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Horse profile

A Bit Of Style (IRE)

4yo gelding (at last run, Sep 2005) · Last trainer Timothy Doyle · Last owner P M Grace
by Desert Style (IRE) out of Notluckytochange (IRE) (King Of Clubs I)
2 runs · 2 courses · from Sep 2005
As at 4 Nov 2026 · KTB archive: GB, Ireland & France · 2005–present, updated daily
No run recorded since 19 Sep 2005 — 7,715 days ago. Our archive can't say whether the horse is still in training.
Last run Sep 2005 · 12th of 14 Last raced off OR 36
KTB Profile

Lightly raced, with 2 archived starts, both in Sep 2005, the last of them as a 4yo gelding. Finished 12 of 14 at Listowel last time. By Desert Style (IRE), whose progeny in our archive have won 8.6% of 2,544 runs since Jan 2008.

Based on 2 archived runs · updated 4 Nov 2026

KTB Speed and Rating

KTB Speed

No KTB Speed figures for this horse. The engine scores GB and Irish racing from Oct 2016; runs elsewhere, or earlier, have no figure.

KTB Speed v1 · batch 15 Sep 2026 · GB & Irish racing only · 0 figures from 0 runs · a record, not a forecast

KTB Rating

Best recent KTB Rating 35C the best of the last 2 rated runs · Down Royal, 3 Sep 2005 Official rating 36 at the last run, 19 Sep 2005

What the horse achieved in each race, in pounds on the official-rating scale, from the weight carried, the lengths beaten and the race's own level solved across the archive — never the market, never the official rating as a starting point. The headline is the best of the horse's last three rated runs on that code — its best recent day. The KTB Rating on a racecard is a different reading of the same figures: the level the horse has been running to, an average of up to its last six runs with the latest counting most, so the two can differ. A, B or C on a run is how much known form was in that race. What this means →

Flat 2 figures · best 35C · median 8.5
GoingRunsBestMedianSince 4 Nov 2025
Soft1———
Firm1———
DistanceRunsBestMedianSince 4 Nov 2025
6f – 7f1———
Under 6f1———

KTB Rating v1 · batch 3 Oct 2026 · GB & Irish racing only · 2 figures from 2 runs · as at 4 Oct 2026 · a record, not a forecast

Both figures are KTB's own, computed from the archive; no vendor rating enters either. Every run's figure is on its form line below with its grade. Grades measure how much the archive could see, never the merit of the run.

Run style is derived from in-running commentary, which our data provider does not supply for this horse's races.

Pedigree intelligence

Sire
Desert Style (IRE)

Progeny in our archive have won 8.6% of 2,544 runs since Jan 2008 (247 horses).

Weakest on soft going: 4.7% from 339. Weakest over 1m5f – 2m (all codes): 4.7% from 232.

GoingRunsWinsSRvs sireThis horse
Firm28517.9%+9.30 from 1
Good to Firm4034511.2%+2.6—
Good526448.4%−0.2—
Good to Soft219198.7%+0.1—
Soft339164.7%−3.90 from 1
Heavy12997%−1.6—
Standard (AW)900829.1%+0.5—
Distance (all codes)RunsWinsSRvs sireThis horse
Under 6f2743111.3%+2.70 from 1
6f – 7f774658.4%−0.20 from 1
1m – 1m1f607569.2%+0.6—
1m2f – 1m4f451408.9%+0.3—
1m5f – 2m232114.7%−3.9—
2m1f – 2m4f15196%−2.6—
2m5f – 3m47714.9%+6.3—
Over 3m8112.5%+3.9—

Flat and jumps together (all codes) · since Jan 2008 · as at 3 Nov 2026 · rows under 30 runs muted · win % is the measure, a record not a forecast

Dam
Notluckytochange (IRE) (King Of Clubs I)

3 siblings in the archive, 2 winners — best of them Gotontheluckyone (IRE) (1 win).

The wins came over 5f–2m1½f; the highest grade won is Class 5 (Gotontheluckyone (IRE)).

ProduceRunsWinsWin tripsBest grade
Gotontheluckyone (IRE)2112m1½fClass 5
My Drop (IRE)715fClass 6
Natonia (FR)10——

Too few runs for meaningful splits. The full record is below.

Form

DateCourseRace PosBtn Wgt ORKTB Jockey SP
2005 · 2 runs
19 Sep 05+16d Listowel Kirby's Brogue Inn/Kirby's Lanterns Handicap 36-60 Div 2 6f · Yielding · 14 ran 12/14 3½ 8-4 36-18C Wayne Lordan 20/1
03 Sep 05 Down Royal Gravel Hill Handicap (36-60) 5f · Firm · 12 ran 9/12 hd 8-5 3735C Wayne Lordan 16/1

Quick answers

How many races has A Bit Of Style won?
A Bit Of Style (IRE) has yet to win, from 2 archived starts in 2005.
Who trained A Bit Of Style?
A Bit Of Style (IRE) was trained by Timothy Doyle on the most recent run on record, at Listowel on 19 September 2005.
Who is A Bit Of Style's sire?
A Bit Of Style (IRE) is by Desert Style (IRE) out of Notluckytochange (IRE), whose sire is King Of Clubs I.
What is A Bit Of Style's official rating?
The most recent official rating on record is 36, from the run on 19 September 2005. The highest on record is 37.
What is A Bit Of Style's sire's record?
Desert Style (IRE)'s progeny in our archive have won 8.6% of 2,544 runs since Jan 2008 (247 horses), Flat and jumps together. Weakest on soft going: 4.7% from 339. Weakest over 1m5f – 2m (all codes): 4.7% from 232.
Who are A Bit Of Style's siblings?
Out of Notluckytochange (IRE), A Bit Of Style (IRE) has 3 other produce in our archive, 2 of them winners. Most wins: Gotontheluckyone (IRE) (1). Highest grade won: Class 5 (Gotontheluckyone (IRE)). The wins came over 5f–2m1½f. As at Nov 2026.

Record shown from September 2005. Our archive holds racing in Great Britain, Ireland and France from January 2005. Any runs before that, or in other countries, are not in it. In-running comments are available from 2024 onward.