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Irish Rumour: horse profile, stats, records and next races

Irish Rumour is a 6-year-old mare by Footstepsinthesand, trained by Miss Jennifer Anne Lynch. She has won 2 of 37 starts and placed in 11 more, for £9,152 in prize money. Her best trip is 5f, where 2 wins from 8 is a 25% strike rate against 0% at every other distance. She runs next in the 3:17 at Navan on 21 October. Her best performance rating is 75, which is the figure to judge her against in this grade.

  • Runs 37
  • Wins 2
  • Placed 13
  • Strike rate 5%
  • Prize money £9,152
  • Best rating 75
  • Official rating 67

Where Irish Rumour runs next

Time Course Race Best price
3:17 Navan Final Fence Marquee Hospitality Package 14th & 15th November On Sale Now Handicap —

Irish Rumour form and race record

Date Course Race Dist Going Pos Beaten SP Jockey OR
4 Oct 26 Curragh (IRE) Business Plus Handicap 6f Soft 5 4 16/1 Orla Tynan 67
21 Sep 26 Fairyhouse (IRE) Fairyhouse Return Of The Jumps On October 10th Handicap 6f Good 5 6 4/1 Orla Tynan 67
5 Sep 26 Navan (IRE) Navan Racing Festival Early Bird Tickets On Sale Now Handicap 5f Good 1 — 11/2 Orla Tynan 59
22 Aug 26 Curragh (IRE) Friends Of Moorefield GAA Handicap 6f Good 3 0.5 12/1 Orla Tynan 59
3 Aug 26 Naas (IRE) Bet 20 Get 40 With Matchbook Handicap 7f Good 10 3.75 22/1 James Ryan 61
11 Jul 26 Navan Newgrange Hotel Handicap 6f Good 5 2.75 9/2 Dylan Browne McMonagle 62
18 Jun 26 Leopardstown BOYLE Sports Money Back If 2nd To SP Fav Handicap 7f Good 13 9.25 16/1 James Ryan 64
3 Jun 26 Curragh Sky Bet Build A Bet Handicap 6.5f Yielding 2 1.75 16/1 Dylan Browne McMonagle 58
18 May 26 Roscommon Knockcroghery Handicap 7.5f Good To Yielding 15 28.25 12/1 Dylan Browne McMonagle 61
5 Nov 25 Dundalk (AW) Bet On The Best Night Out At Dundalk Stadium Handicap (0-60) 7f Standard 5 5.25 6/1 James Ryan 59
22 Sep 25 Fairyhouse Treo Eile Handicap 7f Yielding 2 — 20/1 James Ryan 62
10 Sep 25 Cork William Hill Each Way Extra Handicap 6f Soft 8 9.75 7/1 Dylan Browne McMonagle 63
16 Aug 25 Curragh Kwiff: Supercharge Your Betting With Kwiff Handicap 6f Good 5 5.75 15/2 Rory Cleary 66
23 Jul 25 Naas NFP Handicap 6f Yielding 3 .5 8/1 Dylan Browne McMonagle 65
5 Jul 25 Naas Irish Stallion Farms EBF Fillies Handicap 6f Good 5 5 5/1 Dylan Browne McMonagle 67
7 Jun 25 Navan Navan Handicap 5f Good 7 5 7/1 Robbie Colgan 67
10 May 25 Naas Danny Trundle Heating & Plumbing Handicap 5f Good 2 .25 9/2J Colin Keane 66
12 Apr 25 Curragh Download The Tote App Handicap 6f Good 8 4.75 9/1 Dylan Browne McMonagle 67
13 Dec 24 Dundalk (AW) William Hill Top Price Guarantee Handicap (47-65) 6f Standard 12 6.75 10/1 Jack Kearney 64
29 Nov 24 Dundalk (AW) Now Racing Every Wednesday At Dundalk Handicap (47-75) 6f Standard 9 7.75 9/1 J M Sheridan 67
13 Nov 24 Dundalk (AW) Christmas Party Nights At Dundalk Stadium Handicap (47-70) 5f Standard 7 4.25 9/2 James Ryan 68
17 Oct 24 Curragh Equine Care Group - Nutritional Solutions Handicap (47-75) 5f Yielding To Soft 6 3.25 5/1 Dylan Browne McMonagle 68
21 Sep 24 Navan Kilberry Handicap 5f Good 3 .5 11/4F Leigh Roche 68
7 Sep 24 Navan Simonstown Handicap 5f Good 1 — 7/2F Dylan Browne McMonagle 62
24 Aug 24 Curragh FBD Hotels And Resorts Saturday Series Handicap 5f Good 2 .75 11/1 Dylan Browne McMonagle 60
13 Apr 24 Dundalk (AW) Get Best Odds Guaranteed At BetVictor Handicap (47-65) (Div 1) 1m Standard 6 6.75 4/1F Adam Caffrey 62
23 Feb 24 Dundalk (AW) View Restaurant At Dundalk Stadium Maiden 7f Standard 4 3 5/4F Colin Keane 65
31 Jan 24 Dundalk (AW) Join Us On Instagram At dundalk_stadium Handicap 6f Standard 2 1.5 3/1 Robbie Colgan 63
16 Jan 24 Dundalk (AW) Gateway Hotel Dundalk Race & Stay Handicap (47-65) (Div 1) 6f Standard 2 .75 9/4F Robbie Colgan 62
20 Dec 23 Dundalk (AW) Dundalk Stadium Gift Vouchers Available Online Handicap (47-65) (Div 2) 7f Standard 2 .25 15/8F Colin Keane 59
22 Nov 23 Dundalk (AW) Dundalk Stadium Gift Vouchers Available Online Handicap (47-65) (Div 1) 7f Standard 5 2.75 11/2 Robbie Colgan 60
1 Nov 23 Dundalk (AW) Christmas Party Nights At Dundalk Stadium Handicap (47-65) (Div 2) 7f Standard 3 1.75 22/1 Robbie Colgan 60
5 Oct 23 Thurles Moyne Handicap (47-65) 1m Soft 9 10.75 12/1 Seamie Heffernan 61
24 Aug 23 Leopardstown Whistlin' Donkeys Playing Live After Racing Handicap 7f Good 4 5 14/1 Seamie Heffernan 65
7 Aug 23 Naas ARKequine ACME Fillies Maiden 1m Soft 7 7.5 66/1 Seamie Heffernan –
4 Jul 23 Roscommon Irish Stallion Farms EBF Fillies Maiden 7.5f Good 6 13.5 100/1 Robbie Colgan –
15 Jun 23 Leopardstown Irish Stallion Farms EBF Fillies Maiden 7f Good 8 11.75 150/1 Seamie Heffernan –

Last time out

Finished 5 in the Business Plus Handicap at Curragh (IRE) on 4 October 2026. Went to front in middle of track - challenged by rival at halfway - pushed along 2f out then overtaken 1f out - stayed on at same speed for 5th.

Irish Rumour by distance

Split Runs Wins Strike rate Level stakes
6f 13 0 0% —
7f 10 0 0% —
5f 8 2 25% —
8f 3 0 0% —
7.5f 2 0 0% —
6.5f 1 0 0% —

Irish Rumour by going

Split Runs Wins Strike rate Level stakes
Good 17 2 12% —
Standard 11 0 0% —
Soft 4 0 0% —
Yielding 3 0 0% —
Good To Yielding 1 0 0% —
Yielding To Soft 1 0 0% —

Irish Rumour by course

Split Runs Wins Strike rate Level stakes
Dundalk (AW) 11 0 0% —
Curragh 5 0 0% —
Navan 4 1 25% —
Naas 4 0 0% —
Leopardstown 3 0 0% —
Curragh (IRE) 2 0 0% —
Roscommon 2 0 0% —
Fairyhouse (IRE) 1 0 0% —
Navan (IRE) 1 1 100% —
Naas (IRE) 1 0 0% —

Irish Rumour breeding

  • Sire Footstepsinthesand (GB)
  • Dam Selfless (GB)
  • Damsire Harbour Watch (IRE)
  • Breeder Coolawn Stud
  • Foaled 1 February 2020

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