Cathys Quest (IRE)
Cathys Quest is a mare who won one of 16 starts on turf, that success coming in the Sean Daly Cornaher Memorial Opportunity Handicap Hurdle at Kilbeggan in Sep 2023 over 2m5f – 3m on good to soft when rated 82. All three of her placed efforts have also come over 2m5f – 3m. She finished 9 of 18 in the Premier County Mares Handicap Hurdle at Thurles in Oct 2025 when last raced off OR 83, 11lb below her highest ever mark.
- 1–16Wins / Runs
- 6.3%Strike rate
- 2 (12.5%)Placed
- −8.50£1 level staken=16 at SP
- 1.23Fair A/E n=16 · 0.97 incl. margin
- 94Highest OR
- 96dAvg 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 100
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 18 Oct 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Soft | 6 | 130B | 87.5 | — |
| Good | 3 | 136B | 100 | — |
| Good to Soft | 2 | 136B | 116.5 | — |
| Heavy | 1 | — | — | — |
| Distance | Runs | Best | Median | Since 18 Oct 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2m5f – 3m | 5 | 136B | 100 | — |
| 1m5f – 2m | 4 | 86C | 55.5 | — |
| 2m1f – 2m4f | 3 | 136B | 130 | — |
Of 16 runs looked at, 4 have no figure: did not complete (3) · not enough races on the card to set the day (under 4) (1).
KTB Speed v1 · batch 15 Sep 2026 · GB & Irish racing only · 12 figures from 16 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.
Pedigree intelligence
Progeny in our archive have won 11% of 20,049 runs since Jan 2008 (1,686 horses).
Strongest on standard (aw) going: 24.3% from 136.
| Going | Runs | Wins | SR | vs sire | This horse |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Firm | 62 | 13 | 21% | +10 | — |
| Good to Firm | 1,240 | 171 | 13.8% | +2.8 | — |
| Good | 7,022 | 840 | 12% | +1 | 0 from 4 |
| Good to Soft | 3,503 | 321 | 9.2% | −1.8 | 1 from 3 |
| Soft | 5,327 | 545 | 10.2% | −0.8 | 0 from 8 |
| Heavy | 2,759 | 274 | 9.9% | −1.1 | 0 from 1 |
| Standard (AW) | 136 | 33 | 24.3% | +13.3 | — |
| Distance (all codes) | Runs | Wins | SR | vs sire | This horse |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6f – 7f | 5 | 0 | 0% | −11 | — |
| 1m – 1m1f | 4 | 0 | 0% | −11 | — |
| 1m2f – 1m4f | 62 | 6 | 9.7% | −1.3 | — |
| 1m5f – 2m | 4,727 | 517 | 10.9% | −0.1 | 0 from 5 |
| 2m1f – 2m4f | 6,696 | 722 | 10.8% | −0.2 | 0 from 3 |
| 2m5f – 3m | 6,537 | 742 | 11.4% | +0.4 | 1 from 8 |
| Over 3m | 2,018 | 210 | 10.4% | −0.6 | — |
Flat and jumps together (all codes) · since Jan 2008 · as at 18 Oct 2026 · rows under 30 runs muted · win % is the measure, a record not a forecast
4 siblings in the archive, 3 winners — best of them Sole Pretender (IRE) (10 wins).
The wins came over 2m–2m4f; the highest grade won is Grade 3 (Sole Pretender (IRE)).
| Produce | Runs | Wins | Win trips | Best grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sole Pretender (IRE) | 27 | 10 | 2m–2m4f | Grade 3 |
| Rocky Lake (IRE) | 11 | 1 | 2m2½f | Class 4 |
| Emerald Quest (IRE) | 4 | 1 | 2m | Class 5 |
| Raising The Bar (IRE) | 7 | 0 | — | — |
Record by conditions
| Going | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Soft | 8 | 0 | 0% | −8.00 |
| Good | 4 | 0 | 0% | −4.00 |
| Good to Soft | 3 | 1 | 33% | +4.50 |
| Heavy | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Course | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Thurles | 3 | 0 | 0% | −3.00 |
| Ballinrobe | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Kilbeggan | 2 | 1 | 50% | +5.50 |
| Killarney | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Cork | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Listowel | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Punchestown | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Downpatrick | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Wexford | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Tramore | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Distance | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2m5f – 3m | 8 | 1 | 13% | −0.50 |
| 1m5f – 2m | 5 | 0 | 0% | −5.00 |
| 2m1f – 2m4f | 3 | 0 | 0% | −3.00 |
| Jockey | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| John Shinnick | 10 | 1 | 10% | −2.50 |
| Phillip Enright | 4 | 0 | 0% | −4.00 |
| Mikey Hamill | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Headgear | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Blinkers | 8 | 1 | 13% | −0.50 |
| None | 7 | 0 | 0% | −7.00 |
| Cheekpieces | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Season | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 4 | 0 | 0% | −4.00 |
| 2024 | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| 2023 | 6 | 1 | 17% | +1.50 |
| 2022 | 3 | 0 | 0% | −3.00 |
| 2021 | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Type | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hurdle | 14 | 1 | 7% | −6.50 |
| Flat | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Chase | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 16 Oct 25+19d | Thurles | Premier County Mares Handicap Hurdle (0-100) Sat close to the pace - 5th four out then driven with no headway - blundered 2 out and held on for same effort - finished ninth well beaten | 9/18 | 2¼ | 10-8 | 83 | 97B | 94A | John Shinnick | 9/1 |
| 27 Sep 25+33d | Listowel | Kathleen Walsh Memorial Handicap Hurdle (0-100) Held up towards the back - blundered at the 5th and rider parted company | UR/16 | — | 10-11 | 83 | — | — | John Shinnick | 22/1 |
| 25 Aug 25+34d | Ballinrobe | On-Course Bookmakers Handicap Hurdle (0-100) (Div 2) Wide and keen early - up to 3rd by halfway - nudged into contention and hit the front before 2 out - displaced and pushed on after 2 out - dropped away sharply before the last - jumped poorly at the last and finished well held | 9/14 | 9 | 10-8 | 85 | 100B | 91A | John Shinnick | 11/2 |
| 22 Jul 25+444d | Ballinrobe | Sweeney Oil Handicap Hurdle (0-100) (Div 1) Held midfield spot wide - moved into contention approaching 4 out and briefly led - asked for effort before the last where met it awkwardly and slipped to third - stayed on at one gear finishing third | 3/15 | 2¼ | 11-0 | 85 | 100B | 106A | John Shinnick | 25/1 |
| 04 May 24+198d | Punchestown | 33rd Running Of The 'Have The Conversation - Say Yes To Organ Donation' Punchestown Charity Race | 7/22 | shd | 11-12 | — | — | 66A | — | 33/1 |
| 19 Oct 23+13d | Thurles | Premier County Mares Handicap Hurdle (80-102) | 9/14 | 2¾ | 10-13 | 94 | 89B | 91A | John Shinnick | 12/1 |
| 06 Oct 23+28d | Downpatrick | Toals Bookmakers Handicap Chase (0-95) | PU/9 | — | 11-6 | 94 | — | — | John Shinnick | 3/1F |
| 08 Sep 23+13d | Kilbeggan | Sean Daly Cornaher Memorial Opportunity Handicap Hurdle (80-95) (Div 1) | 1/16 | 10-11 | 82 | 136B | 113A | John Shinnick | 13/2 | |
| 26 Aug 23+36d | Killarney | Adare Manor Opportunity Handicap Hurdle (80-95) (Div 2) | 4/15 | 1¼ | 10-11 | 82 | 94B | 97A | John Shinnick | 12/1 |
| 21 Jul 23+51d | Kilbeggan | Massey Ferguson Johnston Farm Equipment Longford Handicap Hurdle (80-95) (Div 1) | 6/16 | hd | 10-11 | 83 | 130B | 91A | John Shinnick | 28/1 |
| 31 May 23+181d | Wexford | BoyleSports Handicap Hurdle (80-95) (Div 1) | 10/14 | 7½ | 10-11 | 85 | 136B | 72A | John Shinnick | 20/1 |
| 01 Dec 22+139d | Thurles | Racing Again December 18th Irish EBF Mares Maiden Hurdle | 9/15 | 4½ | 10-13 | — | 69C | 92C | Phillip Enright | 300/1 |
| 15 Jul 22+188d | Killarney | Dawn Milk Omega Mares Maiden Hurdle | PU/14 | — | 10-13 | — | — | — | Phillip Enright | 80/1 |
| 08 Jan 22+30d | Cork | CorkRacecourse.ie Maiden Hurdle | 14/22 | 13 | 11-7 | — | 42C | 94C | Mikey Hamill | 250/1 |
| 09 Dec 21+39d | Tramore | Get Your 2022 Annual Badge At TramoreRaces.ie Maiden Hurdle | 11/14 | 6 | 11-7 | — | 0C | 96C | Phillip Enright | 80/1 |
| 31 Oct 21 | Cork | Paddy's Super Enhancements Maiden Hurdle | 14/20 | ¾ | 11-2 | — | 86C | 89C | Phillip Enright | 50/1 |
Quick answers
- How many races has Cathys Quest (IRE) won?
- Cathys Quest (IRE) won 1 of 16 archived starts between 2021 and 2025, a strike rate of 6.3%. Placed 2 times in total (12.5% of starts).
- Who trained Cathys Quest (IRE)?
- Cathys Quest (IRE) was trained by Terence O'Brien on the most recent run on record, at Thurles on 16 October 2025.
- Who is Cathys Quest (IRE)'s sire?
- Cathys Quest (IRE) is by Presenting (GB) out of Cool Quest (IRE), whose sire is Turtle Island.
- What going does Cathys Quest (IRE) prefer?
- Cathys Quest (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 Cathys Quest (IRE)'s official rating?
- The most recent official rating on record is 83, from the run on 16 October 2025. The highest on record is 94.
- What is Cathys Quest (IRE)'s sire's record?
- Presenting (GB)'s progeny in our archive have won 11% of 20,049 runs since Jan 2008 (1,686 horses), Flat and jumps together. Strongest on standard (aw) going: 24.3% from 136.
- Who are Cathys Quest (IRE)'s siblings?
- Out of Cool Quest (IRE), Cathys Quest (IRE) has 4 other produce in our archive, 3 of them winners. Most wins: Sole Pretender (IRE) (10). Highest grade won: Grade 3 (Sole Pretender (IRE)). The wins came over 2m–2m4f. As at Oct 2026.