Ward Castle (IRE)
Ward Castle won one of 15 starts, the success coming in a Class 6 handicap at Southwell over 1m2f – 1m4f on standard going in Apr 2023. The gelding, by Flintshire out of an Endless Light mare, has all his placed form on the all-weather where he is one from nine. He finished fifth of nine at Southwell in Apr 2023 when beaten favourite and last raced off an official rating of 63, 12lb below his highest ever mark.
- 1–15Wins / Runs
- 6.7%Strike rate
- 5 (33.3%)Placed
- −8.00£1 level staken=15 at SP
- 0.39Fair A/E n=15 · 0.33 incl. margin
- 75Highest OR
- 41dAvg 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 106
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 28 Oct 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Standard (AW) | 9 | 106A | 83 | — |
| Good | 3 | 93A | 77 | — |
| Good to Firm | 2 | 79A | 77 | — |
| Firm | 1 | — | — | — |
| Distance | Runs | Best | Median | Since 28 Oct 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1m2f – 1m4f | 11 | 93A | 77 | — |
| 1m – 1m1f | 3 | 83B | 74 | — |
| 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 9.9% of 324 runs since Jan 2008 (41 horses).
| Going | Runs | Wins | SR | vs sire | This horse |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Firm | 1 | 0 | 0% | −9.9 | 0 from 1 |
| Good to Firm | 29 | 5 | 17.2% | +7.3 | 0 from 2 |
| Good | 53 | 4 | 7.5% | −2.4 | 0 from 3 |
| Good to Soft | 24 | 2 | 8.3% | −1.6 | — |
| Soft | 43 | 2 | 4.7% | −5.2 | — |
| Heavy | 9 | 0 | 0% | −9.9 | — |
| Standard (AW) | 165 | 19 | 11.5% | +1.6 | 1 from 9 |
| Distance (all codes) | Runs | Wins | SR | vs sire | This horse |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6f – 7f | 26 | 2 | 7.7% | −2.2 | — |
| 1m – 1m1f | 104 | 8 | 7.7% | −2.2 | 0 from 3 |
| 1m2f – 1m4f | 137 | 15 | 10.9% | +1 | 1 from 11 |
| 1m5f – 2m | 50 | 7 | 14% | +4.1 | 0 from 1 |
| 2m1f – 2m4f | 5 | 0 | 0% | −9.9 | — |
| 2m5f – 3m | 2 | 0 | 0% | −9.9 | — |
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
3 siblings in the archive, 2 winners — best of them Magico (IRE) (4 wins).
The wins came over 5f–2m1f; the highest grade won is Class 4 (Magico (IRE)).
| Produce | Runs | Wins | Win trips | Best grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Magico (IRE) | 20 | 4 | 1m–2m1f | Class 4 |
| Augustus Caesar (USA) | 9 | 1 | 5f | Class 5 |
| Inside Informant (USA) | 1 | 0 | — | — |
Record by conditions
| Going | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Standard (AW) | 9 | 1 | 11% | −2.00 |
| Good | 3 | 0 | 0% | −3.00 |
| Good to Firm | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Firm | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Class | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Class 5 | 8 | 0 | 0% | −8.00 |
| Class 6 | 5 | 1 | 20% | +2.00 |
| Class 4 | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Course | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kempton (AW) | 4 | 0 | 0% | −4.00 |
| Southwell (AW) | 3 | 1 | 33% | +4.00 |
| Wolverhampton (AW) | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Windsor | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Yarmouth | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Newmarket | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Doncaster | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Redcar | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Bath | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Distance | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1m2f – 1m4f | 11 | 1 | 9% | −4.00 |
| 1m – 1m1f | 3 | 0 | 0% | −3.00 |
| 1m5f – 2m | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Jockey | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Stefano Cherchi | 4 | 0 | 0% | −4.00 |
| Morgan Cole | 2 | 1 | 50% | +5.00 |
| Marco Ghiani | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Neil Callan | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Bradley Furniss | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Adam Kirby | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| William Buick | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Ben Curtis | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Andrea Atzeni | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Headgear | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cheekpieces | 8 | 1 | 13% | −1.00 |
| None | 4 | 0 | 0% | −4.00 |
| Blinkers | 3 | 0 | 0% | −3.00 |
| Season | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 3 | 1 | 33% | +4.00 |
| 2022 | 9 | 0 | 0% | −9.00 |
| 2021 | 3 | 0 | 0% | −3.00 |
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
Quick answers
- How many races has Ward Castle won?
- Ward Castle (IRE) won 1 of 15 archived starts between 2021 and 2023, a strike rate of 6.7%. Placed 5 times in total (33.3% of starts).
- Who trained Ward Castle?
- Ward Castle (IRE) was trained by Marco Botti on the most recent run on record, at Southwell (AW) on 14 April 2023.
- Who is Ward Castle's sire?
- Ward Castle (IRE) is by Flintshire (GB) out of Endless Light (GB), whose sire is Pivotal.
- What going does Ward Castle prefer?
- Ward Castle (IRE) has the best record on standard (aw) going: 1 win from 9 starts (11.1%). Only going bands with at least three archived starts are read, so this is a direction rather than a settled preference.
- What is Ward Castle's official rating?
- The most recent official rating on record is 63, from the run on 14 April 2023. The highest on record is 75.
- What is Ward Castle's sire's record?
- Flintshire (GB)'s progeny in our archive have won 9.9% of 324 runs since Jan 2008 (41 horses), Flat and jumps together.
- Who are Ward Castle's siblings?
- Out of Endless Light (GB), Ward Castle (IRE) has 3 other produce in our archive, 2 of them winners. Most wins: Magico (IRE) (4). Highest grade won: Class 4 (Magico (IRE)). The wins came over 5f–2m1f. As at Oct 2026.