Backtonormal (IRE)
Backtonormal is a gelding who has three wins from 13 starts on turf, including a Grade 3 success in the O’Driscolls Irish Whiskey Leopardstown Handicap Chase over 2m5f – 3m on soft ground at Leopardstown in Feb 2025. He also won an auction hurdle final at Punchestown over 2m1f – 2m4f on good to soft in May 2024 and a bumper at Ballinrobe on soft in Apr 2023. Typically held up, he last ran off a mark of 143 in the Paddy Power Chase at Leopardstown in Dec 2025.
- 3–13Wins / Runs
- 23.1%Strike rate
- 4 (30.8%)Placed
- +1.50£1 level staken=13 at SP
- 2.27Fair A/E n=13 · 1.87 incl. margin
- 143Highest OR
- 84dAvg 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 115
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 18 Oct 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Soft | 5 | 115B | 88 | — |
| Heavy | 4 | 154A | 104 | 1 · — |
| Good to Soft | 2 | 104B | 87 | — |
| Distance | Runs | Best | Median | Since 18 Oct 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2m1f – 2m4f | 8 | 110B | 87.5 | 1 · — |
| 1m5f – 2m | 2 | 154A | 124.5 | — |
| 2m5f – 3m | 1 | — | — | — |
Of 13 runs looked at, 2 have no figure: did not complete (2).
KTB Speed v1 · batch 15 Sep 2026 · GB & Irish racing only · 11 figures from 13 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 5 analysed runs
- Held up 3 (60%) · 0 wins
- Midfield 1 (20%) · 1 win
- Prominent 1 (20%) · 0 wins
Pedigree intelligence
Progeny in our archive have won 11.3% of 16,842 runs since Jan 2008 (1,463 horses).
| Going | Runs | Wins | SR | vs sire | This horse |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Firm | 18 | 1 | 5.6% | −5.7 | — |
| Good to Firm | 552 | 66 | 12% | +0.7 | — |
| Good | 5,167 | 647 | 12.5% | +1.2 | — |
| Good to Soft | 3,287 | 386 | 11.7% | +0.4 | 1 from 2 |
| Soft | 5,029 | 501 | 10% | −1.3 | 2 from 6 |
| Heavy | 2,716 | 303 | 11.2% | −0.1 | 0 from 5 |
| Standard (AW) | 73 | 2 | 2.7% | −8.6 | — |
| Distance (all codes) | Runs | Wins | SR | vs sire | This horse |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6f – 7f | 3 | 0 | 0% | −11.3 | — |
| 1m – 1m1f | 9 | 1 | 11.1% | −0.2 | — |
| 1m2f – 1m4f | 58 | 3 | 5.2% | −6.1 | — |
| 1m5f – 2m | 3,855 | 401 | 10.4% | −0.9 | 0 from 2 |
| 2m1f – 2m4f | 5,469 | 599 | 11% | −0.3 | 2 from 9 |
| 2m5f – 3m | 5,799 | 697 | 12% | +0.7 | 1 from 2 |
| Over 3m | 1,649 | 205 | 12.4% | +1.1 | — |
Flat and jumps together (all codes) · since Jan 2008 · as at 17 Oct 2026 · rows under 30 runs muted · win % is the measure, a record not a forecast
1 sibling in the archive, 1 winner — best of them Away For The Night (IRE) (2 wins).
The wins came over 2m½f–2m1f; the highest grade won is Class 5 (Away For The Night (IRE)).
Family form: Away For The Night (IRE) won at Worcester, 12 Oct 2026.
| Produce | Runs | Wins | Win trips | Best grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Away For The Night (IRE) | 12 | 2 | 2m½f–2m1f | Class 5 |
Record by conditions
| Going | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Soft | 6 | 2 | 33% | +0.50 |
| Heavy | 5 | 0 | 0% | −5.00 |
| Good to Soft | 2 | 1 | 50% | +6.00 |
| Course | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Leopardstown | 4 | 1 | 25% | −0.25 |
| Navan | 3 | 0 | 0% | −3.00 |
| Naas | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Punchestown | 1 | 1 | 100% | +7.00 |
| Gowran Park | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Ballinrobe | 1 | 1 | 100% | +1.75 |
| Cork | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Distance | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2m1f – 2m4f | 9 | 2 | 22% | +1.75 |
| 2m5f – 3m | 2 | 1 | 50% | +1.75 |
| 1m5f – 2m | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Jockey | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Keith Donoghue | 4 | 0 | 0% | −4.00 |
| Conor Stone-Walsh | 2 | 1 | 50% | +1.75 |
| Mr Derek O'Connor | 2 | 1 | 50% | +0.75 |
| Kieren Buckley | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Sean Flanagan | 1 | 1 | 100% | +7.00 |
| Donagh Meyler | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| J J Slevin | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Miss A B O'Connor | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Season | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 4 | 1 | 25% | −0.25 |
| 2024 | 7 | 1 | 14% | +1.00 |
| 2023 | 2 | 1 | 50% | +0.75 |
| Type | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chase | 6 | 1 | 17% | −2.25 |
| Hurdle | 5 | 1 | 20% | +3.00 |
| NH Flat | 2 | 1 | 50% | +0.75 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 27 Dec 25+21d | Leopardstown | Paddy Power Chase (Extended Handicap Chase) (0-150) (Listed) Settled close to the pace early - blundered at the 9th - fell three out | F/28 | — | 11-5 | 143 | — | — | Conor Stone-Walsh | 33/1 |
| 06 Dec 25+27d | Navan | Download The Tote App Foxrock Handicap Chase (0-150) (Listed) Settled towards rear early - improved into 6th 4 out - pressed for effort but couldn't threaten leaders - dropped away and pulled up before the last | PU/9 | — | 11-6 | 143 | — | — | Kieren Buckley | 8/1 |
| 09 Nov 25+280d | Naas | SIS Brown Lad Handicap Hurdle (Listed) Held up towards the back - improved into contention before 2 out - lost ground steadily on the run-in to finish tenth | 10/14 | 2 | 11-10 | 135 | 110B | 129A | Keith Donoghue | 20/1 |
| 02 Feb 25+37d | Leopardstown | O'Driscolls Irish Whiskey Leopardstown Handicap Chase (Grade 3) Settled in midfield - moving strongly in 7th approaching two out - made progress into second turning for home - pushed along entering the last furlong - swept to the front and kept going to the line | 1/16 | 9-13 | 130 | 115B | 136A | Conor Stone-Walsh | 11/4F | |
| 27 Dec 24+20d | Leopardstown | Paddy Power From The Horses Mouth Podcast Beginners Chase Held up at the back - improved into 8th by halfway - moved through after 3 out - unable to threaten in 7th approaching last then held effort to the line | 6/13 | ¾ | 11-12 | — | 70B | 129A | Keith Donoghue | 40/1 |
| 07 Dec 24+21d | Navan | QuinnBet Beginners Chase Settled around midpack early - blundered at the 7th and pressed on with little response from three out - well held at the finish | 9/18 | 4 | 11-12 | — | 87C | 118C | Keith Donoghue | 12/1 |
| 16 Nov 24+199d | Navan | Irish Stallion Farms EBF Beginners Chase Sat close up in 2nd early - pushed along into 3rd with three to jump - blundered approaching the second last - slipped back to 5th before the final fence and held no chance late | 5/9 | 3½ | 11-12 | — | 58A | 133A | Keith Donoghue | 12/1 |
| 01 May 24+59d | Punchestown | Connolly's RED MILLS Irish EBF Auction Hurdle Series Final | 1/17 | 11-5 | — | 104B | 140A | Sean Flanagan | 7/1 | |
| 03 Mar 24+22d | Leopardstown | Connolly's RED MILLS Irish EBF Auction Novice Hurdle | 3/7 | nk | 11-5 | — | 95B | 136A | Donagh Meyler | 8/1 |
| 10 Feb 24+16d | Naas | Connolly's RED MILLS Irish EBF Auction Novice Hurdle | 3/6 | nk | 11-5 | — | 98A | 132B | J J Slevin | 18/1 |
| 25 Jan 24+286d | Gowran Park | Connolly's RED MILLS Irish EBF Ladies Auction Maiden Hurdle | 2/6 | 10 | 11-10 | — | 70A | 125C | Miss A B O'Connor | 7/2 |
| 14 Apr 23+22d | Ballinrobe | John Madden & Sons Flat Race | 1/8 | 12-0 | — | 88A | 129A | Mr Derek O'Connor | 7/4F | |
| 23 Mar 23 | Cork | Irish Stallion Farms EBF (Pro/Am) Auction Flat Race | 3/7 | 7 | 12-0 | — | 154A | 131B | Mr Derek O'Connor | 9/1 |
Quick answers
- How many races has Backtonormal (IRE) won?
- Backtonormal (IRE) won 3 of 13 archived starts between 2023 and 2025, a strike rate of 23.1%. Placed 4 times in total (30.8% of starts).
- Who trains Backtonormal (IRE)?
- Backtonormal (IRE) is trained by Gavin Cromwell, who saddled the horse on its most recent run on 27 December 2025.
- Who is Backtonormal (IRE)'s sire?
- Backtonormal (IRE) is by Milan (GB) out of Inchiquin High (IRE), whose sire is Mountain High.
- What going does Backtonormal (IRE) prefer?
- Backtonormal (IRE) has the best record on soft going: 2 wins from 6 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 Backtonormal (IRE)'s official rating?
- The most recent official rating on record is 143, from the run on 27 December 2025. That is also the highest on record.
- What is Backtonormal (IRE)'s sire's record?
- Milan (GB)'s progeny in our archive have won 11.3% of 16,842 runs since Jan 2008 (1,463 horses), Flat and jumps together.
- Who are Backtonormal (IRE)'s siblings?
- Out of Inchiquin High (IRE), Backtonormal (IRE) has 1 other produce in our archive, 1 of them a winner. Most wins: Away For The Night (IRE) (2). Highest grade won: Class 5 (Away For The Night (IRE)). The wins came over 2m½f–2m1f. As at Oct 2026.