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Horse profile

Washington Irving (IRE)

6yo gelding (at last run, Apr 2011) · Last trainer Howard Johnson · Last owner Andrea Graham Wylie
by Montjeu (IRE) out of Shouk (GB) (Shirley Heights)
18 runs · 12 courses · from Oct 2007
As at 28 Oct 2026 · KTB archive: GB, Ireland & France · 2005–present, updated daily
No run recorded since 28 Apr 2011 — 5,662 days ago. Our archive can't say whether the horse is still in training.
Last run Apr 2011 · 3rd of 9 2 wins · Carlisle & Navan Last raced off OR 127
KTB Profile

Washington Irving (IRE) is 2 from 18. Hasn't won since Nov 2009. Each win came on a first visit to the course. Last raced off 127, 8lb below the career-high mark.

Based on 18 archived runs · updated 28 Oct 2026
KTB at a glance OR ↓ 8lb off peak
Official rating127↓ 8lb off peak
127 110–135

KTB Speed and Rating

KTB Speed

No KTB Speed figures for this horse. The engine scores GB and Irish racing from Oct 2016; runs elsewhere, or earlier, have no figure.

KTB Speed v1 · batch 15 Sep 2026 · GB & Irish racing only · 0 figures from 0 runs · a record, not a forecast

KTB Rating

Best recent KTB Rating (jumps) 130A the best of the last 3 rated runs · Perth, 28 Apr 2011 Official rating 127 at the last jumps run, 28 Apr 2011

Best recent KTB Rating (flat) 84A the best of the last 3 rated runs · Doncaster, 13 Sep 2008 Official rating 110 at the last flat run, 18 Jun 2009

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 →

Jumps 7 figures · best 130A · median 126
GoingRunsBestMedianSince 28 Oct 2025
Soft3126B117—
Good2130A116—
Heavy2129A127.5—
DistanceRunsBestMedianSince 28 Oct 2025
2m1f – 2m4f5130A126—
1m5f – 2m2126B114—
Flat 9 figures · best 92A · median 84
GoingRunsBestMedianSince 28 Oct 2025
Soft385B84—
Good to Soft280A74.5—
Heavy292A87.5—
Good291A88.5—
DistanceRunsBestMedianSince 28 Oct 2025
1m2f – 1m4f692A85.5—
1m5f – 2m284A82—
6f – 7f1———

Of 18 runs looked at, 2 have no figure: did not complete (or a non-runner row) (2).

KTB Rating v1 · batch 3 Oct 2026 · GB & Irish racing only · 16 figures from 18 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
Montjeu (IRE)

Progeny in our archive have won 12.3% of 7,971 runs since Jan 2008 (665 horses).

Strongest on heavy going: 16.3% from 686.

GoingRunsWinsSRvs sireThis horse
Firm5747%−5.3—
Good to Firm1,24215912.8%+0.50 from 1
Good2,14126212.2%−0.10 from 4
Good to Soft1,11014813.3%+10 from 2
Soft1,68219411.5%−0.80 from 6
Heavy68611216.3%+42 from 5
Standard (AW)1,0531009.5%−2.8—
Distance (all codes)RunsWinsSRvs sireThis horse
Under 6f600%−12.3—
6f – 7f330319.4%−2.90 from 1
1m – 1m1f8139711.9%−0.4—
1m2f – 1m4f2,72436013.2%+0.91 from 6
1m5f – 2m2,42631312.9%+0.60 from 5
2m1f – 2m4f1,15712210.5%−1.81 from 6
2m5f – 3m4144510.9%−1.4—
Over 3m1011110.9%−1.4—

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
Shouk (GB) (Shirley Heights)

5 siblings in the archive, 4 winners — best of them Alexandrova (IRE) (4 wins).

The wins came over 1m–2m; the highest grade won is Group 1 (Alexandrova (IRE)).

ProduceRunsWinsWin tripsBest grade
Alexandrova (IRE)941m–1m4fGroup 1
Sardinia (IRE)1622m—
Clearwater Bay (IRE)621m4f—
Masterofthehorse (IRE)911mListed
Magical Romance (IRE)40——

Record by conditions

GoingRunsWinsSR£1
Soft 6 0 0% −6.00
Heavy 5 2 40% −1.56
Good 4 0 0% −4.00
Good to Soft 2 0 0% −2.00
Good to Firm 1 0 0% −1.00

ClassRunsWinsSR£1
Class 1 6 0 0% −6.00
Class 3 3 0 0% −3.00
Class 4 2 1 50% +0.00
Class 2 1 0 0% −1.00

CourseRunsWinsSR£1
Newcastle 3 0 0% −3.00
Leopardstown 3 0 0% −3.00
Aintree 2 0 0% −2.00
Curragh 2 0 0% −2.00
Perth 1 0 0% −1.00
Kelso 1 0 0% −1.00
Carlisle 1 1 100% +1.00
Ascot 1 0 0% −1.00
York 1 0 0% −1.00
Navan 1 1 100% +0.44
Doncaster 1 0 0% −1.00
Epsom Downs 1 0 0% −1.00

DistanceRunsWinsSR£1
2m1f – 2m4f 6 1 17% −4.00
1m2f – 1m4f 6 1 17% −4.56
1m5f – 2m 5 0 0% −5.00
6f – 7f 1 0 0% −1.00

JockeyRunsWinsSR£1
Denis O'Regan 3 1 33% −1.00
Colm O'Donoghue 3 0 0% −3.00
Brian Hughes 2 0 0% −2.00
Paul Gallagher 2 0 0% −2.00
Paul Mulrennan 2 0 0% −2.00
Johnny Murtagh 2 0 0% −2.00
Seamie Heffernan 2 0 0% −2.00
Paul Carberry 1 0 0% −1.00
Sean Levey 1 1 100% +0.44

SeasonRunsWinsSR£1
2011 3 0 0% −3.00
2010 4 0 0% −4.00
2009 3 1 33% −1.00
2008 7 1 14% −5.56
2007 1 0 0% −1.00

TypeRunsWinsSR£1
Flat 10 1 10% −8.56
Hurdle 8 1 13% −6.00

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 ORKTB Jockey SP
2011 · 3 runs
28 Apr 11+40d Perth Pjo Industrial Handicap Hurdle Class 3 · 20f · Good · 9 ran 3/9 4½ 11-10 127130A Brian Hughes 12/1
19 Mar 11+21d Newcastle Bet On totescoop6 At totesport.com Handicap Hurdle Class 3 · 16f · Soft · 4 ran 3/4 6 11-7 130126B Paul Gallagher 11/4
26 Feb 11+97d Newcastle Bet On Totescoop6 At Totesport.com Handicap Hurdle Class 3 · 16f · Heavy · 12 ran RO/12 — 11-5 130— Paul Gallagher 8/1
2010 · 4 runs
21 Nov 10+226d Aintree Live Football Betting At Totesport.com Handicap Hurdle Class 2 · 20f · Soft · 11 ran 6/11 3 11-2 132114A Brian Hughes 8/1
09 Apr 10+34d Aintree John Smith's Top Novices' Hurdle (Grade 2) Class 1 · 16.5f · Good · 9 ran 7/9 21 11-4 132102C Denis O'Regan 16/1
06 Mar 10+40d Kelso totepool Premier Kelso Novice Hurdle (Grade 2) Class 1 · 18f · Soft · 11 ran 4/11 3¼ 11-5 135117A Denis O'Regan 5/2J
25 Jan 10+57d Newcastle svrutter.co.uk Novices' Hurdle Class 4 · 20.5f · Heavy · 10 ran 2/10 4½ 11-11 —129A Paul Carberry 1/2F
2009 · 3 runs
29 Nov 09+164d Carlisle Carlisle-races.co.uk Novices' Hurdle Class 4 · 17f · Heavy · 12 ran 1/12 10-12 —126A Denis O'Regan EvensF
18 Jun 09+34d Ascot Gold Cup (Group 1) Class 1 · 20f · Good To Firm · 9 ran PU/9 — 9-0 110— Paul Mulrennan 50/1
15 May 09+219d York Emirates Airline Yorkshire Cup (Group 2) Class 1 · 14f · Good To Soft · 8 ran 4/8 6 8-12 11280A Paul Mulrennan 16/1
2008 · 7 runs
08 Oct 08+25d Navan Ledwige Maiden 10f · Soft To Heavy · 20 ran 1/20 8-12 11183A Sean Levey 4/9F
13 Sep 08+27d Doncaster Ladbrokes St Leger Stakes (Group 1) Class 1 · 14.5f · Soft · 14 ran 6/14 nk 9-0 11184A Colm O'Donoghue 16/1
17 Aug 08+49d Leopardstown Ballyroan Stakes (group 3) 12f · Heavy · 9 ran 2/9 3½ 8-11 11192A Johnny Murtagh 7/2
29 Jun 08+22d Curragh Dubai Duty Free Irish Derby (group 1) 12f · Good To Yielding · 11 ran 11/11 12 9-0 11469C Colm O'Donoghue 12/1
07 Jun 08+27d Epsom Downs Vodafone Derby (Group 1) Class 1 · 12f · Good · 16 ran 5/16 ¾ 9-0 11191A Colm O'Donoghue 33/1
11 May 08+35d Leopardstown Derrinstown Stud Derby Trial Stakes (group 2) 10f · Good · 5 ran 2/5 6 9-1 11186B Seamie Heffernan 4/6F
06 Apr 08+167d Leopardstown Foxrock (c&g) Race 10f · Yielding · 6 ran 2/6 shd 9-0 11185B Johnny Murtagh 8/13F
2007 · 1 run
22 Oct 07 Curragh Peter Keatley Curragh Groundcare Maiden 7f · Soft · 18 ran 4/18 1½ 9-3 —79C Seamie Heffernan 2/1F

Quick answers

How many races has Washington Irving won?
Washington Irving (IRE) won 2 of 18 archived starts between 2007 and 2011, a strike rate of 11.1%. Placed 7 times in total (38.9% of starts).
Who trained Washington Irving?
Washington Irving (IRE) was trained by Howard Johnson on the most recent run on record, at Perth on 28 April 2011.
Who is Washington Irving's sire?
Washington Irving (IRE) is by Montjeu (IRE) out of Shouk (GB), whose sire is Shirley Heights.
What going does Washington Irving prefer?
Washington Irving (IRE) has the best record on heavy going: 2 wins from 5 starts (40%). Only going bands with at least three archived starts are read, so this is a direction rather than a settled preference.
What is Washington Irving's official rating?
The most recent official rating on record is 127, from the run on 28 April 2011. The highest on record is 135.
What is Washington Irving's sire's record?
Montjeu (IRE)'s progeny in our archive have won 12.3% of 7,971 runs since Jan 2008 (665 horses), Flat and jumps together. Strongest on heavy going: 16.3% from 686.
Who are Washington Irving's siblings?
Out of Shouk (GB), Washington Irving (IRE) has 5 other produce in our archive, 4 of them winners. Most wins: Alexandrova (IRE) (4). Highest grade won: Group 1 (Alexandrova (IRE)). The wins came over 1m–2m. As at Oct 2026.

Record shown from October 2007. 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.