Horse profile
A Different Kind (IRE)
by Doyen (IRE) out of Ma Minx (IRE) (Shantou)
27 runs · 13 courses · from Sep 2021
As at 18 Oct 2026 · KTB archive: GB, Ireland & France · 2005–present, updated daily
9 wins · 5 courses
Off 146 days · 5th of 7
Last raced off OR 115
KTB Profile
A Different Kind is a gelding with nine wins from 27 starts on turf, including all three runs at Sedgefield. Wins came over 2m1f – 2m4f on good, good to soft, soft and heavy, over 2m5f – 3m on good and over 1m5f – 2m on heavy. The last win was at Perth in Sep 2023. He finished 5 of 7 at Uttoxeter in May 2026.
Based on 27 archived runs · run-style from 2 commented runs · updated 18 Oct 2026
KTB at a glance
OR ↓ 30lb off peak
- 9–27Wins / Runs
- 33.3%Strike rate
- 14 (51.9%)Placed
- −10.37£1 level staken=27 at SP
- 1.28Fair A/E n=27 · 1.13 incl. margin
- 145Highest OR
- 65dAvg between runs
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.
Official rating115↓ 30lb off peak
115
115–145
KTB Speed and Rating
KTB Speed
Best recent Speed 115
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
| Going | Runs | Best | Median | Since 18 Oct 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Good to Soft | 10 | 127C | 101 | 3 · 115 / 111 |
| Good | 6 | 122A | 106 | 1 · — |
| Soft | 5 | 110C | 84 | 1 · — |
| Heavy | 1 | — | — | — |
| Distance | Runs | Best | Median | Since 18 Oct 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2m1f – 2m4f | 13 | 127C | 110 | 2 · 115 / 99.5 |
| 1m5f – 2m | 8 | 111A | 82.5 | 3 · 111 / 98 |
| 2m5f – 3m | 1 | — | — | — |
Of 27 runs looked at, 5 have no figure: obstacles omitted — the race ran a shortened course (4) · did not complete (1).
KTB Speed v1 · batch 15 Sep 2026 · GB & Irish racing only · 22 figures from 27 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.
Pedigree intelligence
Sire
Progeny in our archive have won 11.5% of 7,346 runs since Jan 2008 (605 horses).
| Going | Runs | Wins | SR | vs sire | This horse |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Firm | 22 | 2 | 9.1% | −2.4 | — |
| Good to Firm | 350 | 42 | 12% | +0.5 | — |
| Good | 2,232 | 273 | 12.2% | +0.7 | 4 from 10 |
| Good to Soft | 1,430 | 193 | 13.5% | +2 | 2 from 10 |
| Soft | 2,005 | 215 | 10.7% | −0.8 | 1 from 5 |
| Heavy | 761 | 66 | 8.7% | −2.8 | 2 from 2 |
| Standard (AW) | 546 | 57 | 10.4% | −1.1 | — |
| Distance (all codes) | Runs | Wins | SR | vs sire | This horse |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Under 6f | 76 | 6 | 7.9% | −3.6 | — |
| 6f – 7f | 360 | 36 | 10% | −1.5 | — |
| 1m – 1m1f | 411 | 45 | 10.9% | −0.6 | — |
| 1m2f – 1m4f | 584 | 60 | 10.3% | −1.2 | — |
| 1m5f – 2m | 2,177 | 251 | 11.5% | 0 | 1 from 10 |
| 2m1f – 2m4f | 2,193 | 264 | 12% | +0.5 | 7 from 15 |
| 2m5f – 3m | 1,282 | 158 | 12.3% | +0.8 | 1 from 2 |
| Over 3m | 263 | 28 | 10.6% | −0.9 | — |
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
Ma Minx (IRE) (Shantou)
3 siblings in the archive, 1 winner — best of them Radiator Springs (IRE) (1 win).
The wins came over 2m1f.
Family form: Radiator Springs (IRE) finished 4th of 18 at Listowel (IRE), 20 Sep 2026.
| Produce | Runs | Wins | Win trips | Best grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Radiator Springs (IRE) | 5 | 1 | 2m1f | — |
| Ma Lumiere (IRE) | 2 | 0 | — | — |
| Getaway Maria (IRE) | 3 | 0 | — | — |
Record by conditions
| Going | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Good | 10 | 4 | 40% | −2.44 |
| Good to Soft | 10 | 2 | 20% | −6.70 |
| Soft | 5 | 1 | 20% | −3.71 |
| Heavy | 2 | 2 | 100% | +2.48 |
| Class | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Class 3 | 8 | 4 | 50% | −0.40 |
| Class 2 | 8 | 1 | 13% | −5.25 |
| Class 4 | 6 | 2 | 33% | −3.55 |
| Class 1 | 3 | 0 | 0% | −3.00 |
| Class 5 | 2 | 2 | 100% | +1.83 |
| Course | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Uttoxeter | 5 | 2 | 40% | −0.52 |
| Perth | 4 | 2 | 50% | −0.88 |
| Haydock | 3 | 1 | 33% | −0.25 |
| Aintree | 3 | 0 | 0% | −3.00 |
| Sedgefield | 3 | 3 | 100% | +2.08 |
| Cheltenham | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Doncaster | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Carlisle | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Bangor-on-Dee | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Cartmel | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Warwick | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Kempton | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Catterick | 1 | 1 | 100% | +0.20 |
| Distance | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2m1f – 2m4f | 15 | 7 | 47% | −3.87 |
| 1m5f – 2m | 10 | 1 | 10% | −7.25 |
| 2m5f – 3m | 2 | 1 | 50% | +0.75 |
| Jockey | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brian Hughes | 18 | 9 | 50% | −1.37 |
| Theo Gillard | 5 | 0 | 0% | −5.00 |
| Peter Kavanagh | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| William Maggs | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Charlie Maggs | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Headgear | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| None | 22 | 9 | 41% | −5.37 |
| Tongue tie | 4 | 0 | 0% | −4.00 |
| Tongue tie + cheekpieces | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Season | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 4 | 0 | 0% | −4.00 |
| 2025 | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| 2024 | 3 | 0 | 0% | −3.00 |
| 2023 | 9 | 4 | 44% | −1.40 |
| 2022 | 5 | 1 | 20% | −3.80 |
| 2021 | 4 | 4 | 100% | +3.83 |
| Type | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hurdle | 16 | 3 | 19% | −10.80 |
| Chase | 9 | 4 | 44% | −1.40 |
| NH Flat | 2 | 2 | 100% | +1.83 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 24 May 26+31d | Uttoxeter | Wrights Sausage Roll Sprint Handicap Hurdle Shared front spot early - went clear before 4th - challenged for command before 5th - lost command at 6th and pushed along - lost ground before 3 out - eased and stopped before the final fence | 5/7 | 71 | 11-13 | 115 | 36C | 103C | Theo Gillard | 9/2 |
| 23 Apr 26+55d | Perth | Scone International Horse Trials Handicap Hurdle Prominent early - slipped back through the pack - pressed to keep tempo before 3 out - dropped away and pulled up before 2 out | PU/12 | — | 12-0 | 118 | — | — | Theo Gillard | 10/1 |
| 27 Feb 26+41d | Doncaster | Virgin Bet Handicap Hurdle Settled in the pack early - pressed for effort with 2 to go and dropped away from the front group - moved up into second nearing the last - stayed on without troubling the winner - finished second beaten 6½ lengths | 2/8 | 6½ | 11-13 | 119 | 111A | 145B | Theo Gillard | 16/1 |
| 17 Jan 26+28d | Haydock | Sky Bet Club Handicap Hurdle Settled in the pack early - pushed along three out - stayed on through the finish to take third | 3/8 | 3½ | 10-13 | 120 | 98A | 128A | Brian Hughes | 10/1 |
| 20 Dec 25+20d | Haydock | Betfred Nifty 50 Conditional Jockeys' Handicap Hurdle Settled in the pack around 6th - travelling nicely 3 out - hit a rhythm error and pressed 2 out - unable to close approaching last - lost ground in the closing stages | 5/9 | shd | 11-13 | 122 | 115A | 126A | William Maggs | 25/1 |
| 30 Nov 25+518d | Carlisle | Bet On PricedUp Handicap Hurdle Held up in the pack - mistake 4th and slipped towards the back - out of contention approaching 3 out - well held at the finish | 8/8 | 3¼ | 11-9 | 125 | 84C | 105C | Charlie Maggs | 17/2 |
| 30 Jun 24+43d | Uttoxeter | Bet365 Handicap Chase (GBB Race) | 13/13 | 17 | 11-12 | 138 | 80C | 104C | Theo Gillard | 20/1 |
| 18 May 24+23d | Bangor-on-Dee | Wrexham Lager Celebrates Wrexham AFC Promotion Handicap Chase (GBB Race) | 8/11 | nk | 12-0 | 142 | 104B | 128A | Brian Hughes | 11/1 |
| 25 Apr 24+227d | Perth | Phil Nelson River Tay Handicap Chase (GBB Race) | 5/5 | 17 | 12-0 | 145 | 45C | 117C | Brian Hughes | 15/8 |
| 11 Sep 23+23d | Perth | BetVictor Betting After The 'Off' Novices' Limited Handicap Chase (GBB Race) | 1/3 | 11-10 | 142 | 110C | 150C | Brian Hughes | 2/7F | |
| 19 Aug 23+20d | Perth | SPM Scotland Novices' Limited Handicap Chase (GBB Race) | 1/4 | 11-10 | 136 | 121C | 143C | Brian Hughes | 5/6F | |
| 30 Jul 23+19d | Uttoxeter | QuinnBet Novices' Limited Handicap Chase (GBB Race) | 1/6 | 11-10 | 132 | — | 137B | Brian Hughes | 7/4F | |
| 11 Jul 23+45d | Uttoxeter | Visit stmodwenhomes.co.uk Find Your New Home Novices' Limited Handicap Chase (GBB Race) | 1/3 | 11-10 | 125 | — | 141C | Brian Hughes | 8/11F | |
| 27 May 23+26d | Cartmel | Gerald Emery Novices' Limited Handicap Chase (GBB Race) | 2/5 | 2½ | 11-10 | 125 | 93C | 135B | Brian Hughes | 11/8F |
| 01 May 23+17d | Warwick | Visit racingtv.com Novices' Limited Handicap Chase (GBB Race) | 3/4 | 10 | 11-0 | 128 | 35C | 124B | Brian Hughes | 2/1 |
| 14 Apr 23+27d | Aintree | Abersoch Land And Sea Handicap Hurdle (Conditional Jockeys And Amateur Riders) (GBB Race) | 4/20 | 1½ | 11-1 | 130 | 64B | 140A | Peter Kavanagh | 28/1 |
| 18 Mar 23+49d | Kempton | Virgin Bet Handicap Hurdle (GBB Race) | 7/10 | 4½ | 11-4 | 133 | 105A | 119A | Peter Kavanagh | 16/1 |
| 28 Jan 23+76d | Uttoxeter | Diegos 69th Keep Batting Birthday Handicap Hurdle (GBB Race) | 6/9 | 7 | 11-1 | 135 | 127C | 117C | Theo Gillard | 7/2 |
| 13 Nov 22+21d | Cheltenham | Unibet Greatwood Handicap Hurdle (Premier Handicap) (GBB Race) | 11/13 | 1 | 11-8 | 136 | — | 120C | Brian Hughes | 6/1 |
| 23 Oct 22+198d | Aintree | Jewson Southport, Bispham Handicap Hurdle (GBB Race) | 2/11 | shd | 11-4 | 133 | 87B | 137A | Brian Hughes | 3/1 |
| 08 Apr 22+69d | Aintree | Betway Top Novices' Hurdle (Grade 1) (GBB Race) | 7/9 | 2¾ | 11-4 | 134 | 85C | 117C | Brian Hughes | 33/1 |
| 29 Jan 22+16d | Cheltenham | Ballymore Novices' Hurdle (Registered As The Classic Novices' Hurdle) (Grade 2) (GBB Race) | 3/6 | 3 | 11-8 | 132 | — | 136B | Brian Hughes | 10/1 |
| 13 Jan 22+43d | Catterick | EBF 'National Hunt' Novices' Hurdle (GBB Race) | 1/4 | 11-12 | 132 | 92C | 133B | Brian Hughes | 1/5F | |
| 01 Dec 21+20d | Haydock | Oakmere Homes 'Introductory' Hurdle (GBB Race) | 1/3 | 11-5 | — | 87C | 138C | Brian Hughes | 7/4 | |
| 11 Nov 21+25d | Sedgefield | Sprayclad Novices' Hurdle (GBB Race) | 1/11 | 10-12 | — | 119A | 126A | Brian Hughes | 1/4F | |
| 17 Oct 21+19d | Sedgefield | Get Hugh Taylor's Tips On attheraces.com Open NH Flat Race (GBB Race) | 1/7 | 11-6 | — | 122A | 136A | Brian Hughes | 8/11F | |
| 28 Sep 21 | Sedgefield | RPS248 Compliant carpetgallop.co.uk Open NH Flat Race | 1/10 | 10-10 | — | 121A | 125A | Brian Hughes | 11/10F |
Quick answers
- How many races has A Different Kind (IRE) won?
- A Different Kind (IRE) won 9 of 27 archived starts between 2021 and 2026, a strike rate of 33.3%. Placed 14 times in total (51.9% of starts).
- Who trains A Different Kind (IRE)?
- A Different Kind (IRE) is trained by Donald McCain, who saddled the horse on its most recent run on 24 May 2026.
- Who is A Different Kind (IRE)'s sire?
- A Different Kind (IRE) is by Doyen (IRE) out of Ma Minx (IRE), whose sire is Shantou.
- What going does A Different Kind (IRE) prefer?
- A Different Kind (IRE) has the best record on good going: 4 wins from 10 starts (40%). Only going bands with at least three archived starts are read, so this is a direction rather than a settled preference.
- What is A Different Kind (IRE)'s official rating?
- The most recent official rating on record is 115, from the run on 24 May 2026. The highest on record is 145.
- What is A Different Kind (IRE)'s sire's record?
- Doyen (IRE)'s progeny in our archive have won 11.5% of 7,346 runs since Jan 2008 (605 horses), Flat and jumps together.
- Who are A Different Kind (IRE)'s siblings?
- Out of Ma Minx (IRE), A Different Kind (IRE) has 3 other produce in our archive, 1 of them a winner. Most wins: Radiator Springs (IRE) (1). The wins came over 2m1f. As at Oct 2026.