Real Key (AUS) Horse

Country

Australia

Foal Date

10-Oct-14

Sex

gelding

Colour

bay

Sire

Bon Hoffa

Dam

Defacto

Prize Money

380395

Trainer

Mark Cochrane

Owners

N A Cooper & M R Cochrane

About

Real Key is a 12yo bay gelding from Australia trained by Mark Cochrane. He is by Bon Hoffa out of Defacto and has amassed 19 victories. On 11th Jul 2025 at Mackay, he recorded his biggest triumph, winning the $75000.00 Open Quality. He has been a rewarding runner for punters; backing him throughout his career would have yielded a 34% return on investment.

Raced At

Bowen • Townsville • Mackay

Race Record

Event Summary	Runner Stats	Rank
Bowen 15-Sep-26 1200m GOOD 4 R4 HCP $200 (of $15,000) Barrier 4, Winning Time: 01:09.800, SP: 10.00 In-running: 800m 4th, 400m 4th Sectionals: 600m 00:36.470 1st Time To Prophet ( A Graham 55 , Cd 53.5 ) 2nd Outback Action ( C Whiteley 61 ) 0.01L 3rd Hellish ( S Pointon 62 , Cd 60 ) 2.17L 5th Real Key ( J Busuttin 57.5 , Cd 55.5 ) 6.95L See full results	J Busuttin 57.5kg, Cd 55.5kg 6.95L	5 (6)
Townsville 30-Aug-26 1200m SOFT 5 R3 HCP $400 (of $21,000) Barrier 5, Winning Time: 01:10.980, SP: 21.00 In-running: 800m 7th, 400m 6th Sectionals: 600m 00:34.180 1st Turn Bird ( W D'avila 54 ) 2nd Aged Care ( F Sandkuhl 54.5 , Cd 52.5 ) 0.40L 3rd Northern Pride ( S I Pointon 63 , Cd 60 ) 1.01L 8th Real Key ( R S Olivera 57 ) 5.57L See full results	R S Olivera 57kg 5.57L	8 (8)
Bowen 15-Aug-26 1280m GOOD 4 R3 HCP (of $10,000) Barrier 4, Winning Time: 01:16.130, SP: 15.00 1st Upstart Legend ( J H Busuttin 58 , Cd 56 ) 2nd Colleano ( I K Teh 55 ) 0.61L 3rd Raetihi ( C Whiteley 56 ) 0.74L 6th Real Key ( P Hammersley 63 ) 1.76L See full results	P Hammersley 63kg 1.76L	6 (8)
Townsville 01-Aug-26 1300m GOOD 4 R8 BM78 (of $50,000) Barrier 10, Winning Time: 01:16.060, SP: 151.00 In-running: 800m 13th, 400m 13th Sectionals: 600m 00:34.040 1st Tambo's Justice ( A Holt 58.5 ) 2nd Our Missile ( C L Jokic 54 ) 1.04L 3rd Carpaccio ( S N Cormack 54 ) 1.76L 12th Real Key ( T Chambers 62.5 ) 10.15L See full results	T Chambers 62.5kg 10.15L	12 (13)
Mackay 02-Jul-26 1200m SOFT 5 R4 HCP $400 (of $21,000) Barrier 4, Winning Time: 01:09.420, SP: 41.00 In-running: 800m 7th, 400m 8th Sectionals: 600m 00:35.720 1st Outback Action ( G J Cartwright 56 ) 2nd Parade Ground ( R M S Olivera 56 ) 0.11L 3rd Letmeletgo ( R Wiggins 59.5 ) 1.72L 8th Real Key ( P Hamblin 60 ) 6.08L See full results	P Hamblin 60 6.08L	8 (8)