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Horse profile

Ballyfinnan Lady (IRE)

5yo mare (at last run, Jun 2023) · Last trainer Mark Fahey · Last owner E Walsh
4 runs · 3 courses · from May 2022
As at 4 Nov 2026 · KTB archive: GB, Ireland & France · 2005–present, updated daily
No run recorded since 12 Jun 2023 — 1,240 days ago. Our archive can't say whether the horse is still in training.
Last run Jun 2023 Last raced off OR 87
KTB Profile

Ballyfinnan Lady is a mare by Leading Light out of a daughter of Oscar. She ran four times on turf between May 2022 and Jun 2023 without winning or placing. All four starts came over trips from 1m5f to 2m4f, three of them on good ground. Her last run, at Roscommon in Jun 2023, was off an official rating of 87, which was also her highest ever mark.

Based on 4 archived runs · updated 4 Nov 2026

KTB Speed and Rating

KTB Speed

Best recent Speed 84 the best of the last 2 graded (A or B) runs · Roscommon, 14 Jun 2022

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 →

Jumps 3 figures · best 84B · median 80
GoingRunsBestMedianSince 4 Nov 2025
Good384B80—
DistanceRunsBestMedianSince 4 Nov 2025
1m5f – 2m284B64.5—
2m1f – 2m4f1———

Of 4 runs looked at, 1 has no figure: did not complete (1).

KTB Speed v1 · batch 15 Sep 2026 · GB & Irish racing only · 3 figures from 4 runs · as at 3 Oct 2026 · a record, not a forecast

KTB Rating

Best recent KTB Rating 85A the best of the last 3 rated runs · Roscommon, 14 Jun 2022 Official rating 87 at the last run, 12 Jun 2023

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 — its best recent day. The KTB Rating on a racecard is a different reading of the same figures: the level the horse has been running to, an average of up to its last six runs with the latest counting most, so the two can differ. A, B or C on a run is how much known form was in that race. What this means →

Jumps 3 figures · best 85A · median 79
GoingRunsBestMedianSince 4 Nov 2025
Good385A79—
DistanceRunsBestMedianSince 4 Nov 2025
1m5f – 2m285A78.5—
2m1f – 2m4f1———

Of 4 runs looked at, 1 has no figure: did not complete (or a non-runner row) (1).

KTB Rating v1 · batch 3 Oct 2026 · GB & Irish racing only · 3 figures from 4 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 is derived from in-running commentary, which our data provider does not supply for this horse's races.

Pedigree intelligence

Sire

Progeny in our archive have won 8.2% of 2,209 runs since Sep 2018 (225 horses).

Weakest on heavy going: 4.6% from 241.

GoingRunsWinsSRvs sireThis horse
Good to Firm23834.8%+26.6—
Good7698010.4%+2.20 from 3
Good to Soft527387.2%−1—
Soft636446.9%−1.30 from 1
Heavy241114.6%−3.6—
Standard (AW)1300%−8.2—
Distance (all codes)RunsWinsSRvs sireThis horse
6f – 7f600%−8.2—
1m – 1m1f400%−8.2—
1m2f – 1m4f1700%−8.2—
1m5f – 2m613376%−2.20 from 3
2m1f – 2m4f842748.8%+0.60 from 1
2m5f – 3m586569.6%+1.4—
Over 3m141149.9%+1.7—

Flat and jumps together (all codes) · since Sep 2018 · as at 4 Nov 2026 · rows under 30 runs muted · win % is the measure, a record not a forecast

Dam

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

GoingRunsWinsSR£1
Good 3 0 0% −3.00
Soft 1 0 0% −1.00

CourseRunsWinsSR£1
Roscommon 2 0 0% −2.00
Limerick 1 0 0% −1.00
Tipperary 1 0 0% −1.00

DistanceRunsWinsSR£1
1m5f – 2m 3 0 0% −3.00
2m1f – 2m4f 1 0 0% −1.00

JockeyRunsWinsSR£1
Peter Smithers 2 0 0% −2.00
Dillon Butler 1 0 0% −1.00
Ricky Doyle 1 0 0% −1.00

SeasonRunsWinsSR£1
2023 1 0 0% −1.00
2022 3 0 0% −3.00

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
2023 · 1 run
12 Jun 23+363d Roscommon Ivan Connaughton Auctioneers Opportunity Handicap Hurdle (80-95) (Div 2) 2m · Yielding To Soft · 15 ran UR/15 — 11-2 87—— Dillon Butler 28/1
2022 · 3 runs
14 Jun 22+19d Roscommon www.roscommonracecourse.ie Opportunity Maiden Hurdle 2m · Good · 16 ran 8/16 hd 10-10 —84B85A Peter Smithers 50/1
26 May 22+7d Limerick Tote Guarantee On All Win Bets Mares Maiden Hurdle 2m3f · Good · 18 ran 12/18 1½ 11-1 —80C79C Ricky Doyle 40/1
19 May 22 Tipperary Tipperary Town Maiden Hurdle 2m · Good · 14 ran 8/14 7 9-13 —45B72A Peter Smithers 50/1

Quick answers

How many races has Ballyfinnan Lady won?
Ballyfinnan Lady (IRE) has yet to win, from 4 archived starts between 2022 and 2023.
Who trained Ballyfinnan Lady?
Ballyfinnan Lady (IRE) was trained by Mark Fahey on the most recent run on record, at Roscommon on 12 June 2023.
Who is Ballyfinnan Lady's sire?
Ballyfinnan Lady (IRE) is by Leading Light (IRE) out of Sheadogue Molly (IRE), whose sire is Oscar.
What is Ballyfinnan Lady's official rating?
The most recent official rating on record is 87, from the run on 12 June 2023. That is also the highest on record.
What is Ballyfinnan Lady's sire's record?
Leading Light (IRE)'s progeny in our archive have won 8.2% of 2,209 runs since Sep 2018 (225 horses), Flat and jumps together. Weakest on heavy going: 4.6% from 241.

Record shown from May 2022. Our archive holds racing in Great Britain, Ireland and France from January 2005. Any runs before that, or in other countries, are not in it. In-running comments are available from 2024 onward.