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Horse profile

Thembu Chief (IRE)

6yo gelding (at last run, Nov 2006) · Last trainer Ciaran O'Brien · Last owner D Burke
by Broken Hearted (GB) out of Foxton Glory (GB) (Abednego)
3 runs · 3 courses · from Jan 2005
As at 5 Nov 2026 · KTB archive: GB, Ireland & France · 2005–present, updated daily
No run recorded since 13 Nov 2006 — 7,297 days ago. Our archive can't say whether the horse is still in training.
Last run Nov 2006 · 9th of 14
KTB Profile

Thembu Chief (IRE) is yet to win from 3 starts.

Based on 3 archived runs · updated 5 Nov 2026

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 79C the best of the last 3 rated runs · Limerick, 13 Nov 2006

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 — its best recent day. The KTB Rating on a racecard is a different reading of the same figures: the level the horse has been running to, an average of up to its last six runs with the latest counting most, so the two can differ. A, B or C on a run is how much known form was in that race. What this means →

Jumps 3 figures · best 79C · median 76
GoingRunsBestMedianSince 5 Nov 2025
Soft279C77—
Heavy1———
DistanceRunsBestMedianSince 5 Nov 2025
2m1f – 2m4f279C77—
1m5f – 2m1———

KTB Rating v1 · batch 3 Oct 2026 · GB & Irish racing only · 3 figures from 3 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
Broken Hearted (GB)

Progeny in our archive have won 7.5% of 655 runs since Jan 2008 (78 horses).

GoingRunsWinsSRvs sireThis horse
Firm11218.2%+10.7—
Good to Firm6757.5%0—
Good15295.9%−1.6—
Good to Soft67710.4%+2.9—
Soft213157%−0.50 from 2
Heavy143117.7%+0.20 from 1
Standard (AW)200%−7.5—
Distance (all codes)RunsWinsSRvs sireThis horse
1m2f – 1m4f200%−7.5—
1m5f – 2m136128.8%+1.30 from 1
2m1f – 2m4f283207.1%−0.40 from 2
2m5f – 3m192147.3%−0.2—
Over 3m4237.1%−0.4—

Flat and jumps together (all codes) · since Jan 2008 · as at 5 Nov 2026 · rows under 30 runs muted · win % is the measure, a record not a forecast

Dam
Foxton Glory (GB) (Abednego)

No other produce in our archive. It holds racing in Great Britain, Ireland and France from 2005, so siblings racing elsewhere won’t appear here.

Record by conditions

GoingRunsWinsSR£1
Soft 2 0 0% −2.00
Heavy 1 0 0% −1.00

CourseRunsWinsSR£1
Limerick 1 0 0% −1.00
Cork 1 0 0% −1.00
Fairyhouse 1 0 0% −1.00

DistanceRunsWinsSR£1
2m1f – 2m4f 2 0 0% −2.00
1m5f – 2m 1 0 0% −1.00

JockeyRunsWinsSR£1
M T Mannion 2 0 0% −2.00
Mr A M O'Brien 1 0 0% −1.00

SeasonRunsWinsSR£1
2006 2 0 0% −2.00
2005 1 0 0% −1.00

TypeRunsWinsSR£1
Hurdle 2 0 0% −2.00
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

DateCourseRace PosBtn Wgt KTB Jockey SP
2006 · 2 runs
13 Nov 06+8d Limerick 25 Mins From Shannon Airport (C&G) Maiden Hurdle 2m3f · Soft · 14 ran 9/14 1¾ 10-11 79C M T Mannion 33/1
05 Nov 06+658d Cork I.N.H. Stallion Owners EBF Maiden Hurdle 2m4f · Yielding · 24 ran 16/24 ¾ 11-5 75C M T Mannion 25/1
2005 · 1 run
16 Jan 05 Fairyhouse Rockview (Q.R.) I.N.H. Flat Race 2m · Soft To Heavy · 18 ran 12/18 10 11-7 76C Mr A M O'Brien 12/1

Quick answers

How many races has Thembu Chief won?
Thembu Chief (IRE) has yet to win, from 3 archived starts between 2005 and 2006.
Who trained Thembu Chief?
Thembu Chief (IRE) was trained by Ciaran O'Brien on the most recent run on record, at Limerick on 13 November 2006.
Who is Thembu Chief's sire?
Thembu Chief (IRE) is by Broken Hearted (GB) out of Foxton Glory (GB), whose sire is Abednego.
What is Thembu Chief's sire's record?
Broken Hearted (GB)'s progeny in our archive have won 7.5% of 655 runs since Jan 2008 (78 horses), Flat and jumps together.

Record shown from January 2005. Our archive holds racing in Great Britain, Ireland and France from January 2005. Any runs before that, or in other countries, are not in it. In-running comments are available from 2024 onward.