Balaclava (IRE)
Balaclava is a maiden who won none of 36 starts on turf though he placed once. His best effort came when second of 20 at Punchestown in Dec 2019. He raced over 1m5f to 2m on 13 starts and over 1m2f to 1m4f on 14 starts with no success on any going. Aged 11 at his last run in May 2024 he finished 16 of 22 at Punchestown in his first race for D J Bunyan.
- 0–36Wins / Runs
- 0%Strike rate
- 1 (2.8%)Placed
- −36.00£1 level staken=36 at SP
- 0.00Fair A/E n=35 · 0.00 incl. margin
- 84Highest 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 99
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 | 12 | 105C | 48 | — |
| Heavy | 5 | 56C | 22 | — |
| Distance | Runs | Best | Median | Since 21 Oct 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1m2f – 1m4f | 10 | 105C | 34.5 | — |
| 1m5f – 2m | 4 | 70A | 52.5 | — |
| 2m1f – 2m4f | 2 | 56C | 47.5 | — |
| 1m – 1m1f | 1 | — | — | — |
| Going | Runs | Best | Median | Since 21 Oct 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Good | 4 | 99B | 62 | — |
| Soft | 4 | 82B | 54 | — |
| Heavy | 1 | — | — | — |
| Distance | Runs | Best | Median | Since 21 Oct 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2m1f – 2m4f | 5 | 79C | 72 | — |
| 1m5f – 2m | 4 | 99B | 67 | — |
Of 31 runs looked at, 5 have no figure: not enough races on the card to set the day (under 4) (2) · did not complete (2) · obstacles omitted — the race ran a shortened course (1).
KTB Speed v1 · batch 15 Sep 2026 · GB & Irish racing only · 26 figures from 31 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 10.5% of 3,539 runs since Jan 2008 (307 horses).
| Going | Runs | Wins | SR | vs sire | This horse |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Firm | 17 | 2 | 11.8% | +1.3 | — |
| Good to Firm | 489 | 58 | 11.9% | +1.4 | 0 from 1 |
| Good | 825 | 72 | 8.7% | −1.8 | 0 from 4 |
| Good to Soft | 371 | 39 | 10.5% | 0 | 0 from 1 |
| Soft | 622 | 64 | 10.3% | −0.2 | 0 from 22 |
| Heavy | 217 | 21 | 9.7% | −0.8 | 0 from 8 |
| Standard (AW) | 996 | 116 | 11.6% | +1.1 | — |
| Distance (all codes) | Runs | Wins | SR | vs sire | This horse |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Under 6f | 37 | 4 | 10.8% | +0.3 | — |
| 6f – 7f | 604 | 50 | 8.3% | −2.2 | — |
| 1m – 1m1f | 721 | 65 | 9% | −1.5 | 0 from 1 |
| 1m2f – 1m4f | 1,055 | 118 | 11.2% | +0.7 | 0 from 14 |
| 1m5f – 2m | 721 | 93 | 12.9% | +2.4 | 0 from 13 |
| 2m1f – 2m4f | 242 | 24 | 9.9% | −0.6 | 0 from 8 |
| 2m5f – 3m | 122 | 14 | 11.5% | +1 | — |
| Over 3m | 37 | 5 | 13.5% | +3 | — |
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
10 siblings in the archive, 7 winners — best of them Club Oceanic (GB) (5 wins).
The wins came over 5f–1m2½f; the highest grade won is Group 3 (Mac Love (GB)).
| Produce | Runs | Wins | Win trips | Best grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Club Oceanic (GB) | 9 | 5 | 1m–1m2f | Class 2 |
| Donny Rover (IRE) | 33 | 5 | 6f–1m2½f | Class 3 |
| Mac Love (GB) | 43 | 4 | 1m–1m2f | Group 3 |
| Balancing Act (IRE) | 12 | 2 | 5f | Class 4 |
| Specialist (IRE) | 10 | 1 | 1m2f | Class 5 |
| Austin Powers (IRE) | 15 | 1 | 1m | Class 5 |
| Alone Time (IRE) | 5 | 1 | 5f | Class 5 |
| Val de Flores (GB) | 8 | 0 | — | — |
| Boschendal (IRE) | 3 | 0 | — | — |
| Classic Guest (GB) | 2 | 0 | — | — |
Record by conditions
| Going | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Soft | 22 | 0 | 0% | −22.00 |
| Heavy | 8 | 0 | 0% | −8.00 |
| Good | 4 | 0 | 0% | −4.00 |
| Good to Firm | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Good to Soft | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Course | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Curragh | 8 | 0 | 0% | −8.00 |
| Punchestown | 4 | 0 | 0% | −4.00 |
| Killarney | 4 | 0 | 0% | −4.00 |
| Naas | 4 | 0 | 0% | −4.00 |
| Tipperary | 3 | 0 | 0% | −3.00 |
| Navan | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Listowel | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Down Royal | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Tramore | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Fairyhouse | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Leopardstown | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Ballinrobe | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Clonmel | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Cork | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Wexford | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Distance | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1m2f – 1m4f | 14 | 0 | 0% | −14.00 |
| 1m5f – 2m | 13 | 0 | 0% | −13.00 |
| 2m1f – 2m4f | 8 | 0 | 0% | −8.00 |
| 1m – 1m1f | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Jockey | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ms M Kelly | 13 | 0 | 0% | −13.00 |
| Gavin Brouder | 5 | 0 | 0% | −5.00 |
| Gearoid Brouder | 3 | 0 | 0% | −3.00 |
| Declan McDonogh | 3 | 0 | 0% | −3.00 |
| Seamie Heffernan | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Ms H Mooney | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Ronan Whelan | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Simon Torrens | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Killian Leonard | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Jonathan Moore | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Conor Maxwell | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Denis O'Regan | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Tom Madden | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Michael Hussey | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Season | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| 2023 | 3 | 0 | 0% | −3.00 |
| 2022 | 4 | 0 | 0% | −4.00 |
| 2021 | 4 | 0 | 0% | −4.00 |
| 2020 | 6 | 0 | 0% | −6.00 |
| 2019 | 7 | 0 | 0% | −7.00 |
| 2018 | 3 | 0 | 0% | −3.00 |
| 2017 | 3 | 0 | 0% | −3.00 |
| 2016 | 5 | 0 | 0% | −5.00 |
| Type | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Flat | 24 | 0 | 0% | −24.00 |
| Hurdle | 9 | 0 | 0% | −9.00 |
| 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
Quick answers
- How many races has Balaclava (IRE) won?
- Balaclava (IRE) has yet to win, from 36 archived starts between 2016 and 2024. Placed 1 time in total (2.8% of starts).
- Who trained Balaclava (IRE)?
- Balaclava (IRE) was trained by D J Bunyan on the most recent run on record, at Punchestown on 4 May 2024.
- Who is Balaclava (IRE)'s sire?
- Balaclava (IRE) is by Duke Of Marmalade (IRE) out of My Lass (GB), whose sire is Elmaamul.
- What is Balaclava (IRE)'s official rating?
- The most recent official rating on record is 40, from the run on 4 May 2024. The highest on record is 84.
- What is Balaclava (IRE)'s sire's record?
- Duke Of Marmalade (IRE)'s progeny in our archive have won 10.5% of 3,539 runs since Jan 2008 (307 horses), Flat and jumps together.
- Who are Balaclava (IRE)'s siblings?
- Out of My Lass (GB), Balaclava (IRE) has 10 other produce in our archive, 7 of them winners. Most wins: Club Oceanic (GB) (5). Highest grade won: Group 3 (Mac Love (GB)). The wins came over 5f–1m2½f. As at Oct 2026.