Skip to content
Horse profile

Meet The Parents (IRE)

7yo gelding (at last run, Oct 2009) · Last trainer Michael Hourigan · Last owner S J Fahy
by Luso (GB) out of Il Porto (IRE) (Jurado)
11 runs · 7 courses · from Jun 2008
As at 5 Nov 2026 · KTB archive: GB, Ireland & France · 2005–present, updated daily
No run recorded since 2 Oct 2009 — 6,242 days ago. Our archive can't say whether the horse is still in training.
Last run Oct 2009 3 wins · Stratford, Killarney & Listowel Last raced off OR 107
KTB Profile

Meet The Parents (IRE) is 3 from 11. Hasn't won since Sep 2009. All 3 wins have come over 2m1f – 2m4f.

Based on 11 archived runs · updated 5 Nov 2026
Official rating107↓ 2lb off peak
107 89–109

KTB Speed and Rating

KTB Speed

No KTB Speed figures for this horse. The engine scores GB and Irish racing from Oct 2016; runs elsewhere, or earlier, have no figure.

KTB Speed v1 · batch 15 Sep 2026 · GB & Irish racing only · 0 figures from 0 runs · a record, not a forecast

KTB Rating

Best recent KTB Rating (jumps) 122A the best of the last 3 rated runs · Stratford, 5 Sep 2009 Official rating 107 at the last jumps run, 2 Oct 2009

Best recent KTB Rating (flat) 69C the best of the last 1 rated run · Tipperary, 19 Jun 2008

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 — its best recent day. The KTB Rating on a racecard is a different reading of the same figures: the level the horse has been running to, an average of up to its last six runs with the latest counting most, so the two can differ. A, B or C on a run is how much known form was in that race. What this means →

Jumps 9 figures · best 122A · median 112
GoingRunsBestMedianSince 5 Nov 2025
Soft4115A97.5—
Good to Firm2122A110.5—
Good1———
Good to Soft1———
Firm1———
DistanceRunsBestMedianSince 5 Nov 2025
2m1f – 2m4f6122A105.5—
1m5f – 2m2113A99.5—
2m5f – 3m1———
Flat 1 figure · too few for a breakdown

Of 11 runs looked at, 1 has no figure: did not complete (or a non-runner row) (1).

KTB Rating v1 · batch 3 Oct 2026 · GB & Irish racing only · 10 figures from 11 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
Luso (GB)

Progeny in our archive have won 6.7% of 3,516 runs since Jan 2008 (389 horses).

GoingRunsWinsSRvs sireThis horse
Firm39615.4%+8.71 from 1
Good to Firm385307.8%+1.11 from 4
Good1,062676.3%−0.40 from 1
Good to Soft454275.9%−0.80 from 1
Soft930616.6%−0.11 from 4
Heavy634436.8%+0.1—
Standard (AW)1218.3%+1.6—
Distance (all codes)RunsWinsSRvs sireThis horse
1m2f – 1m4f800%−6.7—
1m5f – 2m731354.8%−1.90 from 2
2m1f – 2m4f1,331977.3%+0.63 from 8
2m5f – 3m1,170776.6%−0.10 from 1
Over 3m276269.4%+2.7—

Flat and jumps together (all codes) · since Jan 2008 · as at 5 Nov 2026 · rows under 30 runs muted · win % is the measure, a record not a forecast

Dam
Il Porto (IRE) (Jurado)

4 siblings in the archive, 1 winner — best of them Ballinvassa (IRE) (1 win).

The wins came over 2m4f.

ProduceRunsWinsWin tripsBest grade
Ballinvassa (IRE)812m4f—
The Buddy Pass (IRE)100——
Gunns Island (IRE)30——
Black And Gold (IRE)10——

Record by conditions

GoingRunsWinsSR£1
Good to Firm 4 1 25% +0.00
Soft 4 1 25% +6.00
Good 1 0 0% −1.00
Good to Soft 1 0 0% −1.00
Firm 1 1 100% +7.00

ClassRunsWinsSR£1
Class 4 1 1 100% +3.00

CourseRunsWinsSR£1
Listowel 2 1 50% +6.00
Ballinrobe 2 0 0% −2.00
Tipperary 2 0 0% −2.00
Limerick 2 0 0% −2.00
Gowran Park 1 0 0% −1.00
Stratford 1 1 100% +3.00
Killarney 1 1 100% +9.00

DistanceRunsWinsSR£1
2m1f – 2m4f 8 3 38% +14.00
1m5f – 2m 2 0 0% −2.00
2m5f – 3m 1 0 0% −1.00

JockeyRunsWinsSR£1
Tom Doyle 5 0 0% −5.00
Paul Townend 1 0 0% −1.00
Paul Carberry 1 0 0% −1.00
Noel Fehily 1 1 100% +3.00
Niall P Madden 1 1 100% +9.00
Robbie McNamara 1 0 0% −1.00
Mark Bolger 1 1 100% +7.00

SeasonRunsWinsSR£1
2009 9 2 22% +5.00
2008 2 1 50% +6.00

TypeRunsWinsSR£1
Chase 8 2 25% +6.00
Hurdle 1 0 0% −1.00
Flat 1 0 0% −1.00
NH Flat 1 1 100% +7.00

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 ORKTB Jockey SP
2009 · 9 runs
02 Oct 09+16d Gowran Park Pricewaterhousecoopers Handicap Chase (0-130) 2m1f · Good To Firm · 10 ran F/10 — 10-3 107— Paul Townend 7/2
16 Sep 09+11d Listowel Seamus Mulvaney Handicap Chase (0-123) 2m · Good · 18 ran 8/18 1 10-13 109113A Paul Carberry 11/4F
05 Sep 09+47d Stratford Walls And Ceilings International Handicap Chase Class 4 · 2m1f · Good To Firm · 12 ran 1/12 11-7 107122A Noel Fehily 3/1F
20 Jul 09+6d Ballinrobe Paddy Smyth Memorial Handicap Chase (0-109) 2m6f · Good To Yielding · 16 ran 4/16 2 11-4 100119A Tom Doyle 5/2F
14 Jul 09+40d Killarney Mcsweeney Arms Hotel Handicap Chase (0-116) 2m1f · Yielding · 15 ran 1/15 10-1 89115A Niall P Madden 9/1
04 Jun 09+18d Tipperary New Look High Chaparral Beginners Chase 2m1f · Good To Firm · 16 ran 5/16 14 11-12 8999C Tom Doyle 25/1
17 May 09+13d Limerick Supermacs Ennis Road Beginners Chase 2m3½f · Soft · 15 ran 11/15 2 11-12 8999C Tom Doyle 33/1
04 May 09+12d Limerick Irish Stallion Farms E.B.F Beginners Chase 2m1f · Yielding To Soft · 15 ran 12/15 1¾ 11-12 8996C Tom Doyle 25/1
22 Apr 09+307d Ballinrobe Mcgrath Quarry Group Hurdle 2m · Yielding To Soft · 12 ran 6/12 5½ 11-5 —86A Tom Doyle 16/1
2008 · 2 runs
19 Jun 08+17d Tipperary Tipp Town & District Publicans Flat Race 2m4f · Good To Firm · 20 ran 15/20 1¾ 11-11 —69C Robbie McNamara 4/1J
02 Jun 08 Listowel Listowel Whit Weekend (pro-am) Flat Race 2m4f · Firm · 13 ran 1/13 11-0 —112A Mark Bolger 7/1

Quick answers

How many races has Meet The Parents won?
Meet The Parents (IRE) won 3 of 11 archived starts between 2008 and 2009, a strike rate of 27.3%. Placed 4 times in total (36.4% of starts).
Who trained Meet The Parents?
Meet The Parents (IRE) was trained by Michael Hourigan on the most recent run on record, at Gowran Park on 2 October 2009.
Who is Meet The Parents's sire?
Meet The Parents (IRE) is by Luso (GB) out of Il Porto (IRE), whose sire is Jurado.
What going does Meet The Parents prefer?
Meet The Parents (IRE) has the best record on good to firm going: 1 win from 4 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 Meet The Parents's official rating?
The most recent official rating on record is 107, from the run on 2 October 2009. The highest on record is 109.
What is Meet The Parents's sire's record?
Luso (GB)'s progeny in our archive have won 6.7% of 3,516 runs since Jan 2008 (389 horses), Flat and jumps together.
Who are Meet The Parents's siblings?
Out of Il Porto (IRE), Meet The Parents (IRE) has 4 other produce in our archive, 1 of them a winner. Most wins: Ballinvassa (IRE) (1). The wins came over 2m4f. As at Nov 2026.

Record shown from June 2008. Our archive holds racing in Great Britain, Ireland and France from January 2005. Any runs before that, or in other countries, are not in it. In-running comments are available from 2024 onward.