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Horse profile

Dubh Eile (IRE)

8yo mare (at last run, Aug 2016) · Last trainer Tim Vaughan · Last owner Paul Bowtell Jonathan Shinton
by Definite Article (GB) out of Aine Dubh (IRE) (Bob Back)
22 runs · 19 courses · from May 2013
As at 21 Oct 2026 · KTB archive: GB, Ireland & France · 2005–present, updated daily
No run recorded since 29 Aug 2016 — 3,704 days ago. Our archive can't say whether the horse is still in training.
Last run Aug 2016 4 wins · 4 courses Last raced off OR 124
KTB Profile

Dubh Eile (IRE) is 4 from 22. Hasn't won since Aug 2016. Every win has come on good or faster ground (0 from 8 on softer). Last raced off a career-high mark of 124.

Based on 22 archived runs · updated 21 Oct 2026
KTB at a glance Wins on good or faster OR at career high

Progeny in our archive

Produce record

As a dam, Dubh Eile (IRE) has 2 produce in the archive, 0 winners.

ProduceRunsWinsWin tripsBest grade
Artistic Endeavour (GB)80——
Eile Tara (GB)30——
Official rating124At career-high mark
124 93–124

KTB Speed and Rating

KTB Speed

No KTB Speed figures for this horse. The engine scores GB and Irish racing from Oct 2016; runs elsewhere, or earlier, have no figure.

KTB Speed v1 · batch 15 Sep 2026 · GB & Irish racing only · 0 figures from 0 runs · a record, not a forecast

KTB Rating

Best recent KTB Rating (jumps) 126A the best of the last 3 rated runs · Aintree, 13 May 2016 Official rating 124 at the last jumps run, 29 Aug 2016

Best recent KTB Rating (flat) 77A the best of the last 2 rated runs · Punchestown, 29 May 2013

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 19 figures · best 131A · median 108
GoingRunsBestMedianSince 21 Oct 2025
Good9131A118—
Soft4107A100—
Good to Firm4115A107—
Good to Soft1———
Heavy1———
DistanceRunsBestMedianSince 21 Oct 2025
2m1f – 2m4f11126A108—
2m5f – 3m5131A115—
1m5f – 2m3112A107—
Flat 2 figures · best 77A · median 69.5
GoingRunsBestMedianSince 21 Oct 2025
Good to Soft1———
Good to Firm1———
DistanceRunsBestMedianSince 21 Oct 2025
1m5f – 2m277A69.5—

Of 22 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 · 21 figures from 22 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
Definite Article (GB)

Progeny in our archive have won 10.5% of 5,617 runs since Jan 2008 (527 horses).

Weakest on standard (aw) going: 5.1% from 138. Weakest over 1m2f – 1m4f (all codes): 4.3% from 211.

GoingRunsWinsSRvs sireThis horse
Firm26519.2%+8.7—
Good to Firm5316913%+2.52 from 5
Good2,03122411%+0.52 from 9
Good to Soft8358910.7%+0.20 from 3
Soft1,3771228.9%−1.60 from 4
Heavy6797410.9%+0.40 from 1
Standard (AW)13875.1%−5.4—
Distance (all codes)RunsWinsSRvs sireThis horse
6f – 7f11218.2%+7.7—
1m – 1m1f49510.2%−0.3—
1m2f – 1m4f21194.3%−6.2—
1m5f – 2m1,81118510.2%−0.30 from 5
2m1f – 2m4f1,90020410.7%+0.22 from 11
2m5f – 3m1,34915611.6%+1.12 from 5
Over 3m2862910.1%−0.40 from 1

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
Aine Dubh (IRE) (Bob Back)

5 siblings in the archive, 2 winners — best of them Lesser (IRE) (4 wins).

The wins came over 2m½f–3m1½f; the highest grade won is Class 3 (Lesser (IRE)).

ProduceRunsWinsWin tripsBest grade
Lesser (IRE)642m½f–3mClass 3
Triopas (IRE)2742m7f–3m1½fClass 4
Dubh Go Leir (IRE)100——
Graceful Grainne (IRE)50——
Nippy Nora (IRE)40——

Record by conditions

GoingRunsWinsSR£1
Good 9 2 22% +1.83
Good to Firm 5 2 40% +2.75
Soft 4 0 0% −4.00
Good to Soft 3 0 0% −3.00
Heavy 1 0 0% −1.00

ClassRunsWinsSR£1
Class 4 7 1 14% −2.67
Class 2 3 0 0% −3.00
Class 5 3 1 33% +0.25
Class 3 2 1 50% +4.50

CourseRunsWinsSR£1
Southwell 2 1 50% +4.50
Aintree 2 1 50% +2.33
Punchestown 2 0 0% −2.00
Cartmel 1 0 0% −1.00
Perth 1 0 0% −1.00
Warwick 1 0 0% −1.00
Newbury 1 0 0% −1.00
Kempton 1 0 0% −1.00
Market Rasen 1 0 0% −1.00
Worcester 1 0 0% −1.00
Newton Abbot 1 1 100% +2.25
Ludlow 1 0 0% −1.00
Fontwell 1 0 0% −1.00
Plumpton 1 0 0% −1.00
Tipperary 1 0 0% −1.00
Cork 1 0 0% −1.00
Gowran Park 1 1 100% +3.50
Clonmel 1 0 0% −1.00
Wexford 1 0 0% −1.00

DistanceRunsWinsSR£1
2m1f – 2m4f 11 2 18% −2.17
2m5f – 3m 5 2 40% +4.75
1m5f – 2m 5 0 0% −5.00
Over 3m 1 0 0% −1.00

JockeyRunsWinsSR£1
Richard Johnson 7 2 29% +0.58
Mr P A O'Donnell 4 1 25% +0.50
Alan Johns 3 1 33% +3.50
Mr R O Harding 3 0 0% −3.00
Michael Byrne 2 0 0% −2.00
Aidan Coleman 1 0 0% −1.00
Sean Bowen 1 0 0% −1.00
Adam Wedge 1 0 0% −1.00

SeasonRunsWinsSR£1
2016 6 1 17% +0.50
2015 7 2 29% +0.58
2014 6 1 17% −1.50
2013 3 0 0% −3.00

TypeRunsWinsSR£1
Hurdle 15 3 20% −0.92
NH Flat 5 1 20% −0.50
Flat 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 ORKTB Jockey SP
29 Aug 16+15d Cartmel Coral.co.uk Handicap Hurdle Class 2 · 25.5f · Good To Soft · 8 ran PU/8 — 10-8 124— Alan Johns 8/1
14 Aug 16+93d Southwell Emily Grace 21st Celebration Handicap Hurdle Class 3 · 24f · Good · 6 ran 1/6 10-3 120118B Alan Johns 11/2
13 May 16+23d Aintree Roa/racing Post Owners' Jackpot Mares' Handicap Hurdle Class 4 · 20f · Good · 11 ran 3/11 hd 11-10 118126A Richard Johnson 4/1F
20 Apr 16+28d Perth Ronnie Thorburn Memorial Mares' Handicap Hurdle Class 4 · 20f · Good · 12 ran 2/12 1¾ 11-9 114126A Richard Johnson 5/1
23 Mar 16+19d Warwick Executive Hire Show Thanks For Attending Mares' Handicap Hurdle Class 4 · 21f · Good · 12 ran 3/12 3¾ 11-10 113131A Richard Johnson 5/1
04 Mar 16+69d Newbury Physicool Handicap Hurdle (In Aid Of West Berkshire Mencap) Class 4 · 20.5f · Soft · 10 ran 6/10 4 11-7 115107A Aidan Coleman 14/1
26 Dec 15+161d Kempton William Hill World Darts Championship Handicap Hurdle Class 3 · 21f · Good To Soft · 14 ran 12/14 9 10-9 11893C Sean Bowen 66/1
18 Jul 15+27d Market Rasen Betfred 'supports Jack Berry House' Handicap Hurdle Class 2 · 20.5f · Good · 9 ran 7/9 ¾ 9-7 12089C Alan Johns 6/1
21 Jun 15+37d Worcester totetrifecta Win Big Money Handicap Hurdle Class 2 · 20f · Good · 12 ran 3/12 14 10-3 120115A Richard Johnson 5/1C
15 May 15+15d Aintree Racing Uk Mares' Handicap Hurdle Class 4 · 20f · Good · 8 ran 1/8 10-10 104122A Richard Johnson 10/3
30 Apr 15+45d Newton Abbot Fred Champion Groundworks Ltd Handicap Hurdle Class 5 · 21.5f · Good To Firm · 13 ran 1/13 11-5 93115A Richard Johnson 9/4F
16 Mar 15+68d Southwell Southwell Annual Membership Offers Handicap Hurdle Class 5 · 20.5f · Good · 14 ran 5/14 3 11-6 94108A Michael Byrne 10/1
07 Jan 15+12d Ludlow Jubilee Restaurant Maiden Hurdle Class 5 · 21f · Soft · 16 ran 7/16 20 10-13 —93C Michael Byrne 100/1
26 Dec 14+11d Fontwell Southern Cranes And Access Mares' Novices' Hurdle Class 4 · 19f · Soft · 9 ran 8/9 3 10-10 —89C Adam Wedge 33/1
15 Dec 14+148d Plumpton J H Builders 'national Hunt' Novices' Hurdle Class 4 · 20.5f · Heavy · 7 ran 7/7 49 10-5 —90C Richard Johnson 12/1
20 Jul 14+9d Tipperary Jim Ryan Racecourse Services Flat Race 16f · Good To Yielding · 8 ran 3/8 3¾ 11-0 —62C Mr P A O'Donnell 9/2
11 Jul 14+20d Cork August Bank Holiday Racing Flat Race 19f · Good · 10 ran 4/10 3¾ 11-0 —110A Mr P A O'Donnell 5/1
21 Jun 14+8d Gowran Park Joe Bollard Memorial Flat Race 20f · Good To Firm · 19 ran 1/19 11-0 —102A Mr P A O'Donnell 7/2
13 Jun 14+359d Clonmel Music After Racing From 'Legends' Flat Race 16f · Good To Firm · 17 ran 3/17 4 11-0 —112A Mr P A O'Donnell 20/1
19 Jun 13+21d Wexford Barrow Mares Flat Race 16f · Good To Firm · 16 ran 10/16 9½ 11-6 —87A Mr R O Harding 6/1
29 May 13+18d Punchestown Punchestown.com Flat Race 16f · Good To Firm · 23 ran 5/23 1 11-4 —77A Mr R O Harding 14/1
11 May 13 Punchestown Racing Again On 29th May Flat Race 16f · Yielding · 22 ran 4/22 3¼ 11-4 —107A Mr R O Harding 33/1

Quick answers

How many races has Dubh Eile (IRE) won?
Dubh Eile (IRE) won 4 of 22 archived starts between 2013 and 2016, a strike rate of 18.2%. Placed 10 times in total (45.5% of starts).
Who trained Dubh Eile (IRE)?
Dubh Eile (IRE) was trained by Tim Vaughan on the most recent run on record, at Cartmel on 29 August 2016.
Who is Dubh Eile (IRE)'s sire?
Dubh Eile (IRE) is by Definite Article (GB) out of Aine Dubh (IRE), whose sire is Bob Back.
What going does Dubh Eile (IRE) prefer?
Dubh Eile (IRE) has the best record on good to firm going: 2 wins from 5 starts (40%). Only going bands with at least three archived starts are read, so this is a direction rather than a settled preference.
What is Dubh Eile (IRE)'s official rating?
The most recent official rating on record is 124, from the run on 29 August 2016. That is also the highest on record.
What is Dubh Eile (IRE)'s sire's record?
Definite Article (GB)'s progeny in our archive have won 10.5% of 5,617 runs since Jan 2008 (527 horses), Flat and jumps together. Weakest on standard (aw) going: 5.1% from 138. Weakest over 1m2f – 1m4f (all codes): 4.3% from 211.
Who are Dubh Eile (IRE)'s siblings?
Out of Aine Dubh (IRE), Dubh Eile (IRE) has 5 other produce in our archive, 2 of them winners. Most wins: Lesser (IRE) (4). Highest grade won: Class 3 (Lesser (IRE)). The wins came over 2m½f–3m1½f. As at Oct 2026.
Has Dubh Eile (IRE) produced winners?
As a dam, Dubh Eile (IRE) has 2 produce in our archive, 0 of them winners. As at Oct 2026.

Record shown from May 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.