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Mckenna (IRE)

4yo gelding · Trainer D Donovan · Owner Mrs K Keane
by Kodi Bear (IRE) out of End Of An Era (IRE) (Azamour)
12 runs · 7 courses · from Dec 2024
As at 25 Oct 2026 · KTB archive: GB, Ireland & France · 2005–present, updated daily
2 wins · Newcastle (AW) & Wolverhampton (AW) Headgear returns LTO Last run 18 Mar 2026 · 13th of 13 Last raced off OR 71
KTB Profile

Mckenna is a gelding who has won two of 12 starts, both in handicaps over 6f – 7f on Standard AW at Newcastle and Wolverhampton. He won a Class 4 at Newcastle in May 2025 off an official rating of 71 and a Class 5 at Wolverhampton in January 2025 off 63. The horse has raced exclusively on AW apart from one run on turf and has never won beyond 7f. He finished 13 of 13 at Kempton in March 2026 when headgear returned and he last raced off an official rating of 71.

Based on 12 archived runs · run-style from 11 commented runs since Dec 2024 · updated 25 Oct 2026
Official rating71↓ 4lb off peak
71 63–75

KTB Speed and Rating

KTB Speed

Best recent Speed 94 the best of the last 3 graded (A or B) runs · Newcastle (AW), 11 May 2025

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 12 figures · best 99A · median 72
GoingRunsBestMedianSince 25 Oct 2025
Standard (AW)1199A734 runs · 81 / 61
Good1——1 run · —
DistanceRunsBestMedianSince 25 Oct 2025
1m – 1m1f684A66.53 runs · 62 / 38
6f – 7f699A85.52 runs · 81 / 70.5

KTB Speed v1 · batch 15 Sep 2026 · GB & Irish racing only · 12 figures from 12 runs · as at 3 Oct 2026 · a record, not a forecast

KTB Rating

Best recent KTB Rating 52C the best of the last 3 rated runs · Southwell (AW), 24 Feb 2026 Official rating 71 at the last run, 18 Mar 2026

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 12 figures · best 84A · median 57
GoingRunsBestMedianSince 25 Oct 2025
Standard (AW)1184A564 runs · 52 / 47.5
Good1——1 run · —
DistanceRunsBestMedianSince 25 Oct 2025
1m – 1m1f670A543 runs · 58 / 52
6f – 7f684A742 runs · 48 / 44

KTB Rating v1 · batch 3 Oct 2026 · GB & Irish racing only · 12 figures from 12 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 from 11 analysed runs since Dec 2024

  • Held up 4 (36%) · 1 win
  • Prominent 3 (27%) · 0 wins
  • Mid-division 3 (27%) · 1 win
  • Led 1 (9%) · 0 wins

Pedigree intelligence

Sire
Kodi Bear (IRE)

Progeny in our archive have won 10.3% of 3,947 runs since Jan 2008 (387 horses).

GoingRunsWinsSRvs sireThis horse
Firm11327.3%+17—
Good to Firm5356512.1%+1.8—
Good1,02710810.5%+0.20 from 1
Good to Soft375349.1%−1.2—
Soft536519.5%−0.8—
Heavy141149.9%−0.4—
Standard (AW)1,32213310.1%−0.22 from 11
Distance (all codes)RunsWinsSRvs sireThis horse
Under 6f5526912.5%+2.2—
6f – 7f2,23423910.7%+0.42 from 6
1m – 1m1f731648.8%−1.50 from 6
1m2f – 1m4f257197.4%−2.9—
1m5f – 2m112119.8%−0.5—
2m1f – 2m4f4848.3%−2—
2m5f – 3m10220%+9.7—
Over 3m300%−10.3—

Flat and jumps together (all codes) · since Jan 2008 · as at 25 Oct 2026 · rows under 30 runs muted · win % is the measure, a record not a forecast

Dam
End Of An Era (IRE) (Azamour)

4 siblings in the archive, 1 winner — best of them Yakhabar (GB) (4 wins).

The wins came over 1m4f–1m4½f; the highest grade won is Class 6 (Yakhabar (GB)).

ProduceRunsWinsWin tripsBest grade
Yakhabar (GB)4541m4f–1m4½fClass 6
Call The Cavalry (IRE)70——
Posh Maisie (IRE)190——
Catrake Force (IRE)90——

Record by conditions

GoingRunsWinsSR£1
Standard (AW) 11 2 18% +9.00
Good 1 0 0% −1.00

ClassRunsWinsSR£1
Class 5 11 1 9% +0.00
Class 4 1 1 100% +8.00

CourseRunsWinsSR£1
Kempton (AW) 3 0 0% −3.00
Southwell (AW) 3 0 0% −3.00
Wolverhampton (AW) 2 1 50% +9.00
Chelmsford City (AW) 1 0 0% −1.00
Newmarket 1 0 0% −1.00
Newcastle (AW) 1 1 100% +8.00
Lingfield (AW) 1 0 0% −1.00

DistanceRunsWinsSR£1
1m – 1m1f 6 0 0% −6.00
6f – 7f 6 2 33% +14.00

JockeyRunsWinsSR£1
Billy Loughnane 3 2 67% +17.00
George Buckell 3 0 0% −3.00
Sean D Bowen 2 0 0% −2.00
Hollie Doyle 1 0 0% −1.00
Rob Hornby 1 0 0% −1.00
Taryn Langley 1 0 0% −1.00
Hector Crouch 1 0 0% −1.00

HeadgearRunsWinsSR£1
None 4 0 0% −4.00
Tongue tie 4 1 25% +5.00
Tongue tie + blinkers 2 1 50% +9.00
Blinkers 1 0 0% −1.00
Tongue tie + cheekpieces 1 0 0% −1.00

SeasonRunsWinsSR£1
2026 3 0 0% −3.00
2025 6 2 33% +14.00
2024 3 0 0% −3.00

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
2026 · 3 runs
18 Mar 26+22d Kempton (AW) Virgin Bet Fives Handicap Class 5 · 8f · Standard To Slow · 13 ran Went straight to the front - pressed for effort and lost command inside the final furlong - dropped away rapidly after - finished well beaten in 13th 13/13 4¼ 9-5 7162C47C Hollie Doyle 125/1
24 Feb 26+34d Southwell (AW) Bet 10 Get 40 With BetMGM Handicap Class 5 · 8f · Standard · 11 ran Handy early - pressed for effort 3f out - dropped away 2f out - finished well held in 11th 11/11 5½ 9-6 7238C52C Rob Hornby 125/1
21 Jan 26+55d Kempton (AW) Unibet More Extra Place Races Handicap Class 5 · 6f · Standard To Slow · 11 ran Settled off the pace in the pack - pushed along with 2f left - dropped away quickly - finished 11th 11/11 13 9-8 7460C40C Sean D Bowen 80/1
2025 · 6 runs
27 Nov 25+27d Chelmsford City (AW) Betfair Racing Podcasts Handicap Class 5 · 7f · Standard · 9 ran Held up early holding hard on the bridle - never involved with the pace - trailed home well beaten 9/9 1 9-6 7581A48A Taryn Langley 40/1
31 Oct 25+173d Newmarket Munich's Grosser Dallmayr-Preis Handicap Class 5 · 8f · Good · 11 ran Sluggish start - settled at the back - pushed along with 3f left - dropped away to finish well beaten 10/11 42 9-11 75-13C58C Sean D Bowen 66/1
11 May 25+88d Newcastle (AW) Border Minstrel Handicap Class 4 · 7f · Standard · 12 ran Settled in the pack - short of space approaching the furlong marker - found a gap to hit the front inside the final furlong - pressed in the closing strides but hung on 1/12 9-2 7194A84A Billy Loughnane 8/1
12 Feb 25+15d Southwell (AW) Win 1M With BetMGM's Golden Goals Handicap Class 5 · 7f · Standard · 8 ran Settled at back early - driven into contention approaching 2f out - well placed with 1f left - edged out close home 3/8 nse 9-7 7090A73A Billy Loughnane 5/2F
28 Jan 25+11d Wolverhampton (AW) Gamble Responsibly At BetMGM Handicap (Div 2) Class 5 · 7f · Standard · 7 ran Took a strong hold early - settled towards the back on the rail among the rearmost group - made progress despite being boxed in then found room out wide approaching the turn - hit the front inside the last furlong and drifted right under pressure - kept finding more to the line 1/7 9-0 6399A75A Billy Loughnane 10/1
17 Jan 25+21d Southwell (AW) Weekly Free Bets With BetMGM Extra Handicap Class 5 · 8f · Standard · 10 ran Took a strong hold early - hit front briefly then eased back to third approaching 4f out - drifted off a true line and clipped a rival inside final furlong - finished weakened having drifted again late 8/10 2½ 9-0 6571A51A George Buckell 11/4F
2024 · 3 runs
27 Dec 24+16d Wolverhampton (AW) Gamble Responsibly With BetMGM EBF 'Confined' Novice Stakes (GBB Race) (Div 1) Class 5 · 7f · Standard · 12 ran Held up in the pack amid poor conditions - pushed along to make ground over 2f out - driven on and stayed on from the furlong marker - lacked the speed to get involved and finished fifth beaten 4.5 lengths 5/12 shd 9-7 —57A75A Hector Crouch 22/1
11 Dec 24+8d Kempton (AW) British Stallion Studs EBF Restricted Novice Stakes (GBB Race) Class 5 · 8f · Standard To Slow · 13 ran Tracked the pace from a wide position - pushed along with two furlongs left then lost ground inside the final furlong - well held at the finish 5/13 1¼ 9-2 —73B70A George Buckell 20/1
03 Dec 24 Lingfield (AW) Gamble Responsibly At BetMGM/EBF Restricted Maiden Stakes (GBB Race) (Div 1) Class 5 · 8f · Standard · 10 ran Dwelt at the start - dropped to the back of the field - swung out furthest on the bend and niggled into contention - kept on through the final furlong without threatening 4/10 3 9-4 —84A56A George Buckell 33/1

Quick answers

How many races has Mckenna won?
Mckenna (IRE) won 2 of 12 archived starts between 2024 and 2026, a strike rate of 16.7%. Placed 3 times in total (25% of starts).
Who trains Mckenna?
Mckenna (IRE) is trained by D Donovan, who saddled the horse on its most recent run on 18 March 2026.
Who is Mckenna's sire?
Mckenna (IRE) is by Kodi Bear (IRE) out of End Of An Era (IRE), whose sire is Azamour.
What going does Mckenna prefer?
Mckenna (IRE) has the best record on standard (aw) going: 2 wins from 11 starts (18.2%). Only going bands with at least three archived starts are read, so this is a direction rather than a settled preference.
What is Mckenna's official rating?
The most recent official rating on record is 71, from the run on 18 March 2026. The highest on record is 75.
What is Mckenna's sire's record?
Kodi Bear (IRE)'s progeny in our archive have won 10.3% of 3,947 runs since Jan 2008 (387 horses), Flat and jumps together.
Who are Mckenna's siblings?
Out of End Of An Era (IRE), Mckenna (IRE) has 4 other produce in our archive, 1 of them a winner. Most wins: Yakhabar (GB) (4). Highest grade won: Class 6 (Yakhabar (GB)). The wins came over 1m4f–1m4½f. As at Oct 2026.

Record shown from December 2024. 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.