Horse profile
Eighty Eight (IRE)
by Dragon Pulse (IRE) out of Divine Flavour (USA) (Pulpit)
47 runs · 14 courses · from Jul 2021
As at 18 Oct 2026 · KTB archive: GB, Ireland & France · 2005–present, updated daily
2 wins · Dundalk (AW) & Gowran Park
Headgear returns LTO
Off 218 days · 9th of 14
Last raced off OR 55
KTB Profile
Eighty Eight is a gelding with two wins from 47 starts, both in handicaps. He won at Gowran Park over 1m – 1m1f on good in Jun 2022 off 71 and at Dundalk over 1m2f – 1m4f on standard in Dec 2024 off 67. He has raced 17 times at Dundalk for one win and 14 times over 1m – 1m1f for one win. His last run, at Dundalk in Mar 2026, was off 55, 49lb below his highest ever mark of 104, where he finished 9 of 14 with headgear returning. He is usually held up.
Based on 47 archived runs · run-style from 7 commented runs · updated 18 Oct 2026
KTB at a glance
Typically held up
OR ↓ 49lb off peak
- 2–47Wins / Runs
- 4.3%Strike rate
- 13 (27.7%)Placed
- −34.00£1 level staken=47 at SP
- 0.47Fair A/E n=47 · 0.37 incl. margin
- 104Highest OR
- 37dAvg 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 rating55↓ 49lb off peak
55
55–104
KTB Speed and Rating
KTB Speed
Best recent Speed 101
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 →
Flat
| Going | Runs | Best | Median | Since 18 Oct 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Standard (AW) | 17 | 110B | 96 | 4 · 101 / 91.5 |
| Good | 13 | 101A | 82 | — |
| Soft | 8 | 110C | 84 | — |
| Heavy | 2 | 107C | 88 | — |
| Distance | Runs | Best | Median | Since 18 Oct 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1m2f – 1m4f | 17 | 110B | 96 | 4 · 101 / 91.5 |
| 1m – 1m1f | 14 | 110C | 87 | — |
| 6f – 7f | 9 | 100B | 77 | — |
Jumps
| Going | Runs | Best | Median | Since 18 Oct 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Good to Soft | 2 | 90B | 84 | — |
| Soft | 1 | — | — | — |
| Good | 1 | — | — | — |
| Heavy | 1 | — | — | — |
| Distance | Runs | Best | Median | Since 18 Oct 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2m1f – 2m4f | 3 | 99B | 90 | — |
| 1m5f – 2m | 2 | 86B | 56 | — |
Of 47 runs looked at, 2 have no figure: obstacles omitted — the race ran a shortened course (2).
KTB Speed v1 · batch 15 Sep 2026 · GB & Irish racing only · 45 figures from 47 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 7 analysed runs
- Held up 4 (57%) · 0 wins
- Led 2 (29%) · 1 win
- Prominent 1 (14%) · 0 wins
Pedigree intelligence
Sire
Progeny in our archive have won 8.9% of 4,259 runs since Jan 2008 (320 horses).
Strongest at trips under 6f (all codes): 13.3% from 570. Weakest over 1m5f – 2m (all codes): 5% from 363.
| Going | Runs | Wins | SR | vs sire | This horse |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Firm | 23 | 2 | 8.7% | −0.2 | — |
| Good to Firm | 447 | 45 | 10.1% | +1.2 | — |
| Good | 917 | 79 | 8.6% | −0.3 | 1 from 14 |
| Good to Soft | 422 | 35 | 8.3% | −0.6 | 0 from 2 |
| Soft | 772 | 47 | 6.1% | −2.8 | 0 from 10 |
| Heavy | 286 | 23 | 8% | −0.9 | 0 from 4 |
| Standard (AW) | 1,392 | 147 | 10.6% | +1.7 | 1 from 17 |
| Distance (all codes) | Runs | Wins | SR | vs sire | This horse |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Under 6f | 570 | 76 | 13.3% | +4.4 | — |
| 6f – 7f | 1,501 | 118 | 7.9% | −1 | 0 from 9 |
| 1m – 1m1f | 926 | 76 | 8.2% | −0.7 | 1 from 14 |
| 1m2f – 1m4f | 685 | 73 | 10.7% | +1.8 | 1 from 17 |
| 1m5f – 2m | 363 | 18 | 5% | −3.9 | 0 from 4 |
| 2m1f – 2m4f | 170 | 14 | 8.2% | −0.7 | 0 from 3 |
| 2m5f – 3m | 42 | 3 | 7.1% | −1.8 | — |
| Over 3m | 2 | 0 | 0% | −8.9 | — |
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
Divine Flavour (USA) (Pulpit)
No other produce in our archive. It holds racing in Great Britain, Ireland and France from 2005, so siblings racing elsewhere won’t appear here.
Record by conditions
| Going | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Standard (AW) | 17 | 1 | 6% | −10.00 |
| Good | 14 | 1 | 7% | −8.00 |
| Soft | 10 | 0 | 0% | −10.00 |
| Heavy | 4 | 0 | 0% | −4.00 |
| Good to Soft | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Course | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dundalk (AW) | 17 | 1 | 6% | −10.00 |
| Curragh | 7 | 0 | 0% | −7.00 |
| Gowran Park | 4 | 1 | 25% | +2.00 |
| Navan | 3 | 0 | 0% | −3.00 |
| Leopardstown | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Ballinrobe | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Down Royal | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Naas | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Punchestown | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Roscommon | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Limerick | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Listowel | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Cork | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Fairyhouse | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Distance | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1m2f – 1m4f | 17 | 1 | 6% | −10.00 |
| 1m – 1m1f | 14 | 1 | 7% | −8.00 |
| 6f – 7f | 9 | 0 | 0% | −9.00 |
| 1m5f – 2m | 4 | 0 | 0% | −4.00 |
| 2m1f – 2m4f | 3 | 0 | 0% | −3.00 |
| Jockey | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ben Coen | 8 | 0 | 0% | −8.00 |
| Danny Sheehy | 6 | 1 | 17% | +0.00 |
| Shane Foley | 4 | 0 | 0% | −4.00 |
| Patrick McGettigan | 3 | 1 | 33% | +4.00 |
| N G McCullagh | 3 | 0 | 0% | −3.00 |
| Brandon Wilkie | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Yudish Geerdharry | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Dylan Browne McMonagle | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Keith Donoghue | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Shane O'Callaghan | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Shane B Kelly | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Robyn Donaghue-Leahy | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Seamie Heffernan | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Donagh O'Connor | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Julian Pietropaolo | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Nicola Burns | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Rory Mulligan | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Leigh Roche | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Tom Harney | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Jack Kennedy | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Jake Coen | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Jordan Gainford | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Headgear | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| None | 37 | 2 | 5% | −24.00 |
| E/ST | 3 | 0 | 0% | −3.00 |
| Tongue tie | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| E/S | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Cheekpieces | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Hood | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Tongue tie + blinkers | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Season | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 3 | 0 | 0% | −3.00 |
| 2025 | 11 | 0 | 0% | −11.00 |
| 2024 | 8 | 1 | 13% | −1.00 |
| 2023 | 9 | 0 | 0% | −9.00 |
| 2022 | 14 | 1 | 7% | −8.00 |
| 2021 | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Type | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Flat | 40 | 2 | 5% | −27.00 |
| Hurdle | 7 | 0 | 0% | −7.00 |
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 Mar 26+21d | Dundalk (AW) | View Restaurant At Dundalk Stadium Handicap (0-60) Went straight to front - pressed for effort and lost command 2f out - dropped away quickly after - finished ninth | 9/14 | 2¾ | 9-11 | 55 | 91B | 59A | Shane Foley | 10/3J |
| 20 Feb 26+21d | Dundalk (AW) | DundalkStadium.com Apprentice Handicap (0-60) Sat close up early - hit front after 1f - asked for effort 2f out - lost the advantage inside final furlong and dropped to 3rd - unable to find more but stayed on same rhythm to finish | 3/14 | 1¼ | 9-11 | 55 | 92B | 85A | Brandon Wilkie | 10/3F |
| 30 Jan 26+51d | Dundalk (AW) | Follow Us On X At DundalkStadium Handicap (0-60) (Div 2) Sat behind the front group early - shared control from the 4f mark and went in front with 4f left - eased over toward the stands rail under pressure 2f out - fought off a challenge inside the final furlong - caught right at the line to finish third | 3/14 | shd | 9-6 | 55 | 101B | 83A | Brandon Wilkie | 4/1F |
| 10 Dec 25+109d | Dundalk (AW) | Happy Christmas From All At Dundalk Stadium Handicap (0-60) (Div 1) Went straight to front - pushed along and lost the advantage 2f out - 5th and unable to close 1f out - held no more late and allowed to finish steadily in 8th | 8/12 | 2¾ | 10-0 | 58 | 86A | 67A | Shane Foley | 11/4 |
| 23 Aug 25+16d | Curragh | Kwiff: Home Of The Supercharge Handicap Held up early - still towards the back at halfway - pushed along approaching 2f out - edged into it briefly before fading in the closing furlong | 11/14 | 11 | 8-7 | 63 | 49C | 52C | Robyn Donaghue-Leahy | 14/1 |
| 07 Aug 25+26d | Leopardstown | BoyleSports Lengthen The Odds Handicap Settled around midpack - blocked and knocked for room turning into the straight - asked for effort for a moment then let finish quietly - well held in 19th | 19/21 | ½ | 9-9 | 65 | 86C | 61A | Seamie Heffernan | 9/1 |
| 12 Jul 25+15d | Dundalk (AW) | Family Funday At Dundalk Friday 15th August Handicap Set the pace early - drawn level 5f from home - pushed for effort with two furlongs left then had nothing more and dropped away inside the final furlong | 7/14 | ¾ | 9-13 | 69 | 90B | 74A | Shane Foley | 6/1 |
| 27 Jun 25+6d | Curragh | James Nolan's Bar Kildare Town Handicap Shared front spot early - urged on and lost place 2f out then slipped to 7th inside final furlong - held no more in reserve at the finish | 14/20 | 1 | 9-5 | 71 | 92C | 72A | Ben Coen | 25/1 |
| 21 Jun 25+28d | Limerick | Racing Again On 12th July Handicap Sent to front early - under pressure and lost command around 2f out - unable to find more in 4th - stayed on same effort to finish | 4/10 | 5 | 9-9 | 74 | 101A | 76A | Donagh O'Connor | 14/1 |
| 24 May 25+15d | Curragh | QuinnBet Emerald Mile Handicap (Premier Handicap) Sat close to the front pack early - pressed for effort with 2f remaining - had nothing more to offer and dropped away - finished 15th | 15/18 | 1¾ | 8-0 | 75 | 82C | 53A | Julian Pietropaolo | 40/1 |
| 09 May 25+84d | Ballinrobe | Burleigh Accountancy Group Handicap Sat close to the front pack - 4th at the midpoint - into 2nd and driven approaching 2f out before slipping back to 3rd early in the last furlong - unable to threaten but stayed on same gear to finish 3rd | 3/8 | 3¼ | 9-12 | 75 | 83A | 93A | Shane Foley | 11/2 |
| 14 Feb 25+16d | Dundalk (AW) | Floodlit Fridays At Dundalk Claiming Race Sat close to the pace - second at halfway - asked for effort early in straight with nothing in hand - slipped back to seventh a furlong out - held to finish 7th | 7/13 | 2½ | 9-9 | 75 | 96B | 82A | Nicola Burns | 7/1 |
| 29 Jan 25+19d | Dundalk (AW) | Put The Fun In Fundraising At Dundalk Handicap (47-80) Went straight to front - opened big daylight and held a ten-length margin by halfway - pushed along from 2f out as the gap shrank - overtaken with a furlong to run - unable to find more and finished well held | 4/6 | 1¼ | 9-5 | 75 | 96A | 73B | Patrick McGettigan | 2/1F |
| 10 Jan 25+23d | Dundalk (AW) | Happy New Year From All At Dundalk Apprentice Handicap (50-80) Went straight to front - opened a big gap early in the straight - urged forward and gap narrowed inside final two furlongs - battled on but overtaken right on the line | 2/11 | ½ | 9-3 | 72 | 101A | 83A | Patrick McGettigan | 5/2 |
| 18 Dec 24+19d | Dundalk (AW) | DundalkStadium.com Handicap (47-70) Set the pace early - opened a big gap by halfway and held it into the straight - margin narrowed a furlong out under a serious challenge - dug deep in the last furlong to hold on | 1/14 | 9-6 | 67 | 109B | 78A | Patrick McGettigan | 6/1 | |
| 29 Nov 24+26d | Dundalk (AW) | Irishinjuredjockeys.com Handicap (47-65) (Div 2) Sat behind pace early - second at halfway - moved to front early in straight - driven up but overtaken inside final furlong and could not match winner's finish - held on for second beaten two and a half lengths | 2/14 | 2½ | 9-9 | 65 | 100B | 84A | Rory Mulligan | 5/1 |
| 03 Nov 24+180d | Curragh | businessplus.ie Handicap Held up towards the back - pushed along and made no headway from the pack around a furlong out - stayed on same speed but never landed a blow - finished well beaten in 14th | 14/26 | hd | 8-2 | 66 | 71C | 65A | Yudish Geerdharry | 50/1 |
| 07 May 24+50d | Navan | Book Your Navan Summer BBQ Packages Handicap (47-70) (Div 2) | 4/18 | ½ | 10-0 | 68 | 105C | 87A | Dylan Browne McMonagle | 5/1F |
| 18 Mar 24+38d | Curragh | QuinnBet Handicap | 9/23 | shd | 9-12 | 68 | 69C | 84A | Dylan Browne McMonagle | 14/1 |
| 09 Feb 24+9d | Dundalk (AW) | Dundalkstadium.com Apprentice Handicap (47-65) (Div 1) | 4/14 | 1¾ | 10-5 | 68 | 90B | 85A | Danny Sheehy | 9/2 |
| 31 Jan 24+19d | Dundalk (AW) | Floodlit Friday Nights At Dundalk Stadium Handicap (47-65) (Div 2) | 2/14 | ½ | 10-1 | 64 | 97B | 86A | N G McCullagh | 4/1 |
| 12 Jan 24+21d | Dundalk (AW) | Floodlit Fridays Return To Dundalk Handicap (50-85) | 7/14 | hd | 8-13 | 67 | 100B | 69A | N G McCullagh | 66/1 |
| 22 Dec 23+16d | Dundalk (AW) | TRM Champion Trainer & Jockey Awards 2023 Handicap (47-75) | 12/13 | 2¼ | 9-11 | 70 | 71B | 55A | Leigh Roche | 14/1 |
| 06 Dec 23+79d | Dundalk (AW) | Irishinjuredjockeys.com Claiming Race | 5/14 | 1 | 9-7 | 72 | 90B | 74A | N G McCullagh | 28/1 |
| 18 Sep 23+17d | Listowel | Adare Manor Opportunity Handicap Hurdle (80-109) | 10/16 | 17 | 11-3 | 100 | 26C | 80C | Tom Harney | 14/1 |
| 01 Sep 23+25d | Down Royal | Kerry Foods Handicap Hurdle (80-109) | 8/14 | 4¾ | 11-5 | 102 | 90B | 104A | Jack Kennedy | 8/1 |
| 07 Aug 23+13d | Cork | Kanturk Handicap Hurdle (80-109) | 10/18 | 2¼ | 11-6 | 104 | 78B | 98A | Keith Donoghue | 22/1 |
| 25 Jul 23+10d | Ballinrobe | David Heneghan Memorial Handicap Hurdle (80-109) | 8/15 | 1 | 11-5 | 104 | 99B | 108A | Keith Donoghue | 15/2 |
| 15 Jul 23+17d | Navan | Treo Eile Retraining Racehorses Apprentice Handicap | 4/6 | ½ | 9-10 | 76 | 70A | 82B | Danny Sheehy | 10/1 |
| 28 Jun 23+163d | Naas | Lucan Bloodstock Build For The Boys Apprentice Handicap | 10/13 | nk | 9-9 | 77 | 73C | 73A | Jake Coen | 16/1 |
| 16 Jan 23+16d | Punchestown | 15% Off Festival Tickets Maiden Hurdle | 10/21 | 4¼ | 11-0 | — | — | 94A | Shane O'Callaghan | 25/1 |
| 31 Dec 22+10d | Punchestown | Play The Tote Exacta On Every Race 3-Y-O Maiden Hurdle | 9/20 | 1¼ | 10-7 | — | 86B | 109A | Shane O'Callaghan | 100/1 |
| 21 Dec 22+60d | Fairyhouse | Thanks To All Our Sponsors In 2022 3-Y-O Maiden Hurdle | 8/14 | 3½ | 11-0 | — | — | 100C | Jordan Gainford | 40/1 |
| 22 Oct 22+14d | Leopardstown | Ann Hartnett Celebration Handicap | 12/14 | nk | 8-7 | 80 | 92C | 65A | Danny Sheehy | 8/1 |
| 08 Oct 22+15d | Curragh | O'Reilly Consulting Group Supporting The IRFU Charitable Trust Apprentice Handicap | 7/19 | ¾ | 9-5 | 81 | 74C | 80A | Yudish Geerdharry | 22/1 |
| 23 Sep 22+39d | Dundalk (AW) | William Hill Racing Radio Handicap (50-85) | 8/14 | 1¼ | 9-12 | 81 | 86B | 75A | Ben Coen | 10/1 |
| 15 Aug 22+14d | Dundalk (AW) | Irish Stallion Farms EBF 'Red God' Handicap | 3/14 | 2¾ | 8-5 | 82 | 110B | 77A | Danny Sheehy | 10/1 |
| 01 Aug 22+10d | Naas | Tote Guarantee On All Win Bets Handicap | 2/13 | ½ | 9-4 | 80 | 110C | 90A | Danny Sheehy | 10/1 |
| 22 Jul 22+24d | Down Royal | ASG & Partners Handicap | 3/7 | 1¼ | 9-4 | 79 | 76A | 83A | Ben Coen | 3/1 |
| 28 Jun 22+16d | Roscommon | Dermot Hughes Car Sales Handicap | 9/13 | ½ | 9-3 | 79 | 107C | 68A | Ben Coen | 15/2 |
| 12 Jun 22+19d | Gowran Park | Ladies Day July 23rd Apprentice Handicap | 1/8 | 9-3 | 71 | 88A | 83A | Danny Sheehy | 5/1 | |
| 24 May 22+13d | Gowran Park | Gowran Park Handicap (47-75) | 6/15 | ½ | 9-11 | 72 | 77C | 74A | Ben Coen | 10/3J |
| 11 May 22+28d | Gowran Park | Golf At Gowran Park Handicap | 2/16 | ¾ | 9-12 | 70 | 92C | 83A | Ben Coen | 5/1F |
| 13 Apr 22+15d | Gowran Park | Irish Injured Jockeys Handicap | 2/11 | 1 | 8-12 | 66 | 91A | 78A | Shane B Kelly | 22/1 |
| 29 Mar 22+211d | Navan | Your New Tote (c & G) Maiden | 15/18 | ½ | 9-8 | — | 54C | 57C | Shane B Kelly | 100/1 |
| 30 Aug 21+44d | Roscommon | Irish EBF Median Sires Series Race | 7/8 | 2¼ | 9-0 | — | 57C | 57C | Ben Coen | 50/1 |
| 17 Jul 21 | Curragh | Juddmonte Farms Expert Eye Irish EBF (C & G) Maiden | 10/10 | 1¾ | 9-5 | — | 45A | 64A | Ben Coen | 33/1 |
Quick answers
- How many races has Eighty Eight (IRE) won?
- Eighty Eight (IRE) won 2 of 47 archived starts between 2021 and 2026, a strike rate of 4.3%. Placed 13 times in total (27.7% of starts).
- Who trains Eighty Eight (IRE)?
- Eighty Eight (IRE) is trained by John James Feane, who saddled the horse on its most recent run on 13 March 2026.
- Who is Eighty Eight (IRE)'s sire?
- Eighty Eight (IRE) is by Dragon Pulse (IRE) out of Divine Flavour (USA), whose sire is Pulpit.
- What going does Eighty Eight (IRE) prefer?
- Eighty Eight (IRE) has the best record on good going: 1 win from 14 starts (7.1%). Only going bands with at least three archived starts are read, so this is a direction rather than a settled preference.
- What is Eighty Eight (IRE)'s official rating?
- The most recent official rating on record is 55, from the run on 13 March 2026. The highest on record is 104.
- What is Eighty Eight (IRE)'s sire's record?
- Dragon Pulse (IRE)'s progeny in our archive have won 8.9% of 4,259 runs since Jan 2008 (320 horses), Flat and jumps together. Strongest at trips under 6f (all codes): 13.3% from 570. Weakest over 1m5f – 2m (all codes): 5% from 363.