Horse profile
Thompson Gunner (IRE)
by Highland Reel (IRE) out of Aussie Opera (IRE) (Aussie Rules)
23 runs · 12 courses · from Jun 2024
As at 25 Oct 2026 · KTB archive: GB, Ireland & France · 2005–present, updated daily
Won at Dundalk (AW)
New yard
Last run 9 Oct 2026 · 5th of 14
Last raced off OR 58
KTB Profile
Thompson Gunner is 1 from 23 with the win at Dundalk over 1m2f – 1m4f on standard going in a handicap off an official rating of 57 in Jan 2026. The gelding is held up in his races and has never won on turf from 11 starts. His last run, at Dundalk in Oct 2026, was his first for the yard when he finished fifth of 14 off an official rating of 58.
Based on 23 archived runs · run-style from 20 commented runs since Aug 2024 · updated 25 Oct 2026
KTB at a glance
Won on AW, 0 on turf
OR ↓ 11lb off peak
- 1–23Wins / Runs
- 4.3%Strike rate
- 5 (21.7%)Placed
- −18.80£1 level staken=23 at SP
- 0.41Fair A/E n=23 · 0.33 incl. margin
- 69Highest OR
- 38dAvg 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 rating58↓ 11lb off peak
58
48–69
KTB Speed and Rating
KTB Speed
Best recent Speed 90
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 →
Flat
| Going | Runs | Best | Median | Since 25 Oct 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Standard (AW) | 11 | 104B | 84 | 7 runs · 104 / 89 |
| Good | 7 | 86C | 82 | 2 runs · 76 / 66 |
| Soft | 3 | 59C | 59 | — |
| Good to Firm | 1 | — | — | 1 run · — |
| Distance | Runs | Best | Median | Since 25 Oct 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1m – 1m1f | 15 | 98B | 82 | 4 runs · 89 / 80.5 |
| 1m2f – 1m4f | 6 | 104B | 83 | 6 runs · 104 / 83 |
| 6f – 7f | 1 | — | — | — |
Of 23 runs looked at, 1 has no figure: no standard for this course, surface and code on the window (1).
KTB Speed v1 · batch 15 Sep 2026 · GB & Irish racing only · 22 figures from 23 runs · as at 17 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 20 analysed runs since Aug 2024
- Prominent 10 (50%) · 0 wins
- Held up 5 (25%) · 0 wins
- Mid-division 3 (15%) · 0 wins
- Led 2 (10%) · 1 win
Pedigree intelligence
Sire
Progeny in our archive have won 7.2% of 1,509 runs since Jan 2008 (161 horses).
Strongest on good to firm going: 10.4% from 144.
| Going | Runs | Wins | SR | vs sire | This horse |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Firm | 2 | 0 | 0% | −7.2 | — |
| Good to Firm | 144 | 15 | 10.4% | +3.2 | 0 from 1 |
| Good | 458 | 37 | 8.1% | +0.9 | 0 from 7 |
| Good to Soft | 194 | 10 | 5.2% | −2 | — |
| Soft | 268 | 22 | 8.2% | +1 | 0 from 3 |
| Heavy | 67 | 5 | 7.5% | +0.3 | — |
| Standard (AW) | 376 | 20 | 5.3% | −1.9 | 1 from 12 |
| Distance (all codes) | Runs | Wins | SR | vs sire | This horse |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Under 6f | 13 | 1 | 7.7% | +0.5 | — |
| 6f – 7f | 199 | 10 | 5% | −2.2 | 0 from 2 |
| 1m – 1m1f | 310 | 22 | 7.1% | −0.1 | 0 from 15 |
| 1m2f – 1m4f | 411 | 26 | 6.3% | −0.9 | 1 from 6 |
| 1m5f – 2m | 346 | 30 | 8.7% | +1.5 | — |
| 2m1f – 2m4f | 178 | 14 | 7.9% | +0.7 | — |
| 2m5f – 3m | 46 | 6 | 13% | +5.8 | — |
| Over 3m | 6 | 0 | 0% | −7.2 | — |
Flat and jumps together (all codes) · since Jan 2008 · as at 25 Oct 2026 · rows under 30 runs muted · win % is the measure, a record not a forecast
Dam
Aussie Opera (IRE) (Aussie Rules)
5 siblings in the archive, 4 winners — best of them Howling Wolf (IRE) (2 wins).
The wins came over 7f–1m1½f.
| Produce | Runs | Wins | Win trips | Best grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Howling Wolf (IRE) | 24 | 2 | 7f–1m1½f | — |
| Cheers Vanquisher (IRE) | 2 | 1 | 1m | — |
| Punked (IRE) | 4 | 1 | 1m | — |
| Elephant John (IRE) | 14 | 1 | 7½f | — |
| Thru And Thru (IRE) | 12 | 0 | — | — |
Record by conditions
| Going | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Standard (AW) | 12 | 1 | 8% | −7.80 |
| Good | 7 | 0 | 0% | −7.00 |
| Soft | 3 | 0 | 0% | −3.00 |
| Good to Firm | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Course | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dundalk (AW) | 10 | 1 | 10% | −5.80 |
| Curragh | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Ballinrobe | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Dundalk (AW) (IRE) | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Laytown (IRE) | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Navan (IRE) | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Cork (IRE) | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Gowran Park (IRE) | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Gowran Park | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Leopardstown | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Navan | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Galway | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Distance | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1m – 1m1f | 15 | 0 | 0% | −15.00 |
| 1m2f – 1m4f | 6 | 1 | 17% | −1.80 |
| 6f – 7f | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Jockey | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Colin Keane | 4 | 0 | 0% | −4.00 |
| Patrick McGettigan | 4 | 1 | 25% | +0.20 |
| Seamie Heffernan | 3 | 0 | 0% | −3.00 |
| Eryka Snioch | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Wesley Joyce | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Adam Caffrey | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Jessica O'Gorman | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Daniel King | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Wayne Hassett | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Shane Foley | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| James Ryan | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Robbie Colgan | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Headgear | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| None | 15 | 0 | 0% | −15.00 |
| Blinkers | 3 | 1 | 33% | +1.20 |
| Tongue tie + blinkers | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Tongue tie + visor | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Visor | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Cheekpieces | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Season | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 8 | 1 | 13% | −3.80 |
| 2025 | 8 | 0 | 0% | −8.00 |
| 2024 | 7 | 0 | 0% | −7.00 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 · 8 runs | ||||||||||
| 09 Oct 26+29d | Dundalk (AW) (IRE) | View Restaurant At Dundalk Stadium Apprentice Handicap | 5/14 | 1¼ | 9-10 | 58 | 76B | 78A | Jessica O'Gorman | 8/1 |
| 10 Sep 26+8d | Laytown (IRE) | Tote Guarantee, Never Beaten By SP Claiming Race Sat handy behind front group early - pushed along and slipped to 6th with two furlongs left - unable to threaten - finished 7th | 7/10 | nk | 10-3 | 48 | — | 72A | Daniel King | 16/1 |
| 02 Sep 26+19d | Navan (IRE) | Navan Handicap (Div II) Held up in the pack - improved position out wide approaching 2f out - up to 5th with a furlong left and stayed on at one speed to the line | 5/16 | ½ | 9-7 | 51 | 76C | 71A | Colin Keane | 100/30F |
| 14 Aug 26+2d | Cork (IRE) | Fitzgerald Construction Building 'A' Rated Homes Handicap Raced handy - 4th turning into straight - moved up to 3rd with 1 1/2f left then 2nd inside final furlong - dropped back and unable to threaten late finishing 5th | 5/17 | nse | 9-3 | 51 | 56C | 70A | Patrick McGettigan | 11/1 |
| 12 Aug 26+145d | Gowran Park (IRE) | 1XBET IRISH SPIRIT Handicap (Div I) Tracked the front group early - back in 7th at halfway - made ground with a drive approaching 2f out - moved left into 5th with a furlong left and stayed on to finish third | 3/16 | 1½ | 9-2 | 51 | 85C | 73A | Patrick McGettigan | 14/1 |
| 20 Mar 26+42d | Dundalk (AW) | Dundalk Stadium Winter Series Awards Day Handicap Shared the pace early - sat just behind the front group before settling 4th at halfway - pushed along but couldn't close 2f out - held no more in final furlong to finish well beaten | 11/13 | 3¼ | 8-13 | 62 | 76B | 49A | Patrick McGettigan | 12/1 |
| 06 Feb 26+24d | Dundalk (AW) | Find Us On Facebook At dundalkstadium Handicap Settled just behind the front group - fourth at halfway - pushed along two out and slipped to fifth with little response inside the final furlong | 5/10 | 7½ | 9-7 | 63 | 69C | 63C | Seamie Heffernan | 3/1J |
| 13 Jan 26+39d | Dundalk (AW) | Friday Night Lights Return To Dundalk Handicap (0-60) (Div 2) Shared front spot early before being overtaken shortly after a furlong and a half - settled midfield and sat fifth at halfway - moved through to dispute matters two out - asked for effort to hit the front a furlong and a half from home - edged right approaching the final furlong - stayed on well to hold on under pressure | 1/14 | 9-6 | 57 | 90B | 83A | Patrick McGettigan | 16/5F | |
| 2025 · 8 runs | ||||||||||
| 05 Dec 25+16d | Dundalk (AW) | Friday Night Lights At Dundalk Stadium Handicap (0-60) (Div 1) Sat close to pace early - asked for effort in 3rd 2f out - squeezed for room approaching final furlong - slipped to 4th soon after - held on for 4th without finding more | 4/13 | 1¼ | 9-5 | 59 | 89B | 82A | Eryka Snioch | 13/2 |
| 19 Nov 25+14d | Dundalk (AW) | Book Online At DundalkStadium.com Handicap (0-60) (Div 2) Settled behind front pack - 6th at halfway - moved through into straight - hit front 1½f out under pressure - overtaken 150 yards out and held to finish 4th | 4/14 | nk | 10-0 | 58 | 104B | 85A | Colin Keane | 7/5F |
| 05 Nov 25+102d | Dundalk (AW) | Now Racing Every Wednesday At Dundalk Handicap (0-60) (Div 1) Sat behind pace early - 4th at halfway - moved through to front early in straight - shaken up and overtaken approaching final furlong then unable to fight back | 2/13 | ¾ | 9-6 | 53 | 94B | 79A | Wesley Joyce | 11/1 |
| 26 Jul 25+37d | Gowran Park | Racing TV Apprentice Handicap (0-60) (Div 1) Held handy early - drifted left approaching the bend - pushed on to hit the front 2f out - overtaken with a furlong left and faded to finish 12th | 12/13 | nk | 9-8 | 58 | 84C | 64A | Eryka Snioch | 16/1 |
| 19 Jun 25+27d | Leopardstown | Aer Lingus College Football Classic Handicap Held up towards the back - improved into 5th approaching 3f out then dropped away entering straight - faded final furlong to finish 11th | 11/15 | 1½ | 9-0 | 61 | 64C | 53A | Wayne Hassett | 14/1 |
| 23 May 25+68d | Curragh | Ryans Cleaning Handicap Held up towards the back - pushed along with 2f left - unable to close - beaten well into 13th | 13/20 | 1 | 8-9 | 64 | 82C | 66A | Wesley Joyce | 50/1 |
| 16 Mar 25+23d | Curragh | Download The Tote App Handicap Held up at back - pushed along with two furlongs left but made no headway - well held at finish | 14/18 | 2 | 9-10 | 66 | 20C | 55C | Seamie Heffernan | 33/1 |
| 21 Feb 25+114d | Dundalk (AW) | William Hill Top Price Guarantee Handicap (47-70) Settled midfield on the rail - asked for effort in 9th turning in but failed to threaten - allowed to drop away inside final furlong for 13th | 13/13 | 1½ | 9-13 | 67 | 63C | 55C | Seamie Heffernan | 6/1 |
| 2024 · 7 runs | ||||||||||
| 30 Oct 24+33d | Dundalk (AW) | Irishinjuredjockeys.com Handicap (47-70) Held up towards the back on the rail - pushed along and made ground into 6th over 2f out - unable to threaten leaders - finished 5th beaten 3.75 lengths | 5/11 | 1 | 9-12 | 69 | 83A | 77A | Shane Foley | 10/3 |
| 27 Sep 24+7d | Dundalk (AW) | Irishinjuredjockeys.com Handicap (47-65) (Div 1) Handy early - dropped back after the first furlong - rallied outside the final two furlongs to hit the front with a furlong left - drifted left approaching the closing stages - caught right on the line | 2/13 | nse | 9-9 | 65 | 84B | 86A | Adam Caffrey | 3/1F |
| 20 Sep 24+22d | Dundalk (AW) | Bookings Open For Christmas Parties At Dundalk Stadium Handicap (47-65) Held a wide midfield spot early - under pressure in 8th with two furlongs left - moved up to 4th a furlong out without threatening the front pair - edged into 3rd near the finish holding a steady effort throughout | 3/13 | 1½ | 9-9 | 65 | 98B | 82A | James Ryan | 20/1 |
| 29 Aug 24+26d | Navan | Curragh To Curragh Charity Cycle On This Saturday Handicap Held up towards the back of the pack - pushed along with 2f left - unable to make ground late on | 9/16 | nk | 8-7 | 68 | 86C | 63A | Adam Caffrey | 40/1 |
| 03 Aug 24+12d | Galway | Bathshack Maiden Handy early behind the pace - settled 7th at the midpoint - pushed along and unable to quicken 2f out - eventually beaten well clear in 11th | 11/16 | ½ | 9-8 | — | 59C | 54C | Robbie Colgan | 66/1 |
| 22 Jul 24+28d | Ballinrobe | Tote Never Beaten By SP Maiden | 8/13 | nk | 9-8 | — | 59C | 63A | Colin Keane | 4/1 |
| 24 Jun 24 | Ballinrobe | Irish Stallion Farms EBF Median Auction Maiden | 4/12 | ½ | 9-8 | — | 82A | 83A | Colin Keane | 10/3 |
Quick answers
- How many races has Thompson Gunner won?
- Thompson Gunner (IRE) won 1 of 23 archived starts between 2024 and 2026, a strike rate of 4.3%. Placed 5 times in total (21.7% of starts).
- Who trains Thompson Gunner?
- Thompson Gunner (IRE) is trained by John McConnell, who saddled the horse on its most recent run on 9 October 2026.
- Who is Thompson Gunner's sire?
- Thompson Gunner (IRE) is by Highland Reel (IRE) out of Aussie Opera (IRE), whose sire is Aussie Rules.
- What going does Thompson Gunner prefer?
- Thompson Gunner (IRE) has the best record on standard (aw) going: 1 win from 12 starts (8.3%). Only going bands with at least three archived starts are read, so this is a direction rather than a settled preference.
- What is Thompson Gunner's official rating?
- The most recent official rating on record is 58, from the run on 9 October 2026. The highest on record is 69.
- What is Thompson Gunner's sire's record?
- Highland Reel (IRE)'s progeny in our archive have won 7.2% of 1,509 runs since Jan 2008 (161 horses), Flat and jumps together. Strongest on good to firm going: 10.4% from 144.
- Who are Thompson Gunner's siblings?
- Out of Aussie Opera (IRE), Thompson Gunner (IRE) has 5 other produce in our archive, 4 of them winners. Most wins: Howling Wolf (IRE) (2). The wins came over 7f–1m1½f. As at Oct 2026.