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Horse profile

Seskin Flash (IRE)

7yo gelding · Trainer J P Dempsey · Owner Tinnahinch Construction Limited
by Workforce (GB) out of Code Dancer (IRE) (Anshan)
15 runs · 13 courses · from Dec 2023
As at 25 Oct 2026 · KTB archive: GB, Ireland & France · 2005–present, updated daily
2 wins · Downpatrick Last run 30 Apr 2026 · 8th of 20 Last raced off OR 121
KTB Profile

Seskin Flash is a gelding who has won two of 15 starts on turf. Both wins came at Downpatrick, one in a handicap hurdle over 2m5f – 3m on good ground off an official rating of 96 in Mar 2025 and the other in a beginners chase over 2m1f – 2m4f on soft ground in Oct 2025. Typically held up, he was held in his last run at Punchestown in Apr 2026 when eighth of 20 in a handicap chase off an official rating of 121. He has raced at 13 different courses.

Based on 15 archived runs · run-style from 10 commented runs since Oct 2024 · updated 25 Oct 2026
KTB at a glance OR at career high
Official rating121At career-high mark
121 94–121

KTB Speed and Rating

KTB Speed

Best recent Speed 99 the best of the last 3 graded (A or B) runs · Leopardstown, 26 Dec 2025

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 14 figures · best 135B · median 75.5
GoingRunsBestMedianSince 25 Oct 2025
Soft9111A712 runs · 99 / 82
Good to Soft280B74.51 run · —
Good2135B119—
Heavy1———
DistanceRunsBestMedianSince 25 Oct 2025
1m5f – 2m8135B672 runs · 69 / 67
2m1f – 2m4f4111A104.51 run · —
2m5f – 3m2103B99—

Of 15 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 · 14 figures from 15 runs · as at 3 Oct 2026 · a record, not a forecast

KTB Rating

Best recent KTB Rating 132A the best of the last 3 rated runs · Down Royal, 31 Oct 2025 Official rating 121 at the last run, 30 Apr 2026

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 15 figures · best 132A · median 117
GoingRunsBestMedianSince 25 Oct 2025
Soft10130A1152 runs · 127 / 118.5
Good to Soft2132A120.51 run · —
Good2129A123—
Heavy1———
DistanceRunsBestMedianSince 25 Oct 2025
1m5f – 2m8132A109.52 runs · 132 / 121
2m1f – 2m4f4130A123.51 run · —
2m5f – 3m3129A121—

KTB Rating v1 · batch 3 Oct 2026 · GB & Irish racing only · 15 figures from 15 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 10 analysed runs since Oct 2024

  • Prominent 5 (50%) · 1 win
  • Held up 4 (40%) · 1 win
  • Mid-division 1 (10%) · 0 wins

Pedigree intelligence

Sire
Workforce (GB)

Progeny in our archive have won 9.1% of 751 runs since Jan 2008 (101 horses).

GoingRunsWinsSRvs sireThis horse
Good to Firm300%−9.1—
Good2212210%+0.91 from 2
Good to Soft1801910.6%+1.50 from 2
Soft240187.5%−1.61 from 10
Heavy10398.7%−0.40 from 1
Standard (AW)400%−9.1—
Distance (all codes)RunsWinsSRvs sireThis horse
1m – 1m1f200%−9.1—
1m2f – 1m4f600%−9.1—
1m5f – 2m276228%−1.10 from 8
2m1f – 2m4f2793211.5%+2.41 from 4
2m5f – 3m171137.6%−1.51 from 3
Over 3m1715.9%−3.2—

Flat and jumps together (all codes) · since Jan 2008 · as at 25 Oct 2026 · rows under 30 runs muted · win % is the measure, a record not a forecast

Dam
Code Dancer (IRE) (Anshan)

1 sibling in the archive, 0 winners.

ProduceRunsWinsWin tripsBest grade
Seskin Dancer (IRE)60——

Record by conditions

GoingRunsWinsSR£1
Soft 10 1 10% −1.50
Good to Soft 2 0 0% −2.00
Good 2 1 50% +1.50
Heavy 1 0 0% −1.00

CourseRunsWinsSR£1
Downpatrick 2 2 100% +10.00
Tramore 2 0 0% −2.00
Punchestown 1 0 0% −1.00
Leopardstown 1 0 0% −1.00
Down Royal 1 0 0% −1.00
Naas 1 0 0% −1.00
Cork 1 0 0% −1.00
Thurles 1 0 0% −1.00
Galway 1 0 0% −1.00
Kilbeggan 1 0 0% −1.00
Ballinrobe 1 0 0% −1.00
Fairyhouse 1 0 0% −1.00
Limerick 1 0 0% −1.00

DistanceRunsWinsSR£1
1m5f – 2m 8 0 0% −8.00
2m1f – 2m4f 4 1 25% +4.50
2m5f – 3m 3 1 33% +0.50

JockeyRunsWinsSR£1
Keith Donoghue 3 1 33% +0.50
Mr A P Ryan 3 0 0% −3.00
Donagh Meyler 2 1 50% +6.50
Liam Quinlan 2 0 0% −2.00
Conor Stone-Walsh 1 0 0% −1.00
L P Dempsey 1 0 0% −1.00
Cian Quirke 1 0 0% −1.00
Richard Condon 1 0 0% −1.00
Mr D Doyle 1 0 0% −1.00

HeadgearRunsWinsSR£1
None 9 0 0% −9.00
Hood 6 2 33% +6.00

SeasonRunsWinsSR£1
2026 1 0 0% −1.00
2025 6 2 33% +6.00
2024 7 0 0% −7.00
2023 1 0 0% −1.00

TypeRunsWinsSR£1
Hurdle 7 1 14% −3.50
Chase 5 1 20% +3.50
NH Flat 3 0 0% −3.00

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
2026 · 1 run
30 Apr 26+125d Punchestown Frontline Security Handicap Chase (Listed) 16.5f · Yielding · 20 ran Held up towards the back - improved into 11th 3 out - pushed along but couldn't find further gears - well held at the finish 8/20 2 10-9 12165B110A Conor Stone-Walsh 20/1
2025 · 6 runs
26 Dec 25+56d Leopardstown Racing Post Handicap Chase 17f · Yielding · 20 ran Held up towards the back of the pack - improved into contention after 4 out despite a small error 2 out - pushed along into the straight to finish strongly for 4th 4/20 3½ 10-9 12099B127A L P Dempsey 9/1
31 Oct 25+21d Down Royal SIS, Supporting Irish Racing Handicap Chase 16.5f · Good To Yielding · 12 ran Sat close to the pace and 3rd at halfway - small error 2 out and pushed along soon after - still in contention from the last and stayed on but couldn't quite reach the front two - finished 3rd beaten half a length 3/12 ½ 11-11 11969B132A Donagh Meyler 9/2
10 Oct 25+179d Downpatrick Franco Hughes Away Bet Beginners Chase 19.5f · Yielding · 7 ran Settled behind the front group early - still third with 3 to jump - urged into contention two out - shared the front rank approaching the final fence - asserted early in the straight and drove clear to hold on close home 1/7 11-12 —111A130A Donagh Meyler 15/2
14 Apr 25+15d Tramore Tramore Promenade Beginners Chase 22f · Yielding · 13 ran Settled towards the back early fighting for control - still there at halfway - up to 8th 3 out - pushed into 4th soon after - unable to threaten the front-runners late 4/13 1¼ 11-12 —95B121A Keith Donoghue 3/1F
30 Mar 25+21d Downpatrick Billie And Bertie FitzGerald Memorial Handicap Hurdle (0-100) 22f · Good · 14 ran Held up towards the back - still down in 10th at halfway - moved into contention before 3 out and up to 3rd approaching the following fence - joined the front rank before the last - hit the front soon after and drew away up the run-in - scored comfortably 1/14 12-0 96103B129A Keith Donoghue 5/2F
09 Mar 25+91d Naas Bar One Racing 'Price Boosts On The Favourite In Every Race At Cheltenham' Handicap Hurdle (0-100) 16f · Soft · 19 ran Sat behind the front group early - 4th at halfway - up to 2nd but jumped awkwardly two out - dropped back to 4th and pressed before the last - unable to threaten and stayed on same speed to finish 4th 4/19 1¾ 11-8 9471B123A Keith Donoghue 9/5F
2024 · 7 runs
08 Dec 24+10d Cork Greenvalley Transport Novice Handicap Hurdle (80-102) 20f · Soft · 22 ran Settled just behind the pace - third at halfway - moved through to hit the front after 4 out - driven approaching 3 out then overtaken 2 out - ragged over the last in 4th and unable to find more up the run-in 4/22 4 11-3 94110B120A Liam Quinlan 16/1
28 Nov 24+33d Thurles Horse & Jockey Handicap Hurdle (80-95) 16f · Good · 18 ran Tracked the front group early - fourth and in touch by halfway - dropped back entering the straight under pressure - unable to threaten late but stayed on steadily to finish eighth 8/18 shd 11-10 94135B117A Liam Quinlan 14/1
26 Oct 24+131d Galway Corrib Oil Maiden Hurdle 16.5f · Yielding To Soft · 14 ran Settled in the pack early - up to 6th at halfway then 5th passing three out - held that spot with little progress before two out - stayed on same terms through the last to finish well held 5/14 2¾ 11-7 —60C98C Cian Quirke 20/1
17 Jun 24+16d Kilbeggan www.kilbegganraces.com (Q.R.) Maiden Hurdle 16f · Good To Yielding · 14 ran 3/14 1¾ 11-5 —80B109A Mr A P Ryan 8/1
01 Jun 24+25d Tramore Start Your Racing TV Free Trial Now Maiden Hurdle 22f · Yielding · 12 ran 4/12 1¼ 11-7 ——105A Richard Condon 40/1
07 May 24+101d Ballinrobe Harrington Concrete & Quarries Flat Race 17f · Yielding · 16 ran 10/16 2¾ 11-7 —43B104A Mr D Doyle 100/1
27 Jan 24+31d Fairyhouse SBK (Pro/Am) Flat Race 16f · Soft · 10 ran 8/10 19 11-7 —45C105C Mr A P Ryan 125/1
2023 · 1 run
27 Dec 23 Limerick Whitebox Property Group Flat Race 16f · Heavy · 6 ran 5/6 3 11-7 —5A99B Mr A P Ryan 20/1

Quick answers

How many races has Seskin Flash won?
Seskin Flash (IRE) won 2 of 15 archived starts between 2023 and 2026, a strike rate of 13.3%. Placed 7 times in total (46.7% of starts).
Who trains Seskin Flash?
Seskin Flash (IRE) is trained by J P Dempsey, who saddled the horse on its most recent run on 30 April 2026.
Who is Seskin Flash's sire?
Seskin Flash (IRE) is by Workforce (GB) out of Code Dancer (IRE), whose sire is Anshan.
What going does Seskin Flash prefer?
Seskin Flash (IRE) has the best record on soft going: 1 win from 10 starts (10%). Only going bands with at least three archived starts are read, so this is a direction rather than a settled preference.
What is Seskin Flash's official rating?
The most recent official rating on record is 121, from the run on 30 April 2026. That is also the highest on record.
What is Seskin Flash's sire's record?
Workforce (GB)'s progeny in our archive have won 9.1% of 751 runs since Jan 2008 (101 horses), Flat and jumps together.
Who are Seskin Flash's siblings?
Out of Code Dancer (IRE), Seskin Flash (IRE) has 1 other produce in our archive, 0 of them winners. As at Oct 2026.

Record shown from December 2023. 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.