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Horse profile

Low Key (IRE)

9yo gelding (at last run, Sep 2016) · Last trainer David Pipe · Last owner G Thompson
by Pentire (GB) out of La Capilla (GB) (Machiavellian)
21 runs · 18 courses · from May 2011
As at 14 Oct 2026 · KTB archive: GB, Ireland & France · 2005–present, updated daily
No run recorded since 17 Sep 2016 — 3,678 days ago. Our archive can't say whether the horse is still in training.
Last run Sep 2016 · 16th of 17 5 wins · 5 courses Last raced off OR 90
KTB Profile

Low Key (IRE) is 5 from 21. Hasn't won since Sep 2015. Last raced off 90, 45lb below the career-high mark.

Based on 21 archived runs · updated 14 Oct 2026
KTB at a glance OR ↓ 45lb off peak
Official rating90↓ 45lb off peak
90 60–135

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.

Flat 1 figure · too few for a breakdown

KTB Speed v1 · batch 15 Sep 2026 · GB & Irish racing only · 1 figure from 1 run · as at 3 Oct 2026 · a record, not a forecast

KTB Rating

Best recent KTB Rating (flat) 81A the best of the last 3 rated runs · Newmarket, 19 Sep 2015 Official rating 90 at the last flat run, 17 Sep 2016

Best recent KTB Rating (jumps) 121B the best of the last 3 rated runs · Kempton, 2 Nov 2015 Official rating 135 at the last jumps run, 22 Jun 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.

Flat 9 figures · best 98A · median 72
GoingRunsBestMedianSince 14 Oct 2025
Standard (AW)582A65—
Good275C73.5—
Good to Soft1———
Soft1———
DistanceRunsBestMedianSince 14 Oct 2025
1m2f – 1m4f498A73—
2m1f – 2m4f381A75—
1m5f – 2m268C66.5—
Jumps 9 figures · best 128A · median 111
GoingRunsBestMedianSince 14 Oct 2025
Good5128A121—
Soft3111C96—
Good to Soft1———
DistanceRunsBestMedianSince 14 Oct 2025
2m1f – 2m4f4128A123—
2m5f – 3m3121B111—
1m5f – 2m296C93.5—

KTB Rating v1 · batch 3 Oct 2026 · GB & Irish racing only · 18 figures from 18 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
Pentire (GB)

Progeny in our archive have won 12.2% of 393 runs since Jan 2008 (33 horses).

Weakest on standard (aw) going: 9% from 111.

GoingRunsWinsSRvs sireThis horse
Good to Firm1516.7%−5.5—
Good861011.6%−0.62 from 8
Good to Soft66913.6%+1.41 from 2
Soft831518.1%+5.91 from 6
Heavy3126.5%−5.7—
Standard (AW)111109%−3.21 from 5
Distance (all codes)RunsWinsSRvs sireThis horse
Under 6f100%−12.2—
6f – 7f1500%−12.2—
1m – 1m1f42511.9%−0.3—
1m2f – 1m4f971111.3%−0.92 from 7
1m5f – 2m1161311.2%−10 from 4
2m1f – 2m4f721622.2%+103 from 7
2m5f – 3m3438.8%−3.40 from 3
Over 3m1600%−12.2—

Flat and jumps together (all codes) · since Jan 2008 · as at 14 Oct 2026 · rows under 30 runs muted · win % is the measure, a record not a forecast

Dam
La Capilla (GB) (Machiavellian)

2 siblings in the archive, 1 winner — best of them Lightning Strike (GER) (9 wins).

The wins came over 1m4f–2m6½f; the highest grade won is Grade 2 (Lightning Strike (GER)).

ProduceRunsWinsWin tripsBest grade
Lightning Strike (GER)3791m4f–2m6½fGrade 2
Michaela (GB)60——

Record by conditions

GoingRunsWinsSR£1
Good 8 2 25% −1.27
Soft 6 1 17% −2.00
Standard (AW) 5 1 20% −3.43
Good to Soft 2 1 50% +5.00

ClassRunsWinsSR£1
Class 2 5 1 20% +2.00
Class 5 5 1 20% −1.00
Class 6 3 1 33% −1.43
Class 3 2 1 50% +3.00
Class 4 2 1 50% −0.27
Class 1 1 0 0% −1.00

CourseRunsWinsSR£1
Newmarket 3 1 33% +4.00
Southwell (AW) 2 0 0% −2.00
Worcester 1 0 0% −1.00
Haydock 1 0 0% −1.00
Kempton 1 0 0% −1.00
Fontwell 1 1 100% +4.00
Stratford 1 1 100% +0.73
Newton Abbot 1 0 0% −1.00
Taunton 1 0 0% −1.00
Ludlow 1 0 0% −1.00
Fakenham 1 0 0% −1.00
Newbury 1 1 100% +3.00
Kempton (AW) 1 1 100% +0.57
Lingfield (AW) 1 0 0% −1.00
Wolverhampton (AW) 1 0 0% −1.00
Saint-Cloud (FR) 1 0 0% −1.00
Strasbourg 1 0 0% −1.00
Maisons-Laffitte (FR) 1 0 0% −1.00

DistanceRunsWinsSR£1
2m1f – 2m4f 7 3 43% +6.73
1m2f – 1m4f 7 2 29% −1.43
1m5f – 2m 4 0 0% −4.00
2m5f – 3m 3 0 0% −3.00

JockeyRunsWinsSR£1
Tom Scudamore 5 2 40% +1.73
Micky Fenton 4 0 0% −4.00
Conor O'Farrell 2 0 0% −2.00
Tom Marquand 2 1 50% +5.00
Michael Cadeddu 2 0 0% −2.00
Pat Cosgrave 1 0 0% −1.00
David Noonan 1 0 0% −1.00
Kieron Edgar 1 0 0% −1.00
Alice Mills 1 1 100% +3.00
Liam Keniry 1 1 100% +0.57
Maxime Guyon 1 0 0% −1.00

HeadgearRunsWinsSR£1
None 15 4 27% +2.73
Tongue tie + blinkers 1 0 0% −1.00
Tongue tie 1 0 0% −1.00
Visor 1 1 100% +0.57
HP 1 0 0% −1.00
Hood 1 0 0% −1.00
Cheekpieces 1 0 0% −1.00

SeasonRunsWinsSR£1
2016 2 0 0% −2.00
2015 10 3 30% +3.73
2014 2 2 100% +3.57
2013 2 0 0% −2.00
2012 2 0 0% −2.00
2011 3 0 0% −3.00

TypeRunsWinsSR£1
Flat 12 3 25% +0.57
Hurdle 9 2 22% −2.27

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
17 Sep 16+87d Newmarket Betfred Cesarewitch Trial Stakes (Handicap) Class 2 · 18f · Good · 17 ran 16/17 1½ 8-12 9045C75C Pat Cosgrave 14/1
22 Jun 16+214d Worcester MFG Solicitors Handicap Hurdle Class 3 · 23f · Good · 6 ran 5/6 12 11-12 135—111B Tom Scudamore 12/1
21 Nov 15+19d Haydock Betfair 'Tap Tap Boom' 'Fixed Brush' Handicap Hurdle (Grade 3) Class 1 · 23f · Soft · 16 ran 10/16 24 10-8 135—111C David Noonan 16/1
02 Nov 15+23d Kempton Pertemps Network Handicap Hurdle (Series Qualifier) Class 2 · 21f · Good · 5 ran 3/5 hd 10-4 135—121B Conor O'Farrell 5/1
10 Oct 15+21d Newmarket Betfred Cesarewitch (Heritage Handicap) Class 2 · 18f · Good · 34 ran 15/34 shd 8-1 82—72A Tom Marquand 13/2F
19 Sep 15+13d Newmarket Betfred Cesarewitch Trial Stakes (Handicap) Class 2 · 18f · Good To Soft · 13 ran 1/13 8-10 82—81A Tom Marquand 6/1
06 Sep 15+10d Fontwell Stephanie Rees Rainbow Child Foundation Handicap Hurdle Class 3 · 19f · Good · 8 ran 1/8 11-12 129—128A Tom Scudamore 4/1
27 Aug 15+31d Stratford Grundon Waste Management Maiden Hurdle Class 4 · 18.5f · Good · 9 ran 1/9 11-1 124—125A Tom Scudamore 8/11F
27 Jul 15+116d Newton Abbot Newtonabbotracing.com Handicap Hurdle Class 2 · 18.5f · Good To Soft · 6 ran 4/6 4½ 10-9 124—111B Tom Scudamore 8/1
02 Apr 15+35d Taunton Ladies Day 9th April Maiden Hurdle Class 5 · 19f · Good · 8 ran 3/8 1 10-9 ——121A Kieron Edgar 16/1
26 Feb 15+44d Ludlow Bet Live At Corbettsports.com Novices' Hurdle Class 4 · 16f · Soft · 14 ran 9/14 7 11-2 ——91C Conor O'Farrell 9/1
13 Jan 15+80d Fakenham ATR Sculthorpe Maiden Hurdle Class 5 · 16f · Soft · 11 ran 6/11 2½ 11-5 ——96C Tom Scudamore 13/2
25 Oct 14+276d Newbury Rayner Bosch Car Service Handicap (Lady Amateur Riders) Class 5 · 12f · Soft · 10 ran 1/10 9-12 65—98A Alice Mills 3/1F
22 Jan 14+350d Kempton (AW) Kempton For Weddings Handicap (Div 2) Class 6 · 12f · Standard · 8 ran 1/8 9-10 60—82A Liam Keniry 4/7F
06 Feb 13+28d Southwell (AW) Bookmakers.co.uk Gives You Free Bets Handicap Class 5 · 16.5f · Standard To Slow · 7 ran 7/7 48 9-12 67—68C Micky Fenton 20/1
09 Jan 13+23d Lingfield (AW) Lingfield Park Owners Group Handicap Class 5 · 16f · Standard · 8 ran 7/8 2¼ 9-3 69—65A Micky Fenton 25/1
17 Dec 12+41d Wolverhampton (AW) Hotel & Conferencing At Wolverhampton Selling Stakes Class 6 · 12f · Standard · 5 ran 4/5 3¾ 9-4 78—64C Micky Fenton 33/1
06 Nov 12+378d Southwell (AW) 32RedBet.com Claiming Stakes Class 6 · 11f · Standard · 6 ran 5/6 9 8-13 88—57B Micky Fenton 18/1
25 Oct 11+147d Saint-Cloud (FR) Prix Val De Loir (Conditions) (4yo+) (Turf) 10.5f · Soft · 7 ran 6/7 2½ 8-13 ——— Maxime Guyon 43/10
31 May 11+21d Strasbourg Prix Nathanaelle Artu (Conditions Race) (Turf) 10.5f · Very Soft · 4 ran 3/4 hd 9-2 ——— Michael Cadeddu 13/10F
10 May 11 Maisons-Laffitte (FR) Prix Canot (Conditions) (4yo+) (Turf) 10f · Good · 14 ran 2/14 1 8-11 ——— Michael Cadeddu 6/1

Quick answers

How many races has Low Key (IRE) won?
Low Key (IRE) won 5 of 21 archived starts between 2011 and 2016, a strike rate of 23.8%. Placed 7 times in total (33.3% of starts).
Who trained Low Key (IRE)?
Low Key (IRE) was trained by David Pipe on the most recent run on record, at Newmarket on 17 September 2016.
Who is Low Key (IRE)'s sire?
Low Key (IRE) is by Pentire (GB) out of La Capilla (GB), whose sire is Machiavellian.
What going does Low Key (IRE) prefer?
Low Key (IRE) has the best record on good going: 2 wins from 8 starts (25%). Only going bands with at least three archived starts are read, so this is a direction rather than a settled preference.
What is Low Key (IRE)'s official rating?
The most recent official rating on record is 90, from the run on 17 September 2016. The highest on record is 135.
What is Low Key (IRE)'s sire's record?
Pentire (GB)'s progeny in our archive have won 12.2% of 393 runs since Jan 2008 (33 horses), Flat and jumps together. Weakest on standard (aw) going: 9% from 111.
Who are Low Key (IRE)'s siblings?
Out of La Capilla (GB), Low Key (IRE) has 2 other produce in our archive, 1 of them a winner. Most wins: Lightning Strike (GER) (9). Highest grade won: Grade 2 (Lightning Strike (GER)). The wins came over 1m4f–2m6½f. As at Oct 2026.

Record shown from May 2011. 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.