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Horse profile

Letter Focus (IRE)

5yo gelding (at last run, Apr 2017) · Last trainer Brendan W Duke · Last owner Mrs J S Bolger
by Intense Focus (USA) out of Christinas Letter (IRE) (Galileo)
10 runs · 9 courses · from Apr 2015
As at 21 Oct 2026 · KTB archive: GB, Ireland & France · 2005–present, updated daily
No run recorded since 22 Apr 2017 — 3,469 days ago. Our archive can't say whether the horse is still in training.
Last run Apr 2017 · 10th of 15 Last raced off OR 57
KTB Profile

Letter Focus (IRE) is yet to win from 10 starts. Best effort: 4th of 12 at Naas (Apr 2015). Last raced off 57, 10lb below the career-high mark.

Based on 10 archived runs · updated 21 Oct 2026
KTB at a glance OR ↓ 10lb off peak
Official rating57↓ 10lb off peak
57 57–67

KTB Speed and Rating

KTB Speed

Best recent Speed — no A or B graded figure in the last 3 runs; the figures below carry grade C

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 3 figures · best 116C · median 93
GoingRunsBestMedianSince 21 Oct 2025
Good1———
Good to Soft1———
Soft1———
DistanceRunsBestMedianSince 21 Oct 2025
1m2f – 1m4f3116C93—
Jumps 1 figure · too few for a breakdown

KTB Speed v1 · batch 15 Sep 2026 · GB & Irish racing only · 4 figures from 4 runs · as at 3 Oct 2026 · a record, not a forecast

KTB Rating

Best recent KTB Rating (flat) 60A the best of the last 3 rated runs · Cork, 15 Apr 2017 Official rating 57 at the last flat run, 22 Apr 2017

Best recent KTB Rating (jumps) 104C the best of the last 1 rated run · Leopardstown, 26 Dec 2016

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 9 figures · best 87A · median 60
GoingRunsBestMedianSince 21 Oct 2025
Soft687A64—
Good1———
Good to Soft1———
Good to Firm1———
DistanceRunsBestMedianSince 21 Oct 2025
1m2f – 1m4f571A57—
1m – 1m1f378A71—
6f – 7f1———
Jumps 1 figure · too few for a breakdown

KTB Rating v1 · batch 3 Oct 2026 · GB & Irish racing only · 10 figures from 10 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 8.3% of 3,630 runs since Jan 2008 (218 horses).

Strongest on good to soft going: 11.5% from 349. Strongest at trips under 6f (all codes): 11.5% from 384.

GoingRunsWinsSRvs sireThis horse
Firm1218.3%0—
Good to Firm514397.6%−0.70 from 1
Good811658%−0.30 from 1
Good to Soft3494011.5%+3.20 from 1
Soft686395.7%−2.60 from 7
Heavy240218.8%+0.5—
Standard (AW)1,017979.5%+1.2—
Distance (all codes)RunsWinsSRvs sireThis horse
Under 6f3844411.5%+3.2—
6f – 7f1,3881228.8%+0.50 from 1
1m – 1m1f780617.8%−0.50 from 3
1m2f – 1m4f621487.7%−0.60 from 5
1m5f – 2m328216.4%−1.90 from 1
2m1f – 2m4f9344.3%−4—
2m5f – 3m3000%−8.3—
Over 3m6233.3%+25—

Flat and jumps together (all codes) · since Jan 2008 · as at 21 Oct 2026 · rows under 30 runs muted · win % is the measure, a record not a forecast

Dam
Christinas Letter (IRE) (Galileo)

9 siblings in the archive, 5 winners — best of them Intensical (IRE) (3 wins).

The wins came over 6f–1m4½f; the highest grade won is Group 3 (Leitir Mor (IRE)).

ProduceRunsWinsWin tripsBest grade
Intensical (IRE)3737f–1mClass 4
Leitir Mor (IRE)3226f–7fGroup 3
Vocal Music (IRE)2027f–1m—
Open House (IRE)111m—
Johanna Whitty (IRE)611m4½f—
Letter At Dawn (IRE)210——
Invincible Vince (IRE)30——
Litteratus (IRE)140——
Litir Ghra (IRE)60——

Record by conditions

GoingRunsWinsSR£1
Soft 7 0 0% −7.00
Good 1 0 0% −1.00
Good to Soft 1 0 0% −1.00
Good to Firm 1 0 0% −1.00

CourseRunsWinsSR£1
Limerick 2 0 0% −2.00
Cork 1 0 0% −1.00
Leopardstown 1 0 0% −1.00
Galway 1 0 0% −1.00
Gowran Park 1 0 0% −1.00
Curragh 1 0 0% −1.00
Wexford 1 0 0% −1.00
Killarney 1 0 0% −1.00
Naas 1 0 0% −1.00

DistanceRunsWinsSR£1
1m2f – 1m4f 5 0 0% −5.00
1m – 1m1f 3 0 0% −3.00
1m5f – 2m 1 0 0% −1.00
6f – 7f 1 0 0% −1.00

JockeyRunsWinsSR£1
Kevin Manning 5 0 0% −5.00
Rory Cleary 2 0 0% −2.00
Sean Flanagan 1 0 0% −1.00
Danny Redmond 1 0 0% −1.00
Ronan Whelan 1 0 0% −1.00

HeadgearRunsWinsSR£1
None 6 0 0% −6.00
Blinkers 2 0 0% −2.00
Cheekpieces 2 0 0% −2.00

SeasonRunsWinsSR£1
2017 2 0 0% −2.00
2016 5 0 0% −5.00
2015 3 0 0% −3.00

TypeRunsWinsSR£1
Flat 9 0 0% −9.00
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
22 Apr 17+7d Limerick Book Online At www.limerickraces.ie For Twilight Racing Handicap (45-65) (Div 2) 11.5f · Good · 15 ran 10/15 5½ 9-6 57116C55A Rory Cleary 25/1
15 Apr 17+110d Cork Buy Online At Corkracecourse.ie Handicap (45-75) 10f · Good To Yielding · 16 ran 9/16 nk 8-12 5893C60A Rory Cleary 33/1
26 Dec 16+84d Leopardstown Horse & Jockey Hotel Maiden Hurdle 16f · Yielding · 24 ran 24/24 21 11-7 —-8C104C Sean Flanagan 100/1
03 Oct 16+67d Limerick Follow Limerick Racecourse On Facebook Apprentice Handicap (50-70) 11f · Soft · 15 ran 15/15 5 9-9 6566C57C Danny Redmond 12/1
28 Jul 16+64d Galway Guinness Foals Handicap (50-70) 12f · Yielding To Soft · 18 ran 6/18 2 9-10 66—71A Ronan Whelan 40/1
25 May 16+23d Gowran Park Gowran Park Golf Club Handicap 8f · Good To Firm · 15 ran 6/15 hd 9-11 67—78A Kevin Manning 20/1
02 May 16+282d Curragh Keadeen Hotel Maiden (Plus 10) 6f · Soft · 18 ran 5/18 ½ 10-1 ——87A Kevin Manning 33/1
25 Jul 15+74d Wexford Forth & Bargy Maiden 11f · Soft · 10 ran 8/10 nk 9-5 ——57A Kevin Manning 8/1
12 May 15+15d Killarney Celtic Steps Show At Killarney Racecourse (C & G) Maiden 8.5f · Soft · 14 ran 12/14 13 9-5 ——50C Kevin Manning 10/1
27 Apr 15 Naas Best Price Guarantee At Thetote.com Median Auction Maiden 8f · Yielding To Soft · 12 ran 4/12 2 9-5 ——71A Kevin Manning 7/1

Quick answers

How many races has Letter Focus (IRE) won?
Letter Focus (IRE) has yet to win, from 10 archived starts between 2015 and 2017.
Who trained Letter Focus (IRE)?
Letter Focus (IRE) was trained by Brendan W Duke on the most recent run on record, at Limerick on 22 April 2017.
Who is Letter Focus (IRE)'s sire?
Letter Focus (IRE) is by Intense Focus (USA) out of Christinas Letter (IRE), whose sire is Galileo.
What is Letter Focus (IRE)'s official rating?
The most recent official rating on record is 57, from the run on 22 April 2017. The highest on record is 67.
What is Letter Focus (IRE)'s sire's record?
Intense Focus (USA)'s progeny in our archive have won 8.3% of 3,630 runs since Jan 2008 (218 horses), Flat and jumps together. Strongest on good to soft going: 11.5% from 349. Strongest at trips under 6f (all codes): 11.5% from 384.
Who are Letter Focus (IRE)'s siblings?
Out of Christinas Letter (IRE), Letter Focus (IRE) has 9 other produce in our archive, 5 of them winners. Most wins: Intensical (IRE) (3). Highest grade won: Group 3 (Leitir Mor (IRE)). The wins came over 6f–1m4½f. As at Oct 2026.

Record shown from April 2015. 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.