Horse profile
Donkey Years (IRE)
by Robin Des Champs (FR) out of Misty Heather (IRE) (Oscar)
34 runs · 18 courses · from Dec 2019
As at 18 Oct 2026 · KTB archive: GB, Ireland & France · 2005–present, updated daily
4 wins · 4 courses
Off 357 days · 8th of 15
Last raced off OR 116
KTB Profile
Donkey Years is a gelding who has won four of 34 starts on turf, all in handicaps bar his first success in a maiden hurdle at Cork over 1m5f – 2m on soft ground in Dec 2019. He has scored three times on soft going, twice over 2m5f – 3m, including at Listowel in Sep 2024 and at Punchestown in Apr 2022 off an official rating of 128. He was held up in four of five analysed runs. He last ran at Galway in Oct 2025, finishing eighth of 15 off an official rating of 116.
Based on 34 archived runs · run-style from 5 commented runs · updated 18 Oct 2026
KTB at a glance
Typically held up
OR ↓ 19lb off peak
- 4–34Wins / Runs
- 11.8%Strike rate
- 11 (32.4%)Placed
- +21.50£1 level staken=34 at SP
- 1.44Fair A/E n=34 · 1.16 incl. margin
- 135Highest OR
- 65dAvg 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 rating116↓ 19lb off peak
116
114–135
KTB Speed and Rating
KTB Speed
Best recent Speed 107
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 | 16 | 118B | 84.5 | 1 · — |
| Good | 6 | 126A | 85 | — |
| Heavy | 3 | 80B | 40 | — |
| Good to Soft | 2 | 95B | 76 | — |
| Distance | Runs | Best | Median | Since 18 Oct 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2m5f – 3m | 17 | 126A | 86 | 1 · — |
| 2m1f – 2m4f | 5 | 82A | 76 | — |
| Over 3m | 3 | 107B | 86 | — |
| 1m5f – 2m | 2 | 84B | 59 | — |
Of 34 runs looked at, 7 have no figure: did not complete (4) · obstacles omitted — the race ran a shortened course (3).
KTB Speed v1 · batch 15 Sep 2026 · GB & Irish racing only · 27 figures from 34 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 5 analysed runs
- Held up 4 (80%) · 0 wins
- Midfield 1 (20%) · 0 wins
Pedigree intelligence
Sire
Robin Des Champs (FR)
Progeny in our archive have won 13.3% of 4,006 runs since Jan 2008 (425 horses).
| Going | Runs | Wins | SR | vs sire | This horse |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Firm | 4 | 1 | 25% | +11.7 | — |
| Good to Firm | 71 | 9 | 12.7% | −0.6 | — |
| Good | 1,071 | 159 | 14.8% | +1.5 | 0 from 7 |
| Good to Soft | 762 | 102 | 13.4% | +0.1 | 0 from 2 |
| Soft | 1,365 | 153 | 11.2% | −2.1 | 3 from 19 |
| Heavy | 717 | 104 | 14.5% | +1.2 | 1 from 6 |
| Standard (AW) | 16 | 3 | 18.8% | +5.5 | — |
| Distance (all codes) | Runs | Wins | SR | vs sire | This horse |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1m – 1m1f | 1 | 0 | 0% | −13.3 | — |
| 1m2f – 1m4f | 13 | 2 | 15.4% | +2.1 | — |
| 1m5f – 2m | 1,045 | 144 | 13.8% | +0.5 | 1 from 3 |
| 2m1f – 2m4f | 1,548 | 208 | 13.4% | +0.1 | 1 from 6 |
| 2m5f – 3m | 1,125 | 138 | 12.3% | −1 | 2 from 20 |
| Over 3m | 274 | 39 | 14.2% | +0.9 | 0 from 5 |
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
Dam
Misty Heather (IRE) (Oscar)
5 siblings in the archive, 3 winners — best of them Simon Squirrel (IRE) (2 wins).
The wins came over 2m–2m4f; the highest grade won is Class 4 (Simon Squirrel (IRE)).
| Produce | Runs | Wins | Win trips | Best grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Simon Squirrel (IRE) | 8 | 2 | 2m–2m2½f | Class 4 |
| Misty's Gift (IRE) | 19 | 1 | 2m3f | — |
| What A Steal (IRE) | 12 | 1 | 2m4f | Class 5 |
| Eleanorofaquitaine (IRE) | 8 | 0 | — | — |
| Heather View (IRE) | 6 | 0 | — | — |
Record by conditions
| Going | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Soft | 19 | 3 | 16% | +30.50 |
| Good | 7 | 0 | 0% | −7.00 |
| Heavy | 6 | 1 | 17% | +0.00 |
| Good to Soft | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Course | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Punchestown | 4 | 1 | 25% | +2.00 |
| Fairyhouse | 4 | 0 | 0% | −4.00 |
| Listowel | 3 | 1 | 33% | +6.50 |
| Limerick | 3 | 0 | 0% | −3.00 |
| Galway | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Wexford | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Kilbeggan | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Leopardstown | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Thurles | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Navan | 2 | 1 | 50% | +4.00 |
| Roscommon | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Killarney | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Clonmel | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Bellewstown | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Ballinrobe | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Gowran Park | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Naas | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Cork | 1 | 1 | 100% | +33.00 |
| Distance | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2m5f – 3m | 20 | 2 | 10% | −4.50 |
| 2m1f – 2m4f | 6 | 1 | 17% | +0.00 |
| Over 3m | 5 | 0 | 0% | −5.00 |
| 1m5f – 2m | 3 | 1 | 33% | +31.00 |
| Jockey | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conor McNamara | 19 | 2 | 11% | +21.00 |
| Mark Walsh | 10 | 2 | 20% | +5.50 |
| Calum Hogan | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Danny Mullins | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Danny Gilligan | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| G B Noonan | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Mark McDonagh | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Headgear | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tongue tie + cheekpieces | 14 | 2 | 14% | +1.50 |
| Tongue tie | 13 | 0 | 0% | −13.00 |
| None | 7 | 2 | 29% | +33.00 |
| Season | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 5 | 0 | 0% | −5.00 |
| 2024 | 9 | 1 | 11% | +0.50 |
| 2023 | 3 | 0 | 0% | −3.00 |
| 2022 | 7 | 1 | 14% | −1.00 |
| 2021 | 6 | 1 | 17% | +0.00 |
| 2020 | 3 | 0 | 0% | −3.00 |
| 2019 | 1 | 1 | 100% | +33.00 |
| Type | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chase | 22 | 2 | 9% | −10.00 |
| Hurdle | 12 | 2 | 17% | +31.50 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 25 Oct 25+31d | Galway | W.B. Gavin & Co. Handicap Hurdle Settled with the pack early - 6th passing the ninth - unable to find extra with two out - dropped away before the last and faded into the final furlong | 8/15 | ½ | 9-13 | 116 | 100B | 108A | Calum Hogan | 16/1 |
| 24 Sep 25+49d | Listowel | Devon Inn Dan Sheehan Memorial Handicap Hurdle Settled midfield - still 8th at halfway - untidy 7th and hampered for room approaching 3 out - driven and beaten back through the field before 2 out - held on for little in the finish | 13/13 | 2¾ | 11-8 | 119 | 63B | 109A | Danny Mullins | 9/1 |
| 06 Aug 25+58d | Wexford | Traynors Of Wexford Handicap Chase Held up towards the back for most of the way - pushed along but made no headway after 3 out - soon dropped away | 7/12 | 20 | 11-4 | 120 | 86C | 107C | Danny Gilligan | 12/1 |
| 09 Jun 25+29d | Roscommon | Tote Connacht National Handicap Chase Held up towards the back of the field - made no headway from 4 out - well held throughout - finished 10th | 10/15 | ¾ | 11-3 | 122 | 66C | 102C | G B Noonan | 16/1 |
| 11 May 25+135d | Killarney | Tote Killarney National Handicap Chase Settled off the pace early - still towards the back at halfway before improving into 7th approaching the straight - asked for effort but made no headway 3 out and beaten well home | 6/14 | 4½ | 10-7 | 123 | 107B | 109A | Conor McNamara | 50/1 |
| 27 Dec 24+33d | Limerick | Tim & Martin Molony Veterans Handicap Chase Settled in behind early - stumbled slightly at the second - made ground into third turning for home - up to second before two out - unable to challenge leader from there - stayed on same speed to finish second | 2/6 | 16 | 12-0 | 125 | 59A | 119B | Conor McNamara | 7/4F |
| 24 Nov 24+17d | Punchestown | Pertemps Network Group Handicap Hurdle (Qualifier) Held up towards the back - 14th at halfway then improved into 9th by 3 out - flattened out and stayed on one gear to the line | 9/15 | 7 | 10-13 | 123 | 118B | 118A | Mark Walsh | 11/1 |
| 07 Nov 24+43d | Clonmel | Clonmel Oil Service Station Handicap Hurdle Sat close to the front group early - 3rd at halfway - up to 2nd approaching three out - driven and slipped back to 4th before the following fence - unable to find more thereafter and held on for 5th | 5/8 | ½ | 11-2 | 124 | 84A | 124A | Mark Walsh | 13/2 |
| 25 Sep 24+52d | Listowel | Devon Inn Dan Sheehan Memorial Handicap Hurdle Settled off the pace early - improved into contention before 2 out - hit the front nearing the last with a slight mistake - stayed on strongly to prevail | 1/13 | 11-3 | 117 | 85B | 134A | Mark Walsh | 17/2 | |
| 04 Aug 24+29d | Galway | Kenny Galway Handicap Hurdle Sat close to the front group fighting for control early - up to 2nd by halfway - 4th with 3 to go - driven but making no headway before 2 out - dropped away late finishing 10th | 10/16 | 3½ | 11-8 | 119 | 89C | 109C | Conor McNamara | 22/1 |
| 06 Jul 24+27d | Bellewstown | QuinnBet Handicap Hurdle | PU/13 | — | 11-9 | 119 | — | — | Conor McNamara | 5/1 |
| 09 Jun 24+23d | Punchestown | K-Mech Mechanical Handicap Hurdle | 2/13 | 3¼ | 11-6 | 117 | 116B | 131A | Conor McNamara | 13/2 |
| 17 May 24+22d | Kilbeggan | Kilbeggan Handicap Hurdle | 3/11 | 2½ | 10-6 | 116 | 126A | 123A | Conor McNamara | 13/2 |
| 25 Apr 24+332d | Wexford | Treo Eile Handicap Hurdle (80-116) | 4/8 | 1 | 12-0 | 116 | 117C | 128A | Conor McNamara | 25/1 |
| 29 May 23+49d | Ballinrobe | McHale Mayo National Handicap Chase (Listed) | 11/15 | 3½ | 11-0 | 132 | 46C | 106C | Conor McNamara | 50/1 |
| 10 Apr 23+74d | Fairyhouse | BoyleSports Irish Grand National Chase (Extended Handicap Chase) (Grade A) | PU/27 | — | 9-9 | 134 | — | — | Mark McDonagh | 40/1 |
| 26 Jan 23+30d | Gowran Park | Goffs Thyestes Handicap Chase (Grade A) | PU/18 | — | 10-9 | 134 | — | — | Conor McNamara | 14/1 |
| 27 Dec 22+65d | Leopardstown | Paddy Power Chase (Extended Handicap Chase) (0-150) (Grade B) | UR/28 | — | 10-11 | 134 | — | — | Mark Walsh | 10/1 |
| 23 Oct 22+30d | Limerick | JT McNamara Ladbrokes Munster National Handicap Chase (Grade A) | 3/16 | 9 | 10-12 | 134 | 109B | 127A | Mark Walsh | 6/1 |
| 23 Sep 22+146d | Listowel | Southampton Goodwill Plate Handicap Chase | 9/11 | 4¾ | 11-10 | 135 | 86A | 112A | Mark Walsh | 6/1 |
| 30 Apr 22+12d | Punchestown | Palmerstown House Pat Taaffe Handicap Chase (0-150) (Grade B) | 1/14 | 10-10 | 128 | 82B | 126B | Mark Walsh | 5/1F | |
| 18 Apr 22+43d | Fairyhouse | beautybasket.ie Handicap Chase | 2/14 | ¾ | 11-5 | 125 | 73B | 141A | Mark Walsh | 10/3F |
| 06 Mar 22+42d | Leopardstown | TRI Equestrian Handicap Chase (Grade B) | 3/14 | ½ | 10-7 | 123 | — | 124A | Mark Walsh | 6/1 |
| 23 Jan 22+27d | Thurles | BetVictor Handicap Chase | 2/8 | nk | 11-3 | 121 | 95B | 129A | Mark Walsh | 4/1 |
| 27 Dec 21+142d | Limerick | Goggin Buckley Handicap Hurdle | 5/16 | 1¼ | 11-12 | 116 | 80B | 124A | Conor McNamara | 12/1 |
| 07 Aug 21+98d | Kilbeggan | Kilmurray's Homevalue Hardware Mullingar Handicap Chase | 6/12 | 6 | 11-5 | 122 | 82A | 116A | Conor McNamara | 15/2 |
| 01 May 21+27d | Punchestown | Palmerstown House Pat Taaffe Handicap Chase (0-150) (Grade B) | 8/20 | 2¾ | 9-10 | 123 | 57B | 111A | Conor McNamara | 20/1 |
| 04 Apr 21+22d | Fairyhouse | Boylesports Novice Handicap Chase (Grade B) | 11/15 | ¾ | 10-6 | 124 | 34C | 95C | Conor McNamara | 12/1 |
| 13 Mar 21+41d | Navan | Proudstown Handicap Chase | 1/9 | 11-5 | 114 | 30A | 126A | Conor McNamara | 5/1 | |
| 31 Jan 21+50d | Naas | Tipper Road Novice Handicap Chase | 12/14 | 31 | 10-5 | 116 | 40C | 93C | Conor McNamara | 9/1 |
| 12 Dec 20+16d | Fairyhouse | Irish Stallion Farms EBF Beginners Chase | 6/11 | 14 | 11-9 | — | — | 94C | Conor McNamara | 28/1 |
| 26 Nov 20+18d | Thurles | Killinan Beginners Chase | 6/13 | 13 | 11-9 | — | 76C | 102C | Conor McNamara | 40/1 |
| 08 Nov 20+336d | Navan | Irish Stallion Farms EBF Beginners Chase | UR/17 | — | 11-9 | — | — | — | Conor McNamara | 40/1 |
| 08 Dec 19 | Cork | Charleville Cheese Maiden Hurdle | 1/24 | 11-5 | — | 84B | 136A | Conor McNamara | 33/1 |
Quick answers
- How many races has Donkey Years (IRE) won?
- Donkey Years (IRE) won 4 of 34 archived starts between 2019 and 2025, a strike rate of 11.8%. Placed 11 times in total (32.4% of starts).
- Who trains Donkey Years (IRE)?
- Donkey Years (IRE) is trained by E McNamara, who saddled the horse on its most recent run on 25 October 2025.
- Who is Donkey Years (IRE)'s sire?
- Donkey Years (IRE) is by Robin Des Champs (FR) out of Misty Heather (IRE), whose sire is Oscar.
- What going does Donkey Years (IRE) prefer?
- Donkey Years (IRE) has the best record on heavy 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 Donkey Years (IRE)'s official rating?
- The most recent official rating on record is 116, from the run on 25 October 2025. The highest on record is 135.
- What is Donkey Years (IRE)'s sire's record?
- Robin Des Champs (FR)'s progeny in our archive have won 13.3% of 4,006 runs since Jan 2008 (425 horses), Flat and jumps together.
- Who are Donkey Years (IRE)'s siblings?
- Out of Misty Heather (IRE), Donkey Years (IRE) has 5 other produce in our archive, 3 of them winners. Most wins: Simon Squirrel (IRE) (2). Highest grade won: Class 4 (Simon Squirrel (IRE)). The wins came over 2m–2m4f. As at Oct 2026.