Kelce (IRE)
Owner: Paul McKeon Trainer: N P Mulholland Sex: gelding Age: 8
Breeding: Valirann / Joleen (Bob's Return)
Form Summary
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Starts | Wins | 2nds | 3rds |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Good | 4 | 2 | ||
| Good (Good to Soft in places) | 3 | 1 | ||
| Good to Soft | 2 | |||
| Good to Soft (Good in places) | 2 | |||
| Good to Soft (Soft in places) | 2 | 2 | ||
| Good to soft-soft in places | 1 | |||
| Good to Yielding | 2 | |||
| Heavy | 1 | |||
| Heavy (Soft in places) | 1 | |||
| Soft | 2 | |||
| Soft (Good to Soft in places) | 2 | 1 | ||
| Soft (Yielding to Soft in places) | 1 | |||
| Soft to Heavy (Soft in places) | 1 | |||
| Totals | 24 | 2 | 4 |
Race History
| Date | Course | Going | Distance | Class | Race Winner | Weight | Position | Jockey | SP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 09 Mar 2026 | Taunton | Good (Good to Soft in places) | 2m 7f 3y | 3 | Kap Vert | 11st 7lbs | 4 of 5 | Bradley Harris | 4/1 |
| taken down early and wore hood to start, soon raced in close second, jumped left when disputing lead 6th, left in lead 12th, headed 13th, hung badly left on bend before 3 out, rallied and briefly led 3 out, headed before 2 out, weakening when hampered by loose horse last, no extra run-in | |||||||||
| 09 Mar 2026 | Taunton | Good (Good to Soft in places) | 2m 7f 3y | 3 | Kap Vert | 11st 7lbs | of 5 | Bradley Harris | |
| 28 Feb 2026 | Doncaster | Soft | 3m 2f 1y | 2 | Jasmin De Grugy | 11st 2lbs | of 8 | C O'Farrell | 0/0 |
| NonRunner | |||||||||
| 24 Jan 2026 | Doncaster | Soft (Good to Soft in places) | 2m 7f 214y | 1 | Dartmoor Pirate | 10st 5lbs | of 8 | Bradley Harris | 0/0 |
| NonRunner | |||||||||
| 26 Dec 2025 | Aintree | Good to Soft (Soft in places) | 3m 210y | 3 | Fortunate Man | 11st 2lbs | 2 of 8 | Toby McCain-Mitchell | 7/2 |
| led, pushed along home straight, headed run-in, no extra near finish | |||||||||
| 05 Dec 2025 | Sandown | Good to Soft (Good in places) | 3m 42y | 3 | Welcom To Cartries | 10st 12lbs | of 8 | C O'Farrell | 0/0 |
| NonRunner | |||||||||
| 15 Nov 2025 | Cheltenham | Heavy (Soft in places) | 3m 1f | 3 | Hung Jury | 11st | 7 of 16 | Mr Adam Ryan | 4/1 |
| taken down early wearing hood, tracked leaders, shaken up 3 out, ridden and made no impression from 2 out | |||||||||
| 24 Oct 2025 | Cheltenham | Good to Soft | 3m 1f | 3 | Smugglers Haven | 11st 5lbs | 4 of 18 | Mr Adam Ryan | 9/1 |
| went to post early, tracked leader, mistake and nearly unseated rider 1st, led 3 out, not fluent next, headed approaching last, lost 2nd towards finish, lost 3rd post | |||||||||
| 18 Mar 2025 | Wetherby | Good (Good to Soft in places) | 3m 45y | 3 | Kelce | 10st 12lbs | 1 of 3 | C O'Farrell | 13/8 |
| mostly jumped well, made all, slowed into 2nd, pushed along before 3 out, edged left and ridden between last two, almost joined when asserted last, clear and kept up to work run-in | |||||||||
| 19 Feb 2025 | Ludlow | Good to Soft (Soft in places) | 2m 7f 171y | 3 | Ballycamus | 11st 7lbs | 2 of 6 | Miss Gina Andrews | 1/1 |
| led, not fluent 6th, hampered by loose horse on bend before 12th and forced wide, hit 13th, headed 15th, remained close up, ridden before last and no extra run-in | |||||||||
| 26 Dec 2024 | Market Rasen | Good to Soft | 3m 3f 123y | 3 | O'Connell | 10st 11lbs | Fell of 9 | C O'Farrell | 15/8 |
| led, driven and pressed after 3 out, clear with winner when fell last | |||||||||
| 05 Dec 2024 | Market Rasen | Soft (Good to Soft in places) | 2m 7f 191y | 5 | Kelce | 11st 12lbs | 1 of 8 | C O'Farrell | 11/8 |
| made virtually all, clear from 3 out, comfortably | |||||||||
| 14 Nov 2024 | Market Rasen | Good | 2m 7f 191y | 4 | Montregard | 10st 10lbs | of 3 | Non Runner | 0/0 |
| NonRunner | |||||||||
| 08 Nov 2024 | Hexham | Good | 3m 41y | 5 | Return Fire | 12st | 2 of 9 | Joe Anderson | 15/8 |
| wore red hood in the preliminaries, led and soon clear, reduced lead after 13th, pushed along home turn, faced challenge approaching last, ridden run-in and headed final 110 yards, no extra | |||||||||
| 01 Nov 2024 | Uttoxeter | Good | 2m 4f | 5 | Pep Talking | 11st 13lbs | 2 of 13 | James Bowen | 40/1 |
| led, good jump 4 out, ridden after 2 out, headed towards finish, no extra | |||||||||
| 04 Oct 2024 | Fontwell | Good to Soft (Good in places) | 2m 3f 29y | 5 | Broughshane | 11st 12lbs | PulledUp of 10 | James Bowen | 12/1 |
| rear mid-division, lost touch before 4 out, pulled up after next | |||||||||
| 06 Jul 2023 | Tipperary | Good to Yielding | 2m | 0 | Katherine | 11st 4lbs | of 19 | Reserve 2 | 0/0 |
| NonRunner | |||||||||
| 02 Jun 2023 | Down Royal | Good | 2m 4f 80y | 0 | Movie King | 11st 13lbs | 8 of 17 | Richard Condon | 11/1 |
| mid-division, slight mistake 3rd, 9th and pushed along 3 out, ridden next, no impression | |||||||||
| 11 May 2023 | Clonmel | Soft | 2m 3f 25y | 0 | Lucky Zebo | 11st 7lbs | 12 of 19 | Richard Condon | 17/2 |
| tracked leaders, 4th halfway, pushed along and lost place approaching straight, no extra before 2 out, weakened | |||||||||
| 25 Jan 2023 | Fairyhouse | Soft to Heavy (Soft in places) | 2m | 0 | In Excess | 11st 4lbs | 7 of 19 | Liam McKenna | 50/1 |
| mid-division, 9th when bad mistake 6th, ridden and no impression after 3 out | |||||||||
| 15 Jan 2023 | Punchestown | Heavy | 2m | 0 | Tactical Move | 11st 12lbs | of 25 | Reserve 3 | 0/0 |
| NonRunner | |||||||||
| 20 Dec 2022 | Naas | Soft (Yielding to Soft in places) | 2m 2f 183y | 0 | Impaire Et Passe | 11st 7lbs | 8 of 28 | Liam McKenna | 22/1 |
| tracked leaders, bad mistake 1st, ridden in 6th entering straight, no impression | |||||||||
| 03 Dec 2022 | Fairyhouse | Good to Yielding | 2m | 0 | Joyeux Machin | 11st 12lbs | 6 of 18 | Liam McKenna | 200/1 |
| tracked leaders, 7th 3 out, soon ridden and no impression | |||||||||


