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Knocknakilla (IRE)

5yo gelding (at last run, Feb 2023) · Last trainer Gerard O'Leary · Last owner Lance Bloodstock Limited Patrick John Oleary
24 runs · 11 courses · from Jun 2020
As at 28 Oct 2026 · KTB archive: GB, Ireland & France · 2005–present, updated daily
No run recorded since 15 Feb 2023 — 1,350 days ago. Our archive can't say whether the horse is still in training.
Last run Feb 2023 · 12th of 13 Headgear returns LTO Last raced off OR 60
KTB Profile

Knocknakilla is a maiden who won none of 24 starts and placed seven times. His best effort came when second of 21 at the Curragh in Mar 2022. The gelding, by Holy Roman Emperor out of a daughter of Iffraaj, raced on turf and all-weather without success. He finished 12 of 13 in a Dundalk handicap in Feb 2023 when last raced off OR 60, 18lb below his highest ever mark, with headgear returning.

Based on 24 archived runs · updated 28 Oct 2026
KTB at a glance OR ↓ 18lb off peak
Official rating60↓ 18lb off peak
60 60–78

KTB Speed and Rating

KTB Speed

Best recent Speed 94 the best of the last 3 graded (A or B) runs · Dundalk (AW), 13 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. What this means →

Flat 23 figures · best 105C · median 86
GoingRunsBestMedianSince 28 Oct 2025
Soft894C76.5—
Standard (AW)6103B84.5—
Good to Soft3105C96—
Good3103C97—
Heavy294A85.5—
Good to Firm1———
DistanceRunsBestMedianSince 28 Oct 2025
6f – 7f10103B90.5—
1m – 1m1f9105C90—
1m2f – 1m4f486B78.5—
Jumps 1 figure · too few for a breakdown

KTB Speed v1 · batch 15 Sep 2026 · GB & Irish racing only · 24 figures from 24 runs · as at 3 Oct 2026 · a record, not a forecast

KTB Rating

Best recent KTB Rating (flat) 84A the best of the last 3 rated runs · Dundalk (AW), 13 Jan 2023 Official rating 60 at the last flat run, 15 Feb 2023

Best recent KTB Rating (jumps) 115A the best of the last 1 rated run · Limerick, 31 Jan 2023

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 →

Flat 23 figures · best 95A · median 78
GoingRunsBestMedianSince 28 Oct 2025
Soft895A74.5—
Standard (AW)684A80.5—
Good to Soft384A83—
Good385A81—
Heavy278A72—
Good to Firm1———
DistanceRunsBestMedianSince 28 Oct 2025
6f – 7f1085A80—
1m – 1m1f995A84—
1m2f – 1m4f478A72—
Jumps 1 figure · too few for a breakdown

KTB Rating v1 · batch 3 Oct 2026 · GB & Irish racing only · 24 figures from 24 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 10.3% of 11,875 runs since Jan 2008 (949 horses).

Weakest over 2m1f – 2m4f (all codes): 5.9% from 305.

GoingRunsWinsSRvs sireThis horse
Firm571119.3%+9—
Good to Firm1,62117911%+0.70 from 1
Good2,60526710.2%−0.10 from 3
Good to Soft1,1721089.2%−1.10 from 3
Soft1,72318310.6%+0.30 from 9
Heavy608518.4%−1.90 from 2
Standard (AW)4,08842410.4%+0.10 from 6
Distance (all codes)RunsWinsSRvs sireThis horse
Under 6f87910411.8%+1.5—
6f – 7f4,77749910.4%+0.10 from 10
1m – 1m1f3,04833811.1%+0.80 from 9
1m2f – 1m4f2,0901959.3%−10 from 4
1m5f – 2m697598.5%−1.80 from 1
2m1f – 2m4f305185.9%−4.4—
2m5f – 3m761114.5%+4.2—
Over 3m300%−10.3—

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

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

The wins came over 7½f–2m1f; the highest grade won is Class 4 (Dumb Love (IRE)).

ProduceRunsWinsWin tripsBest grade
Dumb Love (IRE)3027½f–2m1fClass 4
Libby (IRE)250——
Nelson Gate (IRE)160——
Princess Alice (IRE)40——
Gwen (IRE)20——

Record by conditions

GoingRunsWinsSR£1
Soft 9 0 0% −9.00
Standard (AW) 6 0 0% −6.00
Good to Soft 3 0 0% −3.00
Good 3 0 0% −3.00
Heavy 2 0 0% −2.00
Good to Firm 1 0 0% −1.00

CourseRunsWinsSR£1
Dundalk (AW) 6 0 0% −6.00
Curragh 5 0 0% −5.00
Gowran Park 3 0 0% −3.00
Leopardstown 2 0 0% −2.00
Roscommon 2 0 0% −2.00
Limerick 1 0 0% −1.00
Galway 1 0 0% −1.00
Listowel 1 0 0% −1.00
Killarney 1 0 0% −1.00
Tipperary 1 0 0% −1.00
Naas 1 0 0% −1.00

DistanceRunsWinsSR£1
6f – 7f 10 0 0% −10.00
1m – 1m1f 9 0 0% −9.00
1m2f – 1m4f 4 0 0% −4.00
1m5f – 2m 1 0 0% −1.00

JockeyRunsWinsSR£1
Chris Hayes 4 0 0% −4.00
Mark Enright 3 0 0% −3.00
Shane Foley 3 0 0% −3.00
Colin Keane 2 0 0% −2.00
Daniel King 2 0 0% −2.00
J M Sheridan 2 0 0% −2.00
Gearoid Brouder 1 0 0% −1.00
N G McCullagh 1 0 0% −1.00
Hugh Horgan 1 0 0% −1.00
Jake Coen 1 0 0% −1.00
W J Lee 1 0 0% −1.00
Dean Curran 1 0 0% −1.00
Siobhan Rutledge 1 0 0% −1.00
Seamie Heffernan 1 0 0% −1.00

HeadgearRunsWinsSR£1
None 13 0 0% −13.00
Cheekpieces 9 0 0% −9.00
Blinkers 2 0 0% −2.00

SeasonRunsWinsSR£1
2023 5 0 0% −5.00
2022 10 0 0% −10.00
2021 5 0 0% −5.00
2020 4 0 0% −4.00

TypeRunsWinsSR£1
Flat 23 0 0% −23.00
Hurdle 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
2023 · 5 runs
15 Feb 23+15d Dundalk (AW) DKITSU Race Day Handicap (47-65) (Div 2) 12f · Standard · 13 ran 12/13 9½ 9-11 6080C59C Mark Enright 10/1
31 Jan 23+13d Limerick Follow Limerick Racecourse On Twitter (C & G) Maiden Hurdle 16f · Soft · 14 ran 4/14 ½ 11-7 —75B115A Gearoid Brouder 16/1
18 Jan 23+5d Dundalk (AW) Dundalk Winter Series Leading Trainer & Jockey Championship Handicap (47-65) (Div 2) 10.5f · Standard · 14 ran 3/14 2½ 9-12 6186B78A Mark Enright 4/1
13 Jan 23+7d Dundalk (AW) Join Us On Instagram At dundalk_stadium Handicap (47-65) (Div 1) 8f · Standard · 14 ran 4/14 shd 9-12 6194B84A Mark Enright 7/2F
06 Jan 23+16d Dundalk (AW) Racing Every Week At Dundalk Handicap (47-65) (Div 1) 7f · Standard · 14 ran 6/14 shd 10-0 63103B83A N G McCullagh 11/1
2022 · 10 runs
21 Dec 22+60d Dundalk (AW) Dundalk Stadium Racing Returns Wednesday 4th January 2023 Handicap (47-65) 7f · Standard · 14 ran 7/14 ½ 10-2 6577B83A Colin Keane 7/2J
22 Oct 22+14d Leopardstown Manguard Plus Handicap (50-80) 10f · Soft · 18 ran 13/18 1 9-5 6866C66A Chris Hayes 17/2
08 Oct 22+14d Curragh O'Reilly Consulting Group Supporting The IRFU Charitable Trust Apprentice Handicap 8f · Soft · 19 ran 13/19 hd 8-12 6871C70A Hugh Horgan 15/2
24 Sep 22+7d Curragh Tipperary Crystal Apprentice Handicap (47-70) 8f · Soft · 23 ran 4/23 ½ 9-12 6890C95A Daniel King 10/3
17 Sep 22+53d Gowran Park Support The Irish Injured Jockeys Fund Apprentice Handicap (50-75) 9.5f · Yielding To Soft · 17 ran 3/17 1¼ 9-6 6894C84A Daniel King 7/1
26 Jul 22+28d Galway Caulfield Industrial Handicap (50-70) 8.5f · Good To Yielding · 18 ran 5/18 nk 9-11 70105C84A Jake Coen 11/1
28 Jun 22+24d Roscommon Connolly's RED MILLS Handicap 10f · Soft To Heavy · 12 ran 4/12 1¾ 9-0 7177A78A Shane Foley 12/1
04 Jun 22+59d Listowel Happy Birthday To The Snitch Maiden 8f · Good · 13 ran 7/13 1¾ 9-6 71103C72A J M Sheridan 15/2
06 Apr 22+11d Leopardstown Leopardstown Handicap (50-80) 7f · Good · 17 ran 4/17 nk 9-8 7297C85A Shane Foley 7/1
26 Mar 22+257d Curragh Barberstown Castle Handicap 8f · Yielding · 21 ran 2/21 ½ 9-10 6982C89A J M Sheridan 20/1
2021 · 5 runs
12 Jul 21+42d Killarney Carrauntoohil Handicap (45-75) 8f · Yielding · 15 ran 11/15 ¾ 9-11 7270C70A W J Lee 6/1
31 May 21+27d Roscommon Roscommon Claiming Maiden 7f · Good To Yielding · 10 ran 2/10 2½ 9-7 7296A83A Shane Foley 3/1
04 May 21+26d Gowran Park Paulstown Handicap 7f · Soft · 15 ran 3/15 ½ 9-8 7391C79A Dean Curran 12/1
08 Apr 21+18d Gowran Park Irish Injured Jockeys Handicap 8f · Soft · 16 ran 10/16 3 9-6 7463C64A Colin Keane 16/1
21 Mar 21+132d Curragh Paddy Power Madrid Handicap (Premier Handicap) 7f · Soft To Heavy · 11 ran 6/11 2¾ 7-13 7494A66A Siobhan Rutledge 28/1
2020 · 4 runs
09 Nov 20+56d Dundalk (AW) HOLLYWOODBETS Maiden (Plus 10) 6f · Standard · 14 ran 7/14 3¼ 9-7 7883B65A Chris Hayes 20/1
14 Sep 20+31d Tipperary Camas Park Stud Irish EBF Maiden (Plus 10) 7.5f · Good To Yielding · 15 ran 5/15 1½ 9-7 —59C73A Chris Hayes 14/1
14 Aug 20+67d Curragh Irish European Breeders Fund Median Sires Series Maiden (Plus 10) 7f · Good · 17 ran 5/17 ¾ 9-4 —90C81A Seamie Heffernan 125/1
08 Jun 20 Naas Irish Stallion Farms EBF (C & G) Maiden (Plus 10) 6f · Good To Firm · 18 ran 16/18 2½ 9-2 —60C59A Chris Hayes 150/1

Quick answers

How many races has Knocknakilla won?
Knocknakilla (IRE) has yet to win, from 24 archived starts between 2020 and 2023. Placed 7 times in total (29.2% of starts).
Who trained Knocknakilla?
Knocknakilla (IRE) was trained by Gerard O'Leary on the most recent run on record, at Dundalk (AW) on 15 February 2023.
Who is Knocknakilla's sire?
Knocknakilla (IRE) is by Holy Roman Emperor (IRE) out of Star of Spring (IRE), whose sire is Iffraaj.
What is Knocknakilla's official rating?
The most recent official rating on record is 60, from the run on 15 February 2023. The highest on record is 78.
What is Knocknakilla's sire's record?
Holy Roman Emperor (IRE)'s progeny in our archive have won 10.3% of 11,875 runs since Jan 2008 (949 horses), Flat and jumps together. Weakest over 2m1f – 2m4f (all codes): 5.9% from 305.
Who are Knocknakilla's siblings?
Out of Star of Spring (IRE), Knocknakilla (IRE) has 5 other produce in our archive, 1 of them a winner. Most wins: Dumb Love (IRE) (2). Highest grade won: Class 4 (Dumb Love (IRE)). The wins came over 7½f–2m1f. As at Oct 2026.

Record shown from June 2020. 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.