Balance Play (IRE)
Balance Play won three of eight starts between Oct 2022 and Sep 2023, all three victories coming in handicaps over 1m2f – 1m4f. Each success was gained on a first visit to the course, at Chester in Class 4, Goodwood in Class 3 and Newbury in Class 2. The gelding won last time out at Newbury in Sep 2023 on heavy ground off an official rating of 95, which was also his career-high mark. All wins came on turf.
- 3–8Wins / Runs
- 37.5%Strike rate
- 6 (75%)Placed
- +3.25£1 level staken=8 at SP
- 1.80Fair A/E n=8 · 1.52 incl. margin
- 95Highest OR
- 47dAvg 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 106
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 to Soft | 3 | 90A | 87 | — |
| Good to Firm | 2 | 87C | 86.5 | — |
| Heavy | 1 | — | — | — |
| Standard (AW) | 1 | — | — | — |
| Soft | 1 | — | — | — |
| Distance | Runs | Best | Median | Since 27 Oct 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1m2f – 1m4f | 5 | 106A | 87 | — |
| 6f – 7f | 2 | 90A | 85.5 | — |
| 1m – 1m1f | 1 | — | — | — |
KTB Speed v1 · batch 15 Sep 2026 · GB & Irish racing only · 8 figures from 8 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 13.8% of 12,176 runs since Jan 2008 (1,103 horses).
Weakest over 1m5f – 2m (all codes): 9.3% from 957.
| Going | Runs | Wins | SR | vs sire | This horse |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Firm | 18 | 4 | 22.2% | +8.4 | — |
| Good to Firm | 1,559 | 238 | 15.3% | +1.5 | 0 from 2 |
| Good | 2,753 | 383 | 13.9% | +0.1 | — |
| Good to Soft | 1,556 | 183 | 11.8% | −2 | 2 from 3 |
| Soft | 1,874 | 252 | 13.4% | −0.4 | 0 from 1 |
| Heavy | 717 | 84 | 11.7% | −2.1 | 1 from 1 |
| Standard (AW) | 3,697 | 532 | 14.4% | +0.6 | 0 from 1 |
| Distance (all codes) | Runs | Wins | SR | vs sire | This horse |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Under 6f | 477 | 71 | 14.9% | +1.1 | — |
| 6f – 7f | 3,597 | 511 | 14.2% | +0.4 | 0 from 2 |
| 1m – 1m1f | 3,591 | 515 | 14.3% | +0.5 | 0 from 1 |
| 1m2f – 1m4f | 3,276 | 466 | 14.2% | +0.4 | 3 from 5 |
| 1m5f – 2m | 957 | 89 | 9.3% | −4.5 | — |
| 2m1f – 2m4f | 245 | 24 | 9.8% | −4 | — |
| 2m5f – 3m | 32 | 1 | 3.1% | −10.7 | — |
| Over 3m | 1 | 0 | 0% | −13.8 | — |
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
4 siblings in the archive, 3 winners — best of them Khalidi (GB) (4 wins).
The wins came over 1m–1m4f; the highest grade won is Listed (Khalidi (GB)).
| Produce | Runs | Wins | Win trips | Best grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Khalidi (GB) | 13 | 4 | 1m–1m3f | Listed |
| Assembled (GB) | 30 | 4 | 1m–1m4f | Class 5 |
| House Edge (GB) | 4 | 1 | 1m1f | Class 4 |
| Balkadisha (IRE) | 2 | 0 | — | — |
Record by conditions
| Going | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Good to Soft | 3 | 2 | 67% | +4.25 |
| Good to Firm | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Heavy | 1 | 1 | 100% | +3.00 |
| Standard (AW) | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Soft | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Class | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Class 2 | 3 | 1 | 33% | +1.00 |
| Class 4 | 3 | 1 | 33% | −0.25 |
| Class 3 | 1 | 1 | 100% | +3.50 |
| Class 5 | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Course | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Newbury | 1 | 1 | 100% | +3.00 |
| York | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Goodwood | 1 | 1 | 100% | +3.50 |
| Chester | 1 | 1 | 100% | +1.75 |
| Epsom Downs | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Salisbury | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Kempton (AW) | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Nottingham | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Distance | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1m2f – 1m4f | 5 | 3 | 60% | +6.25 |
| 6f – 7f | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| 1m – 1m1f | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Jockey | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hector Crouch | 4 | 3 | 75% | +7.25 |
| Rossa Ryan | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Andrea Atzeni | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Rob Hornby | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Season | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 6 | 3 | 50% | +5.25 |
| 2022 | 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
| Date | Course | Race | Pos | Btn | Wgt | OR | Spd | KTB | Jockey | SP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 · 6 runs | ||||||||||
| 23 Sep 23+29d | Newbury | Dubai Duty Free Handicap | 1/8 | 9-1 | 95 | 106A | 99A | Hector Crouch | 3/1J | |
| 25 Aug 23+21d | York | Sky Bet Handicap (Heritage Handicap) | 10/14 | 1 | 9-3 | 95 | 86C | 76A | Hector Crouch | 3/1F |
| 04 Aug 23+35d | Goodwood | Coral Handicap | 1/12 | 9-8 | 88 | 55A | 102A | Hector Crouch | 7/2J | |
| 30 Jun 23+27d | Chester | Expleo Handicap | 1/7 | 9-7 | 83 | 87A | 97A | Hector Crouch | 7/4F | |
| 03 Jun 23+30d | Epsom Downs | Betfred Lester Piggott Handicap | 3/13 | 1 | 8-7 | 81 | 87C | 83A | Andrea Atzeni | 4/1 |
| 04 May 23+157d | Salisbury | William Hill Lengthen Your Odds Novice Stakes (GBB Race) | 2/8 | nk | 9-7 | — | 90A | 101A | Rossa Ryan | 7/2 |
| 2022 · 2 runs | ||||||||||
| 28 Nov 22+33d | Kempton (AW) | British EBF Novice Stakes (GBB Race) | 3/12 | nk | 9-4 | — | 81A | 91A | Rossa Ryan | 18/5 |
| 26 Oct 22 | Nottingham | EBF Stallions Golden Horn Maiden Stakes | 4/10 | 3 | 9-2 | — | 74A | 87A | Rob Hornby | 3/1 |
Quick answers
- How many races has Balance Play won?
- Balance Play (IRE) won 3 of 8 archived starts between 2022 and 2023, a strike rate of 37.5%. Placed 6 times in total (75% of starts).
- Who trained Balance Play?
- Balance Play (IRE) was trained by Ralph Beckett on the most recent run on record, at Newbury on 23 September 2023.
- Who is Balance Play's sire?
- Balance Play (IRE) is by Lope De Vega (IRE) out of Bezique (GB), whose sire is Cape Cross.
- What going does Balance Play prefer?
- Balance Play (IRE) has the best record on good to soft going: 2 wins from 3 starts (66.7%). Only going bands with at least three archived starts are read, so this is a direction rather than a settled preference.
- What is Balance Play's official rating?
- The most recent official rating on record is 95, from the run on 23 September 2023. That is also the highest on record.
- What is Balance Play's sire's record?
- Lope De Vega (IRE)'s progeny in our archive have won 13.8% of 12,176 runs since Jan 2008 (1,103 horses), Flat and jumps together. Weakest over 1m5f – 2m (all codes): 9.3% from 957.
- Who are Balance Play's siblings?
- Out of Bezique (GB), Balance Play (IRE) has 4 other produce in our archive, 3 of them winners. Most wins: Khalidi (GB) (4). Highest grade won: Listed (Khalidi (GB)). The wins came over 1m–1m4f. As at Oct 2026.