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Horse profile

Ballinoe Blaze (IRE)

5yo gelding (at last run, Aug 2025) · Last trainer Eoin Christopher McCarthy · Last owner A Ballinoe Syndicate
by Affinisea (IRE) out of The Black Mouse (IRE) (Presenting)
12 runs · 8 courses · from May 2024
As at 27 Oct 2026 · KTB archive: GB, Ireland & France · 2005–present, updated daily
No run recorded since 23 Aug 2025 — 430 days ago. Our archive can't say whether the horse is still in training.
Last run Aug 2025 · 1st of 15 Won last time out Won at Killarney First-time headgear LTO Last raced off OR 94
KTB Profile

Ballinoe Blaze won the Adare Manor Opportunity Handicap Hurdle at Killarney in Aug 2025 on good ground off an official rating of 94. The gelding, who held up in six of seven analysed runs, has one win and three places from 12 starts on turf. He gained that success at the trip of 2m1f – 2m4f where he has one win from six runs. Aged 5 at his last run in Aug 2025, he wore headgear for the first time when winning.

Based on 12 archived runs · run-style from 11 commented runs since Oct 2024 · updated 27 Oct 2026
KTB at a glance Wins on good or faster OR ↓ 8lb off peak
Official rating94↓ 8lb off peak
94 94–102

KTB Speed and Rating

KTB Speed

Best recent Speed 96 the best of the last 3 graded (A or B) runs · Killarney, 17 Jul 2025

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 12 figures · best 116B · median 87.5
GoingRunsBestMedianSince 27 Oct 2025
Good593B88—
Soft5116B96—
Heavy1———
Good to Soft1———
DistanceRunsBestMedianSince 27 Oct 2025
2m1f – 2m4f6101C79—
1m5f – 2m3116B71—
2m5f – 3m289A88.5—
Over 3m1———

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

KTB Rating

Best recent KTB Rating 119A the best of the last 3 rated runs · Killarney, 23 Aug 2025 Official rating 94 at the last run, 23 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. What this means →

Jumps 12 figures · best 119A · median 96.5
GoingRunsBestMedianSince 27 Oct 2025
Good5119A96—
Soft5117A97—
Heavy1———
Good to Soft1———
DistanceRunsBestMedianSince 27 Oct 2025
2m1f – 2m4f6119A96.5—
1m5f – 2m3117A97—
2m5f – 3m2101A98—
Over 3m1———

KTB Rating v1 · batch 3 Oct 2026 · GB & Irish racing only · 12 figures from 12 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 11 analysed runs since Oct 2024

  • Held up 4 (36%) · 0 wins
  • Mid-division 4 (36%) · 0 wins
  • Prominent 3 (27%) · 1 win

Pedigree intelligence

Sire
Affinisea (IRE)

Progeny in our archive have won 13.1% of 1,264 runs since Jan 2008 (198 horses).

GoingRunsWinsSRvs sireThis horse
Good to Firm8225%+11.9—
Good4515712.6%−0.51 from 5
Good to Soft3234313.3%+0.20 from 1
Soft3454613.3%+0.20 from 5
Heavy1351712.6%−0.50 from 1
Standard (AW)200%−13.1—
Distance (all codes)RunsWinsSRvs sireThis horse
1m2f – 1m4f8225%+11.9—
1m5f – 2m4675211.1%−20 from 3
2m1f – 2m4f5447513.8%+0.71 from 6
2m5f – 3m2103014.3%+1.20 from 2
Over 3m35617.1%+40 from 1

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

Dam
The Black Mouse (IRE) (Presenting)

3 siblings in the archive, 1 winner — best of them Call Me Ken (IRE) (1 win).

The wins came over 2m½f; the highest grade won is Class 5 (Call Me Ken (IRE)).

ProduceRunsWinsWin tripsBest grade
Call Me Ken (IRE)212m½fClass 5
Burnin Rubber (IRE)30——
Ruby Mouse (IRE)20——

Record by conditions

GoingRunsWinsSR£1
Good 5 1 20% +0.00
Soft 5 0 0% −5.00
Heavy 1 0 0% −1.00
Good to Soft 1 0 0% −1.00

CourseRunsWinsSR£1
Killarney 3 1 33% +2.00
Limerick 2 0 0% −2.00
Clonmel 2 0 0% −2.00
Listowel 1 0 0% −1.00
Cork 1 0 0% −1.00
Gowran Park 1 0 0% −1.00
Punchestown 1 0 0% −1.00
Galway 1 0 0% −1.00

DistanceRunsWinsSR£1
2m1f – 2m4f 6 1 17% −1.00
1m5f – 2m 3 0 0% −3.00
2m5f – 3m 2 0 0% −2.00
Over 3m 1 0 0% −1.00

JockeyRunsWinsSR£1
G B Noonan 10 1 10% −5.00
Calum Hogan 1 0 0% −1.00
Phillip Enright 1 0 0% −1.00

HeadgearRunsWinsSR£1
None 11 0 0% −11.00
Cheekpieces 1 1 100% +4.00

SeasonRunsWinsSR£1
2025 7 1 14% −2.00
2024 5 0 0% −5.00

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
2025 · 7 runs
23 Aug 25+37d Killarney Adare Manor Opportunity Handicap Hurdle (0-100) (Div 1) 20f · Good · 15 ran Settled just behind the front group early - up to 5th by the 7th - into 4th three out - into 3rd and pushed along after the following fence - closed to 2nd on the inner approaching the last - hit the front close home and finished strongly 1/15 11-8 9493B119A G B Noonan 4/1F
17 Jul 25+47d Killarney Adare Manor Opportunity Handicap Hurdle 20.5f · Yielding To Soft · 13 ran Held up towards the back early - still down the order before 4 out - moved into contention after that - error 3 out while third - unable to challenge in 5th approaching the last then stayed on same speed for 4th on the run-in 4/13 3¾ 10-12 9596B115A G B Noonan 16/1
31 May 25+21d Listowel Cnoc An Oir Handicap Hurdle (0-100) 23.5f · Good · 18 ran Settled early with the pack - midfield by the 4th then dropped to 11th after 6th - found a bit of headway turning into the straight - flattened out approaching two out and finished well held 8/18 7 11-7 9688B95A G B Noonan 16/1
10 May 25+30d Cork Tesla Handicap Hurdle (Div 1) 20f · Good · 14 ran Settled around midpack early - still 7th and 6th entering straight but stumbled and couldn't threaten leaders - lost touch and stumbled again before the final fence to finish well held 7/14 hd 10-10 9765B96A G B Noonan 8/1
10 Apr 25+33d Limerick Ishka Irish Spring Water Handicap Hurdle 21.5f · Good · 8 ran Settled in the pack early - improved into 4th after the 7th - made ground into the straight to sit 3rd at the last two - unable to threaten up front approaching the final fence - stayed on well to the line for 3rd 3/8 hd 9-12 9789A101A G B Noonan 15/2
08 Mar 25+12d Gowran Park BoyleSports Money Back On Every Race At Cheltenham Handicap Hurdle 20f · Soft · 16 ran Held up towards the back - dropped away before 3 out - well beaten from there 12/16 31 10-11 100-29C95C G B Noonan 50/1
24 Feb 25+57d Punchestown Book Your Group Deal Today Handicap Hurdle 25f · Heavy · 12 ran Held up towards the back of the pack - made no headway from 3 out - well held throughout - finished 10th 10/12 3¾ 10-3 10287C88C G B Noonan 22/1
2024 · 5 runs
29 Dec 24+26d Limerick Connolly's RED MILLS Irish EBF Auction Maiden Hurdle 19f · Yielding To Soft · 14 ran Settled midpack early - hit first fence and again second before losing fluency - urged into 6th after three out but had nothing more to offer and finished no better than steady from there 5/14 24 11-3 102101C97C G B Noonan 33/1
03 Dec 24+26d Clonmel Adare Manor Opportunity Maiden Hurdle 16.5f · Yielding · 14 ran Settled behind the front group early - back around 8th at halfway - moved into contention 3 out - pushed along into 5th - unable to close in 4th 2 out - stayed on same gait but hampered by a stumble at the last 3/14 5 11-12 102116B117A Calum Hogan 18/1
07 Nov 24+12d Clonmel Connolly's RED MILLS Irish EBF Auction Maiden Hurdle 16f · Good · 10 ran Sat close to the pace early - hit a rough one in second - held third at halfway - dropped away approaching 3 out and unable to find more in the straight 8/10 5 11-8 —9C88C Phillip Enright 22/1
26 Oct 24+167d Galway Connolly's RED MILLS Irish EBF Auction Maiden Hurdle 16.5f · Yielding To Soft · 12 ran Held up at back - clipped a fence early and dropped to 10th - still going nowhere in eighth two out after another mistake - crept on late but well held 7/12 4 11-0 —71A97A G B Noonan 200/1
12 May 24 Killarney Torc Travel Maiden Hurdle 17f · Good To Yielding · 16 ran 8/16 7½ 10-8 —46C88C G B Noonan 33/1

Quick answers

How many races has Ballinoe Blaze won?
Ballinoe Blaze (IRE) won 1 of 12 archived starts between 2024 and 2025, a strike rate of 8.3%. Placed 3 times in total (25% of starts).
Who trained Ballinoe Blaze?
Ballinoe Blaze (IRE) was trained by Eoin Christopher McCarthy on the most recent run on record, at Killarney on 23 August 2025.
Who is Ballinoe Blaze's sire?
Ballinoe Blaze (IRE) is by Affinisea (IRE) out of The Black Mouse (IRE), whose sire is Presenting.
What going does Ballinoe Blaze prefer?
Ballinoe Blaze (IRE) has the best record on good going: 1 win from 5 starts (20%). Only going bands with at least three archived starts are read, so this is a direction rather than a settled preference.
What is Ballinoe Blaze's official rating?
The most recent official rating on record is 94, from the run on 23 August 2025. The highest on record is 102.
What is Ballinoe Blaze's sire's record?
Affinisea (IRE)'s progeny in our archive have won 13.1% of 1,264 runs since Jan 2008 (198 horses), Flat and jumps together.
Who are Ballinoe Blaze's siblings?
Out of The Black Mouse (IRE), Ballinoe Blaze (IRE) has 3 other produce in our archive, 1 of them a winner. Most wins: Call Me Ken (IRE) (1). Highest grade won: Class 5 (Call Me Ken (IRE)). The wins came over 2m½f. As at Oct 2026.

Record shown from May 2024. 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.