Ask Ben (IRE)
Ask Ben (IRE) is 2 from 7. Hasn't won since Jan 2019. Each win came on a first visit to the course. Last raced off a career-high mark of 138.
- 2–7Wins / Runs
- 28.6%Strike rate
- 5 (71.4%)Placed
- +45.80£1 level staken=7 at SP
- 1.80Fair A/E n=7 · 1.57 incl. margin
- 138Highest OR
- 71dAvg between runs
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 152
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 27 Oct 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Good to Soft | 3 | 150B | 127 | — |
| Soft | 2 | 152B | 138 | — |
| Good | 1 | — | — | — |
| Distance | Runs | Best | Median | Since 27 Oct 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2m5f – 3m | 6 | 152B | 125.5 | — |
Of 7 runs looked at, 1 has no figure: did not complete (1).
KTB Speed v1 · batch 15 Sep 2026 · GB & Irish racing only · 6 figures from 7 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 10.6% of 3,215 runs since Jan 2008 (283 horses).
| Going | Runs | Wins | SR | vs sire | This horse |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Good to Firm | 72 | 7 | 9.7% | −0.9 | — |
| Good | 1,068 | 137 | 12.8% | +2.2 | 0 from 1 |
| Good to Soft | 625 | 60 | 9.6% | −1 | 1 from 3 |
| Soft | 947 | 87 | 9.2% | −1.4 | 1 from 2 |
| Heavy | 427 | 44 | 10.3% | −0.3 | 0 from 1 |
| Standard (AW) | 76 | 5 | 6.6% | −4 | — |
| Distance (all codes) | Runs | Wins | SR | vs sire | This horse |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6f – 7f | 14 | 1 | 7.1% | −3.5 | — |
| 1m – 1m1f | 39 | 2 | 5.1% | −5.5 | — |
| 1m2f – 1m4f | 147 | 19 | 12.9% | +2.3 | — |
| 1m5f – 2m | 712 | 65 | 9.1% | −1.5 | — |
| 2m1f – 2m4f | 1,054 | 112 | 10.6% | 0 | — |
| 2m5f – 3m | 1,023 | 116 | 11.3% | +0.7 | 2 from 7 |
| Over 3m | 226 | 25 | 11.1% | +0.5 | — |
Flat and jumps together (all codes) · since Jan 2008 · as at 27 Oct 2026 · rows under 30 runs muted · win % is the measure, a record not a forecast
4 siblings in the archive, 1 winner — best of them Goodgirlteresa (IRE) (3 wins).
The wins came over 2m3½f–2m4f; the highest grade won is Class 4 (Goodgirlteresa (IRE)).
| Produce | Runs | Wins | Win trips | Best grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Goodgirlteresa (IRE) | 27 | 3 | 2m3½f–2m4f | Class 4 |
| Baby Ben (IRE) | 8 | 0 | — | — |
| Captain Ted (IRE) | 2 | 0 | — | — |
| Don't Ask Fitz (IRE) | 3 | 0 | — | — |
Record by conditions
| Going | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Good to Soft | 3 | 1 | 33% | −1.20 |
| Soft | 2 | 1 | 50% | +49.00 |
| Heavy | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Good | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Class | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Class 1 | 4 | 0 | 0% | −4.00 |
| Class 2 | 2 | 1 | 50% | +49.00 |
| Class 4 | 1 | 1 | 100% | +0.80 |
| Course | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cheltenham | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Haydock | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Sandown | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Ayr | 1 | 1 | 100% | +0.80 |
| Newcastle | 1 | 1 | 100% | +50.00 |
| Season | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| 2019 | 5 | 1 | 20% | −3.20 |
| 2018 | 1 | 1 | 100% | +50.00 |
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
| Date | Course | Race | Pos | Btn | Wgt | OR | Spd | KTB | Jockey | SP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 · 1 run | ||||||||||
| 01 Feb 20+50d | Sandown | Betway Heroes Handicap Hurdle (Grade 3) | PU/17 | — | 11-0 | 138 | — | — | Kielan Woods | 5/1F |
| 2019 · 5 runs | ||||||||||
| 13 Dec 19+20d | Cheltenham | Citipost Handicap Hurdle | 2/11 | 1¾ | 11-3 | 136 | 152B | 137A | Kielan Woods | 11/4F |
| 23 Nov 19+253d | Haydock | Betfair Best Odds On Itv Races Stayers' Handicap Hurdle (Grade 3) | 4/17 | nk | 10-12 | 133 | 150B | 137A | Kielan Woods | 10/1 |
| 15 Mar 19+27d | Cheltenham | Albert Bartlett Novices' Hurdle (Grade 1) (Registered As The Spa Novices' Hurdle) | 10/20 | nk | 11-5 | 137 | 117B | 121A | Kielan Woods | 33/1 |
| 16 Feb 19+27d | Haydock | Albert Bartlett Prestige Novices' Hurdle (Grade 2) | 2/9 | 10 | 11-1 | 132 | 109A | 134A | Kielan Woods | 6/1 |
| 20 Jan 19+50d | Ayr | Like Racing TV On Facebook Novices' Hurdle | 1/5 | 11-4 | — | 127C | 136B | Kielan Woods | 4/5F | |
| 2018 · 1 run | ||||||||||
| 01 Dec 18 | Newcastle | Weatherbys Racing Bank 'the French Furze' Novices' Hurdle | 1/6 | 10-12 | — | 124A | 126B | Kielan Woods | 50/1 | |
Quick answers
- How many races has Ask Ben won?
- Ask Ben (IRE) won 2 of 7 archived starts between 2018 and 2020, a strike rate of 28.6%. Placed 5 times in total (71.4% of starts).
- Who trained Ask Ben?
- Ask Ben (IRE) was trained by Graeme McPherson on the most recent run on record, at Sandown on 1 February 2020.
- Who is Ask Ben's sire?
- Ask Ben (IRE) is by Ask (GB) out of Decheekymonkey (IRE), whose sire is Presenting.
- What going does Ask Ben prefer?
- Ask Ben (IRE) has the best record on good to soft going: 1 win from 3 starts (33.3%). Only going bands with at least three archived starts are read, so this is a direction rather than a settled preference.
- What is Ask Ben's official rating?
- The most recent official rating on record is 138, from the run on 1 February 2020. That is also the highest on record.
- What is Ask Ben's sire's record?
- Ask (GB)'s progeny in our archive have won 10.6% of 3,215 runs since Jan 2008 (283 horses), Flat and jumps together.
- Who are Ask Ben's siblings?
- Out of Decheekymonkey (IRE), Ask Ben (IRE) has 4 other produce in our archive, 1 of them a winner. Most wins: Goodgirlteresa (IRE) (3). Highest grade won: Class 4 (Goodgirlteresa (IRE)). The wins came over 2m3½f–2m4f. As at Oct 2026.