Horse profile
The Love Machine (IRE)
21 runs · 10 courses · from Jun 2025
As at 25 Oct 2026 · KTB archive: GB, Ireland & France · 2005–present, updated daily
Won at Navan
Last run 7 Oct 2026 · 15th of 22
Last raced off OR 48
KTB Profile
The Love Machine is a gelding who has won one of 21 starts. The win came in a 6f-7f nursery handicap at Navan in Oct 2025 on soft ground off an official rating of 61. He has raced 12 times at that trip for his sole success and is one from 10 on soft. Typically held up he finished 15 of 22 at Navan in Oct 2026 when last raced off an official rating of 48.
Based on 21 archived runs · run-style from 18 commented runs since Jun 2025 · updated 25 Oct 2026
KTB at a glance
Won on turf, 0 on AW
OR ↓ 22lb off peak
- 1–21Wins / Runs
- 4.8%Strike rate
- 2 (9.5%)Placed
- −10.00£1 level staken=21 at SP
- 0.78Fair A/E n=21 · 0.60 incl. margin
- 70Highest OR
- 24dAvg 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.
Official rating48↓ 22lb off peak
48
42–70
KTB Speed and Rating
KTB Speed
Best recent Speed 94
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 →
Flat
| Going | Runs | Best | Median | Since 25 Oct 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Soft | 10 | 89C | 63.5 | 6 runs · 83 / 57 |
| Good | 6 | 92C | 75.5 | 3 runs · 84 / 78 |
| Standard (AW) | 4 | 94A | 77 | 3 runs · 94 / 69 |
| Good to Soft | 1 | — | — | — |
| Distance | Runs | Best | Median | Since 25 Oct 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6f – 7f | 12 | 96A | 71 | 7 runs · 83 / 62 |
| Under 6f | 8 | 94A | 77 | 4 runs · 94 / 77 |
| 1m – 1m1f | 1 | — | — | 1 run · — |
KTB Speed v1 · batch 15 Sep 2026 · GB & Irish racing only · 21 figures from 21 runs · as at 15 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 18 analysed runs since Jun 2025
- Held up 8 (44%) · 1 win
- Mid-division 5 (28%) · 0 wins
- Prominent 5 (28%) · 0 wins
Pedigree intelligence
Sire
Progeny in our archive have won 8.7% of 643 runs since Jan 2008 (71 horses).
Weakest on soft going: 2.9% from 102.
| Going | Runs | Wins | SR | vs sire | This horse |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Good to Firm | 94 | 12 | 12.8% | +4.1 | — |
| Good | 179 | 18 | 10.1% | +1.4 | 0 from 6 |
| Good to Soft | 52 | 2 | 3.8% | −4.9 | 0 from 1 |
| Soft | 102 | 3 | 2.9% | −5.8 | 1 from 10 |
| Heavy | 23 | 2 | 8.7% | 0 | — |
| Standard (AW) | 193 | 19 | 9.8% | +1.1 | 0 from 4 |
| Distance (all codes) | Runs | Wins | SR | vs sire | This horse |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Under 6f | 107 | 7 | 6.5% | −2.2 | 0 from 8 |
| 6f – 7f | 379 | 37 | 9.8% | +1.1 | 1 from 12 |
| 1m – 1m1f | 119 | 8 | 6.7% | −2 | 0 from 1 |
| 1m2f – 1m4f | 26 | 4 | 15.4% | +6.7 | — |
| 1m5f – 2m | 11 | 0 | 0% | −8.7 | — |
| 2m1f – 2m4f | 1 | 0 | 0% | −8.7 | — |
Flat and jumps together (all codes) · since Jan 2008 · as at 24 Oct 2026 · rows under 30 runs muted · win % is the measure, a record not a forecast
Dam
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
| Going | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Soft | 10 | 1 | 10% | +1.00 |
| Good | 6 | 0 | 0% | −6.00 |
| Standard (AW) | 4 | 0 | 0% | −4.00 |
| Good to Soft | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Course | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Down Royal | 4 | 0 | 0% | −4.00 |
| Dundalk (AW) | 4 | 0 | 0% | −4.00 |
| Navan (IRE) | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Fairyhouse | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Curragh | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Bellewstown | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Naas | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Sligo (IRE) | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Navan | 1 | 1 | 100% | +10.00 |
| Sligo | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Distance | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6f – 7f | 12 | 1 | 8% | −1.00 |
| Under 6f | 8 | 0 | 0% | −8.00 |
| 1m – 1m1f | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Jockey | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sean Davis | 7 | 0 | 0% | −7.00 |
| Wesley Joyce | 7 | 0 | 0% | −7.00 |
| Luke McAteer | 3 | 0 | 0% | −3.00 |
| Terry Casey | 3 | 1 | 33% | +8.00 |
| Robbie Colgan | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Headgear | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tongue tie | 12 | 1 | 8% | −1.00 |
| None | 8 | 0 | 0% | −8.00 |
| Hood | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Season | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 10 | 0 | 0% | −10.00 |
| 2025 | 11 | 1 | 9% | +0.00 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 · 10 runs | ||||||||||
| 07 Oct 26+32d | Navan (IRE) | Book Your Discounted Tickets On NavanRacecourse.ie Handicap Raced in the pack - moved up to sit prominent by halfway - second over 2f out then urged without response and third over 1f out - faded inside the final furlong to finish 15th | 15/22 | nk | 9-3 | 48 | 62C | 50A | Sean Davis | 9/2 |
| 05 Sep 26+31d | Navan (IRE) | Navan Racing Festival Early Bird Tickets On Sale Now Handicap Settled off the pace on the near flank - pushed along with 1 1/2f left - up to 6th with a furlong to go - finished strongly to be edged out | 2/18 | nk | 8-12 | 42 | 84C | 84A | Luke McAteer | 9/4F |
| 05 Aug 26+47d | Sligo (IRE) | Baader - Eddie Carr PBR 2000 Handicap Settled towards the back early - unable to close on the leading group - lacked involvement in the closing stages - well held in 9th | 9/12 | 1¼ | 9-5 | 49 | 83A | 44A | Sean Davis | 25/1 |
| 19 Jun 26+7d | Down Royal | WillWeGo Handicap Slow to break - held up towards the back - driven on turning for home - stayed on late to snatch 5th | 5/7 | 1½ | 8-11 | 52 | 70A | 46A | Sean Davis | 11/1 |
| 12 Jun 26+39d | Fairyhouse | Maher Tractor Sales Handicap (0-60) (Div 1) Held up at the rear - urged into effort entering the straight and given a tap 2f out - stayed on late | 12/16 | 1¾ | 9-7 | 59 | 56C | 51A | Sean Davis | 66/1 |
| 04 May 26+15d | Curragh | Treacy Group Supporting Newbridge Community Day Handicap Held up in the pack from the start - made no impression through the race - well held at the finish | 18/20 | nk | 8-13 | 65 | 78C | 52A | Sean Davis | 100/1 |
| 19 Apr 26+8d | Curragh | Final Furlong Podcast With 1xBet.ie Handicap Struggled from the start - held no chance throughout - finished well behind - well held at the finish | 19/21 | 3¼ | 8-13 | 66 | 47C | 45C | Luke McAteer | 80/1 |
| 11 Apr 26+20d | Bellewstown | Mac Tar Handicap Held up at the back throughout - no impression made - well beaten in 12th | 12/13 | 11 | 9-11 | 67 | 36C | 56C | Luke McAteer | 40/1 |
| 22 Mar 26+68d | Naas | DAR Golf Handicap Towards the back of the pack up the middle - fell away to last place approaching 3f out - nudged for effort over 2f out - marginal interference and angled left over 1f out before finishing well held in 12th | 12/15 | nse | 9-12 | 70 | 52C | 53A | Sean Davis | 50/1 |
| 13 Jan 26+53d | Dundalk (AW) | Irishinjuredjockeys.com Handicap Held up at the back and slow to go with pace early - pushed along but making no headway by halfway - well held at the finish | 11/11 | nk | 9-12 | 70 | 59C | 45C | Sean Davis | 18/1 |
| 2025 · 11 runs | ||||||||||
| 21 Nov 25+9d | Dundalk (AW) | Irishinjuredjockeys.com Nursery Handicap Race up early - dropped into the pack by halfway and asked for effort without gaining ground - unable to threaten leading group 2f out - stayed on same effort to finish sixth | 6/8 | 1½ | 9-4 | 70 | 94A | 54A | Wesley Joyce | 8/1 |
| 12 Nov 25+19d | Dundalk (AW) | Book Online At DundalkStadium.com Nursery Handicap Sat close to the front group early - 4th at halfway then 5th and pushed along inside the last two furlongs - stayed on at one gait to finish 5th | 5/14 | nk | 9-5 | 70 | 69B | 66A | Terry Casey | 15/2 |
| 24 Oct 25+16d | Dundalk (AW) | Christmas Party Nights At Dundalk Book Now Nursery Handicap Held up towards the back - made ground into the straight to lie 5th under pressure with a furlong left - stayed on at one speed to finish 4th | 4/13 | 2½ | 8-13 | 70 | 85B | 69A | Wesley Joyce | 14/1 |
| 08 Oct 25+9d | Navan | Navan Racing Festival Hospitality On Sale Now Nursery Handicap Held up towards the back early - progress into 3rd approaching the final furlong - hit the front 150 yards out and kept going to the line | 1/13 | 8-7 | 61 | 89C | 79A | Terry Casey | 10/1 | |
| 29 Sep 25+7d | Down Royal | Molson Coors Beverage Company Nursery Handicap Settled in a forward spot early - 4th at halfway - driven up to hit the front with a furlong and a half left - overtaken soon after and had nothing left to give | 6/12 | dht | 9-1 | 62 | 63A | 64A | Wesley Joyce | 9/1 |
| 22 Sep 25+4d | Fairyhouse | Fairyhouse.ie Nursery Handicap Settled midfield early - slipped to 6th by halfway - found some headway inside final 2f to move 4th - held effort through the closing stages - eased back to finish 5th | 5/10 | 1¼ | 8-7 | 64 | 73A | 64A | Wesley Joyce | 12/1 |
| 18 Sep 25+13d | Naas | Aloga Equestrian Nursery Handicap Handy early - tucked in third at halfway - pushed along to challenge under 2f out - just edged aside a furlong out - held same effort to the line | 5/12 | ½ | 9-6 | 64 | 64A | 74A | Wesley Joyce | 20/1 |
| 05 Sep 25+10d | Down Royal | Grant Thornton Nursery Handicap Drifted left at the off and hesitant to find feet - settled towards the back and still 12th with 2f remaining - unable to close and well held at the finish | 12/14 | 1¼ | 8-12 | 66 | 73C | 43A | Terry Casey | 18/1 |
| 26 Aug 25+20d | Bellewstown | Irish EBF Auction Series Maiden Settled around midfield early - urged forward approaching halfway - still in 7th with two furlongs left - stayed on late but never got competitive finishing 5th beaten 3.25 lengths | 5/13 | nk | 8-10 | — | 92C | 70A | Wesley Joyce | 14/1 |
| 06 Aug 25+47d | Sligo | Irish EBF Auction Series Maiden Sat behind front group - 4th at halfway - urged forward on the inner turning in - one-paced through final furlong finishing 5th beaten 4 lengths | 5/10 | ¾ | 8-10 | — | 96A | 61A | Wesley Joyce | 5/1 |
| 20 Jun 25 | Down Royal | BoyleSports Median Auction Maiden Sat close behind the front pack early - 4th at halfway - asked for effort over 2f out and slipped back to 7th with a furlong left - held no more in reserve at the finish | 9/14 | ½ | 9-0 | — | 47C | 54C | Robbie Colgan | 80/1 |
Quick answers
- How many races has The Love Machine won?
- The Love Machine (IRE) won 1 of 21 archived starts between 2025 and 2026, a strike rate of 4.8%. Placed 2 times in total (9.5% of starts).
- Who trains The Love Machine?
- The Love Machine (IRE) is trained by Sean Davis, who saddled the horse on its most recent run on 7 October 2026.
- Who is The Love Machine's sire?
- The Love Machine (IRE) is by Far Above (IRE) out of Dujac (GB), whose sire is Muhaarar.
- What going does The Love Machine prefer?
- The Love Machine (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 The Love Machine's official rating?
- The most recent official rating on record is 48, from the run on 7 October 2026. The highest on record is 70.
- What is The Love Machine's sire's record?
- Far Above (IRE)'s progeny in our archive have won 8.7% of 643 runs since Jan 2008 (71 horses), Flat and jumps together. Weakest on soft going: 2.9% from 102.