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Horse profile

Trafford Lad (GB)

10yo gelding (at last run, Mar 2012) · Last trainer Laurence James Butler · Last owner Butler Family Syndicate
by Tragic Role (USA) out of Another Shuil (IRE) (Duky)
22 runs · 11 courses · from Oct 2007
As at 28 Oct 2026 · KTB archive: GB, Ireland & France · 2005–present, updated daily
No run recorded since 31 Mar 2012 — 5,324 days ago. Our archive can't say whether the horse is still in training.
Last run Mar 2012 6 wins · 4 courses Last raced off OR 140
KTB Profile

Trafford Lad (GB) is 6 from 22 in our archive, including 2 wins at Grade 1 level. The biggest win we hold: the Barry & Sandra Kelly Memorial Novice Hurdle at Navan (Dec 2007). Hasn't won since Nov 2008. 3 of 5 starts at Punchestown have ended in wins. Last raced off 140, 11lb below the career-high mark.

Based on 22 archived runs · updated 28 Oct 2026
KTB at a glance OR ↓ 11lb off peak
Official rating140↓ 11lb off peak
140 140–151

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 127B the best of the last 3 rated runs · Clonmel, 2 Feb 2012 Official rating 140 at the last run, 31 Mar 2012

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 20 figures · best 147B · median 129.5
GoingRunsBestMedianSince 28 Oct 2025
Soft9147B130—
Heavy6142A130.5—
Good2135A132—
Good to Soft2139A132—
Good to Firm1———
DistanceRunsBestMedianSince 28 Oct 2025
2m1f – 2m4f13147B129—
2m5f – 3m4139A135—
1m5f – 2m3142A113—

Of 22 runs looked at, 2 have no figure: did not complete (or a non-runner row) (2).

KTB Rating v1 · batch 3 Oct 2026 · GB & Irish racing only · 20 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
Tragic Role (USA)

Progeny in our archive have won 10% of 330 runs since Jan 2008 (34 horses).

GoingRunsWinsSRvs sireThis horse
Firm300%−10—
Good to Firm51611.8%+1.81 from 1
Good11897.6%−2.40 from 3
Good to Soft5036%−41 from 2
Soft74810.8%+0.82 from 10
Heavy33721.2%+11.22 from 6
Standard (AW)100%−10—
Distance (all codes)RunsWinsSRvs sireThis horse
6f – 7f200%−10—
1m – 1m1f300%−10—
1m2f – 1m4f300%−10—
1m5f – 2m8511.2%−8.81 from 3
2m1f – 2m4f1381611.6%+1.64 from 14
2m5f – 3m751418.7%+8.71 from 5
Over 3m2428.3%−1.7—

Flat and jumps together (all codes) · since Jan 2008 · as at 28 Oct 2026 · rows under 30 runs muted · win % is the measure, a record not a forecast

Dam
Another Shuil (IRE) (Duky)

4 siblings in the archive, 2 winners — best of them Moscow Chief (IRE) (2 wins).

The wins came over 2m4f–3m.

ProduceRunsWinsWin tripsBest grade
Moscow Chief (IRE)722m4f–3m—
Another Chieftain (IRE)312m4f—
Brookview Lad (IRE)50——
Kong King (GB)20——

Record by conditions

GoingRunsWinsSR£1
Soft 10 2 20% −1.00
Heavy 6 2 33% −0.85
Good 3 0 0% −3.00
Good to Soft 2 1 50% +7.00
Good to Firm 1 1 100% +1.00

ClassRunsWinsSR£1
Class 1 1 0 0% −1.00

CourseRunsWinsSR£1
Punchestown 5 3 60% +5.65
Navan 3 1 33% +6.00
Leopardstown 3 0 0% −3.00
Fairyhouse 3 1 33% +0.50
Naas 2 0 0% −2.00
Gowran Park 1 0 0% −1.00
Clonmel 1 0 0% −1.00
Thurles 1 0 0% −1.00
Down Royal 1 0 0% −1.00
Cheltenham 1 0 0% −1.00
Cork (IRE) 1 1 100% +1.00

DistanceRunsWinsSR£1
2m1f – 2m4f 14 4 29% +5.90
2m5f – 3m 5 1 20% −1.75
1m5f – 2m 3 1 33% −1.00

JockeyRunsWinsSR£1
Tom Doyle 13 4 31% +8.25
A E Lynch 5 0 0% −5.00
Paul Townend 1 0 0% −1.00
Sean Flanagan 1 0 0% −1.00
R Walsh 1 1 100% +0.90
Ms N Carberry 1 1 100% +1.00

HeadgearRunsWinsSR£1
None 17 6 35% +8.15
Tongue tie 3 0 0% −3.00
Tongue tie + cheekpieces 2 0 0% −2.00

SeasonRunsWinsSR£1
2012 3 0 0% −3.00
2011 4 0 0% −4.00
2010 2 0 0% −2.00
2009 3 0 0% −3.00
2008 7 3 43% +1.65
2007 3 3 100% +13.50

TypeRunsWinsSR£1
Chase 16 3 19% −7.35
Hurdle 5 2 40% +9.50
NH 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 ORKTB Jockey SP
2012 · 3 runs
31 Mar 12+42d Navan Webster Cup Chase (Grade 2) 20f · Good · 6 ran PU/6 — 11-5 140— Paul Townend 3/1
18 Feb 12+16d Gowran Park Red Mills Chase (grade 2) 20f · Soft · 5 ran 4/5 11 11-3 140109C Sean Flanagan 20/1
02 Feb 12+53d Clonmel Clonmel Festival Week Chase 20f · Heavy · 5 ran 2/5 ¾ 11-4 142127B A E Lynch 8/1
2011 · 4 runs
11 Dec 11+28d Punchestown John Durkan Memorial Punchestown Chase (grade 1) 20f · Heavy · 7 ran 4/7 48 11-10 145114C Tom Doyle 40/1
13 Nov 11+274d Navan Fortria Chase (grade 2) 16f · Yielding To Soft · 5 ran 4/5 14 11-4 145113B A E Lynch 25/1
12 Feb 11+16d Leopardstown Hennessy Gold Cup (Grade 1) 24f · Heavy · 9 ran 6/9 10 11-10 145112C A E Lynch 25/1
27 Jan 11+43d Thurles Matty Ryan Memorial Kinloch Brae Chase (Grade 2) 20f · Soft · 9 ran 6/9 3 11-3 147118A A E Lynch 12/1
2010 · 2 runs
15 Dec 10+39d Fairyhouse John Durkan Memorial Punchestown Chase (Grade 1) 20f · Soft · 8 ran 6/8 4 11-10 147125A A E Lynch 33/1
06 Nov 10+371d Down Royal JNwine.com Champion Chase (Grade 1) 24f · Soft · 7 ran PU/7 — 11-10 151— Tom Doyle 20/1
2009 · 3 runs
31 Oct 09+202d Naas Poplar Square Chase (Grade 3) 16f · Soft To Heavy · 8 ran 3/8 ½ 11-12 146142A Tom Doyle 6/1
12 Apr 09+56d Fairyhouse Powers Gold Cup (grade 1) 20f · Good · 8 ran 4/8 ¾ 11-10 —135A Tom Doyle 6/4F
15 Feb 09+49d Leopardstown Dr. P.J. Moriarty Novice Chase (Grade 1) 21f · Soft · 7 ran 3/7 6 11-10 —132B Tom Doyle 9/4J
2008 · 7 runs
28 Dec 08+28d Leopardstown Knight Frank Novice Chase (Grade 1) 24f · Yielding To Soft · 8 ran 2/8 ½ 11-10 —139A Tom Doyle 11/10F
30 Nov 08+15d Fairyhouse Bar One Racing Drinmore Novice Chase (grade 1) 20f · Soft · 8 ran 1/8 11-10 —147B Tom Doyle 5/2
15 Nov 08+30d Punchestown A Space Cabins Novice Chase (Grade 3) 22f · Heavy · 8 ran 1/8 11-6 —138A Tom Doyle 9/4
16 Oct 08+174d Punchestown Buck House Novice Chase (Grade 3) 18f · Soft To Heavy · 5 ran 1/5 11-1 —134B R Walsh 9/10F
25 Apr 08+42d Punchestown Land Rover Champion Novice Hurdle (Grade 1) 20f · Good · 11 ran 3/11 5½ 11-10 142129A Tom Doyle 5/2F
14 Mar 08+68d Cheltenham Ballymore Properties Novices' Hurdle (Grade 1) Class 1 · 20.5f · Good To Soft · 15 ran 3/15 4 11-7 145139A Tom Doyle 9/1
06 Jan 08+21d Naas Woodlands Park 100 Slaney Novice Hurdle (Grade 2) 20f · Soft · 9 ran 2/9 hd 11-10 142137A Tom Doyle 5/1
2007 · 3 runs
16 Dec 07+47d Navan Barry & Sandra Kelly Memorial Novice Hurdle (Grade 1) 20f · Good To Yielding · 5 ran 1/5 11-10 —125C Tom Doyle 8/1
30 Oct 07+9d Punchestown Panoramic Restaurant Maiden Hurdle (Div 2) 20f · Yielding · 19 ran 1/19 11-12 —130C Tom Doyle 9/2
21 Oct 07 Cork (IRE) Alchemy Properties (Pro/Am) INH Flat Race 16f · Good To Firm · 9 ran 1/9 12-0 —112C Ms N Carberry EvensF

Quick answers

How many races has Trafford Lad won?
Trafford Lad (GB) won 6 of 22 archived starts between 2007 and 2012, a strike rate of 27.3%. Placed 12 times in total (54.5% of starts).
Who trained Trafford Lad?
Trafford Lad (GB) was trained by Laurence James Butler on the most recent run on record, at Navan on 31 March 2012.
Who is Trafford Lad's sire?
Trafford Lad (GB) is by Tragic Role (USA) out of Another Shuil (IRE), whose sire is Duky.
What going does Trafford Lad prefer?
Trafford Lad (GB) has the best record on heavy going: 2 wins from 6 starts (33.3%). Only going bands with at least three archived starts are read, so this is a direction rather than a settled preference.
What is Trafford Lad's official rating?
The most recent official rating on record is 140, from the run on 31 March 2012. The highest on record is 151.
What is Trafford Lad's sire's record?
Tragic Role (USA)'s progeny in our archive have won 10% of 330 runs since Jan 2008 (34 horses), Flat and jumps together.
Who are Trafford Lad's siblings?
Out of Another Shuil (IRE), Trafford Lad (GB) has 4 other produce in our archive, 2 of them winners. Most wins: Moscow Chief (IRE) (2). The wins came over 2m4f–3m. As at Oct 2026.

Record shown from October 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.