Wooden Head (IRE)
Wooden Head is a maiden who was beaten in all seven starts between May 2023 and Jan 2024. He raced over 6f to 7f on every outing and showed his best form when fourth of 14 at Dundalk in Sep 2023. The gelding, by Aclaim out of a mare by Elusive Quality, last ran off an official rating of 60 at Dundalk in Jan 2024 when he finished ninth of 10.
- 0–7Wins / Runs
- 0%Strike rate
- 0 (0%)Placed
- −7.00£1 level staken=7 at SP
- 0.00Fair A/E n=7 · 0.00 incl. margin
- 69Highest OR
- 34dBetween runs (median)longest 84 d
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 97
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 6 Nov 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Standard (AW) | 3 | 97A | 85 | — |
| Good | 3 | 87A | 80 | — |
| Good to Soft | 1 | — | — | — |
| Distance | Runs | Best | Median | Since 6 Nov 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6f – 7f | 7 | 97A | 85 | — |
KTB Speed v1 · batch 15 Sep 2026 · GB & Irish racing only · 7 figures from 7 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 2,551 runs since Mar 2021 (201 horses).
Weakest over 1m – 1m1f (all codes): 6.7% from 390.
| Going | Runs | Wins | SR | vs sire | This horse |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Firm | 10 | 1 | 10% | +0.1 | — |
| Good to Firm | 410 | 43 | 10.5% | +0.6 | — |
| Good | 547 | 49 | 9% | −0.9 | 0 from 3 |
| Good to Soft | 216 | 25 | 11.6% | +1.7 | 0 from 1 |
| Soft | 256 | 29 | 11.3% | +1.4 | — |
| Heavy | 74 | 6 | 8.1% | −1.8 | — |
| Standard (AW) | 1,038 | 100 | 9.6% | −0.3 | 0 from 3 |
| Distance (all codes) | Runs | Wins | SR | vs sire | This horse |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Under 6f | 482 | 51 | 10.6% | +0.7 | — |
| 6f – 7f | 1,509 | 161 | 10.7% | +0.8 | 0 from 7 |
| 1m – 1m1f | 390 | 26 | 6.7% | −3.2 | — |
| 1m2f – 1m4f | 128 | 11 | 8.6% | −1.3 | — |
| 1m5f – 2m | 22 | 2 | 9.1% | −0.8 | — |
| 2m1f – 2m4f | 17 | 2 | 11.8% | +1.9 | — |
| 2m5f – 3m | 3 | 0 | 0% | −9.9 | — |
Flat and jumps together (all codes) · since Mar 2021 · as at 5 Nov 2026 · rows under 30 runs muted · win % is the measure, a record not a forecast
1 sibling in the archive, 0 winners.
| Produce | Runs | Wins | Win trips | Best grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Western (IRE) | 10 | 0 | — | — |
Record by conditions
| Going | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Standard (AW) | 3 | 0 | 0% | −3.00 |
| Good | 3 | 0 | 0% | −3.00 |
| Good to Soft | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Course | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dundalk (AW) | 3 | 0 | 0% | −3.00 |
| Curragh | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Cork | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Jockey | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chris Hayes | 3 | 0 | 0% | −3.00 |
| Dean Curran | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Oisin McSweeney | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Robert Whearty | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Headgear | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tongue tie | 4 | 0 | 0% | −4.00 |
| Tongue tie + blinkers | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Blinkers | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Season | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| 2023 | 6 | 0 | 0% | −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
| Date | Course | Race | Pos | Btn | Wgt | OR | Spd | KTB | Jockey | SP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 · 1 run | ||||||||||
| 31 Jan 24+84d | Dundalk (AW) | Join Us On Instagram At dundalk_stadium Handicap | 9/10 | 2 | 8-13 | 60 | 97A | 48A | Oisin McSweeney | 11/1 |
| 2023 · 6 runs | ||||||||||
| 08 Nov 23+40d | Dundalk (AW) | Christmas Party Nights At Dundalk Stadium Claiming Race | 6/10 | 1¾ | 9-9 | 62 | 75A | 73A | Dean Curran | 8/1 |
| 29 Sep 23+34d | Dundalk (AW) | Gateway Hotel Race & Stay Apprentice Handicap (47-75) | 4/14 | 1¾ | 9-2 | 63 | 85B | 84A | Robert Whearty | 8/1 |
| 26 Aug 23+7d | Curragh | Bord Na Mona Recycling Apprentice Handicap | 16/17 | 3¾ | 8-13 | 69 | 69C | 36A | Dean Curran | 22/1 |
| 19 Aug 23+22d | Curragh | Bord Na Mona Recycling Maiden | 6/15 | ¾ | 9-11 | — | 87C | 77A | Chris Hayes | 9/1 |
| 28 Jul 23+72d | Cork | Sign Up To Our Newsletter Maiden | 5/12 | shd | 9-13 | — | 80A | 88A | Chris Hayes | 12/1 |
| 17 May 23 | Cork | Sign Up To Our Newsletter Maiden | 4/9 | 1½ | 10-3 | — | 87A | 79A | Chris Hayes | 33/1 |
Quick answers
- How many races has Wooden Head won?
- Wooden Head (IRE) has yet to win, from 7 archived starts between 2023 and 2024.
- Who trained Wooden Head?
- Wooden Head (IRE) was trained by D J Bunyan & G O'Leary on the most recent run on record, at Dundalk (AW) on 31 January 2024.
- Who is Wooden Head's sire?
- Wooden Head (IRE) is by Aclaim (IRE) out of Murhibaany (USA), whose sire is Elusive Quality.
- What is Wooden Head's official rating?
- The most recent official rating on record is 60, from the run on 31 January 2024. The highest on record is 69.
- What is Wooden Head's sire's record?
- Aclaim (IRE)'s progeny in our archive have won 9.9% of 2,551 runs since Mar 2021 (201 horses), Flat and jumps together. Weakest over 1m – 1m1f (all codes): 6.7% from 390.
- Who are Wooden Head's siblings?
- Out of Murhibaany (USA), Wooden Head (IRE) has 1 other produce in our archive, 0 of them winners. As at Nov 2026.