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Horse profile

Pearl Palinka (IRE)

3yo filly (at last run, Oct 2022) · Last trainer D K Weld · Last owner Mrs Noeleen Mccreevy
9 runs · 7 courses · from Jun 2021
As at 5 Nov 2026 · KTB archive: GB, Ireland & France · 2005–present, updated daily
No run recorded since 19 Oct 2022 — 1,478 days ago. Our archive can't say whether the horse is still in training.
Last run Oct 2022 · 17th of 23 Won at Down Royal Headgear returns LTO Last raced off OR 69
KTB Profile

Pearl Palinka won one of nine starts on turf, the success coming at Down Royal in Sep 2021 in the Irish Stallion Farms European Breeders Fund Fillies Maiden over under 6f on good ground. All wins were at under 6f on good going. She last ran at Navan in Oct 2022, finishing 17 of 23 in the Safer Gambling Handicap off an official rating of 69, which was 17lb below her highest ever mark. Headgear returned at that run for D K Weld.

Based on 9 archived runs · updated 5 Nov 2026
KTB at a glance Wins on good or faster OR ↓ 17lb off peak
Official rating69↓ 17lb off peak
69 69–86

KTB Speed and Rating

KTB Speed

Best recent Speed 94 the best of the last 3 graded (A or B) runs · Cork, 18 May 2022

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 9 figures · best 116A · median 79
GoingRunsBestMedianSince 5 Nov 2025
Good5116A72—
Heavy1———
Good to Soft1———
Soft1———
Good to Firm1———
DistanceRunsBestMedianSince 5 Nov 2025
Under 6f7116A72—
6f – 7f288C83.5—

KTB Speed v1 · batch 15 Sep 2026 · GB & Irish racing only · 9 figures from 9 runs · as at 3 Oct 2026 · a record, not a forecast

KTB Rating

Best recent KTB Rating 72A the best of the last 3 rated runs · Cork, 8 Jun 2022 Official rating 69 at the last run, 19 Oct 2022

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 →

Flat 9 figures · best 92A · median 75
GoingRunsBestMedianSince 5 Nov 2025
Good586A75—
Heavy1———
Good to Soft1———
Soft1———
Good to Firm1———
DistanceRunsBestMedianSince 5 Nov 2025
Under 6f792A75—
6f – 7f281A73—

KTB Rating v1 · batch 3 Oct 2026 · GB & Irish racing only · 9 figures from 9 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

Progeny in our archive have won 12.1% of 6,362 runs since Apr 2018 (708 horses).

Weakest on good to soft going: 9.1% from 618. Weakest over 1m5f – 2m (all codes): 7.5% from 186.

GoingRunsWinsSRvs sireThis horse
Firm16531.3%+19.2—
Good to Firm92712213.2%+1.10 from 1
Good1,49018112.1%01 from 5
Good to Soft618569.1%−30 from 1
Soft85111012.9%+0.80 from 1
Heavy2853713%+0.90 from 1
Standard (AW)2,17525911.9%−0.2—
Distance (all codes)RunsWinsSRvs sireThis horse
Under 6f91512313.4%+1.31 from 7
6f – 7f3,40744313%+0.90 from 2
1m – 1m1f1,18913111%−1.1—
1m2f – 1m4f583549.3%−2.8—
1m5f – 2m186147.5%−4.6—
2m1f – 2m4f7756.5%−5.6—
2m5f – 3m500%−12.1—

Flat and jumps together (all codes) · since Apr 2018 · as at 5 Nov 2026 · rows under 30 runs muted · win % is the measure, a record not a forecast

Dam

3 siblings in the archive, 3 winners — best of them Servalan (IRE) (2 wins).

The wins came over 5f–6f; the highest grade won is Listed (Servalan (IRE)).

ProduceRunsWinsWin tripsBest grade
Servalan (IRE)1026fListed
Never Shout Never (IRE)4325f—
Red Earth (IRE)316f—

Record by conditions

GoingRunsWinsSR£1
Good 5 1 20% +0.50
Heavy 1 0 0% −1.00
Good to Soft 1 0 0% −1.00
Soft 1 0 0% −1.00
Good to Firm 1 0 0% −1.00

CourseRunsWinsSR£1
Cork 3 0 0% −3.00
Navan 1 0 0% −1.00
Listowel 1 0 0% −1.00
Naas 1 0 0% −1.00
Down Royal 1 1 100% +4.50
Navan (IRE) 1 0 0% −1.00
Tipperary 1 0 0% −1.00

DistanceRunsWinsSR£1
Under 6f 7 1 14% −1.50
6f – 7f 2 0 0% −2.00

JockeyRunsWinsSR£1
Chris Hayes 5 0 0% −5.00
Oisin Orr 2 1 50% +3.50
Jamie Powell 1 0 0% −1.00
Colin Keane 1 0 0% −1.00

HeadgearRunsWinsSR£1
None 7 1 14% −1.50
Visor 1 0 0% −1.00
Hood 1 0 0% −1.00

SeasonRunsWinsSR£1
2022 6 0 0% −6.00
2021 3 1 33% +2.50

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
2022 · 6 runs
19 Oct 22+29d Navan Safer Gambling Handicap (47-70) 5½f · Heavy · 23 ran 17/23 2¾ 9-8 6961C40A Jamie Powell 20/1
20 Sep 22+104d Listowel Southern Milling & Paul & Vincent Quality Feeds Handicap (50-80) 7f · Good To Yielding · 15 ran 10/15 1¼ 9-3 7088C65A Chris Hayes 16/1
08 Jun 22+21d Cork Sign Up To Our Newsletter Handicap 5f · Good · 11 ran 7/11 nk 9-4 7769A72A Chris Hayes 10/1
18 May 22+23d Cork Follow Us On Social Media Handicap 5f · Yielding To Soft · 12 ran 4/12 ½ 9-3 8194A89A Chris Hayes 33/1
25 Apr 22+22d Naas Family Fun Day On May 7th Handicap 6f · Good · 13 ran 11/13 ½ 9-12 8579C81A Chris Hayes 16/1
03 Apr 22+212d Cork Book Tickets Online At Corkracecourse.ie Handicap 5f · Good · 10 ran 6/10 hd 9-8 8672A75A Chris Hayes 7/1
2021 · 3 runs
03 Sep 21+6d Down Royal Irish Stallion Farms European Breeders Fund Fillies Maiden 5f · Good · 8 ran 1/8 9-2 —116A86A Oisin Orr 9/2
28 Aug 21+59d Navan (IRE) Irish Stallion Farms EBF Maiden 5½f · Good · 14 ran 6/14 ½ 9-2 —70C70A Oisin Orr 3/1C
30 Jun 21 Tipperary Irish Stallion Farms EBF Fillies Maiden 5f · Good To Firm · 8 ran 3/8 2¼ 9-2 —87A92A Colin Keane 7/1

Quick answers

How many races has Pearl Palinka won?
Pearl Palinka (IRE) won 1 of 9 archived starts between 2021 and 2022, a strike rate of 11.1%. Placed 2 times in total (22.2% of starts).
Who trained Pearl Palinka?
Pearl Palinka (IRE) was trained by D K Weld on the most recent run on record, at Navan on 19 October 2022.
Who is Pearl Palinka's sire?
Pearl Palinka (IRE) is by No Nay Never (USA) out of Catch The Eye (IRE), whose sire is Oratorio.
What going does Pearl Palinka prefer?
Pearl Palinka (IRE) has the best record on good going: 1 win from 5 starts (20%). Only going bands with at least three archived starts are read, so this is a direction rather than a settled preference.
What is Pearl Palinka's official rating?
The most recent official rating on record is 69, from the run on 19 October 2022. The highest on record is 86.
What is Pearl Palinka's sire's record?
No Nay Never (USA)'s progeny in our archive have won 12.1% of 6,362 runs since Apr 2018 (708 horses), Flat and jumps together. Weakest on good to soft going: 9.1% from 618. Weakest over 1m5f – 2m (all codes): 7.5% from 186.
Who are Pearl Palinka's siblings?
Out of Catch The Eye (IRE), Pearl Palinka (IRE) has 3 other produce in our archive, 3 of them winners. Most wins: Servalan (IRE) (2). Highest grade won: Listed (Servalan (IRE)). The wins came over 5f–6f. As at Nov 2026.

Record shown from June 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.