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Vocal Experience (IRE)

4yo gelding (at last run, Jun 2017) · Last trainer J S Bolger · Last owner Mrs J S Bolger
by Vocalised (USA) out of Cloigin Gorm (IRE) (Lil's Boy)
11 runs · 9 courses · from Sep 2015
As at 28 Oct 2026 · KTB archive: GB, Ireland & France · 2005–present, updated daily
No run recorded since 4 Jun 2017 — 3,433 days ago. Our archive can't say whether the horse is still in training.
Last run Jun 2017 · 14th of 15 Last raced off OR 64
KTB Profile

Vocal Experience (IRE) is yet to win from 11 starts, though has placed once. Best effort: 2nd of 6 at Limerick (Apr 2016). Last raced off 64, 17lb below the career-high mark.

Based on 11 archived runs · updated 28 Oct 2026
KTB at a glance OR ↓ 17lb off peak
Official rating64↓ 17lb off peak
64 64–81

KTB Speed and Rating

KTB Speed

Best recent Speed 90 the best of the last 1 graded (A or B) run · Dundalk (AW), 4 Nov 2016

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 →

Flat 7 figures · best 109C · median 81
GoingRunsBestMedianSince 28 Oct 2025
Soft388C68—
Good281C74.5—
Standard (AW)1———
Good to Soft1———
DistanceRunsBestMedianSince 28 Oct 2025
1m – 1m1f490B68—
6f – 7f288C84.5—
1m2f – 1m4f1———

KTB Speed v1 · batch 15 Sep 2026 · GB & Irish racing only · 7 figures from 7 runs · as at 3 Oct 2026 · a record, not a forecast

KTB Rating

Best recent KTB Rating 75A the best of the last 3 rated runs · Gowran Park, 23 May 2017 Official rating 64 at the last run, 4 Jun 2017

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 →

Flat 11 figures · best 79B · median 61
GoingRunsBestMedianSince 28 Oct 2025
Good576A61—
Soft479B75.5—
Standard (AW)1———
Good to Soft1———
DistanceRunsBestMedianSince 28 Oct 2025
1m – 1m1f679B65—
6f – 7f375A66—
1m2f – 1m4f1———
Under 6f1———

KTB Rating v1 · batch 3 Oct 2026 · GB & Irish racing only · 11 figures from 11 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 6.7% of 2,031 runs since Jan 2008 (172 horses).

GoingRunsWinsSRvs sireThis horse
Firm100%−6.7—
Good to Firm170148.2%+1.5—
Good555407.2%+0.50 from 5
Good to Soft209146.7%00 from 1
Soft594376.2%−0.50 from 4
Heavy244218.6%+1.9—
Standard (AW)258103.9%−2.80 from 1
Distance (all codes)RunsWinsSRvs sireThis horse
Under 6f7656.6%−0.10 from 1
6f – 7f586508.5%+1.80 from 3
1m – 1m1f542315.7%−10 from 6
1m2f – 1m4f357174.8%−1.90 from 1
1m5f – 2m275196.9%+0.2—
2m1f – 2m4f156127.7%+1—
2m5f – 3m3925.1%−1.6—

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
Cloigin Gorm (IRE) (Lil's Boy)

3 siblings in the archive, 2 winners — best of them Nightly Wailing (IRE) (2 wins).

The wins came over 7f–2m.

ProduceRunsWinsWin tripsBest grade
Nightly Wailing (IRE)2822m—
Haunting Vocals (IRE)2017f—
Tempus Vernum (IRE)10——

Record by conditions

GoingRunsWinsSR£1
Good 5 0 0% −5.00
Soft 4 0 0% −4.00
Standard (AW) 1 0 0% −1.00
Good to Soft 1 0 0% −1.00

CourseRunsWinsSR£1
Curragh 3 0 0% −3.00
Listowel 1 0 0% −1.00
Gowran Park 1 0 0% −1.00
Leopardstown 1 0 0% −1.00
Dundalk (AW) 1 0 0% −1.00
Navan 1 0 0% −1.00
Gowran Park (IRE) 1 0 0% −1.00
Killarney 1 0 0% −1.00
Limerick 1 0 0% −1.00

DistanceRunsWinsSR£1
1m – 1m1f 6 0 0% −6.00
6f – 7f 3 0 0% −3.00
1m2f – 1m4f 1 0 0% −1.00
Under 6f 1 0 0% −1.00

JockeyRunsWinsSR£1
Kevin Manning 8 0 0% −8.00
Rory Cleary 2 0 0% −2.00
Danny Redmond 1 0 0% −1.00

SeasonRunsWinsSR£1
2017 4 0 0% −4.00
2016 5 0 0% −5.00
2015 2 0 0% −2.00

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
2017 · 4 runs
04 Jun 17+12d Listowel St. John's Literary Centre Handicap (45-65) (Div 1) 8f · Good · 15 ran 14/15 hd 9-13 6468C51C Kevin Manning 7/1
23 May 17+10d Gowran Park Paulstown Handicap 7f · Yielding To Soft · 16 ran 7/16 nse 9-10 6688C75A Kevin Manning 12/1
13 May 17+38d Curragh Buy Curragh Tickets Online At curragh.ie Apprentice Handicap 7f · Good · 21 ran 15/21 nse 9-5 6881C58A Danny Redmond 9/1
05 Apr 17+152d Leopardstown Jj Kavanagh & Sons Handicap (45-70) 8f · Soft · 20 ran 9/20 hd 9-13 6968C76A Kevin Manning 14/1
2016 · 5 runs
04 Nov 16+30d Dundalk (AW) Dundalk Stadium Claiming Race 8f · Standard · 14 ran 12/14 3½ 9-4 7290B54A Kevin Manning 16/1
05 Oct 16+17d Navan Meath Handicap 10f · Good To Yielding · 19 ran 14/19 2 9-6 77109C61C Rory Cleary 33/1
18 Sep 16+124d Gowran Park (IRE) gowranpark.ie Rated Race 9.5f · Soft · 8 ran 8/8 ¾ 8-13 7842C49C Kevin Manning 14/1
17 May 16+24d Killarney Celtic Steps The Show At Killarney Racecourse (C & G) Maiden 8f · Good · 10 ran 4/10 1¾ 9-5 81—76A Kevin Manning 8/1
23 Apr 16+195d Limerick FA Cup Betting At 188BET E.B.F. (C & G) Maiden (Plus 10) 8f · Yielding · 6 ran 2/6 nk 9-5 ——79B Kevin Manning 16/1
2015 · 2 runs
11 Oct 15+14d Curragh Irish Stallion Farms European Breeders Fund Maiden (Plus 10) 7f · Good · 16 ran 8/16 ¾ 9-5 ——66A Rory Cleary 33/1
27 Sep 15 Curragh Irish Stallion Farms European Breeders Fund Maiden (Plus 10) 5f · Good · 10 ran 7/10 ½ 9-5 ——61A Kevin Manning 6/1

Quick answers

How many races has Vocal Experience won?
Vocal Experience (IRE) has yet to win, from 11 archived starts between 2015 and 2017. Placed 1 time in total (9.1% of starts).
Who trained Vocal Experience?
Vocal Experience (IRE) was trained by J S Bolger on the most recent run on record, at Listowel on 4 June 2017.
Who is Vocal Experience's sire?
Vocal Experience (IRE) is by Vocalised (USA) out of Cloigin Gorm (IRE), whose sire is Lil's Boy.
What is Vocal Experience's official rating?
The most recent official rating on record is 64, from the run on 4 June 2017. The highest on record is 81.
What is Vocal Experience's sire's record?
Vocalised (USA)'s progeny in our archive have won 6.7% of 2,031 runs since Jan 2008 (172 horses), Flat and jumps together.
Who are Vocal Experience's siblings?
Out of Cloigin Gorm (IRE), Vocal Experience (IRE) has 3 other produce in our archive, 2 of them winners. Most wins: Nightly Wailing (IRE) (2). The wins came over 7f–2m. As at Oct 2026.

Record shown from September 2015. 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.