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Horse profile

Messenger Girl (IRE)

10yo mare (at last run, Apr 2021) · Last trainer Turlough O'Connor · Last owner Charles J Oconnor
by Tikkanen (USA) out of Kay Theatre (IRE) (King's Theatre)
1 run · 1 course · from Apr 2021
As at 5 Nov 2026 · KTB archive: GB, Ireland & France · 2005–present, updated daily
No run recorded since 5 Apr 2021 — 2,039 days ago. Our archive can't say whether the horse is still in training.
Last run Apr 2021 · 7th of 10
KTB Profile

Lightly raced, with 1 archived start in Apr 2021 as a 10yo mare. Finished 7 of 10 at Cork last time. By Tikkanen (USA), whose progeny in our archive have won 9.1% of 2,014 runs since Jul 2009.

Based on 1 archived run · updated 5 Nov 2026

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 →

Jumps 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 75C the best of the last 1 rated run · Cork, 5 Apr 2021

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 1 figure · too few for a breakdown

KTB Rating v1 · batch 3 Oct 2026 · GB & Irish racing only · 1 figure from 1 run · 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
Tikkanen (USA)

Progeny in our archive have won 9.1% of 2,014 runs since Jul 2009 (170 horses).

GoingRunsWinsSRvs sireThis horse
Firm200%−9.1—
Good to Firm73912.3%+3.2—
Good672558.2%−0.90 from 1
Good to Soft3794110.8%+1.7—
Soft565478.3%−0.8—
Heavy311309.6%+0.5—
Standard (AW)12216.7%+7.6—
Distance (all codes)RunsWinsSRvs sireThis horse
Under 6f100%−9.1—
6f – 7f300%−9.1—
1m – 1m1f5120%+10.9—
1m2f – 1m4f1100%−9.1—
1m5f – 2m510387.5%−1.6—
2m1f – 2m4f7357610.3%+1.2—
2m5f – 3m591559.3%+0.20 from 1
Over 3m158148.9%−0.2—

Flat and jumps together (all codes) · since Jul 2009 · as at 4 Nov 2026 · rows under 30 runs muted · win % is the measure, a record not a forecast

Dam
Kay Theatre (IRE) (King's Theatre)

2 siblings in the archive, 1 winner — best of them Beeno (IRE) (8 wins).

The wins came over 2m–2m1f; the highest grade won is Class 3 (Beeno (IRE)).

ProduceRunsWinsWin tripsBest grade
Beeno (IRE)4982m–2m1fClass 3
One Brilliant Day (IRE)70——

Too few runs for meaningful splits. The full record is below.

Form

DateCourseRace PosBtn Wgt SpdKTB Jockey SP
2021 · 1 run
05 Apr 21 Cork Glenview & Rathbarry Studs Mares Maiden Hunters Chase 3m · Good · 10 ran 7/10 12 11-4 50C75C Mr J Mulvihill 50/1

Quick answers

How many races has Messenger Girl won?
Messenger Girl (IRE) has yet to win, from 1 archived start in 2021.
Who trained Messenger Girl?
Messenger Girl (IRE) was trained by Turlough O'Connor on the most recent run on record, at Cork on 5 April 2021.
Who is Messenger Girl's sire?
Messenger Girl (IRE) is by Tikkanen (USA) out of Kay Theatre (IRE), whose sire is King's Theatre.
What is Messenger Girl's sire's record?
Tikkanen (USA)'s progeny in our archive have won 9.1% of 2,014 runs since Jul 2009 (170 horses), Flat and jumps together.
Who are Messenger Girl's siblings?
Out of Kay Theatre (IRE), Messenger Girl (IRE) has 2 other produce in our archive, 1 of them a winner. Most wins: Beeno (IRE) (8). Highest grade won: Class 3 (Beeno (IRE)). The wins came over 2m–2m1f. As at Nov 2026.

Record shown from April 2021. 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.