Union Flag (IRE)
Union Flag won the Class 2 Watch Racing TV Free For 31 Days Introductory Juvenile Hurdle at Musselburgh in Nov 2023 over 1m5f to 2m on good to soft. The gelding, who raced 15 times in all, scored once and placed four times from his first run in Aug 2022. All his wins came at Class 2 level and on good to soft. He finished 8 of 8 at Musselburgh in the Class 1 bet365 Scottish Triumph Hurdle in Feb 2024 off an official rating of 113.
- 1–15Wins / Runs
- 6.7%Strike rate
- 4 (26.7%)Placed
- −11.75£1 level staken=15 at SP
- 0.57Fair A/E n=15 · 0.47 incl. margin
- 115Highest 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.
KTB Speed and Rating
Best recent Speed 102
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 →
| Going | Runs | Best | Median | Since 22 Oct 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Good to Soft | 3 | 90C | 77 | — |
| Soft | 2 | 102A | 82.5 | — |
| Distance | Runs | Best | Median | Since 22 Oct 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1m5f – 2m | 5 | 102A | 77 | — |
| Going | Runs | Best | Median | Since 22 Oct 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Good | 4 | 115A | 99 | — |
| Standard (AW) | 2 | 95B | 93.5 | — |
| Soft | 2 | 46C | 41 | — |
| Good to Soft | 1 | — | — | — |
| Good to Firm | 1 | — | — | — |
| Distance | Runs | Best | Median | Since 22 Oct 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1m2f – 1m4f | 5 | 115A | 95 | — |
| 1m – 1m1f | 2 | 92C | 69 | — |
| 6f – 7f | 2 | 58A | 53.5 | — |
| 1m5f – 2m | 1 | — | — | — |
KTB Speed v1 · batch 15 Sep 2026 · GB & Irish racing only · 15 figures from 15 runs · as at 3 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
Progeny in our archive have won 11.1% of 7,152 runs since Jan 2008 (660 horses).
Strongest at trips under 6f (all codes): 14.5% from 1,190.
| Going | Runs | Wins | SR | vs sire | This horse |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Firm | 25 | 3 | 12% | +0.9 | — |
| Good to Firm | 1,032 | 124 | 12% | +0.9 | 0 from 1 |
| Good | 1,737 | 183 | 10.5% | −0.6 | 0 from 4 |
| Good to Soft | 772 | 90 | 11.7% | +0.6 | 1 from 4 |
| Soft | 1,072 | 122 | 11.4% | +0.3 | 0 from 4 |
| Heavy | 292 | 33 | 11.3% | +0.2 | — |
| Standard (AW) | 2,222 | 238 | 10.7% | −0.4 | 0 from 2 |
| Distance (all codes) | Runs | Wins | SR | vs sire | This horse |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Under 6f | 1,190 | 173 | 14.5% | +3.4 | — |
| 6f – 7f | 3,560 | 394 | 11.1% | 0 | 0 from 2 |
| 1m – 1m1f | 1,390 | 137 | 9.9% | −1.2 | 0 from 2 |
| 1m2f – 1m4f | 648 | 60 | 9.3% | −1.8 | 0 from 5 |
| 1m5f – 2m | 267 | 25 | 9.4% | −1.7 | 1 from 6 |
| 2m1f – 2m4f | 84 | 4 | 4.8% | −6.3 | — |
| 2m5f – 3m | 13 | 0 | 0% | −11.1 | — |
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
3 siblings in the archive, 1 winner — best of them Scottish Dancer (IRE) (5 wins).
The wins came over 1m6f–2m7f; the highest grade won is Class 5 (Scottish Dancer (IRE)).
Family form: Scottish Dancer (IRE) finished 2nd of 8 at Wetherby, 14 Oct 2026.
| Produce | Runs | Wins | Win trips | Best grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Scottish Dancer (IRE) | 35 | 5 | 1m6f–2m7f | Class 5 |
| Perthshire (IRE) | 13 | 0 | — | — |
| Destiny Calls (IRE) | 3 | 0 | — | — |
Record by conditions
| Going | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Good to Soft | 4 | 1 | 25% | −0.75 |
| Soft | 4 | 0 | 0% | −4.00 |
| Good | 4 | 0 | 0% | −4.00 |
| Standard (AW) | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Good to Firm | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Class | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Class 4 | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Class 1 | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Class 2 | 1 | 1 | 100% | +2.25 |
| Course | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Musselburgh | 3 | 1 | 33% | +0.25 |
| Cork | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Dundalk (AW) | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Leopardstown | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Fairyhouse | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Catterick | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Curragh | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Gowran Park | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Roscommon | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Distance | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1m5f – 2m | 6 | 1 | 17% | −2.75 |
| 1m2f – 1m4f | 5 | 0 | 0% | −5.00 |
| 1m – 1m1f | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| 6f – 7f | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Jockey | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Colin Keane | 5 | 0 | 0% | −5.00 |
| Brian Hughes | 3 | 1 | 33% | +0.25 |
| Dylan Browne McMonagle | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Peter Kavanagh | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Sean Flanagan | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Robert Whearty | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Leigh Roche | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Chris Hayes | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Headgear | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tongue tie | 12 | 1 | 8% | −8.75 |
| None | 3 | 0 | 0% | −3.00 |
| Season | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| 2023 | 10 | 1 | 10% | −6.75 |
| 2022 | 3 | 0 | 0% | −3.00 |
| Type | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Flat | 10 | 0 | 0% | −10.00 |
| Hurdle | 5 | 1 | 20% | −1.75 |
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
Quick answers
- How many races has Union Flag (IRE) won?
- Union Flag (IRE) won 1 of 15 archived starts between 2022 and 2024, a strike rate of 6.7%. Placed 4 times in total (26.7% of starts).
- Who trained Union Flag (IRE)?
- Union Flag (IRE) was trained by Donald McCain on the most recent run on record, at Musselburgh on 4 February 2024.
- Who is Union Flag (IRE)'s sire?
- Union Flag (IRE) is by Starspangledbanner (AUS) out of Destalink (GB), whose sire is Rail Link.
- What going does Union Flag (IRE) prefer?
- Union Flag (IRE) has the best record on good to soft going: 1 win from 4 starts (25%). Only going bands with at least three archived starts are read, so this is a direction rather than a settled preference.
- What is Union Flag (IRE)'s official rating?
- The most recent official rating on record is 113, from the run on 4 February 2024. The highest on record is 115.
- What is Union Flag (IRE)'s sire's record?
- Starspangledbanner (AUS)'s progeny in our archive have won 11.1% of 7,152 runs since Jan 2008 (660 horses), Flat and jumps together. Strongest at trips under 6f (all codes): 14.5% from 1,190.
- Who are Union Flag (IRE)'s siblings?
- Out of Destalink (GB), Union Flag (IRE) has 3 other produce in our archive, 1 of them a winner. Most wins: Scottish Dancer (IRE) (5). Highest grade won: Class 5 (Scottish Dancer (IRE)). The wins came over 1m6f–2m7f. As at Oct 2026.