Welcome Aboard (IRE)
Welcome Aboard is a maiden who has run six times on turf without a win and has placed once. His best effort came when third of 20 at Punchestown in Jun 2025. He is typically held up, doing so in four of five analysed runs. His last run, at Punchestown in Jan 2026, was off his career-high mark of 95 when he finished seventh of 13 in the Matchbook Betting Exchange Handicap Hurdle.
- 0–6Wins / Runs
- 0%Strike rate
- 1 (16.7%)Placed
- −6.00£1 level staken=6 at SP
- 0.00Fair A/E n=6 · 0.00 incl. margin
- 95Highest OR
- 73dAvg 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 121
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 18 Oct 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Heavy | 4 | 97C | 74 | 2 · 97 / 91 |
| Good to Soft | 1 | — | — | — |
| Soft | 1 | — | — | — |
| Distance | Runs | Best | Median | Since 18 Oct 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2m5f – 3m | 2 | 121B | 103 | 1 · — |
| 2m1f – 2m4f | 2 | 97C | 80 | 1 · — |
| 1m5f – 2m | 2 | 62C | 52 | — |
KTB Speed v1 · batch 15 Sep 2026 · GB & Irish racing only · 6 figures from 6 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 from 5 analysed runs
- Held up 4 (80%) · 0 wins
- Midfield 1 (20%) · 0 wins
Pedigree intelligence
Progeny in our archive have won 10.8% of 8,833 runs since Jan 2008 (784 horses).
Strongest on good to firm going: 15.1% from 119.
| Going | Runs | Wins | SR | vs sire | This horse |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Good to Firm | 119 | 18 | 15.1% | +4.3 | — |
| Good | 2,959 | 377 | 12.7% | +1.9 | — |
| Good to Soft | 1,798 | 177 | 9.8% | −1 | 0 from 1 |
| Soft | 2,734 | 257 | 9.4% | −1.4 | 0 from 1 |
| Heavy | 1,213 | 124 | 10.2% | −0.6 | 0 from 4 |
| Standard (AW) | 10 | 1 | 10% | −0.8 | — |
| Distance (all codes) | Runs | Wins | SR | vs sire | This horse |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1m – 1m1f | 5 | 0 | 0% | −10.8 | — |
| 1m2f – 1m4f | 16 | 0 | 0% | −10.8 | — |
| 1m5f – 2m | 2,038 | 199 | 9.8% | −1 | 0 from 2 |
| 2m1f – 2m4f | 3,195 | 321 | 10% | −0.8 | 0 from 2 |
| 2m5f – 3m | 2,813 | 339 | 12.1% | +1.3 | 0 from 2 |
| Over 3m | 766 | 95 | 12.4% | +1.6 | — |
Flat and jumps together (all codes) · since Jan 2008 · as at 17 Oct 2026 · rows under 30 runs muted · win % is the measure, a record not a forecast
No other produce in our archive. It holds racing in Great Britain, Ireland and France from 2005, so siblings racing elsewhere won’t appear here.
Record by conditions
| Going | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Heavy | 4 | 0 | 0% | −4.00 |
| Good to Soft | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Soft | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Course | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Punchestown | 3 | 0 | 0% | −3.00 |
| Naas | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Gowran Park | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Distance | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2m5f – 3m | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| 2m1f – 2m4f | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| 1m5f – 2m | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Jockey | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Simon Torrens | 4 | 0 | 0% | −4.00 |
| Peter Smithers | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Jody McGarvey | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Season | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| 2025 | 5 | 0 | 0% | −5.00 |
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
| Date | Course | Race | Pos | Btn | Wgt | OR | Spd | KTB | Jockey | SP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 26 Jan 26+74d | Punchestown | Matchbook Betting Exchange Handicap Hurdle (0-100) Settled around midfield - under pressure in 7th two out - couldn't find another gear late - well held at the finish | 7/13 | 8½ | 11-11 | 95 | 85B | 98A | Simon Torrens | 13/2 |
| 13 Nov 25+159d | Punchestown | Matchbook Best Odds On Horse Racing Handicap Hurdle (0-100) Towards the back of the pack - never able to land a blow approaching the last - plugged on run-in but well held in 9th | 9/21 | 3¾ | 11-9 | 95 | 97C | 107A | Simon Torrens | 13/2 |
| 07 Jun 25+91d | Punchestown | Ladbrokes 'Gaffer Of All Accas' Handicap Hurdle (0-100) (Div 1) Held up at the back - still down the field at halfway - improved into 5th after the second last - driven out in the closing stages to grab 3rd near the line | 3/20 | 1½ | 11-0 | 93 | 121B | 109A | Peter Smithers | 14/1 |
| 08 Mar 25+13d | Gowran Park | Golf Classics At Gowran Park Maiden Hurdle Held up in the pack - improved from 9th to 4th but unable to threaten before 2 out - dropped away after that to finish 10th | 10/20 | nk | 11-12 | — | 42C | 99C | Simon Torrens | 150/1 |
| 23 Feb 25+28d | Naas | Lily & Wild At The Post Maiden Hurdle Held up in midfield - pressed for effort turning in - unable to close and well held | 10/20 | 4 | 11-12 | — | 62C | 96C | Jody McGarvey | 150/1 |
| 26 Jan 25 | Naas | Irish Stallion Farms EBF Maiden Hurdle Held up towards back - still ninth entering final 3 furlongs - unable to close and well held at finish | 9/14 | nk | 11-12 | — | 63C | 111C | Simon Torrens | 150/1 |
Quick answers
- How many races has Welcome Aboard (IRE) won?
- Welcome Aboard (IRE) has yet to win, from 6 archived starts between 2025 and 2026. Placed 1 time in total (16.7% of starts).
- Who trains Welcome Aboard (IRE)?
- Welcome Aboard (IRE) is trained by Aidan Anthony Howard, who saddled the horse on its most recent run on 26 January 2026.
- Who is Welcome Aboard (IRE)'s sire?
- Welcome Aboard (IRE) is by Mahler (GB) out of Kivalina (IRE), whose sire is Kayf Tara.
- What is Welcome Aboard (IRE)'s official rating?
- The most recent official rating on record is 95, from the run on 26 January 2026. That is also the highest on record.
- What is Welcome Aboard (IRE)'s sire's record?
- Mahler (GB)'s progeny in our archive have won 10.8% of 8,833 runs since Jan 2008 (784 horses), Flat and jumps together. Strongest on good to firm going: 15.1% from 119.