Back Before Dawn (IRE)
Back Before Dawn (IRE) is 2 from 17. Hasn't won since Dec 2016. Each win came on a first visit to the course. Last raced off a career-high mark of 114.
- 2–17Wins / Runs
- 11.8%Strike rate
- 6 (35.3%)Placed
- +3.00£1 level staken=17 at SP
- 1.18Fair A/E n=17 · 0.91 incl. margin
- 114Highest OR
- 82dAvg 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 126
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 21 Oct 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Soft | 2 | 126B | 95 | — |
| Heavy | 1 | — | — | — |
| Distance | Runs | Best | Median | Since 21 Oct 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Over 3m | 1 | — | — | — |
| 1m5f – 2m | 1 | — | — | — |
| 2m1f – 2m4f | 1 | — | — | — |
Of 4 runs looked at, 1 has no figure: did not complete (1).
KTB Speed v1 · batch 15 Sep 2026 · GB & Irish racing only · 3 figures from 4 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 10.9% of 16,542 runs since Jan 2008 (1,456 horses).
Strongest on standard (aw) going: 18.1% from 105.
| Going | Runs | Wins | SR | vs sire | This horse |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Firm | 58 | 5 | 8.6% | −2.3 | — |
| Good to Firm | 760 | 64 | 8.4% | −2.5 | 0 from 3 |
| Good | 4,658 | 479 | 10.3% | −0.6 | 0 from 3 |
| Good to Soft | 2,803 | 358 | 12.8% | +1.9 | — |
| Soft | 5,006 | 540 | 10.8% | −0.1 | 2 from 8 |
| Heavy | 3,152 | 345 | 10.9% | 0 | 0 from 3 |
| Standard (AW) | 105 | 19 | 18.1% | +7.2 | — |
| Distance (all codes) | Runs | Wins | SR | vs sire | This horse |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6f – 7f | 6 | 1 | 16.7% | +5.8 | — |
| 1m – 1m1f | 7 | 2 | 28.6% | +17.7 | — |
| 1m2f – 1m4f | 90 | 8 | 8.9% | −2 | — |
| 1m5f – 2m | 4,439 | 514 | 11.6% | +0.7 | 1 from 5 |
| 2m1f – 2m4f | 5,912 | 630 | 10.7% | −0.2 | 0 from 8 |
| 2m5f – 3m | 4,995 | 537 | 10.8% | −0.1 | 0 from 2 |
| Over 3m | 1,093 | 118 | 10.8% | −0.1 | 1 from 2 |
Flat and jumps together (all codes) · since Jan 2008 · as at 20 Oct 2026 · rows under 30 runs muted · win % is the measure, a record not a forecast
6 siblings in the archive, 2 winners — best of them Shopping Around (IRE) (4 wins).
The wins came over 2m–3m.
| Produce | Runs | Wins | Win trips | Best grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Shopping Around (IRE) | 19 | 4 | 2m–2m2½f | — |
| Lar's Lass (IRE) | 18 | 2 | 2m6f–3m | — |
| Wilde At Heart (IRE) | 6 | 0 | — | — |
| Sure Footed (IRE) | 3 | 0 | — | — |
| Pills Baby (IRE) | 1 | 0 | — | — |
| Rosshill Boy (IRE) | 1 | 0 | — | — |
Record by conditions
| Going | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Soft | 8 | 2 | 25% | +12.00 |
| Heavy | 3 | 0 | 0% | −3.00 |
| Good | 3 | 0 | 0% | −3.00 |
| Good to Firm | 3 | 0 | 0% | −3.00 |
| Course | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fairyhouse | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Wexford | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Thurles | 1 | 1 | 100% | +10.00 |
| Naas | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Kilbeggan (IRE) | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Killarney (IRE) | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Navan | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Punchestown | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Listowel (IRE) | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Leopardstown | 1 | 1 | 100% | +8.00 |
| Tramore | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Killarney | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Kilbeggan | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Bellewstown | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Tipperary | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Distance | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2m1f – 2m4f | 8 | 0 | 0% | −8.00 |
| 1m5f – 2m | 5 | 1 | 20% | +4.00 |
| Over 3m | 2 | 1 | 50% | +9.00 |
| 2m5f – 3m | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Jockey | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| B J Cooper | 5 | 1 | 20% | +4.00 |
| Conor Brassil | 2 | 1 | 50% | +9.00 |
| Roger Loughran | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Jonathan Moore | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| M P Fogarty | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Jonathan Burke | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Ms N Carberry | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Mr H D Dunne | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Mark Enright | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Headgear | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| None | 11 | 1 | 9% | +0.00 |
| Cheekpieces | 3 | 0 | 0% | −3.00 |
| Hood | 3 | 1 | 33% | +6.00 |
| Season | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| 2016 | 7 | 1 | 14% | +4.00 |
| 2015 | 3 | 0 | 0% | −3.00 |
| 2014 | 1 | 1 | 100% | +8.00 |
| 2013 | 5 | 0 | 0% | −5.00 |
| Type | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hurdle | 8 | 1 | 13% | +1.00 |
| Chase | 5 | 1 | 20% | +6.00 |
| Flat | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| NH Flat | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
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 Back Before Dawn (IRE) won?
- Back Before Dawn (IRE) won 2 of 17 archived starts between 2013 and 2017, a strike rate of 11.8%. Placed 6 times in total (35.3% of starts).
- Who trained Back Before Dawn (IRE)?
- Back Before Dawn (IRE) was trained by Ms Sandra Hughes on the most recent run on record, at Fairyhouse on 1 January 2017.
- Who is Back Before Dawn (IRE)'s sire?
- Back Before Dawn (IRE) is by Oscar (IRE) out of Back To Bavaria (IRE), whose sire is Bob Back.
- What going does Back Before Dawn (IRE) prefer?
- Back Before Dawn (IRE) has the best record on soft going: 2 wins from 8 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 Back Before Dawn (IRE)'s official rating?
- The most recent official rating on record is 114, from the run on 1 January 2017. That is also the highest on record.
- What is Back Before Dawn (IRE)'s sire's record?
- Oscar (IRE)'s progeny in our archive have won 10.9% of 16,542 runs since Jan 2008 (1,456 horses), Flat and jumps together. Strongest on standard (aw) going: 18.1% from 105.
- Who are Back Before Dawn (IRE)'s siblings?
- Out of Back To Bavaria (IRE), Back Before Dawn (IRE) has 6 other produce in our archive, 2 of them winners. Most wins: Shopping Around (IRE) (4). The wins came over 2m–3m. As at Oct 2026.