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Horse profile

Twist (IRE)

5yo gelding (at last run, Oct 2020) · Last trainer E McNamara · Last owner John A Mcmahon
by Invincible Spirit (IRE) out of Kahira (IRE) (King's Best)
13 runs · 11 courses · from Nov 2018
As at 22 Oct 2026 · KTB archive: GB, Ireland & France · 2005–present, updated daily
No run recorded since 15 Oct 2020 — 2,198 days ago. Our archive can't say whether the horse is still in training.
Last run Oct 2020 · 13th of 18 Won at Lingfield (AW) Last raced off OR 66
KTB Profile

Twist (IRE) is 1 from 13, the win coming at Class 5 level. Hasn't won since Dec 2018. The win came on the all-weather — 0 from 9 on turf. Last raced off 66, 43lb below the career-high mark.

Based on 13 archived runs · updated 22 Oct 2026
KTB at a glance Won on AW, 0 on turf Win at Class 5 OR ↓ 43lb off peak
Official rating66↓ 43lb off peak
66 66–109

KTB Speed and Rating

KTB Speed

Best recent Speed 117 the best of the last 3 graded (A or B) runs · Stratford, 10 Jun 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 →

Flat 7 figures · best 93B · median 75
GoingRunsBestMedianSince 22 Oct 2025
Standard (AW)493B75—
Soft280C45.5—
Heavy1———
DistanceRunsBestMedianSince 22 Oct 2025
1m2f – 1m4f493B69.5—
1m – 1m1f380C75—
Jumps 6 figures · best 117B · median 83.5
GoingRunsBestMedianSince 22 Oct 2025
Good3117B116—
Soft294A76—
Heavy1———
DistanceRunsBestMedianSince 22 Oct 2025
1m5f – 2m6117B83.5—

KTB Speed v1 · batch 15 Sep 2026 · GB & Irish racing only · 13 figures from 13 runs · as at 3 Oct 2026 · a record, not a forecast

KTB Rating

Best recent KTB Rating (flat) 65C the best of the last 3 rated runs · Curragh, 15 Oct 2020 Official rating 66 at the last flat run, 15 Oct 2020

Best recent KTB Rating (jumps) 117A the best of the last 3 rated runs · Stratford, 10 Jun 2019 Official rating 104 at the last jumps run, 2 Mar 2020

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 →

Flat 7 figures · best 78A · median 65
GoingRunsBestMedianSince 22 Oct 2025
Standard (AW)478A73—
Soft265C58.5—
Heavy1———
DistanceRunsBestMedianSince 22 Oct 2025
1m2f – 1m4f478A71—
1m – 1m1f369A65—
Jumps 6 figures · best 117A · median 94.5
GoingRunsBestMedianSince 22 Oct 2025
Good3117A107—
Soft295A93—
Heavy1———
DistanceRunsBestMedianSince 22 Oct 2025
1m5f – 2m6117A94.5—

KTB Rating v1 · batch 3 Oct 2026 · GB & Irish racing only · 13 figures from 13 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
Invincible Spirit (IRE)

Progeny in our archive have won 11.9% of 20,818 runs since Jan 2008 (1,573 horses).

Strongest on firm going: 16.1% from 161. Weakest over 1m5f – 2m (all codes): 7.8% from 843.

GoingRunsWinsSRvs sireThis horse
Firm1612616.1%+4.2—
Good to Firm3,58146312.9%+1—
Good4,52948710.8%−1.10 from 3
Good to Soft2,13225411.9%0—
Soft2,75830311%−0.90 from 4
Heavy790769.6%−2.30 from 2
Standard (AW)6,86686612.6%+0.71 from 4
Distance (all codes)RunsWinsSRvs sireThis horse
Under 6f3,04939913.1%+1.2—
6f – 7f9,8291,17812%+0.1—
1m – 1m1f4,50254212%+0.10 from 3
1m2f – 1m4f2,13924911.6%−0.31 from 4
1m5f – 2m843667.8%−4.10 from 6
2m1f – 2m4f360339.2%−2.7—
2m5f – 3m8989%−2.9—
Over 3m7114.3%+2.4—

Flat and jumps together (all codes) · since Jan 2008 · as at 22 Oct 2026 · rows under 30 runs muted · win % is the measure, a record not a forecast

Dam
Kahira (IRE) (King's Best)

8 siblings in the archive, 2 winners — best of them Queen Catrine (IRE) (4 wins).

The wins came over 6f–1m; the highest grade won is Group 3 (Queen Catrine (IRE)).

ProduceRunsWinsWin tripsBest grade
Queen Catrine (IRE)2446f–1mGroup 3
Vastitas (IRE)1727f—
Poor Prince (GB)170——
Hypatia (IRE)120——
Jestival (IRE)110——
Holy Empress (IRE)50——
Furud (IRE)10——
Elevated (IRE)10——

Record by conditions

GoingRunsWinsSR£1
Soft 4 0 0% −4.00
Standard (AW) 4 1 25% +3.00
Good 3 0 0% −3.00
Heavy 2 0 0% −2.00

ClassRunsWinsSR£1
Class 5 6 1 17% +1.00
Class 4 2 0 0% −2.00

CourseRunsWinsSR£1
Lingfield (AW) 2 1 50% +5.00
Kempton (AW) 2 0 0% −2.00
Curragh 1 0 0% −1.00
Listowel 1 0 0% −1.00
Punchestown 1 0 0% −1.00
Leopardstown 1 0 0% −1.00
Limerick 1 0 0% −1.00
Stratford 1 0 0% −1.00
Huntingdon 1 0 0% −1.00
Kempton 1 0 0% −1.00
Warwick 1 0 0% −1.00

DistanceRunsWinsSR£1
1m5f – 2m 6 0 0% −6.00
1m2f – 1m4f 4 1 25% +3.00
1m – 1m1f 3 0 0% −3.00

JockeyRunsWinsSR£1
Nico de Boinville 4 0 0% −4.00
Adam Kirby 4 1 25% +3.00
Emmet McNamara 3 0 0% −3.00
Ryan Treacy 2 0 0% −2.00

HeadgearRunsWinsSR£1
None 9 1 11% −2.00
Tongue tie + cheekpieces 3 0 0% −3.00
Tongue tie 1 0 0% −1.00

SeasonRunsWinsSR£1
2020 4 0 0% −4.00
2019 6 0 0% −6.00
2018 3 1 33% +4.00

TypeRunsWinsSR£1
Flat 7 1 14% +0.00
Hurdle 5 0 0% −5.00
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 ORSpdKTB Jockey SP
15 Oct 20+21d Curragh Try Equilux Risk Free Handicap (45-70) 12f · Soft · 18 ran 13/18 5½ 9-12 6611C65C Emmet McNamara 80/1
24 Sep 20+21d Listowel Thorn Plant Hire Handicap (45-70) 8f · Heavy · 14 ran 8/14 4½ 10-1 6975C65A Emmet McNamara 100/1
03 Sep 20+185d Punchestown More Than A One Horse Town Handicap (50-75) 8f · Soft · 14 ran 11/14 6 9-13 7280C52C Emmet McNamara 100/1
02 Mar 20+66d Leopardstown Kids Go Racing Handicap Hurdle (80-109) 16f · Soft · 20 ran 15/20 8 11-4 10458C91C Ryan Treacy 33/1
27 Dec 19+200d Limerick Keith Lynch Memorial Maiden Hurdle 16f · Heavy · 17 ran 12/17 9½ 11-2 10925C94C Ryan Treacy 50/1
10 Jun 19+20d Stratford Watch Racing Tv Now Novices' Hurdle Class 4 · 16.5f · Good · 9 ran 2/9 10 10-9 —117B117A Nico de Boinville 7/2
21 May 19+15d Huntingdon Yard At Pringle Farm Maiden Hurdle Class 5 · 16f · Good · 6 ran 3/6 1¼ 10-12 —116C107B Nico de Boinville 11/2
06 May 19+45d Kempton Matchbook Betting Exchange Novices' Hurdle Class 4 · 16f · Good · 9 ran 7/9 7 10-8 —73C80C Nico de Boinville 7/1
22 Mar 19+23d Lingfield (AW) Play 4 To Score At Betway Handicap Class 5 · 10f · Standard · 10 ran 4/10 hd 9-6 7393B78A Adam Kirby 4/1
27 Feb 19+59d Kempton (AW) 32Red Casino Novice Stakes Class 5 · 12f · Standard To Slow · 9 ran 5/9 2 9-9 —63C65C Adam Kirby 7/1
30 Dec 18+18d Lingfield (AW) Betway Novice Stakes Class 5 · 10f · Standard · 9 ran 1/9 9-2 —76A77A Adam Kirby 6/1
12 Dec 18+13d Kempton (AW) 100% Profit Boost At 32RedSport.com Novice Stakes Class 5 · 8f · Standard To Slow · 8 ran 4/8 ¾ 9-2 —74A69A Adam Kirby 10/1
29 Nov 18 Warwick Worlds Biggest Sports Jackpots At Colossus 'Junior' Standard Open NH Flat Race Class 5 · 14f · Soft · 11 ran 5/11 2 10-12 —94A95A Nico de Boinville 7/2

Quick answers

How many races has Twist (IRE) won?
Twist (IRE) won 1 of 13 archived starts between 2018 and 2020, a strike rate of 7.7%. Placed 2 times in total (15.4% of starts).
Who trained Twist (IRE)?
Twist (IRE) was trained by E McNamara on the most recent run on record, at Curragh on 15 October 2020.
Who is Twist (IRE)'s sire?
Twist (IRE) is by Invincible Spirit (IRE) out of Kahira (IRE), whose sire is King's Best.
What going does Twist (IRE) prefer?
Twist (IRE) has the best record on standard (aw) going: 1 win from 4 starts (25%). Only going bands with at least three archived starts are read, so this is a direction rather than a settled preference.
What is Twist (IRE)'s official rating?
The most recent official rating on record is 66, from the run on 15 October 2020. The highest on record is 109.
What is Twist (IRE)'s sire's record?
Invincible Spirit (IRE)'s progeny in our archive have won 11.9% of 20,818 runs since Jan 2008 (1,573 horses), Flat and jumps together. Strongest on firm going: 16.1% from 161. Weakest over 1m5f – 2m (all codes): 7.8% from 843.
Who are Twist (IRE)'s siblings?
Out of Kahira (IRE), Twist (IRE) has 8 other produce in our archive, 2 of them winners. Most wins: Queen Catrine (IRE) (4). Highest grade won: Group 3 (Queen Catrine (IRE)). The wins came over 6f–1m. As at Oct 2026.

Record shown from November 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.