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Horse profile

Pope Liam (IRE)

6yo gelding (at last run, Oct 2021) · Last trainer W J Burke · Last owner M Spillane
by Vita Venturi (IRE) out of Lackabane Julie (IRE) (Broken Hearted)
7 runs · 7 courses · from Oct 2020
As at 28 Oct 2026 · KTB archive: GB, Ireland & France · 2005–present, updated daily
No run recorded since 14 Oct 2021 — 1,840 days ago. Our archive can't say whether the horse is still in training.
Last run Oct 2021 First-time headgear LTO
KTB Profile

Pope Liam (IRE) is yet to win from 7 starts. Best effort: 4th of 14 at Clonmel (Oct 2020).

Based on 7 archived runs · updated 28 Oct 2026

KTB Speed and Rating

KTB Speed

Best recent Speed 72 the best of the last 2 graded (A or B) runs · Cork, 2 Aug 2021

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 5 figures · best 111C · median 61
GoingRunsBestMedianSince 28 Oct 2025
Good to Soft2111C91.5—
Soft259C51.5—
Good1———
DistanceRunsBestMedianSince 28 Oct 2025
2m1f – 2m4f3111C72—
1m5f – 2m261B60—

Of 7 runs looked at, 2 have no figure: did not complete (1) · not enough races on the card to set the day (under 4) (1).

KTB Speed v1 · batch 15 Sep 2026 · GB & Irish racing only · 5 figures from 7 runs · as at 3 Oct 2026 · a record, not a forecast

KTB Rating

Best recent KTB Rating (jumps) 96A the best of the last 3 rated runs · Listowel, 22 Sep 2021

Best recent KTB Rating (flat) 60C the best of the last 1 rated run · Clonmel, 1 Oct 2020

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. A, B or C on a run is how much known form was in that race. What this means →

Jumps 5 figures · best 96A · median 92
GoingRunsBestMedianSince 28 Oct 2025
Good to Soft294C92.5—
Soft292C89.5—
Good1———
DistanceRunsBestMedianSince 28 Oct 2025
2m1f – 2m4f394C91—
1m5f – 2m296A94—
Flat 1 figure · too few for a breakdown

Of 7 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 · 6 figures from 7 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
Vita Venturi (IRE)

Progeny in our archive have won 4.4% of 90 runs since Jan 2008 (15 horses).

GoingRunsWinsSRvs sireThis horse
Good2200%−4.40 from 3
Good to Soft1400%−4.40 from 2
Soft4349.3%+4.90 from 2
Heavy1100%−4.4—
Distance (all codes)RunsWinsSRvs sireThis horse
1m2f – 1m4f100%−4.4—
1m5f – 2m3126.5%+2.10 from 4
2m1f – 2m4f4324.7%+0.30 from 3
2m5f – 3m1500%−4.4—

Flat and jumps together (all codes) · since Jan 2008 · as at 28 Oct 2026 · rows under 30 runs muted · win % is the measure, a record not a forecast

Dam
Lackabane Julie (IRE) (Broken Hearted)

1 sibling in the archive, 0 winners.

ProduceRunsWinsWin tripsBest grade
Lion Of Lackabane (IRE)60——

Record by conditions

GoingRunsWinsSR£1
Good 3 0 0% −3.00
Good to Soft 2 0 0% −2.00
Soft 2 0 0% −2.00

CourseRunsWinsSR£1
Tramore 1 0 0% −1.00
Listowel 1 0 0% −1.00
Cork 1 0 0% −1.00
Sligo 1 0 0% −1.00
Killarney 1 0 0% −1.00
Thurles 1 0 0% −1.00
Clonmel 1 0 0% −1.00

DistanceRunsWinsSR£1
1m5f – 2m 4 0 0% −4.00
2m1f – 2m4f 3 0 0% −3.00

JockeyRunsWinsSR£1
Mr T Feeney 3 0 0% −3.00
Mikey Hamill 2 0 0% −2.00
Mr J C Canavan 1 0 0% −1.00
Darragh O'Keeffe 1 0 0% −1.00

HeadgearRunsWinsSR£1
None 6 0 0% −6.00
Tongue tie 1 0 0% −1.00

SeasonRunsWinsSR£1
2021 5 0 0% −5.00
2020 2 0 0% −2.00

TypeRunsWinsSR£1
Hurdle 4 0 0% −4.00
NH Flat 2 0 0% −2.00
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

DateCourseRace PosBtn Wgt SpdKTB Jockey SP
2021 · 5 runs
14 Oct 21+22d Tramore www.tramoreraces.ie Maiden Hurdle 16f · Good · 14 ran PU/14 — 11-11 —— Mikey Hamill 33/1
22 Sep 21+51d Listowel McSweeney Brothers Maiden Hurdle (Div 2) 16f · Good · 13 ran 7/13 1¾ 11-11 61B96A Mikey Hamill 150/1
02 Aug 21+22d Cork Adare Manor Opportunity Maiden Hurdle 19f · Good To Yielding · 16 ran 9/16 3¾ 11-10 72B91A Mr J C Canavan 66/1
11 Jul 21+62d Sligo Rss Document Storage Maiden Hurdle 17f · Yielding · 14 ran 10/14 9 12-0 44C87C Darragh O'Keeffe 28/1
10 May 21+200d Killarney KillarneyRaces.ie Flat Race 17f · Good To Yielding · 18 ran 15/18 1½ 11-9 111C94C Mr T Feeney 14/1
2020 · 2 runs
22 Oct 20+21d Thurles Munster Flat Race 16f · Yielding · 13 ran 10/13 21 11-9 59C92C Mr T Feeney 18/1
01 Oct 20 Clonmel Clonmel Flat Race 16.5f · Good · 14 ran 4/14 7 11-9 —60C Mr T Feeney 20/1

Quick answers

How many races has Pope Liam won?
Pope Liam (IRE) has yet to win, from 7 archived starts between 2020 and 2021.
Who trained Pope Liam?
Pope Liam (IRE) was trained by W J Burke on the most recent run on record, at Tramore on 14 October 2021.
Who is Pope Liam's sire?
Pope Liam (IRE) is by Vita Venturi (IRE) out of Lackabane Julie (IRE), whose sire is Broken Hearted.
What is Pope Liam's sire's record?
Vita Venturi (IRE)'s progeny in our archive have won 4.4% of 90 runs since Jan 2008 (15 horses), Flat and jumps together.
Who are Pope Liam's siblings?
Out of Lackabane Julie (IRE), Pope Liam (IRE) has 1 other produce in our archive, 0 of them winners. As at Oct 2026.

Record shown from October 2020. Our archive holds racing in Great Britain, Ireland and France from January 2005. Runs in other countries are not in it, and earlier runs are not available from our data provider. In-running comments are available from 2024 onward.