Horse profile
The Thunderer (IRE)
by Gleneagles (IRE) out of Purple Sage (IRE) (Danehill Dancer)
38 runs · 13 courses · from Nov 2020
As at 14 Oct 2026 · KTB archive: GB, Ireland & France · 2005–present, updated daily
No run recorded since 9 Sep 2024 — 765 days ago. Our archive can't say whether the horse is still in training.
Last run Sep 2024 · 4th of 8
4 wins · 4 courses
Beaten favourite LTO
Last raced off OR 71
KTB Profile
The Thunderer is a gelding who won four of 38 starts all at Class 5 level over 1m2f – 1m4f. He gained those victories on good to firm at Yarmouth in Jul 2021 off 71, on standard at Kempton in Oct 2022 off 67, on standard at Wolverhampton in Apr 2023 off 72 and on good at Chester in Jun 2023 off 79. He has not won since Jun 2023 and finished fourth of eight at Brighton in Sep 2024 when beaten favourite. He last ran off an official rating of 71, 15lb below his highest ever mark of 86.
Based on 38 archived runs · run-style from 2 commented runs · updated 14 Oct 2026
KTB at a glance
All wins at Class 5
OR ↓ 15lb off peak
- 4–38Wins / Runs
- 10.5%Strike rate
- 11 (28.9%)Placed
- −16.67£1 level staken=38 at SP
- 1.05Fair A/E n=38 · 0.92 incl. margin
- 86Highest OR
- 37dAvg 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 rating71↓ 15lb off peak
71
67–86
KTB Speed and Rating
KTB Speed
Best recent Speed 91
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.
Flat
| Going | Runs | Best | Median | Since 14 Oct 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Standard (AW) | 21 | 110B | 90 | — |
| Good to Firm | 8 | 115A | 83 | — |
| Good | 5 | 94A | 84 | — |
| Good to Soft | 2 | 82A | 67 | — |
| Soft | 1 | — | — | — |
| Heavy | 1 | — | — | — |
| Distance | Runs | Best | Median | Since 14 Oct 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1m2f – 1m4f | 28 | 115A | 90 | — |
| 1m5f – 2m | 5 | 95A | 83 | — |
| 1m – 1m1f | 5 | 82A | 77 | — |
KTB Speed v1 · batch 15 Sep 2026 · GB & Irish racing only · 38 figures from 38 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.
Pedigree intelligence
Sire
Progeny in our archive have won 11.4% of 4,536 runs since Jan 2008 (444 horses).
Strongest on heavy going: 17.3% from 278.
| Going | Runs | Wins | SR | vs sire | This horse |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Firm | 11 | 2 | 18.2% | +6.8 | — |
| Good to Firm | 497 | 63 | 12.7% | +1.3 | 1 from 8 |
| Good | 1,155 | 138 | 11.9% | +0.5 | 1 from 5 |
| Good to Soft | 556 | 57 | 10.3% | −1.1 | 0 from 2 |
| Soft | 743 | 88 | 11.8% | +0.4 | 0 from 1 |
| Heavy | 278 | 48 | 17.3% | +5.9 | 0 from 1 |
| Standard (AW) | 1,296 | 122 | 9.4% | −2 | 2 from 21 |
| Distance (all codes) | Runs | Wins | SR | vs sire | This horse |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Under 6f | 140 | 14 | 10% | −1.4 | — |
| 6f – 7f | 947 | 107 | 11.3% | −0.1 | — |
| 1m – 1m1f | 1,201 | 149 | 12.4% | +1 | 0 from 5 |
| 1m2f – 1m4f | 1,290 | 150 | 11.6% | +0.2 | 4 from 28 |
| 1m5f – 2m | 590 | 64 | 10.8% | −0.6 | 0 from 5 |
| 2m1f – 2m4f | 237 | 22 | 9.3% | −2.1 | — |
| 2m5f – 3m | 95 | 6 | 6.3% | −5.1 | — |
| Over 3m | 36 | 6 | 16.7% | +5.3 | — |
Flat and jumps together (all codes) · since Jan 2008 · as at 14 Oct 2026 · rows under 30 runs muted · win % is the measure, a record not a forecast
Dam
Purple Sage (IRE) (Danehill Dancer)
4 siblings in the archive, 2 winners — best of them Sage Advice (IRE) (2 wins).
The wins came over 1m–2m; the highest grade won is Class 4 (Sage Advice (IRE)).
| Produce | Runs | Wins | Win trips | Best grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sage Advice (IRE) | 20 | 2 | 1m2f–2m | Class 4 |
| Kolachi (IRE) | 7 | 1 | 1m | — |
| Decem Starr (IRE) | 8 | 0 | — | — |
| Patronise (IRE) | 2 | 0 | — | — |
Record by conditions
| Going | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Standard (AW) | 21 | 2 | 10% | −8.17 |
| Good to Firm | 8 | 1 | 13% | −4.00 |
| Good | 5 | 1 | 20% | −0.50 |
| Good to Soft | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Soft | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Heavy | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Class | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Class 5 | 19 | 4 | 21% | +2.33 |
| Class 4 | 13 | 0 | 0% | −13.00 |
| Class 3 | 3 | 0 | 0% | −3.00 |
| Class 2 | 3 | 0 | 0% | −3.00 |
| Course | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wolverhampton (AW) | 10 | 1 | 10% | −5.67 |
| Kempton (AW) | 7 | 1 | 14% | +1.50 |
| Yarmouth | 5 | 1 | 20% | −1.00 |
| Newmarket | 3 | 0 | 0% | −3.00 |
| Goodwood | 3 | 0 | 0% | −3.00 |
| Southwell (AW) | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Leicester | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Brighton | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Chepstow | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Lingfield (AW) | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Chester | 1 | 1 | 100% | +3.50 |
| Lingfield | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Chelmsford City (AW) | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Distance | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1m2f – 1m4f | 28 | 4 | 14% | −6.67 |
| 1m5f – 2m | 5 | 0 | 0% | −5.00 |
| 1m – 1m1f | 5 | 0 | 0% | −5.00 |
| Jockey | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Luke Catton | 4 | 0 | 0% | −4.00 |
| Kaiya Fraser | 4 | 1 | 25% | +4.50 |
| Luke Morris | 3 | 0 | 0% | −3.00 |
| Charles Bishop | 3 | 0 | 0% | −3.00 |
| Jack Mitchell | 3 | 1 | 33% | +1.00 |
| Marco Ghiani | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Sean Levey | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Harry Davies | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Stefano Cherchi | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Connor Planas | 2 | 1 | 50% | +2.33 |
| James Doyle | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Callum Shepherd | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Hector Crouch | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Morgan Cole | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Laura Pearson | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Ray Dawson | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Ben Curtis | 1 | 1 | 100% | +3.50 |
| Richard Kingscote | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Hollie Doyle | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Headgear | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| None | 23 | 3 | 13% | −6.00 |
| Cheekpieces | 9 | 0 | 0% | −9.00 |
| Visor | 5 | 0 | 0% | −5.00 |
| Tongue tie | 1 | 1 | 100% | +3.33 |
| Season | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 12 | 0 | 0% | −12.00 |
| 2023 | 10 | 2 | 20% | −1.17 |
| 2022 | 6 | 1 | 17% | +2.50 |
| 2021 | 9 | 1 | 11% | −5.00 |
| 2020 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 09 Sep 24+11d | Brighton | Sky Sports Racing Sky 415 'Confined' Handicap Settled towards the back - pushed along with 3f left - nudged closer inside the final furlong but never a threat | 4/8 | 5 | 10-3 | 71 | 91A | 76A | Marco Ghiani | 16/5F |
| 29 Aug 24+6d | Southwell (AW) | tote.co.uk It's The Final Countdown Racing League Race 36 Handicap (Trainers Registered To Racing League) Held up towards rear - lacked the speed to challenge - finished with late progress from wide - came home sixth | 6/12 | ½ | 9-4 | 72 | 90A | 79A | Luke Morris | 22/1 |
| 23 Aug 24+7d | Newmarket | JenningsBet Best Odds Guaranteed Every Shop Handicap Slow to start - settled at the back - made progress though squeezed for space over 2f out - shifted right approaching final furlong - poised to strike inside the last - stayed on to finish third by a short head | 3/6 | nse | 9-6 | 70 | 90B | 78B | Sean Levey | 9/2 |
| 16 Aug 24+8d | Newmarket | JenningsBet Buntingford Handicap Sluggish start - into contention behind the pace - up to second with 4f left - hit the front with 2f to run - overtaken inside the final furlong - battled on but narrowly denied | 2/6 | ½ | 9-13 | 72 | 84B | 88B | Sean Levey | 6/1 |
| 08 Aug 24+14d | Chepstow | Download The tote App Today Racing League 19 Handicap (Trainers Registered To Racing League) Settled in the pack - pushed along with two furlongs left - dropped away inside the final furlong - finished seventh | 7/8 | 2½ | 8-11 | 72 | 52A | 58A | Harry Davies | 18/1 |
| 25 Jul 24+48d | Yarmouth | 50,000 Guaranteed Tote Placepot Racing League Race 1 Handicap (Trainers Registered To Racing League) | 10/11 | 1 | 9-1 | 74 | 62A | 66A | Harry Davies | 16/1 |
| 07 Jun 24+35d | Goodwood | Grahame Carter Remembrance Gallop Apprentice Handicap | 4/7 | ½ | 9-10 | 76 | 72B | 80A | Luke Catton | 18/1 |
| 03 May 24+35d | Goodwood | William Hill Extra Place Races Handicap | 5/5 | 4¼ | 9-7 | 79 | 64C | 70B | Hector Crouch | 14/1 |
| 29 Mar 24+27d | Lingfield (AW) | BetUK All-Weather Vase Apprentice Handicap | 6/16 | 1½ | 9-8 | 80 | 93B | 80A | Luke Catton | 33/1 |
| 02 Mar 24+28d | Kempton (AW) | Unibet More Boosts In More Races Handicap | 4/9 | 2½ | 9-6 | 81 | 104A | 74A | Luke Catton | 25/1 |
| 03 Feb 24+28d | Kempton (AW) | Unibet Zero% Mission Handicap | 11/11 | 15 | 8-7 | 82 | 92C | 57C | Morgan Cole | 25/1 |
| 06 Jan 24+28d | Kempton (AW) | Unibet Zero% Mission Handicap | 3/12 | 2 | 9-11 | 82 | 83A | 81A | Marco Ghiani | 12/1 |
| 09 Dec 23+87d | Wolverhampton (AW) | Always Gamble Responsibly With BetUK Handicap | 5/7 | ½ | 8-13 | 84 | 97A | 69A | Luke Catton | 28/1 |
| 13 Sep 23+6d | Southwell (AW) | William Hill Epic Value Racing League Race 42 Handicap | 5/12 | nk | 8-7 | 86 | 94A | 76A | Stefano Cherchi | 80/1 |
| 07 Sep 23+42d | Wolverhampton (AW) | William Hill Epic Value Racing League Race 34 Handicap | 8/11 | 4 | 9-8 | 86 | 95A | 73A | Laura Pearson | 33/1 |
| 27 Jul 23+40d | Yarmouth | William Hill Bet In-running Racing League Race 6 Handicap | 4/11 | 2½ | 9-3 | 86 | 82A | 82A | Ray Dawson | 10/1 |
| 17 Jun 23+8d | Chester | Edinburgh Gin Rhubarb & Ginger Handicap | 1/8 | 9-13 | 79 | 94A | 107A | Ben Curtis | 7/2 | |
| 09 Jun 23+60d | Goodwood | Dementia Support Charity Apprentice Handicap | 2/6 | 2¼ | 9-10 | 77 | 74B | 87B | Connor Planas | 7/2 |
| 10 Apr 23+56d | Wolverhampton (AW) | At The Races App Expert Tips Handicap | 1/7 | 9-3 | 72 | 77A | 69A | Connor Planas | 10/3F | |
| 13 Feb 23+12d | Wolverhampton (AW) | Scu Selects Expert Tips By BetUK Handicap | 8/11 | 1¾ | 9-8 | 74 | 89A | 70A | Charles Bishop | 20/1 |
| 01 Feb 23+13d | Kempton (AW) | Try Our New Price Boosts At Unibet Handicap | 7/9 | nse | 10-1 | 76 | 97A | 76A | Charles Bishop | 25/1 |
| 19 Jan 23+106d | Kempton (AW) | Unibet 3 Uniboosts A Day Handicap | 8/8 | 32 | 9-1 | 77 | 27C | 47C | Charles Bishop | 25/1 |
| 05 Oct 22+29d | Kempton (AW) | Unibet Support Safe Gambling Handicap | 1/13 | 8-13 | 67 | 110B | 91A | Kaiya Fraser | 15/2 | |
| 06 Sep 22+27d | Leicester | Jennie Tilley Birthday Confined Handicap | 4/8 | 1½ | 9-2 | 68 | 77A | 67A | Kaiya Fraser | 11/1 |
| 10 Aug 22+41d | Kempton (AW) | Unibet 3 Uniboosts A Day Handicap | 6/12 | ½ | 9-11 | 70 | 94A | 77A | Richard Kingscote | 12/1 |
| 30 Jun 22+31d | Yarmouth | QuinnBet Acca Bonus 'Hands And Heels' Apprentice Handicap | 2/6 | 6 | 9-6 | 72 | 115A | 81B | Kaiya Fraser | 11/2 |
| 30 May 22+25d | Lingfield | Download The At The Races App Handicap | 6/7 | 57 | 9-8 | 74 | 14C | 56C | Jack Mitchell | 10/1 |
| 05 May 22+199d | Chelmsford City (AW) | Ministry Of Sound Disco 20th August Handicap | 5/5 | 2½ | 9-4 | 75 | 83C | 65B | Jack Mitchell | 5/1 |
| 18 Oct 21+28d | Wolverhampton (AW) | Cazoo Handicap | 4/11 | ½ | 9-0 | 75 | 99A | 70A | Kaiya Fraser | 14/1 |
| 20 Sep 21+40d | Wolverhampton (AW) | Sky Sports Racing Sky 415 Handicap | 5/8 | nse | 9-3 | 77 | 88A | 72A | James Doyle | 7/2 |
| 11 Aug 21+28d | Yarmouth | Cazoo Handicap | 5/6 | 1 | 9-4 | 77 | 110A | 62B | Callum Shepherd | 5/4F |
| 14 Jul 21+20d | Yarmouth | QuinnBet Best Odds Guaranteed Maiden Handicap | 1/8 | 9-3 | 71 | 81A | 88A | Jack Mitchell | 3/1F | |
| 24 Jun 21+23d | Newmarket | Newmarket Academy Godolphin Beacon Project Handicap | 6/7 | 1¼ | 8-11 | 71 | 92A | 65A | Callum Shepherd | 8/1 |
| 01 Jun 21+64d | Leicester | Book Tickets Now At leicester-racecourse.com Handicap | 2/8 | 1½ | 9-3 | 71 | 85A | 71A | James Doyle | 6/1 |
| 29 Mar 21+70d | Wolverhampton (AW) | Get Your Ladbrokes Daily Odds Boost Handicap | 2/9 | 3 | 9-1 | 69 | 81A | 76A | Stefano Cherchi | 7/1 |
| 18 Jan 21+11d | Wolverhampton (AW) | Betway Maiden Stakes | 10/13 | nk | 8-6 | — | 77B | 63A | Luke Morris | 17/2 |
| 07 Jan 21+46d | Wolverhampton (AW) | Get Your Ladbrokes Daily Odds Boost Novice Stakes | 7/12 | nk | 9-5 | — | 77A | 68A | Luke Morris | 9/2 |
| 22 Nov 20 | Wolverhampton (AW) | Ladbrokes Watch Racing Online For Free EBF Maiden Stakes | 3/10 | 3 | 9-5 | — | 82A | 75A | Hollie Doyle | 22/1 |
Quick answers
- How many races has The Thunderer (IRE) won?
- The Thunderer (IRE) won 4 of 38 archived starts between 2020 and 2024, a strike rate of 10.5%. Placed 11 times in total (28.9% of starts).
- Who trained The Thunderer (IRE)?
- The Thunderer (IRE) was trained by Stuart Williams on the most recent run on record, at Brighton on 9 September 2024.
- Who is The Thunderer (IRE)'s sire?
- The Thunderer (IRE) is by Gleneagles (IRE) out of Purple Sage (IRE), whose sire is Danehill Dancer.
- What going does The Thunderer (IRE) prefer?
- The Thunderer (IRE) has the best record on good 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 Thunderer (IRE)'s official rating?
- The most recent official rating on record is 71, from the run on 9 September 2024. The highest on record is 86.
- What is The Thunderer (IRE)'s sire's record?
- Gleneagles (IRE)'s progeny in our archive have won 11.4% of 4,536 runs since Jan 2008 (444 horses), Flat and jumps together. Strongest on heavy going: 17.3% from 278.
- Who are The Thunderer (IRE)'s siblings?
- Out of Purple Sage (IRE), The Thunderer (IRE) has 4 other produce in our archive, 2 of them winners. Most wins: Sage Advice (IRE) (2). Highest grade won: Class 4 (Sage Advice (IRE)). The wins came over 1m–2m. As at Oct 2026.