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The Border Boy: horse profile, stats, records and next races

The Border Boy is a 9-year-old gelding by Shirocco, trained by Sean Aherne. He has won 1 of 27 starts and placed in 2 more, for £375 in prize money. His best trip is 2m 1f, where 1 win from 6 is a 17% strike rate against 0% at every other distance. He runs next in the 5:07 at Punchestown on 13 October, where the best price is 47/1 with Smarkets. His best performance rating is 86, which is the figure to judge him against in this grade.

  • Runs 27
  • Wins 1
  • Placed 3
  • Strike rate 4%
  • Prize money £375
  • Best rating 86
  • Official rating 72

Where The Border Boy runs next

Time Course Race Best price
5:07 Punchestown William Hill Challenge Series Handicap Hurdle (Div II) 47/1 Smarkets SBK

The Border Boy form and race record

Date Course Race Dist Going Pos Beaten SP Jockey OR
4 Oct 26 Killarney (IRE) Gortnavogue Ltd. T/A Seamus Weldon Handicap Hurdle 2m 1f Good 8 13.5 16/1 Danny Power 72
22 Aug 26 Killarney (IRE) Adare Manor Opportunity Handicap Hurdle 2m 4f Good 5 1.75 22/1 Danny Power 72
17 Jul 26 Killarney (IRE) Europe Hotel And Resort Handicap Steeplechase (Div II) 2m 7f Good To Yielding PU - 17/2 Phillip Enright 72
30 May 26 Tramore Tramore Handicap Chase (0-100) 2m 6f Good 4 9.5 25/1 Danny Power 73
13 May 26 Punchestown Ladbrokes Handicap Hurdle (0-100) (Div 1) 2m Good To Yielding 14 48.5 12/1 Mike O'Connor 74
20 Nov 25 Thurles William Hill Each Way Extra Challenge Series Handicap Chase 2m 2.5f Yielding 8 24.5 12/1 Danny Power 74
30 Oct 25 Thurles Two-Mile Borris Handicap Hurdle (0-100) 1m 7.5f Good To Yielding 3 6.5 10/1 Phillip Enright 74
16 Oct 25 Thurles Leugh Handicap Hurdle (0-100) 2m Good To Yielding 6 11.25 5/1 Phillip Enright 74
11 Oct 25 Fairyhouse FLC Frank Lynch & Co. Supporting Louth GAA Handicap Hurdle (0-100) 2m Yielding 3 2 18/1 Phillip Enright 74
20 Sep 25 Navan Balreask Bar, Restaurant & Guest Accommodation Handicap Hurdle (0-100) (Div 1) 2m 3f Yielding 9 24.25 18/1 Sean O'Keeffe 76
29 Aug 25 Wexford Visitwexford.ie Handicap Hurdle (0-100) 2m 1f Good 9 34.5 14/1 Sean O'Keeffe 77
14 Aug 25 Tramore Waterford Castle Resort Style Evening Handicap Hurdle (0-100) 2m 4.5f Good 10 19 13/2 Sean O'Keeffe 77
4 Aug 25 Cork Follow Us On Instagram Handicap Hurdle (0-100) (Div 2) 2m 1f Good 1 — 17/2 Phillip Enright 72
5 Jul 25 Bellewstown Adare Manor Opportunity Handicap Hurdle (0-100) 2m 4.5f Good 6 35.25 11/1 Danny Power 73
30 May 25 Tramore QuinnBet Handicap Hurdle (0-100) 2m 5.5f Good To Yielding 4 8.25 7/1 Sean O'Keeffe 74
15 May 25 Clonmel Tote Never Beaten By SP Handicap Hurdle (0-100) 2m 3.5f Good 9 25.5 10/1 Sean O'Keeffe 76
3 Oct 24 Clonmel Tickincor Handicap Hurdle (80-95) 2m 4f Good 12 31.75 14/1 Sean O'Keeffe 80
28 Aug 24 Bellewstown John Purfield Memorial Handicap Hurdle (80-95) (Div 2) 2m 1f Good 12 28.5 11/1 Sean O'Keeffe 83
5 Aug 24 Cork Follow Us On Instagram Handicap Hurdle (80-95) (Div 2) 2m 2.5f Good To Yielding 11 27 14/1 Mike O'Connor 85
5 Jul 24 Cork Mallow Handicap Hurdle (80-95) (Div 1) 2m 1f Good 13 24.5 11/1 Sean O'Keeffe 86
31 May 24 Tramore Dunmore East Handicap Hurdle (80-95) 2m 5.5f Yielding 5 5 11/2 Sean O'Keeffe 86
21 May 24 Punchestown Thank You To Our Track Team Handicap Hurdle (80-95) (Div 2) 2m 4.5f Good To Yielding 6 17.75 16/1 Sean O'Keeffe 87
15 Jan 24 Punchestown John Thomas McNamara Series (Q.R.) Handicap Hurdle 2m 0.5f Soft 10 25 40/1 Mr S Tobin 88
26 Aug 23 Killarney Killarney Park Hotel Maiden Hurdle 2m 0.5f Yielding To Soft 9 62.75 150/1 Diarmuid Moloney –
7 Aug 23 Cork Adare Manor Opportunity Maiden Hurdle 2m 2.5f Good To Yielding 7 32 150/1 Diarmuid Moloney –
14 Jul 23 Cork Buy Tickets On www.corkracecourse.ie Maiden Hurdle 2m 1f Yielding 13 55 100/1 Diarmuid Moloney –
2 Jun 23 Tramore Kilbarry (Ladies Pro/Am) Flat Race 2m 0.5f Good 8 28 33/1 Miss C H McAuliffe –

Last time out

Finished 8 in the Gortnavogue Ltd. T/A Seamus Weldon Handicap Hurdle at Killarney (IRE) on 4 October 2026. Towards the back of the main group early - outpaced and out of the contest - urged on 3 out but no response after the following fence - plodded on at the same speed to finish 8th.

The Border Boy by distance

Split Runs Wins Strike rate Level stakes
17f 6 1 17% —
16f 3 0 0% —
18.5f 3 0 0% —
20.5f 3 0 0% —
16.5f 3 0 0% —
20f 2 0 0% —
21.5f 2 0 0% —
23f 1 0 0% —
22f 1 0 0% —
15.5f 1 0 0% —
19f 1 0 0% —
19.5f 1 0 0% —

The Border Boy by going

Split Runs Wins Strike rate Level stakes
Good 12 1 8% —
Good To Yielding 8 0 0% —
Yielding 5 0 0% —
Soft 1 0 0% —
Yielding To Soft 1 0 0% —

The Border Boy by course

Split Runs Wins Strike rate Level stakes
Tramore 5 0 0% —
Cork 5 1 20% —
Killarney (IRE) 3 0 0% —
Punchestown 3 0 0% —
Thurles 3 0 0% —
Bellewstown 2 0 0% —
Clonmel 2 0 0% —
Fairyhouse 1 0 0% —
Navan 1 0 0% —
Wexford 1 0 0% —

The Border Boy breeding

  • Sire Shirocco (GER)
  • Dam The Clew Bay Fox (IRE)
  • Damsire Eagle Eyed (USA)
  • Breeder P Condon
  • Foaled 25 April 2017

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