Balgowlah (IRE)
Balgowlah won one of 40 starts, the success coming in the MB McGrady & Co Accountants Handicap Hurdle at Downpatrick in Oct 2019 over 2m5f – 3m on soft ground off an official rating of 85. All wins came on turf from 33 starts while he was 0 from 7 on the all-weather. He finished 9 of 11 at Wexford in Jun 2022 when last raced off OR 80, 18lb below his highest ever mark of 98, with headgear returning.
- 1–40Wins / Runs
- 2.5%Strike rate
- 6 (15%)Placed
- −32.00£1 level staken=40 at SP
- 0.40Fair A/E n=40 · 0.33 incl. margin
- 98Highest OR
- 22dBetween runs (median)longest 257 d
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 110
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 4 Nov 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Good | 14 | 127B | 100 | — |
| Soft | 9 | 100A | 82 | — |
| Good to Soft | 5 | 110A | 78 | — |
| Heavy | 1 | — | — | — |
| Distance | Runs | Best | Median | Since 4 Nov 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2m5f – 3m | 19 | 127B | 94 | — |
| 1m5f – 2m | 4 | 88A | 77 | — |
| Over 3m | 3 | 92B | 88 | — |
| 2m1f – 2m4f | 3 | 123B | 70 | — |
| Going | Runs | Best | Median | Since 4 Nov 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Standard (AW) | 7 | 88C | 60 | — |
| Good | 1 | — | — | — |
| Good to Soft | 1 | — | — | — |
| Distance | Runs | Best | Median | Since 4 Nov 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1m – 1m1f | 4 | 63A | 60 | — |
| 1m5f – 2m | 3 | 88C | 73 | — |
| 1m2f – 1m4f | 2 | 84A | 78 | — |
Of 40 runs looked at, 2 have no figure: did not complete (2).
KTB Speed v1 · batch 15 Sep 2026 · GB & Irish racing only · 38 figures from 40 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 8.3% of 2,152 runs since Jul 2013 (166 horses).
| Going | Runs | Wins | SR | vs sire | This horse |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Firm | 7 | 1 | 14.3% | +6 | — |
| Good to Firm | 247 | 23 | 9.3% | +1 | — |
| Good | 489 | 34 | 7% | −1.3 | 0 from 15 |
| Good to Soft | 249 | 17 | 6.8% | −1.5 | 0 from 6 |
| Soft | 362 | 24 | 6.6% | −1.7 | 1 from 11 |
| Heavy | 153 | 9 | 5.9% | −2.4 | 0 from 1 |
| Standard (AW) | 645 | 71 | 11% | +2.7 | 0 from 7 |
| Distance (all codes) | Runs | Wins | SR | vs sire | This horse |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Under 6f | 38 | 2 | 5.3% | −3 | — |
| 6f – 7f | 364 | 29 | 8% | −0.3 | — |
| 1m – 1m1f | 489 | 44 | 9% | +0.7 | 0 from 4 |
| 1m2f – 1m4f | 528 | 54 | 10.2% | +1.9 | 0 from 2 |
| 1m5f – 2m | 440 | 32 | 7.3% | −1 | 0 from 7 |
| 2m1f – 2m4f | 181 | 10 | 5.5% | −2.8 | 0 from 3 |
| 2m5f – 3m | 93 | 7 | 7.5% | −0.8 | 1 from 21 |
| Over 3m | 19 | 1 | 5.3% | −3 | 0 from 3 |
Flat and jumps together (all codes) · since Jul 2013 · as at 3 Nov 2026 · rows under 30 runs muted · win % is the measure, a record not a forecast
5 siblings in the archive, 3 winners — best of them Aussie Reigns (IRE) (5 wins).
The wins came over 7f–2m; the highest grade won is Listed (Aussie Reigns (IRE)).
| Produce | Runs | Wins | Win trips | Best grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aussie Reigns (IRE) | 49 | 5 | 7f–2m | Listed |
| Hold Fast (IRE) | 26 | 5 | 1m–1m2f | Class 5 |
| Noro Lim (IRE) | 7 | 2 | 1m–1m2f | Class 5 |
| Caroline's Beach (IRE) | 5 | 0 | — | — |
| Sunkist Orange (IRE) | 1 | 0 | — | — |
Record by conditions
| Going | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Good | 15 | 0 | 0% | −15.00 |
| Soft | 11 | 1 | 9% | −3.00 |
| Standard (AW) | 7 | 0 | 0% | −7.00 |
| Good to Soft | 6 | 0 | 0% | −6.00 |
| Heavy | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Class | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Class 6 | 6 | 0 | 0% | −6.00 |
| Class 4 | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Class 5 | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Course | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Downpatrick | 11 | 1 | 9% | −3.00 |
| Down Royal | 4 | 0 | 0% | −4.00 |
| Wolverhampton (AW) | 3 | 0 | 0% | −3.00 |
| Kilbeggan | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Perth | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Fairyhouse | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Navan | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Dundalk (AW) | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Kempton (AW) | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Wexford | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Ballinrobe | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Clonmel | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Limerick | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Roscommon | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Punchestown | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Fairyhouse (IRE) | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Gowran Park | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Windsor | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Lingfield | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Distance | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2m5f – 3m | 21 | 1 | 5% | −13.00 |
| 1m5f – 2m | 7 | 0 | 0% | −7.00 |
| 1m – 1m1f | 4 | 0 | 0% | −4.00 |
| Over 3m | 3 | 0 | 0% | −3.00 |
| 2m1f – 2m4f | 3 | 0 | 0% | −3.00 |
| 1m2f – 1m4f | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Jockey | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Adam Short | 9 | 0 | 0% | −9.00 |
| Sean Flanagan | 6 | 1 | 17% | +2.00 |
| James O'Sullivan | 3 | 0 | 0% | −3.00 |
| Donagh Meyler | 3 | 0 | 0% | −3.00 |
| Denis O'Regan | 3 | 0 | 0% | −3.00 |
| Stevie Donohoe | 3 | 0 | 0% | −3.00 |
| Martin Lane | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Conor McNamara | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Shane O'Callaghan | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Mr N McParlan | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Oakley Brown | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Mr O McGill | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Phillip Enright | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Ross Coakley | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Ms L O'Neill | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Mark Enright | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Fran Berry | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Daniel Muscutt | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Headgear | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| None | 14 | 0 | 0% | −14.00 |
| Cheekpieces | 13 | 1 | 8% | −5.00 |
| Blinkers | 13 | 0 | 0% | −13.00 |
| Season | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 3 | 0 | 0% | −3.00 |
| 2021 | 9 | 0 | 0% | −9.00 |
| 2020 | 5 | 0 | 0% | −5.00 |
| 2019 | 13 | 1 | 8% | −5.00 |
| 2018 | 7 | 0 | 0% | −7.00 |
| 2017 | 3 | 0 | 0% | −3.00 |
| Type | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hurdle | 29 | 1 | 3% | −21.00 |
| Flat | 9 | 0 | 0% | −9.00 |
| Chase | 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
Quick answers
- How many races has Balgowlah won?
- Balgowlah (IRE) won 1 of 40 archived starts between 2017 and 2022, a strike rate of 2.5%. Placed 6 times in total (15% of starts).
- Who trained Balgowlah?
- Balgowlah (IRE) was trained by C A McBratney on the most recent run on record, at Wexford on 8 June 2022.
- Who is Balgowlah's sire?
- Balgowlah (IRE) is by Thewayyouare (USA) out of Rohain (IRE), whose sire is Singspiel.
- What going does Balgowlah prefer?
- Balgowlah (IRE) has the best record on soft going: 1 win from 11 starts (9.1%). Only going bands with at least three archived starts are read, so this is a direction rather than a settled preference.
- What is Balgowlah's official rating?
- The most recent official rating on record is 80, from the run on 8 June 2022. The highest on record is 98.
- What is Balgowlah's sire's record?
- Thewayyouare (USA)'s progeny in our archive have won 8.3% of 2,152 runs since Jul 2013 (166 horses), Flat and jumps together.
- Who are Balgowlah's siblings?
- Out of Rohain (IRE), Balgowlah (IRE) has 5 other produce in our archive, 3 of them winners. Most wins: Aussie Reigns (IRE) (5). Highest grade won: Listed (Aussie Reigns (IRE)). The wins came over 7f–2m. As at Nov 2026.