Horse profile
The Tartan Spartan (IRE)
by The Carbon Unit (USA) out of The Real Thing (IRE) (Traditionally)
27 runs · 21 courses · from Apr 2016
As at 5 Nov 2026 · KTB archive: GB, Ireland & France · 2005–present, updated daily
No run recorded since 1 Oct 2021 — 1,861 days ago. Our archive can't say whether the horse is still in training.
Last run Oct 2021 · 10th of 18
3 wins · Down Royal, Salisbury & Thirsk
Last raced off OR 95
KTB Profile
The Tartan Spartan (IRE) is 3 from 27, including a Listed win. The biggest win we hold: the Her Majesty's Plate at Down Royal (Jul 2017). Hasn't won since Jul 2017. Last raced off 95, 14lb below the career-high mark.
Based on 27 archived runs · updated 5 Nov 2026
KTB at a glance
OR ↓ 14lb off peak
- 3–27Wins / Runs
- 11.1%Strike rate
- 6 (22.2%)Placed
- −5.00£1 level staken=27 at SP
- 1.94Fair A/E n=27 · 1.60 incl. margin
- 109Highest OR
- 22dBetween runs (median)longest 528 d
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 rating95↓ 14lb off peak
95
87–109
KTB Speed and Rating
KTB Speed
Best recent Speed 83
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 5 Nov 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Good | 5 | 83B | 71 | — |
| Soft | 2 | 90A | 74 | — |
| Good to Soft | 2 | 116B | 108.5 | — |
| Distance | Runs | Best | Median | Since 5 Nov 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1m5f – 2m | 5 | 101B | 71 | — |
| 2m1f – 2m4f | 4 | 116B | 80 | — |
Flat
| Going | Runs | Best | Median | Since 5 Nov 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Soft | 3 | 114A | 61 | — |
| Good | 3 | 93A | 79 | — |
| Good to Firm | 2 | 112C | 99.5 | — |
| Heavy | 1 | — | — | — |
| Good to Soft | 1 | — | — | — |
| Firm | 1 | — | — | — |
| Distance | Runs | Best | Median | Since 5 Nov 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1m5f – 2m | 10 | 142A | 90 | — |
| 1m2f – 1m4f | 1 | — | — | — |
Of 23 runs looked at, 3 have no figure: obstacles omitted — the race ran a shortened course (2) · did not complete (1).
KTB Speed v1 · batch 15 Sep 2026 · GB & Irish racing only · 20 figures from 23 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 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 683 runs since Sep 2013 (44 horses).
| Going | Runs | Wins | SR | vs sire | This horse |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Firm | 2 | 1 | 50% | +41.8 | 1 from 1 |
| Good to Firm | 110 | 9 | 8.2% | 0 | 0 from 2 |
| Good | 176 | 10 | 5.7% | −2.5 | 0 from 10 |
| Good to Soft | 79 | 9 | 11.4% | +3.2 | 1 from 5 |
| Soft | 141 | 12 | 8.5% | +0.3 | 1 from 8 |
| Heavy | 57 | 4 | 7% | −1.2 | 0 from 1 |
| Standard (AW) | 118 | 11 | 9.3% | +1.1 | — |
| Distance (all codes) | Runs | Wins | SR | vs sire | This horse |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Under 6f | 36 | 5 | 13.9% | +5.7 | — |
| 6f – 7f | 152 | 12 | 7.9% | −0.3 | — |
| 1m – 1m1f | 159 | 12 | 7.5% | −0.7 | — |
| 1m2f – 1m4f | 162 | 11 | 6.8% | −1.4 | 1 from 2 |
| 1m5f – 2m | 134 | 13 | 9.7% | +1.5 | 2 from 19 |
| 2m1f – 2m4f | 34 | 3 | 8.8% | +0.6 | 0 from 6 |
| 2m5f – 3m | 5 | 0 | 0% | −8.2 | — |
| Over 3m | 1 | 0 | 0% | −8.2 | — |
Flat and jumps together (all codes) · since Sep 2013 · as at 5 Nov 2026 · rows under 30 runs muted · win % is the measure, a record not a forecast
Dam
The Real Thing (IRE) (Traditionally)
8 siblings in the archive, 5 winners — best of them Dancing Cosmos (IRE) (4 wins).
The wins came over 6f–2m3½f; the highest grade won is Class 4 (Sarah Joyce (IRE)).
| Produce | Runs | Wins | Win trips | Best grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dancing Cosmos (IRE) | 22 | 4 | 1m–1m½f | Class 6 |
| Sarah Joyce (IRE) | 19 | 3 | 1m½f–2m3½f | Class 4 |
| Ufouria (IRE) | 14 | 1 | 2m | — |
| Helen's Armada (IRE) | 20 | 1 | 1m | — |
| Rominintheglomin (IRE) | 12 | 1 | 6f | Class 6 |
| Miles Christianus (IRE) | 2 | 0 | — | — |
| The Lost Legion (IRE) | 3 | 0 | — | — |
| Leven (IRE) | 6 | 0 | — | — |
Record by conditions
| Going | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Good | 10 | 0 | 0% | −10.00 |
| Soft | 8 | 1 | 13% | −1.00 |
| Good to Soft | 5 | 1 | 20% | +6.00 |
| Good to Firm | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Heavy | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Firm | 1 | 1 | 100% | +3.00 |
| Class | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Class 1 | 7 | 0 | 0% | −7.00 |
| Class 4 | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Class 3 | 1 | 1 | 100% | +3.00 |
| Class 2 | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Class 5 | 1 | 1 | 100% | +6.00 |
| Course | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wexford | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Kilbeggan | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Limerick | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Down Royal | 2 | 1 | 50% | +9.00 |
| Newbury | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Ascot | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Gowran Park | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Listowel | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Clonmel | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Tipperary | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Punchestown | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Naas | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Newmarket | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Curragh | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Chester | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Chantilly (FR) | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| York | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Salisbury | 1 | 1 | 100% | +3.00 |
| Musselburgh | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Doncaster | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Thirsk | 1 | 1 | 100% | +6.00 |
| Distance | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1m5f – 2m | 19 | 2 | 11% | −4.00 |
| 2m1f – 2m4f | 6 | 0 | 0% | −6.00 |
| 1m2f – 1m4f | 2 | 1 | 50% | +5.00 |
| Jockey | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tadhg O'Shea | 6 | 1 | 17% | −2.00 |
| Brian Hayes | 3 | 0 | 0% | −3.00 |
| Frank Hayes | 3 | 0 | 0% | −3.00 |
| Ronan Whelan | 3 | 1 | 33% | +8.00 |
| David Mullins | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Jamie Hayes | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Phillip Enright | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| L P Dempsey | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Daryl Jacob | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Michael Hussey | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Silvestre De Sousa | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Royston Ffrench | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Sam Hitchcott | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Phillip Makin | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Graham Gibbons | 1 | 1 | 100% | +6.00 |
| Headgear | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| None | 25 | 3 | 12% | −3.00 |
| Blinkers | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Season | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 4 | 0 | 0% | −4.00 |
| 2020 | 5 | 0 | 0% | −5.00 |
| 2019 | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| 2018 | 4 | 0 | 0% | −4.00 |
| 2017 | 8 | 2 | 25% | +7.00 |
| 2016 | 4 | 1 | 25% | +3.00 |
| Type | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Flat | 15 | 3 | 20% | +7.00 |
| Hurdle | 12 | 0 | 0% | −12.00 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 · 4 runs | ||||||||||
| 01 Oct 21+27d | Gowran Park | Race Displays Handicap Hurdle (80-102) | 10/18 | ½ | 11-9 | 95 | 60B | 103A | Brian Hayes | 28/1 |
| 04 Sep 21+89d | Wexford | Download The Boylesports App Handicap Hurdle (80-102) | 9/12 | hd | 11-5 | 98 | 77A | 94A | Frank Hayes | 22/1 |
| 07 Jun 21+24d | Listowel | Mike Lawlee Memorial Opportunity Handicap Hurdle (80-102) | 9/18 | ½ | 11-8 | 100 | 83B | 96A | Jamie Hayes | 40/1 |
| 14 May 21+253d | Kilbeggan | Mullingar Novice Hurdle | 3/8 | 9 | 10-13 | 100 | — | 98A | Frank Hayes | 28/1 |
| 2020 · 5 runs | ||||||||||
| 03 Sep 20+17d | Clonmel | Sir Thomas Bridge Opportunity Rated Novice Hurdle | 6/6 | 46 | 10-12 | 104 | 71C | 66C | Frank Hayes | 12/1 |
| 17 Aug 20+12d | Tipperary | Junction Handicap Hurdle (80-109) | 7/14 | 17 | 12-0 | 107 | 58C | 97C | Brian Hayes | 20/1 |
| 05 Aug 20+13d | Wexford | Boro Maiden Hurdle | 4/12 | 12 | 12-0 | 109 | 90A | 107A | Phillip Enright | 17/2 |
| 23 Jul 20+13d | Limerick | Adare Handicap Hurdle | PU/14 | — | 11-6 | 109 | — | — | L P Dempsey | 12/1 |
| 10 Jul 20+528d | Kilbeggan | Follow Kilbeggan On Instagram (C & G) Maiden Hurdle (Div 2) | 4/13 | 2¾ | 12-0 | 109 | 116B | 117A | Brian Hayes | 5/1 |
| 2019 · 2 runs | ||||||||||
| 29 Jan 19+16d | Down Royal | Get A Run For Your Money With BetVictor Maiden Hurdle | 5/18 | 13 | 11-12 | — | — | 106C | David Mullins | 10/1 |
| 13 Jan 19+15d | Punchestown | Sportinglife.com Maiden Hurdle | 3/21 | 9 | 11-12 | — | 39B | 121A | David Mullins | 14/1 |
| 2018 · 4 runs | ||||||||||
| 29 Dec 18+55d | Newbury | Betway 'Introductory' Hurdle | 7/16 | 1 | 11-0 | — | 101B | 110A | Daryl Jacob | 25/1 |
| 04 Nov 18+22d | Naas | Daragh Fitzpatrick & Colm White Local Bookmakers November Handicap | 20/20 | 24 | 9-6 | 97 | 57C | 83C | Michael Hussey | 50/1 |
| 13 Oct 18+16d | Limerick | Martin Molony Stakes (Listed) | 7/7 | 11 | 9-7 | 99 | 104C | 70C | Ronan Whelan | 33/1 |
| 27 Sep 18+382d | Newmarket | Jockey Club Rose Bowl Stakes (Listed) | 4/5 | 10 | 9-3 | 102 | 79C | 75C | Silvestre De Sousa | 20/1 |
| 2017 · 8 runs | ||||||||||
| 10 Sep 17+8d | Curragh | Comer Group International Irish St. Leger (Group 1) | 7/10 | 4½ | 9-10 | 102 | 61C | 84C | Ronan Whelan | 66/1 |
| 02 Sep 17+14d | Chester | corbettsports.com Chester Stakes (Listed Handicap) | 7/11 | nse | 9-11 | 102 | 93A | 90A | Royston Ffrench | 12/1 |
| 19 Aug 17+22d | Newbury | Betfred Geoffrey Freer Stakes (Group 3) | 7/8 | 2¾ | 9-5 | 102 | 114A | 81A | Tadhg O'Shea | 16/1 |
| 28 Jul 17+35d | Down Royal | Her Majesty's Plate (listed) | 1/8 | 9-9 | 102 | 142A | 88A | Ronan Whelan | 10/1 | |
| 23 Jun 17+27d | Chantilly (FR) | Prix la Moskowa () (4yo+) (Turf) | 5/7 | ½ | 9-0 | — | — | — | Tadhg O'Shea | 83/10 |
| 27 May 17+27d | York | weddingmates.co.uk Grand Cup Stakes (Listed) | 5/10 | 2¼ | 9-0 | 97 | 87A | 84A | Tadhg O'Shea | 11/1 |
| 30 Apr 17+15d | Salisbury | Betfred "City Bowl" Handicap | 1/8 | 9-11 | 96 | 101A | 91A | Tadhg O'Shea | 3/1 | |
| 15 Apr 17+197d | Musselburgh | Totepool Queen's Cup Handicap | 3/13 | ½ | 8-11 | 94 | 112C | 79A | Sam Hitchcott | 12/1 |
| 2016 · 4 runs | ||||||||||
| 30 Sep 16+20d | Ascot | Londonmetric Noel Murless Stakes (Listed) | 6/7 | 1¾ | 9-1 | 94 | 73B | 74A | Tadhg O'Shea | 33/1 |
| 10 Sep 16+85d | Doncaster | Ladbrokes St Leger Stakes (Group 1) (British Champions Series) | 8/9 | 5 | 9-1 | 87 | — | 76C | Phillip Makin | 66/1 |
| 17 Jun 16+48d | Ascot | Queen's Vase (Listed) | 7/18 | 2 | 9-3 | 87 | — | 82A | Tadhg O'Shea | 33/1 |
| 30 Apr 16 | Thirsk | Totetrifecta Pick The 1, 2, 3 Maiden Stakes | 1/10 | 8-8 | — | — | 85A | Graham Gibbons | 6/1 | |
Quick answers
- How many races has The Tartan Spartan won?
- The Tartan Spartan (IRE) won 3 of 27 archived starts between 2016 and 2021, a strike rate of 11.1%. Placed 6 times in total (22.2% of starts).
- Who trained The Tartan Spartan?
- The Tartan Spartan (IRE) was trained by Philip Fenton on the most recent run on record, at Gowran Park on 1 October 2021.
- Who is The Tartan Spartan's sire?
- The Tartan Spartan (IRE) is by The Carbon Unit (USA) out of The Real Thing (IRE), whose sire is Traditionally.
- What going does The Tartan Spartan prefer?
- The Tartan Spartan (IRE) has the best record on good to soft going: 1 win from 5 starts (20%). Only going bands with at least three archived starts are read, so this is a direction rather than a settled preference.
- What is The Tartan Spartan's official rating?
- The most recent official rating on record is 95, from the run on 1 October 2021. The highest on record is 109.
- What is The Tartan Spartan's sire's record?
- The Carbon Unit (USA)'s progeny in our archive have won 8.2% of 683 runs since Sep 2013 (44 horses), Flat and jumps together.
- Who are The Tartan Spartan's siblings?
- Out of The Real Thing (IRE), The Tartan Spartan (IRE) has 8 other produce in our archive, 5 of them winners. Most wins: Dancing Cosmos (IRE) (4). Highest grade won: Class 4 (Sarah Joyce (IRE)). The wins came over 6f–2m3½f. As at Nov 2026.