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Horse profile

The Vicar (IRE)

10yo gelding (at last run, May 2013) · Last trainer David Rees · Last owner Border Pointers 1
by Bob Back (USA) out of Moon Storm (IRE) (Strong Gale)
22 runs · 11 courses · from Nov 2007
As at 22 Oct 2026 · KTB archive: GB, Ireland & France · 2005–present, updated daily
No run recorded since 24 May 2013 — 4,898 days ago. Our archive can't say whether the horse is still in training.
Last run May 2013 · 3rd of 12 2 wins · Haydock & Huntingdon New yard Last raced off OR 98
KTB Profile

The Vicar (IRE) is 2 from 22. Hasn't won since Feb 2009. Last raced off 98, 36lb below the career-high mark.

Based on 22 archived runs · updated 22 Oct 2026
KTB at a glance OR ↓ 36lb off peak
Official rating98↓ 36lb off peak
98 98–134

KTB Speed and Rating

KTB Speed

No KTB Speed figures for this horse. The engine scores GB and Irish racing from Oct 2016; runs elsewhere, or earlier, have no figure.

KTB Speed v1 · batch 15 Sep 2026 · GB & Irish racing only · 0 figures from 0 runs · a record, not a forecast

KTB Rating

Best recent KTB Rating 122A the best of the last 3 rated runs · Towcester, 24 May 2013 Official rating 98 at the last run, 24 May 2013

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 17 figures · best 142A · median 112
GoingRunsBestMedianSince 22 Oct 2025
Soft8126A115.5—
Good to Soft4122A95.5—
Heavy4142A118.5—
Good1———
DistanceRunsBestMedianSince 22 Oct 2025
2m1f – 2m4f7142A112—
2m5f – 3m6124A102—
1m5f – 2m4125A122—

Of 22 runs looked at, 5 have no figure: did not complete (or a non-runner row) (5).

KTB Rating v1 · batch 3 Oct 2026 · GB & Irish racing only · 17 figures from 22 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
Bob Back (USA)

Progeny in our archive have won 11.8% of 3,724 runs since Jan 2008 (338 horses).

GoingRunsWinsSRvs sireThis horse
Firm24416.7%+4.9—
Good to Firm2683713.8%+2—
Good97610010.2%−1.60 from 2
Good to Soft5725810.1%−1.70 from 6
Soft1,06613012.2%+0.41 from 9
Heavy79410613.4%+1.61 from 5
Standard (AW)24416.7%+4.9—
Distance (all codes)RunsWinsSRvs sireThis horse
6f – 7f100%−11.8—
1m – 1m1f1200%−11.8—
1m2f – 1m4f3013.3%−8.5—
1m5f – 2m86311012.7%+0.90 from 4
2m1f – 2m4f1,31916612.6%+0.82 from 9
2m5f – 3m1,19913311.1%−0.70 from 9
Over 3m300299.7%−2.1—

Flat and jumps together (all codes) · since Jan 2008 · as at 22 Oct 2026 · rows under 30 runs muted · win % is the measure, a record not a forecast

Dam
Moon Storm (IRE) (Strong Gale)

7 siblings in the archive, 6 winners — best of them Warden Hill (IRE) (6 wins).

The wins came over 1m7½f–3m2f; the highest grade won is Class 3 (Warden Hill (IRE)).

ProduceRunsWinsWin tripsBest grade
Warden Hill (IRE)2162m–3m2fClass 3
Seacon Beg (IRE)1722m½f–2m2½fClass 5
Itsnonofurbusiness (IRE)812m7fClass 4
Harrowman (IRE)211m7½fClass 6
Tomjackwilliam (IRE)1212m5f—
The Boys Dont Know (IRE)1712m—
All Shell (IRE)20——

Record by conditions

GoingRunsWinsSR£1
Soft 9 1 11% −5.75
Good to Soft 6 0 0% −6.00
Heavy 5 1 20% +2.00
Good 2 0 0% −2.00

ClassRunsWinsSR£1
Class 3 9 0 0% −9.00
Class 4 7 1 14% −3.75
Class 2 3 1 33% +4.00
Class 5 1 0 0% −1.00
Class 1 1 0 0% −1.00
Class 6 1 0 0% −1.00

CourseRunsWinsSR£1
Haydock 5 1 20% +2.00
Huntingdon 4 1 25% −0.75
Newbury 3 0 0% −3.00
Towcester 2 0 0% −2.00
Warwick 2 0 0% −2.00
Uttoxeter 1 0 0% −1.00
Bangor-on-Dee 1 0 0% −1.00
Cheltenham 1 0 0% −1.00
Plumpton 1 0 0% −1.00
Market Rasen 1 0 0% −1.00
Ludlow 1 0 0% −1.00

DistanceRunsWinsSR£1
2m5f – 3m 9 0 0% −9.00
2m1f – 2m4f 9 2 22% +1.25
1m5f – 2m 4 0 0% −4.00

JockeyRunsWinsSR£1
Dominic Elsworth 6 2 33% +4.25
Hadden Frost 3 0 0% −3.00
Timmy Murphy 3 0 0% −3.00
Andrew Thornton 2 0 0% −2.00
Warren Marston 2 0 0% −2.00
Paul Moloney 1 0 0% −1.00
Sam Thomas 1 0 0% −1.00
A P McCoy 1 0 0% −1.00
R Walsh 1 0 0% −1.00
Graham Lee 1 0 0% −1.00
Denis O'Regan 1 0 0% −1.00

HeadgearRunsWinsSR£1
None 16 2 13% −5.75
Cheekpieces 4 0 0% −4.00
Tongue tie + cheekpieces 2 0 0% −2.00

SeasonRunsWinsSR£1
2013 1 0 0% −1.00
2011 1 0 0% −1.00
2010 6 0 0% −6.00
2009 4 1 25% +3.00
2008 8 1 13% −4.75
2007 2 0 0% −2.00

TypeRunsWinsSR£1
Chase 15 1 7% −8.00
Hurdle 5 1 20% −1.75
NH Flat 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

DateCourseRace PosBtn Wgt ORKTB Jockey SP
24 May 13+846d Towcester Network Veka Ltd Handicap Chase Class 5 · 24.5f · Good To Soft · 12 ran 3/12 3½ 11-11 98122A Paul Moloney 6/1
29 Jan 11+44d Uttoxeter A & S Enterprises Handicap Chase Class 4 · 22.5f · Heavy · 9 ran PU/9 — 11-5 108— Andrew Thornton 6/1
16 Dec 10+21d Towcester Brooklands Meadow By Taylor Wimpey Handicap Chase Class 3 · 21.5f · Soft · 12 ran 6/12 6 10-10 112101A Hadden Frost 14/1
25 Nov 10+15d Newbury Sportingbet.com Handicap Chase Class 3 · 22.5f · Good To Soft · 11 ran 5/11 19 11-0 11790C Hadden Frost 28/1
10 Nov 10+231d Bangor-on-Dee Anne Duchess Of Westminster Memorial Handicap Chase Class 3 · 24f · Soft · 11 ran PU/11 — 11-8 125— Hadden Frost 16/1
24 Mar 10+39d Haydock Business Club Raceday Handicap Chase Class 3 · 21f · Soft · 10 ran 6/10 27 11-4 12798C Andrew Thornton 9/1
13 Feb 10+15d Warwick Totesport 0800 221 221 Handicap Chase Class 2 · 20.5f · Good To Soft · 10 ran 9/10 12 10-6 13097C Sam Thomas 11/2
29 Jan 10+69d Newbury Zenergi Handicap Chase Class 3 · 22.5f · Soft · 12 ran 4/12 9 11-12 133124A A P McCoy 14/1
21 Nov 09+254d Haydock Betfair Racing Multiples Handicap Chase Class 2 · 23f · Soft · 11 ran 7/11 1½ 11-1 134103C R Walsh 5/1
12 Mar 09+26d Cheltenham Jewson Novices' Handicap Chase (Listed) Class 1 · 21f · Good To Soft · 20 ran PU/20 — 10-11 134— Dominic Elsworth 14/1
14 Feb 09+23d Haydock Blue Square Novices' Handicap Chase Class 2 · 19f · Heavy · 8 ran 1/8 11-4 127142A Dominic Elsworth 6/1
22 Jan 09+38d Warwick Warwickracecourse.co.uk Novices' Chase Class 3 · 20.5f · Heavy · 5 ran 2/5 14 10-12 127112B Dominic Elsworth 5/1
15 Dec 08+23d Plumpton Hospice Raceday Novices' Chase Class 3 · 17f · Heavy · 4 ran 3/4 2¾ 10-13 134111B Dominic Elsworth 9/4
22 Nov 08+17d Huntingdon Bet On totescoop6 at totesport.com Novices' Chase Class 3 · 20f · Good · 5 ran RO/5 — 11-1 —— Dominic Elsworth 3/1
05 Nov 08+193d Huntingdon huntingdon-racecourse.co.uk Novices' Chase Class 3 · 20f · Good To Soft · 8 ran UR/8 — 11-2 —— Graham Lee 15/2
26 Apr 08+33d Market Rasen Racing UK Focused On Racing Novices' Hurdle Class 4 · 19.5f · Good · 13 ran 3/13 9 11-6 130126A Warren Marston 11/2
24 Mar 08+24d Huntingdon Allsop Hammering Home Maiden Hurdle Class 4 · 20.5f · Soft · 11 ran 1/11 11-1 130126A Dominic Elsworth 9/4F
29 Feb 08+23d Newbury Arkell's 3B Bitter 'National Hunt' Novices' Hurdle Class 4 · 20.5f · Good To Soft · 18 ran 8/18 15 10-12 11294A Timmy Murphy 16/1
06 Feb 08+26d Ludlow Bromfield 'National Hunt' Maiden Hurdle Class 4 · 16f · Soft · 16 ran 5/16 2 11-4 130111A Timmy Murphy 5/2F
11 Jan 08+20d Huntingdon EBF Carole Bull Communications 'NH' Novices' Hurdle (Qual) Class 4 · 16f · Heavy · 17 ran 3/17 1¾ 11-5 130125A Timmy Murphy 16/1
22 Dec 07+28d Haydock Christine Hilton Birthday Standard Open NH Flat Race Class 6 · 15.5f · Soft · 19 ran 4/19 2½ 11-0 —124C Warren Marston 4/1
24 Nov 07 Haydock 'Forumites Of The Year Vote Soon' Newcomers NH Flat Race Class 4 · 15.5f · Soft · 17 ran 4/17 shd 11-8 —120C Denis O'Regan 4/1

Quick answers

How many races has The Vicar (IRE) won?
The Vicar (IRE) won 2 of 22 archived starts between 2007 and 2013, a strike rate of 9.1%. Placed 6 times in total (27.3% of starts).
Who trained The Vicar (IRE)?
The Vicar (IRE) was trained by David Rees on the most recent run on record, at Towcester on 24 May 2013.
Who is The Vicar (IRE)'s sire?
The Vicar (IRE) is by Bob Back (USA) out of Moon Storm (IRE), whose sire is Strong Gale.
What going does The Vicar (IRE) prefer?
The Vicar (IRE) has the best record on heavy 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 Vicar (IRE)'s official rating?
The most recent official rating on record is 98, from the run on 24 May 2013. The highest on record is 134.
What is The Vicar (IRE)'s sire's record?
Bob Back (USA)'s progeny in our archive have won 11.8% of 3,724 runs since Jan 2008 (338 horses), Flat and jumps together.
Who are The Vicar (IRE)'s siblings?
Out of Moon Storm (IRE), The Vicar (IRE) has 7 other produce in our archive, 6 of them winners. Most wins: Warden Hill (IRE) (6). Highest grade won: Class 3 (Warden Hill (IRE)). The wins came over 1m7½f–3m2f. As at Oct 2026.

Record shown from November 2007. 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.