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Norn Iron: horse profile, stats, records and next races

Norn Iron is an 8-year-old gelding by Soldier Of Fortune, trained by Harry Derham. He has won 3 of 12 starts and placed in 7 more, for £45,862 in prize money. His best trip is 2m 4f, where 2 wins from 3 is a 67% strike rate against 11% at every other distance. He runs next in the 4:22 at Chepstow on 11 October. His best performance rating is 134, which is the figure to judge him against in this grade.

  • Runs 12
  • Wins 3
  • Placed 10
  • Strike rate 25%
  • Prize money £45,862
  • Best rating 134
  • Official rating 131

Where Norn Iron runs next

Time Course Race Best price
4:22 Chepstow Dragonbet Born In Wales Seniors' Handicap Hurdle Race —

Norn Iron form and race record

Date Course Race Dist Going Pos Beaten SP Jockey OR
1 May 26 Punchestown QuinnBet Novice Handicap Chase (Listed) 2m 4f Yielding 2 3 12/1 Paul O'Brien 131
7 Mar 26 Sandown betting.betfair.com Handicap Chase (GBB Race) Class 3 2m 4f Soft 1 — 4/6F Paul O'Brien 124
31 Jan 26 Sandown Virgin Bet A Good Bet Novices' Limited Handicap Chase (GBB Race) Class 3 2m 4f Soft 1 — 11/4 Harry Cobden 116
1 Jan 26 Windsor Fitzdares Novices' Handicap Chase (GBB Race) Class 4 2m Good 3 12 4/7F Brendan Powell 118
11 Dec 25 Warwick Aztec Aerosols Spray Some Joy Novices' Handicap Chase (GBB Race) Class 4 2m Soft 2 12 15/8F Paul O'Brien 118
21 Apr 25 Plumpton Roy Reeve Memorial 'National Hunt' Maiden Hurdle (GBB Race) Class 3 2m Good 1 — 2/11F Paul O'Brien 118
22 Mar 25 Newbury Get Best Odds Guaranteed At BetVictor Novices' Handicap Hurdle (GBB Race) Class 3 2m 3f Good 2 .25 15/8F Paul O'Brien 114
1 Mar 25 Doncaster Virgin Bet Handicap Hurdle Class 4 2m 0.5f Good To Soft 4 4 11/8F Jonathan Burke 114
15 Jan 25 Newbury Grosvenor Sport New Customers Double Odds Handicap Hurdle Class 4 2m 0.5f Soft 2 .75 7/2J Paul O'Brien 107
6 Oct 24 Uttoxeter Lin Sargeant Memorial Maiden Hurdle (GBB Race) (Div 1) Class 4 2m Good 2 3.25 11/8F Brendan Powell –
25 Apr 23 Ffos Las Cazoo Novices' Hurdle (GBB Race) Class 4 2m Good To Soft 3 6.75 3/1 Brendan Powell –
19 Mar 23 Chepstow Cazoo Open Maiden NH Flat Race (GBB Race) Class 5 2m Soft 4 16.25 20/1 Brendan Powell –

Last time out

Finished 2 in the QuinnBet Novice Handicap Chase (Listed) at Punchestown on 1 May 2026. Settled at back of the pack - knocked off stride 8th - moved into 5th 3 out - up to second but stumbled on touchdown at the following fence - asked for effort with nothing more before last and stayed on same speed to finish 2nd beaten 3 lengths.

Norn Iron by distance

Split Runs Wins Strike rate Level stakes
16f 6 1 17% —
20f 3 2 67% —
16.5f 2 0 0% —
19f 1 0 0% —

Norn Iron by going

Split Runs Wins Strike rate Level stakes
Soft 5 2 40% —
Good 4 1 25% —
Good To Soft 2 0 0% —
Yielding 1 0 0% —

Norn Iron by course

Split Runs Wins Strike rate Level stakes
Sandown 2 2 100% —
Newbury 2 0 0% —
Punchestown 1 0 0% —
Windsor 1 0 0% —
Warwick 1 0 0% —
Plumpton 1 1 100% —
Doncaster 1 0 0% —
Uttoxeter 1 0 0% —
Ffos Las 1 0 0% —
Chepstow 1 0 0% —

Norn Iron breeding

  • Sire Soldier Of Fortune (IRE)
  • Dam Coco Des Champs (IRE)
  • Damsire Robin Des Champs (FR)
  • Breeder Louise Cooper-Joyce
  • Foaled 1 March 2018

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