Back Yourself (IRE)
Back Yourself won the 3A's Leisure Novices' Handicap Hurdle at Ffos Las in May 2023 on soft ground off an official rating of 92. The gelding, who raced 11 times on turf between Feb 2021 and Feb 2025, recorded one win and two places from his career total. All his wins came at Class 5 level over 2m5f – 3m. He last ran at Exeter in Feb 2025.
- 1–11Wins / Runs
- 9.1%Strike rate
- 2 (18.2%)Placed
- −2.00£1 level staken=11 at SP
- 1.07Fair A/E n=11 · 0.92 incl. margin
- 99Highest OR
- 147dAvg 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 112
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 | 3 | 112A | 94 | — |
| Good to Soft | 3 | 94B | 92 | — |
| Heavy | 1 | — | — | — |
| Good | 1 | — | — | — |
| Distance | Runs | Best | Median | Since 21 Oct 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1m5f – 2m | 5 | 94B | 92 | — |
| Over 3m | 1 | — | — | — |
| 2m5f – 3m | 1 | — | — | — |
| 2m1f – 2m4f | 1 | — | — | — |
Of 11 runs looked at, 3 have no figure: did not complete (2) · obstacles omitted — the race ran a shortened course (1).
KTB Speed v1 · batch 15 Sep 2026 · GB & Irish racing only · 8 figures from 11 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 from 3 analysed runs
- Held up 3 (100%) · 0 wins
Pedigree intelligence
Progeny in our archive have won 11.7% of 2,122 runs since Jan 2008 (265 horses).
Weakest on standard (aw) going: 8.5% from 316. Weakest over 1m – 1m1f (all codes): 7.9% from 190.
| Going | Runs | Wins | SR | vs sire | This horse |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Firm | 3 | 0 | 0% | −11.7 | — |
| Good to Firm | 100 | 9 | 9% | −2.7 | — |
| Good | 550 | 60 | 10.9% | −0.8 | 0 from 1 |
| Good to Soft | 374 | 49 | 13.1% | +1.4 | 0 from 4 |
| Soft | 552 | 73 | 13.2% | +1.5 | 1 from 3 |
| Heavy | 227 | 31 | 13.7% | +2 | 0 from 3 |
| Standard (AW) | 316 | 27 | 8.5% | −3.2 | — |
| Distance (all codes) | Runs | Wins | SR | vs sire | This horse |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Under 6f | 7 | 1 | 14.3% | +2.6 | — |
| 6f – 7f | 93 | 5 | 5.4% | −6.3 | — |
| 1m – 1m1f | 190 | 15 | 7.9% | −3.8 | — |
| 1m2f – 1m4f | 414 | 38 | 9.2% | −2.5 | — |
| 1m5f – 2m | 722 | 100 | 13.9% | +2.2 | 0 from 5 |
| 2m1f – 2m4f | 549 | 70 | 12.8% | +1.1 | 0 from 1 |
| 2m5f – 3m | 117 | 14 | 12% | +0.3 | 1 from 4 |
| Over 3m | 30 | 6 | 20% | +8.3 | 0 from 1 |
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
12 siblings in the archive, 6 winners — best of them Nearly Caught (IRE) (9 wins).
The wins came over 7f–2m2f; the highest grade won is Group 2 (Nearly Caught (IRE)).
| Produce | Runs | Wins | Win trips | Best grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nearly Caught (IRE) | 38 | 9 | 1m2f–2m2f | Group 2 |
| Pale Mimosa (IRE) | 13 | 5 | 1m4f–2m½f | Group 2 |
| Suailce (IRE) | 14 | 2 | 1m4f–2m | — |
| Ferrari Queen (IRE) | 7 | 2 | 7f | Class 5 |
| Barnacle Bill (IRE) | 9 | 1 | 1m4½f | — |
| Passion Planet (IRE) | 27 | 1 | 1m6½f | Class 5 |
| Chick Flick (IRE) | 6 | 0 | — | — |
| Silver Gauntlet (IRE) | 8 | 0 | — | — |
| Fire Drill (IRE) | 11 | 0 | — | — |
| Castle Chase (IRE) | 12 | 0 | — | — |
| New York Prince (IRE) | 8 | 0 | — | — |
| Katie's Reign (IRE) | 8 | 0 | — | — |
Record by conditions
| Going | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Good to Soft | 4 | 0 | 0% | −4.00 |
| Heavy | 3 | 0 | 0% | −3.00 |
| Soft | 3 | 1 | 33% | +6.00 |
| Good | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Class | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Class 5 | 4 | 1 | 25% | +5.00 |
| Class 4 | 3 | 0 | 0% | −3.00 |
| Course | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Exeter | 3 | 0 | 0% | −3.00 |
| Ffos Las | 2 | 1 | 50% | +7.00 |
| Newton Abbot | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Taunton | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Ballinrobe | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Cork | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Leopardstown | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Naas | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Distance | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1m5f – 2m | 5 | 0 | 0% | −5.00 |
| 2m5f – 3m | 4 | 1 | 25% | +5.00 |
| Over 3m | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| 2m1f – 2m4f | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Jockey | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fergus Gillard | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Alan Johns | 2 | 1 | 50% | +7.00 |
| Senan MacRedmond | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Miss M O'Sullivan | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Taylor Fisher | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Mr Martin McIntyre | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Jack Tudor | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Headgear | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cheekpieces | 7 | 1 | 14% | +2.00 |
| None | 3 | 0 | 0% | −3.00 |
| Blinkers | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Season | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| 2024 | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| 2023 | 4 | 1 | 25% | +5.00 |
| 2021 | 4 | 0 | 0% | −4.00 |
| Type | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hurdle | 4 | 1 | 25% | +5.00 |
| NH Flat | 4 | 0 | 0% | −4.00 |
| Chase | 3 | 0 | 0% | −3.00 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 21 Feb 25+15d | Exeter | South West Rail Solutions Ltd Handicap Hurdle Held up at the back - struggling for fluency and dropped away from 3rd - eased and pulled up | PU/14 | — | 11-1 | 92 | — | — | Taylor Fisher | 28/1 |
| 06 Feb 25+49d | Ffos Las | 3A's Leisure Handicap Chase Held up at the back of the field - down at the 2nd | F/13 | — | 11-6 | 92 | — | — | Fergus Gillard | 16/1 |
| 19 Dec 24+425d | Exeter | Southwest Rail Solutions Amateur Jockeys' Handicap Hurdle Settled towards the back - losing touch from the 4th - pulled up before the 6th | PU/18 | — | 11-6 | 94 | — | — | Mr Martin McIntyre | 18/1 |
| 21 Oct 23+165d | Newton Abbot | Racing Partnership Novices' Handicap Chase (GBB Race) | 4/5 | 14 | 10-7 | 99 | 61C | 90B | Jack Tudor | 11/4J |
| 09 May 23+57d | Ffos Las | 3A's Leisure Novices' Handicap Hurdle | 1/8 | 11-1 | 92 | 112A | 125B | Alan Johns | 8/1 | |
| 13 Mar 23+29d | Taunton | WilliamHill Champion Chase Top Price Guarantee Maiden Hurdle (GBB Race) | 2/13 | 23 | 11-3 | — | 92B | 101A | Fergus Gillard | 22/1 |
| 12 Feb 23+552d | Exeter | Virgin Bet British Stallion Studs EBF 'National Hunt' Novices' Hurdle (GBB Race) | 3/7 | 57 | 11-2 | — | 42C | 90C | Alan Johns | 12/1 |
| 09 Aug 21+31d | Ballinrobe | Cummins Homevalue Hardware Flat Race | 3/6 | 1¼ | 11-2 | — | 63A | 104B | Senan MacRedmond | 7/2 |
| 09 Jul 21+124d | Cork | Charleville Flat Race | 10/18 | nk | 11-2 | — | 94B | 87A | Senan MacRedmond | 11/1 |
| 07 Mar 21+22d | Leopardstown | Tri Equestrian Superstore & Cafe (Pro/Am) Flat Race | 7/13 | 3½ | 11-2 | — | 94B | 94A | Miss M O'Sullivan | 18/1 |
| 13 Feb 21 | Naas | Tipper Road (Pro/Am) Flat Race | 9/13 | 2½ | 11-4 | — | 86B | 102A | Miss M O'Sullivan | 11/1 |
Quick answers
- How many races has Back Yourself (IRE) won?
- Back Yourself (IRE) won 1 of 11 archived starts between 2021 and 2025, a strike rate of 9.1%. Placed 2 times in total (18.2% of starts).
- Who trained Back Yourself (IRE)?
- Back Yourself (IRE) was trained by David Pipe on the most recent run on record, at Exeter on 21 February 2025.
- Who is Back Yourself (IRE)'s sire?
- Back Yourself (IRE) is by Maxios (GB) out of Katch Me Katie (GB), whose sire is Danehill.
- What going does Back Yourself (IRE) prefer?
- Back Yourself (IRE) has the best record on 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 Back Yourself (IRE)'s official rating?
- The most recent official rating on record is 92, from the run on 21 February 2025. The highest on record is 99.
- What is Back Yourself (IRE)'s sire's record?
- Maxios (GB)'s progeny in our archive have won 11.7% of 2,122 runs since Jan 2008 (265 horses), Flat and jumps together. Weakest on standard (aw) going: 8.5% from 316. Weakest over 1m – 1m1f (all codes): 7.9% from 190.
- Who are Back Yourself (IRE)'s siblings?
- Out of Katch Me Katie (GB), Back Yourself (IRE) has 12 other produce in our archive, 6 of them winners. Most wins: Nearly Caught (IRE) (9). Highest grade won: Group 2 (Nearly Caught (IRE)). The wins came over 7f–2m2f. As at Oct 2026.