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Eye Contact (GB)

5yo gelding · Trainer Donal Commins · Owner Donal Commins
by Expert Eye (GB) out of Sparkling Or Still (IRE) (Kendargent)
13 runs · 13 courses · from Dec 2023
As at 18 Oct 2026 · KTB archive: GB, Ireland & France · 2005–present, updated daily
Ran 44 days ago · 8th of 14 Last raced off OR 103
KTB Profile

Eye Contact is a maiden who has shown placed form in 2 of 13 starts. His best effort came when second of 18 at Cork in Aug 2026. Typically held up, he finished 8 of 14 in the Clarke’s Bar Mullingar Handicap Hurdle at Kilbeggan in Sep 2026 off an official rating of 103. By Expert Eye out of a Kendargent mare, he has raced on turf and all-weather without success.

Based on 13 archived runs · run-style from 6 commented runs · updated 18 Oct 2026
KTB at a glance Typically held up
Official rating103↓ 2lb off peak
103 53–105

KTB Speed and Rating

KTB Speed

Best recent Speed 109 the best of the last 3 graded (A or B) runs · Killarney (IRE), 20 Aug 2026

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 114A · median 81.5
GoingRunsBestMedianSince 18 Oct 2025
Good5114A1085 · 114 / 108
Good to Soft276B512 · 76 / 51
Heavy1——1 · —
DistanceRunsBestMedianSince 18 Oct 2025
2m1f – 2m4f7114A847 · 114 / 84
1m5f – 2m1——1 · —
Flat 5 figures · best 95A · median 84
GoingRunsBestMedianSince 18 Oct 2025
Soft289A86.5—
Good1——1 · —
Heavy1———
Standard (AW)1———
DistanceRunsBestMedianSince 18 Oct 2025
1m2f – 1m4f395A841 · —
1m – 1m1f289A82—

KTB Speed v1 · batch 15 Sep 2026 · GB & Irish racing only · 13 figures from 13 runs · as at 3 Oct 2026 · a record, not a forecast

KTB Rating

Best recent KTB Rating (jumps) 122A the best of the last 3 rated runs · Cork (IRE), 3 Aug 2026 Official rating 103 at the last jumps run, 3 Sep 2026

Best recent KTB Rating (flat) 73C the best of the last 3 rated runs · Listowel, 22 Sep 2025 Official rating 53 at the last flat run, 11 Jul 2026

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 8 figures · best 122A · median 106
GoingRunsBestMedianSince 18 Oct 2025
Good5122A1145 · 122 / 114
Good to Soft2102A100.52 · 102 / 100.5
Heavy1——1 · —
DistanceRunsBestMedianSince 18 Oct 2025
2m1f – 2m4f7122A1077 · 122 / 107
1m5f – 2m1——1 · —
Flat 5 figures · best 73C · median 56
GoingRunsBestMedianSince 18 Oct 2025
Soft256A55.5—
Good1——1 · —
Heavy1———
Standard (AW)1———
DistanceRunsBestMedianSince 18 Oct 2025
1m2f – 1m4f373C611 · —
1m – 1m1f256A55—

KTB Rating v1 · batch 3 Oct 2026 · GB & Irish racing only · 13 figures from 13 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 6 analysed runs

  • Held up 6 (100%) · 0 wins

Pedigree intelligence

Sire
Expert Eye (GB)

Progeny in our archive have won 10% of 2,183 runs since Jan 2008 (196 horses).

Strongest over 1m2f – 1m4f (all codes): 13% from 401.

GoingRunsWinsSRvs sireThis horse
Firm300%−10—
Good to Firm380348.9%−1.1—
Good4945010.1%+0.10 from 6
Good to Soft222198.6%−1.40 from 2
Soft2352410.2%+0.20 from 2
Heavy771316.9%+6.90 from 2
Standard (AW)7727910.2%+0.20 from 1
Distance (all codes)RunsWinsSRvs sireThis horse
Under 6f1331410.5%+0.5—
6f – 7f906758.3%−1.7—
1m – 1m1f5355510.3%+0.30 from 2
1m2f – 1m4f4015213%+30 from 3
1m5f – 2m1571811.5%+1.50 from 1
2m1f – 2m4f4636.5%−3.50 from 7
2m5f – 3m5240%+30—

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
Sparkling Or Still (IRE) (Kendargent)

1 sibling in the archive, 0 winners.

ProduceRunsWinsWin tripsBest grade
Lest Ye Forget (IRE)10——

Record by conditions

GoingRunsWinsSR£1
Good 6 0 0% −6.00
Good to Soft 2 0 0% −2.00
Heavy 2 0 0% −2.00
Soft 2 0 0% −2.00
Standard (AW) 1 0 0% −1.00

CourseRunsWinsSR£1
Kilbeggan (IRE) 1 0 0% −1.00
Killarney (IRE) 1 0 0% −1.00
Cork (IRE) 1 0 0% −1.00
Ballinrobe (IRE) 1 0 0% −1.00
Limerick 1 0 0% −1.00
Downpatrick 1 0 0% −1.00
Ballinrobe 1 0 0% −1.00
Naas 1 0 0% −1.00
Thurles 1 0 0% −1.00
Bellewstown 1 0 0% −1.00
Listowel 1 0 0% −1.00
Clonmel 1 0 0% −1.00
Dundalk (AW) 1 0 0% −1.00

DistanceRunsWinsSR£1
2m1f – 2m4f 7 0 0% −7.00
1m2f – 1m4f 3 0 0% −3.00
1m – 1m1f 2 0 0% −2.00
1m5f – 2m 1 0 0% −1.00

JockeyRunsWinsSR£1
Alan O'Sullivan 4 0 0% −4.00
Seamie Heffernan 3 0 0% −3.00
Ryan Treacy 2 0 0% −2.00
Conor Stone-Walsh 1 0 0% −1.00
Joshua Halford 1 0 0% −1.00
Julian Pietropaolo 1 0 0% −1.00
Killian Leonard 1 0 0% −1.00

HeadgearRunsWinsSR£1
None 4 0 0% −4.00
Tongue tie + cheekpieces 3 0 0% −3.00
Cheekpieces 3 0 0% −3.00
Tongue tie 2 0 0% −2.00
Tongue tie + blinkers 1 0 0% −1.00

SeasonRunsWinsSR£1
2026 7 0 0% −7.00
2025 5 0 0% −5.00
2023 1 0 0% −1.00

TypeRunsWinsSR£1
Hurdle 8 0 0% −8.00
Flat 5 0 0% −5.00

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
03 Sep 26+14d Kilbeggan (IRE) Clarke's Bar Mullingar Handicap Hurdle 19f · Good To Yielding · 14 ran Sat close behind the front pack in 6th - pushed along two out and error at the last while making no headway - dropped away to finish 8th 8/14 6½ 11-0 10376B102A Alan O'Sullivan 7/1
20 Aug 26+17d Killarney (IRE) GMIB Handicap Hurdle 17f · Good · 10 ran Settled midpack early - clipped the second obstacle - held 6th at halfway - stumbled three out and driven on - unable to close from there 6/10 1½ 10-0 104109B107A Conor Stone-Walsh 9/1
03 Aug 26+13d Cork (IRE) Adare Manor Opportunity Maiden Hurdle 18f · Good · 18 ran Settled in the pack - untidy at the 1st - 11th at halfway - moved through to fifth after 4 out - pushed up to second before 2 out - kept on without troubling the winner 2/18 5 11-8 10284B122A Joshua Halford 7/1
21 Jul 26+10d Ballinrobe (IRE) BOYLE Sports Home Of The Early Payout Handicap Hurdle 17.5f · Good · 10 ran Settled in the pack - 6th at halfway - moved left and made ground on the outside before the last - driven to press in the run-in and denied by a whisker on the final strides 2/10 ½ 10-1 100114A114A Alan O'Sullivan 14/1
11 Jul 26+27d Limerick Panoramic Restaurant At Limerick Racecourse Apprentice Handicap (0-60) 12.5f · Good · 12 ran held up at the back throughout without threatening - driven 3f out and wide into the straight - urged over 1f out - found nothing more 9/12 ½ 9-7 5395A61A Julian Pietropaolo 12/1
14 Jun 26+20d Downpatrick Randox Maiden Hurdle 19f · Good · 14 ran Sat close to the front pair - fifth after a small error 4 out - up to fourth 3 out - made ground 2 out - shared the advantage approaching the last - overtaken there and unable to fight back 6/14 hd 11-5 10579B105A Alan O'Sullivan 16/1
25 May 26+161d Ballinrobe McHale ProPel Hurdle 18.5f · Good · 8 ran Restrained in rear - moved up to 6th for a moment at the 5th - unable to make any impact from 3 out and finished well beaten 4/8 15 10-9 —108B116B Alan O'Sullivan 300/1
15 Dec 25+18d Naas BAR 1 Betting Merry Christmas Maiden Hurdle 19f · Soft To Heavy · 20 ran Struggled to keep tabs from the off - dropped away with little impact - finished well adrift 19/20 16 11-7 —27C101C Ryan Treacy 200/1
27 Nov 25+56d Thurles Sign Up To GavinLynchRacing.com Maiden Hurdle 16f · Good To Yielding · 17 ran Held up towards the back - failed to threaten - well held at the finish 12/17 6½ 10-13 —26C99C Ryan Treacy 80/1
02 Oct 25+10d Bellewstown SIS Supporting Irish Racing Handicap (0-60) (Div 2) 12.5f · Soft · 10 ran Held up in the pack - still back in 9th 3f out and asked for effort - 8th approaching final furlong - held on for same pace finish in 7th 7/10 3¾ 9-13 5684C55C Seamie Heffernan 50/1
22 Sep 25+11d Listowel Eric Browne Memorial Maiden 11f · Heavy · 12 ran Sat close to front group early - still 5th at halfway - dropped away entering straight and held no more to give 10/12 1 10-1 —48C73C Killian Leonard 400/1
11 Sep 25+643d Clonmel Slievenamon Maiden 9.5f · Yielding To Soft · 12 ran Held up towards the back - urged into 11th from 4f out with little response - crept on late 9/12 ¾ 9-9 —89A56A Seamie Heffernan 150/1
08 Dec 23 Dundalk (AW) Irishinjuredjockeys.com Maiden 8f · Standard · 13 ran 10/13 6 9-7 —75C54C Seamie Heffernan 25/1

Quick answers

How many races has Eye Contact (GB) won?
Eye Contact (GB) has yet to win, from 13 archived starts between 2023 and 2026. Placed 2 times in total (15.4% of starts).
Who trains Eye Contact (GB)?
Eye Contact (GB) is trained by Donal Commins, who saddled the horse on its most recent run on 3 September 2026.
Who is Eye Contact (GB)'s sire?
Eye Contact (GB) is by Expert Eye (GB) out of Sparkling Or Still (IRE), whose sire is Kendargent.
What is Eye Contact (GB)'s official rating?
The most recent official rating on record is 103, from the run on 3 September 2026. The highest on record is 105.
What is Eye Contact (GB)'s sire's record?
Expert Eye (GB)'s progeny in our archive have won 10% of 2,183 runs since Jan 2008 (196 horses), Flat and jumps together. Strongest over 1m2f – 1m4f (all codes): 13% from 401.
Who are Eye Contact (GB)'s siblings?
Out of Sparkling Or Still (IRE), Eye Contact (GB) has 1 other produce in our archive, 0 of them winners. As at Oct 2026.

Record shown from December 2023. 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.