Western Wishes (IRE)
Western Wishes is a lightly raced gelding who finished second of seven in the Dennison JCB Maiden Hunters Chase at Downpatrick in May 2025 on his only start. The son of Westerner ran in first-time headgear that day over 2m5f-3m on good ground. His sire’s progeny in the archive have recorded 1435 wins from 11809 runs since Jan 2008. His dam has produced one runner to date, which did not win.
- 0–1Wins / Runs
- 0%Strike rate
- 1 (100%)Placed
- −1.00£1 level staken=1 at SP
KTB Speed and Rating
Best recent Speed 84
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 →
KTB Speed v1 · batch 15 Sep 2026 · GB & Irish racing only · 1 figure from 1 run · as at 3 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.
Pedigree intelligence
Progeny in our archive have won 12.2% of 11,858 runs since Jul 2009 (945 horses).
Weakest on standard (aw) going: 8.5% from 188.
| Going | Runs | Wins | SR | vs sire | This horse |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Firm | 7 | 1 | 14.3% | +2.1 | — |
| Good to Firm | 234 | 27 | 11.5% | −0.7 | — |
| Good | 3,415 | 431 | 12.6% | +0.4 | 0 from 1 |
| Good to Soft | 2,122 | 254 | 12% | −0.2 | — |
| Soft | 3,783 | 453 | 12% | −0.2 | — |
| Heavy | 2,109 | 259 | 12.3% | +0.1 | — |
| Standard (AW) | 188 | 16 | 8.5% | −3.7 | — |
| Distance (all codes) | Runs | Wins | SR | vs sire | This horse |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6f – 7f | 49 | 4 | 8.2% | −4 | — |
| 1m – 1m1f | 124 | 13 | 10.5% | −1.7 | — |
| 1m2f – 1m4f | 267 | 25 | 9.4% | −2.8 | — |
| 1m5f – 2m | 3,372 | 396 | 11.7% | −0.5 | — |
| 2m1f – 2m4f | 4,296 | 539 | 12.5% | +0.3 | — |
| 2m5f – 3m | 2,983 | 376 | 12.6% | +0.4 | 0 from 1 |
| Over 3m | 767 | 88 | 11.5% | −0.7 | — |
Flat and jumps together (all codes) · since Jul 2009 · as at 5 Nov 2026 · rows under 30 runs muted · win % is the measure, a record not a forecast
1 sibling in the archive, 0 winners.
| Produce | Runs | Wins | Win trips | Best grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Court Justice (IRE) | 5 | 0 | — | — |
Too few runs for meaningful splits. The full record is below.
Form
| Date | Course | Race | Pos | Btn | Wgt | Spd | KTB | Jockey | SP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 · 1 run | |||||||||
| 23 May 25 | Downpatrick | Dennison JCB Maiden Hunters Chase Set the front early - driven out approaching two out and again before last - overtaken entering straight - couldn't quicken and stayed on same gear to finish second beaten two and a half lengths | 2/7 | 2½ | 11-7 | 84B | 108B | Mr D J Hanlon | 14/1 |
Quick answers
- How many races has Western Wishes won?
- Western Wishes (IRE) has yet to win, from 1 archived start in 2025. Placed 1 time in total (100% of starts).
- Who trained Western Wishes?
- Western Wishes (IRE) was trained by Patrick Eugene Turley on the most recent run on record, at Downpatrick on 23 May 2025.
- Who is Western Wishes's sire?
- Western Wishes (IRE) is by Westerner (GB) out of Killogan Lass (IRE), whose sire is Luso.
- What is Western Wishes's sire's record?
- Westerner (GB)'s progeny in our archive have won 12.2% of 11,858 runs since Jul 2009 (945 horses), Flat and jumps together. Weakest on standard (aw) going: 8.5% from 188.
- Who are Western Wishes's siblings?
- Out of Killogan Lass (IRE), Western Wishes (IRE) has 1 other produce in our archive, 0 of them winners. As at Nov 2026.