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Horse profile

Waver (IRE)

5yo gelding (at last run, Oct 2015) · Last trainer A P O'Brien · Last owner John P Mcmanus
by Galileo (IRE) out of Nell Gwyn (IRE) (Danehill)
29 runs · 12 courses · from May 2013
As at 22 Oct 2026 · KTB archive: GB, Ireland & France · 2005–present, updated daily
No run recorded since 16 Oct 2015 — 4,024 days ago. Our archive can't say whether the horse is still in training.
Last run Oct 2015 · 10th of 12 4 wins · Dundalk (AW), Listowel & Naas Last raced off OR 76
KTB Profile

Waver (IRE) is 4 from 29. Hasn't won since Sep 2014. Last raced off 76, 49lb below the career-high mark.

Based on 29 archived runs · updated 22 Oct 2026
KTB at a glance OR ↓ 49lb off peak
Official rating76↓ 49lb off peak
76 75–125

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 (flat) 70A the best of the last 3 rated runs · Curragh, 26 Jun 2015 Official rating 76 at the last flat run, 16 Oct 2015

Best recent KTB Rating (jumps) 117A the best of the last 3 rated runs · Limerick, 5 Jul 2015 Official rating 120 at the last jumps run, 9 Sep 2015

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 23 figures · best 88A · median 73
GoingRunsBestMedianSince 22 Oct 2025
Standard (AW)788A78—
Good783A71—
Good to Firm577A75—
Soft373A64—
Good to Soft1———
DistanceRunsBestMedianSince 22 Oct 2025
1m2f – 1m4f1888A73.5—
1m – 1m1f383A78—
1m5f – 2m268A65.5—
Jumps 6 figures · best 129A · median 115.5
GoingRunsBestMedianSince 22 Oct 2025
Good5129A117—
Heavy1———
DistanceRunsBestMedianSince 22 Oct 2025
1m5f – 2m6129A115.5—

KTB Rating v1 · batch 3 Oct 2026 · GB & Irish racing only · 29 figures from 29 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
Galileo (IRE)

Progeny in our archive have won 14.5% of 18,191 runs since Jan 2008 (1,776 horses).

Strongest over 6f – 7f (all codes): 18.2% from 1,383. Weakest over 2m5f – 3m (all codes): 9.3% from 889.

GoingRunsWinsSRvs sireThis horse
Firm721419.4%+4.9—
Good to Firm2,76544216%+1.51 from 5
Good5,30779014.9%+0.41 from 12
Good to Soft2,34232814%−0.50 from 1
Soft3,84457515%+0.50 from 3
Heavy1,37819013.8%−0.70 from 1
Standard (AW)2,48230412.2%−2.32 from 7
Distance (all codes)RunsWinsSRvs sireThis horse
Under 6f1417.1%−7.4—
6f – 7f1,38325218.2%+3.7—
1m – 1m1f3,02151717.1%+2.60 from 3
1m2f – 1m4f6,8481,05115.3%+0.83 from 18
1m5f – 2m4,23755413.1%−1.41 from 8
2m1f – 2m4f1,64917010.3%−4.2—
2m5f – 3m889839.3%−5.2—
Over 3m1501610.7%−3.8—

Flat and jumps together (all codes) · since Jan 2008 · as at 22 Oct 2026 · rows under 30 runs muted · win % is the measure, a record not a forecast

Dam
Nell Gwyn (IRE) (Danehill)

8 siblings in the archive, 2 winners — best of them Gold Seal (IRE) (3 wins).

The wins came over 1m3½f–2m; the highest grade won is Class 1 (Gold Seal (IRE)).

ProduceRunsWinsWin tripsBest grade
Gold Seal (IRE)2332mClass 1
Alazne (IRE)711m3½f—
Mount Eden (IRE)60——
Oh So Fine (IRE)30——
Buckingham Gate (IRE)50——
Livia Celeste (IRE)110——
Candidly (IRE)70——
Moving Moon (IRE)10——

Record by conditions

GoingRunsWinsSR£1
Good 12 1 8% −8.75
Standard (AW) 7 2 29% +3.50
Good to Firm 5 1 20% −0.67
Soft 3 0 0% −3.00
Heavy 1 0 0% −1.00
Good to Soft 1 0 0% −1.00

CourseRunsWinsSR£1
Dundalk (AW) 7 2 29% +3.50
Curragh 5 0 0% −5.00
Galway 3 0 0% −3.00
Limerick 2 0 0% −2.00
Naas 2 1 50% +2.33
Gowran Park 2 0 0% −2.00
Killarney 2 0 0% −2.00
Leopardstown 2 0 0% −2.00
Wexford 1 0 0% −1.00
Listowel 1 1 100% +2.25
Bellewstown 1 0 0% −1.00
Tipperary 1 0 0% −1.00

DistanceRunsWinsSR£1
1m2f – 1m4f 18 3 17% −3.17
1m5f – 2m 8 1 13% −4.75
1m – 1m1f 3 0 0% −3.00

JockeyRunsWinsSR£1
Ana O'Brien 12 1 8% −7.67
Donnacha O'Brien 6 1 17% −1.50
Joseph O'Brien 5 1 20% +1.00
Barry Geraghty 2 0 0% −2.00
Robbie Power 2 1 50% +1.25
Mark Walsh 1 0 0% −1.00
Alan Crowe 1 0 0% −1.00

HeadgearRunsWinsSR£1
None 12 1 8% −7.67
Blinkers 7 2 29% +3.50
Tongue tie + blinkers 4 0 0% −4.00
Cheekpieces 4 1 25% −0.75
Tongue tie + cheekpieces 1 0 0% −1.00
Tongue tie 1 0 0% −1.00

SeasonRunsWinsSR£1
2015 6 0 0% −6.00
2014 12 2 17% −4.25
2013 11 2 18% −0.67

TypeRunsWinsSR£1
Flat 23 3 13% −8.17
Hurdle 6 1 17% −2.75

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
16 Oct 15+21d Dundalk (AW) Dundalk Stadium On Facebook Handicap 12f · Standard · 12 ran 10/12 ½ 9-5 7667A Donnacha O'Brien 10/1
25 Sep 15+16d Dundalk (AW) Crowne Plaza Race & Stay Apprentice Handicap (50-80) 12f · Standard · 11 ran 9/11 ½ 9-12 7969A Ana O'Brien 5/1
09 Sep 15+66d Galway Galway City & Salthill Publicans Charity Handicap Hurdle 16f · Good · 12 ran 9/12 2¾ 11-7 120114A Barry Geraghty 11/1
05 Jul 15+9d Limerick Mike Denver Plays Limerick Racecourse Live On The 23rd July Rated Hurdle 16f · Good · 8 ran 6/8 1¼ 11-8 121117A Barry Geraghty 7/1
26 Jun 15+9d Curragh Donedeal Apprentice Derby 12f · Good · 8 ran 6/8 4¾ 9-2 7570A Donnacha O'Brien 5/1
17 Jun 15+171d Wexford Wellingtonbridge Handicap Hurdle 16f · Good · 8 ran 6/8 8 11-10 122114A Mark Walsh 14/1
28 Dec 14+18d Limerick Irish Independent Hurdle (listed) 16f · Heavy · 4 ran 4/4 47 11-1 12596C Alan Crowe 25/1
10 Dec 14+26d Dundalk (AW) Crowne Plaza Hotel Race & Stay Handicap 10.5f · Standard · 8 ran 4/8 3½ 8-9 8577A Donnacha O'Brien 6/1
14 Nov 14+26d Dundalk (AW) Dundalk Stadium Racecourse Of The Year Handicap 12f · Standard · 11 ran 4/11 2¾ 8-9 8578A Ana O'Brien 10/1
19 Oct 14+9d Naas Woodlands 100 Club October Handicap 12f · Good To Yielding · 16 ran 15/16 6½ 8-9 8651C Ana O'Brien 14/1
10 Oct 14+14d Dundalk (AW) Christmas Party Nights At Dundalk Stadium Handicap (60-85) 12f · Standard · 14 ran 4/14 ½ 9-7 8481A Donnacha O'Brien 13/2
26 Sep 14+6d Dundalk (AW) Crowne Plaza Race & Stay Apprentice Handicap (50-80) 12f · Standard · 14 ran 1/14 9-5 7888A Donnacha O'Brien 7/2J
20 Sep 14+11d Listowel John Lynch Memorial Maiden Hurdle 16f · Good · 12 ran 1/12 11-7 —129A Robbie Power 9/4
09 Sep 14+6d Galway Anglo Printers Maiden Hurdle 16f · Good · 6 ran 2/6 3 11-7 —122B Robbie Power EvensF
03 Sep 14+14d Gowran Park Next Meeting At Gowran Our Gr3 Denny Cordell Lavarack & Lanwades Stud Stakes Day Handicap 12f · Good · 11 ran 5/11 nk 8-11 8071A Donnacha O'Brien 16/1
20 Aug 14+107d Killarney Bet Online At thetote.com Handicap 11f · Good · 11 ran 8/11 2½ 9-11 8472A Ana O'Brien 22/1
05 May 14+22d Curragh Keadeen Leisure Club & New Beauty Room Handicap 10f · Good To Firm · 10 ran 9/10 1 9-9 8774A Ana O'Brien 14/1
13 Apr 14+170d Curragh War Horse At The Curragh Raceday Handicap 12f · Yielding · 12 ran 12/12 14 9-2 8862C Ana O'Brien 25/1
25 Oct 13+12d Dundalk (AW) Crowne Plaza Race & Stay Handicap 10.5f · Standard · 8 ran 1/8 9-1 8286A Joseph O'Brien 5/1
13 Oct 13+21d Curragh Stephen Quirke Memorial Apprentice Handicap 8f · Good · 15 ran 8/15 2 9-7 8378A Ana O'Brien 6/1
22 Sep 13+22d Gowran Park gowranpark.ie Rated Race 9.5f · Good · 12 ran 4/12 ½ 9-7 8483A Joseph O'Brien 6/1
31 Aug 13+10d Killarney Killarney Oils Handicap 8.5f · Good · 3 ran 2/3 3 8-12 8468C Ana O'Brien 2/1
21 Aug 13+23d Bellewstown Bluegrass Horsefeeds Handicap 14f · Good · 7 ran 3/7 2 8-5 8563A Ana O'Brien 3/1
29 Jul 13+18d Galway Galway Oyster Hotel Handicap (60-90) 12f · Yielding · 9 ran 6/9 nk 9-4 8673A Ana O'Brien 14/1
11 Jul 13+1d Leopardstown 'Ryan Sheridan' Handicap 14f · Good To Firm · 7 ran 3/7 6½ 9-0 8068A Joseph O'Brien 13/8F
10 Jul 13+13d Naas Follow Naas Racecourse On Facebook Apprentice Handicap 10f · Good To Firm · 8 ran 1/8 9-1 8077A Ana O'Brien 10/3
27 Jun 13+18d Tipperary Follow At TipperaryRaces On Twitter Maiden 12.5f · Good To Firm · 11 ran 4/11 1¼ 9-5 —76A Joseph O'Brien 4/1
09 Jun 13+28d Curragh TRM Supporting Global Champions Maiden 12f · Good To Firm · 9 ran 2/9 4¾ 9-5 —75A Joseph O'Brien 2/1
12 May 13 Leopardstown FM104 Strawberry Alarm Clock Family Days Maiden 12f · Yielding · 10 ran 5/10 ¾ 8-9 —64A Ana O'Brien 20/1

Quick answers

How many races has Waver (IRE) won?
Waver (IRE) won 4 of 29 archived starts between 2013 and 2015, a strike rate of 13.8%. Placed 6 times in total (20.7% of starts).
Who trained Waver (IRE)?
Waver (IRE) was trained by A P O'Brien on the most recent run on record, at Dundalk (AW) on 16 October 2015.
Who is Waver (IRE)'s sire?
Waver (IRE) is by Galileo (IRE) out of Nell Gwyn (IRE), whose sire is Danehill.
What going does Waver (IRE) prefer?
Waver (IRE) has the best record on standard (aw) going: 2 wins from 7 starts (28.6%). Only going bands with at least three archived starts are read, so this is a direction rather than a settled preference.
What is Waver (IRE)'s official rating?
The most recent official rating on record is 76, from the run on 16 October 2015. The highest on record is 125.
What is Waver (IRE)'s sire's record?
Galileo (IRE)'s progeny in our archive have won 14.5% of 18,191 runs since Jan 2008 (1,776 horses), Flat and jumps together. Strongest over 6f – 7f (all codes): 18.2% from 1,383. Weakest over 2m5f – 3m (all codes): 9.3% from 889.
Who are Waver (IRE)'s siblings?
Out of Nell Gwyn (IRE), Waver (IRE) has 8 other produce in our archive, 2 of them winners. Most wins: Gold Seal (IRE) (3). Highest grade won: Class 1 (Gold Seal (IRE)). The wins came over 1m3½f–2m. As at Oct 2026.

Record shown from May 2013. 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.