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Horse profile

John Mcclane (IRE)

5yo gelding (at last run, May 2022) · Last trainer Gordon Elliott · Last owner Oghill House Stud Limited
by Born To Sea (IRE) out of Dffra (IRE) (Refuse To Bend)
1 run · 1 course · from May 2022
As at 28 Oct 2026 · KTB archive: GB, Ireland & France · 2005–present, updated daily
No run recorded since 13 May 2022 — 1,628 days ago. Our archive can't say whether the horse is still in training.
Last run May 2022 · 11th of 14
KTB Profile

Lightly raced, with 1 archived start in May 2022 as a 5yo gelding. Finished 11 of 14 at Kilbeggan last time. By Born To Sea (IRE), whose progeny in our archive have won 9.1% of 4,281 runs since Jan 2008.

Based on 1 archived run · updated 28 Oct 2026

KTB Speed and Rating

KTB Speed

Best recent Speed — no A or B graded figure in the last 3 runs; the figures below carry grade C

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 1 figure · too few for a breakdown

KTB Speed v1 · batch 15 Sep 2026 · GB & Irish racing only · 1 figure from 1 run · as at 3 Oct 2026 · a record, not a forecast

KTB Rating

Best recent KTB Rating 97C the best of the last 1 rated run · Kilbeggan, 13 May 2022

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 1 figure · too few for a breakdown

KTB Rating v1 · batch 3 Oct 2026 · GB & Irish racing only · 1 figure from 1 run · 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

Progeny in our archive have won 9.1% of 4,281 runs since Jan 2008 (311 horses).

Strongest on soft going: 12.1% from 967. Weakest on standard (aw) going: 4.4% from 865. Weakest over 6f – 7f (all codes): 5.8% from 724.

GoingRunsWinsSRvs sireThis horse
Firm2229.1%0—
Good to Firm378349%−0.1—
Good1,1101089.7%+0.60 from 1
Good to Soft5715910.3%+1.2—
Soft96711712.1%+3—
Heavy366318.5%−0.6—
Standard (AW)865384.4%−4.7—
Distance (all codes)RunsWinsSRvs sireThis horse
Under 6f190136.8%−2.3—
6f – 7f724425.8%−3.3—
1m – 1m1f632436.8%−2.3—
1m2f – 1m4f8859010.2%+1.1—
1m5f – 2m99211011.1%+20 from 1
2m1f – 2m4f6527411.3%+2.2—
2m5f – 3m167148.4%−0.7—
Over 3m3937.7%−1.4—

Flat and jumps together (all codes) · since Jan 2008 · as at 27 Oct 2026 · rows under 30 runs muted · win % is the measure, a record not a forecast

Dam
Dffra (IRE) (Refuse To Bend)

3 siblings in the archive, 2 winners — best of them Hello Power (IRE) (2 wins).

The wins came over 6f–1m; the highest grade won is Class 5 (Al Reeh (IRE)).

ProduceRunsWinsWin tripsBest grade
Hello Power (IRE)2527f–1mClass 6
Al Reeh (IRE)1816fClass 5
Cotton Camera (IRE)80——

Too few runs for meaningful splits. The full record is below.

Form

DateCourseRace PosBtn Wgt SpdKTB Jockey SP
2022 · 1 run
13 May 22 Kilbeggan Racing Again June 5th (Pro/Am) Flat Race 16f · Good · 14 ran 11/14 2 11-7 97C97C Carl Millar 20/1

Quick answers

How many races has John Mcclane won?
John Mcclane (IRE) has yet to win, from 1 archived start in 2022.
Who trained John Mcclane?
John Mcclane (IRE) was trained by Gordon Elliott on the most recent run on record, at Kilbeggan on 13 May 2022.
Who is John Mcclane's sire?
John Mcclane (IRE) is by Born To Sea (IRE) out of Dffra (IRE), whose sire is Refuse To Bend.
What is John Mcclane's sire's record?
Born To Sea (IRE)'s progeny in our archive have won 9.1% of 4,281 runs since Jan 2008 (311 horses), Flat and jumps together. Strongest on soft going: 12.1% from 967. Weakest on standard (aw) going: 4.4% from 865. Weakest over 6f – 7f (all codes): 5.8% from 724.
Who are John Mcclane's siblings?
Out of Dffra (IRE), John Mcclane (IRE) has 3 other produce in our archive, 2 of them winners. Most wins: Hello Power (IRE) (2). Highest grade won: Class 5 (Al Reeh (IRE)). The wins came over 6f–1m. As at Oct 2026.

Record shown from May 2022. 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.