid-division 1 (33%) · 0 wins
Pedigree intelligence
Progeny in our archive have won 9.5% of 2,996 runs since Jan 2008 (305 horses).
Strongest at trips beyond 3m (all codes): 13.9% from 194.
| Going | Runs | Wins | SR | vs sire | This horse |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Good to Firm | 28 | 8 | 28.6% | +19.1 | — |
| Good | 937 | 93 | 9.9% | +0.4 | — |
| Good to Soft | 704 | 71 | 10.1% | +0.6 | 1 from 6 |
| Soft | 915 | 75 | 8.2% | −1.3 | 1 from 10 |
| Heavy | 396 | 37 | 9.3% | −0.2 | 1 from 9 |
| Standard (AW) | 16 | 0 | 0% | −9.5 | — |
| Distance (all codes) | Runs | Wins | SR | vs sire | This horse |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1m – 1m1f | 6 | 0 | 0% | −9.5 | — |
| 1m2f – 1m4f | 11 | 0 | 0% | −9.5 | — |
| 1m5f – 2m | 788 | 64 | 8.1% | −1.4 | 1 from 12 |
| 2m1f – 2m4f | 1,096 | 98 | 8.9% | −0.6 | 2 from 9 |
| 2m5f – 3m | 901 | 95 | 10.5% | +1 | 0 from 4 |
| Over 3m | 194 | 27 | 13.9% | +4.4 | — |
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
2 siblings in the archive, 1 winner — best of them Lord Maher (IRE) (1 win).
The wins came over 1m7½f.
| Produce | Runs | Wins | Win trips | Best grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lord Maher (IRE) | 12 | 1 | 1m7½f | — |
| Melbourne Ghost (IRE) | 4 | 0 | — | — |
Record by conditions
| Going | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Soft | 10 | 1 | 10% | −3.00 |
| Heavy | 9 | 1 | 11% | +3.00 |
| Good to Soft | 6 | 1 | 17% | +1.50 |
| Course | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cork | 4 | 0 | 0% | −4.00 |
| Tipperary | 3 | 1 | 33% | +4.50 |
| Clonmel | 3 | 0 | 0% | −3.00 |
| Punchestown | 3 | 1 | 33% | +9.00 |
| Kilbeggan | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Wexford | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Limerick | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Gowran Park | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Naas | 1 | 1 | 100% | +6.00 |
| Down Royal | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Navan | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Thurles | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Distance | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1m5f – 2m | 12 | 1 | 8% | −4.50 |
| 2m1f – 2m4f | 9 | 2 | 22% | +10.00 |
| 2m5f – 3m | 4 | 0 | 0% | −4.00 |
| Jockey | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| E O'Connell | 12 | 1 | 8% | +0.00 |
| Jack Kennedy | 3 | 1 | 33% | +4.00 |
| Sam Ewing | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Keith Donoghue | 2 | 1 | 50% | +5.50 |
| Ambrose McCurtin | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Hugh Morgan | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Jack Foley | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Phillip Enright | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Mr R W Barron | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Headgear | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hood | 12 | 1 | 8% | +0.00 |
| Hood + tongue tie | 11 | 2 | 18% | +3.50 |
| None | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Season | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| 2024 | 9 | 2 | 22% | +5.50 |
| 2023 | 5 | 0 | 0% | −5.00 |
| 2022 | 6 | 1 | 17% | +6.00 |
| 2021 | 4 | 0 | 0% | −4.00 |
| Type | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hurdle | 24 | 3 | 13% | +2.50 |
| NH 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
| Date | Course | Race | Pos | Btn | Wgt | OR | Spd | KTB | Jockey | SP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 · 1 run | ||||||||||
| 24 Apr 25+200d | Kilbeggan | KilbegganRaces.com Handicap Hurdle Held up towards the back - still 13th after 5th - began to make progress after 2 out - up to 6th by the last - stayed on into 3rd late but too far back to threaten | 3/14 | 1¾ | 11-13 | 111 | 98B | 128A | Hugh Morgan | 18/1 |
| 2024 · 9 runs | ||||||||||
| 06 Oct 24+62d | Tipperary | Racing Tv Handicap Hurdle Held up early - improved into midfield turning in then up to 4th approaching final two furlongs - pushed along and stayed on well from the last to snatch second near the line | 2/9 | 1¾ | 10-8 | 110 | 99B | 130A | Jack Foley | 18/1 |
| 05 Aug 24+32d | Cork | Fermoy Handicap Hurdle Settled around midfield - 8th at the halfway point - improved to 5th and plugging along steadily before coming down two out | F/11 | — | 11-0 | 110 | — | — | Sam Ewing | 9/1 |
| 04 Jul 24+36d | Tipperary | TipperaryRaces.ie Handicap Hurdle (80-109) | 3/18 | ½ | 11-13 | 108 | 71B | 130A | Keith Donoghue | 8/1 |
| 29 May 24+14d | Wexford | Support The Irish Injured Jockeys Fund Hurdle | 8/8 | 6 | 11-10 | 108 | 100A | 117A | Sam Ewing | 33/1 |
| 15 May 24+27d | Tipperary | Follow Us On Facebook Handicap Hurdle (80-102) (Div 1) | 1/15 | 12-0 | 102 | 94B | 132A | Keith Donoghue | 13/2 | |
| 18 Apr 24+2d | Clonmel | Cannonwood Handicap Hurdle (80-95) | 2/10 | ¾ | 12-5 | 93 | 172A | 127A | Ambrose McCurtin | 4/1 |
| 16 Apr 24+30d | Naas | Sean Graham Bookmakers Handicap Hurdle (80-95) | 1/17 | 11-12 | 93 | 99B | 121A | Jack Kennedy | 6/1 | |
| 17 Mar 24+31d | Down Royal | Powered By Bluegrass Handicap Hurdle (80-95) (Div 1) | 4/12 | 6½ | 11-13 | 94 | 66A | 105A | Jack Kennedy | 11/4J |
| 15 Feb 24+86d | Clonmel | Minorstown Handicap Hurdle (80-95) | 7/16 | 6½ | 12-0 | 95 | — | 100A | Jack Kennedy | 7/2 |
| 2023 · 5 runs | ||||||||||
| 21 Nov 23+215d | Limerick | Mr Binman Christmas Racing Festival 26th - 29th December Handicap Hurdle (80-102) | PU/14 | — | 11-9 | 97 | — | — | Ambrose McCurtin | 16/1 |
| 20 Apr 23+40d | Kilbeggan | Follow Kilbeggan On Facebook Handicap Hurdle (80-102) | 10/15 | 5½ | 11-7 | 100 | 171C | 97C | E O'Connell | 12/1 |
| 11 Mar 23+17d | Gowran Park | BoyleSports Handicap Hurdle (80-109) | 8/20 | 2 | 11-3 | 103 | 85C | 96C | E O'Connell | 22/1 |
| 22 Feb 23+32d | Punchestown | Last Chance 10% Off Festival Tickets Handicap Hurdle (80-109) | 10/15 | 3¼ | 11-10 | 105 | — | 103A | Phillip Enright | 14/1 |
| 21 Jan 23+24d | Navan | Ardmulchan Handicap Hurdle (80-109) | 8/18 | ¾ | 11-6 | 106 | 88B | 113A | E O'Connell | 25/1 |
| 2022 · 6 runs | ||||||||||
| 28 Dec 22+38d | Limerick | Harrison O'Dowd Solicitors Handicap Hurdle | 10/18 | 20 | 11-0 | 107 | 54C | 92C | E O'Connell | 40/1 |
| 20 Nov 22+216d | Cork | Adare Manor Opportunity Handicap Hurdle (80-109) | 12/12 | 4¼ | 11-10 | 107 | 63C | 96C | E O'Connell | 8/1 |
| 18 Apr 22+43d | Cork | Boulta Schooling Handicap Hurdle | 3/16 | 1½ | 11-5 | 105 | 167B | 129A | E O'Connell | 7/2J |
| 06 Mar 22+11d | Wexford | M2 Construction, Wexford Novice Handicap Hurdle (80-109) | 3/11 | ½ | 11-4 | 103 | 85B | 123A | E O'Connell | 5/1 |
| 23 Feb 22+46d | Punchestown | Watch Racing TV In Stunning HD Handicap Hurdle (80-95) (Div 1) | 1/15 | 11-9 | 95 | 90B | 117A | E O'Connell | 11/1 | |
| 08 Jan 22+37d | Cork | Come Racing To Cork Rated Novice Hurdle | 6/7 | 2½ | 10-11 | — | 122A | 94A | E O'Connell | 250/1 |
| 2021 · 4 runs | ||||||||||
| 02 Dec 21+19d | Clonmel | Kilsheelan Maiden Hurdle | UR/16 | — | 11-9 | — | — | — | E O'Connell | 80/1 |
| 13 Nov 21+43d | Punchestown | Lengthen The Odds With BetVictor Maiden Hurdle | 12/21 | 1¾ | 11-4 | — | 85B | 91A | E O'Connell | 200/1 |
| 01 Oct 21+195d | Gowran Park | BetVictor Joe Bollard Memorial Maiden Hurdle (Div 2) | 8/13 | 14 | 11-4 | — | 65C | 94C | E O'Connell | 125/1 |
| 20 Mar 21 | Thurles | www.thurlesraces.ie (Pro/Am) Flat Race | 12/15 | 2¾ | 11-2 | — | 26C | 95C | Mr R W Barron | 100/1 |
Quick answers
- How many races has The Niffler won?
- The Niffler (IRE) won 3 of 25 archived starts between 2021 and 2025, a strike rate of 12%. Placed 9 times in total (36% of starts).
- Who trained The Niffler?
- The Niffler (IRE) was trained by Eamonn O'Connell on the most recent run on record, at Kilbeggan on 24 April 2025.
- Who is The Niffler's sire?
- The Niffler (IRE) is by Ocovango (GB) out of Tagalong (IRE), whose sire is Brian Boru.
- What going does The Niffler prefer?
- The Niffler (IRE) has the best record on good to soft 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 The Niffler's official rating?
- The most recent official rating on record is 111, from the run on 24 April 2025. That is also the highest on record.
- What is The Niffler's sire's record?
- Ocovango (GB)'s progeny in our archive have won 9.5% of 2,996 runs since Jan 2008 (305 horses), Flat and jumps together. Strongest at trips beyond 3m (all codes): 13.9% from 194.
- Who are The Niffler's siblings?
- Out of Tagalong (IRE), The Niffler (IRE) has 2 other produce in our archive, 1 of them a winner. Most wins: Lord Maher (IRE) (1). The wins came over 1m7½f. As at Oct 2026.