Ask The Leader (IRE)
Ask The Leader is a mare who won three of 30 starts, all in handicap hurdles at Downpatrick. Two of those wins came over 2m1f – 2m4f on good ground in Aug 2021 and Aug 2022, while the third came over 2m5f – 3m on soft ground in Oct 2021. She has not won since Aug 2022 and finished 7 of 14 in the Kilcawley Construction Handicap Hurdle at Sligo in Jul 2024. Her last run, at Sligo in Jul 2024, was off an official rating of 89.
- 3–30Wins / Runs
- 10%Strike rate
- 5 (16.7%)Placed
- +7.50£1 level staken=30 at SP
- 1.86Fair A/E n=30 · 1.46 incl. margin
- 98Highest OR
- 43dAvg 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 111
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 | 9 | 111B | 90 | — |
| Soft | 8 | 134B | 74 | — |
| Good to Soft | 3 | 95B | 65 | — |
| Heavy | 3 | 46C | 45 | — |
| Distance | Runs | Best | Median | Since 27 Oct 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2m1f – 2m4f | 17 | 121B | 84 | — |
| 2m5f – 3m | 3 | 134B | 90 | — |
| 1m5f – 2m | 2 | 46C | 45.5 | — |
| Over 3m | 1 | — | — | — |
Of 30 runs looked at, 7 have no figure: did not complete (5) · obstacles omitted — the race ran a shortened course (2).
KTB Speed v1 · batch 15 Sep 2026 · GB & Irish racing only · 23 figures from 30 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 | 2 from 12 |
| Good to Soft | 625 | 60 | 9.6% | −1 | 0 from 5 |
| Soft | 947 | 87 | 9.2% | −1.4 | 1 from 10 |
| Heavy | 427 | 44 | 10.3% | −0.3 | 0 from 3 |
| 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 | 0 from 2 |
| 2m1f – 2m4f | 1,054 | 112 | 10.6% | 0 | 2 from 22 |
| 2m5f – 3m | 1,023 | 116 | 11.3% | +0.7 | 1 from 5 |
| Over 3m | 226 | 25 | 11.1% | +0.5 | 0 from 1 |
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
7 siblings in the archive, 5 winners — best of them The Dasher Conway (IRE) (4 wins).
The wins came over 1m7f–3m; the highest grade won is Class 3 (Oscars Leader (IRE)).
| Produce | Runs | Wins | Win trips | Best grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| The Dasher Conway (IRE) | 43 | 4 | 1m7f–2m4½f | — |
| Oscars Leader (IRE) | 31 | 4 | 2m½f–2m1f | Class 3 |
| Try It Sometime (IRE) | 45 | 3 | 2m4f–3m | Class 4 |
| An Caisteal Nuadh (IRE) | 5 | 2 | 2m | — |
| Casual Approach (IRE) | 8 | 2 | 2m3f–2m6f | — |
| Bold Rhyme (IRE) | 6 | 0 | — | — |
| Seeyouallinchasers (IRE) | 2 | 0 | — | — |
Record by conditions
| Going | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Good | 12 | 2 | 17% | +19.00 |
| Soft | 10 | 1 | 10% | −3.50 |
| Good to Soft | 5 | 0 | 0% | −5.00 |
| Heavy | 3 | 0 | 0% | −3.00 |
| Course | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Downpatrick | 15 | 3 | 20% | +22.50 |
| Ballinrobe | 4 | 0 | 0% | −4.00 |
| Sligo | 3 | 0 | 0% | −3.00 |
| Tipperary | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Bellewstown | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Thurles | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Clonmel | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Cork | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Kilbeggan | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Fairyhouse | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Down Royal | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Distance | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2m1f – 2m4f | 22 | 2 | 9% | +9.00 |
| 2m5f – 3m | 5 | 1 | 20% | +1.50 |
| 1m5f – 2m | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Over 3m | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Jockey | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Darragh O'Keeffe | 17 | 2 | 12% | +14.00 |
| Jack Foley | 4 | 1 | 25% | +2.50 |
| Denis O'Regan | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Jonathan Moore | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Ben Harvey | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Michael O'Sullivan | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| P J O'Hanlon | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Mr B O'Neill | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Conor Orr | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Headgear | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tongue tie | 16 | 2 | 13% | +11.50 |
| None | 13 | 1 | 8% | −3.00 |
| Tongue tie + cheekpieces | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Season | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| 2023 | 7 | 0 | 0% | −7.00 |
| 2022 | 8 | 1 | 13% | +2.00 |
| 2021 | 13 | 2 | 15% | +14.50 |
| Type | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hurdle | 25 | 3 | 12% | +12.50 |
| Chase | 4 | 0 | 0% | −4.00 |
| NH Flat | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
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 Ask The Leader won?
- Ask The Leader (IRE) won 3 of 30 archived starts between 2021 and 2024, a strike rate of 10%. Placed 5 times in total (16.7% of starts).
- Who trained Ask The Leader?
- Ask The Leader (IRE) was trained by D M Christie on the most recent run on record, at Sligo on 7 July 2024.
- Who is Ask The Leader's sire?
- Ask The Leader (IRE) is by Ask (GB) out of Lead'er Inn (IRE), whose sire is Supreme Leader.
- What going does Ask The Leader prefer?
- Ask The Leader (IRE) has the best record on good going: 2 wins from 12 starts (16.7%). Only going bands with at least three archived starts are read, so this is a direction rather than a settled preference.
- What is Ask The Leader's official rating?
- The most recent official rating on record is 89, from the run on 7 July 2024. The highest on record is 98.
- What is Ask The Leader'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 The Leader's siblings?
- Out of Lead'er Inn (IRE), Ask The Leader (IRE) has 7 other produce in our archive, 5 of them winners. Most wins: The Dasher Conway (IRE) (4). Highest grade won: Class 3 (Oscars Leader (IRE)). The wins came over 1m7f–3m. As at Oct 2026.