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Horse profile

Use Your Illusion (IRE)

5yo gelding (at last run, Nov 2022) · Last trainer Nigel Carolan · Last owner Nigel Carolan
by Elzaam (AUS) out of High Destiny (IRE) (Redback)
4 runs · 2 courses · from Nov 2021
As at 22 Oct 2026 · KTB archive: GB, Ireland & France · 2005–present, updated daily
No run recorded since 13 Nov 2022 — 1,439 days ago. Our archive can't say whether the horse is still in training.
Last run Nov 2022 · 13th of 19
KTB Profile

Use Your Illusion (IRE) is yet to win from 4 starts.

Based on 4 archived runs · updated 22 Oct 2026

KTB Speed and Rating

KTB Speed

Best recent Speed 83 the best of the last 1 graded (A or B) run · Navan, 17 Sep 2022

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 83B · median 58
GoingRunsBestMedianSince 22 Oct 2025
Good383B74—
Soft1———
DistanceRunsBestMedianSince 22 Oct 2025
2m1f – 2m4f283B57.5—
1m5f – 2m274C58—

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 97A the best of the last 3 rated runs · Navan, 17 Sep 2022

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 4 figures · best 97A · median 90
GoingRunsBestMedianSince 22 Oct 2025
Good397A89—
Soft1———
DistanceRunsBestMedianSince 22 Oct 2025
2m1f – 2m4f297A94—
1m5f – 2m289C86.5—

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 is derived from in-running commentary, which our data provider does not supply for this horse's races.

Pedigree intelligence

Sire

Progeny in our archive have won 9.2% of 4,520 runs since Jan 2008 (373 horses).

Weakest over 1m5f – 2m (all codes): 4.6% from 324.

GoingRunsWinsSRvs sireThis horse
Firm10110%+0.8—
Good to Firm4645411.6%+2.4—
Good1,115867.7%−1.50 from 3
Good to Soft4624710.2%+1—
Soft870748.5%−0.70 from 1
Heavy291258.6%−0.6—
Standard (AW)1,3081309.9%+0.7—
Distance (all codes)RunsWinsSRvs sireThis horse
Under 6f4084711.5%+2.3—
6f – 7f1,7711659.3%+0.1—
1m – 1m1f1,118998.9%−0.3—
1m2f – 1m4f7007510.7%+1.5—
1m5f – 2m324154.6%−4.60 from 2
2m1f – 2m4f153159.8%+0.60 from 2
2m5f – 3m3900%−9.2—
Over 3m7114.3%+5.1—

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

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

GoingRunsWinsSR£1
Good 3 0 0% −3.00
Soft 1 0 0% −1.00

CourseRunsWinsSR£1
Navan 3 0 0% −3.00
Tramore 1 0 0% −1.00

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

JockeyRunsWinsSR£1
Conor Brassil 2 0 0% −2.00
P J O'Hanlon 2 0 0% −2.00

SeasonRunsWinsSR£1
2022 3 0 0% −3.00
2021 1 0 0% −1.00

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
13 Nov 22+57d Navan Kilberry Pub & Kitchen Maiden Hurdle 20f · Yielding · 19 ran 13/19 1¾ 11-7 32C91C Conor Brassil 150/1
17 Sep 22+36d Navan Bar One Racing Bet On Mobile Maiden Hurdle 20f · Good · 15 ran 10/15 4 11-7 83B97A Conor Brassil 250/1
12 Aug 22+278d Tramore Brian Griffin Memorial Maiden Hurdle 16f · Good · 15 ran 8/15 22 11-7 42C84C P J O'Hanlon 200/1
07 Nov 21 Navan Kevin Bell Repatriation Trust (pro/am) Flat Race 16f · Good · 9 ran 7/9 1 11-9 74C89C P J O'Hanlon 100/1

Quick answers

How many races has Use Your Illusion (IRE) won?
Use Your Illusion (IRE) has yet to win, from 4 archived starts between 2021 and 2022.
Who trained Use Your Illusion (IRE)?
Use Your Illusion (IRE) was trained by Nigel Carolan on the most recent run on record, at Navan on 13 November 2022.
Who is Use Your Illusion (IRE)'s sire?
Use Your Illusion (IRE) is by Elzaam (AUS) out of High Destiny (IRE), whose sire is Redback.
What is Use Your Illusion (IRE)'s sire's record?
Elzaam (AUS)'s progeny in our archive have won 9.2% of 4,520 runs since Jan 2008 (373 horses), Flat and jumps together. Weakest over 1m5f – 2m (all codes): 4.6% from 324.

Record shown from November 2021. 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.