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Secret Squirrel (IRE)

9yo gelding (at last run, Jul 2010) · Last trainer E McNamara · Last owner Aidan J Ryan
by Mister Lord (USA) out of Crosschild (IRE) (Buckskin)
21 runs · 13 courses · from Jan 2006
As at 22 Oct 2026 · KTB archive: GB, Ireland & France · 2005–present, updated daily
No run recorded since 3 Jul 2010 — 5,954 days ago. Our archive can't say whether the horse is still in training.
Last run Jul 2010 3 wins · Killarney, Limerick & Hereford Last raced off OR 89
KTB Profile

Secret Squirrel (IRE) is 3 from 21. Hasn't won since Jul 2008. Last raced off 89, 11lb below the career-high mark.

Based on 21 archived runs · updated 22 Oct 2026
KTB at a glance OR ↓ 11lb off peak
Official rating89↓ 11lb off peak
89 76–100

KTB Speed and Rating

KTB Speed

No KTB Speed figures for this horse. The engine scores GB and Irish racing from Oct 2016; runs elsewhere, or earlier, have no figure.

KTB Speed v1 · batch 15 Sep 2026 · GB & Irish racing only · 0 figures from 0 runs · a record, not a forecast

KTB Rating

Best recent KTB Rating 114A the best of the last 3 rated runs · Limerick, 12 Oct 2008 Official rating 89 at the last run, 3 Jul 2010

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 16 figures · best 123C · median 96
GoingRunsBestMedianSince 22 Oct 2025
Soft6123C103—
Good4105C92—
Heavy3100C85—
Good to Firm2109C93—
Good to Soft1———
DistanceRunsBestMedianSince 22 Oct 2025
1m5f – 2m6109A82—
2m5f – 3m5123C105—
2m1f – 2m4f5109C100—

Of 21 runs looked at, 5 have no figure: did not complete (or a non-runner row) (5).

KTB Rating v1 · batch 3 Oct 2026 · GB & Irish racing only · 16 figures from 21 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
Mister Lord (USA)

Progeny in our archive have won 8% of 565 runs since Jan 2008 (79 horses).

Strongest on heavy going: 13.9% from 108. Weakest on soft going: 4% from 151. Strongest over 2m1f – 2m4f (all codes): 12.8% from 149. Weakest at trips beyond 3m (all codes): 4.5% from 111.

GoingRunsWinsSRvs sireThis horse
Firm400%−80 from 1
Good to Firm4300%−81 from 3
Good165159.1%+1.11 from 4
Good to Soft9499.6%+1.60 from 2
Soft15164%−41 from 8
Heavy1081513.9%+5.90 from 3
Distance (all codes)RunsWinsSRvs sireThis horse
1m2f – 1m4f100%−8—
1m5f – 2m5247.7%−0.30 from 6
2m1f – 2m4f1491912.8%+4.82 from 7
2m5f – 3m252176.7%−1.31 from 8
Over 3m11154.5%−3.5—

Flat and jumps together (all codes) · since Jan 2008 · as at 21 Oct 2026 · rows under 30 runs muted · win % is the measure, a record not a forecast

Dam
Crosschild (IRE) (Buckskin)

3 siblings in the archive, 2 winners — best of them Cara Mara (IRE) (6 wins).

The wins came over 2m–3m2½f; the highest grade won is Class 4 (Mogestic (IRE)).

ProduceRunsWinsWin tripsBest grade
Cara Mara (IRE)3362m–3m—
Mogestic (IRE)4562m5½f–3m2½fClass 4
One For Terry (IRE)20——

Record by conditions

GoingRunsWinsSR£1
Soft 8 1 13% −4.50
Good 4 1 25% +13.00
Good to Firm 3 1 33% +1.50
Heavy 3 0 0% −3.00
Good to Soft 2 0 0% −2.00
Firm 1 0 0% −1.00

ClassRunsWinsSR£1
Class 3 1 0 0% −1.00
Class 5 1 1 100% +3.50

CourseRunsWinsSR£1
Limerick 5 1 20% −1.50
Thurles 2 0 0% −2.00
Listowel 2 0 0% −2.00
Clonmel 2 0 0% −2.00
Cork 2 0 0% −2.00
Bellewstown 1 0 0% −1.00
Killarney 1 1 100% +16.00
Fairyhouse 1 0 0% −1.00
Limerick (IRE) 1 0 0% −1.00
Cheltenham 1 0 0% −1.00
Hereford 1 1 100% +3.50
Ballinrobe (IRE) 1 0 0% −1.00
Navan 1 0 0% −1.00

DistanceRunsWinsSR£1
2m5f – 3m 8 1 13% −4.50
2m1f – 2m4f 7 2 29% +14.50
1m5f – 2m 6 0 0% −6.00

JockeyRunsWinsSR£1
Joseph Holly 4 0 0% −4.00
B C Byrnes 4 2 50% +4.00
Robert Jones 3 0 0% −3.00
Kevin Coleman 3 1 33% +14.00
Robbie Power 3 0 0% −3.00
D F Flannery 2 0 0% −2.00
Denis O'Regan 1 0 0% −1.00
D J Casey 1 0 0% −1.00

HeadgearRunsWinsSR£1
None 20 3 15% +5.00
Cheekpieces 1 0 0% −1.00

SeasonRunsWinsSR£1
2010 3 0 0% −3.00
2008 9 1 11% +8.00
2006 9 2 22% −1.00

TypeRunsWinsSR£1
Hurdle 13 2 15% −5.00
Chase 8 1 13% +9.00

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 ORKTB Jockey SP
03 Jul 10+112d Bellewstown Bellewstown Golfcourse Handicap Hurdle (81-109) 24f · Good To Firm · 16 ran UR/16 — 10-3 89— Robert Jones 12/1
13 Mar 10+16d Limerick limerickraces.ie Online Booking Handicap Hurdle (80-95) 16f · Yielding To Soft · 18 ran 4/18 7 10-13 89109A Robert Jones 10/1
25 Feb 10+501d Thurles Littleton Handicap Hurdle (80-95) 22f · Soft · 17 ran F/17 — 11-1 91— Robert Jones 12/1
12 Oct 08+22d Limerick Pat Keogh BMW Handicap Hurdle (81-109) 22f · Soft · 17 ran 4/17 4½ 11-4 100114A Denis O'Regan 7/1
20 Sep 08+66d Listowel Guinness Surge Handicap Chase (0-109) 24f · Yielding To Soft · 14 ran 3/14 7 10-10 7997A Kevin Coleman 13/2
16 Jul 08+69d Killarney ladbrokes.com Handicap Chase (0-102) 20.5f · Good · 15 ran 1/15 10-4 80102A Kevin Coleman 16/1
08 May 08+23d Clonmel J. Winston Building Contractors Handicap Chase (0-102) 20f · Firm · 16 ran PU/16 — 10-6 81— Robbie Power 16/1
15 Apr 08+3d Limerick Are You Feeling Lucky (C & G) Beginners Chase 19.5f · Yielding To Soft · 15 ran 11/15 20 11-12 8195C Robbie Power 25/1
12 Apr 08+16d Fairyhouse Baltrasna Beginners Chase 21f · Good To Yielding · 16 ran UR/16 — 11-7 —— D F Flannery 25/1
27 Mar 08+11d Thurles Cashel Beginners Chase 22f · Yielding · 16 ran 9/16 5½ 11-7 8689C D F Flannery 14/1
16 Mar 08+14d Limerick (IRE) Mullins Electrical Beginners Chase 19.5f · Heavy · 15 ran 13/15 ½ 11-12 —85C Kevin Coleman 10/1
02 Mar 08+432d Clonmel Moyle Rovers Munster Junior Hurling Champ's Beginners Chase 20f · Yielding To Soft · 14 ran BD/14 — 11-5 —— Joseph Holly 14/1
26 Dec 06+46d Limerick Sliabh Luachra Handicap Hurdle (74-109) 21f · Yielding To Soft · 18 ran 1/18 10-9 95123C B C Byrnes 5/2F
10 Nov 06+26d Cheltenham Royal Bank Of Canada Conditional Jockeys' Handicap Hurdle Class 3 · 21f · Good · 20 ran 3/20 ¾ 9-11 87105C B C Byrnes 13/2
15 Oct 06+21d Hereford Jewsons And Bosch Power Tools Conditional Jockeys' Novices' Handicap Hurdle Class 5 · 19.5f · Good To Firm · 15 ran 1/15 10-10 82109C B C Byrnes 7/2F
24 Sep 06+28d Listowel Dawn Omega Milk Handicap Hurdle (74-102) 20f · Soft To Heavy · 17 ran 3/17 4½ 10-1 76100C D J Casey 14/1
27 Aug 06+20d Ballinrobe (IRE) Gypsum Industries Handicap Hurdle 16f · Good · 16 ran 10/16 2 10-9 7856C Robbie Power 16/1
07 Aug 06+98d Cork Killetra Maiden Hurdle 16f · Good To Firm · 11 ran 6/11 19 11-5 7877C Joseph Holly 33/1
01 May 06+16d Limerick Coyle Hamilton Willis Maiden Hurdle 16f · Good · 18 ran 11/18 2 11-5 —82C Joseph Holly 25/1
15 Apr 06+98d Cork Buttevant Maiden Hurdle 16f · Good To Yielding · 21 ran 13/21 6 11-5 8982C Joseph Holly 33/1
07 Jan 06 Navan Skyrne Maiden Hurdle 16f · Soft To Heavy · 30 ran 27/30 6 11-3 —84C B C Byrnes 25/1

Quick answers

How many races has Secret Squirrel (IRE) won?
Secret Squirrel (IRE) won 3 of 21 archived starts between 2006 and 2010, a strike rate of 14.3%. Placed 8 times in total (38.1% of starts).
Who trained Secret Squirrel (IRE)?
Secret Squirrel (IRE) was trained by E McNamara on the most recent run on record, at Bellewstown on 3 July 2010.
Who is Secret Squirrel (IRE)'s sire?
Secret Squirrel (IRE) is by Mister Lord (USA) out of Crosschild (IRE), whose sire is Buckskin.
What going does Secret Squirrel (IRE) prefer?
Secret Squirrel (IRE) has the best record on good to firm going: 1 win from 3 starts (33.3%). Only going bands with at least three archived starts are read, so this is a direction rather than a settled preference.
What is Secret Squirrel (IRE)'s official rating?
The most recent official rating on record is 89, from the run on 3 July 2010. The highest on record is 100.
What is Secret Squirrel (IRE)'s sire's record?
Mister Lord (USA)'s progeny in our archive have won 8% of 565 runs since Jan 2008 (79 horses), Flat and jumps together. Strongest on heavy going: 13.9% from 108. Weakest on soft going: 4% from 151. Strongest over 2m1f – 2m4f (all codes): 12.8% from 149. Weakest at trips beyond 3m (all codes): 4.5% from 111.
Who are Secret Squirrel (IRE)'s siblings?
Out of Crosschild (IRE), Secret Squirrel (IRE) has 3 other produce in our archive, 2 of them winners. Most wins: Cara Mara (IRE) (6). Highest grade won: Class 4 (Mogestic (IRE)). The wins came over 2m–3m2½f. As at Oct 2026.

Record shown from January 2006. 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.