Horse profile
Bass Player (IRE)
by Iffraaj (GB) out of Rhythm And Rhyme (IRE) (Elnadim)
39 runs · 19 courses · from Apr 2022
As at 18 Oct 2026 · KTB archive: GB, Ireland & France · 2005–present, updated daily
3 wins · Wolverhampton (AW) & Doncaster
Off 114 days · 3rd of 5
Last raced off OR 59
KTB Profile
Bass Player is a gelding who has won three of 39 starts, all in handicaps bar his first success in a Class 4 maiden at Doncaster over 6f to 7f on good to firm in Apr 2022. Both subsequent wins came at Wolverhampton over 1m to 1m1f on standard going in Nov and Dec 2024. He is held up in his races, usually from the rear. His last run, at Leicester in Jun 2026, saw him finish third of five off an official rating of 59.
Based on 39 archived runs · run-style from 9 commented runs · updated 18 Oct 2026
KTB at a glance
Typically held up
OR ↓ 44lb off peak
- 3–39Wins / Runs
- 7.7%Strike rate
- 9 (23.1%)Placed
- −18.50£1 level staken=39 at SP
- 0.97Fair A/E n=39 · 0.82 incl. margin
- 103Highest OR
- 40dAvg 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.
Official rating59↓ 44lb off peak
59
59–103
KTB Speed and Rating
KTB Speed
Best recent Speed 92
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 →
Flat
| Going | Runs | Best | Median | Since 18 Oct 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Standard (AW) | 16 | 106A | 91.5 | 3 · 94 / 92 |
| Good to Firm | 11 | 114C | 76 | 1 · — |
| Good | 11 | 115A | 83 | 2 · 71 / 63 |
| Good to Soft | 1 | — | — | — |
| Distance | Runs | Best | Median | Since 18 Oct 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1m – 1m1f | 21 | 106A | 80 | 3 · 94 / 80 |
| 6f – 7f | 12 | 115A | 91.5 | 2 · 114 / 103 |
| 1m2f – 1m4f | 6 | 97B | 77 | 1 · — |
KTB Speed v1 · batch 15 Sep 2026 · GB & Irish racing only · 39 figures from 39 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 9 analysed runs
- Held up 8 (89%) · 1 win
- Prominent 1 (11%) · 0 wins
Pedigree intelligence
Sire
Progeny in our archive have won 10.6% of 13,946 runs since Jan 2008 (1,089 horses).
Weakest on heavy going: 7.6% from 488.
| Going | Runs | Wins | SR | vs sire | This horse |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Firm | 65 | 8 | 12.3% | +1.7 | — |
| Good to Firm | 2,199 | 253 | 11.5% | +0.9 | 1 from 11 |
| Good | 2,976 | 294 | 9.9% | −0.7 | 0 from 11 |
| Good to Soft | 1,463 | 158 | 10.8% | +0.2 | 0 from 1 |
| Soft | 1,738 | 140 | 8.1% | −2.5 | — |
| Heavy | 488 | 37 | 7.6% | −3 | — |
| Standard (AW) | 5,016 | 582 | 11.6% | +1 | 2 from 16 |
| Distance (all codes) | Runs | Wins | SR | vs sire | This horse |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Under 6f | 843 | 105 | 12.5% | +1.9 | — |
| 6f – 7f | 5,025 | 546 | 10.9% | +0.3 | 1 from 12 |
| 1m – 1m1f | 3,810 | 411 | 10.8% | +0.2 | 2 from 21 |
| 1m2f – 1m4f | 2,603 | 246 | 9.5% | −1.1 | 0 from 6 |
| 1m5f – 2m | 1,127 | 115 | 10.2% | −0.4 | — |
| 2m1f – 2m4f | 395 | 36 | 9.1% | −1.5 | — |
| 2m5f – 3m | 123 | 11 | 8.9% | −1.7 | — |
| Over 3m | 20 | 2 | 10% | −0.6 | — |
Flat and jumps together (all codes) · since Jan 2008 · as at 17 Oct 2026 · rows under 30 runs muted · win % is the measure, a record not a forecast
Dam
Rhythm And Rhyme (IRE) (Elnadim)
2 siblings in the archive, 0 winners.
| Produce | Runs | Wins | Win trips | Best grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jeyyaad (IRE) | 4 | 0 | — | — |
| Strathspey Stretto (IRE) | 4 | 0 | — | — |
Record by conditions
| Going | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Standard (AW) | 16 | 2 | 13% | −4.00 |
| Good to Firm | 11 | 1 | 9% | −2.50 |
| Good | 11 | 0 | 0% | −11.00 |
| Good to Soft | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Class | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Class 4 | 13 | 1 | 8% | −4.50 |
| Class 5 | 10 | 2 | 20% | +2.00 |
| Class 2 | 7 | 0 | 0% | −7.00 |
| Class 6 | 4 | 0 | 0% | −4.00 |
| Class 3 | 3 | 0 | 0% | −3.00 |
| Class 1 | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Course | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wolverhampton (AW) | 11 | 2 | 18% | +1.00 |
| Newmarket | 7 | 0 | 0% | −7.00 |
| York | 3 | 0 | 0% | −3.00 |
| Doncaster | 2 | 1 | 50% | +6.50 |
| Chelmsford City (AW) | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Leicester | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Nottingham | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Ripon | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Pontefract | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Wetherby | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Thirsk | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Yarmouth | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Sandown | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Newbury | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Lingfield (AW) | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Goodwood | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Newcastle (AW) | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Kempton (AW) | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Epsom Downs | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Distance | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1m – 1m1f | 21 | 2 | 10% | −9.00 |
| 6f – 7f | 12 | 1 | 8% | −3.50 |
| 1m2f – 1m4f | 6 | 0 | 0% | −6.00 |
| Jockey | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jack Mitchell | 9 | 0 | 0% | −9.00 |
| Miss Lauren Frost | 6 | 0 | 0% | −6.00 |
| William Pyle | 4 | 0 | 0% | −4.00 |
| Alfie Gee | 3 | 0 | 0% | −3.00 |
| Rossa Ryan | 2 | 1 | 50% | +3.00 |
| Ben Sanderson | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| David Egan | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Alec Voikhansky | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Jack Nicholls | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Alistair Rawlinson | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Sam James | 1 | 1 | 100% | +6.00 |
| Andrea Pinna | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Clifford Lee | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Daniel Muscutt | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Tom Marquand | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| P J McDonald | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Luke Morris | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Kieran Shoemark | 1 | 1 | 100% | +7.50 |
| Headgear | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| None | 31 | 3 | 10% | −10.50 |
| Tongue tie | 6 | 0 | 0% | −6.00 |
| Tongue tie + cheekpieces | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Tongue tie + blinkers | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Season | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 4 | 0 | 0% | −4.00 |
| 2025 | 10 | 0 | 0% | −10.00 |
| 2024 | 11 | 2 | 18% | +1.00 |
| 2023 | 7 | 0 | 0% | −7.00 |
| 2022 | 7 | 1 | 14% | +1.50 |
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
| Date | Course | Race | Pos | Btn | Wgt | OR | Spd | KTB | Jockey | SP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 25 Jun 26+25d | Leicester | Greenhouse Sports 'Team For Life' Handicap Sat close behind the front group early - pushed along approaching 2f out and drifted right under pressure - kept going at an even effort to finish third | 3/5 | nk | 9-8 | 59 | 114C | 73B | William Pyle | 9/2 |
| 31 May 26+23d | Nottingham | 9 Racedays At Nottingham Racecourse Handicap Sent to the front early - pushed along with 2f left and lost the advantage a furlong out - weakened close home to finish fifth | 5/7 | 1 | 8-9 | 61 | 71A | 67A | William Pyle | 22/1 |
| 08 May 26+122d | Ripon | Napoleons Casino And Restaurant Leeds Handicap Towards the centre of the field - nudged for effort 3f out - faded weakly from 2f out to finish well beaten | 11/12 | 8 | 8-11 | 63 | 55C | 50C | William Pyle | 33/1 |
| 06 Jan 26+10d | Wolverhampton (AW) | Always Gamble Responsibly At BetMGM Handicap (Div 2) Held up handy in the pack - urged forward passing the 3f marker - short of space approaching the furlong pole - boxed in as the run home began - faded to finish ninth beaten 15 lengths | 9/9 | 1¾ | 9-12 | 65 | 80A | 56A | Alec Voikhansky | 9/2 |
| 27 Dec 25+14d | Wolverhampton (AW) | Bet 10 Get 40 With BetMGM Handicap (Div 1) Held up in the pack - pushed along and made progress into the last furlong - couldn't quicken and edged out of third close home - fourth at the line | 4/10 | ¾ | 9-9 | 65 | 92A | 85A | Jack Mitchell | 10/3 |
| 13 Dec 25+68d | Wolverhampton (AW) | Always Gamble Responsibly At BetMGM Handicap Away quickly to hit the front - stretched advantage by the 2f mark before margin shrunk with 3f left - overtaken inside the final furlong - fought back to challenge in the closing stages but couldn't find more - held for third | 3/12 | ½ | 9-9 | 65 | 94A | 94A | Rossa Ryan | 7/2 |
| 06 Oct 25+30d | Wolverhampton (AW) | Free Tips Daily On attheraces.com Amateur Jockeys' Handicap Pulled hard early - sat in the pack - pushed along a furlong out and squeezed for room - unable to find more inside final 110 yards to finish eighth beaten 5 lengths | 8/13 | nk | 10-7 | 66 | 74B | 75A | Miss Lauren Frost | 11/2 |
| 06 Sep 25+31d | Wolverhampton (AW) | Independent Stone & Restorative Cleaning Handicap Settled just behind pace early - hit front after 1f before being overtaken 6f out - slipped back to third 5f out - stayed in touch with front group - pushed along and drifted left approaching final furlong - gave best inside last 110 yards - dropped a place close home to finish 5th | 5/9 | nse | 9-3 | 67 | 88A | 74A | Jack Nicholls | 7/2 |
| 06 Aug 25+39d | Pontefract | RIU Hotels And Resorts Ladies Day Veterans' Handicap Hesitant start - settled just behind front group - drifted wide on the turn 5f out - asked for effort over 2f out - stayed on well inside final furlong to grab second close home | 2/7 | nk | 8-5 | 67 | 71B | 68A | Alfie Gee | 15/2 |
| 28 Jun 25+9d | York | Al Basti Equiworld Dubai Amateur Jockeys' Handicap (GBBPlus Race) Held up in the pack early - improved into contention 4f out - couldn't quicken inside the final furlong - finished 10th | 10/17 | nk | 10-0 | 69 | 61C | 68A | Miss Lauren Frost | 33/1 |
| 19 Jun 25+13d | Wetherby | Go Racing In Yorkshire Future Stars Apprentice Handicap Held third for most of the way on the rails - driven approaching 2f out - settled into a single gear and unable to challenge the front two from a furlong out - held on for third | 3/4 | 2¾ | 9-0 | 70 | 88C | 67B | Alfie Gee | 7/1 |
| 06 Jun 25+20d | Doncaster | Join Us To Walk As One Handicap (Str) Settled on the inner - held towards the back of the field throughout - never landed a threat - beaten into 8th | 8/11 | 3½ | 8-11 | 73 | 96A | 64A | Alfie Gee | 40/1 |
| 17 May 25+16d | Thirsk | Sky Bet, For The Fans Handicap Held up at the back - no impression made through the contest - finished well held in 11th | 11/12 | ½ | 9-5 | 74 | 83A | 71A | William Pyle | 18/1 |
| 01 May 25+132d | Yarmouth | Winning Experience With Moulton Racing Handicap Handy early - dropped back before 2f out - no impact final furlong - finished 8th | 8/9 | 6½ | 9-4 | 74 | 76A | 56A | Alistair Rawlinson | 25/1 |
| 20 Dec 24+46d | Wolverhampton (AW) | Win 1M With BetMGM's Golden Goals Handicap Shared the front early on - settled just behind the pace - shifted right approaching the home turn - moved into second a furlong out - hit the front close home - kept driving to the line | 1/11 | 9-7 | 70 | 106A | 89A | Rossa Ryan | 4/1 | |
| 04 Nov 24+28d | Wolverhampton (AW) | Boost Your Acca At BetMGM Handicap Sat close to pace early - pushed into a challenge out wide inside final two furlongs and battled on with head raised - got up right on the line to score | 1/10 | 9-10 | 68 | 92A | 86A | Sam James | 6/1 | |
| 07 Oct 24+16d | Wolverhampton (AW) | Free Tips Daily On attheraces.com Amateur Jockeys' Handicap Up with the pace - nudged for effort 2f out - dropped away momentarily then angled left to hunt down the front pair inside the final furlong - no closer near the line | 3/10 | 1 | 10-10 | 68 | 71A | 78A | Miss Lauren Frost | 11/2 |
| 21 Sep 24+44d | Newmarket | Turners Amateur Jockeys' Cambridgeshire (Handicap) Tracked the pack early - pushed along with 2f left and closed on the leading group - held position to the line finishing 4th | 4/8 | nk | 10-9 | 70 | 63A | 78A | Miss Lauren Frost | 14/1 |
| 08 Aug 24+14d | Sandown | Aston Martin Amateur Jockeys' Handicap Hampered and drifted left at the off - settled towards the back - made no impact on proceedings - finished sixth well held | 6/8 | 8½ | 10-4 | 73 | 83B | 58A | Miss Lauren Frost | 11/1 |
| 25 Jul 24+35d | Newbury | Watch Weekend Winners With BetVictor Amateur Jockeys' Handicap | 5/12 | 1¼ | 10-10 | 74 | 71B | 77A | Miss Lauren Frost | 22/1 |
| 20 Jun 24+34d | Chelmsford City (AW) | Hallgarten & Novum Wines Handicap | 9/12 | 1 | 9-1 | 77 | 101B | 66A | Andrea Pinna | 28/1 |
| 17 May 24+22d | York | Yorkshire Equine Practice Handicap | 14/20 | nk | 9-3 | 79 | 84C | 71A | Ben Sanderson | 50/1 |
| 25 Apr 24+27d | Chelmsford City (AW) | Best Odds Guaranteed At bet365 Handicap | 9/10 | 1¾ | 9-10 | 81 | 97B | 72A | Jack Mitchell | 12/1 |
| 29 Mar 24+82d | Lingfield (AW) | BetMGM All-Weather Vase Mile Handicap | 8/12 | ½ | 9-0 | 84 | 81A | 74A | Ben Sanderson | 125/1 |
| 07 Jan 24+8d | Wolverhampton (AW) | Stay Golden With BetMGM Safer Gambling Handicap | 11/11 | 28 | 9-11 | 84 | 32C | 47C | Jack Mitchell | 13/2 |
| 30 Dec 23+21d | Wolverhampton (AW) | Bet 10 Get 40 At BetMGM Handicap | 2/8 | ½ | 9-13 | 84 | 77A | 87A | Jack Mitchell | 4/1 |
| 09 Dec 23+70d | Wolverhampton (AW) | Win 2,000,000 With BetMGM's Golden Goals Handicap | 3/9 | 1¼ | 9-9 | 85 | 91A | 83A | Clifford Lee | 25/1 |
| 30 Sep 23+70d | Newmarket | Lope Y Fernandez First Foals 2023 Handicap | 9/10 | nk | 9-2 | 88 | 74A | 78A | David Egan | 33/1 |
| 22 Jul 23+23d | Newmarket | Lettergold Handicap | 9/12 | 2 | 9-9 | 92 | 70C | 70C | Daniel Muscutt | 25/1 |
| 29 Jun 23+18d | Newmarket | Celebrating Racing's Workforce Handicap | 5/6 | nk | 10-2 | 94 | 108A | 88B | David Egan | 18/1 |
| 11 Jun 23+37d | Goodwood | William Hill Epic Value Handicap | 6/9 | ½ | 10-4 | 97 | 83A | 91A | Tom Marquand | 22/1 |
| 05 May 23+154d | Newmarket | Nyetimber Handicap | 7/8 | nse | 9-5 | 99 | 84A | 92A | Jack Mitchell | 14/1 |
| 02 Dec 22+65d | Newcastle (AW) | Spreadex Sports Best Odds On Sunderland Handicap | 9/9 | ¾ | 9-8 | 101 | 98A | 77A | P J McDonald | 18/1 |
| 28 Sep 22+41d | Kempton (AW) | Unibet 3 Uniboosts A Day Handicap | 4/8 | nk | 9-7 | 102 | 104A | 91A | Jack Mitchell | 12/1 |
| 18 Aug 22+33d | York | Clipper Logistics Handicap (Heritage Handicap) | 16/18 | 2½ | 9-3 | 103 | 84C | 69A | Jack Mitchell | 20/1 |
| 16 Jul 22+21d | Newmarket | Time Test Handicap | 2/5 | shd | 9-9 | 102 | 64C | 89B | Luke Morris | 9/1 |
| 25 Jun 22+22d | Newmarket | House Of Cavani Menswear Criterion Stakes (Group 3) | 5/6 | nk | 8-12 | 102 | 115A | 79B | Jack Mitchell | 22/1 |
| 03 Jun 22+41d | Epsom Downs | Poundland Surrey Stakes (Listed) | 3/7 | 1¼ | 9-2 | — | 78A | 88A | Jack Mitchell | 15/2 |
| 23 Apr 22 | Doncaster | Free Tips Daily On attheraces.com Maiden Stakes (GBB Race) | 1/7 | 9-1 | — | 114A | 80A | Kieran Shoemark | 15/2 |
Quick answers
- How many races has Bass Player (IRE) won?
- Bass Player (IRE) won 3 of 39 archived starts between 2022 and 2026, a strike rate of 7.7%. Placed 9 times in total (23.1% of starts).
- Who trains Bass Player (IRE)?
- Bass Player (IRE) is trained by Kevin & Lauren Frost, who saddled the horse on its most recent run on 25 June 2026.
- Who is Bass Player (IRE)'s sire?
- Bass Player (IRE) is by Iffraaj (GB) out of Rhythm And Rhyme (IRE), whose sire is Elnadim.
- What going does Bass Player (IRE) prefer?
- Bass Player (IRE) has the best record on standard (aw) going: 2 wins from 16 starts (12.5%). Only going bands with at least three archived starts are read, so this is a direction rather than a settled preference.
- What is Bass Player (IRE)'s official rating?
- The most recent official rating on record is 59, from the run on 25 June 2026. The highest on record is 103.
- What is Bass Player (IRE)'s sire's record?
- Iffraaj (GB)'s progeny in our archive have won 10.6% of 13,946 runs since Jan 2008 (1,089 horses), Flat and jumps together. Weakest on heavy going: 7.6% from 488.
- Who are Bass Player (IRE)'s siblings?
- Out of Rhythm And Rhyme (IRE), Bass Player (IRE) has 2 other produce in our archive, 0 of them winners. As at Oct 2026.