A Few Bob Short (IRE)
A Few Bob Short won three of 26 starts between Feb 2018 and Jan 2023, all on turf. Two of those wins came over 1m2f – 1m4f on heavy and soft ground at Galway and Thurles in Oct 2019 off marks of 59 and 53, while the third was over 1m – 1m1f on good at Gowran Park three months earlier. The gelding, aged 8 at his last run in Jan 2023, finished 14 of 14 at Dundalk off an official rating of 47. He never won on the all-weather from eight starts.
- 3–26Wins / Runs
- 11.5%Strike rate
- 12 (46.2%)Placed
- −2.50£1 level staken=26 at SP
- 1.33Fair A/E n=26 · 1.03 incl. margin
- 59Highest OR
- 25dBetween runs (median)longest 708 d
A/E compares actual wins with what starting prices implied. "Fair" strips the bookmaker margin from the expectation, so favourites and longshots are judged on the same footing — figures near 1.00 mean the market priced this horse about right.
KTB Speed and Rating
Best recent Speed 91
How fast the horse ran, as points against the day-corrected standard time for its course and distance: 100 is the median GB Class 4 handicap winner on that code; one point is 0.1% of the standard time. A, B or C is how much the day's card could tell us, not how good the run was. What this means →
| Going | Runs | Best | Median | Since 4 Nov 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Standard (AW) | 8 | 93A | 75.5 | — |
| Soft | 8 | 116C | 73.5 | — |
| Good | 5 | 110C | 94 | — |
| Heavy | 4 | 88C | 56 | — |
| Good to Firm | 1 | — | — | — |
| Distance | Runs | Best | Median | Since 4 Nov 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1m2f – 1m4f | 20 | 116C | 76 | — |
| 1m – 1m1f | 5 | 94C | 73 | — |
| 1m5f – 2m | 1 | — | — | — |
KTB Speed v1 · batch 15 Sep 2026 · GB & Irish racing only · 26 figures from 26 runs · as at 3 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
Progeny in our archive have won 8.8% of 4,568 runs since Apr 2009 (314 horses).
| Going | Runs | Wins | SR | vs sire | This horse |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Firm | 19 | 3 | 15.8% | +7 | — |
| Good to Firm | 665 | 63 | 9.5% | +0.7 | 0 from 1 |
| Good | 1,046 | 90 | 8.6% | −0.2 | 1 from 5 |
| Good to Soft | 483 | 52 | 10.8% | +2 | — |
| Soft | 863 | 85 | 9.8% | +1 | 1 from 8 |
| Heavy | 299 | 21 | 7% | −1.8 | 1 from 4 |
| Standard (AW) | 1,192 | 90 | 7.6% | −1.2 | 0 from 8 |
| Distance (all codes) | Runs | Wins | SR | vs sire | This horse |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Under 6f | 193 | 18 | 9.3% | +0.5 | — |
| 6f – 7f | 1,106 | 86 | 7.8% | −1 | — |
| 1m – 1m1f | 1,084 | 101 | 9.3% | +0.5 | 1 from 5 |
| 1m2f – 1m4f | 1,033 | 110 | 10.6% | +1.8 | 2 from 20 |
| 1m5f – 2m | 766 | 58 | 7.6% | −1.2 | 0 from 1 |
| 2m1f – 2m4f | 287 | 22 | 7.7% | −1.1 | — |
| 2m5f – 3m | 91 | 8 | 8.8% | 0 | — |
| Over 3m | 8 | 1 | 12.5% | +3.7 | — |
Flat and jumps together (all codes) · since Apr 2009 · as at 3 Nov 2026 · rows under 30 runs muted · win % is the measure, a record not a forecast
1 sibling in the archive, 0 winners.
| Produce | Runs | Wins | Win trips | Best grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lexington Quest (IRE) | 11 | 0 | — | — |
Record by conditions
| Going | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Standard (AW) | 8 | 0 | 0% | −8.00 |
| Soft | 8 | 1 | 13% | −3.00 |
| Good | 5 | 1 | 20% | +7.00 |
| Heavy | 4 | 1 | 25% | +2.50 |
| Good to Firm | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Course | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dundalk (AW) | 8 | 0 | 0% | −8.00 |
| Galway | 3 | 1 | 33% | +3.50 |
| Gowran Park | 3 | 1 | 33% | +9.00 |
| Navan | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Ballinrobe | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Killarney | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Curragh | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Thurles | 1 | 1 | 100% | +4.00 |
| Down Royal | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Limerick | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Naas | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Tramore | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Cork | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Distance | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1m2f – 1m4f | 20 | 2 | 10% | −8.50 |
| 1m – 1m1f | 5 | 1 | 20% | +7.00 |
| 1m5f – 2m | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Jockey | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| J M Sheridan | 6 | 2 | 33% | +5.50 |
| Leigh Roche | 6 | 1 | 17% | +6.00 |
| Killian Leonard | 4 | 0 | 0% | −4.00 |
| Shane Foley | 3 | 0 | 0% | −3.00 |
| Ben Coen | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Rory Cleary | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Sean D Bowen | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Gavin Ryan | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Nathan Crosse | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Sean Davis | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Headgear | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tongue tie | 18 | 3 | 17% | +5.50 |
| None | 4 | 0 | 0% | −4.00 |
| Tongue tie + blinkers | 3 | 0 | 0% | −3.00 |
| Tongue tie + cheekpieces | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Season | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| 2022 | 4 | 0 | 0% | −4.00 |
| 2020 | 3 | 0 | 0% | −3.00 |
| 2019 | 5 | 3 | 60% | +18.50 |
| 2018 | 13 | 0 | 0% | −13.00 |
Splits include every sample, however small — muted rows are under 3 runs. A one-from-one record is a fact, not a trend: read the Runs column before the strike rate.
Form
Quick answers
- How many races has A Few Bob Short won?
- A Few Bob Short (IRE) won 3 of 26 archived starts between 2018 and 2023, a strike rate of 11.5%. Placed 12 times in total (46.2% of starts).
- Who trained A Few Bob Short?
- A Few Bob Short (IRE) was trained by Shane Ryder on the most recent run on record, at Dundalk (AW) on 18 January 2023.
- Who is A Few Bob Short's sire?
- A Few Bob Short (IRE) is by Big Bad Bob (IRE) out of Serenata (IRE), whose sire is Oratorio.
- What going does A Few Bob Short prefer?
- A Few Bob Short (IRE) has the best record on heavy going: 1 win from 4 starts (25%). Only going bands with at least three archived starts are read, so this is a direction rather than a settled preference.
- What is A Few Bob Short's official rating?
- The most recent official rating on record is 47, from the run on 18 January 2023. The highest on record is 59.
- What is A Few Bob Short's sire's record?
- Big Bad Bob (IRE)'s progeny in our archive have won 8.8% of 4,568 runs since Apr 2009 (314 horses), Flat and jumps together.
- Who are A Few Bob Short's siblings?
- Out of Serenata (IRE), A Few Bob Short (IRE) has 1 other produce in our archive, 0 of them winners. As at Nov 2026.