Balum (IRE)
Balum won one of nine starts over hurdles on turf. Her sole success came in a handicap at Punchestown in Feb 2024 over 2m1f – 2m4f on heavy ground off a mark of 95. The mare finished third of 12 at Leopardstown in Mar 2024 when last raced off her career-high mark of 106. She is by Fame And Glory out of a mare by Alderbrook.
- 1–9Wins / Runs
- 11.1%Strike rate
- 3 (33.3%)Placed
- −1.00£1 level staken=9 at SP
- 1.56Fair A/E n=9 · 1.24 incl. margin
- 106Highest OR
- 82dAvg 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 139
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Heavy | 2 | 85B | 78 | — |
| Good | 1 | — | — | — |
| Soft | 1 | — | — | — |
| Good to Soft | 1 | — | — | — |
| Distance | Runs | Best | Median | Since 21 Oct 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2m1f – 2m4f | 3 | 139B | 85 | — |
| 2m5f – 3m | 2 | 71B | 66 | — |
Of 9 runs looked at, 4 have no figure: not enough races on the card to set the day (under 4) (2) · obstacles omitted — the race ran a shortened course (1) · no standard for this course, surface and code on the window (1).
KTB Speed v1 · batch 15 Sep 2026 · GB & Irish racing only · 5 figures from 9 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 12.5% of 6,203 runs since Jan 2008 (504 horses).
| Going | Runs | Wins | SR | vs sire | This horse |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Good to Firm | 48 | 9 | 18.8% | +6.3 | — |
| Good | 1,833 | 248 | 13.5% | +1 | 0 from 1 |
| Good to Soft | 1,346 | 156 | 11.6% | −0.9 | 0 from 2 |
| Soft | 2,097 | 255 | 12.2% | −0.3 | 0 from 3 |
| Heavy | 845 | 105 | 12.4% | −0.1 | 1 from 3 |
| Standard (AW) | 32 | 1 | 3.1% | −9.4 | — |
| Distance (all codes) | Runs | Wins | SR | vs sire | This horse |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6f – 7f | 5 | 0 | 0% | −12.5 | — |
| 1m – 1m1f | 11 | 0 | 0% | −12.5 | — |
| 1m2f – 1m4f | 30 | 1 | 3.3% | −9.2 | — |
| 1m5f – 2m | 1,813 | 225 | 12.4% | −0.1 | 0 from 2 |
| 2m1f – 2m4f | 2,334 | 305 | 13.1% | +0.6 | 1 from 5 |
| 2m5f – 3m | 1,666 | 210 | 12.6% | +0.1 | 0 from 2 |
| Over 3m | 344 | 34 | 9.9% | −2.6 | — |
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
2 siblings in the archive, 1 winner — best of them Wouldn't You Agree (IRE) (3 wins).
The wins came over 2m–2m1f; the highest grade won is Class 1 (Wouldn't You Agree (IRE)).
| Produce | Runs | Wins | Win trips | Best grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wouldn't You Agree (IRE) | 25 | 3 | 2m–2m1f | Class 1 |
| Chauffeur Driven (IRE) | 15 | 0 | — | — |
Record by conditions
| Going | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Heavy | 3 | 1 | 33% | +5.00 |
| Soft | 3 | 0 | 0% | −3.00 |
| Good to Soft | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Good | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Course | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Punchestown | 2 | 1 | 50% | +6.00 |
| Leopardstown | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Fairyhouse | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Wexford | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Sligo | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Galway | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Clonmel | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Downpatrick | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Distance | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2m1f – 2m4f | 5 | 1 | 20% | +3.00 |
| 2m5f – 3m | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| 1m5f – 2m | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Jockey | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mr J P Sutton | 3 | 1 | 33% | +5.00 |
| Mr J Dunne | 3 | 0 | 0% | −3.00 |
| P J O'Hanlon | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Patrick M O'Brien | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Season | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 3 | 1 | 33% | +5.00 |
| 2022 | 6 | 0 | 0% | −6.00 |
| Type | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hurdle | 6 | 1 | 17% | +2.00 |
| Flat | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| NH Flat | 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
Quick answers
- How many races has Balum (IRE) won?
- Balum (IRE) won 1 of 9 archived starts between 2022 and 2024, a strike rate of 11.1%. Placed 3 times in total (33.3% of starts).
- Who trained Balum (IRE)?
- Balum (IRE) was trained by Dermot A McLoughlin on the most recent run on record, at Leopardstown on 4 March 2024.
- Who is Balum (IRE)'s sire?
- Balum (IRE) is by Fame And Glory (GB) out of Coolmara (IRE), whose sire is Alderbrook.
- What going does Balum (IRE) prefer?
- Balum (IRE) has the best record on heavy going: 1 win from 3 starts (33.3%). Only going bands with at least three archived starts are read, so this is a direction rather than a settled preference.
- What is Balum (IRE)'s official rating?
- The most recent official rating on record is 106, from the run on 4 March 2024. That is also the highest on record.
- What is Balum (IRE)'s sire's record?
- Fame And Glory (GB)'s progeny in our archive have won 12.5% of 6,203 runs since Jan 2008 (504 horses), Flat and jumps together.
- Who are Balum (IRE)'s siblings?
- Out of Coolmara (IRE), Balum (IRE) has 2 other produce in our archive, 1 of them a winner. Most wins: Wouldn't You Agree (IRE) (3). Highest grade won: Class 1 (Wouldn't You Agree (IRE)). The wins came over 2m–2m1f. As at Oct 2026.