Rainbow Connection (IRE)
Rainbow Connection is a maiden who has run five times without a win and placed once. Her best effort came when second of six at Galway in Oct 2025. She last ran at Tramore in Nov 2025, finishing 13 of 16 in the Karl Casey Outstanding Contribution Award 2025 Handicap Hurdle off an official rating of 99, which was her career-high mark. By Mount Nelson out of a Court Cave mare, she has raced only on turf.
- 0–5Wins / Runs
- 0%Strike rate
- 1 (20%)Placed
- −5.00£1 level staken=5 at SP
- 0.00Fair A/E n=5 · 0.00 incl. margin
- 99Highest OR
- 29dAvg 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 111
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 | 2 | 111B | 85.5 | — |
| Good to Soft | 1 | — | — | 1 · — |
| Soft | 1 | — | — | — |
| Distance | Runs | Best | Median | Since 18 Oct 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1m5f – 2m | 2 | 75A | 67.5 | 1 · — |
| 2m1f – 2m4f | 2 | 111B | 85.5 | — |
Of 5 runs looked at, 1 has no figure: obstacles omitted — the race ran a shortened course (1).
KTB Speed v1 · batch 15 Sep 2026 · GB & Irish racing only · 4 figures from 5 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.
Pedigree intelligence
Progeny in our archive have won 9.9% of 6,257 runs since Jan 2008 (538 horses).
| Going | Runs | Wins | SR | vs sire | This horse |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Firm | 30 | 2 | 6.7% | −3.2 | — |
| Good to Firm | 643 | 73 | 11.4% | +1.5 | — |
| Good | 1,670 | 150 | 9% | −0.9 | 0 from 2 |
| Good to Soft | 1,040 | 109 | 10.5% | +0.6 | 0 from 1 |
| Soft | 1,249 | 124 | 9.9% | 0 | 0 from 2 |
| Heavy | 450 | 51 | 11.3% | +1.4 | — |
| Standard (AW) | 1,175 | 113 | 9.6% | −0.3 | — |
| Distance (all codes) | Runs | Wins | SR | vs sire | This horse |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Under 6f | 98 | 8 | 8.2% | −1.7 | — |
| 6f – 7f | 864 | 85 | 9.8% | −0.1 | — |
| 1m – 1m1f | 678 | 49 | 7.2% | −2.7 | — |
| 1m2f – 1m4f | 1,222 | 148 | 12.1% | +2.2 | — |
| 1m5f – 2m | 1,593 | 154 | 9.7% | −0.2 | 0 from 2 |
| 2m1f – 2m4f | 1,195 | 118 | 9.9% | 0 | 0 from 2 |
| 2m5f – 3m | 530 | 52 | 9.8% | −0.1 | 0 from 1 |
| Over 3m | 77 | 8 | 10.4% | +0.5 | — |
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
1 sibling in the archive, 1 winner — best of them Bold Reflection (IRE) (1 win).
The wins came over 2m.
| Produce | Runs | Wins | Win trips | Best grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bold Reflection (IRE) | 7 | 1 | 2m | — |
Record by conditions
| Going | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Soft | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Good | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Good to Soft | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Course | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Galway | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Tramore | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Gowran Park | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Sligo | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Distance | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1m5f – 2m | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| 2m1f – 2m4f | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| 2m5f – 3m | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Jockey | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Danny Gilligan | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Michael Kenneally | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Donagh Meyler | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Mr L P Shanahan | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Type | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hurdle | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 25 Nov 25+30d | Tramore | Karl Casey Outstanding Contribution Award 2025 Handicap Hurdle (0-100) Tracked the pace group early - 6th at halfway - pushed along and unable to quicken from 3 out - well held at the finish | 13/16 | 1 | 11-7 | 99 | — | 96C | Michael Kenneally | 10/1 |
| 26 Oct 25+23d | Galway | Purchase By 3pm Today To WINABMW.ie Mares Maiden Hurdle Held up in rear of front group - 4th at halfway - moved into it approaching 2 out and closed on the front-runner - driven into 2nd turning for home - unable to get on terms and blundered at the last - stayed on same rate to finish 2nd | 2/6 | 8½ | 11-7 | — | 60A | 114B | Danny Gilligan | 11/1 |
| 03 Oct 25+44d | Gowran Park | Gowran Park Racing Club Maiden Hurdle Settled midpack early - 7th at halfway - moved into 5th after 3 out - driven approaching the second-last and 4th before the final fence - held no more in reserve and stayed on steadily to finish 4th | 4/12 | 6½ | 11-5 | — | 75A | 105A | Danny Gilligan | 28/1 |
| 20 Aug 25+18d | Sligo | Sligo Plumb Centre Mares Maiden Hurdle Settled with the pack early - stayed 6th then 5th before three out - pushed into 4th approaching two out - drifted right at the last - held on without further gain to finish 4th | 4/16 | 17 | 10-13 | — | 111B | 101A | Donagh Meyler | 14/1 |
| 02 Aug 25 | Galway | Salthill Hotel Irish EBF Mares Flat Race Settled midpack in the early stages - moved into 4th with 3f left - pushed along but flattened out 2f out - dropped away to finish 10th | 10/15 | 7 | 11-4 | — | 60C | 89A | Mr L P Shanahan | 14/1 |
Quick answers
- How many races has Rainbow Connection (IRE) won?
- Rainbow Connection (IRE) has yet to win, from 5 archived starts in 2025. Placed 1 time in total (20% of starts).
- Who trains Rainbow Connection (IRE)?
- Rainbow Connection (IRE) is trained by Ross O'Sullivan, who saddled the horse on its most recent run on 25 November 2025.
- Who is Rainbow Connection (IRE)'s sire?
- Rainbow Connection (IRE) is by Mount Nelson (GB) out of Rory's Rainbow (IRE), whose sire is Court Cave.
- What is Rainbow Connection (IRE)'s official rating?
- The most recent official rating on record is 99, from the run on 25 November 2025. That is also the highest on record.
- What is Rainbow Connection (IRE)'s sire's record?
- Mount Nelson (GB)'s progeny in our archive have won 9.9% of 6,257 runs since Jan 2008 (538 horses), Flat and jumps together.
- Who are Rainbow Connection (IRE)'s siblings?
- Out of Rory's Rainbow (IRE), Rainbow Connection (IRE) has 1 other produce in our archive, 1 of them a winner. Most wins: Bold Reflection (IRE) (1). The wins came over 2m. As at Oct 2026.