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Horse profile

Karayaz (IRE)

8yo gelding (at last run, Sep 2023) · Last trainer John J Cullen · Last owner Lisa Hallinan
by Iffraaj (GB) out of Karawana (IRE) (King's Best)
15 runs · 10 courses · from Feb 2022
As at 21 Oct 2026 · KTB archive: GB, Ireland & France · 2005–present, updated daily
No run recorded since 1 Sep 2023 — 1,146 days ago. Our archive can't say whether the horse is still in training.
Last run Sep 2023 Last raced off OR 87
KTB Profile

Karayaz (IRE) is yet to win from 15 starts, though has placed once. Best effort: 2nd of 9 at Sligo (Aug 2022). Last raced off 87, 8lb below the career-high mark.

Based on 15 archived runs · updated 21 Oct 2026
KTB at a glance OR ↓ 8lb off peak
Official rating87↓ 8lb off peak
87 87–95

KTB Speed and Rating

KTB Speed

Best recent Speed 104 the best of the last 3 graded (A or B) runs · Galway, 5 Sep 2022

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 5 figures · best 78C · median 53
GoingRunsBestMedianSince 21 Oct 2025
Good to Soft278C64.5—
Standard (AW)253C43.5—
Good1———
DistanceRunsBestMedianSince 21 Oct 2025
1m – 1m1f257C55—
1m5f – 2m1———
6f – 7f1———
1m2f – 1m4f1———
Jumps 7 figures · best 104B · median 84
GoingRunsBestMedianSince 21 Oct 2025
Good to Soft373B43—
Good3104B87—
Soft1———
DistanceRunsBestMedianSince 21 Oct 2025
2m1f – 2m4f490C65—
2m5f – 3m284B78.5—
1m5f – 2m1———

Of 15 runs looked at, 3 have no figure: did not complete (3).

KTB Speed v1 · batch 15 Sep 2026 · GB & Irish racing only · 12 figures from 15 runs · as at 3 Oct 2026 · a record, not a forecast

KTB Rating

Best recent KTB Rating (flat) 64C the best of the last 3 rated runs · Sligo, 16 May 2023

Best recent KTB Rating (jumps) 106A the best of the last 3 rated runs · Galway, 5 Sep 2022 Official rating 87 at the last jumps run, 1 Sep 2023

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 →

Flat 5 figures · best 64C · median 47
GoingRunsBestMedianSince 21 Oct 2025
Good to Soft264C63—
Standard (AW)247C45.5—
Good1———
DistanceRunsBestMedianSince 21 Oct 2025
1m – 1m1f247C46—
1m5f – 2m1———
6f – 7f1———
1m2f – 1m4f1———
Jumps 7 figures · best 106A · median 96
GoingRunsBestMedianSince 21 Oct 2025
Good to Soft396C96—
Good3106A105—
Soft1———
DistanceRunsBestMedianSince 21 Oct 2025
2m1f – 2m4f4105A96—
2m5f – 3m297A96—
1m5f – 2m1———

Of 15 runs looked at, 3 have no figure: did not complete (or a non-runner row) (3).

KTB Rating v1 · batch 3 Oct 2026 · GB & Irish racing only · 12 figures from 15 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

Progeny in our archive have won 10.6% of 13,951 runs since Jan 2008 (1,089 horses).

Weakest on heavy going: 7.6% from 489.

GoingRunsWinsSRvs sireThis horse
Firm65812.3%+1.7—
Good to Firm2,19925311.5%+0.9—
Good2,9762949.9%−0.70 from 4
Good to Soft1,46415810.8%+0.20 from 6
Soft1,7391408.1%−2.50 from 2
Heavy489377.6%−30 from 1
Standard (AW)5,01858211.6%+10 from 2
Distance (all codes)RunsWinsSRvs sireThis horse
Under 6f84310512.5%+1.9—
6f – 7f5,02554610.9%+0.30 from 1
1m – 1m1f3,81341110.8%+0.20 from 2
1m2f – 1m4f2,6052469.4%−1.20 from 1
1m5f – 2m1,12711510.2%−0.40 from 3
2m1f – 2m4f395369.1%−1.50 from 5
2m5f – 3m123118.9%−1.70 from 3
Over 3m20210%−0.6—

Flat and jumps together (all codes) · since Jan 2008 · as at 21 Oct 2026 · rows under 30 runs muted · win % is the measure, a record not a forecast

Dam
Karawana (IRE) (King's Best)

9 siblings in the archive, 4 winners — best of them Karaktar (IRE) (4 wins).

The wins came over 6f–2m; the highest grade won is Group 3 (Karaktar (IRE)).

ProduceRunsWinsWin tripsBest grade
Karaktar (IRE)841m–1m2½fGroup 3
Karezak (IRE)2212mClass 4
Karatash (IRE)211m2f—
Karamaya (IRE)716f—
Karakhan (IRE)130——
Karbasann (IRE)60——
Karadeniza (IRE)10——
Karadenia (IRE)30——
Karaganda (IRE)20——

Record by conditions

GoingRunsWinsSR£1
Good to Soft 6 0 0% −6.00
Good 4 0 0% −4.00
Standard (AW) 2 0 0% −2.00
Soft 2 0 0% −2.00
Heavy 1 0 0% −1.00

CourseRunsWinsSR£1
Sligo 3 0 0% −3.00
Dundalk (AW) 2 0 0% −2.00
Limerick 2 0 0% −2.00
Ballinrobe 2 0 0% −2.00
Down Royal 1 0 0% −1.00
Kilbeggan 1 0 0% −1.00
Downpatrick 1 0 0% −1.00
Gowran Park 1 0 0% −1.00
Galway 1 0 0% −1.00
Fairyhouse 1 0 0% −1.00

DistanceRunsWinsSR£1
2m1f – 2m4f 5 0 0% −5.00
2m5f – 3m 3 0 0% −3.00
1m5f – 2m 3 0 0% −3.00
1m – 1m1f 2 0 0% −2.00
6f – 7f 1 0 0% −1.00
1m2f – 1m4f 1 0 0% −1.00

JockeyRunsWinsSR£1
Alan King 4 0 0% −4.00
J J Slevin 2 0 0% −2.00
Jordan Gainford 2 0 0% −2.00
Conor Maxwell 1 0 0% −1.00
Niall Moore 1 0 0% −1.00
Kevin Brouder 1 0 0% −1.00
Robbie Geoghegan 1 0 0% −1.00
Siobhan Rutledge 1 0 0% −1.00
Andrew Slattery 1 0 0% −1.00
Seamie Heffernan 1 0 0% −1.00

HeadgearRunsWinsSR£1
None 10 0 0% −10.00
Cheekpieces 3 0 0% −3.00
Tongue tie 2 0 0% −2.00

SeasonRunsWinsSR£1
2023 4 0 0% −4.00
2022 11 0 0% −11.00

TypeRunsWinsSR£1
Hurdle 10 0 0% −10.00
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
01 Sep 23+108d Down Royal Pilgrim's Handicap Hurdle (80-102) 24f · Good To Yielding · 17 ran PU/17 — 10-13 87—— J J Slevin 33/1
16 May 23+25d Sligo countysligoraces.com Maiden 13f · Good To Yielding · 11 ran 11/11 ¾ 10-7 —51C64C J J Slevin 150/1
21 Apr 23+56d Kilbeggan Mullingar Handicap Hurdle (80-95) 24f · Good To Yielding · 16 ran 5/16 1 11-1 8973B95A Alan King 50/1
24 Feb 23+57d Dundalk (AW) View Restaurant At Dundalk Stadium Maiden 7f · Standard · 14 ran 14/14 9½ 9-9 —34C44C Conor Maxwell 200/1
29 Dec 22+83d Limerick Party Time Handicap Hurdle (80-102) 19f · Heavy · 17 ran PU/17 — 10-10 91—— Niall Moore 33/1
07 Oct 22+7d Downpatrick Roadstud Installations Handicap Hurdle (80-102) 18f · Yielding · 14 ran 9/14 1¼ 10-13 9390C83C Alan King 33/1
30 Sep 22+25d Gowran Park Golf At Gowran Park Handicap Hurdle (80-95) (Div 1) 16f · Yielding · 16 ran F/16 — 11-5 93—— Alan King 12/1
05 Sep 22+14d Galway angloprinters.ie Handicap Hurdle (80-109) 16.5f · Good · 20 ran 8/20 1 11-0 94104B106A Kevin Brouder 33/1
22 Aug 22+18d Ballinrobe Burke Family Clonbur Memorial Handicap Hurdle (80-95) (Div 1) 22f · Good · 16 ran 9/16 1½ 11-7 9584B97A Robbie Geoghegan 40/1
04 Aug 22+45d Sligo Mulhern Leonard Chartered Accountants Maiden Hurdle 20f · Good · 9 ran 2/9 6 10-11 —87A105A Alan King 125/1
20 Jun 22+34d Ballinrobe Eamon Sheridan Groundworks Maiden 9.5f · Good · 14 ran 11/14 4¾ 9-4 —57C45C Siobhan Rutledge 150/1
17 May 22+31d Sligo Hazel Wood Maiden 10.5f · Good To Yielding · 10 ran 8/10 7 9-9 —78C62C Andrew Slattery 250/1
16 Apr 22+20d Fairyhouse Mongey Communications Maiden Hurdle 20f · Good To Yielding · 22 ran 13/22 1¼ 11-12 —43C96C Jordan Gainford 300/1
27 Mar 22+39d Limerick Nevilles Bar And Restaurant Irish EBF Maiden Hurdle (Div 1) 19f · Good To Yielding · 13 ran 9/13 9½ 11-12 —28C96C Jordan Gainford 50/1
16 Feb 22 Dundalk (AW) Find Us On Facebook At dundalkstadium Maiden 8f · Standard · 13 ran 11/13 nse 9-9 —53C47C Seamie Heffernan 22/1

Quick answers

How many races has Karayaz (IRE) won?
Karayaz (IRE) has yet to win, from 15 archived starts between 2022 and 2023. Placed 1 time in total (6.7% of starts).
Who trained Karayaz (IRE)?
Karayaz (IRE) was trained by John J Cullen on the most recent run on record, at Down Royal on 1 September 2023.
Who is Karayaz (IRE)'s sire?
Karayaz (IRE) is by Iffraaj (GB) out of Karawana (IRE), whose sire is King's Best.
What is Karayaz (IRE)'s official rating?
The most recent official rating on record is 87, from the run on 1 September 2023. The highest on record is 95.
What is Karayaz (IRE)'s sire's record?
Iffraaj (GB)'s progeny in our archive have won 10.6% of 13,951 runs since Jan 2008 (1,089 horses), Flat and jumps together. Weakest on heavy going: 7.6% from 489.
Who are Karayaz (IRE)'s siblings?
Out of Karawana (IRE), Karayaz (IRE) has 9 other produce in our archive, 4 of them winners. Most wins: Karaktar (IRE) (4). Highest grade won: Group 3 (Karaktar (IRE)). The wins came over 6f–2m. As at Oct 2026.

Record shown from February 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.