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Horse profile

Key Challenge (IRE)

6yo mare (at last run, Feb 2017) · Last trainer Shane Crawley · Last owner Shane Crawley
by Key Of Luck (USA) out of Legal Challenge (IRE) (Strong Gale)
1 run · 1 course · from Feb 2017
As at 28 Oct 2026 · KTB archive: GB, Ireland & France · 2005–present, updated daily
No run recorded since 22 Feb 2017 — 3,534 days ago. Our archive can't say whether the horse is still in training.
Last run Feb 2017 · 14th of 15 First-time headgear LTO
KTB Profile

Lightly raced, with 1 archived start in Feb 2017 as a 6yo mare. Finished 14 of 15 at Punchestown last time. By Key Of Luck (USA), whose progeny in our archive have won 9.1% of 2,326 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 98C the best of the last 1 rated run · Punchestown, 22 Feb 2017

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
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%+0.4—
Good to Soft288258.7%−0.4—
Soft372256.7%−2.4—
Heavy145139%−0.10 from 1
Standard (AW)5155410.5%+1.4—
Distance (all codes)RunsWinsSRvs sireThis horse
Under 6f8778%−1.1—
6f – 7f371287.5%−1.6—
1m – 1m1f297237.7%−1.4—
1m2f – 1m4f5335610.5%+1.4—
1m5f – 2m5346412%+2.9—
2m1f – 2m4f331236.9%−2.2—
2m5f – 3m13675.1%−40 from 1
Over 3m3738.1%−1—

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
Legal Challenge (IRE) (Strong Gale)

6 siblings in the archive, 4 winners — best of them Adare Prince (IRE) (3 wins).

The wins came over 2m–3m1f; the highest grade won is Class 3 (Like A Hurricane (IRE)).

ProduceRunsWinsWin tripsBest grade
Adare Prince (IRE)2432m4f–3m1fClass 4
Like A Hurricane (IRE)1422m1½f–2m3½fClass 3
Court Challenge (IRE)1412m—
Whiskey Hall (IRE)1613m—
Morning Anne (IRE)30——
Tara Challenge (IRE)10——

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

Form

DateCourseRace PosBtn Wgt SpdKTB Jockey SP
2017 · 1 run
22 Feb 17 Punchestown Festival Any Day Flexi Ticket Mares Maiden Hurdle 22f · Heavy · 15 ran 14/15 28 10-13 2C98C Robbie Colgan 50/1

Quick answers

How many races has Key Challenge won?
Key Challenge (IRE) has yet to win, from 1 archived start in 2017.
Who trained Key Challenge?
Key Challenge (IRE) was trained by Shane Crawley on the most recent run on record, at Punchestown on 22 February 2017.
Who is Key Challenge's sire?
Key Challenge (IRE) is by Key Of Luck (USA) out of Legal Challenge (IRE), whose sire is Strong Gale.
What is Key Challenge'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.
Who are Key Challenge's siblings?
Out of Legal Challenge (IRE), Key Challenge (IRE) has 6 other produce in our archive, 4 of them winners. Most wins: Adare Prince (IRE) (3). Highest grade won: Class 3 (Like A Hurricane (IRE)). The wins came over 2m–3m1f. As at Oct 2026.

Record shown from February 2017. 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.