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Tornado Flyer (IRE)

12yo gelding (at last run, Mar 2025) · Last trainer Paul Hennessy · Last owner T F P Partnership
by Flemensfirth (USA) out of Mucho Macabi (IRE) (Exceed And Excel)
23 runs · 10 courses · from Jan 2018
As at 22 Oct 2026 · KTB archive: GB, Ireland & France · 2005–present, updated daily
No run recorded since 8 Mar 2025 — 592 days ago. Our archive can't say whether the horse is still in training.
Last run Mar 2025 · 6th of 13 6 wins · 5 courses New yard Last raced off OR 163
KTB Profile

Tornado Flyer won six of 23 starts in the archive including two Grade 1 races. His biggest success came in the Ladbrokes King George Vi Chase at Kempton in Dec 2021 when he carried an official rating of 161 over 2m5f – 3m on soft ground. All six turf wins came on soft or heavier with three at 2m1f – 2m4f. Aged 12 at his last run in Mar 2025 he finished 6 of 13 at Gowran Park in a hunters chase his first start for Paul Hennessy.

Based on 23 archived runs · run-style from 1 commented run since Mar 2025 · updated 22 Oct 2026
Official rating163↓ 4lb off peak
163 117–167

KTB Speed and Rating

KTB Speed

Best recent Speed 117 the best of the last 3 graded (A or B) runs · Kempton, 26 Dec 2021

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 →

Jumps 17 figures · best 158A · median 98
GoingRunsBestMedianSince 22 Oct 2025
Soft10125B109.5—
Heavy382B58—
Good to Soft3158A98—
Good1———
DistanceRunsBestMedianSince 22 Oct 2025
2m1f – 2m4f10158A83.5—
2m5f – 3m4117B90.5—
1m5f – 2m2125B120.5—
Over 3m1———

Of 22 runs looked at, 5 have no figure: did not complete (3) · not enough races on the card to set the day (under 4) (2).

KTB Speed v1 · batch 15 Sep 2026 · GB & Irish racing only · 17 figures from 22 runs · as at 3 Oct 2026 · a record, not a forecast

KTB Rating

Best recent KTB Rating (jumps) 146B the best of the last 3 rated runs · Clonmel, 17 Nov 2022 Official rating 163 at the last jumps run, 8 Mar 2025

Best recent KTB Rating (flat) 90B the best of the last 1 rated run · Fairyhouse, 14 Jan 2018

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 18 figures · best 158A · median 140.5
GoingRunsBestMedianSince 22 Oct 2025
Soft10158A140.5—
Heavy4155A150—
Good to Soft3142B131—
Good1———
DistanceRunsBestMedianSince 22 Oct 2025
2m1f – 2m4f11155A141—
2m5f – 3m4153B135—
1m5f – 2m2158A153.5—
Over 3m1———
Flat 1 figure · too few for a breakdown

Of 22 runs looked at, 3 have no figure: did not complete (or a non-runner row) (3).

KTB Rating v1 · batch 3 Oct 2026 · GB & Irish racing only · 19 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.

Pedigree intelligence

Sire
Flemensfirth (USA)

Progeny in our archive have won 11.9% of 17,274 runs since Jan 2008 (1,594 horses).

GoingRunsWinsSRvs sireThis horse
Firm3800%−11.9—
Good to Firm522509.6%−2.3—
Good4,05144110.9%−11 from 2
Good to Soft2,93135412.1%+0.20 from 4
Soft5,87675112.8%+0.94 from 13
Heavy3,81444911.8%−0.11 from 4
Standard (AW)4224.8%−7.1—
Distance (all codes)RunsWinsSRvs sireThis horse
1m – 1m1f200%−11.9—
1m2f – 1m4f2514%−7.9—
1m5f – 2m4,48454712.2%+0.32 from 4
2m1f – 2m4f6,07772411.9%03 from 12
2m5f – 3m5,25462211.8%−0.11 from 4
Over 3m1,43215310.7%−1.20 from 3

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
Mucho Macabi (IRE) (Exceed And Excel)

7 siblings in the archive, 5 winners — best of them Famoso (IRE) (6 wins).

The wins came over 1m7½f–2m5½f; the highest grade won is Class 4 (Famoso (IRE)).

Family form: Room For One More (IRE) finished 4th of 18 at Listowel (IRE), 23 Sep 2026.

ProduceRunsWinsWin tripsBest grade
Famoso (IRE)4761m7½f–2m1fClass 4
Magic Mccolgan (IRE)1422m–2m3½f—
Typhoon Flyer (IRE)1022m½f–2m3fClass 4
Arizona Flyer (IRE)1422m5f–2m5½f—
Walk In The Storm (IRE)1212m½fClass 5
Room For One More (IRE)60——
Hurricane Junior (IRE)20——

Record by conditions

GoingRunsWinsSR£1
Soft 13 4 31% +32.80
Heavy 4 1 25% −1.75
Good to Soft 4 0 0% −4.00
Good 2 1 50% −0.56

ClassRunsWinsSR£1
Class 1 5 1 20% +24.00

CourseRunsWinsSR£1
Punchestown 7 2 29% +7.44
Cheltenham 4 0 0% −4.00
Leopardstown 3 0 0% −3.00
Naas 3 1 33% −0.75
Gowran Park 1 0 0% −1.00
Clonmel 1 0 0% −1.00
Auteuil (FR) 1 0 0% −1.00
Kempton 1 1 100% +28.00
Navan 1 1 100% +0.80
Fairyhouse 1 1 100% +1.00

DistanceRunsWinsSR£1
2m1f – 2m4f 12 3 25% −6.51
2m5f – 3m 4 1 25% +25.00
1m5f – 2m 4 2 50% +11.00
Over 3m 3 0 0% −3.00

JockeyRunsWinsSR£1
Danny Mullins 9 2 22% +21.80
Paul Townend 5 1 20% −2.75
B J Cooper 3 0 0% −3.00
R Walsh 2 1 50% −0.56
Mr C Mullins 1 0 0% −1.00
Darragh O'Keeffe 1 0 0% −1.00
Richard Deegan 1 1 100% +12.00
Mr P W Mullins 1 1 100% +1.00

SeasonRunsWinsSR£1
2025 1 0 0% −1.00
2022 4 0 0% −4.00
2021 4 1 25% +25.00
2020 6 0 0% −6.00
2019 4 2 50% +0.05
2018 4 3 75% +12.44

TypeRunsWinsSR£1
Chase 16 3 19% +17.05
Hurdle 4 1 25% −2.56
NH Flat 2 1 50% +11.00
Flat 1 1 100% +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 ORSpdKTB Jockey SP
08 Mar 25+842d Gowran Park INHSC Supporting Point-To-Points Tetratema Cup Hunters Chase 25f · Soft · 13 ran Held up towards the back - slipped further behind after the 9th before finding some momentum approaching 3 out - couldn't quicken again from the last and well held home 6/13 7½ 11-7 163112C109C Mr C Mullins 18/1
17 Nov 22+180d Clonmel Clonmel Oil Chase (Grade 2) 20.5f · Soft To Heavy · 4 ran 2/4 nk 11-12 16343C146B Danny Mullins 9/2
21 May 22+24d Auteuil (FR) Grande Course de Haies d'Auteuil (Hurdle) (5yo+) (Turf) 25.5f · Very Soft · 8 ran 7/8 1½ 10-10 ——— Danny Mullins 38/1
27 Apr 22+40d Punchestown Ladbrokes Punchestown Gold Cup (Grade 1) 24f · Good To Yielding · 9 ran 7/9 2¼ 11-10 16574A130A Danny Mullins 20/1
18 Mar 22+82d Cheltenham Boodles Cheltenham Gold Cup Chase (Grade 1) (GBB Race) Class 1 · 26.5f · Good To Soft · 11 ran PU/11 — 11-10 167—— Danny Mullins 9/1
26 Dec 21+21d Kempton Ladbrokes King George Vi Chase (Grade 1) (gbb Race) Class 1 · 24f · Soft · 9 ran 1/9 11-10 161117B153B Danny Mullins 28/1
05 Dec 21+262d Punchestown John Durkan Memorial Punchestown Chase (Grade 1) 20.5f · Yielding To Soft · 10 ran 5/10 hd 11-12 161117C141A Darragh O'Keeffe 18/1
18 Mar 21+40d Cheltenham Ryanair Chase (Grade 1) (Registered As The Festival Trophy) (GBB Race) Class 1 · 20.5f · Good To Soft · 11 ran 3/11 ½ 11-10 16298A142B Danny Mullins 25/1
06 Feb 21+40d Leopardstown Ladbrokes Dublin Chase (Grade 1) 17.5f · Soft · 6 ran 4/6 nk 11-12 16185A134B B J Cooper 20/1
28 Dec 20+22d Leopardstown Savills Chase (Grade 1) 24f · Yielding · 14 ran 5/14 17 11-12 160107C125C B J Cooper 12/1
06 Dec 20+22d Punchestown John Durkan Memorial Punchestown Chase (Grade 1) 20.5f · Heavy · 7 ran 2/7 1 11-12 153—154B B J Cooper 12/1
14 Nov 20+247d Punchestown Alanna Homes Handicap Chase (grade B) 19.5f · Soft To Heavy · 17 ran 2/17 4½ 11-10 15082B155A Paul Townend 5/2F
12 Mar 20+39d Cheltenham Marsh Novices' Chase (Grade 1) (Registered As The Golden Miller) Class 1 · 20f · Soft · 12 ran 5/12 4¾ 11-4 14979A138A Danny Mullins 10/1
02 Feb 20+28d Leopardstown Flogas Novice Chase (Grade 1) 21f · Yielding · 7 ran 3/7 6 11-10 14871A140B Danny Mullins 11/1
05 Jan 20+29d Naas Irish Stallion Farms EBF Novice Chase 16f · Yielding · 6 ran PU/6 — 11-12 148—— Paul Townend 7/4F
07 Dec 19+28d Navan Irish Stallion Farms EBF Klairon Davis Novice Chase (Grade 3) 17f · Soft · 5 ran 1/5 11-0 —70C142B Danny Mullins 4/5F
09 Nov 19+190d Naas Mongey Communications Beginners Chase 19f · Soft To Heavy · 18 ran 1/18 11-12 —58B140A Paul Townend 5/4F
03 May 19+117d Punchestown Alanna Homes Champion Novice Hurdle (Grade 1) 20f · Good To Yielding · 11 ran 4/11 6½ 11-10 —158A131A Paul Townend 6/1
06 Jan 19+28d Naas Lawlor's Of Naas Novice Hurdle (Grade 1) 20f · Good · 8 ran PU/8 — 11-10 ——— R Walsh 9/4
09 Dec 18+228d Punchestown Punchestown Racecourse Of The Year Maiden Hurdle 20f · Good · 18 ran 1/18 11-12 —150B135A R Walsh 4/9F
25 Apr 18+42d Punchestown Racing Post Champion I.N.H. Flat Race For The Conyngham Cup (Grade 1) 16.5f · Yielding · 10 ran 1/10 12-0 117116A158A Richard Deegan 12/1
14 Mar 18+59d Cheltenham Weatherbys Champion Bumper (Standard Open NH Flat Race) (Grade 1) Class 1 · 16.5f · Soft · 23 ran 3/23 3¼ 11-5 117125B149A Paul Townend 14/1
14 Jan 18 Fairyhouse Next Racing At Fairyhouse January 17th (pro/am) Flat Race 16f · Soft · 9 ran 1/9 11-12 ——90B Mr P W Mullins EvensF

Quick answers

How many races has Tornado Flyer (IRE) won?
Tornado Flyer (IRE) won 6 of 23 archived starts between 2018 and 2025, a strike rate of 26.1%. Placed 10 times in total (43.5% of starts).
Who trained Tornado Flyer (IRE)?
Tornado Flyer (IRE) was trained by Paul Hennessy on the most recent run on record, at Gowran Park on 8 March 2025.
Who is Tornado Flyer (IRE)'s sire?
Tornado Flyer (IRE) is by Flemensfirth (USA) out of Mucho Macabi (IRE), whose sire is Exceed And Excel.
What going does Tornado Flyer (IRE) prefer?
Tornado Flyer (IRE) has the best record on soft going: 4 wins from 13 starts (30.8%). Only going bands with at least three archived starts are read, so this is a direction rather than a settled preference.
What is Tornado Flyer (IRE)'s official rating?
The most recent official rating on record is 163, from the run on 8 March 2025. The highest on record is 167.
What is Tornado Flyer (IRE)'s sire's record?
Flemensfirth (USA)'s progeny in our archive have won 11.9% of 17,274 runs since Jan 2008 (1,594 horses), Flat and jumps together.
Who are Tornado Flyer (IRE)'s siblings?
Out of Mucho Macabi (IRE), Tornado Flyer (IRE) has 7 other produce in our archive, 5 of them winners. Most wins: Famoso (IRE) (6). Highest grade won: Class 4 (Famoso (IRE)). The wins came over 1m7½f–2m5½f. As at Oct 2026.

Record shown from January 2018. 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.