Horse profile
Killeaney Bear (IRE)
by Kodi Bear (IRE) out of Sunset Dream (IRE) (Acclamation)
16 runs · 10 courses · from Aug 2023
As at 28 Oct 2026 · KTB archive: GB, Ireland & France · 2005–present, updated daily
No run recorded since 13 Jul 2025 — 471 days ago. Our archive can't say whether the horse is still in training.
Last run Jul 2025 · 1st of 13
Won last time out
4 wins · 4 courses
Headgear returns LTO
KTB Profile
Killeaney Bear won four of 16 starts on turf. All four wins came on good or faster ground with three of them over 1m to 1m1f in handicaps off marks of 62, 69 and 71. He also took the Durkin Bros. Electrical Maiden Hurdle at Sligo over 2m1f to 2m4f on good ground in Jul 2025 when leading. The gelding was aged 4 at his last run in Jul 2025.
Based on 16 archived runs · run-style from 8 commented runs since Aug 2024 · updated 28 Oct 2026
KTB at a glance
Typically prominent
Wins on good or faster
- 4–16Wins / Runs
- 25%Strike rate
- 6 (37.5%)Placed
- +12.83£1 level staken=16 at SP
- 2.10Fair A/E n=16 · 1.70 incl. margin
- 76Highest OR
- 46dAvg between runs
A/E compares actual wins with what starting prices implied. "Fair" strips the bookmaker margin from the expectation, so favourites and longshots are judged on the same footing — figures near 1.00 mean the market priced this horse about right.
Official rating73↓ 3lb off peak
73
62–76
KTB Speed and Rating
KTB Speed
Best recent Speed 112
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
| Going | Runs | Best | Median | Since 28 Oct 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Good | 2 | 112B | 112 | — |
| Distance | Runs | Best | Median | Since 28 Oct 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2m1f – 2m4f | 2 | 112B | 112 | — |
Flat
| Going | Runs | Best | Median | Since 28 Oct 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Good | 7 | 99A | 87 | — |
| Soft | 4 | 115A | 78 | — |
| Good to Firm | 2 | 98A | 75 | — |
| Heavy | 1 | — | — | — |
| Distance | Runs | Best | Median | Since 28 Oct 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1m – 1m1f | 10 | 99A | 67.5 | — |
| 1m2f – 1m4f | 3 | 115A | 96 | — |
| 6f – 7f | 1 | — | — | — |
KTB Speed v1 · batch 15 Sep 2026 · GB & Irish racing only · 16 figures from 16 runs · as at 3 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 from 8 analysed runs since Aug 2024
- Prominent 5 (63%) · 1 win
- Led 3 (38%) · 1 win
Pedigree intelligence
Sire
Progeny in our archive have won 10.3% of 3,954 runs since Jan 2008 (387 horses).
| Going | Runs | Wins | SR | vs sire | This horse |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Firm | 11 | 3 | 27.3% | +17 | — |
| Good to Firm | 535 | 65 | 12.1% | +1.8 | 2 from 2 |
| Good | 1,027 | 108 | 10.5% | +0.2 | 2 from 9 |
| Good to Soft | 375 | 34 | 9.1% | −1.2 | — |
| Soft | 536 | 51 | 9.5% | −0.8 | 0 from 4 |
| Heavy | 144 | 14 | 9.7% | −0.6 | 0 from 1 |
| Standard (AW) | 1,326 | 133 | 10% | −0.3 | — |
| Distance (all codes) | Runs | Wins | SR | vs sire | This horse |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Under 6f | 554 | 69 | 12.5% | +2.2 | — |
| 6f – 7f | 2,237 | 239 | 10.7% | +0.4 | 0 from 1 |
| 1m – 1m1f | 732 | 64 | 8.7% | −1.6 | 3 from 10 |
| 1m2f – 1m4f | 258 | 19 | 7.4% | −2.9 | 0 from 3 |
| 1m5f – 2m | 112 | 11 | 9.8% | −0.5 | — |
| 2m1f – 2m4f | 48 | 4 | 8.3% | −2 | 1 from 2 |
| 2m5f – 3m | 10 | 2 | 20% | +9.7 | — |
| Over 3m | 3 | 0 | 0% | −10.3 | — |
Flat and jumps together (all codes) · since Jan 2008 · as at 28 Oct 2026 · rows under 30 runs muted · win % is the measure, a record not a forecast
Dam
Sunset Dream (IRE) (Acclamation)
3 siblings in the archive, 2 winners — best of them Nightcliff (IRE) (1 win).
The wins came over 6f–7f; the highest grade won is Class 4 (Barefoot Beach (IRE)).
| Produce | Runs | Wins | Win trips | Best grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nightcliff (IRE) | 12 | 1 | 7f | — |
| Barefoot Beach (IRE) | 4 | 1 | 6f | Class 4 |
| Velvet Dusk (IRE) | 1 | 0 | — | — |
Record by conditions
| Going | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Good | 9 | 2 | 22% | −2.67 |
| Soft | 4 | 0 | 0% | −4.00 |
| Good to Firm | 2 | 2 | 100% | +20.50 |
| Heavy | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Course | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cork | 4 | 1 | 25% | +1.50 |
| Curragh | 3 | 0 | 0% | −3.00 |
| Leopardstown | 2 | 1 | 50% | +2.50 |
| Sligo | 1 | 1 | 100% | +0.83 |
| Naas | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Roscommon | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Listowel | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Galway | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Tipperary | 1 | 1 | 100% | +16.00 |
| Gowran Park | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Distance | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1m – 1m1f | 10 | 3 | 30% | +17.00 |
| 1m2f – 1m4f | 3 | 0 | 0% | −3.00 |
| 2m1f – 2m4f | 2 | 1 | 50% | −0.17 |
| 6f – 7f | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Jockey | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Andrew Slattery | 13 | 3 | 23% | +14.00 |
| Cian Quirke | 2 | 1 | 50% | −0.17 |
| W J Lee | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Headgear | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tongue tie | 8 | 4 | 50% | +20.83 |
| None | 8 | 0 | 0% | −8.00 |
| Season | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 4 | 1 | 25% | −2.17 |
| 2024 | 9 | 3 | 33% | +18.00 |
| 2023 | 3 | 0 | 0% | −3.00 |
| Type | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Flat | 14 | 3 | 21% | +13.00 |
| Hurdle | 2 | 1 | 50% | −0.17 |
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
| Date | Course | Race | Pos | Btn | Wgt | OR | Spd | KTB | Jockey | SP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 · 4 runs | ||||||||||
| 13 Jul 25+38d | Sligo | Durkin Bros. Electrical Maiden Hurdle Set the pace from the off - moved smoothly through the early stages - fenced fluently at the 7th - pushed along after the last - margin narrowed close home but held on for the win | 1/13 | 11-7 | — | 112B | 131A | Cian Quirke | 5/6F | |
| 05 Jun 25+18d | Leopardstown | Bulmers Live At Leopardstown Handicap (Div 2) Settled handy early - hit the front for a spell then tucked in behind pace - sat third at halfway - made ground into the straight - hit the front again with two furlongs left - overtaken inside final 100 yards - unable to find more finishing fifth | 5/18 | nk | 9-7 | 73 | 87C | 88A | Andrew Slattery | 13/2 |
| 18 May 25+8d | Naas | Nursery Of Champions Handicap Drifted right leaving stalls before settling second behind pace - driven up to dispute lead 2f out but couldn't better winner - drifted left approaching final furlong and held for 2nd | 2/8 | 3¾ | 9-0 | 76 | 99A | 84A | Andrew Slattery | 15/2 |
| 10 May 25+208d | Cork | PADDY MAC Maiden Hurdle Sent clear early but stumbled at 1st - overtaken before 6th - back on level footing after 4 out - lost front again after 3 out - still in with hopes at last - held effort to the finish for 2nd | 2/16 | 1¾ | 11-4 | — | 112B | 120A | Cian Quirke | 5/1 |
| 2024 · 9 runs | ||||||||||
| 14 Oct 24+21d | Roscommon | Roscommon Rated Race Sat close to the pace early - disputed 2nd at halfway - urged on approaching 2f out with nothing more to give inside final furlong - slipped to 3rd close home | 3/5 | 2½ | 9-2 | 76 | 96C | 77B | Andrew Slattery | 11/1 |
| 23 Sep 24+12d | Listowel | Oisin Kelly 'Every Drop Counts' giveblood.ie Handicap (50-80) Settled handy early - 4th at halfway - moved forward approaching 3f out - dropped back and driven 1½f out - stayed on at one tempo through the closing stages | 7/11 | ½ | 9-7 | 76 | 75A | 77A | Andrew Slattery | 4/1F |
| 11 Sep 24+34d | Cork | Racing Again October 1st Handicap (47-75) Prominent early and shared the front spot - went clear into the lead soon after a furlong and a half - challenged from outside with the furlong and a half marker approaching and pushed along with two out - responded to urging and forged on strongly to the line | 1/10 | 9-6 | 71 | 98A | 88A | Andrew Slattery | 9/2 | |
| 08 Aug 24+6d | Leopardstown | BoyleSports Lengthen The Odds Handicap (47-70) (Div 1) Away smartly to nose ahead - overtaken shortly after - holding second spot into the final quarter mile - regained command entering the straight and dug in for the win | 1/12 | 9-7 | 69 | 88A | 87A | Andrew Slattery | 7/2 | |
| 02 Aug 24+30d | Galway | Arthur Guinness Handicap (50-70) Shared the front spot early - hit front after 2f - pressed for effort 2f out - lost command inside final furlong and unable to fight back | 6/17 | nk | 10-1 | 69 | 60C | 90A | Andrew Slattery | 6/1 |
| 03 Jul 24+30d | Tipperary | tipperaryraces Handicap | 1/13 | 9-6 | 62 | 52C | 92A | Andrew Slattery | 16/1 | |
| 03 Jun 24+24d | Gowran Park | Sonix Entertainment Handicap (47-65) | 16/17 | 1¼ | 10-0 | 62 | 32C | 47C | Andrew Slattery | 15/2 |
| 10 May 24+14d | Cork | Sign Up To Our Newsletter Handicap (47-70) | 4/10 | nk | 9-6 | 62 | 91A | 76A | Andrew Slattery | 7/2 |
| 26 Apr 24+197d | Cork | Gain The Advantage Series Handicap | 4/9 | 4¾ | 9-5 | 62 | 115A | 74A | W J Lee | 17/2 |
| 2023 · 3 runs | ||||||||||
| 12 Oct 23+18d | Curragh | Bill Hanlon Memorial Irish European Breeders Fund (C & G) Maiden | 8/17 | nk | 9-5 | — | 72C | 70A | Andrew Slattery | 125/1 |
| 24 Sep 23+29d | Curragh | Irish Ebf Median Sires Series Maiden | 13/19 | nk | 9-4 | — | 50C | 50C | Andrew Slattery | 50/1 |
| 26 Aug 23 | Curragh | Keeper's Heart 10 Year Old Single Malt Whiskey Irish European Breeders Fund (C & G) Maiden | 11/12 | 2¼ | 9-5 | — | 59A | 56A | Andrew Slattery | 33/1 |
Quick answers
- How many races has Killeaney Bear won?
- Killeaney Bear (IRE) won 4 of 16 archived starts between 2023 and 2025, a strike rate of 25%. Placed 6 times in total (37.5% of starts).
- Who trained Killeaney Bear?
- Killeaney Bear (IRE) was trained by Andrew Slattery on the most recent run on record, at Sligo on 13 July 2025.
- Who is Killeaney Bear's sire?
- Killeaney Bear (IRE) is by Kodi Bear (IRE) out of Sunset Dream (IRE), whose sire is Acclamation.
- What going does Killeaney Bear prefer?
- Killeaney Bear (IRE) has the best record on good going: 2 wins from 9 starts (22.2%). Only going bands with at least three archived starts are read, so this is a direction rather than a settled preference.
- What is Killeaney Bear's official rating?
- Killeaney Bear (IRE)'s highest official rating on record is 76.
- What is Killeaney Bear's sire's record?
- Kodi Bear (IRE)'s progeny in our archive have won 10.3% of 3,954 runs since Jan 2008 (387 horses), Flat and jumps together.
- Who are Killeaney Bear's siblings?
- Out of Sunset Dream (IRE), Killeaney Bear (IRE) has 3 other produce in our archive, 2 of them winners. Most wins: Nightcliff (IRE) (1). Highest grade won: Class 4 (Barefoot Beach (IRE)). The wins came over 6f–7f. As at Oct 2026.