Karthala (2022) Horse

Foal Date

30-Apr-22

Colour

bay

Dam

Midnight Thoughts

Prize Money

7560

Trainer

J Candlish

Owners

Making Headway Racing

About

Karthala is a 4yo bay horse trained by J Candlish. It is by the stallion Pinatubo out of Midnight Thoughts. The horse has yet to win, finishing without a victory in eight starts. In its latest run at Wolverhampton on 3 Feb 2026, ridden by Jamie Neild, it placed fifth behind Take The Boat.

Race Record

Event SummaryRunner StatsRank
Wolverhampton 03-Feb-26 2461m GOOD R1 CL6 Hcp $186 (of $5,775) Barrier 12, Winning Time: 02:40.800, SP: 13.00 1st Take The Boat ( H Brown 146 , Cd 139 ) 2nd Shahbaz ( B Hampson 156 ) 1.00L 3rd The Corporate Guy ( E Cagney 150 ) 1.30L 5th Karthala ( J Neild 155 ) 6.30L See full resultsJ Neild 70.3kg 6.30L5 (12)
Southwell 21-Jan-26 2234m SYNTHETIC R7 CL5 Hcp $436 (of $6,984) Barrier 2, Winning Time: 02:28.740, SP: 41.00 1st Dust Cover ( P Bradley 130 ) 2nd Jodhpur Blue ( B Loughnane 135 ) 0.20L 3rd Bearwith ( A Brookes 132 ) 1.75L 4th Karthala ( D Keenan 130 ) 6.95L See full resultsD Keenan 59kg 6.95L4 (7)
Nottingham 23-Oct-25 2820m SOFT R6 CL5 Hcp (of $8,853) Barrier 3, Winning Time: 03:27.750, SP: 12.00 1st Dreams Adozen ( J Hart 140 ) 2nd Cynthia ( K Shoemark 124 ) 0.75L 3rd Spartan Times ( W Pyle 141 ) 1.50L 7th Karthala ( J Mitchell 129 ) 31.25L See full resultsJ Mitchell 58.5kg 31.25L7 (8)
Yarmouth 07-Oct-25 2310m SOFT R5 CL5 Hcp $2,063 (of $8,264) Barrier 5, Winning Time: 02:25.110, SP: 9.50 1st Without Burlington ( D Keenan 132 ) 2nd Karthala ( R Dawson 132 ) 1.25L 3rd Showyoutheropes ( J Watson 135 ) 0.30L See full resultsR Dawson 59.9kg 1.25L2 (8)
Windsor 08-Sep-25 2010m SOFT R6 CL5 Hcp (of $8,264) Barrier 7, Winning Time: 02:06.760, SP: 5.50 1st Mighty Quiet ( K Shoemark 132 ) 2nd Finn Russell ( S Osborne 136 ) 0.75L 3rd Made U Blush ( R Hornby 134 ) 0.20L 6th Karthala ( J Mitchell 128 ) 5.75L See full resultsJ Mitchell 58.1kg 5.75L6 (11)
Windsor 10-Jun-25 1640m GOOD R5 CL5 NvNHFNHF $1,014 (of $7,869) Barrier 6, Winning Time: 01:45.610, SP: 5.50 1st Christmas Gift ( O Murphy 125 ) 2nd Shirazi ( R Hornby 125 ) 2.25L 3rd Karthala ( J Mitchell 130 ) 3.75L See full resultsJ Mitchell 59kg 3.75L3 (11)
Kempton 22-May-25 1410m GOOD R1 CL5 Nv (of $7,869) Barrier 14, Winning Time: 01:24.860, SP: 13.00 Dwelt, in rear and soon switched right to race on inner rail, outpaced home straight, some headway 2f out, weakened final furlong 1st Brize Norton ( H Crouch 128 ) 2nd Believe The Storm ( K Shoemark 144 ) 1.25L 3rd Dannick ( T P Queally 130 ) 2.50L 10th Karthala ( J Mitchell 130 ) 10.50L See full resultsJ Mitchell 59kg 10.50L10 (13)
Windsor 05-May-25 1640m GOOD R2 CL4 Nv (of $10,820) Barrier 12, Winning Time: 01:43.540, SP: 10.00 Rear of midfield, modest headway 2f out, kept on, never really on terms 1st Scoville ( T Marquand 129 ) 2nd Vecu ( J P Spencer 129 ) 2.50L 3rd Displaying ( W Carver 129 ) 9.50L 5th Karthala ( R Dawson 129 ) 13.10L See full resultsR Dawson 58.5kg 13.10L5 (12)