Kilwaughter
There is something quietly stubborn about Kilwaughter. This six-year-old has raced eight times, won once, and placed on three other occasions — a win rate of roughly 1 in every 8 races — which on paper sounds modest, but the bigger story is what has happened since that sole victory. It came at Down Royal on Boxing Day 2024, and it remains the only time Kilwaughter has reached the winner's enclosure. Sixteen months have passed since then, and six races have come and gone without another win, though a second-place finish does sit in that recent sequence to show the ability is still somewhere in there.Based on TrackLab's analysis
Owner
House Family Partnership
📊 Key numbers
Career totals for this horse
🔍 Full analysis
Our model's view, based on this horse's career and recent runs
The yard behind the horse is Philip Hobbs and Johnson White, operating out of Bilbrook in Somerset — a serious training operation that has sent out 37 winners already this season. When a stable of that calibre keeps running a horse, it is because they believe it can deliver again, not out of sentimentality. Whether Kilwaughter can rediscover the form that made Down Royal special remains the open question. It raced just yesterday, so whatever happens next is not far away.
⚡ Strengths and risks
What helps this horse and what to watch out for
⚠ What to watch out for
⚠ Poor record on good ground: 0 wins from 3 starts
🎯 Where this horse runs best
Results split by ground, distance, race level and track shape
🌧 Ground
Good to soft (some give)
Unknown
Yielding (slightly soft)
Unknown
Good to yielding (mild give)
Unknown
Good (a little give)
Avoids
📏 Race distance
Long Distance (2M+)
Likes
🏅 Race level
Class 3 (mid-level)
Unknown
Class 4 (standard)
Unknown
🏟 Track shape
Right-handed, long straights
Unknown
Right-handed, hilly
Unknown
Left-handed, long straights
Avoids
📅 Recent runs
The last 10 races, most recent first
15 Apr
4th
Haydock Park
Long Distance (2m+) · Good · 10 runners
28 Feb
DNF
Newbury
Long Distance (2m+) · Soft · 22 runners
17 Jan
2nd
Taunton
Long Distance (2m+) · Good_To_Soft · 14 runners
5 Dec
4th
Exeter
Long Distance (2m+) · Good_To_Soft · 16 runners
10 Oct
7th
Chepstow
Long Distance (2m+) · Good · 8 runners
1 May
3rd
Punchestown
Long Distance (2m+) · Yielding · 14 runners
5 Apr
6th
Aintree
Long Distance (2m+) · Good · 20 runners
26 Dec
🏆 Won
Down Royal
Long Distance (2m+) · Good_To_Yielding · 14 runners
🏇 Jockeys
Every jockey who has ridden this horse, most rides first
Mr Jack Stenhouse Current jockey
🏟 Course record
Win rate at each course this horse has visited
| Course | Races | Results | Last run | Win rate |
|---|
| Down Royal Galloping |
1 |
1 win |
26 Dec |
100% |
| Punchestown Galloping |
1 |
1 third |
1 May |
0% |
| Haydock Park Galloping |
1 |
1 other |
15 Apr |
0% |
| Chepstow Galloping |
1 |
1 other |
10 Oct |
0% |
| Newbury Galloping |
1 |
1 other |
28 Feb |
0% |
| Aintree Galloping |
1 |
1 other |
5 Apr |
0% |
| Exeter Undulating |
1 |
1 other |
5 Dec |
0% |
| Taunton Undulating |
1 |
1 second |
17 Jan |
0% |