Morell River (IRE)
Morell River is a mare who has won two of 11 starts on turf, both in handicaps over 2m1f – 2m4f at Wexford, on good to soft and on soft. She won the Forth Mountain Trails Mares Handicap Hurdle there in May 2026 off 96 and the Jim Ryan Racecourse Services Handicap Hurdle in Oct 2025 off 90. Aged 6 at her last run in Jul 2026 she finished 8 of 13 at Downpatrick, having raced off her career-high mark of 103. She is usually held up.
- 2–11Wins / Runs
- 18.2%Strike rate
- 3 (27.3%)Placed
- +3.50£1 level staken=11 at SP
- 2.55Fair A/E n=11 · 1.98 incl. margin
- 103Highest OR
- 70dAvg between runs
A/E compares actual wins with what starting prices implied. "Fair" strips the bookmaker margin from the expectation, so favourites and longshots are judged on the same footing — figures near 1.00 mean the market priced this horse about right.
KTB Speed and Rating
Best recent Speed 129
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 →
| Going | Runs | Best | Median | Since 18 Oct 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Good to Soft | 4 | 129B | 70.5 | 2 · 129 / 95.5 |
| Soft | 4 | 126A | 84 | 1 · — |
| Good | 2 | 90B | 86.5 | 1 · — |
| Heavy | 1 | — | — | 1 · — |
| Distance | Runs | Best | Median | Since 18 Oct 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2m1f – 2m4f | 4 | 90B | 73 | 3 · 78 / 68 |
| 1m5f – 2m | 4 | 90B | 73.5 | — |
| 2m5f – 3m | 3 | 129B | 126 | 2 · 129 / 106 |
KTB Speed v1 · batch 15 Sep 2026 · GB & Irish racing only · 11 figures from 11 runs · as at 3 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 8 analysed runs
- Held up 5 (63%) · 1 win
- Prominent 2 (25%) · 0 wins
- Midfield 1 (13%) · 1 win
Pedigree intelligence
Progeny in our archive have won 13.3% of 1,089 runs since Jan 2008 (139 horses).
Weakest on standard (aw) going: 7.1% from 126. Strongest over 2m1f – 2m4f (all codes): 16.7% from 240. Weakest over 1m – 1m1f (all codes): 9.1% from 121.
| Going | Runs | Wins | SR | vs sire | This horse |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Good to Firm | 59 | 10 | 16.9% | +3.6 | — |
| Good | 335 | 48 | 14.3% | +1 | 0 from 2 |
| Good to Soft | 180 | 26 | 14.4% | +1.1 | 1 from 4 |
| Soft | 290 | 35 | 12.1% | −1.2 | 1 from 4 |
| Heavy | 99 | 17 | 17.2% | +3.9 | 0 from 1 |
| Standard (AW) | 126 | 9 | 7.1% | −6.2 | — |
| Distance (all codes) | Runs | Wins | SR | vs sire | This horse |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Under 6f | 4 | 0 | 0% | −13.3 | — |
| 6f – 7f | 68 | 7 | 10.3% | −3 | — |
| 1m – 1m1f | 121 | 11 | 9.1% | −4.2 | — |
| 1m2f – 1m4f | 259 | 28 | 10.8% | −2.5 | — |
| 1m5f – 2m | 320 | 50 | 15.6% | +2.3 | 0 from 4 |
| 2m1f – 2m4f | 240 | 40 | 16.7% | +3.4 | 2 from 4 |
| 2m5f – 3m | 72 | 9 | 12.5% | −0.8 | 0 from 3 |
| Over 3m | 5 | 0 | 0% | −13.3 | — |
Flat and jumps together (all codes) · since Jan 2008 · as at 18 Oct 2026 · rows under 30 runs muted · win % is the measure, a record not a forecast
No other produce in our archive. It holds racing in Great Britain, Ireland and France from 2005, so siblings racing elsewhere won’t appear here.
Record by conditions
| Going | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Good to Soft | 4 | 1 | 25% | +4.00 |
| Soft | 4 | 1 | 25% | +2.50 |
| Good | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Heavy | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Course | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gowran Park | 3 | 0 | 0% | −3.00 |
| Punchestown | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Wexford | 2 | 2 | 100% | +12.50 |
| Downpatrick | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Downpatrick (IRE) | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Tramore | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Distance | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2m1f – 2m4f | 4 | 2 | 50% | +10.50 |
| 1m5f – 2m | 4 | 0 | 0% | −4.00 |
| 2m5f – 3m | 3 | 0 | 0% | −3.00 |
| Jockey | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sean O'Keeffe | 8 | 2 | 25% | +6.50 |
| Ricky Doyle | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Mr D Doyle | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| J J Slevin | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Season | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 3 | 1 | 33% | +5.00 |
| 2025 | 4 | 1 | 25% | +2.50 |
| 2024 | 4 | 0 | 0% | −4.00 |
| Type | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hurdle | 10 | 2 | 20% | +4.50 |
| NH Flat | 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
| Date | Course | Race | Pos | Btn | Wgt | OR | Spd | KTB | Jockey | SP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 14 Jul 26+37d | Downpatrick (IRE) | Tote Guarantee, Never Beaten By SP Handicap Hurdle Raced close up early - 4th at the 5th - dropped back before 3 out - down to 7th and pushed along 2 out without threatening | 8/13 | nk | 11-5 | 103 | 83B | 107A | Sean O'Keeffe | 4/1 |
| 07 Jun 26+22d | Punchestown | TRM Supporting Every Stride Of The Journey Handicap Hurdle Settled at back early - 9th at halfway - urged into 4th after two out - 3rd nearing final fence - narrowed gap to 2nd at last - driven into 3rd with a furlong left - finished strongly to snatch 2nd - denied by a short margin | 2/13 | nk | 10-8 | 102 | 129B | 123A | Ricky Doyle | 10/3F |
| 16 May 26+189d | Wexford | Forth Mountain Trails Mares Handicap Hurdle Held up at the back early - moved into contention 4 out - up to second and pressed the pace 2 out - hit the front last and held on gamely to win | 1/14 | 10-12 | 96 | 62B | 120A | Sean O'Keeffe | 7/1 | |
| 08 Nov 25+13d | Gowran Park | Pat Carroll's Pub Kilkenny Mares Handicap Hurdle (0-100) Sat close to pace early - 4th at halfway - pushed along and unable to quicken into the straight - eventually held in 8th | 8/19 | shd | 11-11 | 97 | 68B | 108A | Sean O'Keeffe | 17/2 |
| 26 Oct 25+16d | Wexford | Jim Ryan Racecourse Services Handicap Hurdle (0-100) (Div 2) Settled midfield early - moved into contention four out and up to third before creeping to the front approaching two out - pushed out approaching last and stayed on strongly to the line | 1/12 | 11-6 | 90 | 78A | 119A | Sean O'Keeffe | 11/2 | |
| 10 Oct 25+21d | Downpatrick | Denis Macauley Memorial Handicap Hurdle (0-100) Held up at the back - moved into 6th 3 out - pushed along and 7th at the last - stayed on same rate for 5th | 5/11 | ¾ | 11-5 | 91 | 126A | 110A | Sean O'Keeffe | 15/2 |
| 19 Sep 25+314d | Downpatrick | Tennents NI Handicap Hurdle (0-100) Held up in the back half - no progress from 2 out and struggling in 9th at the last - made ground into 4th inside the final furlong - stayed on but unable to land a blow | 4/15 | 6 | 11-5 | 91 | 90B | 106A | Sean O'Keeffe | 22/1 |
| 09 Nov 24+24d | Gowran Park | PRL Group Maiden Hurdle Handy early - settled midfield - hint of error 5th - unable to find more approaching 3 out - well held at the finish | 11/17 | 2 | 11-0 | — | 68C | 91C | Sean O'Keeffe | 125/1 |
| 16 Oct 24+12d | Punchestown | BetVictor Flat Race Held up towards the back - still last after 4f - pushed along after 6f without gaining ground - dropped away and well beaten late | 6/7 | 48 | 10-3 | — | 79C | 75C | Mr D Doyle | 66/1 |
| 04 Oct 24+50d | Gowran Park | Xenon Security Maiden Hurdle Sat close to the pace wide - hit hard at the opener then slipped back to 7th before 2 out - pushed along late but made no headway finishing well held | 7/18 | 3 | 11-0 | — | 90B | 103A | J J Slevin | 200/1 |
| 15 Aug 24 | Tramore | Bluegrass Horse Feeds Maiden Hurdle Held up at the back - untidy over the opening fence - unable to make headway from three out and well held | 11/14 | 5½ | 10-6 | — | 61C | 78A | Sean O'Keeffe | 125/1 |
Quick answers
- How many races has Morell River (IRE) won?
- Morell River (IRE) won 2 of 11 archived starts between 2024 and 2026, a strike rate of 18.2%. Placed 3 times in total (27.3% of starts).
- Who trains Morell River (IRE)?
- Morell River (IRE) is trained by Colin Bowe, who saddled the horse on its most recent run on 14 July 2026.
- Who is Morell River (IRE)'s sire?
- Morell River (IRE) is by Harzand (IRE) out of Kitty D'Haguenet (IRE), whose sire is Doyen.
- What going does Morell River (IRE) prefer?
- Morell River (IRE) has the best record on good to soft 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 Morell River (IRE)'s official rating?
- The most recent official rating on record is 103, from the run on 14 July 2026. That is also the highest on record.
- What is Morell River (IRE)'s sire's record?
- Harzand (IRE)'s progeny in our archive have won 13.3% of 1,089 runs since Jan 2008 (139 horses), Flat and jumps together. Weakest on standard (aw) going: 7.1% from 126. Strongest over 2m1f – 2m4f (all codes): 16.7% from 240. Weakest over 1m – 1m1f (all codes): 9.1% from 121.