Balefire (IRE)
Balefire (IRE) is 2 from 9. Hasn't won since Jul 2019.
- 2–9Wins / Runs
- 22.2%Strike rate
- 5 (55.6%)Placed
- −2.90£1 level staken=9 at SP
- 1.20Fair A/E n=9 · 1.03 incl. margin
- 83Highest OR
- 42dAvg 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 119
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Good | 4 | 101A | 95.5 | — |
| Soft | 2 | 119A | 78 | — |
| Good to Firm | 1 | — | — | — |
| Standard (AW) | 1 | — | — | — |
| Distance | Runs | Best | Median | Since 21 Oct 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1m – 1m1f | 7 | 119A | 95 | — |
| 6f – 7f | 1 | — | — | — |
Of 9 runs looked at, 1 has no figure: not enough races on the card to set the day (under 4) (1).
KTB Speed v1 · batch 15 Sep 2026 · GB & Irish racing only · 8 figures from 9 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 14.8% of 10,411 runs since Jan 2008 (1,008 horses).
Weakest on soft going: 11.7% from 1,287. Weakest over 1m5f – 2m (all codes): 9.3% from 475.
| Going | Runs | Wins | SR | vs sire | This horse |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Firm | 57 | 11 | 19.3% | +4.5 | — |
| Good to Firm | 1,981 | 306 | 15.4% | +0.6 | 1 from 1 |
| Good | 2,387 | 335 | 14% | −0.8 | 1 from 5 |
| Good to Soft | 1,013 | 124 | 12.2% | −2.6 | — |
| Soft | 1,287 | 151 | 11.7% | −3.1 | 0 from 2 |
| Heavy | 370 | 45 | 12.2% | −2.6 | — |
| Standard (AW) | 3,315 | 564 | 17% | +2.2 | 0 from 1 |
| Distance (all codes) | Runs | Wins | SR | vs sire | This horse |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Under 6f | 583 | 87 | 14.9% | +0.1 | — |
| 6f – 7f | 4,073 | 593 | 14.6% | −0.2 | 0 from 1 |
| 1m – 1m1f | 2,985 | 476 | 15.9% | +1.1 | 2 from 8 |
| 1m2f – 1m4f | 2,073 | 313 | 15.1% | +0.3 | — |
| 1m5f – 2m | 475 | 44 | 9.3% | −5.5 | — |
| 2m1f – 2m4f | 180 | 21 | 11.7% | −3.1 | — |
| 2m5f – 3m | 38 | 2 | 5.3% | −9.5 | — |
| Over 3m | 4 | 0 | 0% | −14.8 | — |
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
3 siblings in the archive, 3 winners — best of them Create (IRE) (5 wins).
The wins came over 5f–1m; the highest grade won is Class 3 (Create (IRE)).
Family form: Create (IRE) finished 2nd of 9 at Wolverhampton (AW), 13 Oct 2026.
| Produce | Runs | Wins | Win trips | Best grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Create (IRE) | 37 | 5 | 7f–1m | Class 3 |
| Racing Royalty (GB) | 28 | 2 | 7f | — |
| Inventor (GB) | 26 | 2 | 5f–6f | — |
Record by conditions
| Going | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Good | 5 | 1 | 20% | −1.00 |
| Soft | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Good to Firm | 1 | 1 | 100% | +1.10 |
| Standard (AW) | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Course | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Leopardstown | 3 | 1 | 33% | −0.90 |
| Cork | 2 | 1 | 50% | +2.00 |
| Curragh | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Galway | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Tipperary (IRE) | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Dundalk (AW) | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Distance | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1m – 1m1f | 8 | 2 | 25% | −1.90 |
| 6f – 7f | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Jockey | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ronan Whelan | 6 | 1 | 17% | −2.00 |
| Shane Foley | 3 | 1 | 33% | −0.90 |
| Headgear | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cheekpieces | 7 | 2 | 29% | −0.90 |
| None | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Season | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 | 8 | 2 | 25% | −1.90 |
| 2018 | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 28 Sep 19+59d | Curragh | Cross' SuperValu Newbridge Handicap | 15/15 | 6½ | 9-2 | 82 | 37C | 56C | Ronan Whelan | 14/1 |
| 31 Jul 19+20d | Galway | Bet With The Tote At The Galway Races Handicap | 5/12 | 1¼ | 9-0 | 83 | — | 83A | Ronan Whelan | 6/1 |
| 11 Jul 19+18d | Leopardstown | Clayton Hotel Leopardstown Handicap | 1/4 | 8-8 | 80 | 95C | 77B | Shane Foley | 11/10F | |
| 23 Jun 19+10d | Tipperary (IRE) | Follow @BetVictorRacing on Twitter Handicap | 2/7 | 2½ | 8-11 | 79 | 119A | 86A | Shane Foley | 5/1 |
| 13 Jun 19+22d | Leopardstown | 'Coolio' Handicap | 3/11 | ½ | 9-1 | 78 | 99A | 85A | Ronan Whelan | 9/2J |
| 22 May 19+12d | Cork | Buy Online At corkracecourse.ie Maiden | 1/12 | 9-5 | — | 92A | 88A | Ronan Whelan | 3/1 | |
| 10 May 19+42d | Cork | Johnson & Perrott Land Rover Maiden | 2/12 | 4 | 9-5 | — | 101A | 88A | Ronan Whelan | 7/1 |
| 29 Mar 19+153d | Dundalk (AW) | Marshes Shopping Centre Ladies Day Sunday 14th April Maiden | 6/12 | ½ | 9-5 | — | 89A | 72A | Ronan Whelan | 11/10F |
| 27 Oct 18 | Leopardstown | Tote Irish EBF (C & G) Maiden | 4/15 | nk | 9-5 | — | 89C | 88A | Shane Foley | 16/1 |
Quick answers
- How many races has Balefire (IRE) won?
- Balefire (IRE) won 2 of 9 archived starts between 2018 and 2019, a strike rate of 22.2%. Placed 5 times in total (55.6% of starts).
- Who trained Balefire (IRE)?
- Balefire (IRE) was trained by M Halford on the most recent run on record, at Curragh on 28 September 2019.
- Who is Balefire (IRE)'s sire?
- Balefire (IRE) is by Shamardal (USA) out of Patent Joy (IRE), whose sire is Pivotal.
- What going does Balefire (IRE) prefer?
- Balefire (IRE) has the best record on good going: 1 win from 5 starts (20%). Only going bands with at least three archived starts are read, so this is a direction rather than a settled preference.
- What is Balefire (IRE)'s official rating?
- The most recent official rating on record is 82, from the run on 28 September 2019. The highest on record is 83.
- What is Balefire (IRE)'s sire's record?
- Shamardal (USA)'s progeny in our archive have won 14.8% of 10,411 runs since Jan 2008 (1,008 horses), Flat and jumps together. Weakest on soft going: 11.7% from 1,287. Weakest over 1m5f – 2m (all codes): 9.3% from 475.
- Who are Balefire (IRE)'s siblings?
- Out of Patent Joy (IRE), Balefire (IRE) has 3 other produce in our archive, 3 of them winners. Most wins: Create (IRE) (5). Highest grade won: Class 3 (Create (IRE)). The wins came over 5f–1m. As at Oct 2026.