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Horse profile

Ballistic Missile (IRE)

2yo colt (at last run, Oct 2025) · Last trainer Richard Hannon · Last owner Zhang Yuesheng
by Mehmas (IRE) out of Taawfan (IRE) (Night Of Thunder)
5 runs · 4 courses · from May 2025
As at 25 Oct 2026 · KTB archive: GB, Ireland & France · 2005–present, updated daily
No run recorded since 8 Oct 2025 — 381 days ago. Our archive can't say whether the horse is still in training.
Last run Oct 2025 · 1st of 9 Won last time out 2 wins · Kempton (AW) & York Last raced off OR 87
KTB Profile

Ballistic Missile is 2 from 5 with both wins coming on different surfaces. He won a Class 2 novice at York over under 6f on good to firm in May 2025 and a Class 4 nursery at Kempton over 6f to 7f on standard going in Oct 2025. The colt was prominent when taking the latter race off a mark of 87, which is his career highest. He has raced at Ascot and Newmarket without success.

Based on 5 archived runs · run-style from 5 commented runs since May 2025 · updated 25 Oct 2026
KTB at a glance Typically held up

KTB Speed and Rating

KTB Speed

Best recent Speed 93 the best of the last 3 graded (A or B) runs · Kempton (AW), 8 Oct 2025

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 →

Flat 5 figures · best 93A · median 71
GoingRunsBestMedianSince 25 Oct 2025
Good to Firm475B65.5—
Standard (AW)1———
DistanceRunsBestMedianSince 25 Oct 2025
6f – 7f493A73—
Under 6f1———

KTB Speed v1 · batch 15 Sep 2026 · GB & Irish racing only · 5 figures from 5 runs · as at 3 Oct 2026 · a record, not a forecast

KTB Rating

Best recent KTB Rating 95A the best of the last 3 rated runs · York, 21 Aug 2025 Official rating 87 at the last run, 8 Oct 2025

What the horse achieved in each race, in pounds on the official-rating scale, from the weight carried, the lengths beaten and the race's own level solved across the archive — never the market, never the official rating as a starting point. The headline is the best of the horse's last three rated runs on that code. A, B or C on a run is how much known form was in that race. What this means →

Flat 5 figures · best 95A · median 93
GoingRunsBestMedianSince 25 Oct 2025
Good to Firm495A90—
Standard (AW)1———
DistanceRunsBestMedianSince 25 Oct 2025
6f – 7f495A94—
Under 6f1———

KTB Rating v1 · batch 3 Oct 2026 · GB & Irish racing only · 5 figures from 5 runs · as at 4 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 since May 2025

  • Held up 3 (60%) · 1 win
  • Prominent 1 (20%) · 1 win
  • Mid-division 1 (20%) · 0 wins

Pedigree intelligence

Sire
Mehmas (IRE)

Progeny in our archive have won 11.6% of 8,139 runs since Jan 2008 (747 horses).

GoingRunsWinsSRvs sireThis horse
Firm19210.5%−1.1—
Good to Firm1,45717912.3%+0.71 from 4
Good1,95722111.3%−0.3—
Good to Soft7548411.1%−0.5—
Soft9229610.4%−1.2—
Heavy2142210.3%−1.3—
Standard (AW)2,81633912%+0.41 from 1
Distance (all codes)RunsWinsSRvs sireThis horse
Under 6f2,09326712.8%+1.21 from 1
6f – 7f4,28247611.1%−0.51 from 4
1m – 1m1f1,36315611.4%−0.2—
1m2f – 1m4f3644311.8%+0.2—
1m5f – 2m3013.3%−8.3—
2m1f – 2m4f600%−11.6—
Over 3m100%−11.6—

Flat and jumps together (all codes) · since Jan 2008 · as at 25 Oct 2026 · rows under 30 runs muted · win % is the measure, a record not a forecast

Dam
Taawfan (IRE) (Night Of Thunder)

1 sibling in the archive, 0 winners.

ProduceRunsWinsWin tripsBest grade
One Flash (IRE)30——

Record by conditions

GoingRunsWinsSR£1
Good to Firm 4 1 25% +2.50
Standard (AW) 1 1 100% +3.50

ClassRunsWinsSR£1
Class 4 2 1 50% +2.50
Class 2 2 1 50% +4.50
Class 1 1 0 0% −1.00

CourseRunsWinsSR£1
York 2 1 50% +4.50
Kempton (AW) 1 1 100% +3.50
Newmarket 1 0 0% −1.00
Ascot 1 0 0% −1.00

DistanceRunsWinsSR£1
6f – 7f 4 1 25% +0.50
Under 6f 1 1 100% +5.50

JockeyRunsWinsSR£1
Shane Foley 2 1 50% +4.50
Rossa Ryan 1 1 100% +3.50
Kieran Shoemark 1 0 0% −1.00
Sean Levey 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

DateCourseRace PosBtn Wgt ORSpdKTB Jockey SP
2025 · 5 runs
08 Oct 25+48d Kempton (AW) Try Unibet's New Improved Acca Boosts Nursery Class 4 · 6f · Standard To Slow · 9 ran tucked handily wide in third - kept on approaching the last furlong - edged in front near the line 1/9 9-11 8793A93A Rossa Ryan 7/2
21 Aug 25+12d York Mews Hotel Ossett EBF Stallions Nursery Class 2 · 7f · Good To Firm · 18 ran Settled in the pack - improved into contention 2f out and pushed along - flattened out inside final furlong to finish sixth 6/18 1½ 9-6 8771C95A Kieran Shoemark 11/1
09 Aug 25+53d Newmarket Aston Martin Nursery Class 4 · 7f · Good To Firm · 7 ran Settled towards the back early - improved position approaching final 2f - challenged leader inside the last - narrowly denied at the finish 2/7 ½ 9-9 8575B95A Sean Levey 6/4F
17 Jun 25+34d Ascot Coventry Stakes (Group 2) Class 1 · 6f · Good To Firm · 20 ran Settled at the back on the far rail - made up ground but nudged across 3f out - effort petered out from over 1f out 18/20 ¾ 9-3 —60C78A Shane Foley 22/1
14 May 25 York British Stallion Studs EBF Novice Stakes Class 2 · 5f · Good To Firm · 6 ran Slow to settle at the back early - made progress from 2f out - drifted left approaching final furlong - went on inside it and stayed on strongly to win 1/6 9-2 —60A85B Shane Foley 11/2

Quick answers

How many races has Ballistic Missile won?
Ballistic Missile (IRE) won 2 of 5 archived starts in 2025, a strike rate of 40%. Placed 3 times in total (60% of starts).
Who trained Ballistic Missile?
Ballistic Missile (IRE) was trained by Richard Hannon on the most recent run on record, at Kempton (AW) on 8 October 2025.
Who is Ballistic Missile's sire?
Ballistic Missile (IRE) is by Mehmas (IRE) out of Taawfan (IRE), whose sire is Night Of Thunder.
What going does Ballistic Missile prefer?
Ballistic Missile (IRE) has the best record on good to firm going: 1 win from 4 starts (25%). Only going bands with at least three archived starts are read, so this is a direction rather than a settled preference.
What is Ballistic Missile's official rating?
The most recent official rating on record is 87, from the run on 8 October 2025. That is also the highest on record.
What is Ballistic Missile's sire's record?
Mehmas (IRE)'s progeny in our archive have won 11.6% of 8,139 runs since Jan 2008 (747 horses), Flat and jumps together.
Who are Ballistic Missile's siblings?
Out of Taawfan (IRE), Ballistic Missile (IRE) has 1 other produce in our archive, 0 of them winners. As at Oct 2026.

Record shown from May 2025. Our archive holds racing in Great Britain, Ireland and France from January 2005. Runs in other countries are not in it, and earlier runs are not available from our data provider. In-running comments are available from 2024 onward.