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Touch The Moon: horse profile, stats, records and next races

Touch The Moon is a 5-year-old gelding by Sea The Stars, trained by William Durkan. He has won 5 of 21 starts and placed in 7 more, for £54,697 in prize money. He has won 2 of 8 on good ground, which is the surface to note. He runs next in the 4:48 at Doncaster on 12 September, where the best price is 6/1 with Bet365. His best performance rating is 127, which is the figure to judge him against in this grade.

  • Runs 21
  • Wins 5
  • Placed 12
  • Strike rate 24%
  • Prize money £54,697
  • Best rating 127
  • Official rating 89

Where Touch The Moon runs next

Time Course Race Best price
4:48 Doncaster PJ Towey Handicap Stakes (GBBPlus Race) 6/1 Bet365 bet365

Touch The Moon form and race record

Date Course Race Dist Going Pos Beaten SP Jockey OR
15 Aug 26 Dundalk (AW) (IRE) Irish Stallion Farms EBF Red God Handicap 1m 2.5f Standard 1 — 15/2 Chris Hayes 89
31 Jul 26 Galway (IRE) Guinness Handicap 1m 4f Yielding To Soft 8 5.25 20/1 Chris Hayes 90
27 Jun 26 Curragh Reserve Ladies Derby Handicap 1m 2f Good To Firm 4 4.75 10/1 Ms K M Ryan 91
30 May 26 Listowel Join The Listowel Races Supporters Club Maiden Hurdle 2m 0.5f Good 13 36.25 11/8F Philip Byrnes 118
15 May 26 Leopardstown Women In Racing Lady Riders Handicap 1m 4f Good 2 4 9/4F Miss Georgie Benson 90
2 May 26 Punchestown 35th Running Of The 'Have The Conversation - Say Yes To Organ Donation' Punchestown Charity Race 2m Yielding 1 — 11/8F Neil Durkan 90
16 Nov 25 Cheltenham mallardjewellers.com Maiden Hurdle (GBB Race) Class 2 2m 0.5f Soft 6 13.25 5/1 Philip Byrnes –
18 Oct 25 Limerick Limerick Show Maiden Hurdle 2m 0.5f Good To Yielding 3 8.5 5/4F Philip Byrnes –
20 Sep 25 Navan Bet XS Maiden Hurdle 2m Yielding 2 — 8/1 Philip Byrnes –
29 May 25 Ripon Ripon Cathedral Handicap Class 3 1m 2f Good To Soft 8 9.75 14/1 Darragh Keenan 91
26 Apr 25 Ripon M.C.H. Hutchinson Memorial Trophy Handicap (GBBPlus Race) Class 2 1m 4f Good 3 1 20/1 Callum Shepherd 91
21 Feb 25 Bahrain (BHR) Bahrain Vision Cup By Alba (Handicap) (4yo+) (Outer Track) (Turf) 1m 1f Good To Firm 14 7 Callum Shepherd –
31 Jan 25 Bahrain (BHR) Bahrain Jockey Academy Cup (Handicap) (3yo+) (Outer Track) (Turf) 1m 4f Good 3 4 Callum Shepherd –
17 Jan 25 Bahrain (BHR) H H Sh Abdulla Bin Isa Bin Salman Al Khalifa Cup (Handicap) (3yo+) (Outer Track) (Turf) 1m 2f Good 1 — Callum Shepherd –
20 Dec 24 Bahrain (BHR) Celebrate Bahrain Cup (Handicap) (3yo+) (Inner Track) (Turf) 1m 3f Good 1 — Daniel Muscutt –
30 Oct 24 Kempton (AW) Unibet Support Safe Gambling Handicap Class 4 1m 4f Standard To Slow 3 5.5 5/2 Daniel Muscutt 82
25 Aug 24 Beverley Churchill Tyres Handicap Class 4 1m 2f Good To Firm 5 3.75 11/4F Callum Shepherd 83
8 Aug 24 Sandown My Pension Expert Handicap Class 4 1m 2f Good 4 6 6/1 Callum Shepherd 84
1 Sep 23 Carlisle David Allen IT Solutions EBF Novice Stakes (GBB Race) Class 4 1m Good To Firm 1 — 6/5 P J McDonald –
11 Aug 23 Haydock oakflooringman.com EBF Novice Stakes (GBB Race) Class 4 1m Good 2 .25 12/1 P J McDonald –
14 Jun 23 Haydock Pat Hodgson And Mary Shields ACSIL Novice Stakes (GBB Race) Class 4 7f Good To Firm 6 7 33/1 P J McDonald –

Last time out

Finished 1 in the Irish Stallion Farms EBF Red God Handicap at Dundalk (AW) (IRE) on 15 August 2026. Sat close to the front pair - second at halfway - asked for effort entering the straight - unable to gain ground a furlong out - dug in strongly late to score in the closing strides.

Touch The Moon by distance

Split Runs Wins Strike rate
12f 5 0 0%
10f 5 1 20%
16.5f 3 0 0%
16f 2 1 50%
8f 2 1 50%
10.5f 1 1 100%
9f 1 0 0%
11f 1 1 100%
7f 1 0 0%

Touch The Moon by going

Split Runs Wins Strike rate
Good 8 2 25%
Good To Firm 5 1 20%
Yielding 2 1 50%
Standard 1 1 100%
Yielding To Soft 1 0 0%
Soft 1 0 0%
Good To Yielding 1 0 0%
Good To Soft 1 0 0%
Standard To Slow 1 0 0%

Touch The Moon by course

Split Runs Wins Strike rate
Bahrain (BHR) 4 2 50%
Ripon 2 0 0%
Haydock 2 0 0%
Dundalk (AW) (IRE) 1 1 100%
Galway (IRE) 1 0 0%
Curragh 1 0 0%
Listowel 1 0 0%
Leopardstown 1 0 0%
Punchestown 1 1 100%
Cheltenham 1 0 0%

Touch The Moon breeding

  • Sire Sea The Stars (IRE)
  • Dam Holda (IRE)
  • Damsire Docksider (USA)
  • Breeder Wardstown Stud & Sunderland Holding Inc
  • Foaled 8 February 2021

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