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Horse profile

Katakana (FR)

6yo mare · Trainer Henry De Bromhead · Owner Duncan Angove
by Muhtathir (GB) out of Vaudaire (FR) (Astarabad)
11 runs · 9 courses · from Jan 2024
As at 25 Oct 2026 · KTB archive: GB, Ireland & France · 2005–present, updated daily
Won at Thurles Last run 16 Jul 2026 · 11th of 15 Last raced off OR 103
KTB Profile

Katakana is a mare who won the Leugh Handicap Hurdle at Thurles in Oct 2025 off an official rating of 95 on good to soft going over 1m5f – 2m. She has one win and two places from 11 starts on turf all of which came in handicaps. Her last run at Killarney (IRE) in Jul 2026 saw her finish 11 of 15 in the Kerry Drains Handicap Hurdle off an official rating of 103. She has raced off her highest ever mark of 109.

Based on 11 archived runs · run-style from 7 commented runs since Sep 2024 · updated 25 Oct 2026
KTB at a glance Typically mid-division
Official rating103↓ 6lb off peak
103 95–109

KTB Speed and Rating

KTB Speed

Best recent Speed 123 the best of the last 3 graded (A or B) runs · Thurles, 16 Oct 2025

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 11 figures · best 123B · median 73
GoingRunsBestMedianSince 25 Oct 2025
Good7108B751 run · —
Soft365B621 run · —
Good to Soft1———
DistanceRunsBestMedianSince 25 Oct 2025
1m5f – 2m7123B651 run · —
2m1f – 2m4f497B771 run · —

KTB Speed v1 · batch 15 Sep 2026 · GB & Irish racing only · 11 figures from 11 runs · as at 3 Oct 2026 · a record, not a forecast

KTB Rating

Best recent KTB Rating 132A the best of the last 3 rated runs · Thurles, 16 Oct 2025 Official rating 103 at the last run, 16 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 11 figures · best 132A · median 100
GoingRunsBestMedianSince 25 Oct 2025
Good7109A1001 run · —
Soft3109A921 run · —
Good to Soft1———
DistanceRunsBestMedianSince 25 Oct 2025
1m5f – 2m7132A1001 run · —
2m1f – 2m4f4108A1011 run · —

KTB Rating v1 · batch 3 Oct 2026 · GB & Irish racing only · 11 figures from 11 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 7 analysed runs since Sep 2024

  • Mid-division 4 (57%) · 1 win
  • Prominent 2 (29%) · 0 wins
  • Held up 1 (14%) · 0 wins

Pedigree intelligence

Sire
Muhtathir (GB)

Progeny in our archive have won 11.3% of 4,711 runs since Jan 2008 (494 horses).

Weakest on standard (aw) going: 7.9% from 967.

GoingRunsWinsSRvs sireThis horse
Firm100%−11.3—
Good to Firm1291310.1%−1.2—
Good90011713%+1.70 from 7
Good to Soft656629.5%−1.81 from 1
Soft1,39517912.8%+1.50 from 3
Heavy6598312.6%+1.3—
Standard (AW)967767.9%−3.4—
Distance (all codes)RunsWinsSRvs sireThis horse
Under 6f3438.8%−2.5—
6f – 7f505438.5%−2.8—
1m – 1m1f950909.5%−1.8—
1m2f – 1m4f949869.1%−2.2—
1m5f – 2m7259713.4%+2.11 from 7
2m1f – 2m4f1,16415513.3%+20 from 4
2m5f – 3m3194313.5%+2.2—
Over 3m651421.5%+10.2—

Flat and jumps together (all codes) · since Jan 2008 · as at 24 Oct 2026 · rows under 30 runs muted · win % is the measure, a record not a forecast

Dam
Vaudaire (FR) (Astarabad)

2 siblings in the archive, 0 winners.

ProduceRunsWinsWin tripsBest grade
Highlander (FR)30——
Jarco (FR)20——

Record by conditions

GoingRunsWinsSR£1
Good 7 0 0% −7.00
Soft 3 0 0% −3.00
Good to Soft 1 1 100% +11.00

ClassRunsWinsSR£1
Class 3 1 0 0% −1.00

CourseRunsWinsSR£1
Wexford 2 0 0% −2.00
Ballinrobe 2 0 0% −2.00
Killarney (IRE) 1 0 0% −1.00
Cheltenham 1 0 0% −1.00
Thurles 1 1 100% +11.00
Downpatrick 1 0 0% −1.00
Tipperary 1 0 0% −1.00
Cork 1 0 0% −1.00
Naas 1 0 0% −1.00

DistanceRunsWinsSR£1
1m5f – 2m 7 1 14% +5.00
2m1f – 2m4f 4 0 0% −4.00

JockeyRunsWinsSR£1
Darragh O'Keeffe 5 1 20% +7.00
Rachael Blackmore 4 0 0% −4.00
Danny Power 1 0 0% −1.00
Mike O'Connor 1 0 0% −1.00

HeadgearRunsWinsSR£1
Hood + tongue tie 10 1 10% +2.00
Hood 1 0 0% −1.00

SeasonRunsWinsSR£1
2026 1 0 0% −1.00
2025 5 1 20% +7.00
2024 5 0 0% −5.00

TypeRunsWinsSR£1
Hurdle 9 1 11% +3.00
Chase 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 ORSpdKTB Jockey SP
2026 · 1 run
16 Jul 26+244d Killarney (IRE) Kerry Drains Handicap Hurdle 17f · Good · 15 ran Handy early - slipped to 8th before the 5th - jumped untidily 3 out and faded before 2 out 11/15 1¾ 11-5 10369C98C Darragh O'Keeffe 15/2
2025 · 5 runs
14 Nov 25+29d Cheltenham Valda Energy Novices' Handicap Hurdle (GBB Race) Class 3 · 16.5f · Soft · 15 ran Held a midpack position early - driven along and lost ground before the final fence - well held at the finish 12/15 1¾ 10-13 10962B92A Darragh O'Keeffe 14/1
16 Oct 25+85d Thurles Leugh Handicap Hurdle (0-100) 16f · Good To Yielding · 18 ran Settled midfield - 8th at halfway - scrappy jump 3 out - moved into 3rd turning into straight - another mistake 2 out - driven up on the inner to hit the front after that - kicked away before the last and ran on strongly to score 1/18 11-10 95123B132A Darragh O'Keeffe 11/1
23 Jul 25+19d Wexford Wexford Racecourse Supporters Club Handicap Chase (0-100) 16f · Good · 12 ran Settled close up early - hit front before 3rd then gave it up after 6th - dropped back in 5th with nothing more to give before 2 out - faded before the last 9/12 2½ 11-10 9675A100A Darragh O'Keeffe 7/1
04 Jul 25+38d Wexford Clearwater Construction Handicap Hurdle (0-100) (Div 2) 17f · Good · 14 ran Held up in the pack - improved a little from three out to sit ninth turning in - stayed on steadily from two out without threatening 6/14 3 11-6 9997B108A Danny Power 25/1
27 May 25+249d Ballinrobe Portwest Handicap Hurdle 16.5f · Good · 15 ran Settled in the pack early - lost touch after 2 out - dropped away late finishing well behind 14/15 11 11-7 10064B80A Darragh O'Keeffe 11/2
2024 · 5 runs
20 Sep 24+78d Downpatrick Irish Stallion Farms EBF Beginners Chase 18f · Good · 11 ran Held up towards the back - midfield around halfway - moved into 5th three out - up to 3rd approaching the last - pushed along and stayed on same speed to finish third 3/11 5½ 10-9 —73B104A Rachael Blackmore 10/3F
04 Jul 24+37d Tipperary TipperaryRaces.ie Handicap Hurdle (80-109) 16f · Yielding · 18 ran 7/18 2¾ 11-1 10065B109A Rachael Blackmore 14/1
28 May 24+17d Ballinrobe Auray Assessors Fillies Maiden Hurdle 16.5f · Good · 15 ran 4/15 8 10-13 —108B109A Mike O'Connor 7/1
11 May 24+104d Cork PADDY MAC Maiden Hurdle 17.5f · Good · 17 ran 6/17 1¼ 11-0 —81C89C Rachael Blackmore 8/1
28 Jan 24 Naas Download The BetVictor App Maiden Hurdle 15.5f · Soft · 16 ran 14/16 36 11-0 —-38C90C Rachael Blackmore 3/1

Quick answers

How many races has Katakana won?
Katakana (FR) won 1 of 11 archived starts between 2024 and 2026, a strike rate of 9.1%. Placed 2 times in total (18.2% of starts).
Who trains Katakana?
Katakana (FR) is trained by Henry De Bromhead, who saddled the horse on its most recent run on 16 July 2026.
Who is Katakana's sire?
Katakana (FR) is by Muhtathir (GB) out of Vaudaire (FR), whose sire is Astarabad.
What is Katakana's official rating?
The most recent official rating on record is 103, from the run on 16 July 2026. The highest on record is 109.
What is Katakana's sire's record?
Muhtathir (GB)'s progeny in our archive have won 11.3% of 4,711 runs since Jan 2008 (494 horses), Flat and jumps together. Weakest on standard (aw) going: 7.9% from 967.
Who are Katakana's siblings?
Out of Vaudaire (FR), Katakana (FR) has 2 other produce in our archive, 0 of them winners. As at Oct 2026.

Record shown from January 2024. 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.