Horse profile
Bucaneer's Spirit (IRE)
by Invincible Spirit (IRE) out of Anne Bonney (GB) (Jade Robbery)
32 runs · 16 courses · from Nov 2023
As at 8 Nov 2026 · KTB archive: GB, Ireland & France · 2005–present, updated daily
4 wins · Cork, Ballinrobe & Navan
Last run 18 Aug 2026 · 6th of 10
Last raced off OR 67
KTB Profile
Bucaneer's Spirit is a gelding with four wins from 32 starts, all on turf over 1m – 1m1f. He has won twice at Cork, once at Ballinrobe and once at Navan, with successes on good to soft, good and good to firm. The last win came at Cork in Apr 2026 off an official rating of 60. He finished sixth of 10 at Roscommon in Aug 2026, last raced off an official rating of 67 which was 16lb below his highest ever mark. Typically held up, he was ridden in mid-division on that occasion.
Based on 32 archived runs · run-style from 28 commented runs since Aug 2024 · updated 8 Nov 2026
KTB at a glance
All wins on turf
OR ↓ 16lb off peak
- 4–32Wins / Runs
- 12.5%Strike rate
- 12 (37.5%)Placed
- −16.12£1 level staken=32 at SP
- 1.20Fair A/E n=32 · 0.96 incl. margin
- 83Highest OR
- 17dBetween runs (median)longest 231 d
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 rating67↓ 16lb off peak
67
60–83
KTB Speed and Rating
KTB Speed
Best recent Speed 85
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 →
Flat
| Going | Runs | Best | Median | Since 8 Nov 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Good | 13 | 126C | 85 | 4 runs · 95 / 87 |
| Standard (AW) | 7 | 114A | 92 | — |
| Good to Soft | 4 | 98C | 84.5 | 3 runs · 98 / 81 |
| Soft | 3 | 97C | 89 | 2 runs · 97 / 93 |
| Heavy | 2 | 65C | 53.5 | — |
| Good to Firm | 2 | 90A | 76.5 | — |
| Distance | Runs | Best | Median | Since 8 Nov 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1m – 1m1f | 19 | 114A | 88 | 7 runs · 97 / 89 |
| 6f – 7f | 7 | 98C | 85 | 1 run · — |
| 1m2f – 1m4f | 5 | 126C | 85 | 1 run · — |
Of 32 runs looked at, 1 has no figure: not enough races on the card to set the day (under 4) (1).
KTB Speed v1 · batch 15 Sep 2026 · GB & Irish racing only · 31 figures from 32 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 28 analysed runs since Aug 2024
- Held up 12 (43%) · 2 wins
- Prominent 11 (39%) · 1 win
- Mid-division 4 (14%) · 1 win
- Led 1 (4%) · 0 wins
Pedigree intelligence
Sire
Invincible Spirit (IRE)
Progeny in our archive have won 11.9% of 20,871 runs since Jan 2008 (1,574 horses).
Strongest on firm going: 16.1% from 161. Weakest over 1m5f – 2m (all codes): 7.8% from 844.
| Going | Runs | Wins | SR | vs sire | This horse |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Firm | 161 | 26 | 16.1% | +4.2 | — |
| Good to Firm | 3,582 | 463 | 12.9% | +1 | 1 from 2 |
| Good | 4,530 | 487 | 10.8% | −1.1 | 1 from 13 |
| Good to Soft | 2,135 | 254 | 11.9% | 0 | 2 from 4 |
| Soft | 2,771 | 303 | 10.9% | −1 | 0 from 4 |
| Heavy | 796 | 78 | 9.8% | −2.1 | 0 from 2 |
| Standard (AW) | 6,895 | 869 | 12.6% | +0.7 | 0 from 7 |
| Distance (all codes) | Runs | Wins | SR | vs sire | This horse |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Under 6f | 3,060 | 400 | 13.1% | +1.2 | — |
| 6f – 7f | 9,854 | 1,181 | 12% | +0.1 | 0 from 7 |
| 1m – 1m1f | 4,511 | 543 | 12% | +0.1 | 4 from 19 |
| 1m2f – 1m4f | 2,144 | 249 | 11.6% | −0.3 | 0 from 5 |
| 1m5f – 2m | 844 | 66 | 7.8% | −4.1 | 0 from 1 |
| 2m1f – 2m4f | 362 | 33 | 9.1% | −2.8 | — |
| 2m5f – 3m | 89 | 8 | 9% | −2.9 | — |
| Over 3m | 7 | 1 | 14.3% | +2.4 | — |
Flat and jumps together (all codes) · since Jan 2008 · as at 8 Nov 2026 · rows under 30 runs muted · win % is the measure, a record not a forecast
Dam
Anne Bonney (GB) (Jade Robbery)
6 siblings in the archive, 3 winners — best of them Waady (IRE) (6 wins).
The wins came over 5f–1m5f; the highest grade won is Group 3 (Waady (IRE)).
| Produce | Runs | Wins | Win trips | Best grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Waady (IRE) | 17 | 6 | 5f | Group 3 |
| Hawaam (IRE) | 28 | 2 | 5f | Class 4 |
| Pinwood (IRE) | 14 | 2 | 7f–1m5f | Class 6 |
| Baker Man (IRE) | 6 | 0 | — | — |
| Rachel Wall (IRE) | 1 | 0 | — | — |
| Bloomin Robbery (IRE) | 10 | 0 | — | — |
Record by conditions
| Going | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Good | 13 | 1 | 8% | −10.50 |
| Standard (AW) | 7 | 0 | 0% | −7.00 |
| Soft | 4 | 0 | 0% | −4.00 |
| Good to Soft | 4 | 2 | 50% | +4.38 |
| Heavy | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Good to Firm | 2 | 1 | 50% | +3.00 |
| Course | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dundalk (AW) | 7 | 0 | 0% | −7.00 |
| Leopardstown | 3 | 0 | 0% | −3.00 |
| Cork | 3 | 2 | 67% | +8.00 |
| Limerick | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Roscommon | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Curragh | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Gowran Park | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Down Royal | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Navan | 2 | 1 | 50% | +0.50 |
| Roscommon (IRE) | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Galway (IRE) | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Ballinrobe (IRE) | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Bellewstown | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Punchestown | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Ballinrobe | 1 | 1 | 100% | +1.38 |
| Tipperary | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Distance | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1m – 1m1f | 19 | 4 | 21% | −3.12 |
| 6f – 7f | 7 | 0 | 0% | −7.00 |
| 1m2f – 1m4f | 5 | 0 | 0% | −5.00 |
| 1m5f – 2m | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Jockey | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| James Ryan | 9 | 1 | 11% | −6.62 |
| Ronan Whelan | 6 | 2 | 33% | +1.50 |
| Sam Coen | 5 | 1 | 20% | +1.00 |
| Gary Carroll | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Adam Caffrey | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Hugh Horgan | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Dave Bennett | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Mr J P Sutton | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Robert Whearty | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Rory Mulligan | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Ben Coen | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Andrew Slattery | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| W J Lee | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Mikey Sheehy | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Headgear | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| None | 18 | 3 | 17% | −8.12 |
| Cheekpieces | 8 | 1 | 13% | −2.00 |
| Tongue tie + cheekpieces | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Tongue tie | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Tongue tie + visor | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Blinkers | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Season | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 10 | 1 | 10% | −4.00 |
| 2025 | 14 | 1 | 7% | −11.62 |
| 2024 | 7 | 2 | 29% | +0.50 |
| 2023 | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 · 10 runs | ||||||||||
| 18 Aug 26+21d | Roscommon (IRE) | QuinnBet Apprentice Optional Claiming Race Settled around midfield - urged forward to lead momentarily before fading into 4th after being knocked about a furlong out - dropped further back close home to finish sixth | 6/10 | 2 | 9-9 | 67 | 85A | 76A | Sam Coen | 5/1 |
| 28 Jul 26+8d | Galway (IRE) | Caulfield Industrial Handicap Sat close to front pack in 4th - moved up into 2nd two out - dropped to 3rd and pushed along entering straight - unable to find extra inside final furlong and finished 4th holding steady | 4/17 | ¾ | 9-6 | 67 | 97C | 88A | Sam Coen | 14/1 |
| 20 Jul 26+17d | Ballinrobe (IRE) | Daily Sports Special At Tote.ie Handicap slow to begin - held up towards the back - asked for effort approaching 2f out and soon driven without making any impact | 9/12 | 1 | 9-8 | 68 | 79A | 68A | Sam Coen | 8/1 |
| 03 Jul 26+15d | Bellewstown | Smiths Of Drogheda Ford Classic Handicap Handy early - shared front spot after a furlong and a half - edged in front by halfway - urged on with two furlongs left - overtaken 1 1/2f out - battled to the line without troubling winner and finished second | 2/15 | 1¾ | 9-10 | 66 | 81C | 97A | Gary Carroll | 9/2F |
| 18 Jun 26+8d | Leopardstown | Bulmers Live Handicap Held up towards the back - urged into contention around 12th with 2f left - stronger into 7th approaching the final furlong then finished fourth having made late gains but not menacing the front pair | 4/16 | 1¾ | 9-10 | 66 | 95C | 84A | Adam Caffrey | 8/1 |
| 10 Jun 26+23d | Limerick | Twilight Summer Racing At Limerick Handicap Up with the front group - 4th at halfway - hampered 2 1/2f out and denied a run shortly after - angled right before pressing for the front 1 1/2f out - in a share of the lead over 1f out - collared inside the final 100 yards and found no more | 3/15 | ½ | 9-8 | 64 | 89C | 91A | Gary Carroll | 7/1 |
| 18 May 26+3d | Roscommon | Knockcroghery Handicap Sat just behind the front group early - pushed along in 3rd with 2f remaining - stayed on in same spot to finish third | 3/15 | ¾ | 9-5 | 66 | 98C | 87A | Sam Coen | 9/2 |
| 15 May 26+13d | Leopardstown | Leopardstown Friday Night Social Apprentice Handicap Held up towards the back - moved into contention approaching the straight - unable to threaten leaders inside final furlong and finished 6th | 6/15 | ¾ | 9-10 | 66 | 89C | 88A | Hugh Horgan | 20/1 |
| 02 May 26+8d | Punchestown | 35th Running Of The 'Have The Conversation - Say Yes To Organ Donation' Punchestown Charity Race | 17/22 | 1¾ | 12-6 | 66 | — | 71C | Dave Bennett | 25/1 |
| 24 Apr 26+177d | Cork | Follow Cork Racecourse On Social Media Handicap (0-60) Held up towards the back - progress from two out - driven late to hit the front near the line and score | 1/18 | 9-11 | 60 | 81C | 90A | Sam Coen | 5/1 | |
| 2025 · 14 runs | ||||||||||
| 29 Oct 25+31d | Dundalk (AW) | Halloween Mid-Term Racing At Dundalk Handicap (Div 1) Sluggish break - trailed from the rear throughout - made no impression - finished well held in 14th | 14/14 | 2 | 9-5 | 61 | 69C | 52C | James Ryan | 11/1 |
| 28 Sep 25+8d | Curragh | Download The Tote App (Q.R.) Handicap Held up towards the back - urged on the outside approaching 2f out - stayed on at the same gait from the final furlong - finished 11th | 11/22 | 1¾ | 11-1 | 62 | 65C | 61A | Mr J P Sutton | 40/1 |
| 20 Sep 25+15d | Gowran Park | Support The Irish Injured Jockeys Fund Apprentice Handicap Slow to break - held up at the back throughout - made no impression - finished well beaten in 13th | 13/16 | 1¾ | 9-9 | 64 | 42C | 60C | Robert Whearty | 14/1 |
| 05 Sep 25+21d | Down Royal | Children's Heartbeat Trust Apprentice Handicap Held up towards the back - pushed along in 8th approaching final 2f - unable to close - finished well held | 8/13 | hd | 9-10 | 66 | 126C | 74A | Rory Mulligan | 12/1 |
| 15 Aug 25+2d | Dundalk (AW) | Bar One Racing 'Guaranteed Odds' Optional Claiming Race Held up towards the back of the pack - still 11th at the halfway stage - urged forward approaching the final 3f - driven with 2f left - stayed on at one gait through the closing stages without threatening | 8/14 | 2¾ | 9-13 | 74 | 81B | 76A | James Ryan | 6/1 |
| 13 Aug 25+23d | Gowran Park | Gowran Park Golf Optional Claiming Race Sat behind front group early - still 6th at halfway then up to 4th and pushed along a furlong out - stuck on same rate to finish 5th | 5/13 | nk | 9-8 | 74 | 103C | 89A | James Ryan | 9/2 |
| 21 Jul 25+31d | Ballinrobe | Tote.ie Claiming Race Held a midpack spot early - moved into third by the second furlong - eased into second nearing the final two furlongs - hit the front turning into the straight - stretched clear with a furlong left - stayed on to the line though the margin shortened | 1/7 | 9-7 | 74 | 88A | 95A | James Ryan | 11/8F | |
| 20 Jun 25+31d | Down Royal | Proparamedics Medicall Handicap Sat close up early - second at halfway - moved up to press pace 2f out but soon under pressure - unable to get near winner and held no reserve late to finish 9th | 9/14 | nk | 9-10 | 76 | 87C | 77A | Ronan Whelan | 13/2 |
| 20 May 25+8d | Cork | Blackwater Apprentice Handicap Reared a touch exiting the gates - settled towards the back - 5th at halfway - moved through from 3f out - pushed along in 4th inside the final furlong - flattened out close home to finish 4th | 4/6 | 3 | 9-11 | 79 | 68A | 79B | James Ryan | 11/4J |
| 12 May 25+17d | Roscommon | www.roscommonracecourse.ie Handicap Sat behind front group early on inner - 5th at halfway - boxed in for space 1½f out and still needing daylight approaching final furlong - checked near the line - finished 11th | 11/14 | ½ | 9-10 | 79 | 85C | 79A | James Ryan | 5/1 |
| 25 Apr 25+26d | Limerick | Great National South Court Hotel Handicap Set off in front early - quickly relinquished advantage while staying handy in 4th at halfway - asked for effort with 1 1/2f left - dropped away soon after - stayed one-dimensional through the closing stages to finish 7th | 7/16 | hd | 9-1 | 80 | 65C | 79A | James Ryan | 16/1 |
| 30 Mar 25+9d | Leopardstown | Legacy Wine Bar Handicap Slow to break - held towards back and pushed along with 2f left - stayed on same gear to finish tenth beaten 4.5 lengths | 10/17 | shd | 10-2 | 82 | 77C | 85A | Ronan Whelan | 10/1 |
| 21 Mar 25+28d | Dundalk (AW) | Dundalk Stadium Winter Series Awards Day Handicap Settled in the pack - nudged into 6th approaching 2f out - then quickly lost touch - finished 10th | 10/14 | nk | 9-9 | 83 | 92B | 77A | James Ryan | 16/1 |
| 21 Feb 25+133d | Dundalk (AW) | SIS, Supporting Irish Racing Handicap Settled in the pack early - 8th at halfway - going nicely into the straight before needing urging - driven approaching final furlong with no headway made - held on for same finishing effort late | 9/11 | hd | 8-13 | 83 | 104A | 75A | James Ryan | 12/1 |
| 2024 · 7 runs | ||||||||||
| 11 Oct 24+20d | Dundalk (AW) | Irishinjuredjockeys.com Handicap Sat close to the front group early - 6th at halfway - driven and made progress with 2f left - up to 4th with a furlong to run and staying on the same gear to finish 4th | 4/9 | ½ | 9-4 | 83 | 114A | 88A | Ronan Whelan | 9/2 |
| 21 Sep 24+23d | Navan | Navan Racecourse Handicap (50-80) Sat handy behind pace - hit front 1 1/2f out - driven clear to score comfortably | 1/11 | 10-0 | 78 | 75A | 97A | Ronan Whelan | 6/4F | |
| 29 Aug 24+13d | Navan | Curragh To Curragh Charity Cycle On This Saturday Handicap Sat just off the pace - pushed along into 4th with two furlongs left - up to 3rd inside the final furlong - edged into 2nd approaching the line before dropping back to finish 3rd by a nose | 3/16 | nse | 9-5 | 77 | 94C | 90A | Ben Coen | 4/1F |
| 16 Aug 24+7d | Cork | Cork Handicap (47-75) Held up towards the back early - still down the field 3f out - moved left and closed in with 2f left - swept to the front approaching the final furlong - kicked clear inside the last 150 yards - stayed on well to score | 1/9 | 9-3 | 65 | 90A | 90A | Ronan Whelan | 4/1F | |
| 09 Aug 24+28d | Tipperary | Donovan Transport Handicap (47-65) Up with the front group - 5th at halfway - advanced from 2f out and hit the front over 1f out - stayed on inside the final furlong but couldn't peg back the winner | 2/16 | 1¼ | 10-1 | 64 | 63C | 93A | Ronan Whelan | 10/1 |
| 12 Jul 24+14d | Dundalk (AW) | Catherine Allison & Co. Solicitors Claiming Race | 2/14 | 1½ | 8-12 | — | 98B | 76A | Andrew Slattery | 50/1 |
| 28 Jun 24+231d | Curragh | O'Dooles Restaurant Irish European Breeders Fund Maiden | 12/18 | 2 | 9-8 | — | 47C | 57C | W J Lee | 40/1 |
| 2023 · 1 run | ||||||||||
| 10 Nov 23 | Dundalk (AW) | Irish Stallion Farms EBF (C & G) Maiden | 10/14 | 1 | 9-5 | — | 73B | 58A | Mikey Sheehy | 125/1 |
Quick answers
- How many races has Bucaneer's Spirit won?
- Bucaneer's Spirit (IRE) won 4 of 32 archived starts between 2023 and 2026, a strike rate of 12.5%. Placed 12 times in total (37.5% of starts).
- Who trains Bucaneer's Spirit?
- Bucaneer's Spirit (IRE) is trained by Ian Patrick Donoghue, who saddled the horse on its most recent run on 18 August 2026.
- Who is Bucaneer's Spirit's sire?
- Bucaneer's Spirit (IRE) is by Invincible Spirit (IRE) out of Anne Bonney (GB), whose sire is Jade Robbery.
- What going does Bucaneer's Spirit prefer?
- Bucaneer's Spirit (IRE) has the best record on good to soft going: 2 wins from 4 starts (50%). Only going bands with at least three archived starts are read, so this is a direction rather than a settled preference.
- What is Bucaneer's Spirit's official rating?
- The most recent official rating on record is 67, from the run on 18 August 2026. The highest on record is 83.
- What is Bucaneer's Spirit's sire's record?
- Invincible Spirit (IRE)'s progeny in our archive have won 11.9% of 20,871 runs since Jan 2008 (1,574 horses), Flat and jumps together. Strongest on firm going: 16.1% from 161. Weakest over 1m5f – 2m (all codes): 7.8% from 844.
- Who are Bucaneer's Spirit's siblings?
- Out of Anne Bonney (GB), Bucaneer's Spirit (IRE) has 6 other produce in our archive, 3 of them winners. Most wins: Waady (IRE) (6). Highest grade won: Group 3 (Waady (IRE)). The wins came over 5f–1m5f. As at Nov 2026.