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Horse profile

Keats (IRE)

3yo gelding (at last run, Sep 2020) · Last trainer A P O'Brien · Last owner Mrs John Magnier Michael Tabor Derrick Smith
by Galileo (IRE) out of Airwave (GB) (Air Express)
10 runs · 7 courses · from Oct 2019
As at 21 Oct 2026 · KTB archive: GB, Ireland & France · 2005–present, updated daily
No run recorded since 29 Sep 2020 — 2,213 days ago. Our archive can't say whether the horse is still in training.
Last run Sep 2020 · 1st of 8 Won last time out 3 wins · Cork, Killarney & Gowran Park Last raced off OR 101
KTB Profile

Keats (IRE) is 3 from 10, including a Listed win. Won last time out in the Navigation Stakes at Cork — a first Listed win in our archive. All 3 wins have come over 1m – 1m1f.

Based on 10 archived runs · updated 21 Oct 2026
Official rating101↓ 2lb off peak
101 99–103

KTB Speed and Rating

KTB Speed

Best recent Speed 128 the best of the last 3 graded (A or B) runs · Listowel, 22 Sep 2020

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 10 figures · best 128A · median 91
GoingRunsBestMedianSince 21 Oct 2025
Good6128A106.5—
Soft381A78—
Heavy1———
DistanceRunsBestMedianSince 21 Oct 2025
1m – 1m1f4128A112.5—
1m2f – 1m4f4119C81—
6f – 7f278C72.5—

KTB Speed v1 · batch 15 Sep 2026 · GB & Irish racing only · 10 figures from 10 runs · as at 3 Oct 2026 · a record, not a forecast

KTB Rating

Best recent KTB Rating 93A the best of the last 3 rated runs · Cork, 29 Sep 2020 Official rating 101 at the last run, 29 Sep 2020

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 10 figures · best 99B · median 86
GoingRunsBestMedianSince 21 Oct 2025
Good699B93—
Soft387A85—
Heavy1———
DistanceRunsBestMedianSince 21 Oct 2025
1m – 1m1f499B93—
1m2f – 1m4f499A84.5—
6f – 7f285A80.5—

KTB Rating v1 · batch 3 Oct 2026 · GB & Irish racing only · 10 figures from 10 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
Galileo (IRE)

Progeny in our archive have won 14.5% of 18,191 runs since Jan 2008 (1,776 horses).

Strongest over 6f – 7f (all codes): 18.2% from 1,383. Weakest over 2m5f – 3m (all codes): 9.3% from 889.

GoingRunsWinsSRvs sireThis horse
Firm721419.4%+4.9—
Good to Firm2,76544216%+1.5—
Good5,30779014.9%+0.42 from 6
Good to Soft2,34232814%−0.5—
Soft3,84457515%+0.51 from 3
Heavy1,37819013.8%−0.70 from 1
Standard (AW)2,48230412.2%−2.3—
Distance (all codes)RunsWinsSRvs sireThis horse
Under 6f1417.1%−7.4—
6f – 7f1,38325218.2%+3.70 from 2
1m – 1m1f3,02151717.1%+2.63 from 4
1m2f – 1m4f6,8481,05115.3%+0.80 from 4
1m5f – 2m4,23755413.1%−1.4—
2m1f – 2m4f1,64917010.3%−4.2—
2m5f – 3m889839.3%−5.2—
Over 3m1501610.7%−3.8—

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
Airwave (GB) (Air Express)

7 siblings in the archive, 5 winners — best of them Aloof (IRE) (3 wins).

The wins came over 5f–1m2½f; the highest grade won is Group 3 (Aloof (IRE)).

ProduceRunsWinsWin tripsBest grade
Aloof (IRE)2031m–1m2½fGroup 3
Orator (IRE)1231m–1m2fListed
Meow (IRE)525fListed
Auckland (IRE)1321m—
Protege (IRE)411m—
Hudson Canyon (IRE)10——
Tea Party (IRE)20——

Record by conditions

GoingRunsWinsSR£1
Good 6 2 33% −0.83
Soft 3 1 33% −1.38
Heavy 1 0 0% −1.00

ClassRunsWinsSR£1
Class 4 1 0 0% −1.00

CourseRunsWinsSR£1
Curragh 3 0 0% −3.00
Killarney 2 1 50% −0.33
Cork 1 1 100% +2.50
Listowel 1 0 0% −1.00
Leopardstown 1 0 0% −1.00
Gowran Park 1 1 100% +0.62
Newmarket 1 0 0% −1.00

DistanceRunsWinsSR£1
1m – 1m1f 4 3 75% +2.79
1m2f – 1m4f 4 0 0% −4.00
6f – 7f 2 0 0% −2.00

JockeyRunsWinsSR£1
Seamie Heffernan 5 2 40% +0.12
Wayne Lordan 3 1 33% −1.33
Adam Kirby 1 0 0% −1.00
Michael Hussey 1 0 0% −1.00

SeasonRunsWinsSR£1
2020 8 3 38% −1.21
2019 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
29 Sep 20+7d Cork Navigation Stakes (Listed) 8f · Good · 8 ran 1/8 9-5 101112A93A Seamie Heffernan 5/2F
22 Sep 20+9d Listowel Edmund & Josie Whelan Memorial Listowel Stakes (Listed) 9f · Good · 11 ran 2/11 1¾ 9-6 103128A93A Seamie Heffernan 13/2
13 Sep 20+25d Curragh Irish Stallion Farms EBF 'Northfields' Handicap (Premier Handicap) 10f · Good · 22 ran 17/22 3½ 9-6 10361C84C Seamie Heffernan 18/1
19 Aug 20+27d Killarney Sauternes Cup Race 11f · Soft To Heavy · 5 ran 4/5 4½ 9-8 103119C76B Seamie Heffernan 2/1F
23 Jul 20+8d Leopardstown TRI Equestrian Silver Stakes (Listed) 10f · Good · 10 ran 3/10 1¾ 9-2 103101A85A Wayne Lordan 11/4F
15 Jul 20+17d Killarney Killarney Race 8f · Good · 5 ran 1/5 9-9 99113C99B Wayne Lordan 4/6F
28 Jun 20+9d Curragh Finlay Volvo Cars Race 10f · Good · 7 ran 2/7 ¾ 9-10 —47A99A Wayne Lordan 6/1
19 Jun 20+231d Gowran Park Irish Stallion Farms EBF (C & G) Maiden (Div 2) 8f · Yielding · 12 ran 1/12 9-7 —81A87A Seamie Heffernan 8/13F
01 Nov 19+10d Newmarket Heath Court Hotel EBF Novice Stakes (Plus 10) (Div 1) Class 4 · 7f · Soft · 10 ran 4/10 5 9-0 —67A76A Adam Kirby 4/6F
22 Oct 19 Curragh Irish Stallion Farms EBF Maiden (Plus 10) 7f · Soft · 14 ran 4/14 2 9-5 —78C85A Michael Hussey 25/1

Quick answers

How many races has Keats (IRE) won?
Keats (IRE) won 3 of 10 archived starts between 2019 and 2020, a strike rate of 30%. Placed 6 times in total (60% of starts).
Who trained Keats (IRE)?
Keats (IRE) was trained by A P O'Brien on the most recent run on record, at Cork on 29 September 2020.
Who is Keats (IRE)'s sire?
Keats (IRE) is by Galileo (IRE) out of Airwave (GB), whose sire is Air Express.
What going does Keats (IRE) prefer?
Keats (IRE) has the best record on good going: 2 wins from 6 starts (33.3%). Only going bands with at least three archived starts are read, so this is a direction rather than a settled preference.
What is Keats (IRE)'s official rating?
The most recent official rating on record is 101, from the run on 29 September 2020. The highest on record is 103.
What is Keats (IRE)'s sire's record?
Galileo (IRE)'s progeny in our archive have won 14.5% of 18,191 runs since Jan 2008 (1,776 horses), Flat and jumps together. Strongest over 6f – 7f (all codes): 18.2% from 1,383. Weakest over 2m5f – 3m (all codes): 9.3% from 889.
Who are Keats (IRE)'s siblings?
Out of Airwave (GB), Keats (IRE) has 7 other produce in our archive, 5 of them winners. Most wins: Aloof (IRE) (3). Highest grade won: Group 3 (Aloof (IRE)). The wins came over 5f–1m2½f. As at Oct 2026.

Record shown from October 2019. 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.