War Artist (IRE)
War Artist is a lightly raced colt by New Bay out of I Am Beautiful. His dam has produced seven runners for three winners including Modesty. New Bay has a 14.5% strike rate with 553 winners from 3816 runners since Jan 2008. The colt finished 6 of 16 at Curragh over 6f-7f on good ground in Aug 2026.
- 0–1Wins / Runs
- 0%Strike rate
- 0 (0%)Placed
- −1.00£1 level staken=1 at SP
KTB Speed and Rating
Best recent Speed —
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 →
KTB Speed v1 · batch 15 Sep 2026 · GB & Irish racing only · 1 figure from 1 run · 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.
Pedigree intelligence
Progeny in our archive have won 14.3% of 3,997 runs since Jun 2020 (426 horses).
Weakest at trips under 6f (all codes): 10.8% from 102.
| Going | Runs | Wins | SR | vs sire | This horse |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Firm | 8 | 0 | 0% | −14.3 | — |
| Good to Firm | 587 | 92 | 15.7% | +1.4 | — |
| Good | 996 | 140 | 14.1% | −0.2 | 0 from 1 |
| Good to Soft | 472 | 70 | 14.8% | +0.5 | — |
| Soft | 629 | 81 | 12.9% | −1.4 | — |
| Heavy | 183 | 27 | 14.8% | +0.5 | — |
| Standard (AW) | 1,122 | 161 | 14.3% | 0 | — |
| Distance (all codes) | Runs | Wins | SR | vs sire | This horse |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Under 6f | 102 | 11 | 10.8% | −3.5 | — |
| 6f – 7f | 1,185 | 183 | 15.4% | +1.1 | 0 from 1 |
| 1m – 1m1f | 1,284 | 165 | 12.9% | −1.4 | — |
| 1m2f – 1m4f | 1,095 | 165 | 15.1% | +0.8 | — |
| 1m5f – 2m | 272 | 40 | 14.7% | +0.4 | — |
| 2m1f – 2m4f | 54 | 7 | 13% | −1.3 | — |
| 2m5f – 3m | 5 | 0 | 0% | −14.3 | — |
Flat and jumps together (all codes) · since Jun 2020 · as at 5 Nov 2026 · rows under 30 runs muted · win % is the measure, a record not a forecast
7 siblings in the archive, 3 winners — best of them Modesty (IRE) (1 win).
The wins came over 6f–1m; the highest grade won is Class 2 (Modesty (IRE)).
| Produce | Runs | Wins | Win trips | Best grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Modesty (IRE) | 5 | 1 | 1m | Class 2 |
| Stalingrad (GB) | 31 | 1 | 6f | Class 6 |
| Modelling (IRE) | 6 | 1 | 6½f | — |
| Hongkong Harmony (IRE) | 1 | 0 | — | — |
| Isocrates (USA) | 1 | 0 | — | — |
| Beauty Appeal (IRE) | 2 | 0 | — | — |
| Glasgow Warrior (IRE) | 1 | 0 | — | — |
Too few runs for meaningful splits. The full record is below.
Form
| Date | Course | Race | Pos | Btn | Wgt | Spd | KTB | Jockey | SP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 · 1 run | |||||||||
| 22 Aug 26 | Curragh (IRE) | Coolmore Stud St Mark's Basilica Irish EBF Maiden Settled midpack early - moved into contention with 2.5f left - pushed up to third with 2f to run - flattened out into fourth then stayed on at one gear late | 6/16 | ¾ | 9-7 | 70C | 82A | Seamie Heffernan | 33/1 |
Quick answers
- How many races has War Artist won?
- War Artist (IRE) has yet to win, from 1 archived start in 2026.
- Who trains War Artist?
- War Artist (IRE) is trained by J P Murtagh, who saddled the horse on its most recent run on 22 August 2026.
- Who is War Artist's sire?
- War Artist (IRE) is by New Bay (GB) out of I Am Beautiful (IRE), whose sire is Rip Van Winkle.
- What is War Artist's sire's record?
- New Bay (GB)'s progeny in our archive have won 14.3% of 3,997 runs since Jun 2020 (426 horses), Flat and jumps together. Weakest at trips under 6f (all codes): 10.8% from 102.
- Who are War Artist's siblings?
- Out of I Am Beautiful (IRE), War Artist (IRE) has 7 other produce in our archive, 3 of them winners. Most wins: Modesty (IRE) (1). Highest grade won: Class 2 (Modesty (IRE)). The wins came over 6f–1m. As at Nov 2026.