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Watermelon Girl (IRE)

7yo mare (at last run, Nov 2022) · Last trainer John C McConnell · Last owner Aiden Devaney
by Stowaway (GB) out of Andreas Benefit (IRE) (Beneficial)
8 runs · 7 courses · from Mar 2022
As at 6 Nov 2026 · KTB archive: GB, Ireland & France · 2005–present, updated daily
No run recorded since 26 Nov 2022 — 1,440 days ago. Our archive can't say whether the horse is still in training.
Last run Nov 2022 · 11th of 20 First-time headgear LTO Last raced off OR 80
KTB Profile

Watermelon Girl is a Stowaway mare who was yet to win from eight starts on turf between Mar 2022 and Nov 2022. She raced over 2m1f to 2m4f on five occasions without placing and reached an official rating of 87 at her peak. Her last run at Gowran Park in Nov 2022 saw her finish 11 of 20 in the entegro.ie Handicap Hurdle off a mark of 80 with first-time headgear. She had raced at seven different courses.

Based on 8 archived runs · updated 6 Nov 2026
Official rating80↓ 7lb off peak
80 80–87

KTB Speed and Rating

KTB Speed

Best recent Speed 79 the best of the last 2 graded (A or B) runs · Bellewstown, 2 Jul 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 7 figures · best 97C · median 77
GoingRunsBestMedianSince 6 Nov 2025
Good to Soft280C78.5—
Good279A76.5—
Soft297C84.5—
Heavy1———
DistanceRunsBestMedianSince 6 Nov 2025
2m1f – 2m4f580C77—
2m5f – 3m1———
1m5f – 2m1———

Of 8 runs looked at, 1 has no figure: did not complete (1).

KTB Speed v1 · batch 15 Sep 2026 · GB & Irish racing only · 7 figures from 8 runs · as at 3 Oct 2026 · a record, not a forecast

KTB Rating

Best recent KTB Rating 90C the best of the last 3 rated runs · Listowel, 23 Sep 2022 Official rating 80 at the last run, 26 Nov 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 — its best recent day. The KTB Rating on a racecard is a different reading of the same figures: the level the horse has been running to, an average of up to its last six runs with the latest counting most, so the two can differ. A, B or C on a run is how much known form was in that race. What this means →

Jumps 7 figures · best 90C · median 80
GoingRunsBestMedianSince 6 Nov 2025
Good to Soft287C83—
Good290C85—
Soft290A84.5—
Heavy1———
DistanceRunsBestMedianSince 6 Nov 2025
2m1f – 2m4f590A80—
2m5f – 3m1———
1m5f – 2m1———

Of 8 runs looked at, 1 has no figure: did not complete (or a non-runner row) (1).

KTB Rating v1 · batch 3 Oct 2026 · GB & Irish racing only · 7 figures from 8 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
Stowaway (GB)

Progeny in our archive have won 11.3% of 7,190 runs since Jan 2008 (561 horses).

Strongest on good to firm going: 16.1% from 124.

GoingRunsWinsSRvs sireThis horse
Firm200%−11.3—
Good to Firm1242016.1%+4.8—
Good2,20124711.2%−0.10 from 2
Good to Soft1,21814411.8%+0.50 from 2
Soft2,35327211.6%+0.30 from 2
Heavy1,25612910.3%−10 from 2
Standard (AW)3612.8%−8.5—
Distance (all codes)RunsWinsSRvs sireThis horse
6f – 7f100%−11.3—
1m – 1m1f300%−11.3—
1m2f – 1m4f2100%−11.3—
1m5f – 2m1,99323211.6%+0.30 from 1
2m1f – 2m4f2,48828111.3%00 from 5
2m5f – 3m2,11924711.7%+0.40 from 2
Over 3m565539.4%−1.9—

Flat and jumps together (all codes) · since Jan 2008 · as at 5 Nov 2026 · rows under 30 runs muted · win % is the measure, a record not a forecast

Dam
Andreas Benefit (IRE) (Beneficial)

2 siblings in the archive, 1 winner — best of them Seddon (IRE) (11 wins).

The wins came over 1m6f–2m5f; the highest grade won is Class 1 (Seddon (IRE)).

ProduceRunsWinsWin tripsBest grade
Seddon (IRE)42111m6f–2m5fClass 1
General Malarkey (IRE)120——

Record by conditions

GoingRunsWinsSR£1
Heavy 2 0 0% −2.00
Good to Soft 2 0 0% −2.00
Good 2 0 0% −2.00
Soft 2 0 0% −2.00

CourseRunsWinsSR£1
Gowran Park 2 0 0% −2.00
Galway 1 0 0% −1.00
Listowel 1 0 0% −1.00
Bellewstown 1 0 0% −1.00
Downpatrick 1 0 0% −1.00
Clonmel 1 0 0% −1.00
Down Royal 1 0 0% −1.00

DistanceRunsWinsSR£1
2m1f – 2m4f 5 0 0% −5.00
2m5f – 3m 2 0 0% −2.00
1m5f – 2m 1 0 0% −1.00

JockeyRunsWinsSR£1
Brian Hayes 4 0 0% −4.00
Cian Walsh 2 0 0% −2.00
Kieren Buckley 1 0 0% −1.00
Simon Torrens 1 0 0% −1.00

HeadgearRunsWinsSR£1
None 7 0 0% −7.00
Cheekpieces 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
2022 · 8 runs
26 Nov 22+28d Gowran Park entegro.ie Handicap Hurdle (80-95) 2m4f · Heavy · 20 ran 11/20 13 10-13 808C80C Brian Hayes 40/1
29 Oct 22+28d Galway COLM QUINN BMW Handicap Hurdle (80-95) (Div 2) 3m · Soft To Heavy · 18 ran PU/18 — 11-0 81—— Brian Hayes 28/1
01 Oct 22+8d Gowran Park Paulstown Handicap Hurdle (80-95) 2m4f · Good To Yielding · 18 ran 10/18 1½ 11-5 8377C79C Brian Hayes 50/1
23 Sep 22+83d Listowel Guinness Handicap Hurdle (80-95) (Div 1) 3m · Good · 17 ran 14/17 6½ 11-4 8574C90C Brian Hayes 28/1
02 Jul 22+21d Bellewstown Adare Manor Opportunity Handicap Hurdle (80-95) (Div 2) 2m4f · Good · 12 ran 10/12 1½ 11-4 8779A80A Kieren Buckley 16/1
11 Jun 22+58d Downpatrick Irish Stallion Farms EBF Mares Maiden Hurdle 2m3f · Good To Yielding · 14 ran 9/14 1 10-13 —80C87C Simon Torrens 18/1
14 Apr 22+28d Clonmel Happy Easter To All Our Patrons Opportunity Maiden Hurdle 2m½f · Yielding · 16 ran 9/16 8½ 10-7 —97C79C Cian Walsh 18/1
17 Mar 22 Down Royal Bluegrasshorsefeed.com Maiden Hurdle 2m1f · Soft · 19 ran 8/19 nse 10-4 —72B90A Cian Walsh 125/1

Quick answers

How many races has Watermelon Girl won?
Watermelon Girl (IRE) has yet to win, from 8 archived starts in 2022.
Who trained Watermelon Girl?
Watermelon Girl (IRE) was trained by John C McConnell on the most recent run on record, at Gowran Park on 26 November 2022.
Who is Watermelon Girl's sire?
Watermelon Girl (IRE) is by Stowaway (GB) out of Andreas Benefit (IRE), whose sire is Beneficial.
What is Watermelon Girl's official rating?
The most recent official rating on record is 80, from the run on 26 November 2022. The highest on record is 87.
What is Watermelon Girl's sire's record?
Stowaway (GB)'s progeny in our archive have won 11.3% of 7,190 runs since Jan 2008 (561 horses), Flat and jumps together. Strongest on good to firm going: 16.1% from 124.
Who are Watermelon Girl's siblings?
Out of Andreas Benefit (IRE), Watermelon Girl (IRE) has 2 other produce in our archive, 1 of them a winner. Most wins: Seddon (IRE) (11). Highest grade won: Class 1 (Seddon (IRE)). The wins came over 1m6f–2m5f. As at Nov 2026.

Record shown from March 2022. Our archive holds racing in Great Britain, Ireland and France from January 2005. Any runs before that, or in other countries, are not in it. In-running comments are available from 2024 onward.