DISTINCTION Thoroughbred



Distinction is a thoroughbred horse born in Ireland in 2018. Race horse Distinction is by Kodiac (GB) out of Tajbell (IRE) , trained by J Mackie. Distinction form is available here. Owned by MIKE AND WENDY YARDLEY.


Pedigree :
Sire KODIAC (GB) 2001
Dam TAJBELL (IRE) 2012
Dam Sire NEW APPROACH (IRE) 2005

About the horse :
Foal Date 03 May 2018
Description 8yo B Gelding
Trainer J Mackie
Owner Mike And Wendy Yardley
Career 9 Wins (11%) - 16 Placings (30%) - 83 starts
Wins 1454m (1), 1609m (1), 1709m (2), 1911m (2), 1999m (1), 2016m (1), 2212m (1)
PM United Kingdom : GBP £69,790

Sale Information :
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2020 Autumn Horses In Training Sale (453)  

Spigot Lodge Stables (K. Burke) 

Psd. GNS 20,000

Res. GNS

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2019 October Yearling Sale Book 2 (651)  

Tally-Ho Stud, Ireland 

Karl Burke

GNS 72,000



Starts:

83

Win Rate:

11%

Place Rate:

30%










Distinction Past Races

6 of 6, 21 Apr 2026, R8 WOLVERHAMPTON HOLIDAY INN HANDICAP 1m1f104y | GBP £ 6,200 | 61.0kg | J: P J MCDONALD | T: J MACKIE | Last-Never got involved | 2:04.79 | Winner: KAARANAH
5 of 9, 07 Apr 2026, R4 RACING TV SKY CHANNEL 424 HANDICAP (DIV II) 1m | GBP £ 7,869 | 53.5kg | J: FINLAY BASSETT | T: J MACKIE | MF-Never a winning hope | 1:47.72 | Winner: SAILTHISSHIPALONE
12 of 14, 28 Mar 2026, R8 WILLIAM HILL NRMB ON THE GRAND NATIONAL APPRENTICE HANDICAP (GO RACING IN YORKSHIRE FUTURE STARS SERIES) (DIV II) 1m2f | GBP £ 11,804 | 59.0kg | J: FINLAY BASSETT | T: J MACKIE | | 2:17.38 | Winner: DANCING TIGER



Horse Stat

Jockey
Win
Win%
Place
Place%
Starts
PM
Profit
POT
P J MCDONALD 3 23% 2 15% 13 $25,086 170 208
CONNOR BEASLEY 2 40% 1 20% 5 $20,025 62 185
JOE FANNING 2 67% 0 0% 3 $17,326 130 467
CLIFFORD LEE 1 9% 4 36% 11 $15,202 80 164
BILLY LOUGHNANE 1 100% 0 0% 1 $7,725 85 850
PIERRE-LOUIS JAMIN 0 0% 0 0% 2 $552 -20 0
HARRISON SHAW 0 0% 1 50% 2 $3,022 -20 0
SAM JAMES 0 0% 1 50% 2 $1,792 -20 0
SOPHIE CLEMENTS 0 0% 0 0% 1 $552 -10 0
A C PERSSE 0 0% 0 0% 1 $0 -10 0
MR SAM FEILDEN 0 0% 1 50% 2 $1,945 -20 0
ANDREW MULLEN 0 0% 1 25% 4 $4,267 -40 0
ADAM J MCNAMARA 0 0% 0 0% 1 $557 -10 0
RYAN SEXTON 0 0% 1 100% 1 $1,427 -10 0
KEVIN STOTT 0 0% 0 0% 1 $0 -10 0
CONNOR MURTAGH 0 0% 0 0% 2 $1,268 -20 0
BILLY GARRITTY 0 0% 0 0% 1 $0 -10 0
CAMERON HARDIE 0 0% 1 20% 5 $6,848 -50 0
RAY DAWSON 0 0% 1 100% 1 $3,172 -10 0
CONNOR PLANAS 0 0% 0 0% 1 $1,404 -10 0
FRANCIS NORTON 0 0% 1 50% 2 $3,170 -20 0
JAMES P SULLIVAN 0 0% 0 0% 1 $0 -10 0
JASON HART 0 0% 0 0% 2 $0 -20 0
ROSSA RYAN 0 0% 0 0% 1 $339 -10 0
ALEC VOIKHANSKY 0 0% 0 0% 1 $0 -10 0
SILVESTRE DE SOUSA 0 0% 0 0% 1 $1,290 -10 0
ANDREW BRESLIN 0 0% 0 0% 1 $0 -10 0
HAYLEY TURNER 0 0% 0 0% 1 $0 -10 0
CALLUM RODRIGUEZ 0 0% 0 0% 1 $1,812 -10 0
PAUL MULRENNAN 0 0% 0 0% 2 $679 -20 0
FINLEY MARSH 0 0% 0 0% 1 $804 -10 0
JACK DOUGHTY 0 0% 0 0% 1 $0 -10 0
RYAN KAVANAGH 0 0% 1 100% 1 $4,980 -10 0
TYLER HEARD 0 0% 0 0% 1 $0 -10 0
AMIE WAUGH 0 0% 0 0% 1 $0 -10 0
OISIN ORR 0 0% 0 0% 1 $3,472 -10 0
TOM QUEALLY 0 0% 0 0% 1 $0 -10 0
JACK DACE 0 0% 0 0% 1 $0 -10 0
FINLAY BASSETT 0 0% 0 0% 2 $0 -20 0

Course
Win
Win%
Place
Place%
Starts
PM
Profit
POT
BEVERLEY 3 43% 2 29% 7 $36,794 122 232
WOLVERHAMPTON 2 11% 3 17% 18 $26,117 75 131
PONTEFRACT 2 33% 0 0% 6 $14,526 65 175
AYR 1 100% 0 0% 1 $4,900 180 1800
KEMPTON PARK 1 33% 0 0% 3 $8,064 65 283
MUSSELBURGH 0 0% 2 67% 3 $4,199 -30 0
NOTTINGHAM 0 0% 2 33% 6 $6,440 -60 0
RIPON 0 0% 2 100% 2 $3,889 -20 0
HAMILTON PARK 0 0% 1 50% 2 $1,783 -20 0
CARLISLE 0 0% 1 17% 6 $5,534 -60 0
CATTERICK 0 0% 1 100% 1 $2,531 -10 0
LEICESTER 0 0% 1 100% 1 $3,172 -10 0
DONCASTER 0 0% 1 25% 4 $4,980 -40 0
REDCAR 0 0% 0 0% 2 $542 -20 0
NEWCASTLE 0 0% 0 0% 9 $1,575 -90 0
NEWMARKET (ROWLEY) 0 0% 0 0% 2 $542 -20 0
SOUTHWELL 0 0% 0 0% 8 $3,128 -80 0
SANDOWN PARK 0 0% 0 0% 1 $0 -10 0
HAYDOCK PARK 0 0% 0 0% 1 $0 -10 0