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Horse profile

Val Rapide (IRE)

6yo gelding (at last run, May 2024) · Last trainer E Sheehy · Last owner Patrick Joseph Oshea John N Gahan
by Valirann (FR) out of Highgazer (IRE) (Mountain High)
5 runs · 4 courses · from Sep 2023
As at 15 Oct 2026 · KTB archive: GB, Ireland & France · 2005–present, updated daily
No run recorded since 29 May 2024 — 868 days ago. Our archive can't say whether the horse is still in training.
Last run May 2024
KTB Profile

Val Rapide (IRE) is yet to win from 5 starts.

Based on 5 archived runs · updated 15 Oct 2026

KTB Speed and Rating

KTB Speed

Best recent Speed — no A or B graded figure in the last 3 runs; the figures below carry grade C

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.

Jumps 2 figures · best 51C · median 40.5
GoingRunsBestMedianSince 15 Oct 2025
Heavy1———
Soft1———
DistanceRunsBestMedianSince 15 Oct 2025
2m1f – 2m4f1———
2m5f – 3m1———

Of 5 runs looked at, 3 have no figure: did not complete (3).

KTB Speed v1 · batch 15 Sep 2026 · GB & Irish racing only · 2 figures from 5 runs · as at 3 Oct 2026 · a record, not a forecast

KTB Rating

Best recent KTB Rating 96C the best of the last 2 rated runs · Clonmel, 9 Nov 2023

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.

Jumps 2 figures · best 96C · median 92.5
GoingRunsBestMedianSince 15 Oct 2025
Heavy1———
Soft1———
DistanceRunsBestMedianSince 15 Oct 2025
2m1f – 2m4f1———
2m5f – 3m1———

Of 5 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 · 2 figures from 5 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

Progeny in our archive have won 10.2% of 1,436 runs since Jan 2008 (157 horses).

Weakest on good to soft going: 7% from 341.

GoingRunsWinsSRvs sireThis horse
Good to Firm12433.3%+23.1—
Good4524910.8%+0.6—
Good to Soft341247%−3.2—
Soft4475612.5%+2.30 from 2
Heavy170127.1%−3.10 from 3
Standard (AW)14214.3%+4.1—
Distance (all codes)RunsWinsSRvs sireThis horse
Under 6f4125%+14.8—
6f – 7f14214.3%+4.1—
1m – 1m1f1600%−10.2—
1m2f – 1m4f28414.3%+4.1—
1m5f – 2m474408.4%−1.8—
2m1f – 2m4f553549.8%−0.40 from 4
2m5f – 3m2823512.4%+2.20 from 1
Over 3m651116.9%+6.7—

Flat and jumps together (all codes) · since Jan 2008 · as at 14 Oct 2026 · rows under 30 runs muted · win % is the measure, a record not a forecast

Dam
Highgazer (IRE) (Mountain High)

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
Soft 2 0 0% −2.00

CourseRunsWinsSR£1
Clonmel 2 0 0% −2.00
Wexford 1 0 0% −1.00
Downpatrick 1 0 0% −1.00
Gowran Park 1 0 0% −1.00

DistanceRunsWinsSR£1
2m1f – 2m4f 4 0 0% −4.00
2m5f – 3m 1 0 0% −1.00

JockeyRunsWinsSR£1
Kieren Buckley 2 0 0% −2.00
Kevin Sexton 1 0 0% −1.00
Miss Charlotte Butler 1 0 0% −1.00
Shane Fenelon 1 0 0% −1.00

SeasonRunsWinsSR£1
2024 1 0 0% −1.00
2023 4 0 0% −4.00

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 SpdKTB Jockey SP
29 May 24+174d Wexford BoyleSports Maiden Hurdle 20f · Yielding To Soft · 9 ran PU/9 — 11-12 —— Kevin Sexton 150/1
07 Dec 23+28d Clonmel ClonmelRaces.ie (Q.R.) Maiden Hurdle 19f · Heavy · 17 ran PU/17 — 10-11 —— Miss Charlotte Butler 250/1
09 Nov 23+34d Clonmel I.N.H. Stallion Owners EBF Maiden Hurdle 19.5f · Heavy · 17 ran 14/17 14 10-11 30C96C Shane Fenelon 300/1
06 Oct 23+6d Downpatrick I.N.H. Stallion Owners EBF Maiden Hurdle 21.5f · Soft · 7 ran 5/7 13 11-1 51C89C Kieren Buckley 150/1
30 Sep 23 Gowran Park Golf Memberships At Gowran Park Maiden Hurdle 20f · Heavy · 17 ran SU/17 — 11-9 —— Kieren Buckley 40/1

Quick answers

How many races has Val Rapide (IRE) won?
Val Rapide (IRE) has yet to win, from 5 archived starts between 2023 and 2024.
Who trained Val Rapide (IRE)?
Val Rapide (IRE) was trained by E Sheehy on the most recent run on record, at Wexford on 29 May 2024.
Who is Val Rapide (IRE)'s sire?
Val Rapide (IRE) is by Valirann (FR) out of Highgazer (IRE), whose sire is Mountain High.
What is Val Rapide (IRE)'s sire's record?
Valirann (FR)'s progeny in our archive have won 10.2% of 1,436 runs since Jan 2008 (157 horses), Flat and jumps together. Weakest on good to soft going: 7% from 341.

Record shown from September 2023. 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.