Ask Cillian (IRE)
Ask Cillian is a mare who won one of 12 starts over hurdles, the success coming in the Adare Manor Opportunity Handicap Hurdle at Killarney in Aug 2024 off an official rating of 88 on good to soft ground over 2m1f – 2m4f. She raced on turf throughout and was held up in four of five analysed runs. Her last run, at Thurles in Nov 2024, was off an official rating of 95 when she finished 7 of 13 in the Ballagh Mares Handicap Hurdle. She reached a highest ever mark of 97.
- 1–12Wins / Runs
- 8.3%Strike rate
- 2 (16.7%)Placed
- −7.00£1 level staken=12 at SP
- 1.12Fair A/E n=12 · 0.89 incl. margin
- 97Highest OR
- 34dAvg 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.
KTB Speed and Rating
Best recent Speed 81
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 27 Oct 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Soft | 7 | 87A | 62 | — |
| Good to Soft | 3 | 115B | 76 | — |
| Good | 2 | 103B | 91.5 | — |
| Distance | Runs | Best | Median | Since 27 Oct 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1m5f – 2m | 5 | 80B | 60 | — |
| 2m1f – 2m4f | 4 | 115B | 92 | — |
| 2m5f – 3m | 3 | 87A | 71 | — |
KTB Speed v1 · batch 15 Sep 2026 · GB & Irish racing only · 12 figures from 12 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 from 7 analysed runs since Aug 2024
- Mid-division 3 (43%) · 1 win
- Held up 3 (43%) · 0 wins
- Prominent 1 (14%) · 0 wins
Pedigree intelligence
Progeny in our archive have won 10.6% of 3,215 runs since Jan 2008 (283 horses).
| Going | Runs | Wins | SR | vs sire | This horse |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Good to Firm | 72 | 7 | 9.7% | −0.9 | — |
| Good | 1,068 | 137 | 12.8% | +2.2 | 0 from 2 |
| Good to Soft | 625 | 60 | 9.6% | −1 | 1 from 3 |
| Soft | 947 | 87 | 9.2% | −1.4 | 0 from 7 |
| Heavy | 427 | 44 | 10.3% | −0.3 | — |
| Standard (AW) | 76 | 5 | 6.6% | −4 | — |
| Distance (all codes) | Runs | Wins | SR | vs sire | This horse |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6f – 7f | 14 | 1 | 7.1% | −3.5 | — |
| 1m – 1m1f | 39 | 2 | 5.1% | −5.5 | — |
| 1m2f – 1m4f | 147 | 19 | 12.9% | +2.3 | — |
| 1m5f – 2m | 712 | 65 | 9.1% | −1.5 | 0 from 5 |
| 2m1f – 2m4f | 1,054 | 112 | 10.6% | 0 | 1 from 4 |
| 2m5f – 3m | 1,023 | 116 | 11.3% | +0.7 | 0 from 3 |
| Over 3m | 226 | 25 | 11.1% | +0.5 | — |
Flat and jumps together (all codes) · since Jan 2008 · as at 27 Oct 2026 · rows under 30 runs muted · win % is the measure, a record not a forecast
2 siblings in the archive, 1 winner — best of them Ivegotdapower (IRE) (1 win).
The wins came over 2m1f; the highest grade won is Class 4 (Ivegotdapower (IRE)).
| Produce | Runs | Wins | Win trips | Best grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ivegotdapower (IRE) | 3 | 1 | 2m1f | Class 4 |
| Dylan Power (IRE) | 1 | 0 | — | — |
Record by conditions
| Going | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Soft | 7 | 0 | 0% | −7.00 |
| Good to Soft | 3 | 1 | 33% | +2.00 |
| Good | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Course | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ballinrobe | 3 | 0 | 0% | −3.00 |
| Cork | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Thurles | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Sligo | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Roscommon | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Listowel | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Killarney | 1 | 1 | 100% | +4.00 |
| Naas | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Leopardstown | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Distance | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1m5f – 2m | 5 | 0 | 0% | −5.00 |
| 2m1f – 2m4f | 4 | 1 | 25% | +1.00 |
| 2m5f – 3m | 3 | 0 | 0% | −3.00 |
| Jockey | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jack G Gilligan | 4 | 1 | 25% | +1.00 |
| G B Noonan | 3 | 0 | 0% | −3.00 |
| J J Slevin | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| P J O'Hanlon | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Philip Donovan | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Season | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 10 | 1 | 10% | −5.00 |
| 2023 | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
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 · 10 runs | ||||||||||
| 29 Nov 24+35d | Thurles | Ballagh Mares Handicap Hurdle (80-102) Sat close behind the pace - third at halfway - pushed along and unable to quicken approaching the straight - well held to finish 7th | 7/13 | 3½ | 11-5 | 95 | 80B | 94A | Jack G Gilligan | 11/2 |
| 25 Oct 24+25d | Sligo | Callan Tansey Mares Handicap Hurdle (80-102) Held up in the pack - nudged for effort approaching 3 out - unable to threaten leaders - finished well beaten in 8th | 8/12 | 3 | 11-3 | 96 | 81A | 92A | Jack G Gilligan | 8/1 |
| 30 Sep 24+8d | Roscommon | Jimmy Murray Agri Services Handicap Hurdle (80-102) Held midfield early - blundered 3rd then driven with no gain from 4 out - held on for same effort late to finish well beaten | 7/16 | 1 | 11-5 | 97 | 77B | 100A | Philip Donovan | 18/1 |
| 22 Sep 24+29d | Listowel | Kerry Group Irish EBF Mares Handicap Hurdle (80-109) Held up towards the back - driven up from 3 out - unable to threaten leaders before 2 out - crept through late but well held in 11th | 11/16 | ¾ | 11-2 | 97 | 103B | 95A | J J Slevin | 10/1 |
| 24 Aug 24+12d | Killarney | Adare Manor Opportunity Handicap Hurdle (80-102) (Div 2) Settled midpack early - fifth turning for home - improved to hit front 3 out - urged when drifting wide before the following fence - shaken up to draw clear after 2 out and kept finding more to the line | 1/14 | 10-10 | 88 | 115B | 114A | Jack G Gilligan | 4/1F | |
| 12 Aug 24+7d | Ballinrobe | J.J. Burke Peugeot Handicap Hurdle (80-102) Settled at the back - jumping error 4 out - under pressure and going nowhere after 2 out - plugged on one-paced to finish 6th | 6/10 | 3 | 11-1 | 89 | 87A | 92A | P J O'Hanlon | 5/1 |
| 05 Aug 24+69d | Cork | Follow Us On Instagram Handicap Hurdle (80-95) (Div 1) Held up towards the back - edged forward into 12th after 4 out - pressed for effort 2 out - improved to 5th after the last and stayed on steadily to the line | 5/16 | hd | 11-8 | 89 | 76B | 107A | J J Slevin | 6/1 |
| 28 May 24+21d | Ballinrobe | FBD Handicap Hurdle (80-95) (Div 1) | 6/16 | 1½ | 11-3 | 89 | 71B | 96A | G B Noonan | 6/1 |
| 07 May 24+116d | Ballinrobe | Burke's Clonbur Handicap Hurdle (80-95) (Div 1) | 2/11 | 2 | 11-0 | 86 | 62A | 102A | G B Noonan | 20/1 |
| 12 Jan 24+17d | Naas | Matt Britton Irish EBF Maiden Hurdle | 20/25 | 1¾ | 11-2 | — | 38C | 87C | P J O'Hanlon | 200/1 |
| 2023 · 2 runs | ||||||||||
| 26 Dec 23+30d | Leopardstown | Thorntons Recycling Maiden Hurdle | 14/23 | 1¼ | 10-12 | — | 60C | 87C | Jack G Gilligan | 150/1 |
| 26 Nov 23 | Cork | I.N.H. Stallion Owners EBF Maiden Hurdle | 11/17 | nk | 11-0 | — | 44C | 84C | G B Noonan | 125/1 |
Quick answers
- How many races has Ask Cillian won?
- Ask Cillian (IRE) won 1 of 12 archived starts between 2023 and 2024, a strike rate of 8.3%. Placed 2 times in total (16.7% of starts).
- Who trained Ask Cillian?
- Ask Cillian (IRE) was trained by Darren Collins on the most recent run on record, at Thurles on 29 November 2024.
- Who is Ask Cillian's sire?
- Ask Cillian (IRE) is by Ask (GB) out of Maggie Power (IRE), whose sire is Definite Article.
- What going does Ask Cillian prefer?
- Ask Cillian (IRE) has the best record on good to soft going: 1 win from 3 starts (33.3%). Only going bands with at least three archived starts are read, so this is a direction rather than a settled preference.
- What is Ask Cillian's official rating?
- The most recent official rating on record is 95, from the run on 29 November 2024. The highest on record is 97.
- What is Ask Cillian's sire's record?
- Ask (GB)'s progeny in our archive have won 10.6% of 3,215 runs since Jan 2008 (283 horses), Flat and jumps together.
- Who are Ask Cillian's siblings?
- Out of Maggie Power (IRE), Ask Cillian (IRE) has 2 other produce in our archive, 1 of them a winner. Most wins: Ivegotdapower (IRE) (1). Highest grade won: Class 4 (Ivegotdapower (IRE)). The wins came over 2m1f. As at Oct 2026.