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Horse profile

Diamond Nora (IRE)

6yo mare (at last run, Dec 2025) · Trainer Declan Queally · Owner Oakroom Racing Club
by Diamond Boy (FR) out of Essaoira Jewel (IRE) (Bach)
8 runs · 7 courses · from Feb 2024
As at 1 Nov 2026 · KTB archive: GB, Ireland & France · 2005–present, updated daily
2 wins · Limerick & Ballinrobe Headgear returns LTO Last run 2 Dec 2025 · 4th of 15
KTB Profile

Diamond Nora is 2 from 8 on turf, with both wins on soft ground. She took a mares maiden hurdle at Ballinrobe in Apr 2024 and a handicap hurdle at Limerick in Nov 2024 off an official rating of 111. Each win came on a first visit to the course. She finished fourth of 15, having been held, at Clonmel in Dec 2025 in a beginners chase, with headgear returning.

Based on 8 archived runs · run-style from 4 commented runs since Nov 2024 · updated 1 Nov 2026

KTB Speed and Rating

KTB Speed

Best recent Speed 109 the best of the last 3 graded (A or B) runs · Tramore, 1 Jan 2025

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 8 figures · best 147B · median 90
GoingRunsBestMedianSince 1 Nov 2025
Heavy4109B88.52 runs · 98 / 88.5
Soft4147B90—
DistanceRunsBestMedianSince 1 Nov 2025
2m1f – 2m4f4147B103.51 run · —
1m5f – 2m497A651 run · —

KTB Speed v1 · batch 15 Sep 2026 · GB & Irish racing only · 8 figures from 8 runs · as at 3 Oct 2026 · a record, not a forecast

KTB Rating

Best recent KTB Rating 128B the best of the last 3 rated runs · Tramore, 1 Jan 2025 Official rating 118 at the last run, 1 Jan 2025

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 — its best recent day. The KTB Rating on a racecard is a different reading of the same figures: the level the horse has been running to, an average of up to its last six runs with the latest counting most, so the two can differ. A, B or C on a run is how much known form was in that race. What this means →

Jumps 8 figures · best 128B · median 112.5
GoingRunsBestMedianSince 1 Nov 2025
Heavy4128B112.52 runs · 117 / 112.5
Soft4125A111.5—
DistanceRunsBestMedianSince 1 Nov 2025
2m1f – 2m4f4128B1211 run · —
1m5f – 2m4123A991 run · —

KTB Rating v1 · batch 3 Oct 2026 · GB & Irish racing only · 8 figures from 8 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 from 4 analysed runs since Nov 2024

  • Held up 3 (75%) · 1 win
  • Led 1 (25%) · 0 wins

Pedigree intelligence

Sire
Diamond Boy (FR)

Progeny in our archive have won 12% of 2,285 runs since Mar 2016 (287 horses).

GoingRunsWinsSRvs sireThis horse
Good to Firm28828.6%+16.6—
Good6678112.1%+0.1—
Good to Soft4825411.2%−0.8—
Soft7438010.8%−1.22 from 4
Heavy3485014.4%+2.40 from 4
Standard (AW)1715.9%−6.1—
Distance (all codes)RunsWinsSRvs sireThis horse
6f – 7f700%−12—
1m – 1m1f1600%−12—
1m2f – 1m4f18211.1%−0.9—
1m5f – 2m84611213.2%+1.21 from 4
2m1f – 2m4f98510610.8%−1.21 from 4
2m5f – 3m3574612.9%+0.9—
Over 3m56814.3%+2.3—

Flat and jumps together (all codes) · since Mar 2016 · as at 31 Oct 2026 · rows under 30 runs muted · win % is the measure, a record not a forecast

Dam
Essaoira Jewel (IRE) (Bach)

3 siblings in the archive, 1 winner — best of them Ben Thomson (IRE) (1 win).

The wins came over 2m1f.

ProduceRunsWinsWin tripsBest grade
Ben Thomson (IRE)1812m1f—
Jewelinthename (IRE)90——
Molly Honey (IRE)30——

Record by conditions

GoingRunsWinsSR£1
Heavy 4 0 0% −4.00
Soft 4 2 50% +34.00

CourseRunsWinsSR£1
Gowran Park 2 0 0% −2.00
Clonmel 1 0 0% −1.00
Tramore 1 0 0% −1.00
Limerick 1 1 100% +20.00
Wexford 1 0 0% −1.00
Ballinrobe 1 1 100% +16.00
Naas 1 0 0% −1.00

DistanceRunsWinsSR£1
2m1f – 2m4f 4 1 25% +13.00
1m5f – 2m 4 1 25% +17.00

JockeyRunsWinsSR£1
Kevin Sexton 4 1 25% +13.00
Michael Kenneally 2 0 0% −2.00
Philip Donovan 1 0 0% −1.00
Liam McKenna 1 1 100% +20.00

HeadgearRunsWinsSR£1
Tongue tie 5 2 40% +33.00
Hood + tongue tie 2 0 0% −2.00
None 1 0 0% −1.00

SeasonRunsWinsSR£1
2025 3 0 0% −3.00
2024 5 2 40% +33.00

TypeRunsWinsSR£1
Hurdle 6 2 33% +32.00
Chase 2 0 0% −2.00

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
2025 · 3 runs
02 Dec 25+24d Clonmel Clonmel Racecourse Supporters Club Only 100 To Join Beginners Chase 2m1½f · Heavy · 15 ran Held up early - improved from tenth to sixth before making progress into straight - up to sixth two out - hit last - stayed on at one speed in fourth to the line - finished fourth without threatening 4/15 3¼ 10-12 —98B117A Michael Kenneally 5/1
08 Nov 25+311d Gowran Park Irish Stallion Farms EBF Mares Beginners Chase 2m · Heavy · 7 ran Went straight to front - challenged approaching straight then drawn level 3 out - pushed along and lost advantage before the following fence - unable to find more in 3rd before the last 3/7 22 11-0 —79A108A Michael Kenneally 14/1
01 Jan 25+43d Tramore Jimmy Shanahan Memorial Handicap Hurdle 2m1f · Heavy · 9 ran Settled towards the back - still only 7th at halfway before improving into 4th after three out - into 3rd by the last and stayed on for second 2/9 6½ 11-5 118109B128B Philip Donovan 5/1
2024 · 5 runs
19 Nov 24+174d Limerick Panoramic Restaurant At Limerick Races Mares Handicap Hurdle 2m · Yielding · 9 ran Held up at the back early - improved into mid-division approaching the turn - held third then second by the last - finished strongly to snatch it in the closing strides 1/9 11-11 11197A123A Liam McKenna 20/1
29 May 24+40d Wexford Wexford Racecourse Rated Hurdle 2m1f · Soft · 9 ran 8/9 1½ 11-4 11183C100C Kevin Sexton 22/1
19 Apr 24+41d Ballinrobe Bowers Bar & Restaurant Mares Maiden Hurdle 2m1½f · Soft · 14 ran 1/14 10-13 —147B125A Kevin Sexton 16/1
09 Mar 24+13d Gowran Park Best Of Luck To The Irish At Cheltenham Mares Maiden Hurdle 2m · Heavy · 16 ran 10/16 ½ 11-7 —51C88C Kevin Sexton 50/1
25 Feb 24 Naas Naas Racecourse Business Club Maiden Hurdle 1m7½f · Soft · 25 ran 20/25 5½ 11-5 —44C90C Kevin Sexton 25/1

Quick answers

How many races has Diamond Nora won?
Diamond Nora (IRE) won 2 of 8 archived starts between 2024 and 2025, a strike rate of 25%. Placed 3 times in total (37.5% of starts).
Who trains Diamond Nora?
Diamond Nora (IRE) is trained by Declan Queally, who saddled the horse on its most recent run on 2 December 2025.
Who is Diamond Nora's sire?
Diamond Nora (IRE) is by Diamond Boy (FR) out of Essaoira Jewel (IRE), whose sire is Bach.
What going does Diamond Nora prefer?
Diamond Nora (IRE) has the best record on 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 Diamond Nora's official rating?
Diamond Nora (IRE)'s highest official rating on record is 118.
What is Diamond Nora's sire's record?
Diamond Boy (FR)'s progeny in our archive have won 12% of 2,285 runs since Mar 2016 (287 horses), Flat and jumps together.
Who are Diamond Nora's siblings?
Out of Essaoira Jewel (IRE), Diamond Nora (IRE) has 3 other produce in our archive, 1 of them a winner. Most wins: Ben Thomson (IRE) (1). The wins came over 2m1f. As at Nov 2026.

Record shown from February 2024. Our archive holds racing in Great Britain, Ireland and France from January 2005. Any runs before that, or in other countries, are not in it. In-running comments are available from 2024 onward.