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Horse profile

Keskesay (FR)

5yo gelding (at last run, Feb 2009) · Last trainer T J Taaffe · Last owner Maurice Clifford
by Key Of Luck (USA) out of Karolo (IRE) (Priolo)
6 runs · 5 courses · from Aug 2007
As at 5 Nov 2026 · KTB archive: GB, Ireland & France · 2005–present, updated daily
No run recorded since 4 Feb 2009 — 6,482 days ago. Our archive can't say whether the horse is still in training.
Last run Feb 2009 · 12th of 14 Headgear returns LTO Last raced off OR 94
KTB Profile

Keskesay (FR) is yet to win from 6 starts. Best effort: 4th of 20 at Down Royal (Feb 2008).

Based on 6 archived runs · updated 5 Nov 2026

KTB Speed and Rating

KTB Speed

No KTB Speed figures for this horse. The engine scores GB and Irish racing from Oct 2016; runs elsewhere, or earlier, have no figure.

KTB Speed v1 · batch 15 Sep 2026 · GB & Irish racing only · 0 figures from 0 runs · a record, not a forecast

KTB Rating

Best recent KTB Rating 110A the best of the last 3 rated runs · Tramore, 14 Apr 2008 Official rating 94 at the last run, 4 Feb 2009

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 — its best recent day. The KTB Rating on a racecard is a different reading of the same figures: the level the horse has been running to, an average of up to its last six runs with the latest counting most, so the two can differ. A, B or C on a run is how much known form was in that race. What this means →

Jumps 5 figures · best 110A · median 109
GoingRunsBestMedianSince 5 Nov 2025
Heavy3109A95—
Good1———
Soft1———
DistanceRunsBestMedianSince 5 Nov 2025
1m5f – 2m5110A109—

KTB Rating v1 · batch 3 Oct 2026 · GB & Irish racing only · 5 figures from 5 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
Key Of Luck (USA)

Progeny in our archive have won 9.1% of 2,326 runs since Jan 2008 (171 horses).

Weakest over 2m5f – 3m (all codes): 5.1% from 136.

GoingRunsWinsSRvs sireThis horse
Firm3213.1%−6—
Good to Firm398389.5%+0.4—
Good576559.5%+0.40 from 1
Good to Soft288258.7%−0.4—
Soft372256.7%−2.40 from 1
Heavy145139%−0.10 from 3
Standard (AW)5155410.5%+1.40 from 1
Distance (all codes)RunsWinsSRvs sireThis horse
Under 6f8778%−1.1—
6f – 7f371287.5%−1.6—
1m – 1m1f297237.7%−1.4—
1m2f – 1m4f5335610.5%+1.40 from 1
1m5f – 2m5346412%+2.90 from 5
2m1f – 2m4f331236.9%−2.2—
2m5f – 3m13675.1%−4—
Over 3m3738.1%−1—

Flat and jumps together (all codes) · since Jan 2008 · as at 5 Nov 2026 · rows under 30 runs muted · win % is the measure, a record not a forecast

Dam
Karolo (IRE) (Priolo)

No other produce in our archive. It holds racing in Great Britain, Ireland and France from 2005, so siblings racing elsewhere won’t appear here.

Record by conditions

GoingRunsWinsSR£1
Heavy 3 0 0% −3.00
Good 1 0 0% −1.00
Soft 1 0 0% −1.00
Standard (AW) 1 0 0% −1.00

CourseRunsWinsSR£1
Down Royal 2 0 0% −2.00
Tramore 1 0 0% −1.00
Cork 1 0 0% −1.00
Limerick 1 0 0% −1.00
Deauville (FR) 1 0 0% −1.00

DistanceRunsWinsSR£1
1m5f – 2m 5 0 0% −5.00
1m2f – 1m4f 1 0 0% −1.00

JockeyRunsWinsSR£1
T G M Ryan 3 0 0% −3.00
A B Joyce 2 0 0% −2.00
Johann Bensimon 1 0 0% −1.00

HeadgearRunsWinsSR£1
None 4 0 0% −4.00
Cheekpieces 1 0 0% −1.00
Blinkers 1 0 0% −1.00

SeasonRunsWinsSR£1
2009 1 0 0% −1.00
2008 3 0 0% −3.00
2007 2 0 0% −2.00

TypeRunsWinsSR£1
Hurdle 5 0 0% −5.00
Flat 1 0 0% −1.00

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 ORKTB Jockey SP
2009 · 1 run
04 Feb 09+296d Down Royal Bank Of Ireland Charity Novice Handicap Hurdle (81-109) 2m · Heavy · 14 ran 12/14 5 10-13 9488C A B Joyce 16/1
2008 · 3 runs
14 Apr 08+23d Tramore Saltan Properties Maiden Hurdle 2m · Good · 15 ran 7/15 shd 11-7 94110A T G M Ryan 14/1
22 Mar 08+45d Cork Buttevant Maiden Hurdle 2m · Yielding · 18 ran 5/18 hd 11-7 101110A T G M Ryan 11/4
06 Feb 08+40d Down Royal Bank Of Ireland Business Banking Maiden Hurdle 2m · Heavy · 20 ran 4/20 5½ 11-7 94109A T G M Ryan 16/1
2007 · 2 runs
28 Dec 07+139d Limerick Ryans Event Cleaners 3-y-o Maiden Hurdle 2m · Heavy · 16 ran 6/16 6 10-9 —95C A B Joyce 9/1
11 Aug 07 Deauville (FR) Prix de Moyaux (Colts & Geldings) (All-Weather) 1m4f · Standard · 4 ran 4/4 2½ 8-10 —— Johann Bensimon 10/1

Quick answers

How many races has Keskesay won?
Keskesay (FR) has yet to win, from 6 archived starts between 2007 and 2009.
Who trained Keskesay?
Keskesay (FR) was trained by T J Taaffe on the most recent run on record, at Down Royal on 4 February 2009.
Who is Keskesay's sire?
Keskesay (FR) is by Key Of Luck (USA) out of Karolo (IRE), whose sire is Priolo.
What is Keskesay's official rating?
The most recent official rating on record is 94, from the run on 4 February 2009. The highest on record is 101.
What is Keskesay's sire's record?
Key Of Luck (USA)'s progeny in our archive have won 9.1% of 2,326 runs since Jan 2008 (171 horses), Flat and jumps together. Weakest over 2m5f – 3m (all codes): 5.1% from 136.

Record shown from August 2007. Our archive holds racing in Great Britain, Ireland and France from January 2005. Any runs before that, or in other countries, are not in it. In-running comments are available from 2024 onward.