Kate Knows Best (IRE)
Owner: John Patrick Ryan Trainer: J P Ryan Sex: mare Age: 7
Breeding: Mount Nelson / Diva Antonia (King's Theatre)
Entries
| Date | Time | Course | Race name |
|---|---|---|---|
| 26 Oct 2025 | 16:05 | Galway | Supermac's Novice Hurdle |
Form Summary
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Starts | Wins | 2nds | 3rds |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Good | 1 | 1 | ||
| Good (Good to Yielding in places) | 1 | 1 | ||
| Good to Yielding | 1 | |||
| Good to Yielding (Yielding in places) | 1 | |||
| Heavy | 2 | 1 | ||
| Soft | 1 | |||
| Soft (Yielding to Soft in places) | 1 | 1 | ||
| Yielding-yielding to soft in places | 1 | |||
| Totals | 9 | 1 | 3 |
Race History
| Date | Course | Going | Distance | Class | Race Winner | Weight | Position | Jockey | SP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 13 May 2025 | Sligo | Good | 2m 1f 180y | 0 | Kate Knows Best | 10st 13lbs | 1 of 11 | D King | 3/1 |
| made virtually all, not fluent 4 out, jumped left next, pushed along on inner after 2 out, joined last, soon ridden and asserted run-in, kept on well | |||||||||
| 26 Aug 2024 | Ballinrobe | Soft | 2m 6f 90y | 0 | Lucky Viv | 10st 13lbs | 9 of 13 | D E Mullins | 6/5 |
| led, mistake and headed after 1st, regained lead before 5th, jumped left 6th and 7th, pushed along and headed after 2 out, soon no extra and weakened before last | |||||||||
| 08 Aug 2024 | Sligo | Soft (Yielding to Soft in places) | 2m 1f 185y | 0 | Cloonainra | 11st 7lbs | 2 of 13 | D E Mullins | 5/2 |
| led, jumped left at 5th, not fluent next, headed 2 out, soon ridden, no impression on winner straight, kept on same pace run-in | |||||||||
| 19 Jul 2024 | Killarney | Good (Good to Yielding in places) | 2m 6f 180y | 0 | Wudya | 10st 13lbs | 2 of 11 | D E Mullins | 13/2 |
| tracked leaders, not fluent 4th, slight mistake 6th, 5th 5 out, 2nd after next, pushed along after 3 out, no impression on winner after 2 out, kept on one pace | |||||||||
| 30 May 2024 | Limerick | Good to Yielding | 2m 100y | 0 | Long Gone | 11st 11lbs | 4 of 11 | Mr A P Ryan | 7/2 |
| tracked leaders, 5th halfway, 4th approaching straight, pushed along 2f out, ridden and no impression 1f out, no extra inside final furlong | |||||||||
| 07 May 2024 | Ballinrobe | Good to Yielding (Yielding in places) | 2m 172y | 0 | Sorrentino | 11st 7lbs | 4 of 16 | Mr A P Ryan | 11/1 |
| tracked leaders, 6th halfway, 5th and pushed along approaching straight, ridden and kept on well inside final furlong | |||||||||
| 09 Mar 2024 | Gowran Park | Heavy | 2m 2f | 0 | Port Joulain | 11st 7lbs | 4 of 10 | Mr A P Ryan | 28/1 |
| in rear, some progress 5f out, ridden in moderate 5th entering straight, moderate 4th 2f out, no impression on leaders, finished tailed off | |||||||||
| 17 Feb 2024 | Gowran Park | Heavy | 2m 1f | 0 | Flashaway | 11st 11lbs | 2 of 8 | Mr A P Ryan | 14/1 |
| rear of mid-division, progress to 3rd halfway, dropped to 7th over 5f out, headway in 4th under 2f out, ridden into 2nd closing stages, kept on, no chance with winner | |||||||||


