Ballyvango (IRE)
Ballyvango won the only race of his seven-run career when taking the Racing TV Club Day Maiden Hurdle at Catterick in Feb 2025. The gelding, by Ocovango out of Minoras Return, scored at Class 4 level over 1m5f – 2m on good to soft going. All six previous starts came without success, four of them on good to soft and three on soft. He last ran at Catterick in Feb 2025 off an official rating of 108, which was also his highest ever mark.
- 1–7Wins / Runs
- 14.3%Strike rate
- 3 (42.9%)Placed
- −4.90£1 level staken=7 at SP
- 0.87Fair A/E n=7 · 0.72 incl. margin
- 108Highest OR
- 118dAvg 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 to Soft | 4 | 119B | 100.5 | — |
| Soft | 3 | 112B | 111 | — |
| Distance | Runs | Best | Median | Since 21 Oct 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1m5f – 2m | 6 | 119B | 100.5 | — |
| 2m1f – 2m4f | 1 | — | — | — |
KTB Speed v1 · batch 15 Sep 2026 · GB & Irish racing only · 7 figures from 7 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 from 3 analysed runs
- Led 2 (67%) · 1 win
- Midfield 1 (33%) · 0 wins
Pedigree intelligence
Progeny in our archive have won 9.4% of 2,981 runs since Jan 2008 (302 horses).
Strongest at trips beyond 3m (all codes): 14.1% from 191.
| Going | Runs | Wins | SR | vs sire | This horse |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Good to Firm | 27 | 8 | 29.6% | +20.2 | — |
| Good | 935 | 92 | 9.8% | +0.4 | — |
| Good to Soft | 699 | 69 | 9.9% | +0.5 | 1 from 4 |
| Soft | 911 | 75 | 8.2% | −1.2 | 0 from 3 |
| Heavy | 393 | 37 | 9.4% | 0 | — |
| Standard (AW) | 16 | 0 | 0% | −9.4 | — |
| Distance (all codes) | Runs | Wins | SR | vs sire | This horse |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1m – 1m1f | 6 | 0 | 0% | −9.4 | — |
| 1m2f – 1m4f | 11 | 0 | 0% | −9.4 | — |
| 1m5f – 2m | 786 | 63 | 8% | −1.4 | 1 from 6 |
| 2m1f – 2m4f | 1,092 | 98 | 9% | −0.4 | 0 from 1 |
| 2m5f – 3m | 895 | 93 | 10.4% | +1 | — |
| Over 3m | 191 | 27 | 14.1% | +4.7 | — |
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
6 siblings in the archive, 1 winner — best of them Ballymountain Boy (IRE) (3 wins).
The wins came over 2m–2m5f; the highest grade won is Class 4 (Ballymountain Boy (IRE)).
| Produce | Runs | Wins | Win trips | Best grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ballymountain Boy (IRE) | 15 | 3 | 2m–2m5f | Class 4 |
| Big Mike (IRE) | 5 | 0 | — | — |
| Dark Eagle (IRE) | 3 | 0 | — | — |
| Peak Of Beauty (IRE) | 5 | 0 | — | — |
| Del Amitir (IRE) | 4 | 0 | — | — |
| Bobby Mac (IRE) | 2 | 0 | — | — |
Record by conditions
| Going | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Good to Soft | 4 | 1 | 25% | −1.90 |
| Soft | 3 | 0 | 0% | −3.00 |
| Class | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Class 4 | 4 | 1 | 25% | −1.90 |
| Class 5 | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Class 2 | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Course | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Catterick | 1 | 1 | 100% | +1.10 |
| Uttoxeter | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Kelso | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Chepstow | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Market Rasen | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Cheltenham | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Kempton | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Distance | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1m5f – 2m | 6 | 1 | 17% | −3.90 |
| 2m1f – 2m4f | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Jockey | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sean Bowen | 3 | 1 | 33% | −0.90 |
| Daire McConville | 3 | 0 | 0% | −3.00 |
| Sam Twiston-Davies | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Headgear | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| None | 4 | 0 | 0% | −4.00 |
| Hood | 3 | 1 | 33% | −0.90 |
| Season | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 2 | 1 | 50% | +0.10 |
| 2024 | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| 2023 | 3 | 0 | 0% | −3.00 |
| Type | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hurdle | 4 | 1 | 25% | −1.90 |
| NH Flat | 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
| Date | Course | Race | Pos | Btn | Wgt | OR | Spd | KTB | Jockey | SP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 25 Feb 25+31d | Catterick | Racing TV Club Day Maiden Hurdle (GBB Race) Went straight to front - clipped first fence - opened daylight after second last - over two lengths up entering straight - pushed out under pressure run-in as advantage shrank late - held on by a whisker | 1/11 | 11-7 | 108 | 119B | 139A | Sean Bowen | 11/10J | |
| 25 Jan 25+27d | Uttoxeter | Colin Bevan 66th Birthday Maiden Hurdle (GBB Race) (Div 2) Held a slim advantage early - travelled with eagerness and was ridden into contention before losing top spot 3 out - stayed on without troubling the winner from 2 out - finished second beaten 11 lengths | 2/10 | 11 | 11-1 | — | 95B | 118A | Daire McConville | 10/3 |
| 29 Dec 24+61d | Kelso | Half Price RacingTV At racingtv.com/sale Maiden Hurdle (GBB Race) Raced with plenty of enthusiasm early - went to front but not jumping cleanly and lost lead at the 4th - pushed along and still in with hopes 2 out - error at the last left two lengths adrift - held on same pace to the finish | 2/14 | 7½ | 10-11 | — | 101B | 118A | Daire McConville | 2/1F |
| 29 Oct 24+327d | Chepstow | ColourFence Newport Long Life Garden Railings Maiden Hurdle (GBB Race) (Div 1) Pulled hard in the pack - moved up smoothly to dispute before 3 out - driven forward between the last two flights and battled on gamely - found little in the closing stages to finish 6th | 6/14 | 3½ | 10-11 | — | 112B | 111A | Daire McConville | 50/1 |
| 07 Dec 23+40d | Market Rasen | Premier League Offers At Rhino.Bet Open Maiden NH Flat Race (GBB Race) | 3/5 | 1¾ | 11-2 | — | 73C | 122B | Sean Bowen | 10/3 |
| 28 Oct 23+224d | Cheltenham | Cheltenham & South West Racing Club Open NH Flat Race (GBB Race) | 7/15 | 1 | 11-1 | — | 100B | 113A | Sean Bowen | 12/1 |
| 18 Mar 23 | Kempton | Virgin Bet 'Junior' NH Flat Race (GBB Race) | 5/17 | 1¾ | 11-0 | — | 111B | 127A | Sam Twiston-Davies | 40/1 |
Quick answers
- How many races has Ballyvango (IRE) won?
- Ballyvango (IRE) won 1 of 7 archived starts between 2023 and 2025, a strike rate of 14.3%. Placed 3 times in total (42.9% of starts).
- Who trained Ballyvango (IRE)?
- Ballyvango (IRE) was trained by Martin Keighley on the most recent run on record, at Catterick on 25 February 2025.
- Who is Ballyvango (IRE)'s sire?
- Ballyvango (IRE) is by Ocovango (GB) out of Minoras Return (IRE), whose sire is Bob's Return.
- What going does Ballyvango (IRE) prefer?
- Ballyvango (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 Ballyvango (IRE)'s official rating?
- The most recent official rating on record is 108, from the run on 25 February 2025. That is also the highest on record.
- What is Ballyvango (IRE)'s sire's record?
- Ocovango (GB)'s progeny in our archive have won 9.4% of 2,981 runs since Jan 2008 (302 horses), Flat and jumps together. Strongest at trips beyond 3m (all codes): 14.1% from 191.
- Who are Ballyvango (IRE)'s siblings?
- Out of Minoras Return (IRE), Ballyvango (IRE) has 6 other produce in our archive, 1 of them a winner. Most wins: Ballymountain Boy (IRE) (3). Highest grade won: Class 4 (Ballymountain Boy (IRE)). The wins came over 2m–2m5f. As at Oct 2026.