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Horse profile

Top Star (IRE)

11yo gelding (at last run, Jul 2007) · Last trainer Liam McAteer · Last owner Mrs B Mcateer
by Thatching (GB) out of Decadence Star (IRE) (High Estate)
8 runs · 5 courses · from Apr 2005
As at 5 Nov 2026 · KTB archive: GB, Ireland & France · 2005–present, updated daily
No run recorded since 19 Jul 2007 — 7,049 days ago. Our archive can't say whether the horse is still in training.
Last run Jul 2007 · 11th of 15 Last raced off OR 42
KTB Profile

Top Star (IRE) is yet to win from 8 starts. Best effort: 4th of 15 at Killarney (May 2005). Last raced off a career-high mark of 42.

Based on 8 archived runs · updated 5 Nov 2026
KTB at a glance OR at career high
Official rating42At career-high mark
42 36–42

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 50C the best of the last 3 rated runs · Navan, 26 Oct 2005 Official rating 42 at the last run, 19 Jul 2007

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 →

Flat 8 figures · best 84C · median 49
GoingRunsBestMedianSince 5 Nov 2025
Heavy350C49—
Good384C50—
Soft1———
Good to Firm1———
DistanceRunsBestMedianSince 5 Nov 2025
1m – 1m1f484C36.5—
6f – 7f249C24.5—
1m2f – 1m4f1———
Under 6f1———

KTB Rating v1 · batch 3 Oct 2026 · GB & Irish racing only · 8 figures from 8 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
Thatching (GB)

Progeny in our archive have won 7.6% of 92 runs since Jan 2005 (8 horses).

GoingRunsWinsSRvs sireThis horse
Firm600%−7.6—
Good to Firm1815.6%−20 from 1
Good34411.8%+4.20 from 3
Good to Soft7228.6%+21—
Soft1200%−7.60 from 1
Heavy700%−7.60 from 3
Standard (AW)800%−7.6—
Distance (all codes)RunsWinsSRvs sireThis horse
Under 6f7228.6%+210 from 1
6f – 7f1400%−7.60 from 2
1m – 1m1f700%−7.60 from 4
1m2f – 1m4f600%−7.60 from 1
1m5f – 2m2813.6%−4—
2m1f – 2m4f27414.8%+7.2—
2m5f – 3m200%−7.6—
Over 3m100%−7.6—

Flat and jumps together (all codes) · since Jan 2005 · as at 5 Nov 2026 · rows under 30 runs muted · win % is the measure, a record not a forecast

Dam
Decadence Star (IRE) (High Estate)

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
Heavy 3 0 0% −3.00
Good 3 0 0% −3.00
Soft 1 0 0% −1.00
Good to Firm 1 0 0% −1.00

CourseRunsWinsSR£1
Killarney 2 0 0% −2.00
Navan 2 0 0% −2.00
Tralee 2 0 0% −2.00
Bellewstown 1 0 0% −1.00
Fairyhouse 1 0 0% −1.00

DistanceRunsWinsSR£1
1m – 1m1f 4 0 0% −4.00
6f – 7f 2 0 0% −2.00
1m2f – 1m4f 1 0 0% −1.00
Under 6f 1 0 0% −1.00

JockeyRunsWinsSR£1
Chris Hayes 3 0 0% −3.00
Valdir De Souza 2 0 0% −2.00
Shane Foley 1 0 0% −1.00
Helen Keohane 1 0 0% −1.00
Michael Hussey 1 0 0% −1.00

SeasonRunsWinsSR£1
2007 1 0 0% −1.00
2005 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

DateCourseRace PosBtn Wgt ORKTB Jockey SP
2007 · 1 run
19 Jul 07+631d Killarney Dawn Flavoured Milk Handicap (42-60) (Div 1) 1m½f · Yielding · 15 ran 11/15 1¾ 8-0 4223C Shane Foley 25/1
2005 · 7 runs
26 Oct 05+65d Navan Open For Golf Membership Race 1m2f · Soft To Heavy · 22 ran 14/22 2½ 9-5 3650C Valdir De Souza 33/1
22 Aug 05+53d Tralee Ballybeggan Racegoers Club Handicap (36-60) 1m · Good · 17 ran 9/17 ¾ 8-4 364C Valdir De Souza 14/1
30 Jun 05+23d Bellewstown Anglo Printers Handicap (36-60) (Div 1) 1m · Good · 15 ran 5/15 1 7-13 3650C Helen Keohane 10/1
07 Jun 05+20d Tralee Spa Handicap (36-60) 7f · Heavy · 15 ran 9/15 3½ 8-3 380C Michael Hussey 8/1
18 May 05+8d Fairyhouse Monard Handicap (0-60) 7f · Good To Firm · 18 ran 6/18 shd 7-7 3949C Chris Hayes 7/1C
10 May 05+24d Killarney M.D. O'Shea & Sons Handicap (36-60) (Div 2) 1m½f · Good · 15 ran 4/15 1½ 8-1 4084C Chris Hayes 12/1
16 Apr 05 Navan Derrinstown Stud Apprentice Handicap (36-60) 5f · Soft To Heavy · 20 ran 8/20 1½ 8-8 4049C Chris Hayes 10/1

Quick answers

How many races has Top Star won?
Top Star (IRE) has yet to win, from 8 archived starts between 2005 and 2007.
Who trained Top Star?
Top Star (IRE) was trained by Liam McAteer on the most recent run on record, at Killarney on 19 July 2007.
Who is Top Star's sire?
Top Star (IRE) is by Thatching (GB) out of Decadence Star (IRE), whose sire is High Estate.
What is Top Star's official rating?
The most recent official rating on record is 42, from the run on 19 July 2007. That is also the highest on record.
What is Top Star's sire's record?
Thatching (GB)'s progeny in our archive have won 7.6% of 92 runs since Jan 2005 (8 horses), Flat and jumps together.

Record shown from April 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.