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Zolpharine: horse profile, stats, records and next races

Zolpharine is an 8-year-old gelding by Yeats, trained by John Patrick Ryan. He has won 3 of 46 starts and placed in 6 more, for £600 in prize money. His best trip is 2m 6.5f, where 1 win from 4 is a 25% strike rate against 5% at every other distance. He runs next in the 6:10 at Ballinrobe on 11 September. His best performance rating is 111, which is the figure to judge him against in this grade.

  • Runs 46
  • Wins 3
  • Placed 9
  • Strike rate 7%
  • Prize money £600
  • Best rating 111
  • Official rating 89

Where Zolpharine runs next

Time Course Race Best price
6:10 Ballinrobe Lodge At Ashford Castle Handicap Steeplechase —

Zolpharine form and race record

Date Course Race Dist Going Pos Beaten SP Jockey OR
21 Aug 26 Kilbeggan (IRE) New Forest Estate & Golf Club Handicap Steeplechase 3m 2f Good To Yielding 13 70 12/1 Daniel King 89
8 Aug 26 Kilbeggan (IRE) Smiddys Pub Mullingar Handicap Steeplechase 3m 1f Good 4 32.25 5/2 Daniel King 89
29 May 26 Tramore Tramore Handicap Hurdle (0-100) 2m 5.5f Good 1 — 5/2F Daniel King 75
21 May 26 Limerick Tote Guarantee, Never Beaten By SP Handicap Chase (0-100) (Div 1) 2m 6.5f Good 1 — 11/2 Daniel King 77
19 Apr 26 Tramore SETU Students Day April 20th Handicap Chase (0-100) 1m 7.5f Yielding 5 4 15/2 Harry Sexton 78
26 Mar 26 Clonmel Careys Castle Novice Handicap Chase 2m 7.5f Soft 11 22 14/1 Josh Williamson 81
12 Mar 26 Limerick Party Time Handicap Chase (0-100) 2m 7f Heavy 5 27.5 28/1 Daniel King 83
29 Jan 26 Thurles Killinan Handicap Hurdle (0-100) 2m 4f Heavy 7 25.25 18/1 Daniel King 78
29 Dec 25 Limerick Vision Contracting Novice Handicap Chase 2m 6.5f Soft To Heavy 8 54 66/1 Harry Sexton 87
20 Dec 25 Thurles Molony Cup Handicap Chase 3m 1.5f Yielding PU - 50/1 L P Dempsey 87
2 Dec 25 Clonmel Next Race Meeting January 8th Novice Handicap Chase 2m 2.5f Heavy UR - 8/1 Michael Kenneally 87
6 Nov 25 Clonmel Prior Park Service Station Clonmel Handicap Chase (0-100) 2m 1f Soft 11 21.5 22/1 Harry Sexton 88
19 Oct 25 Limerick John Thomas McNamara Series (Q.R.) Handicap Hurdle 3m Soft PU - 10/3F Mr B M Coonan 79
5 Oct 25 Killarney Racing Again Tomorrow Handicap Chase (0-100) 2m 7.5f Yielding 2 .25 14/1 Harry Sexton 85
12 Sep 25 Ballinrobe Lodge At Ashford Castle Handicap Chase (0-100) 2m 7f Soft PU - 17/2 Harry Sexton 87
29 Aug 25 Down Royal Tayto Group Ltd Handicap Hurdle (0-100) 3m Good To Firm 5 14.5 5/1 Danny Gilligan 81
21 Aug 25 Killarney Bunkers Killorglin 40th Birthday Handicap Chase (0-100) 2m 7.5f Good 2 9 9/2 Eoin Staples 86
11 Aug 25 Ballinrobe J.J. Burke Peugeot Handicap Hurdle (0-100) 2m 7f Good 10 27 13/2 Conor Clarke 84
5 Aug 25 Roscommon Kepak Handicap Chase (0-100) 2m 5.5f Yielding 12 25.5 11/2 Harry Sexton 88
25 Jul 25 Kilbeggan Bretland Construction Edenderry Handicap Chase (0-100) 2m 4f Good To Yielding 2 4.75 6/4F Harry Sexton 88
18 Jul 25 Killarney Europe Hotel And Resort Handicap Chase (0-100) (Div 1) 2m 7f Yielding To Soft 2 .75 7/1 Harry Sexton 84
22 May 25 Limerick Treaty Plant Hire Handicap Chase (0-100) 2m 6.5f Good PU - 10/1 Sean O'Keeffe 89
15 May 25 Clonmel Talbot Hotel Clonmel Handicap Hurdle 2m 3.5f Good 6 10.5 4/1 Sean O'Keeffe 89
27 Feb 25 Clonmel Clonmel Handicap Chase (0-100) 2m 7f Heavy F - 9/1 Harry Sexton 89
15 Jan 25 Clonmel Jossestown Handicap Chase 2m 1.5f Yielding To Soft 5 20 14/1 Harry Sexton 90
21 Dec 24 Thurles Molony Cup Handicap Chase (0-109) 3m 1f Good 7 34.25 25/1 Sean O'Keeffe 92
16 Dec 24 Naas John Thomas McNamara Series (Q.R.) Handicap Hurdle (80-95) 2m Good To Yielding 13 55.5 14/1 Mr O McGill 95
29 Nov 24 Thurles Thurles Beginners Chase 3m 1f Good 6 66 10/1 Shane Fitzgerald 95
7 Nov 24 Clonmel Prior Park Service Station Clonmel Handicap Chase (0-102) 2m 5f Good 7 29.25 14/1 Shane Fitzgerald 97
24 Oct 24 Clonmel Rathgormack Handicap Hurdle 2m 3.5f Good To Yielding 10 33.5 16/1 Philip Donovan 101
13 Oct 24 Cork Buy Tickets Online At www.corkracecourse.ie Rated Novice Chase 2m 1.5f Good 5 22.5 12/1 Sean O'Keeffe –
6 Oct 24 Killarney Ross Golf Club Beginners Chase 2m 7.5f Yielding 3 24 7/1 Sean O'Keeffe –
25 Sep 24 Listowel Brandon Hotel Handicap Hurdle (80-109) 2m 2f Soft PU - 16/1 Cian Quirke 104
12 Jul 24 Kilbeggan Writech Handicap Hurdle 2m 3.5f Good To Yielding 13 58.25 9/1 J J Slevin 107
17 Jun 24 Kilbeggan Paul & Carmel Fay Memorial Handicap Hurdle 3m 0.5f Good To Yielding 8 22.75 15/2 Charlie O'Dwyer 109
7 Jun 24 Clonmel Powerstown Park Beginners Chase 2m 0.5f Good UR - 11/4F Gavin Brouder –
27 May 24 Ballinrobe McHale Mayo Handicap Hurdle 2m 6.5f Good 9 13.25 9/1 Daniel King 110
16 May 24 Clonmel Botanica International Handicap Hurdle (80-123) 2m Yielding 4 6.5 8/1 Cian Quirke 110
18 Nov 23 Navan Bar One Racing For Auction Novice Hurdle (Grade 3) 2m Soft To Heavy 6 86 40/1 Philip Donovan 111
29 Oct 23 Galway Ann Walsh Memorial Novice Hurdle 2m 4.5f Heavy 4 16.5 40/1 Liam Quinlan 111
15 Oct 23 Cork I.N.H. Stallion Owners EBF Novice Hurdle 3m Yielding To Soft 7 42.25 28/1 Liam Quinlan 111
20 Sep 23 Listowel Seamus Mulvaney Bookmaker Novice Hurdle 2m Yielding To Soft 4 31.5 22/1 Liam Quinlan –
8 Sep 23 Kilbeggan Sean Hughes Memorial Maiden Hurdle 2m Good To Yielding 1 — 9/2 Liam Quinlan –
18 Aug 23 Tramore I.P.R.S. Flat Race 2m Soft 2 9 11/4 Mr H C Swan –
25 Jul 23 Ballinrobe Claremorris & Ballinrobe Credit Union Flat Race 1m 7.5f Good 4 4.5 11/2 Mr H C Swan –
2 May 23 Ballinrobe Jennings Meats Flat Race 2m 0.5f Good To Yielding 4 18.25 16/1 Mr A P Ryan –

Last time out

Finished 13 in the New Forest Estate & Golf Club Handicap Steeplechase at Kilbeggan (IRE) on 21 August 2026. Held up towards the back of the pack - into 10th after the 8th before hitting the second-last awkwardly - dropped away from there to finish well beaten.

Zolpharine by distance

Split Runs Wins Strike rate
16f 6 1 17%
23f 5 0 0%
22.5f 4 1 25%
23.5f 4 0 0%
25f 3 0 0%
24f 3 0 0%
19.5f 3 0 0%
21.5f 2 1 50%
15.5f 2 0 0%
20f 2 0 0%
17.5f 2 0 0%
16.5f 2 0 0%
26f 1 0 0%
25.5f 1 0 0%
18.5f 1 0 0%
17f 1 0 0%
21f 1 0 0%
18f 1 0 0%
24.5f 1 0 0%
20.5f 1 0 0%

Zolpharine by going

Split Runs Wins Strike rate
Good 14 2 14%
Good To Yielding 8 1 13%
Yielding 6 0 0%
Soft 6 0 0%
Heavy 5 0 0%
Yielding To Soft 4 0 0%
Soft To Heavy 2 0 0%
Good To Firm 1 0 0%

Zolpharine by course

Split Runs Wins Strike rate
Clonmel 10 0 0%
Limerick 5 1 20%
Ballinrobe 5 0 0%
Thurles 4 0 0%
Killarney 4 0 0%
Kilbeggan 4 1 25%
Tramore 3 1 33%
Kilbeggan (IRE) 2 0 0%
Cork 2 0 0%
Listowel 2 0 0%

Zolpharine breeding

  • Sire Yeats (IRE)
  • Dam Flite (IRE)
  • Damsire Flemensfirth (USA)
  • Breeder Thomas Meagher
  • Foaled 19 May 2018

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