Ballybaun Star (IRE)
Ballybaun Star won the Bank Of Ireland Maiden Hurdle at Ballinrobe in May 2022 over 2m1f – 2m4f on good to soft. The gelding won one of 24 starts overall and has not won since. He raced on turf in 21 of those starts. Aged 7 at his last run in Jan 2024 he finished 14 of 14 at Dundalk over 1m5f – 2m on standard going.
- 1–24Wins / Runs
- 4.2%Strike rate
- 4 (16.7%)Placed
- −20.50£1 level staken=24 at SP
- 0.75Fair A/E n=24 · 0.59 incl. margin
- 115Highest OR
- 52dAvg 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 27 Oct 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Soft | 4 | 115C | 93 | — |
| Standard (AW) | 3 | 59C | 53 | — |
| Good | 2 | 115A | 99.5 | — |
| Good to Firm | 2 | 111C | 104.5 | — |
| Distance | Runs | Best | Median | Since 27 Oct 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1m5f – 2m | 6 | 115C | 93 | — |
| 1m2f – 1m4f | 4 | 111C | 78.5 | — |
| 2m1f – 2m4f | 1 | — | — | — |
| Going | Runs | Best | Median | Since 27 Oct 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Good to Soft | 4 | 143B | 107.5 | — |
| Good | 3 | 119A | 87 | — |
| Heavy | 1 | — | — | — |
| Soft | 1 | — | — | — |
| Distance | Runs | Best | Median | Since 27 Oct 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2m1f – 2m4f | 4 | 143B | 98.5 | — |
| 1m5f – 2m | 3 | 119A | 119 | — |
| Over 3m | 1 | — | — | — |
| 2m5f – 3m | 1 | — | — | — |
Of 24 runs looked at, 4 have no figure: did not complete (4).
KTB Speed v1 · batch 15 Sep 2026 · GB & Irish racing only · 20 figures from 24 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 11.3% of 6,031 runs since Jan 2008 (412 horses).
| Going | Runs | Wins | SR | vs sire | This horse |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Firm | 26 | 3 | 11.5% | +0.2 | — |
| Good to Firm | 646 | 88 | 13.6% | +2.3 | 0 from 2 |
| Good | 1,735 | 199 | 11.5% | +0.2 | 0 from 8 |
| Good to Soft | 963 | 106 | 11% | −0.3 | 1 from 4 |
| Soft | 1,241 | 134 | 10.8% | −0.5 | 0 from 6 |
| Heavy | 451 | 56 | 12.4% | +1.1 | 0 from 1 |
| Standard (AW) | 969 | 95 | 9.8% | −1.5 | 0 from 3 |
| Distance (all codes) | Runs | Wins | SR | vs sire | This horse |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Under 6f | 56 | 10 | 17.9% | +6.6 | — |
| 6f – 7f | 453 | 54 | 11.9% | +0.6 | — |
| 1m – 1m1f | 704 | 70 | 9.9% | −1.4 | — |
| 1m2f – 1m4f | 1,287 | 150 | 11.7% | +0.4 | 0 from 4 |
| 1m5f – 2m | 1,677 | 210 | 12.5% | +1.2 | 0 from 11 |
| 2m1f – 2m4f | 1,143 | 117 | 10.2% | −1.1 | 1 from 7 |
| 2m5f – 3m | 596 | 58 | 9.7% | −1.6 | 0 from 1 |
| Over 3m | 115 | 12 | 10.4% | −0.9 | 0 from 1 |
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
No other produce in our archive. It holds racing in Great Britain, Ireland and France from 2005, so siblings racing elsewhere won’t appear here.
Record by conditions
| Going | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Good | 8 | 0 | 0% | −8.00 |
| Soft | 6 | 0 | 0% | −6.00 |
| Good to Soft | 4 | 1 | 25% | −0.50 |
| Standard (AW) | 3 | 0 | 0% | −3.00 |
| Good to Firm | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Heavy | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Course | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Navan | 4 | 0 | 0% | −4.00 |
| Ballinrobe | 4 | 1 | 25% | −0.50 |
| Dundalk (AW) | 3 | 0 | 0% | −3.00 |
| Thurles | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Killarney | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Kilbeggan | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Bellewstown | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Gowran Park | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Listowel | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Roscommon | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Clonmel | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Tipperary | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Fairyhouse | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Distance | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1m5f – 2m | 11 | 0 | 0% | −11.00 |
| 2m1f – 2m4f | 7 | 1 | 14% | −3.50 |
| 1m2f – 1m4f | 4 | 0 | 0% | −4.00 |
| Over 3m | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| 2m5f – 3m | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Jockey | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Darragh O'Keeffe | 9 | 1 | 11% | −5.50 |
| Colin Halpin | 3 | 0 | 0% | −3.00 |
| Gavin Ryan | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Wayne Lordan | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Ronan Whelan | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Kieran Callaghan | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Jamie Powell | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Robert Whearty | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Seamie Heffernan | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| W J Lee | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Chris Hayes | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Headgear | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tongue tie | 15 | 0 | 0% | −15.00 |
| None | 9 | 1 | 11% | −5.50 |
| Season | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| 2023 | 7 | 0 | 0% | −7.00 |
| 2022 | 7 | 1 | 14% | −3.50 |
| 2021 | 7 | 0 | 0% | −7.00 |
| 2020 | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Type | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Flat | 12 | 0 | 0% | −12.00 |
| Hurdle | 12 | 1 | 8% | −8.50 |
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 Ballybaun Star won?
- Ballybaun Star (IRE) won 1 of 24 archived starts between 2020 and 2024, a strike rate of 4.2%. Placed 4 times in total (16.7% of starts).
- Who trained Ballybaun Star?
- Ballybaun Star (IRE) was trained by Thomas Gibney on the most recent run on record, at Dundalk (AW) on 19 January 2024.
- Who is Ballybaun Star's sire?
- Ballybaun Star (IRE) is by Beat Hollow (GB) out of Last Spark (IRE), whose sire is Amadeus Wolf.
- What going does Ballybaun Star prefer?
- Ballybaun Star (IRE) has the best record on good to soft 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 Ballybaun Star's official rating?
- The most recent official rating on record is 47, from the run on 19 January 2024. The highest on record is 115.
- What is Ballybaun Star's sire's record?
- Beat Hollow (GB)'s progeny in our archive have won 11.3% of 6,031 runs since Jan 2008 (412 horses), Flat and jumps together.