Balovale (IRE)
Balovale is a gelding by Zambezi Sun out of the Overbury mare Miss Nomer. He ran five times on turf between Jan 2024 and Apr 2025 without winning or placing. All five starts came over 1m5f to 2m4f, with three on soft ground. His last run, at Tramore in Apr 2025, saw him held in the Ladies Day August 16th Maiden Hurdle.
- 0–5Wins / Runs
- 0%Strike rate
- 0 (0%)Placed
- −5.00£1 level staken=5 at SP
- 0.00Fair A/E n=5 · 0.00 incl. margin
- 115dAvg 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 —
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 | 1 | — | — | — |
| Soft | 1 | — | — | — |
| Distance | Runs | Best | Median | Since 21 Oct 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2m1f – 2m4f | 1 | — | — | — |
| 1m5f – 2m | 1 | — | — | — |
Of 5 runs looked at, 3 have no figure: did not complete (3).
KTB Speed v1 · batch 15 Sep 2026 · GB & Irish racing only · 2 figures from 5 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.
Pedigree intelligence
Progeny in our archive have won 9.1% of 964 runs since Jan 2008 (119 horses).
Strongest on heavy going: 12.9% from 171. Weakest on standard (aw) going: 5.3% from 133.
| Going | Runs | Wins | SR | vs sire | This horse |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Good to Firm | 3 | 0 | 0% | −9.1 | — |
| Good | 212 | 18 | 8.5% | −0.6 | — |
| Good to Soft | 131 | 15 | 11.5% | +2.4 | 0 from 1 |
| Soft | 314 | 26 | 8.3% | −0.8 | 0 from 3 |
| Heavy | 171 | 22 | 12.9% | +3.8 | 0 from 1 |
| Standard (AW) | 133 | 7 | 5.3% | −3.8 | — |
| Distance (all codes) | Runs | Wins | SR | vs sire | This horse |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Under 6f | 1 | 0 | 0% | −9.1 | — |
| 6f – 7f | 26 | 2 | 7.7% | −1.4 | — |
| 1m – 1m1f | 76 | 3 | 3.9% | −5.2 | — |
| 1m2f – 1m4f | 218 | 17 | 7.8% | −1.3 | — |
| 1m5f – 2m | 260 | 19 | 7.3% | −1.8 | 0 from 4 |
| 2m1f – 2m4f | 318 | 34 | 10.7% | +1.6 | 0 from 1 |
| 2m5f – 3m | 57 | 11 | 19.3% | +10.2 | — |
| Over 3m | 8 | 2 | 25% | +15.9 | — |
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
7 siblings in the archive, 6 winners — best of them Downthecellar (IRE) (4 wins).
The wins came over 1m7f–3m.
| Produce | Runs | Wins | Win trips | Best grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Downthecellar (IRE) | 28 | 4 | 1m7f–2m1½f | — |
| Commandant (IRE) | 26 | 3 | 2m–2m5f | — |
| Gwan Tadhg (IRE) | 15 | 3 | 2m1f–2m2f | — |
| Harvey's Quay (IRE) | 26 | 2 | 2m–3m | — |
| O'grady Cracker (IRE) | 8 | 2 | 2m2f–2m3f | — |
| Betty Dutton (IRE) | 36 | 1 | 2m4f | — |
| Noble Monarch (IRE) | 1 | 0 | — | — |
Record by conditions
| Going | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Soft | 3 | 0 | 0% | −3.00 |
| Good to Soft | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Heavy | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Course | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Naas | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Tramore | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Down Royal | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Navan | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Distance | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1m5f – 2m | 4 | 0 | 0% | −4.00 |
| 2m1f – 2m4f | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Jockey | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mark McDonagh | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Eoin Staples | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Sam Ewing | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Jody McGarvey | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Niall Moore | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Headgear | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hood | 3 | 0 | 0% | −3.00 |
| None | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Season | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| 2024 | 4 | 0 | 0% | −4.00 |
| Type | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hurdle | 3 | 0 | 0% | −3.00 |
| NH Flat | 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
| Date | Course | Race | Pos | Btn | Wgt | Spd | KTB | Jockey | SP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 14 Apr 25+109d | Tramore | Ladies Day August 16th Maiden Hurdle Settled in the pack - crashing error at the 6th and fell back through the field before losing ground rapidly - well behind when pulled up before 2 out | PU/8 | — | 11-4 | — | — | Mark McDonagh | 28/1 |
| 26 Dec 24+254d | Down Royal | Metcollect Metal Recycling (Pro/Am) Flat Race Held up towards the back - still 9th at halfway - stayed on at one speed from 3f out - well held at the finish | 9/14 | ¾ | 11-7 | 112C | 106C | Eoin Staples | 150/1 |
| 16 Apr 24+45d | Naas | Mulvaney Bookmakers Maiden Hurdle | UR/19 | — | 11-4 | — | — | Sam Ewing | 200/1 |
| 02 Mar 24+50d | Navan | Meath Farm Machinery Maiden Hurdle | UR/14 | — | 11-7 | — | — | Jody McGarvey | 200/1 |
| 12 Jan 24 | Naas | Fifty Stars 'What About Those First Foals' (Pro/Am) Flat Race | 11/14 | 36 | 11-3 | 15C | 90C | Niall Moore | 18/1 |
Quick answers
- How many races has Balovale (IRE) won?
- Balovale (IRE) has yet to win, from 5 archived starts between 2024 and 2025.
- Who trained Balovale (IRE)?
- Balovale (IRE) was trained by E J O'Grady on the most recent run on record, at Tramore on 14 April 2025.
- Who is Balovale (IRE)'s sire?
- Balovale (IRE) is by Zambezi Sun (GB) out of Miss Nomer (IRE), whose sire is Overbury.
- What is Balovale (IRE)'s sire's record?
- Zambezi Sun (GB)'s progeny in our archive have won 9.1% of 964 runs since Jan 2008 (119 horses), Flat and jumps together. Strongest on heavy going: 12.9% from 171. Weakest on standard (aw) going: 5.3% from 133.
- Who are Balovale (IRE)'s siblings?
- Out of Miss Nomer (IRE), Balovale (IRE) has 7 other produce in our archive, 6 of them winners. Most wins: Downthecellar (IRE) (4). The wins came over 1m7f–3m. As at Oct 2026.