Horse profile
Coffeys Forge (IRE)
by Yeats (IRE) out of Blue Berlais (IRE) (Saint Des Saints)
25 runs · 18 courses · from Mar 2021
As at 18 Oct 2026 · KTB archive: GB, Ireland & France · 2005–present, updated daily
Won at Downpatrick
Off 157 days · 7th of 18
Last raced off OR 93
KTB Profile
Coffeys Forge is 1 from 25 on turf with his sole win coming at Downpatrick in May 2025 in the Kevin Ross Bloodstock Beginners Chase over 2m1f – 2m4f on good going off an official rating of 93. Typically held up he was held in eight of 12 analysed runs. He last ran at Punchestown in May 2026 when seventh of 18 in the Ladbrokes Handicap Hurdle off an official rating of 93 which was 12lb below his highest ever mark.
Based on 25 archived runs · run-style from 12 commented runs · updated 18 Oct 2026
KTB at a glance
Typically held up
Wins on good or faster
OR ↓ 12lb off peak
- 1–25Wins / Runs
- 4%Strike rate
- 5 (20%)Placed
- −21.25£1 level staken=25 at SP
- 0.48Fair A/E n=25 · 0.38 incl. margin
- 105Highest OR
- 78dAvg 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.
Official rating93↓ 12lb off peak
93
90–105
KTB Speed and Rating
KTB Speed
Best recent Speed 89
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
| Going | Runs | Best | Median | Since 18 Oct 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Soft | 11 | 99C | 78 | 3 · 99 / 78 |
| Good | 6 | 113B | 89.5 | 1 · — |
| Heavy | 3 | 117A | 50 | 1 · — |
| Good to Soft | 2 | 94B | 85 | — |
| Distance | Runs | Best | Median | Since 18 Oct 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2m1f – 2m4f | 12 | 94B | 73 | 2 · 78 / 45.5 |
| 2m5f – 3m | 9 | 117A | 94 | 2 · 89 / 69.5 |
| Over 3m | 1 | — | — | 1 · — |
Of 25 runs looked at, 3 have no figure: obstacles omitted — the race ran a shortened course (2) · did not complete (1).
KTB Speed v1 · batch 15 Sep 2026 · GB & Irish racing only · 22 figures from 25 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 12 analysed runs
- Held up 8 (67%) · 0 wins
- Midfield 3 (25%) · 0 wins
- Prominent 1 (8%) · 0 wins
Pedigree intelligence
Sire
Progeny in our archive have won 11.9% of 9,806 runs since Jan 2008 (704 horses).
Weakest on standard (aw) going: 6.9% from 203. Strongest at trips beyond 3m (all codes): 15.3% from 816.
| Going | Runs | Wins | SR | vs sire | This horse |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Firm | 5 | 0 | 0% | −11.9 | — |
| Good to Firm | 222 | 28 | 12.6% | +0.7 | — |
| Good | 3,431 | 475 | 13.8% | +1.9 | 1 from 6 |
| Good to Soft | 1,953 | 212 | 10.9% | −1 | 0 from 2 |
| Soft | 2,837 | 305 | 10.8% | −1.1 | 0 from 12 |
| Heavy | 1,155 | 136 | 11.8% | −0.1 | 0 from 5 |
| Standard (AW) | 203 | 14 | 6.9% | −5 | — |
| Distance (all codes) | Runs | Wins | SR | vs sire | This horse |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6f – 7f | 28 | 1 | 3.6% | −8.3 | — |
| 1m – 1m1f | 86 | 6 | 7% | −4.9 | — |
| 1m2f – 1m4f | 263 | 26 | 9.9% | −2 | — |
| 1m5f – 2m | 2,431 | 273 | 11.2% | −0.7 | 0 from 1 |
| 2m1f – 2m4f | 3,281 | 352 | 10.7% | −1.2 | 1 from 13 |
| 2m5f – 3m | 2,901 | 387 | 13.3% | +1.4 | 0 from 10 |
| Over 3m | 816 | 125 | 15.3% | +3.4 | 0 from 1 |
Flat and jumps together (all codes) · since Jan 2008 · as at 17 Oct 2026 · rows under 30 runs muted · win % is the measure, a record not a forecast
Dam
Blue Berlais (IRE) (Saint Des Saints)
4 siblings in the archive, 4 winners — best of them Thirtyfourstitches (IRE) (10 wins).
The wins came over 2m–2m7f; the highest grade won is Class 3 (Thirtyfourstitches (IRE)).
Family form: We're Out Of Aces (IRE) won at Worcester, 7 Oct 2026.
| Produce | Runs | Wins | Win trips | Best grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Thirtyfourstitches (IRE) | 39 | 10 | 2m4f–2m7f | Class 3 |
| Beauty In The Park (IRE) | 6 | 1 | 2m½f | Class 3 |
| Kelly's Birr (IRE) | 16 | 1 | 2m6f | — |
| We're Out Of Aces (IRE) | 2 | 1 | 2m | Class 4 |
Record by conditions
| Going | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Soft | 12 | 0 | 0% | −12.00 |
| Good | 6 | 1 | 17% | −2.25 |
| Heavy | 5 | 0 | 0% | −5.00 |
| Good to Soft | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Class | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Class 4 | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Course | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Punchestown | 3 | 0 | 0% | −3.00 |
| Clonmel | 3 | 0 | 0% | −3.00 |
| Limerick | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Wexford | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Tipperary | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Tramore | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Gowran Park | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Thurles | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Naas | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Perth | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Fairyhouse | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Downpatrick | 1 | 1 | 100% | +2.75 |
| Navan | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Galway | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Roscommon | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Killarney | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Kilbeggan | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Ballinrobe | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Distance | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2m1f – 2m4f | 13 | 1 | 8% | −9.25 |
| 2m5f – 3m | 10 | 0 | 0% | −10.00 |
| 1m5f – 2m | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Over 3m | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Jockey | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Danny Gilligan | 6 | 1 | 17% | −2.25 |
| Cian Quirke | 5 | 0 | 0% | −5.00 |
| Brian Barry | 4 | 0 | 0% | −4.00 |
| Sean O'Keeffe | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Phillip Enright | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Jack Kennedy | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Paddy Cleary | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Niall Moore | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| J J Slevin | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Philip Donovan | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Philip Byrnes | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Headgear | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| None | 12 | 0 | 0% | −12.00 |
| Cheekpieces | 9 | 1 | 11% | −5.25 |
| Hood | 3 | 0 | 0% | −3.00 |
| Tongue tie | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Season | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 5 | 0 | 0% | −5.00 |
| 2025 | 9 | 1 | 11% | −5.25 |
| 2024 | 9 | 0 | 0% | −9.00 |
| 2022 | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| 2021 | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Type | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hurdle | 20 | 0 | 0% | −20.00 |
| Chase | 4 | 1 | 25% | −0.25 |
| NH Flat | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 13 May 26+24d | Punchestown | Ladbrokes Handicap Hurdle (0-100) (Div 2) Settled with the pack early - moved into 2nd by the 6th - hit one fence three out and dropped to 3rd - fourth approaching the last two - jumped awkwardly at the final fence and couldn't close - held on for seventh without finding more | 7/18 | shd | 11-9 | 93 | 89B | 111A | Sean O'Keeffe | 14/1 |
| 19 Apr 26+68d | Tramore | Anne Valley Walk Handicap Hurdle (0-100) Held up towards the back - brought down at the 3rd | BD/16 | — | 11-7 | 93 | — | — | Sean O'Keeffe | 16/1 |
| 10 Feb 26+19d | Limerick | Munster Suite At Limerick Handicap Hurdle (0-100) Held up towards the back - 9th early - clipped the rail before 4 out - unable to make headway and lost touch after 3 out - pulled up before the last | PU/14 | — | 11-3 | 96 | — | — | Brian Barry | 9/1 |
| 22 Jan 26+14d | Gowran Park | Langton House Hotel Handicap Hurdle (0-100) Tracked the front-runner early - small errors at the 2nd and 3rd fences - midfield around halfway - urged into 4th approaching two out - unable to threaten from the last - stayed on at one gait to finish fifth | 5/15 | ¾ | 11-3 | 96 | — | 109A | Brian Barry | 12/1 |
| 08 Jan 26+19d | Clonmel | Tipperary Handicap Hurdle (0-100) Settled towards the rear - made progress into 6th approaching the straight and moved up to 2nd after 2 out - serious blunder at the last - rallied strongly on the run-in to finish a half-length second | 2/14 | ½ | 11-0 | 93 | 13B | 111A | Brian Barry | 14/1 |
| 20 Dec 25+41d | Thurles | Molony Cup Handicap Chase Settled around midfield - fluffed 9th and unable to close by three out then blundered following fence - held no more finishing effort | 9/16 | 6½ | 10-12 | 103 | 99C | 95C | Brian Barry | 50/1 |
| 09 Nov 25+19d | Naas | Mongey Communications Novice Handicap Chase Sat close up early - slipped back through midfield before fading further with 3 to jump and blundered there - faded into last spot and held no extra late - finished 7th well beaten | 7/9 | 5½ | 11-0 | 105 | 78A | 108A | Danny Gilligan | 16/1 |
| 21 Oct 25+10d | Perth | Follow racingtv On Instagram Handicap Hurdle Settled in the pack - improved on the outer approaching 9th - pushed to close in two out but quickly lost momentum - rallied gamely after the last to finish third | 3/9 | 3½ | 11-2 | 100 | 50A | 118A | Danny Gilligan | 6/1 |
| 11 Oct 25+9d | Fairyhouse | IFM Ltd Supporting Louth GAA Handicap Chase Towards the back of the pack - leapt left - fell away to last after the 3rd - serious blunder 5 out already 5 lengths adrift - ridden to maintain effort from 4 out - plugged on at one speed in the straight but well held in 8th | 8/12 | 2¼ | 10-11 | 105 | 94A | 99A | Jack Kennedy | 7/1 |
| 02 Oct 25+132d | Clonmel | Glenary Handicap Hurdle (0-100) Settled midfield early - moved closer to front group 5 out and pushed up into 7th turning for home - couldn't find more before 2 out - stayed on same effort to finish 5th | 5/14 | ¾ | 11-0 | 93 | 29B | 101A | Paddy Cleary | 9/1 |
| 23 May 25+88d | Downpatrick | Kevin Ross Bloodstock Beginners Chase Shared front spot early - dropped to second briefly then back in charge - driven on after the second last - urged out inside final furlong and a half - stayed on strongly to score | 1/6 | 11-12 | 93 | 55B | 115B | Danny Gilligan | 11/4 | |
| 24 Feb 25+15d | Punchestown | Festival 2025 Group Tickets From 27 Euros Handicap Hurdle (0-100) (Div 1) Settled in the pack early - improved into 6th under pressure two out - soon dropped away and finished well held | 9/15 | 11 | 11-8 | 94 | 50B | 97A | Danny Gilligan | 10/3 |
| 09 Feb 25+25d | Navan | Gibney's Handicap Hurdle Held up towards the back - improved into second and pressed for effort two out - lost that spot at the last then rallied into a place - no threat to winner but stayed on steadily to finish 2nd | 2/12 | 14 | 10-8 | 92 | 117A | 109A | Danny Gilligan | 11/4F |
| 15 Jan 25+57d | Clonmel | Tipperary Handicap Hurdle (0-100) Held up towards the back - still 8th at halfway - moved into 5th 3 out - pushed along and edged into 3rd before the last then stuck on for 3rd | 3/11 | ½ | 11-4 | 90 | 60A | 112A | Danny Gilligan | 11/2 |
| 19 Nov 24+4d | Limerick | Conference & Banqueting Facilities At Limerick Racecourse Maiden Hurdle Driven forward to command early - opened daylight with one other before the 2nd and again past the 4th - advantage narrowed after the 7th - overtaken and slipped to 5th before 3 out where mistake made - lost place from there to finish 11th | 11/14 | 2¾ | 11-7 | 90 | 77C | 87C | Cian Quirke | 2/1F |
| 15 Nov 24+20d | Punchestown | See You On 23rd & 24th November Handicap Hurdle (80-102) Shared front spot early - jumping awkward at 3rd and 8th - blundered before losing advantage 3 out then eased away under pressure to finish well beaten | 9/18 | 2 | 11-1 | 93 | 90B | 87A | Cian Quirke | 12/1 |
| 26 Oct 24+26d | Galway | COLM QUINN BMW Handicap Hurdle (80-95) Held up at the back - 20th soon after the 8th - stumbled at the 10th - shaped up two out and stayed on before the last to finish ninth | 9/20 | ¾ | 11-7 | 95 | 98B | 97A | Niall Moore | 25/1 |
| 30 Sep 24+37d | Roscommon | Image Furnishings Handicap Hurdle (80-116) Settled just behind the front group early - stumbled at the opening fence - third with 5 to jump - went in front for a short spell after that - driven into third turning for home - unable to close in eighth spot 3 out - blundered 2 out and held for the rest of the way | 7/12 | 2 | 10-11 | 97 | 94A | 94A | J J Slevin | 16/1 |
| 24 Aug 24+15d | Killarney | Adare Manor Opportunity Handicap Hurdle (80-102) (Div 2) Held up at the back - stumbled at the 2nd - pushed along but unable to close before 3 out - held on for 10th | 10/14 | 10 | 11-12 | 100 | 94B | 97A | Philip Donovan | 25/1 |
| 09 Aug 24+14d | Wexford | Traynors Of Wexford Handicap Hurdle (80-102) Held up towards the back of the pack - still 9th at halfway after error at the 8th - advanced into 2nd but blundered 3 out - faded quickly under pressure before the following fence and finished 6th | 6/14 | 1¾ | 11-9 | 102 | 69B | 94A | Cian Quirke | 12/1 |
| 26 Jul 24+13d | Kilbeggan | Hurley Family Maiden Hurdle | 7/15 | 11 | 11-12 | 102 | 76C | 97C | Phillip Enright | 16/1 |
| 13 Jul 24+9d | Wexford | Visit Wexford Maiden Hurdle | 5/14 | 6½ | 11-4 | — | 113B | 108A | Phillip Enright | 16/1 |
| 04 Jul 24+682d | Tipperary | O'Driscoll's Irish Whiskey Maiden Hurdle | 10/18 | 1¾ | 11-1 | — | 88B | 97A | Philip Byrnes | 12/1 |
| 22 Aug 22+516d | Ballinrobe | Adare Manor Opportunity Maiden Hurdle | 5/14 | ¾ | 11-8 | — | 94B | 104A | Cian Quirke | 80/1 |
| 24 Mar 21 | Tipperary | Horse & Jockey Point-To-Point Flat Race | 7/14 | 7½ | 11-9 | — | 28C | 97C | Cian Quirke | 22/1 |
Quick answers
- How many races has Coffeys Forge (IRE) won?
- Coffeys Forge (IRE) won 1 of 25 archived starts between 2021 and 2026, a strike rate of 4%. Placed 5 times in total (20% of starts).
- Who trains Coffeys Forge (IRE)?
- Coffeys Forge (IRE) is trained by Sean Aherne, who saddled the horse on its most recent run on 13 May 2026.
- Who is Coffeys Forge (IRE)'s sire?
- Coffeys Forge (IRE) is by Yeats (IRE) out of Blue Berlais (IRE), whose sire is Saint Des Saints.
- What going does Coffeys Forge (IRE) prefer?
- Coffeys Forge (IRE) has the best record on good going: 1 win from 6 starts (16.7%). Only going bands with at least three archived starts are read, so this is a direction rather than a settled preference.
- What is Coffeys Forge (IRE)'s official rating?
- The most recent official rating on record is 93, from the run on 13 May 2026. The highest on record is 105.
- What is Coffeys Forge (IRE)'s sire's record?
- Yeats (IRE)'s progeny in our archive have won 11.9% of 9,806 runs since Jan 2008 (704 horses), Flat and jumps together. Weakest on standard (aw) going: 6.9% from 203. Strongest at trips beyond 3m (all codes): 15.3% from 816.
- Who are Coffeys Forge (IRE)'s siblings?
- Out of Blue Berlais (IRE), Coffeys Forge (IRE) has 4 other produce in our archive, 4 of them winners. Most wins: Thirtyfourstitches (IRE) (10). Highest grade won: Class 3 (Thirtyfourstitches (IRE)). The wins came over 2m–2m7f. As at Oct 2026.