Horse profile
Parkgarve (IRE)
by Shirocco (GER) out of Mariet (GB) (Dr Fong)
17 runs · 12 courses · from May 2024
As at 25 Oct 2026 · KTB archive: GB, Ireland & France · 2005–present, updated daily
Won at Downpatrick (IRE)
Last run 21 Aug 2026 · 11th of 15
Last raced off OR 99
KTB Profile
Parkgarve is 1 from 17 on turf with the win coming in the Lily O'Hare Memorial Handicap Hurdle at Downpatrick in Aug 2026 over 2m1f – 2m4f on good ground off an official rating of 90. He has raced prominently in three of five analysed runs. Aged 6 at his last run in Aug 2026 he finished 11 of 15 in the Tom Lynam Memorial Handicap Hurdle at Kilbeggan off an official rating of 99. He has shown 0 from 6 on soft or good to soft.
Based on 17 archived runs · run-style from 15 commented runs since May 2025 · updated 25 Oct 2026
KTB at a glance
Typically prominent
Wins on good or faster
OR at career high
- 1–17Wins / Runs
- 5.9%Strike rate
- 4 (23.5%)Placed
- −11.50£1 level staken=17 at SP
- 0.72Fair A/E n=17 · 0.57 incl. margin
- 99Highest OR
- 52dAvg 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.
Official rating99At career-high mark
99
90–99
KTB Speed and Rating
KTB Speed
Best recent Speed 132
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
| Going | Runs | Best | Median | Since 25 Oct 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Good | 10 | 132A | 99.5 | 5 runs · 132 / 85 |
| Soft | 4 | 89B | 76 | — |
| Good to Soft | 1 | — | — | 1 run · — |
| Distance | Runs | Best | Median | Since 25 Oct 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2m1f – 2m4f | 11 | 132A | 89 | 4 runs · 132 / 85.5 |
| 2m5f – 3m | 3 | 96B | 74 | 2 runs · 74 / 66 |
| 1m5f – 2m | 1 | — | — | — |
Of 17 runs looked at, 2 have no figure: did not complete (2).
KTB Speed v1 · batch 15 Sep 2026 · GB & Irish racing only · 15 figures from 17 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 15 analysed runs since May 2025
- Prominent 9 (60%) · 0 wins
- Mid-division 3 (20%) · 0 wins
- Led 2 (13%) · 0 wins
- Held up 1 (7%) · 0 wins
Pedigree intelligence
Sire
Progeny in our archive have won 11.2% of 9,171 runs since Jan 2008 (921 horses).
Weakest over 6f – 7f (all codes): 7.4% from 203.
| Going | Runs | Wins | SR | vs sire | This horse |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Firm | 15 | 3 | 20% | +8.8 | — |
| Good to Firm | 343 | 30 | 8.7% | −2.5 | — |
| Good | 2,735 | 316 | 11.6% | +0.4 | 1 from 11 |
| Good to Soft | 1,809 | 218 | 12.1% | +0.9 | 0 from 1 |
| Soft | 2,473 | 258 | 10.4% | −0.8 | 0 from 5 |
| Heavy | 1,030 | 123 | 11.9% | +0.7 | — |
| Standard (AW) | 766 | 76 | 9.9% | −1.3 | — |
| Distance (all codes) | Runs | Wins | SR | vs sire | This horse |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Under 6f | 20 | 0 | 0% | −11.2 | — |
| 6f – 7f | 203 | 15 | 7.4% | −3.8 | — |
| 1m – 1m1f | 401 | 34 | 8.5% | −2.7 | — |
| 1m2f – 1m4f | 1,091 | 107 | 9.8% | −1.4 | — |
| 1m5f – 2m | 2,699 | 284 | 10.5% | −0.7 | 0 from 2 |
| 2m1f – 2m4f | 2,688 | 316 | 11.8% | +0.6 | 1 from 12 |
| 2m5f – 3m | 1,664 | 223 | 13.4% | +2.2 | 0 from 3 |
| Over 3m | 405 | 45 | 11.1% | −0.1 | — |
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
Mariet (GB) (Dr Fong)
2 siblings in the archive, 2 winners — best of them Slade Steel (IRE) (5 wins).
The wins came over 2m–2m4f; the highest grade won is Grade 1 (Slade Steel (IRE)).
Family form: Hold The Throw (IRE) won at Market Rasen, 17 Oct 2026.
| Produce | Runs | Wins | Win trips | Best grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Slade Steel (IRE) | 14 | 5 | 2m–2m4f | Grade 1 |
| Hold The Throw (IRE) | 2 | 2 | 2m–2m½f | Class 4 |
Record by conditions
| Going | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Good | 11 | 1 | 9% | −5.50 |
| Soft | 5 | 0 | 0% | −5.00 |
| Good to Soft | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Course | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Downpatrick | 6 | 0 | 0% | −6.00 |
| Kilbeggan (IRE) | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Downpatrick (IRE) | 1 | 1 | 100% | +4.50 |
| Killarney (IRE) | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Tramore | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Cork | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Fairyhouse | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Gowran Park | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Ballinrobe | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Roscommon | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Sligo | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Down Royal | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Distance | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2m1f – 2m4f | 12 | 1 | 8% | −6.50 |
| 2m5f – 3m | 3 | 0 | 0% | −3.00 |
| 1m5f – 2m | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Jockey | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| P J O'Hanlon | 6 | 1 | 17% | −0.50 |
| James Smith | 3 | 0 | 0% | −3.00 |
| Sam Ewing | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Conor Stone-Walsh | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Josh Williamson | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Michael Kenneally | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Keith Donoghue | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Donagh Meyler | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Mr J Dunne | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Headgear | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tongue tie | 11 | 0 | 0% | −11.00 |
| Hood + tongue tie | 3 | 0 | 0% | −3.00 |
| Tongue tie + blinkers | 2 | 1 | 50% | +3.50 |
| None | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Season | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 6 | 1 | 17% | −0.50 |
| 2025 | 10 | 0 | 0% | −10.00 |
| 2024 | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Type | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hurdle | 12 | 1 | 8% | −6.50 |
| Chase | 4 | 0 | 0% | −4.00 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 · 6 runs | ||||||||||
| 21 Aug 26+12d | Kilbeggan (IRE) | Tom Lynam Memorial Handicap Hurdle Went straight to front - kicked clear before 2nd - advantage cut after 4th - overtaken and dropped to 3rd after 5th - scratchy over 4 out then dropped away - faded before 3 out | 11/15 | 22 | 11-1 | 99 | 85C | 88C | P J O'Hanlon | 11/1 |
| 09 Aug 26+23d | Downpatrick (IRE) | Lily O'Hare Memorial Handicap Hurdle Seized control immediately and opened up a commanding gap - margin trimmed at halfway - surged further ahead and 10 lengths to the good 2 out - nudged through and met the last awkwardly - stuck on strongly after the final fence to score | 1/9 | 11-5 | 90 | 132A | 127A | P J O'Hanlon | 9/2 | |
| 17 Jul 26+34d | Killarney (IRE) | Europe Hotel And Resort Handicap Steeplechase (Div II) handy early - fourth at halfway - mistake at the 6th - drifted right 3 out - driven before 2 out - mistake and faded 2 out without threatening | 4/15 | 3¼ | 11-6 | 92 | 58B | 109A | P J O'Hanlon | 17/2 |
| 13 Jun 26+15d | Downpatrick | Join Racing TV Now With A Free Trial Handicap Chase Sat close to front early - into 2nd by halfway - pressed for effort 3 out - unable to close gap through 3rd - held same steady effort to finish 5th | 5/14 | ¾ | 10-10 | 94 | 84B | 105A | P J O'Hanlon | 9/1 |
| 29 May 26+19d | Tramore | Get A Free Month Trial Of Racing TV Now racingtv.com/freetrial Beginners Chase Settled in the pack early - urged into 5th after 3 out - unable to close on the front group late | 6/10 | 2½ | 11-12 | 96 | 74A | 103A | Conor Stone-Walsh | 16/1 |
| 10 May 26+211d | Cork | Farm And Industrial Spares Mallow Handicap Hurdle (Div 2) Sat just behind the front group early - 5th at the halfway point - urged forward on the rail three out but found little more - dropped away from there to finish well beaten in 8th | 8/15 | 1¾ | 10-8 | 97 | 86B | 94A | Josh Williamson | 14/1 |
| 2025 · 10 runs | ||||||||||
| 11 Oct 25+1d | Fairyhouse | FLC Frank Lynch & Co. Supporting Louth GAA Handicap Hurdle (0-100) Handy early - 4th at halfway - urged for effort into the straight - lost ground before 2 out then blundered and seriously hampered there - trailed home well beaten | 12/16 | 7½ | 11-6 | 97 | 70B | 78A | James Smith | 9/1 |
| 10 Oct 25+7d | Downpatrick | Willwego.com Handicap Hurdle (0-100) Sat close up in second early - hit the front after two out under pressure - quickly challenged hard - lost command turning into the straight - third by the last furlong with nothing more to give | 3/9 | 2¼ | 11-11 | 97 | 82A | 117A | Sam Ewing | 13/2 |
| 03 Oct 25+14d | Gowran Park | William Hill Each Way Extra Challenge Series Handicap Hurdle Went straight to the front - veered off course before the opening obstacle | RO/13 | — | 10-6 | 97 | — | — | Michael Kenneally | 7/1 |
| 19 Sep 25+40d | Downpatrick | Irish Stallion Farms EBF Beginners Chase Sat close to pace early - hit the 4th awkwardly - pushed along in 5th three out but unable to make headway - well held at the finish | 6/11 | 3 | 11-12 | 97 | 56A | 106A | P J O'Hanlon | 15/2 |
| 10 Aug 25+19d | Downpatrick | Denvir's Of Downpatrick Handicap Hurdle (0-100) Tracked front-runner early - hit front after 1st - driven on inner before losing spot at the last - slipped to 3rd early in straight - fought back for second near finish but couldn't reach winner | 2/10 | 4½ | 11-10 | 96 | 103A | 113A | Keith Donoghue | 9/2 |
| 22 Jul 25+15d | Ballinrobe | David Heneghan Memorial Handicap Hurdle Settled around midfield - blundered and lost jockey at the 3rd | UR/15 | — | 11-1 | 96 | — | — | Sam Ewing | 17/2 |
| 07 Jul 25+22d | Roscommon | Roscommon Herald Handicap Hurdle (0-100) back of the pack early - moved into 5th turning for home - held same effort from 3 out and finished 8th | 8/16 | 1¾ | 11-12 | 98 | 96B | 100A | Donagh Meyler | 9/1 |
| 15 Jun 25+23d | Downpatrick | Randox Maiden Hurdle Sat close to the pace early - hit the fourth then pushed along in 6th two out - unable to close and held late for 5th | 5/15 | 9½ | 11-12 | — | 89B | 110A | P J O'Hanlon | 16/1 |
| 23 May 25+10d | Downpatrick | Randox Maiden Hurdle Sat close to the front pair - third at halfway - urged into sixth after the second-last - up into fifth once past the last - driven into fourth turning in and stayed on same gear to the line without finding more | 4/15 | 5½ | 10-13 | — | 116B | 102A | James Smith | 12/1 |
| 13 May 25+372d | Sligo | Adare Manor Opportunity Maiden Hurdle Settled in the pack early - improved into 5th by halfway - driven from three out and edged up to 4th approaching the final fence - stayed on well after the last to finish third | 3/13 | 5 | 11-2 | — | 109C | 101A | James Smith | 11/1 |
| 2024 · 1 run | ||||||||||
| 06 May 24 | Down Royal | Energise (Pro/Am) Flat Race | 8/12 | 11 | 11-3 | — | 103C | 93C | Mr J Dunne | 12/1 |
Quick answers
- How many races has Parkgarve won?
- Parkgarve (IRE) won 1 of 17 archived starts between 2024 and 2026, a strike rate of 5.9%. Placed 4 times in total (23.5% of starts).
- Who trains Parkgarve?
- Parkgarve (IRE) is trained by Ian Patrick Donoghue, who saddled the horse on its most recent run on 21 August 2026.
- Who is Parkgarve's sire?
- Parkgarve (IRE) is by Shirocco (GER) out of Mariet (GB), whose sire is Dr Fong.
- What going does Parkgarve prefer?
- Parkgarve (IRE) has the best record on good going: 1 win from 11 starts (9.1%). Only going bands with at least three archived starts are read, so this is a direction rather than a settled preference.
- What is Parkgarve's official rating?
- The most recent official rating on record is 99, from the run on 21 August 2026. That is also the highest on record.
- What is Parkgarve's sire's record?
- Shirocco (GER)'s progeny in our archive have won 11.2% of 9,171 runs since Jan 2008 (921 horses), Flat and jumps together. Weakest over 6f – 7f (all codes): 7.4% from 203.
- Who are Parkgarve's siblings?
- Out of Mariet (GB), Parkgarve (IRE) has 2 other produce in our archive, 2 of them winners. Most wins: Slade Steel (IRE) (5). Highest grade won: Grade 1 (Slade Steel (IRE)). The wins came over 2m–2m4f. As at Oct 2026.