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Horse profile

Rookery Woods (IRE)

8yo gelding (at last run, Jan 2025) · Last trainer Michael John O'Connor · Last owner Michael John Oconnor
by Vita Venturi (IRE) out of For Orla (IRE) (Zaffaran)
4 runs · 4 courses · from Sep 2024
As at 5 Nov 2026 · KTB archive: GB, Ireland & France · 2005–present, updated daily
No run recorded since 17 Jan 2025 — 657 days ago. Our archive can't say whether the horse is still in training.
Last run Jan 2025 · 8th of 11
KTB Profile

Rookery Woods is a gelding by Vita Venturi out of the Zaffaran mare For Orla. He ran four times on turf between Sep 2024 and Jan 2025, all on soft ground, without winning or placing. His outings came at four different tracks over trips from 1m5f to 3m, finishing 8 of 11 in the Mallow Maiden Hurdle at Cork in Jan 2025.

Based on 4 archived runs · run-style from 4 commented runs since Sep 2024 · updated 5 Nov 2026

KTB Speed and Rating

KTB Speed

Best recent Speed — no A or B graded figure in the last 3 runs; the figures below carry grade C

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 4 figures · best 74C · median 55
GoingRunsBestMedianSince 5 Nov 2025
Soft474C55—
DistanceRunsBestMedianSince 5 Nov 2025
2m1f – 2m4f259C49—
2m5f – 3m1———
1m5f – 2m1———

KTB Speed v1 · batch 15 Sep 2026 · GB & Irish racing only · 4 figures from 4 runs · as at 3 Oct 2026 · a record, not a forecast

KTB Rating

Best recent KTB Rating 99C the best of the last 3 rated runs · Clonmel, 15 Jan 2025

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 →

Jumps 4 figures · best 103C · median 96.5
GoingRunsBestMedianSince 5 Nov 2025
Soft4103C96.5—
DistanceRunsBestMedianSince 5 Nov 2025
2m1f – 2m4f2103C101—
2m5f – 3m1———
1m5f – 2m1———

KTB Rating v1 · batch 3 Oct 2026 · GB & Irish racing only · 4 figures from 4 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 from 4 analysed runs since Sep 2024

  • Mid-division 2 (50%) · 0 wins
  • Held up 2 (50%) · 0 wins

Pedigree intelligence

Sire
Vita Venturi (IRE)

Progeny in our archive have won 4.4% of 90 runs since Jul 2020 (15 horses).

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

Flat and jumps together (all codes) · since Jul 2020 · as at 5 Nov 2026 · rows under 30 runs muted · win % is the measure, a record not a forecast

Dam
For Orla (IRE) (Zaffaran)

1 sibling in the archive, 0 winners.

ProduceRunsWinsWin tripsBest grade
Dromhale Vita (IRE)50——

Record by conditions

CourseRunsWinsSR£1
Cork 1 0 0% −1.00
Clonmel 1 0 0% −1.00
Limerick 1 0 0% −1.00
Listowel 1 0 0% −1.00

DistanceRunsWinsSR£1
2m1f – 2m4f 2 0 0% −2.00
2m5f – 3m 1 0 0% −1.00
1m5f – 2m 1 0 0% −1.00

SeasonRunsWinsSR£1
2025 2 0 0% −2.00
2024 2 0 0% −2.00

TypeRunsWinsSR£1
Hurdle 3 0 0% −3.00
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

DateCourseRace PosBtn Wgt SpdKTB Jockey SP
2025 · 2 runs
17 Jan 25+2d Cork Mallow Maiden Hurdle 3m · Yielding To Soft · 11 ran Settled in the pack early - pushed along and slipped towards the back 4 out - unable to find more late - finished eighth well beaten 8/11 2 11-12 51C94C Mr M J O'Connor 200/1
15 Jan 25+18d Clonmel Monroe Maiden Hurdle 2m1f · Soft · 17 ran Held up at the back from the off - made no impression on the leading group - well beaten by the finish 10/17 hd 11-12 39C99C Mr M J O'Connor 150/1
2024 · 2 runs
28 Dec 24+94d Limerick Keith Lynch Memorial Maiden Hurdle 2m · Yielding To Soft · 17 ran Held up in the pack from the outset - unable to get involved with front group - trailed home in 16th 16/17 1¼ 11-4 74C92C Mr M J O'Connor 200/1
25 Sep 24 Listowel Listowel Vintners Association Flat Race 2m4f · Soft · 12 ran Held up towards the back - lost touch when pressed for effort 6f out - allowed to drop away steadily and finished well held 11/12 6½ 12-0 59C103C Mr M J O'Connor 40/1

Quick answers

How many races has Rookery Woods won?
Rookery Woods (IRE) has yet to win, from 4 archived starts between 2024 and 2025.
Who trained Rookery Woods?
Rookery Woods (IRE) was trained by Michael John O'Connor on the most recent run on record, at Cork on 17 January 2025.
Who is Rookery Woods's sire?
Rookery Woods (IRE) is by Vita Venturi (IRE) out of For Orla (IRE), whose sire is Zaffaran.
What is Rookery Woods's sire's record?
Vita Venturi (IRE)'s progeny in our archive have won 4.4% of 90 runs since Jul 2020 (15 horses), Flat and jumps together.
Who are Rookery Woods's siblings?
Out of For Orla (IRE), Rookery Woods (IRE) has 1 other produce in our archive, 0 of them winners. As at Nov 2026.

Record shown from September 2024. 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.