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Ireland 9yo

Rich Belief (GB)

T: Karl Thornton · J: Mr D McGill · O: I J Keeling
By Make Believe (GB) out of Realt Eile (IRE)
Form 28-60136323
  1. 3
  2. 2
  3. 3
  4. 6
  5. 3
  6. 1
11/4 Current odds
8/67 W/R
72 RPR
71 TS
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Active
  • 67 runs
  • 8 wins
  • placed
  • 12% strike
  • 6 d off
  • 128 best RPR

Recent form

Form figures 28-60136323 6 days off
3 16 Sep 2026 John Thomas McNamara Series (Q.R.) … Clonmel (IRE) 2 26 Aug 2026 Tote Guarantee, Never Beaten By SP … Bellewstown (IRE) 3 6 Aug 2026 Westcare Home Care Claiming Hurdle Sligo (IRE) 6 12 Jul 2026 Fairways Hotel Dundalk Apprentice H… Dundalk (AW) 3 9 Jun 2026 Yeats Irish Whiskey Claiming Hurdle Sligo 1 27 May 2026 Wexford Claiming Hurdle Wexford
At Clonmel 0/2 0 wins · 1 placed
On Good 3/29 3 wins · 12 placed
Best RPR 128 Career peak
Best TS 123 Career peak

Deep analytics

Career trajectory, going + distance lenses, connections history

Career Trajectory

last 28 runs · form score 0–100
22 Apr 2023 · Navan · 1st/19 (won 0) 16 May 2023 · Killarney · 4th/12 (btn 3.75) 16 Jun 2023 · Cork · 9th/13 (btn 1.25) 23 Jun 2023 · Limerick · 4th/10 (btn .5) 8 Jul 2023 · Bellewstown · 8th/11 (btn 4.75) 24 Aug 2023 · Killarney · 4th/9 (btn 0.2) 8 Sep 2023 · Down Royal · 8th/14 (btn .5) 27 Apr 2024 · Navan · 8th/19 (btn 1.25) 25 May 2024 · Chester · 3rd/10 (btn 0.3) 15 Jun 2024 · Chester · 1st/10 (won 0) 13 Jul 2024 · Chester · 5th/10 (btn 3.75) 31 Aug 2024 · Chester · 6th/9 (btn 0.1) 5 Oct 2024 · Gowran Park · 7th/11 (btn 2.5) 13 Oct 2024 · Naas · 18th/20 (btn 5.5) 7 Jun 2025 · Navan · 13th/21 (btn 0.05) 18 Jul 2025 · Down Royal · 8th/10 (btn 3) 30 Jul 2025 · Galway · 17th/18 (btn 2.5) 7 Aug 2025 · Leopardstown · 7th/11 (btn 3.25) 11 Sep 2025 · Clonmel · 2nd/12 (btn 2) 22 Sep 2025 · Listowel · 8th/15 (btn 1) 8 Apr 2026 · Gowran Park · 6th/10 (btn .75) 25 Apr 2026 · Navan · 19th/20 (btn .5) 27 May 2026 · Wexford · 1st/9 (won 0) 9 Jun 2026 · Sligo · 3rd/10 (btn 2) 12 Jul 2026 · Dundalk (AW) · 6th/11 (btn 0.1) 6 Aug 2026 · Sligo (IRE) · 3rd/8 (btn 3) 26 Aug 2026 · Bellewstown (IRE) · 2nd/13 (btn 8) 16 Sep 2026 · Clonmel (IRE) · 3rd/7 (btn 2.75)
  • Win
  • Placed
  • Mid-pack
  • Rear
  • DNF
  • OR mark
Peak form
100
Mean
40
Win %
12%
Placed %
40%
Trend
Steady

Course Record

31 venues

Specialist on the road. Genuine course specialist at Limerick — well clear of the 40% career baseline.

  • Navan 14% 1-0-7
  • Limerick SPEC 60% 1-2-5
  • Killarney 40% 0-2-5
  • Chester 50% 1-1-4
  • Down Royal 50% 1-1-4
  • Newcastle (AW) 50% 0-2-4
  • Gowran Park 25% 0-1-4
  • Cork 33% 0-1-3
  • Wolverhampton (AW) 100% 1-1-2
  • Clonmel 50% 0-1-2
  • Leopardstown 50% 1-0-2
  • Bellewstown 0% 0-0-2
  • Fairyhouse 0% 0-0-2
  • Galway 0% 0-0-2
  • Punchestown 0% 0-0-2
  • Ripon 0% 0-0-2
  • Bellewstown (IRE) 100% 0-1-1
  • Catterick 100% 0-1-1
  • Clonmel (IRE) 100% 0-1-1
  • Haydock 100% 0-1-1
  • Kelso 100% 1-0-1
  • Perth 100% 0-1-1
  • Sligo 100% 0-1-1
  • Sligo (IRE) 100% 0-1-1
  • Wexford 100% 1-0-1
  • Curragh 0% 0-0-1
  • Dundalk (AW) 0% 0-0-1
  • Listowel 0% 0-0-1
  • Naas 0% 0-0-1
  • Thirsk 0% 0-0-1
  • York 0% 0-0-1

Connections History

30 jockeys · 3 trainers

Jockeys

  • Donagh Meyler 47% 3-4-15
  • Robbie Colgan 20% 1-1-10
  • Ben Harvey 100% 1-3-4
  • Robert Winston 100% 1-2-3
  • P. J. McDonald 33% 0-1-3
  • Seamie Heffernan 33% 1-0-3
  • Andrew Slattery 0% 0-0-3
  • Mr D McGill NOW 100% 0-2-2
  • W. J. Lee 100% 1-1-2
  • Tom Madden 0% 0-0-2
  • Brian Hughes 100% 0-1-1
  • Jane Elliott 100% 0-1-1
  • Jody McGarvey 100% 0-1-1
  • Kevin Stott 100% 0-1-1
  • Sean Dylan Bowen 100% 0-1-1
  • Adam Caffrey 0% 0-0-1
  • B J Cooper 0% 0-0-1
  • Daniel King 0% 0-0-1
  • Gavin Brouder 0% 0-0-1
  • Hollie Doyle 0% 0-0-1
  • J M Sheridan 0% 0-0-1
  • Jack Cleary(5) 0% 0-0-1
  • Jason Hart 0% 0-0-1
  • Jason Watson 0% 0-0-1
  • Mrs C Schnyder 0% 0-0-1
  • Niall P Madden 0% 0-0-1
  • Pat Cosgrave 0% 0-0-1
  • Paul Hanagan 0% 0-0-1
  • Phillip Enright 0% 0-0-1
  • Shane Crosse 0% 0-0-1

Trainers

  • Karl Thornton NOW 37% 6-14-54
  • James Bethell 50% 1-5-12
  • Shane Crawley 100% 1-0-1

Race history

10 of 10 runs
Date Race Pos Going Dist Jockey Odds
16 Sep 2026 John Thomas McNamara Series (Q.R.) Handicap Clonmel (IRE) T 3rd/7 2.75 Yielding 2m1f Mr D McGill OR 62 7/2
26 Aug 2026 Tote Guarantee, Never Beaten By SP Claiming Hurdle Bellewstown (IRE) T 2nd/13 8 Good 2m4½f Ben Harvey OR 113 8/1
6 Aug 2026 Westcare Home Care Claiming Hurdle Sligo (IRE) TB 3rd/8 3 Good 2m2f Ben Harvey OR 114 100/30F
12 Jul 2026 Fairways Hotel Dundalk Apprentice Handicap Dundalk (AW) TB 6th/11 0.1 Standard 1m4f Jack Cleary OR 64 50/1
9 Jun 2026 Yeats Irish Whiskey Claiming Hurdle Sligo TB 3rd/10 2 Good 2m2f Ben Harvey OR 117 5/2
27 May 2026 Wexford Claiming Hurdle Wexford TB 1st/9 +0 Good To Yielding 2m1f Ben Harvey OR 117 9/1
25 Apr 2026 Cusack Hotel Group Family Day July 11th Handicap Navan TB 19th/20 .5 Good To Yielding 1m5f Robbie Colgan OR 67 33/1
8 Apr 2026 Racing Again Tomorrow Handicap Gowran Park TB 6th/10 .75 Soft 1m5f180y Robbie Colgan OR 68 40/1
22 Sep 2025 Treo Eile Retraining Ireland's Racehorses Handicap Listowel TB 8th/15 1 Heavy 1m6f55y Gavin Brouder OR 69 40/1
11 Sep 2025 John Thomas McNamara Series (Q.R.) Handicap (Div 1) Clonmel TB 2nd/12 2 Soft 2m144y Mr D McGill OR 67 16/1

Connections

Trainer
Karl Thornton 14%
Jockey
Mr D McGill 9%
Owner
I J Keeling
Sire
Make Believe (GB)
Dam
Realt Eile (IRE)
Dam sire
Dark Angel
Country
Ireland
Age
9yo

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