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Horse profile

Cillian's Return (IRE)

8yo gelding (at last run, May 2017) · Last trainer A J Martin · Last owner John P Mcmanus
by Diamond Green (FR) out of Sally Anne (ITY) (Scenic)
19 runs · 11 courses · from Jan 2013
As at 21 Oct 2026 · KTB archive: GB, Ireland & France · 2005–present, updated daily
No run recorded since 29 May 2017 — 3,431 days ago. Our archive can't say whether the horse is still in training.
Last run May 2017 · 7th of 9 2 wins · Tipperary & Fairyhouse Last raced off OR 101
KTB Profile

Cillian's Return (IRE) is 2 from 19. Hasn't won since May 2014. Last raced off 101, 10lb below the career-high mark.

Based on 19 archived runs · updated 21 Oct 2026
KTB at a glance OR ↓ 10lb off peak
Official rating101↓ 10lb off peak
101 76–111

KTB Speed and Rating

KTB Speed

Best recent Speed 83 the best of the last 3 graded (A or B) runs · Clonmel, 8 Dec 2016

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 6 figures · best 88C · median 72.5
GoingRunsBestMedianSince 21 Oct 2025
Soft488C72.5—
Good287A74.5—
DistanceRunsBestMedianSince 21 Oct 2025
1m5f – 2m488C85—
2m1f – 2m4f262A30.5—

Of 7 runs looked at, 1 has no figure: did not complete (1).

KTB Speed v1 · batch 15 Sep 2026 · GB & Irish racing only · 6 figures from 7 runs · as at 3 Oct 2026 · a record, not a forecast

KTB Rating

Best recent KTB Rating (jumps) 98A the best of the last 3 rated runs · Clonmel, 8 Dec 2016 Official rating 101 at the last jumps run, 29 May 2017

Best recent KTB Rating (flat) 95A the best of the last 3 rated runs · Gowran Park, 9 May 2015 Official rating 76 at the last flat run, 2 Sep 2015

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 138A · median 106.5
GoingRunsBestMedianSince 21 Oct 2025
Soft6138A106—
Good to Soft3124A115—
Good298A94—
Heavy1———
DistanceRunsBestMedianSince 21 Oct 2025
1m5f – 2m9138A115—
2m1f – 2m4f3110C103—
Flat 6 figures · best 95A · median 73.5
GoingRunsBestMedianSince 21 Oct 2025
Good276A70.5—
Heavy295A88—
Soft271A67—
DistanceRunsBestMedianSince 21 Oct 2025
1m5f – 2m381B76—
1m – 1m1f295A83—
6f – 7f1———

Of 19 runs looked at, 1 has no figure: did not complete (or a non-runner row) (1).

KTB Rating v1 · batch 3 Oct 2026 · GB & Irish racing only · 18 figures from 19 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

Progeny in our archive have won 7.4% of 2,571 runs since Jan 2008 (261 horses).

Strongest over 2m1f – 2m4f (all codes): 11.9% from 285.

GoingRunsWinsSRvs sireThis horse
Firm2114.8%−2.6—
Good to Firm307237.5%+0.1—
Good567549.5%+2.10 from 4
Good to Soft260176.5%−0.90 from 3
Soft488295.9%−1.51 from 9
Heavy191157.9%+0.51 from 3
Standard (AW)737516.9%−0.5—
Distance (all codes)RunsWinsSRvs sireThis horse
Under 6f256228.6%+1.2—
6f – 7f802546.7%−0.70 from 1
1m – 1m1f489275.5%−1.90 from 2
1m2f – 1m4f353257.1%−0.3—
1m5f – 2m332288.4%+12 from 12
2m1f – 2m4f2853411.9%+4.50 from 4
2m5f – 3m5300%−7.4—
Over 3m100%−7.4—

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
Sally Anne (ITY) (Scenic)

4 siblings in the archive, 3 winners — best of them Call Me Pj (IRE) (3 wins).

The wins came over 7f–2m5f.

ProduceRunsWinsWin tripsBest grade
Call Me Pj (IRE)3532m–2m5f—
Cassandra Jade (IRE)927f–1m—
Adam's Return (IRE)2617f—
Grey Island (IRE)10——

Record by conditions

GoingRunsWinsSR£1
Soft 9 1 11% −6.50
Good 4 0 0% −4.00
Heavy 3 1 33% +0.00
Good to Soft 3 0 0% −3.00

CourseRunsWinsSR£1
Navan 3 0 0% −3.00
Gowran Park 3 0 0% −3.00
Ballinrobe 2 0 0% −2.00
Fairyhouse 2 1 50% +1.00
Tipperary 2 1 50% +0.50
Leopardstown 2 0 0% −2.00
Down Royal 1 0 0% −1.00
Clonmel 1 0 0% −1.00
Galway 1 0 0% −1.00
Bellewstown 1 0 0% −1.00
Punchestown 1 0 0% −1.00

DistanceRunsWinsSR£1
1m5f – 2m 12 2 17% −6.50
2m1f – 2m4f 4 0 0% −4.00
1m – 1m1f 2 0 0% −2.00
6f – 7f 1 0 0% −1.00

JockeyRunsWinsSR£1
Mark Walsh 5 1 20% −2.50
Fran Berry 4 0 0% −4.00
Donagh Meyler 3 0 0% −3.00
Mr J J King 2 1 50% +1.00
Mr C Motherway 2 0 0% −2.00
Jonathan Moore 1 0 0% −1.00
L P Dempsey 1 0 0% −1.00
Niall P Madden 1 0 0% −1.00

HeadgearRunsWinsSR£1
None 10 2 20% −4.50
Tongue tie 8 0 0% −8.00
HT 1 0 0% −1.00

SeasonRunsWinsSR£1
2017 2 0 0% −2.00
2016 5 0 0% −5.00
2015 4 0 0% −4.00
2014 5 2 40% +0.50
2013 3 0 0% −3.00

TypeRunsWinsSR£1
Flat 6 1 17% −3.00
Chase 5 0 0% −5.00
Hurdle 5 1 20% −2.50
NH Flat 3 0 0% −3.00

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
29 May 17+118d Ballinrobe Mulholland Bookmakers Handicap Chase 17f · Good · 9 ran 7/9 2¼ 9-10 10162A90A Jonathan Moore 12/1
31 Jan 17+54d Down Royal Down Royal Handicap Chase 16f · Soft · 8 ran 4/8 8½ 11-0 10262B96B Donagh Meyler 3/1
08 Dec 16+11d Clonmel Clonmel Racecourse Supporters Club Only 90 Beginners Chase 16.5f · Yielding To Soft · 15 ran 9/15 3½ 11-9 —83B98A Donagh Meyler 33/1
27 Nov 16+14d Navan Irish Stallion Farms E.B.F. Beginners Chase 17f · Yielding To Soft · 17 ran 15/17 ½ 11-12 —-1C110C L P Dempsey 66/1
13 Nov 16+33d Navan Crystalski.ie E.B.F. Beginners Chase 17f · Yielding To Soft · 16 ran PU/16 — 11-9 ——— Donagh Meyler 40/1
11 Oct 16+17d Galway Galway City & Salthill Publicans Charity Handicap Hurdle 16.5f · Good · 10 ran 9/10 5½ 10-11 11087A98A Mark Walsh 14/1
24 Sep 16+388d Navan Racing Again Wednesday 5th October Handicap Hurdle (80-116) 16f · Yielding To Soft · 18 ran 14/18 1¾ 11-9 11188C102C Mark Walsh 10/1
02 Sep 15+71d Gowran Park Live Music After Racing Sunday September 20th Maiden 14f · Good · 9 ran 4/9 1¼ 9-7 76—76A Fran Berry 2/1J
23 Jun 15+45d Ballinrobe Vaughanshoes.ie Ballinrobe Claremorris Castlebar Maiden 13f · Good · 9 ran 2/9 2¼ 9-7 79—65A Fran Berry 4/5F
09 May 15+28d Gowran Park Gowran Park Golf Club Maiden 8f · Heavy · 12 ran 2/12 nse 9-7 ——95A Fran Berry 14/1
11 Apr 15+158d Gowran Park Societies Welcome At Gowran Park Golf Club (C & G) Maiden 7f · Yielding To Soft · 16 ran 9/16 hd 10-0 ——63A Niall P Madden 25/1
04 Nov 14+30d Fairyhouse I.N.H. Stallion Owners E.B.F. Novice Hurdle 20f · Good To Yielding · 5 ran 5/5 46 11-10 ——103C Mark Walsh 10/3
05 Oct 14+39d Tipperary Dolores Purcell Memorial Novice Hurdle (Grade 3) 16f · Good To Yielding · 10 ran 7/10 3¾ 11-1 ——115A Mark Walsh 4/1
27 Aug 14+104d Bellewstown Outsource 360 Maiden 8f · Soft · 15 ran 8/15 ¾ 9-11 ——71A Fran Berry 5/1
15 May 14+134d Tipperary Micheal Maher Building And Construction Services Maiden Hurdle 16f · Yielding · 20 ran 1/20 11-12 ——138A Mark Walsh 6/4J
01 Jan 14+24d Fairyhouse Follow Fairyhouse On Twitter (pro/am) Flat Race 16f · Soft To Heavy · 8 ran 1/8 11-7 ——81B Mr J J King 2/1
08 Dec 13+280d Punchestown Old House, Kill (pro/am) Flat Race 16f · Good To Yielding · 12 ran 2/12 2½ 11-4 ——124A Mr J J King 10/1
03 Mar 13+36d Leopardstown Killiney (pro/am) Flat Race 16f · Yielding · 10 ran 3/10 6½ 11-2 ——120A Mr C Motherway 12/1
26 Jan 13 Leopardstown www.leopardstown.com (Pro/Am) Flat Race 16f · Heavy · 14 ran 4/14 nk 11-4 ——122A Mr C Motherway 33/1

Quick answers

How many races has Cillian's Return (IRE) won?
Cillian's Return (IRE) won 2 of 19 archived starts between 2013 and 2017, a strike rate of 10.5%. Placed 6 times in total (31.6% of starts).
Who trained Cillian's Return (IRE)?
Cillian's Return (IRE) was trained by A J Martin on the most recent run on record, at Ballinrobe on 29 May 2017.
Who is Cillian's Return (IRE)'s sire?
Cillian's Return (IRE) is by Diamond Green (FR) out of Sally Anne (ITY), whose sire is Scenic.
What going does Cillian's Return (IRE) prefer?
Cillian's Return (IRE) has the best record on heavy 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 Cillian's Return (IRE)'s official rating?
The most recent official rating on record is 101, from the run on 29 May 2017. The highest on record is 111.
What is Cillian's Return (IRE)'s sire's record?
Diamond Green (FR)'s progeny in our archive have won 7.4% of 2,571 runs since Jan 2008 (261 horses), Flat and jumps together. Strongest over 2m1f – 2m4f (all codes): 11.9% from 285.
Who are Cillian's Return (IRE)'s siblings?
Out of Sally Anne (ITY), Cillian's Return (IRE) has 4 other produce in our archive, 3 of them winners. Most wins: Call Me Pj (IRE) (3). The wins came over 7f–2m5f. As at Oct 2026.

Record shown from January 2013. 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.