Battling Bessie (GB)
Battling Bessie won her sole bumper at Cork in May 2021 over 1m5f to 2m on good ground. The mare then placed on all six subsequent starts and finished third of 16 in a mares maiden hurdle at Fairyhouse in Nov 2022. She raced six times over 1m5f to 2m and once over 2m1f to 2m4f. All runs came on turf.
- 1–7Wins / Runs
- 14.3%Strike rate
- 6 (85.7%)Placed
- +12.00£1 level staken=7 at SP
- 1.13Fair A/E n=7 · 0.91 incl. margin
- 50dBetween runs (median)longest 197 d
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 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 →
| Going | Runs | Best | Median | Since 4 Nov 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Soft | 2 | 92B | 88 | — |
| Good to Soft | 2 | 129A | 77.5 | — |
| Good | 2 | 129A | 111 | — |
| Distance | Runs | Best | Median | Since 4 Nov 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1m5f – 2m | 6 | 129A | 92.5 | — |
Of 7 runs looked at, 1 has no figure: obstacles omitted — the race ran a shortened course (1).
KTB Speed v1 · batch 15 Sep 2026 · GB & Irish racing only · 6 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 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 9.4% of 4,852 runs since Mar 2016 (351 horses).
Strongest on heavy going: 12.8% from 148.
| Going | Runs | Wins | SR | vs sire | This horse |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Firm | 27 | 7 | 25.9% | +16.5 | — |
| Good to Firm | 739 | 85 | 11.5% | +2.1 | — |
| Good | 932 | 78 | 8.4% | −1 | 1 from 2 |
| Good to Soft | 502 | 42 | 8.4% | −1 | 0 from 2 |
| Soft | 568 | 44 | 7.7% | −1.7 | 0 from 3 |
| Heavy | 148 | 19 | 12.8% | +3.4 | — |
| Standard (AW) | 1,936 | 180 | 9.3% | −0.1 | — |
| Distance (all codes) | Runs | Wins | SR | vs sire | This horse |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Under 6f | 224 | 17 | 7.6% | −1.8 | — |
| 6f – 7f | 1,444 | 136 | 9.4% | 0 | — |
| 1m – 1m1f | 1,273 | 119 | 9.3% | −0.1 | — |
| 1m2f – 1m4f | 1,073 | 106 | 9.9% | +0.5 | — |
| 1m5f – 2m | 558 | 50 | 9% | −0.4 | 1 from 6 |
| 2m1f – 2m4f | 206 | 20 | 9.7% | +0.3 | 0 from 1 |
| 2m5f – 3m | 65 | 6 | 9.2% | −0.2 | — |
| Over 3m | 9 | 1 | 11.1% | +1.7 | — |
Flat and jumps together (all codes) · since Mar 2016 · as at 4 Nov 2026 · rows under 30 runs muted · win % is the measure, a record not a forecast
1 sibling in the archive, 0 winners.
| Produce | Runs | Wins | Win trips | Best grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rosa Dartle (IRE) | 5 | 0 | — | — |
Record by conditions
| Going | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Soft | 3 | 0 | 0% | −3.00 |
| Good to Soft | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Good | 2 | 1 | 50% | +17.00 |
| Course | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Navan | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Fairyhouse | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Galway | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Punchestown | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Leopardstown | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Cork | 1 | 1 | 100% | +18.00 |
| Distance | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1m5f – 2m | 6 | 1 | 17% | +13.00 |
| 2m1f – 2m4f | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Jockey | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Denis O'Regan | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Mr Derek O'Connor | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Mr B O'Neill | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Miss A Fahey | 1 | 1 | 100% | +18.00 |
| Season | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 4 | 0 | 0% | −4.00 |
| 2021 | 3 | 1 | 33% | +16.00 |
| Type | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| NH Flat | 5 | 1 | 20% | +14.00 |
| Hurdle | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 · 4 runs | |||||||||
| 15 Nov 22+16d | Fairyhouse | Fairyhouse Winter Festival December 3rd & 4th Mares Maiden Hurdle | 3/16 | 34 | 11-7 | — | 106C | Denis O'Regan | 10/3 |
| 30 Oct 22+186d | Galway | Mulryan Auctioneers Mares Maiden Hurdle | 4/15 | 1½ | 11-7 | 92B | 116A | Denis O'Regan | 6/4 |
| 27 Apr 22+80d | Punchestown | Weatherbys General Stud Book Irish Ebf Mares Flat Race (grade 3) | 3/11 | ¾ | 11-11 | 26A | 127A | Mr Derek O'Connor | 9/2 |
| 06 Feb 22+50d | Leopardstown | Coolmore N.H. Sires Santiago Irish EBF Mares I.N.H. Flat Race (Grade 2) | 2/16 | nse | 11-8 | 84B | 149A | Mr Derek O'Connor | 33/1 |
| 2021 · 3 runs | |||||||||
| 18 Dec 21+27d | Navan | Future Champions Flat Race (listed) | 2/6 | 17 | 11-6 | 129A | 120B | Mr B O'Neill | 6/1 |
| 21 Nov 21+197d | Navan | Coolmore N.H. Sires In Swoop Irish EBF Mares Flat Race (Listed) | 3/12 | 1¾ | 11-8 | 129A | 128A | Mr B O'Neill | 14/1 |
| 08 May 21 | Cork | Irish Stallion Farms EBF 4-Y-O Fillies Flat Race | 1/12 | 10-9 | 93A | 121A | Miss A Fahey | 18/1 | |
Quick answers
- How many races has Battling Bessie won?
- Battling Bessie (GB) won 1 of 7 archived starts between 2021 and 2022, a strike rate of 14.3%. Placed 6 times in total (85.7% of starts).
- Who trained Battling Bessie?
- Battling Bessie (GB) was trained by Peter Fahey on the most recent run on record, at Fairyhouse on 15 November 2022.
- Who is Battling Bessie's sire?
- Battling Bessie (GB) is by Helmet (AUS) out of Batiste (GB), whose sire is Pivotal.
- What is Battling Bessie's sire's record?
- Helmet (AUS)'s progeny in our archive have won 9.4% of 4,852 runs since Mar 2016 (351 horses), Flat and jumps together. Strongest on heavy going: 12.8% from 148.
- Who are Battling Bessie's siblings?
- Out of Batiste (GB), Battling Bessie (GB) has 1 other produce in our archive, 0 of them winners. As at Nov 2026.