King In Love (FR)
King In Love is a gelding who has won two of 19 starts on turf, both in soft-ground handicap hurdles over 1m5f – 2m at Cork in Nov 2025 and at Naas in Mar 2025. He has never won beyond that trip and is 0 from 13 starts over 2m1f – 2m4f. Typically held up, he was held in rear when finishing 8 of 13 at Wexford in Oct 2026 on his first run over fences. He has reached an official rating of 114.
- 2–19Wins / Runs
- 10.5%Strike rate
- 5 (26.3%)Placed
- +3.00£1 level staken=19 at SP
- 1.51Fair A/E n=19 · 1.19 incl. margin
- 114Highest OR
- 32dBetween runs (median)longest 167 d
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.
KTB Speed and Rating
Best recent Speed 113
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 →
| Going | Runs | Best | Median | Since 8 Nov 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Soft | 6 | 128A | 69 | 1 run · — |
| Good to Soft | 4 | 113B | 101.5 | 2 runs · 113 / 101.5 |
| Good | 3 | 95A | 79 | — |
| Heavy | 2 | 99A | 62.5 | 2 runs · 99 / 62.5 |
| Distance | Runs | Best | Median | Since 8 Nov 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2m1f – 2m4f | 10 | 113B | 82 | 4 runs · 113 / 73 |
| 1m5f – 2m | 4 | 128A | 71.5 | — |
| 2m5f – 3m | 1 | — | — | 1 run · — |
Of 19 runs looked at, 4 have no figure: obstacles omitted — the race ran a shortened course (2) · did not complete (2).
KTB Speed v1 · batch 15 Sep 2026 · GB & Irish racing only · 15 figures from 19 runs · as at 2 Nov 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 15 analysed runs since Aug 2024
- Held up 11 (73%) · 1 win
- Mid-division 2 (13%) · 1 win
- Prominent 2 (13%) · 0 wins
Pedigree intelligence
Progeny in our archive have won 13.7% of 803 runs since May 2020 (142 horses).
Strongest over 1m5f – 2m (all codes): 18.3% from 120.
| Going | Runs | Wins | SR | vs sire | This horse |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Good to Firm | 5 | 1 | 20% | +6.3 | — |
| Good | 101 | 15 | 14.9% | +1.2 | 0 from 3 |
| Good to Soft | 103 | 14 | 13.6% | −0.1 | 0 from 5 |
| Soft | 312 | 50 | 16% | +2.3 | 2 from 6 |
| Heavy | 270 | 30 | 11.1% | −2.6 | 0 from 5 |
| Standard (AW) | 12 | 0 | 0% | −13.7 | — |
| Distance (all codes) | Runs | Wins | SR | vs sire | This horse |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6f – 7f | 1 | 0 | 0% | −13.7 | — |
| 1m – 1m1f | 3 | 0 | 0% | −13.7 | — |
| 1m2f – 1m4f | 11 | 0 | 0% | −13.7 | — |
| 1m5f – 2m | 120 | 22 | 18.3% | +4.6 | 2 from 5 |
| 2m1f – 2m4f | 484 | 62 | 12.8% | −0.9 | 0 from 13 |
| 2m5f – 3m | 153 | 24 | 15.7% | +2 | 0 from 1 |
| Over 3m | 31 | 2 | 6.5% | −7.2 | — |
Flat and jumps together (all codes) · since May 2020 · as at 7 Nov 2026 · rows under 30 runs muted · win % is the measure, a record not a forecast
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
| Going | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Soft | 6 | 2 | 33% | +16.00 |
| Good to Soft | 5 | 0 | 0% | −5.00 |
| Heavy | 5 | 0 | 0% | −5.00 |
| Good | 3 | 0 | 0% | −3.00 |
| Course | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Naas | 4 | 1 | 25% | +3.00 |
| Cork | 3 | 1 | 33% | +12.00 |
| Punchestown | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Wexford (IRE) | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Killarney | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Thurles | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Leopardstown | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Listowel | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Fairyhouse | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Downpatrick | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Wexford | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Tramore | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Bellewstown | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Distance | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2m1f – 2m4f | 13 | 0 | 0% | −13.00 |
| 1m5f – 2m | 5 | 2 | 40% | +17.00 |
| 2m5f – 3m | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Jockey | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sean O'Keeffe | 15 | 2 | 13% | +7.00 |
| Anna McGuinness | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Phillip Enright | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Mr Derek O'Connor | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Headgear | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| None | 10 | 0 | 0% | −10.00 |
| Hood | 8 | 2 | 25% | +14.00 |
| Cheekpieces | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Season | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 4 | 0 | 0% | −4.00 |
| 2025 | 9 | 2 | 22% | +13.00 |
| 2024 | 6 | 0 | 0% | −6.00 |
| Type | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hurdle | 17 | 2 | 12% | +5.00 |
| Chase | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| 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
| Date | Course | Race | Pos | Btn | Wgt | OR | Spd | KTB | Jockey | SP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 · 4 runs | ||||||||||
| 25 Oct 26+167d | Wexford (IRE) | William Hill Challenge Series Irish EBF Beginners Steeplechase Always at the back - detached from halfway - finished 8th and a long way adrift | 8/13 | 21 | 11-12 | — | 56C | 98C | Sean O'Keeffe | 33/1 |
| 11 May 26+64d | Killarney | Killarney Oaks Hotel Handicap Hurdle Settled midpack early - improved into contention before 3 out - couldn't land a blow after 2 out - dropped away on the run-in to finish 7th | 7/12 | 10 | 10-13 | 112 | 90A | 105A | Sean O'Keeffe | 14/1 |
| 08 Mar 26+38d | Naas | BAR 1 Betting 'Proud Sponsor Of Irish Racing' Handicap Hurdle Held up towards the back - unable to make headway from 4 out - dropped away late - eventually well beaten | 16/17 | 26 | 10-9 | 113 | 26C | 101C | Sean O'Keeffe | 10/1 |
| 29 Jan 26+32d | Thurles | Horse & Jockey Handicap Hurdle Held up towards the back - improved to 4th entering the straight - driven but unable to threaten in 3rd approaching the last and held on for 5th | 5/10 | 4½ | 11-12 | 114 | 99A | 114A | Sean O'Keeffe | 11/2 |
| 2025 · 9 runs | ||||||||||
| 28 Dec 25+35d | Leopardstown | Mercedes Benz South Dublin Handicap Hurdle Held up towards the back - improved into 15th after the 6th - moved through strongly after two out - 7th at the last - stayed on strongly up the run-in to finish 3rd | 3/23 | 1½ | 10-10 | 111 | 113B | 126A | Anna McGuinness | 25/1 |
| 23 Nov 25+21d | Punchestown | Donohue Marquees Novice Handicap Hurdle Held up towards the back - improved into 7th before 4 out - stayed on same pace from the last | 5/9 | 2½ | 10-11 | 111 | — | 108A | Sean O'Keeffe | 11/2 |
| 02 Nov 25+37d | Cork | Paddy Power 'I Still Call It Twitter' Handicap Hurdle Held up towards the back - still 7th at halfway - moved through on the outside to be 3rd with three left - hit the front approaching the last - challenged hard there but pushed on under urging to prevail | 1/11 | 10-13 | 104 | 128A | 130A | Sean O'Keeffe | 14/1 | |
| 26 Sep 25+139d | Listowel | MCG Ladies Handicap Hurdle Held up towards the back of the field - still 7th at halfway - urged into effort after 3 out but found nothing more - dropped away and pulled up before the last | PU/16 | — | 11-4 | 104 | — | — | Anna McGuinness | 12/1 |
| 10 May 25+19d | Cork | Buy Tickets Online At www.corkracecourse.ie Rated Novice Hurdle Sat second early behind the pacesetter - slipped back to third three out and unable to threaten from there - held steady in third under pressure through the closing stages | 3/6 | 5 | 10-13 | 105 | 95A | 107B | Sean O'Keeffe | 15/2 |
| 21 Apr 25+18d | Fairyhouse | Farmhouse Foods Novice Handicap Hurdle Settled just behind front group early - eased and pulled up on the bend after the second | PU/14 | — | 10-11 | 105 | — | — | Sean O'Keeffe | 11/2 |
| 03 Apr 25+25d | Naas | Mulvaney Bookmakers Handicap Hurdle Towards rear of field on the outside - moved forward approaching the straight - struck the front 2 out and driven hard - challenged inside the final furlong - overtaken near the line and had nothing more to give - went down by half a length | 2/18 | ½ | 11-3 | 101 | 113B | 128A | Sean O'Keeffe | 4/1F |
| 09 Mar 25+13d | Naas | Bar One Racing 'Price Boosts On The Favourite In Every Race At Cheltenham' Handicap Hurdle (0-100) Settled in the pack early - moved into 4th turning for home - found extra after 2 out to hit the front approaching the last then went clear - driven out to hold on strongly | 1/19 | 11-4 | 90 | 80B | 132A | Sean O'Keeffe | 6/1 | |
| 24 Feb 25+157d | Punchestown | Festival 2025 Group Tickets From 27 Euros Handicap Hurdle (0-100) (Div 2) Held up early - progress to 6th approaching 2 out - pushed along and up to 3rd by the last - held effort to the line for 3rd | 3/14 | 2¼ | 11-4 | 90 | — | 117A | Sean O'Keeffe | 12/1 |
| 2024 · 6 runs | ||||||||||
| 20 Sep 24+21d | Downpatrick | Caleb & Ezra Starkey Handicap Hurdle (80-95) Held up towards the back - moved into 6th by halfway - driven from three out then faded before the following fence | 11/13 | 2½ | 11-9 | 92 | 67C | 87C | Sean O'Keeffe | 12/1 |
| 30 Aug 24+91d | Wexford | visitwexford.ie Handicap Hurdle (80-95) (Div 2) Held up at back - unable to close from 3 out - shaded up minor ground late but always well held | 8/13 | 9½ | 11-9 | 93 | 75C | 93A | Phillip Enright | 50/1 |
| 31 May 24+20d | Tramore | Ballyduff Maiden Hurdle | 8/14 | 7½ | 10-13 | — | 53C | 93C | Sean O'Keeffe | 22/1 |
| 11 May 24+17d | Cork | PADDY MAC Maiden Hurdle | 8/17 | 1½ | 11-7 | — | 79C | 96C | Sean O'Keeffe | 66/1 |
| 24 Apr 24+103d | Bellewstown | Veterinary Clinic Ratoath Maiden Hurdle | 7/16 | 2¾ | 11-7 | — | 85B | 101A | Sean O'Keeffe | 20/1 |
| 12 Jan 24 | Naas | Fifty Stars 'What About Those First Foals' (Pro/Am) Flat Race | 8/14 | 1¼ | 11-10 | — | 63B | 106A | Mr Derek O'Connor | 8/1 |
Quick answers
- How many races has King In Love won?
- King In Love (FR) won 2 of 19 archived starts between 2024 and 2026, a strike rate of 10.5%. Placed 5 times in total (26.3% of starts).
- Who trains King In Love?
- King In Love (FR) is trained by Sean Aherne, who saddled the horse on its most recent run on 25 October 2026.
- Who is King In Love's sire?
- King In Love (FR) is by Choeur Du Nord (FR) out of Reine Du Bal (FR), whose sire is King's Best.
- What going does King In Love prefer?
- King In Love (FR) has the best record on soft going: 2 wins from 6 starts (33.3%). Only going bands with at least three archived starts are read, so this is a direction rather than a settled preference.
- What is King In Love's official rating?
- King In Love (FR)'s highest official rating on record is 114.
- What is King In Love's sire's record?
- Choeur Du Nord (FR)'s progeny in our archive have won 13.7% of 803 runs since May 2020 (142 horses), Flat and jumps together. Strongest over 1m5f – 2m (all codes): 18.3% from 120.