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Horse profile

Rio Gold (IRE)

6yo gelding (at last run, May 2019) · Last trainer Paul John Gilligan · Last owner Ttme Partnership
by Milan (GB) out of Minora Blue (GB) (Bob Back)
9 runs · 9 courses · from Aug 2018
As at 28 Oct 2026 · KTB archive: GB, Ireland & France · 2005–present, updated daily
No run recorded since 26 May 2019 — 2,712 days ago. Our archive can't say whether the horse is still in training.
Last run May 2019 Headgear returns LTO Last raced off OR 86
KTB Profile

Rio Gold (IRE) is yet to win from 9 starts.

Based on 9 archived runs · updated 28 Oct 2026

KTB Speed and Rating

KTB Speed

Best recent Speed 123 the best of the last 1 graded (A or B) run · Ballinrobe, 7 May 2019

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 123B · median 68
GoingRunsBestMedianSince 28 Oct 2025
Good4123B71—
Soft1———
DistanceRunsBestMedianSince 28 Oct 2025
2m1f – 2m4f3123B68—
1m5f – 2m274C51.5—

Of 9 runs looked at, 4 have no figure: did not complete (2) · obstacles omitted — the race ran a shortened course (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 9 runs · as at 3 Oct 2026 · a record, not a forecast

KTB Rating

Best recent KTB Rating 88C the best of the last 3 rated runs · Navan, 17 Feb 2019 Official rating 86 at the last run, 26 May 2019

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 6 figures · best 88C · median 85
GoingRunsBestMedianSince 28 Oct 2025
Good587C83—
Soft1———
DistanceRunsBestMedianSince 28 Oct 2025
2m1f – 2m4f383A80—
1m5f – 2m388C87—

Of 9 runs looked at, 3 have no figure: did not complete (or a non-runner row) (3).

KTB Rating v1 · batch 3 Oct 2026 · GB & Irish racing only · 6 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
Milan (GB)

Progeny in our archive have won 11.3% of 16,858 runs since Jan 2008 (1,463 horses).

GoingRunsWinsSRvs sireThis horse
Firm1815.6%−5.7—
Good to Firm5536611.9%+0.6—
Good5,17064912.6%+1.30 from 6
Good to Soft3,29438611.7%+0.4—
Soft5,03450210%−1.30 from 2
Heavy2,71630311.2%−0.10 from 1
Standard (AW)7322.7%−8.6—
Distance (all codes)RunsWinsSRvs sireThis horse
6f – 7f300%−11.3—
1m – 1m1f9111.1%−0.2—
1m2f – 1m4f5835.2%−6.1—
1m5f – 2m3,85540110.4%−0.90 from 4
2m1f – 2m4f5,47859910.9%−0.40 from 4
2m5f – 3m5,80670012.1%+0.80 from 1
Over 3m1,64920512.4%+1.1—

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
Minora Blue (GB) (Bob Back)

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

GoingRunsWinsSR£1
Good 6 0 0% −6.00
Soft 2 0 0% −2.00
Heavy 1 0 0% −1.00

ClassRunsWinsSR£1
Class 5 1 0 0% −1.00

CourseRunsWinsSR£1
Fontwell 1 0 0% −1.00
Ballinrobe 1 0 0% −1.00
Sligo 1 0 0% −1.00
Limerick 1 0 0% −1.00
Leopardstown 1 0 0% −1.00
Navan 1 0 0% −1.00
Naas 1 0 0% −1.00
Punchestown 1 0 0% −1.00
Cork 1 0 0% −1.00

DistanceRunsWinsSR£1
2m1f – 2m4f 4 0 0% −4.00
1m5f – 2m 4 0 0% −4.00
2m5f – 3m 1 0 0% −1.00

JockeyRunsWinsSR£1
Mr L P Gilligan 7 0 0% −7.00
Mr T Walsh 2 0 0% −2.00

HeadgearRunsWinsSR£1
None 6 0 0% −6.00
Hood 2 0 0% −2.00
Blinkers 1 0 0% −1.00

SeasonRunsWinsSR£1
2019 7 0 0% −7.00
2018 2 0 0% −2.00

TypeRunsWinsSR£1
Hurdle 7 0 0% −7.00
NH Flat 2 0 0% −2.00

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 ORSpdKTB Jockey SP
2019 · 7 runs
26 May 19+19d Fontwell Luke Reardon 21st Birthday 'National Hunt' Maiden Hurdle Class 5 · 21.5f · Good · 5 ran F/5 — 10-9 86—— Mr L P Gilligan 11/2
07 May 19+9d Ballinrobe Adare Manor Opportunity Handicap Hurdle (80-102) 17.5f · Good · 15 ran 10/15 1½ 10-11 87123B83A Mr L P Gilligan 20/1
28 Apr 19+43d Sligo Sligo Racecourse Maiden Hurdle 20f · Good · 14 ran 8/14 7 10-11 —36C80C Mr L P Gilligan 100/1
16 Mar 19+13d Limerick Follow Limerick Racecourse On Twitter (C & G) Maiden Hurdle 16f · Heavy · 14 ran PU/14 — 11-5 ——— Mr L P Gilligan 100/1
03 Mar 19+14d Leopardstown Donohoe Marquees Maiden Hurdle 20f · Yielding · 7 ran UR/7 — 11-5 ——— Mr L P Gilligan 100/1
17 Feb 19+8d Navan Ladbrokes Where The Nation Plays Maiden Hurdle 16f · Yielding · 18 ran 13/18 6 11-5 —29C88C Mr L P Gilligan 100/1
09 Feb 19+73d Naas Cavan Developments Maiden Hurdle (Div 2) 16f · Good · 25 ran 20/25 ¾ 11-5 —74C87C Mr L P Gilligan 100/1
2018 · 2 runs
28 Nov 18+114d Punchestown BETDAQ 1st Month Commission Back Flat Race 16f · Good · 9 ran 8/9 1¼ 11-7 ——87C Mr T Walsh 100/1
06 Aug 18 Cork Ticket Sales Online At corkracecourse.ie Flat Race 19f · Good · 14 ran 10/14 17 11-7 —68C79C Mr T Walsh 25/1

Quick answers

How many races has Rio Gold won?
Rio Gold (IRE) has yet to win, from 9 archived starts between 2018 and 2019.
Who trained Rio Gold?
Rio Gold (IRE) was trained by Paul John Gilligan on the most recent run on record, at Fontwell on 26 May 2019.
Who is Rio Gold's sire?
Rio Gold (IRE) is by Milan (GB) out of Minora Blue (GB), whose sire is Bob Back.
What is Rio Gold's official rating?
The most recent official rating on record is 86, from the run on 26 May 2019. The highest on record is 87.
What is Rio Gold's sire's record?
Milan (GB)'s progeny in our archive have won 11.3% of 16,858 runs since Jan 2008 (1,463 horses), Flat and jumps together.

Record shown from August 2018. 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.