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Wonderwall (IRE)

10yo gelding · Trainer S Curling · Owner J Oleary
by Yeats (IRE) out of Rock Me Gently (GB) (Sulamani)
25 runs · 17 courses · from Nov 2020
As at 18 Oct 2026 · KTB archive: GB, Ireland & France · 2005–present, updated daily
Won last time out 4 wins · 4 courses Off 169 days · 1st of 14 Last raced off OR 140
KTB Profile

Wonderwall won four of 25 starts. He won the Uniquely Champion Hunters Chase at Punchestown over 2m5f – 3m on soft ground in May 2026, having also taken the St. James's Place Festival Challenge Cup Open Hunters' Chase at Cheltenham over 3m on good to soft in March 2025. All four wins came on turf, two on soft and two on good to soft. Aged 10 at his last run in May 2026, he won last time out off an official rating of 140.

Based on 25 archived runs · run-style from 1 commented run · updated 18 Oct 2026
KTB at a glance OR at career high
Official rating140At career-high mark
140 79–140

KTB Speed and Rating

KTB Speed

Best recent Speed 93 the best of the last 3 graded (A or B) runs · Punchestown, 1 May 2026

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 →

Jumps 16 figures · best 133A · median 101
GoingRunsBestMedianSince 18 Oct 2025
Soft7130B931 · —
Good to Soft5133B1091 · —
Good4133A98.5—
DistanceRunsBestMedianSince 18 Oct 2025
2m5f – 3m5133B1211 · —
Over 3m4133A801 · —
2m1f – 2m4f4109A89—
1m5f – 2m3130B118—
Flat 5 figures · best 87A · median 82
GoingRunsBestMedianSince 18 Oct 2025
Soft282C74—
Good to Soft1———
Standard (AW)1———
Good1———
DistanceRunsBestMedianSince 18 Oct 2025
1m2f – 1m4f384B79—
2m1f – 2m4f1———
1m5f – 2m1———

Of 25 runs looked at, 4 have no figure: did not complete (3) · obstacles omitted — the race ran a shortened course (1).

KTB Speed v1 · batch 15 Sep 2026 · GB & Irish racing only · 21 figures from 25 runs · as at 3 Oct 2026 · a record, not a forecast

KTB Rating

Best recent KTB Rating (jumps) 143A the best of the last 3 rated runs · Cheltenham, 14 Mar 2025 Official rating 140 at the last jumps run, 1 May 2026

Best recent KTB Rating (flat) 78A the best of the last 3 rated runs · Chester, 15 Sep 2023 Official rating 79 at the last flat run, 14 Oct 2023

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 17 figures · best 143A · median 128
GoingRunsBestMedianSince 18 Oct 2025
Soft7140A1251 · —
Good to Soft5143A1321 · —
Good5137B128—
DistanceRunsBestMedianSince 18 Oct 2025
2m5f – 3m5140A1281 · —
2m1f – 2m4f5137B128—
Over 3m4143A1241 · —
1m5f – 2m3137B133—
Flat 5 figures · best 90A · median 78
GoingRunsBestMedianSince 18 Oct 2025
Soft290A77.5—
Good to Soft1———
Standard (AW)1———
Good1———
DistanceRunsBestMedianSince 18 Oct 2025
1m2f – 1m4f390A87—
2m1f – 2m4f1———
1m5f – 2m1———

Of 25 runs looked at, 3 have no figure: did not complete (or a non-runner row) (3).

KTB Rating v1 · batch 3 Oct 2026 · GB & Irish racing only · 22 figures from 25 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.

Pedigree intelligence

Sire

Progeny in our archive have won 11.9% of 9,806 runs since Jan 2008 (704 horses).

Weakest on standard (aw) going: 6.9% from 203. Strongest at trips beyond 3m (all codes): 15.3% from 816.

GoingRunsWinsSRvs sireThis horse
Firm500%−11.9—
Good to Firm2222812.6%+0.7—
Good3,43147513.8%+1.90 from 6
Good to Soft1,95321210.9%−12 from 8
Soft2,83730510.8%−1.12 from 10
Heavy1,15513611.8%−0.1—
Standard (AW)203146.9%−50 from 1
Distance (all codes)RunsWinsSRvs sireThis horse
6f – 7f2813.6%−8.3—
1m – 1m1f8667%−4.9—
1m2f – 1m4f263269.9%−20 from 3
1m5f – 2m2,43127311.2%−0.71 from 4
2m1f – 2m4f3,28135210.7%−1.20 from 7
2m5f – 3m2,90138713.3%+1.42 from 7
Over 3m81612515.3%+3.41 from 4

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

Dam

3 siblings in the archive, 3 winners — best of them Ballyneety (GB) (1 win).

The wins came over 2m–2m6f; the highest grade won is Class 4 (Soldat Forte (IRE)).

ProduceRunsWinsWin tripsBest grade
Ballyneety (GB)1312m—
Soldat Forte (IRE)1312mClass 4
Tilloughna (IRE)2112m6f—

Record by conditions

GoingRunsWinsSR£1
Soft 10 2 20% −0.50
Good to Soft 8 2 25% +23.50
Good 6 0 0% −6.00
Standard (AW) 1 0 0% −1.00

ClassRunsWinsSR£1
Class 2 6 1 17% +23.00
Class 1 6 0 0% −6.00
Class 4 5 2 40% +1.50
Class 3 4 0 0% −4.00
Class 5 3 0 0% −3.00

CourseRunsWinsSR£1
Cheltenham 5 1 20% +24.00
Cartmel 2 0 0% −2.00
Doncaster 2 1 50% +0.50
Newbury 2 0 0% −2.00
Ascot 2 1 50% +2.00
Punchestown 1 1 100% +4.50
Uttoxeter 1 0 0% −1.00
Newton Abbot 1 0 0% −1.00
Aintree 1 0 0% −1.00
Ayr 1 0 0% −1.00
Sandown 1 0 0% −1.00
Kempton 1 0 0% −1.00
Newmarket 1 0 0% −1.00
Chester 1 0 0% −1.00
Chelmsford City (AW) 1 0 0% −1.00
Pontefract 1 0 0% −1.00
Huntingdon 1 0 0% −1.00

DistanceRunsWinsSR£1
2m5f – 3m 7 2 29% +1.00
2m1f – 2m4f 7 0 0% −7.00
Over 3m 4 1 25% +25.00
1m5f – 2m 4 1 25% +0.00
1m2f – 1m4f 3 0 0% −3.00

JockeyRunsWinsSR£1
James Bowen 10 2 20% −3.50
Mr R James 3 2 67% +31.50
Sean Bowen 3 0 0% −3.00
Dylan Johnston 1 0 0% −1.00
Adam Wedge 1 0 0% −1.00
Brian Hughes 1 0 0% −1.00
Sean Flanagan 1 0 0% −1.00
Georgia Dobie 1 0 0% −1.00
Jason Hart 1 0 0% −1.00
Darragh Keenan 1 0 0% −1.00
Cam Hardie 1 0 0% −1.00
Graham Lee 1 0 0% −1.00

HeadgearRunsWinsSR£1
None 17 2 12% −10.50
Cheekpieces 5 0 0% −5.00
Tongue tie 3 2 67% +31.50

SeasonRunsWinsSR£1
2026 2 1 50% +3.50
2025 1 1 100% +28.00
2024 8 0 0% −8.00
2023 7 0 0% −7.00
2022 3 1 33% −0.50
2021 2 0 0% −2.00
2020 2 1 50% +2.00

TypeRunsWinsSR£1
Hurdle 11 1 9% −8.50
Chase 6 2 33% +28.50
Flat 5 0 0% −5.00
NH Flat 3 1 33% +1.00

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 ORSpdKTB Jockey SP
01 May 26+49d Punchestown Uniquely Champion Hunters Chase 24.5f · Yielding · 14 ran Sat behind the front group early - 8th at the midpoint - moved into contention four out - urged forward on the outside after the following fence - momentarily lost front spot after the second-last - fought back to go in front at the final obstacle - lost the advantage with a furlong left before regaining it right at the finish 1/14 11-7 14093B140A Mr R James 9/2
13 Mar 26+364d Cheltenham Princess Royal Challenge Cup Open Hunters' Chase Class 2 · 26.5f · Good To Soft · 23 ran Settled at the back early - moved into contention around the 15th before being pressed after three out - had no more to offer and finished 7th 7/23 2½ 12-0 14077B122A Mr R James 6/1
14 Mar 25+237d Cheltenham St. James's Place Festival Challenge Cup Open Hunters' Chase Class 2 · 26.5f · Good To Soft · 24 ran Settled midpack early - improved into contention by 17th - travelling strongly with the pace 3 out - hit the front approaching the final fence - driven out before the last then drifted about on the run-in - dug in close home to prevail 1/24 12-0 11883B143A Mr R James 28/1
20 Jul 24+11d Cartmel William Hill Cumbria Crystal Cup Handicap Hurdle Class 3 · 22f · Good · 12 ran 2/12 nk 11-1 121122B128A Dylan Johnston 3/1
09 Jul 24+25d Uttoxeter We Love Uttoxeter Handicap Hurdle Class 3 · 23.5f · Soft · 7 ran 3/7 2¼ 11-6 121121B125B Adam Wedge 5/2
14 Jun 24+18d Newton Abbot Newton Abbot Novices' Handicap Chase (GBB Race) Class 4 · 26f · Good · 4 ran 4/4 1¾ 12-1 12161C119B Sean Bowen 6/4F
27 May 24+10d Cartmel Johnny & Tony Connell Memorial Handicap Hurdle (GBB Race) Class 2 · 25.5f · Good · 12 ran 3/12 2¼ 10-12 120133A126A James Bowen 17/2
17 May 24+28d Aintree Positive Futures Liverpool Handicap Hurdle (GBB Race) Class 2 · 20f · Good · 12 ran 3/12 9 10-9 122—128A Brian Hughes 25/1
19 Apr 24+76d Ayr Get Home Safe With Thistle Cabs Handicap Hurdle Class 3 · 24.5f · Soft · 16 ran 12/16 4½ 12-0 12590C111C Sean Bowen 40/1
03 Feb 24+21d Sandown Virgin Bet Heroes Handicap Hurdle (Premier Handicap) (GBB Race) Class 1 · 23.5f · Good To Soft · 14 ran PU/14 — 10-13 128—— James Bowen 33/1
13 Jan 24+55d Kempton Coral Lanzarote Handicap Hurdle (GBB Race) Class 2 · 21f · Good To Soft · 19 ran BD/19 — 10-13 128—— Sean Flanagan 22/1
19 Nov 23+36d Cheltenham cavani.co.uk Novices' Limited Handicap Chase (GBB Race) Class 3 · 20f · Soft · 7 ran 4/7 5½ 11-8 13290B119B James Bowen 5/1
14 Oct 23+29d Newmarket Club Godolphin Cesarewitch Handicap (Heritage Handicap) Class 2 · 18f · Soft · 31 ran 19/31 1¾ 7-13 7982C65C Georgia Dobie 33/1
15 Sep 23+22d Chester Envirosips Handicap Class 4 · 16f · Good To Soft · 7 ran 3/7 11 9-9 7987A78A Jason Hart 11/8F
24 Aug 23+19d Chelmsford City (AW) Book Your Christmas Party Here Maiden Stakes (GBB Race) Class 5 · 10f · Standard · 11 ran 7/11 2¼ 10-0 —79B78A Darragh Keenan 11/2
05 Aug 23+25d Doncaster UNISON Supporting Your NHS Novice Stakes (GBB Race) Class 5 · 10f · Soft · 9 ran 2/9 3 9-12 —66B90A Cam Hardie 5/2
11 Jul 23+116d Pontefract Music Night & Beer Festival 21st July Maiden Stakes (GBB Race) Class 5 · 10f · Good · 11 ran 2/11 nk 10-2 —84B87A Graham Lee 9/1
17 Mar 23+112d Cheltenham McCoy Contractors County Handicap Hurdle (Premier Handicap) (GBB Race) Class 1 · 17f · Soft · 24 ran 13/24 hd 10-7 13488B122A Sean Bowen 25/1
25 Nov 22+288d Newbury Coral Racing Club Novices' Chase (Grade 2) (Registered As The Berkshire) (GBB Race) Class 1 · 20f · Good · 4 ran 3/4 3 11-4 13475C137B James Bowen 15/2
10 Feb 22+30d Huntingdon Urban Logistics REIT Sidney Banks Memorial Novices' Hurdle (Listed) (GBB Race) Class 1 · 19.5f · Soft · 5 ran F/5 — 11-5 134—— James Bowen 7/4F
11 Jan 22+27d Doncaster Betting Better With Sky Bet Maiden Hurdle (GBB Race) Class 4 · 21f · Good To Soft · 16 ran 1/16 11-8 —133B138A James Bowen 6/4
15 Dec 21+273d Newbury BetVictor Wishes Everyone A Merry Christmas EBF Stallions 'National Hunt' Novices' Hurdle (GBB Race) Class 4 · 20.5f · Good To Soft · 10 ran 2/10 2¼ 10-12 —109A128A James Bowen 3/1
17 Mar 21+89d Cheltenham Weatherbys Champion Bumper (Standard Open NH Flat Race) (Grade 1) (GBB Race) Class 1 · 16.5f · Good To Soft · 14 ran 7/14 ½ 11-5 120110B132A James Bowen 50/1
18 Dec 20+27d Ascot Enter ITV7 Tonight Standard Open NH Flat Race (Listed) (GBB Race) Class 1 · 15.5f · Soft · 6 ran 3/6 1¾ 11-4 —130B137B James Bowen 3/1
21 Nov 20 Ascot Coral Supporting Prostate Cancer UK Standard Open NH Flat Race (GBB Race) Class 4 · 15.5f · Soft · 13 ran 1/13 11-0 —118B133A James Bowen 3/1J

Quick answers

How many races has Wonderwall (IRE) won?
Wonderwall (IRE) won 4 of 25 archived starts between 2020 and 2026, a strike rate of 16%. Placed 10 times in total (40% of starts).
Who trains Wonderwall (IRE)?
Wonderwall (IRE) is trained by S Curling, who saddled the horse on its most recent run on 1 May 2026.
Who is Wonderwall (IRE)'s sire?
Wonderwall (IRE) is by Yeats (IRE) out of Rock Me Gently (GB), whose sire is Sulamani.
What going does Wonderwall (IRE) prefer?
Wonderwall (IRE) has the best record on good to soft going: 2 wins from 8 starts (25%). Only going bands with at least three archived starts are read, so this is a direction rather than a settled preference.
What is Wonderwall (IRE)'s official rating?
The most recent official rating on record is 140, from the run on 1 May 2026. That is also the highest on record.
What is Wonderwall (IRE)'s sire's record?
Yeats (IRE)'s progeny in our archive have won 11.9% of 9,806 runs since Jan 2008 (704 horses), Flat and jumps together. Weakest on standard (aw) going: 6.9% from 203. Strongest at trips beyond 3m (all codes): 15.3% from 816.
Who are Wonderwall (IRE)'s siblings?
Out of Rock Me Gently (GB), Wonderwall (IRE) has 3 other produce in our archive, 3 of them winners. Most wins: Ballyneety (GB) (1). Highest grade won: Class 4 (Soldat Forte (IRE)). The wins came over 2m–2m6f. As at Oct 2026.

Record shown from November 2020. 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.