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Horse profile

Keys Best (IRE)

5yo mare (at last run, Mar 2009) · Last trainer Stephen Ryan · Last owner Michael Martin
by Carroll House (IRE) out of Ardera's Best (IRE) (Accordion)
3 runs · 2 courses · from Dec 2008
As at 28 Oct 2026 · KTB archive: GB, Ireland & France · 2005–present, updated daily
No run recorded since 26 Mar 2009 — 6,424 days ago. Our archive can't say whether the horse is still in training.
Last run Mar 2009 · 15th of 18
KTB Profile

Keys Best (IRE) is yet to win from 3 starts.

Based on 3 archived runs · updated 28 Oct 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 87C the best of the last 3 rated runs · Limerick, 1 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. A, B or C on a run is how much known form was in that race. What this means →

Jumps 3 figures · best 87C · median 82
GoingRunsBestMedianSince 28 Oct 2025
Good1———
Heavy1———
Soft1———
DistanceRunsBestMedianSince 28 Oct 2025
1m5f – 2m387C82—

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

Progeny in our archive have won 6.2% of 1,033 runs since Jan 2008 (133 horses).

GoingRunsWinsSRvs sireThis horse
Firm1317.7%+1.5—
Good to Firm11376.2%0—
Good293155.1%−1.10 from 1
Good to Soft10943.7%−2.5—
Soft282217.4%+1.20 from 1
Heavy218167.3%+1.10 from 1
Standard (AW)500%−6.2—
Distance (all codes)RunsWinsSRvs sireThis horse
1m2f – 1m4f10110%+3.8—
1m5f – 2m236145.9%−0.30 from 3
2m1f – 2m4f398266.5%+0.3—
2m5f – 3m328226.7%+0.5—
Over 3m6111.6%−4.6—

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
Ardera's Best (IRE) (Accordion)

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
Good 1 0 0% −1.00
Heavy 1 0 0% −1.00
Soft 1 0 0% −1.00

CourseRunsWinsSR£1
Thurles 2 0 0% −2.00
Limerick 1 0 0% −1.00

JockeyRunsWinsSR£1
Kevin Coleman 1 0 0% −1.00
Andrew P Thornton 1 0 0% −1.00
Ian McCarthy 1 0 0% −1.00

SeasonRunsWinsSR£1
2009 2 0 0% −2.00
2008 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 KTB Jockey SP
2009 · 2 runs
26 Mar 09+53d Thurles Urlingford Maiden Hurdle 16f · Good · 18 ran 15/18 22 10-13 82C Kevin Coleman 66/1
01 Feb 09+42d Limerick Www.limerickraces.ie Maiden Hurdle 16f · Heavy · 13 ran 13/13 27 10-8 87C Andrew P Thornton 50/1
2008 · 1 run
21 Dec 08 Thurles Moycarkey Maiden Hurdle 16f · Soft · 18 ran 14/18 2 10-6 82C Ian McCarthy 50/1

Quick answers

How many races has Keys Best won?
Keys Best (IRE) has yet to win, from 3 archived starts between 2008 and 2009.
Who trained Keys Best?
Keys Best (IRE) was trained by Stephen Ryan on the most recent run on record, at Thurles on 26 March 2009.
Who is Keys Best's sire?
Keys Best (IRE) is by Carroll House (IRE) out of Ardera's Best (IRE), whose sire is Accordion.
What is Keys Best's sire's record?
Carroll House (IRE)'s progeny in our archive have won 6.2% of 1,033 runs since Jan 2008 (133 horses), Flat and jumps together.

Record shown from December 2008. 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.