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Balkito (FR)

10yo gelding (at last run, Aug 2025) · Last trainer John F O'Neill · Last owner Aisling Oneill Mrs Janeanne Oneill
by Balko (FR) out of Spiritus Hit (GB) (Dubai Destination)
25 runs · 14 courses · from Dec 2020
As at 13 Oct 2026 · KTB archive: GB, Ireland & France · 2005–present, updated daily
No run recorded since 20 Aug 2025 — 419 days ago. Our archive can't say whether the horse is still in training.
Last run Aug 2025 · 12th of 12 2 wins · Limerick & Thurles Last raced off OR 96
KTB Profile

Balkito won two handicap chases in early 2022, taking the Thurles Racecourse Handicap Chase over 3m on soft ground off 106 in February and the BetVictor Handicap Chase at Limerick over 2m5f-3m on heavy ground off 116 the following month. The gelding, who raced 25 times on turf, recorded one win from 12 starts over 2m5f-3m and one from five starts over 3m. He last ran at Sligo in Aug 2025, finishing 12 of 12 in the McDermott Farm Machinery Handicap Hurdle off an official rating of 96, which was 29lb below his highest ever mark.

Based on 25 archived runs · run-style from 5 commented runs · updated 13 Oct 2026
KTB at a glance OR ↓ 29lb off peak
Official rating96↓ 29lb off peak
96 96–125

KTB Speed and Rating

KTB Speed

Best recent Speed 120 the best of the last 3 graded (A or B) runs · Punchestown, 11 Oct 2022

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.

Jumps 17 figures · best 120B · median 76
GoingRunsBestMedianSince 13 Oct 2025
Soft9118B86—
Good4120B64.5—
Heavy3107A84—
Good to Soft1———
DistanceRunsBestMedianSince 13 Oct 2025
2m5f – 3m7120B86—
2m1f – 2m4f490C63.5—
Over 3m4118B89—
1m5f – 2m267B56—

Of 25 runs looked at, 8 have no figure: obstacles omitted — the race ran a shortened course (4) · did not complete (4).

KTB Speed v1 · batch 15 Sep 2026 · GB & Irish racing only · 17 figures from 25 runs · as at 3 Oct 2026 · a record, not a forecast

KTB Rating

Best recent KTB Rating 111C the best of the last 3 rated runs · Fairyhouse, 22 Apr 2025 Official rating 96 at the last run, 20 Aug 2025

What the horse achieved in each race, in pounds on the official-rating scale, from the weight carried, the lengths beaten and the race's own level solved across the archive — never the market, never the official rating as a starting point. The headline is the best of the horse's last three rated runs on that code. A, B or C on a run is how much known form was in that race.

Jumps 19 figures · best 137A · median 109
GoingRunsBestMedianSince 13 Oct 2025
Soft11137A111—
Good496A90.5—
Heavy3131B122—
Good to Soft1———
DistanceRunsBestMedianSince 13 Oct 2025
2m5f – 3m7131B110—
2m1f – 2m4f5113C94—
Over 3m5137A109—
1m5f – 2m2118A106—

Of 25 runs looked at, 6 have no figure: did not complete (or a non-runner row) (6).

KTB Rating v1 · batch 3 Oct 2026 · GB & Irish racing only · 19 figures from 25 runs · as at 4 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 5 analysed runs

  • Midfield 2 (40%) · 0 wins
  • Held up 2 (40%) · 0 wins
  • Prominent 1 (20%) · 0 wins

Pedigree intelligence

Sire
Balko (FR)

Progeny in our archive have won 12.7% of 2,644 runs since Jan 2008 (296 horses).

GoingRunsWinsSRvs sireThis horse
Good to Firm1516.7%−6—
Good4756613.9%+1.20 from 5
Good to Soft3685013.6%+0.90 from 2
Soft1,11813812.3%−0.41 from 14
Heavy6618212.4%−0.31 from 4
Standard (AW)700%−12.7—
Distance (all codes)RunsWinsSRvs sireThis horse
6f – 7f100%−12.7—
1m – 1m1f100%−12.7—
1m2f – 1m4f2229.1%−3.6—
1m5f – 2m5396211.5%−1.20 from 2
2m1f – 2m4f1,31317313.2%+0.50 from 6
2m5f – 3m6177912.8%+0.11 from 12
Over 3m1512113.9%+1.21 from 5

Flat and jumps together (all codes) · since Jan 2008 · as at 13 Oct 2026 · rows under 30 runs muted · win % is the measure, a record not a forecast

Dam
Spiritus Hit (GB) (Dubai Destination)

No other produce in our archive. It holds racing in Great Britain, Ireland and France from 2005, so siblings racing elsewhere won’t appear here.

Record by conditions

GoingRunsWinsSR£1
Soft 14 1 7% −1.00
Good 5 0 0% −5.00
Heavy 4 1 25% +0.50
Good to Soft 2 0 0% −2.00

CourseRunsWinsSR£1
Fairyhouse 4 0 0% −4.00
Galway 3 0 0% −3.00
Punchestown 3 0 0% −3.00
Gowran Park 2 0 0% −2.00
Naas 2 0 0% −2.00
Thurles 2 1 50% +11.00
Limerick 2 1 50% +2.50
Sligo 1 0 0% −1.00
Roscommon 1 0 0% −1.00
Listowel 1 0 0% −1.00
Killarney 1 0 0% −1.00
Kilbeggan 1 0 0% −1.00
Cork 1 0 0% −1.00
Leopardstown 1 0 0% −1.00

DistanceRunsWinsSR£1
2m5f – 3m 12 1 8% −7.50
2m1f – 2m4f 6 0 0% −6.00
Over 3m 5 1 20% +8.00
1m5f – 2m 2 0 0% −2.00

JockeyRunsWinsSR£1
Mr P J O'Neill 8 0 0% −8.00
Donal McInerney 3 0 0% −3.00
Mark Bolger 3 0 0% −3.00
J J Slevin 2 0 0% −2.00
Michael O'Sullivan 2 0 0% −2.00
Mr J W Hendrick 2 1 50% +11.00
Mr Elliot Ohgren 1 0 0% −1.00
Jack G Gilligan 1 0 0% −1.00
E Walsh 1 1 100% +3.50
Sean Flanagan 1 0 0% −1.00
Kevin Sexton 1 0 0% −1.00

HeadgearRunsWinsSR£1
None 18 0 0% −18.00
Cheekpieces 6 2 33% +11.50
Tongue tie + cheekpieces 1 0 0% −1.00

SeasonRunsWinsSR£1
2025 7 0 0% −7.00
2024 5 0 0% −5.00
2023 2 0 0% −2.00
2022 4 2 50% +13.50
2021 6 0 0% −6.00
2020 1 0 0% −1.00

TypeRunsWinsSR£1
Chase 14 2 14% +3.50
Hurdle 11 0 0% −11.00

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

DateCourseRace PosBtn Wgt ORSpdKTB Jockey SP
20 Aug 25+44d Sligo McDermott Farm Machinery Handicap Hurdle (0-100) 20.5f · Good · 12 ran Settled midfield early - dropped back before four out - struggling in 11th by three out - faded from there to finish well beaten 12/12 3 11-3 9651C86C Mr P J O'Neill 66/1
07 Jul 25+35d Roscommon Knockcroghery Claiming Hurdle 20.5f · Good · 10 ran Settled in the pack early - 5th at halfway - slipped backwards from 5 out and unable to threaten leaders - well held at the finish 9/10 9½ 10-10 10176C91C J J Slevin 50/1
02 Jun 25+41d Listowel Beasley Engineering Hunters Chase 24f · Good · 15 ran Settled around midfield - blundered and parted with rider at the 9th UR/15 — 11-0 116—— Mr P J O'Neill 66/1
22 Apr 25+45d Fairyhouse Race Displays Joseph O'Reilly Hunters Chase 24.5f · Soft · 7 ran Went straight to front - lost the advantage after 2nd and slipped to 5th by halfway - unable to close from 5 out - finished well adrift 4/7 32 11-7 116-3C111C Mr P J O'Neill 66/1
08 Mar 25+28d Gowran Park INHSC Supporting Point-To-Points Tetratema Cup Hunters Chase 25f · Soft · 13 ran Held up at the back - improved past the 5th before sitting 8th after the 9th - dropped away 4 out - faded before 3 out to finish well beaten 9/13 12 11-7 116102C109C Mr P J O'Neill 50/1
08 Feb 25+20d Naas QuinnBet Hunters Chase 25f · Soft · 9 ran Held up towards the back - still 8th early on - found some improvement into 9th but hit that one awkwardly - up to 7th two out - clipped the last in 5th before fading well held 5/9 6 11-7 116—112A Mr P J O'Neill 250/1
19 Jan 25+148d Thurles Racing Again Feb. 6th Hunters Chase 25f · Good · 6 ran Went straight to front - held a length lead at halfway - lost command approaching 3 out and slipped to third with the whip out after 2 out - unable to find more late on finishing sixth 6/6 19 11-0 11653C90C Mr P J O'Neill 40/1
24 Aug 24+20d Killarney O'Donoghue Ring Collection Handicap Chase (Listed) 21f · Yielding · 14 ran Handy behind front group early - hampered at 1st and stumbled 7th - lost touch and slipped to the back by 9th - driven but making no headway before 4 out - lost ground before pulled up before 3 out PU/14 — 10-6 120—— J J Slevin 50/1
04 Aug 24+23d Galway Kinlay Hostel Chase 22.5f · Soft · 7 ran Settled just off the pace early - third at halfway - clipped one 5 out and again the following fence - dropped to fifth 3 out - driven but unable to close before 2 out and faded to finish sixth 6/7 1 10-10 12586C105C Mr P J O'Neill 125/1
12 Jul 24+113d Kilbeggan Kilbeggan Racecourse Handicap Hurdle (80-102) 25f · Good To Yielding · 14 ran 11/14 3 11-7 10276C95C Mr P J O'Neill 40/1
21 Mar 24+54d Cork Longines Fegentri World Championship (Q.R.) Handicap Hurdle (80-102) 24.5f · Soft To Heavy · 14 ran 4/14 2¼ 11-13 10284B122A Mr Elliot Ohgren 25/1
27 Jan 24+62d Fairyhouse Adare Manor Opportunity Handicap Hurdle (80-116) 24f · Soft · 12 ran PU/12 — 11-3 106—— Jack G Gilligan 14/1
26 Nov 23+315d Punchestown Fox Valet Retirement Handicap Hurdle (80-116) 24.5f · Soft · 17 ran REF/17 — 11-5 106—— Michael O'Sullivan 9/1
15 Jan 23+96d Punchestown Total Event Rental Amateur National (Q.R.) Handicap Chase 22.5f · Heavy · 10 ran 4/10 3½ 11-6 125107A110A Mr J W Hendrick 11/2
11 Oct 22+212d Punchestown Paddy Power 'Bingoton: A Drama With Balls' Handicap Hurdle 23.5f · Good · 13 ran 7/13 2¾ 10-4 106120B96A Michael O'Sullivan 10/3
13 Mar 22+17d Limerick BetVictor Handicap Chase 24.5f · Soft To Heavy · 9 ran 1/9 11-9 11663A131B E Walsh 7/2C
24 Feb 22+25d Thurles Thurles Racecourse (Q.R.) Handicap Chase (0-109) 25f · Soft · 17 ran 1/17 11-10 106118B137A Mr J W Hendrick 12/1
30 Jan 22+32d Naas Naas Tidy Towns Voted Cleanest Town In Ireland 2021 Novice Handicap Chase 20.5f · Good To Yielding · 18 ran F/18 — 10-4 108—— Sean Flanagan 66/1
29 Dec 21+39d Limerick Limerick Racecourse Vets Novice Handicap Chase (0-109) 22.5f · Heavy · 16 ran PU/16 — 12-0 109—— Donal McInerney 11/1
20 Nov 21+27d Gowran Park Irish Stallion Farms EBF Beginners Chase 20f · Soft · 18 ran 13/18 2¼ 12-0 —33C113C Donal McInerney 200/1
24 Oct 21+19d Galway Betvictor Proud To Support Irish Racing Irish Ebf Beginners Chase 22.5f · Soft · 11 ran 6/11 8 12-0 —102C105C Donal McInerney 125/1
05 Oct 21+184d Galway Ryans Cleaning, Disinfecting, Waste Disposal & Recycling Handicap Hurdle 19f · Soft · 14 ran 12/14 15 11-7 10790C94C Kevin Sexton 4/1
04 Apr 21+36d Fairyhouse Ryan's Cleaning, Waste & Recycling Maiden Hurdle 16f · Yielding · 21 ran 13/21 ¾ 12-0 —45C94C Mark Bolger 13/2
27 Feb 21+60d Fairyhouse Connolly's Red Mills Irish EBF Auction Maiden Hurdle 16f · Soft · 18 ran 4/18 nk 12-0 —67B118A Mark Bolger 15/2
29 Dec 20 Leopardstown Pigsback.com Maiden Hurdle 20f · Soft · 17 ran 9/17 4 12-0 ——111C Mark Bolger 50/1

Quick answers

How many races has Balkito (FR) won?
Balkito (FR) won 2 of 25 archived starts between 2020 and 2025, a strike rate of 8%. Placed 2 times in total (8% of starts).
Who trained Balkito (FR)?
Balkito (FR) was trained by John F O'Neill on the most recent run on record, at Sligo on 20 August 2025.
Who is Balkito (FR)'s sire?
Balkito (FR) is by Balko (FR) out of Spiritus Hit (GB), whose sire is Dubai Destination.
What going does Balkito (FR) prefer?
Balkito (FR) has the best record on heavy going: 1 win from 4 starts (25%). Only going bands with at least three archived starts are read, so this is a direction rather than a settled preference.
What is Balkito (FR)'s official rating?
The most recent official rating on record is 96, from the run on 20 August 2025. The highest on record is 125.
What is Balkito (FR)'s sire's record?
Balko (FR)'s progeny in our archive have won 12.7% of 2,644 runs since Jan 2008 (296 horses), Flat and jumps together.

Record shown from December 2020. Our archive holds racing in Great Britain, Ireland and France from January 2005. Runs in other countries are not in it, and earlier runs are not available from our data provider. In-running comments are available from 2024 onward.