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Horse profile

Born High (IRE)

6yo gelding (at last run, May 2010) · Last trainer Michael Hourigan · Last owner Born High Syndicate
by Key Of Luck (USA) out of Alaynia (IRE) (Hamas)
32 runs · 15 courses · from Apr 2007
As at 21 Oct 2026 · KTB archive: GB, Ireland & France · 2005–present, updated daily
No run recorded since 3 May 2010 — 6,014 days ago. Our archive can't say whether the horse is still in training.
Last run May 2010 2 wins · Cork & Listowel Last raced off OR 107
KTB Profile

Born High (IRE) is 2 from 32. Hasn't won since Aug 2009. Last raced off 107, 15lb below the career-high mark.

Based on 32 archived runs · updated 21 Oct 2026
KTB at a glance OR ↓ 15lb off peak
Official rating107↓ 15lb off peak
107 44–122

KTB Speed and Rating

KTB Speed

No KTB Speed figures for this horse. The engine scores GB and Irish racing from Oct 2016; runs elsewhere, or earlier, have no figure.

KTB Speed v1 · batch 15 Sep 2026 · GB & Irish racing only · 0 figures from 0 runs · a record, not a forecast

KTB Rating

Best recent KTB Rating (jumps) 104C the best of the last 3 rated runs · Thurles, 22 Oct 2009 Official rating 107 at the last jumps run, 3 May 2010

Best recent KTB Rating (flat) 58C the best of the last 3 rated runs · Listowel, 19 Sep 2009 Official rating 44 at the last flat run, 19 Sep 2009

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 23 figures · best 135A · median 104
GoingRunsBestMedianSince 21 Oct 2025
Soft9135A105—
Heavy699A87.5—
Good4122A109.5—
Good to Soft3118A115—
Firm1———
DistanceRunsBestMedianSince 21 Oct 2025
1m5f – 2m19135A105—
2m1f – 2m4f4122A99.5—
Flat 6 figures · best 65C · median 50.5
GoingRunsBestMedianSince 21 Oct 2025
Good358C45—
Good to Firm265C60.5—
Firm1———
DistanceRunsBestMedianSince 21 Oct 2025
1m5f – 2m258C57—
1m2f – 1m4f265C55—
1m – 1m1f1———
6f – 7f1———

Of 32 runs looked at, 3 have no figure: did not complete (or a non-runner row) (3).

KTB Rating v1 · batch 3 Oct 2026 · GB & Irish racing only · 29 figures from 32 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 is derived from in-running commentary, which our data provider does not supply for this horse's races.

Pedigree intelligence

Sire
Key Of Luck (USA)

Progeny in our archive have won 9.1% of 2,326 runs since Jan 2008 (171 horses).

Weakest over 2m5f – 3m (all codes): 5.1% from 136.

GoingRunsWinsSRvs sireThis horse
Firm3213.1%−60 from 2
Good to Firm398389.5%+0.40 from 2
Good576559.5%+0.40 from 8
Good to Soft288258.7%−0.40 from 3
Soft372256.7%−2.42 from 9
Heavy145139%−0.10 from 8
Standard (AW)5155410.5%+1.4—
Distance (all codes)RunsWinsSRvs sireThis horse
Under 6f8778%−1.1—
6f – 7f371287.5%−1.60 from 1
1m – 1m1f297237.7%−1.40 from 1
1m2f – 1m4f5335610.5%+1.40 from 2
1m5f – 2m5346412%+2.92 from 24
2m1f – 2m4f331236.9%−2.20 from 4
2m5f – 3m13675.1%−4—
Over 3m3738.1%−1—

Flat and jumps together (all codes) · since Jan 2008 · as at 20 Oct 2026 · rows under 30 runs muted · win % is the measure, a record not a forecast

Dam
Alaynia (IRE) (Hamas)

4 siblings in the archive, 1 winner — best of them Be Smart (IRE) (1 win).

The wins came over 1m.

ProduceRunsWinsWin tripsBest grade
Be Smart (IRE)2311m—
Unex Degas (IRE)80——
Key Of Fortune (IRE)100——
An Alarc'h (IRE)10——

Record by conditions

GoingRunsWinsSR£1
Soft 9 2 22% +5.00
Good 8 0 0% −8.00
Heavy 8 0 0% −8.00
Good to Soft 3 0 0% −3.00
Good to Firm 2 0 0% −2.00
Firm 2 0 0% −2.00

CourseRunsWinsSR£1
Listowel 5 1 20% −2.00
Limerick 4 0 0% −4.00
Cork 3 1 33% +8.00
Clonmel 3 0 0% −3.00
Naas 3 0 0% −3.00
Thurles 2 0 0% −2.00
Punchestown 2 0 0% −2.00
Tramore 2 0 0% −2.00
Gowran Park 2 0 0% −2.00
Killarney 1 0 0% −1.00
Wexford 1 0 0% −1.00
Killarney (IRE) 1 0 0% −1.00
Downpatrick 1 0 0% −1.00
Curragh 1 0 0% −1.00
Navan 1 0 0% −1.00

DistanceRunsWinsSR£1
1m5f – 2m 24 2 8% −10.00
2m1f – 2m4f 4 0 0% −4.00
1m2f – 1m4f 2 0 0% −2.00
1m – 1m1f 1 0 0% −1.00
6f – 7f 1 0 0% −1.00

JockeyRunsWinsSR£1
A P Heskin 9 1 11% +2.00
Tom Doyle 9 1 11% −6.00
P W Flood 3 0 0% −3.00
Mr B S Carey 2 0 0% −2.00
Sean McDermott 1 0 0% −1.00
Barry Geraghty 1 0 0% −1.00
Miss L A Hourigan 1 0 0% −1.00
Stephen Gray 1 0 0% −1.00
Declan McDonogh 1 0 0% −1.00
Julie Burke 1 0 0% −1.00
Cathy Gannon 1 0 0% −1.00
N G McCullagh 1 0 0% −1.00
Mick Kinane 1 0 0% −1.00

SeasonRunsWinsSR£1
2010 2 0 0% −2.00
2009 13 1 8% −2.00
2008 12 1 8% −9.00
2007 5 0 0% −5.00

TypeRunsWinsSR£1
Hurdle 22 2 9% −8.00
Flat 6 0 0% −6.00
Chase 4 0 0% −4.00

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 ORKTB Jockey SP
03 May 10+29d Limerick Super Sunday 16th May Handicap Hurdle (81-116) 16f · Good · 18 ran BD/18 — 11-3 107— A P Heskin 7/1
04 Apr 10+150d Cork Irish Stallion Farms E.B.F. Beginners Chase 16f · Heavy · 15 ran 10/15 2 11-12 —94C Sean McDermott 25/1
05 Nov 09+7d Thurles Irish Stallion Farms E.B.F. Beginners Chase 16f · Soft To Heavy · 16 ran F/16 — 11-12 —— P W Flood 33/1
29 Oct 09+7d Clonmel Irish Stallion Farms E.B.F Beginners Chase 17f · Soft · 15 ran 10/15 13 11-11 —95C P W Flood 14/1
22 Oct 09+8d Thurles Thurles Beginners Chase 18f · Yielding · 16 ran 7/16 ½ 11-11 —104C P W Flood 20/1
14 Oct 09+25d Punchestown Come Racing Again Tomorrow Handicap Hurdle (81-116) 16f · Good To Yielding · 25 ran 8/25 2½ 11-3 107115A Barry Geraghty 10/1
19 Sep 09+5d Listowel Listowel Races Supporters Club Slan Abhaile (q.r.) Race 14f · Good · 13 ran 7/13 10 10-9 4458C Miss L A Hourigan 16/1
14 Sep 09+31d Listowel Ladbrokes Ireland Handicap Hurdle (81-109) 16f · Yielding To Soft · 18 ran 2/18 nk 11-1 103122A A P Heskin 9/1
14 Aug 09+12d Tramore Richard Power Private Clients Betting Handicap Hurdle (81-123) 16f · Good · 15 ran 8/15 6 10-9 111104A A P Heskin 10/1
02 Aug 09+17d Cork Ballyclough Handicap Hurdle (81-109) 16f · Yielding · 21 ran 1/21 10-13 96125A A P Heskin 10/1
16 Jul 09+60d Killarney Dawn Milk Run Handicap Hurdle (81-130) 17f · Good To Yielding · 17 ran 11/17 shd 9-7 9791A A P Heskin 8/1
17 May 09+13d Limerick Twilight Evening Live Music 13th June Handicap Hurdle (81-116) 16f · Heavy · 14 ran F/14 — 10-2 97— A P Heskin 4/1F
04 May 09+23d Limerick Super Sunday 17th May Handicap Hurdle (81-116) 16f · Soft · 13 ran 3/13 ½ 10-4 95112A A P Heskin 14/1
11 Apr 09+10d Cork Tallow G.a.a. Handicap Hurdle (81-116) 16f · Soft · 22 ran 9/22 nk 10-1 95105A A P Heskin 16/1
01 Apr 09+168d Gowran Park Goresbridge Handicap Hurdle (81-102) 16f · Yielding · 20 ran 14/20 7 10-13 9679A A P Heskin 12/1
15 Oct 08+25d Punchestown Come Racing Again Tomorrow Handicap Hurdle (81-116) 16f · Soft To Heavy · 25 ran 18/25 2½ 10-9 9790C Tom Doyle 10/1
20 Sep 08+4d Listowel McElligotts Tralee Rover/Landrover Maiden Hurdle (Div 1) 16f · Soft · 16 ran 1/16 11-5 122135A Tom Doyle 2/1F
16 Sep 08+32d Listowel Listowel Races Supporters Club Lartigue Handicap Hurdle 16f · Heavy · 18 ran 6/18 4 9-6 9499A Stephen Gray 20/1
15 Aug 08+11d Tramore Richard Power Handicap Hurdle (81-123) 16f · Good · 9 ran 6/9 nk 10-8 89107A Tom Doyle 4/1
04 Aug 08+10d Naas www.naasracecourse.com Handicap Hurdle (81-109) 16f · Good To Yielding · 22 ran 2/22 6 11-0 92118A Tom Doyle 10/1
25 Jul 08+8d Wexford Paddy McGee (Wexford) Ltd. Handicap 13f · Good To Firm · 15 ran 5/15 ¾ 9-1 4756A Declan McDonogh 2/1F
17 Jul 08+45d Killarney (IRE) Aghadoe Heights Hotel & Spa Handicap Hurdle 17f · Good · 18 ran 2/18 shd 11-9 87122A Tom Doyle 11/4F
02 Jun 08+11d Listowel Michael & Mary O'connor Handicap Hurdle (77-90) 16f · Firm · 14 ran 2/14 3½ 11-5 86107A Tom Doyle 6/1
22 May 08+13d Clonmel Powerstown Handicap Hurdle (77-90) 16f · Good · 18 ran 3/18 1½ 11-3 85112A Tom Doyle 10/1
09 May 08+52d Downpatrick Derrinstown Stud Apprentice Handicap (45-70) 12.5f · Good · 10 ran 6/10 dht 8-3 4845A Julie Burke 25/1
18 Mar 08+31d Naas Sponsor A Race At Naas Handicap Hurdle (77-90) 16f · Soft To Heavy · 22 ran 18/22 1¼ 11-5 9082C Tom Doyle 16/1
16 Feb 08+50d Gowran Park Shantou At Burgage Stud Maiden Hurdle 16f · Soft · 20 ran 9/20 1½ 11-0 8381A Mr B S Carey 50/1
28 Dec 07+22d Limerick Ryans Event Cleaners 3-y-o Maiden Hurdle 16f · Heavy · 16 ran 12/16 2 10-7 —79C Mr B S Carey 33/1
06 Dec 07+193d Clonmel Powerstown 3-y-o Maiden Hurdle 16f · Heavy · 18 ran 18/18 30 11-0 —85C Tom Doyle 25/1
27 May 07+28d Curragh boylesports.com Maiden 10f · Good To Firm · 21 ran 18/21 8 9-5 —65C Cathy Gannon 33/1
29 Apr 07+8d Navan Meet The Ponies (C&G) Maiden 8f · Firm · 15 ran 12/15 1 9-0 —40C N G McCullagh 10/1
21 Apr 07 Naas goracingatnaasracecourse.com Maiden 7f · Good · 16 ran 9/16 1¾ 9-5 —38C Mick Kinane 11/2

Quick answers

How many races has Born High (IRE) won?
Born High (IRE) won 2 of 32 archived starts between 2007 and 2010, a strike rate of 6.3%. Placed 8 times in total (25% of starts).
Who trained Born High (IRE)?
Born High (IRE) was trained by Michael Hourigan on the most recent run on record, at Limerick on 3 May 2010.
Who is Born High (IRE)'s sire?
Born High (IRE) is by Key Of Luck (USA) out of Alaynia (IRE), whose sire is Hamas.
What going does Born High (IRE) prefer?
Born High (IRE) has the best record on soft going: 2 wins from 9 starts (22.2%). Only going bands with at least three archived starts are read, so this is a direction rather than a settled preference.
What is Born High (IRE)'s official rating?
The most recent official rating on record is 107, from the run on 3 May 2010. The highest on record is 122.
What is Born High (IRE)'s sire's record?
Key Of Luck (USA)'s progeny in our archive have won 9.1% of 2,326 runs since Jan 2008 (171 horses), Flat and jumps together. Weakest over 2m5f – 3m (all codes): 5.1% from 136.
Who are Born High (IRE)'s siblings?
Out of Alaynia (IRE), Born High (IRE) has 4 other produce in our archive, 1 of them a winner. Most wins: Be Smart (IRE) (1). The wins came over 1m. As at Oct 2026.

Record shown from April 2007. 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.