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Key Commander (IRE)

9yo gelding (at last run, Feb 2024) · Last trainer Alastair Ralph · Last owner Peter G Freeman
35 runs · 20 courses · from Jan 2019
As at 14 Oct 2026 · KTB archive: GB, Ireland & France · 2005–present, updated daily
No run recorded since 18 Feb 2024 — 968 days ago. Our archive can't say whether the horse is still in training.
Last run Feb 2024 2 wins · Thurles & Punchestown Last raced off OR 110
KTB Profile

Key Commander (IRE) is 2 from 35. Hasn't won since Dec 2020. Last raced off 110, 15lb below the career-high mark.

Based on 35 archived runs · updated 14 Oct 2026
KTB at a glance OR ↓ 15lb off peak
Official rating110↓ 15lb off peak
110 94–125

KTB Speed and Rating

KTB Speed

Best recent Speed 105 the best of the last 3 graded (A or B) runs · Hereford, 30 Jan 2023

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.

Jumps 26 figures · best 122B · median 93
GoingRunsBestMedianSince 14 Oct 2025
Heavy12122B81—
Soft8109B94—
Good to Soft499A94.5—
Good2117B111.5—
DistanceRunsBestMedianSince 14 Oct 2025
2m1f – 2m4f10122B92—
2m5f – 3m6117B89—
Over 3m5105B95—
1m5f – 2m5109B106—

Of 35 runs looked at, 9 have no figure: obstacles omitted — the race ran a shortened course (4) · did not complete (4) · not enough races on the card to set the day (under 4) (1).

KTB Speed v1 · batch 15 Sep 2026 · GB & Irish racing only · 26 figures from 35 runs · as at 3 Oct 2026 · a record, not a forecast

KTB Rating

Best recent KTB Rating 114A the best of the last 3 rated runs · Carlisle, 20 Feb 2023 Official rating 110 at the last run, 18 Feb 2024

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.

Jumps 30 figures · best 133A · median 108
GoingRunsBestMedianSince 14 Oct 2025
Heavy14129A107.5—
Soft9133A108—
Good to Soft4122A111.5—
Good3111A92—
DistanceRunsBestMedianSince 14 Oct 2025
2m1f – 2m4f11129A111—
2m5f – 3m8114A101—
1m5f – 2m6114B100—
Over 3m5133A117—

Of 35 runs looked at, 5 have no figure: did not complete (or a non-runner row) (5).

KTB Rating v1 · batch 3 Oct 2026 · GB & Irish racing only · 30 figures from 35 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 7.6% of 3,112 runs since Jan 2008 (315 horses).

GoingRunsWinsSRvs sireThis horse
Firm200%−7.6—
Good to Firm11697.8%+0.2—
Good959869%+1.40 from 3
Good to Soft507336.5%−1.10 from 6
Soft886647.2%−0.41 from 10
Heavy394246.1%−1.51 from 16
Standard (AW)248208.1%+0.5—
Distance (all codes)RunsWinsSRvs sireThis horse
Under 6f2100%−7.6—
6f – 7f208209.6%+2—
1m – 1m1f315288.9%+1.3—
1m2f – 1m4f302155%−2.6—
1m5f – 2m978717.3%−0.30 from 7
2m1f – 2m4f843597%−0.61 from 12
2m5f – 3m3763810.1%+2.50 from 10
Over 3m6957.2%−0.41 from 6

Flat and jumps together (all codes) · since Jan 2008 · as at 14 Oct 2026 · rows under 30 runs muted · win % is the measure, a record not a forecast

Dam

5 siblings in the archive, 1 winner — best of them Sinai (IRE) (2 wins).

The wins came over 6f; the highest grade won is Class 5 (Sinai (IRE)).

ProduceRunsWinsWin tripsBest grade
Sinai (IRE)1426fClass 5
Major Return (IRE)50——
False Witness (IRE)100——
Emirates Station (IRE)10——
Terenure (IRE)20——

Record by conditions

GoingRunsWinsSR£1
Heavy 16 1 6% −10.00
Soft 10 1 10% +5.00
Good to Soft 6 0 0% −6.00
Good 3 0 0% −3.00

ClassRunsWinsSR£1
Class 4 3 0 0% −3.00
Class 3 2 0 0% −2.00

CourseRunsWinsSR£1
Kilbeggan 3 0 0% −3.00
Fairyhouse 3 0 0% −3.00
Cork 3 0 0% −3.00
Thurles 3 1 33% +12.00
Limerick 3 0 0% −3.00
Naas 3 0 0% −3.00
Clonmel 2 0 0% −2.00
Navan 2 0 0% −2.00
Gowran Park 2 0 0% −2.00
Southwell 1 0 0% −1.00
Warwick 1 0 0% −1.00
Uttoxeter 1 0 0% −1.00
Carlisle 1 0 0% −1.00
Hereford 1 0 0% −1.00
Ballinrobe 1 0 0% −1.00
Down Royal 1 0 0% −1.00
Killarney 1 0 0% −1.00
Wexford 1 0 0% −1.00
Tipperary 1 0 0% −1.00
Punchestown 1 1 100% +5.00

DistanceRunsWinsSR£1
2m1f – 2m4f 12 1 8% −6.00
2m5f – 3m 10 0 0% −10.00
1m5f – 2m 7 0 0% −7.00
Over 3m 6 1 17% +9.00

JockeyRunsWinsSR£1
Donagh Meyler 12 1 8% +3.00
Richard Condon 5 0 0% −5.00
Alex Edwards 3 0 0% −3.00
B J Foley 3 1 33% +3.00
Jonathan Burke 2 0 0% −2.00
Aidan Kelly 2 0 0% −2.00
Mike O'Connor 2 0 0% −2.00
Phillip Enright 2 0 0% −2.00
Richard Deegan 1 0 0% −1.00
Kevin Brouder 1 0 0% −1.00
Niall P Madden 1 0 0% −1.00
Mr T Hamilton 1 0 0% −1.00

HeadgearRunsWinsSR£1
None 32 2 6% −11.00
Cheekpieces 2 0 0% −2.00
Blinkers 1 0 0% −1.00

SeasonRunsWinsSR£1
2024 2 0 0% −2.00
2023 3 0 0% −3.00
2022 9 0 0% −9.00
2021 7 0 0% −7.00
2020 7 2 29% +14.00
2019 7 0 0% −7.00

TypeRunsWinsSR£1
Hurdle 19 1 5% −13.00
Chase 15 1 7% +0.00
NH 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 ORSpdKTB Jockey SP
18 Feb 24+27d Southwell Try The Racing App This Afternoon Handicap Chase Class 4 · 20.5f · Heavy · 4 ran PU/4 — 11-5 110—— Jonathan Burke 6/1
22 Jan 24+310d Warwick Watch RacingTV For Free For 31 Days Handicap Hurdle Class 4 · 25f · Soft · 7 ran 6/7 9 10-12 10296C90C Jonathan Burke 9/1
18 Mar 23+26d Uttoxeter Award-Winning White Lion Weston Restaurant Handicap Chase Class 4 · 20f · Soft · 9 ran 4/9 6 11-9 11351A113B Alex Edwards 3/1F
20 Feb 23+21d Carlisle Andrew Fairley Retirement Handicap Chase Class 3 · 24.5f · Good To Soft · 11 ran 3/11 9 10-9 11499A114A Alex Edwards 10/1
30 Jan 23+199d Hereford Ely Memorial Fund Handicap Chase Class 3 · 25f · Soft · 12 ran 3/12 1¼ 10-10 115105B117A Alex Edwards 33/1
15 Jul 22+32d Kilbeggan Hurley Family Handicap Hurdle (80-102) 24.5f · Good · 16 ran 16/16 2 11-6 94—86C Donagh Meyler 15/2
13 Jun 22+13d Kilbeggan Fleadh Cheoil na hEireann Mullingar Car Draw Opportunity Handicap Hurdle (80-95) 24.5f · Good · 16 ran 4/16 1¼ 11-10 95117B111A Richard Condon 15/2
31 May 22+40d Ballinrobe www.mchale.net Handicap Hurdle (80-102) 25f · Good To Yielding · 11 ran 5/11 4 11-11 9793A109A Donagh Meyler 7/1
21 Apr 22+30d Kilbeggan KilbegganRaces.com Handicap Hurdle (80-109) 23.5f · Good To Yielding · 15 ran BD/15 — 11-2 97—— Donagh Meyler 20/1
22 Mar 22+24d Clonmel Nire Valley Claiming Hurdle 18.5f · Soft · 11 ran 4/11 9 11-7 10293A111A Richard Condon 16/1
26 Feb 22+32d Fairyhouse Easter Festival 16th - 18th April Handicap Hurdle (80-109) 23.5f · Soft · 18 ran PU/18 — 11-3 105—— Aidan Kelly 25/1
25 Jan 22+17d Down Royal Molson Coors Handicap Chase (0-123) 24f · Yielding · 11 ran 8/11 7 11-6 12086C98C Mike O'Connor 16/1
08 Jan 22+7d Cork GAIN Handicap Chase 20f · Heavy · 8 ran 4/8 ¾ 11-0 12164A111A Mike O'Connor 12/1
01 Jan 22+44d Fairyhouse Tote+ Pays You More At Tote.ie Handicap Hurdle (80-109) (Div 1) 24.5f · Yielding · 19 ran 8/19 3½ 11-6 107—108A Aidan Kelly 22/1
18 Nov 21+18d Thurles Thurlesraces.ie Handicap Hurdle (80-109) 20.5f · Good To Yielding · 18 ran 13/18 1¾ 12-0 10996B106A Donagh Meyler 28/1
31 Oct 21+174d Cork WhatOddsPaddy Handicap Hurdle (80-116) 16f · Heavy · 17 ran 9/17 10 11-13 11161C104C Donagh Meyler 22/1
10 May 21+31d Killarney GMHD Killarney National Handicap Chase 26f · Good To Yielding · 15 ran PU/15 — 10-9 124—— Donagh Meyler 12/1
09 Apr 21+27d Wexford Traynor's Of Wexford For Hardware Novice Handicap Chase 20f · Good To Yielding · 10 ran 5/10 3 10-13 12474A122A Richard Deegan 11/1
13 Mar 21+14d Navan Irish Stallion Farms EBF Novice Handicap Chase Final (Grade B) 24f · Heavy · 12 ran 8/12 6½ 10-3 12592C98C Donagh Meyler 28/1
27 Feb 21+31d Fairyhouse Fingal Hygiene & Safety Rated Novice Chase 25.5f · Soft To Heavy · 4 ran 2/4 2 11-4 12171C117B Donagh Meyler 4/1
27 Jan 21+38d Thurles www.thurlesraces.ie Handicap Chase 21.5f · Soft To Heavy · 12 ran 5/12 36 11-1 12130C100C Donagh Meyler 9/2
20 Dec 20+28d Thurles Molony Cup Handicap Chase (0-109) 25f · Soft · 14 ran 1/14 12-0 10995B133A Donagh Meyler 14/1
22 Nov 20+14d Cork I.N.H. Stallion Owners EBF Beginners Chase 21f · Heavy · 14 ran 8/14 8½ 12-0 11253C102C Kevin Brouder 12/1
08 Nov 20+19d Navan Irish Stallion Farms EBF Beginners Chase 17f · Soft To Heavy · 17 ran 12/17 5½ 12-0 —-6C107C Phillip Enright 150/1
20 Oct 20+230d Tipperary Cashel Beginners Chase 17f · Soft To Heavy · 12 ran 6/12 1¼ 12-0 —91C108C Donagh Meyler 200/1
04 Mar 20+18d Clonmel Mullinahone Rated Novice Hurdle 16f · Heavy · 5 ran 3/5 5½ 11-4 112108C114B Phillip Enright EvensF
15 Feb 20+31d Gowran Park Auto Boland Jaguar & Land Rover Waterford Handicap Hurdle 20f · Heavy · 20 ran 4/20 3¾ 10-7 112—114A B J Foley 8/1
15 Jan 20+17d Punchestown Ladbrokes 'Where The Nation Plays' Novice Handicap Hurdle (80-109) 20f · Soft To Heavy · 12 ran 1/12 10-13 104106C129A B J Foley 5/1
29 Dec 19+30d Limerick Ryans Cleaning Event Specialists Maiden Hurdle 19f · Soft To Heavy · 17 ran 3/17 7 11-4 104122B114A B J Foley 11/2
29 Nov 19+20d Limerick Limerick Racecourse Welcomes The 95 Stop Tour Inter-Firm Charity Raceday Fundraising For Limerick Children Maiden Hurdle 19f · Soft To Heavy · 14 ran 6/14 11 11-9 —101B95A Niall P Madden 4/1
09 Nov 19+238d Naas Irish Stallion Owners Ebf Maiden Hurdle 16f · Soft To Heavy · 25 ran 10/25 14 11-9 ——100C Donagh Meyler 33/1
16 Mar 19+28d Limerick Follow Limerick Racecourse On Twitter (C & G) Maiden Hurdle 16f · Heavy · 14 ran F/14 — 10-7 ——— Richard Condon 22/1
16 Feb 19+20d Gowran Park Sea Moon & Shantou At Burgage Stud Maiden Hurdle 16f · Yielding · 20 ran 4/20 14 11-0 —76B100A Richard Condon 100/1
27 Jan 19+21d Naas BetVictor Maiden Hurdle 16f · Yielding · 24 ran 12/24 hd 11-0 —109B93A Richard Condon 100/1
06 Jan 19 Naas Rushe's Supervalu (Pro/Am) Flat Race 16f · Good · 9 ran 7/9 4¾ 11-2 —106A92A Mr T Hamilton 33/1

Quick answers

How many races has Key Commander (IRE) won?
Key Commander (IRE) won 2 of 35 archived starts between 2019 and 2024, a strike rate of 5.7%. Placed 7 times in total (20% of starts).
Who trained Key Commander (IRE)?
Key Commander (IRE) was trained by Alastair Ralph on the most recent run on record, at Southwell on 18 February 2024.
Who is Key Commander (IRE)'s sire?
Key Commander (IRE) is by Elusive Pimpernel (USA) out of Ten Commandments (IRE), whose sire is Key Of Luck.
What going does Key Commander (IRE) prefer?
Key Commander (IRE) has the best record on soft going: 1 win from 10 starts (10%). Only going bands with at least three archived starts are read, so this is a direction rather than a settled preference.
What is Key Commander (IRE)'s official rating?
The most recent official rating on record is 110, from the run on 18 February 2024. The highest on record is 125.
What is Key Commander (IRE)'s sire's record?
Elusive Pimpernel (USA)'s progeny in our archive have won 7.6% of 3,112 runs since Jan 2008 (315 horses), Flat and jumps together.
Who are Key Commander (IRE)'s siblings?
Out of Ten Commandments (IRE), Key Commander (IRE) has 5 other produce in our archive, 1 of them a winner. Most wins: Sinai (IRE) (2). Highest grade won: Class 5 (Sinai (IRE)). The wins came over 6f. As at Oct 2026.

Record shown from January 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.