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Horse profile

Believe Again (IRE)

5yo gelding · Trainer Seamus G O'Donnell · Owner Seamus G Odonnell
by Make Believe (GB) out of Lily Again (GB) (American Post)
4 runs · 4 courses · from Sep 2025
As at 18 Oct 2026 · KTB archive: GB, Ireland & France · 2005–present, updated daily
Ran 66 days ago · 7th of 12
KTB Profile

Believe Again is a gelding by Make Believe out of Lily Again. He has four runs without a win or a place on turf from 1m to 2m, with visits to Gowran Park, Galway, Roscommon and Listowel. His last run, at Gowran Park in Aug 2026, saw him finish 7 of 12 in the Irish Stallion Farms EBF Median Auction Maiden. He has raced on good to firm, good to soft and soft ground.

Based on 4 archived runs · run-style from 3 commented runs · updated 18 Oct 2026

KTB Speed and Rating

KTB Speed

Best recent Speed 78 the best of the last 1 graded (A or B) run · Gowran Park (IRE), 12 Aug 2026

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 2 figures · best 78A · median 65
GoingRunsBestMedianSince 18 Oct 2025
Good to Firm1——1 · —
Good to Soft1——1 · —
DistanceRunsBestMedianSince 18 Oct 2025
1m – 1m1f1——1 · —
1m2f – 1m4f1——1 · —
Jumps 1 figure · too few for a breakdown

Of 4 runs looked at, 1 has no figure: not enough races on the card to set the day (under 4) (1).

KTB Speed v1 · batch 15 Sep 2026 · GB & Irish racing only · 3 figures from 4 runs · as at 3 Oct 2026 · a record, not a forecast

KTB Rating

Best recent KTB Rating (flat) 69C the best of the last 3 rated runs · Roscommon, 18 May 2026

Best recent KTB Rating (jumps) 85C the best of the last 1 rated run · Listowel, 25 Sep 2025

What the horse achieved in each race, in pounds on the official-rating scale, from the weight carried, the lengths beaten and the race's own level solved across the archive — never the market, never the official rating as a starting point. The headline is the best of the horse's last three rated runs on that code. A, B or C on a run is how much known form was in that race. What this means →

Flat 3 figures · best 69C · median 67
GoingRunsBestMedianSince 18 Oct 2025
Good to Firm1——1 · —
Soft1——1 · —
Good to Soft1——1 · —
DistanceRunsBestMedianSince 18 Oct 2025
1m2f – 1m4f269C682 · 69 / 68
1m – 1m1f1——1 · —
Jumps 1 figure · too few for a breakdown

KTB Rating v1 · batch 3 Oct 2026 · GB & Irish racing only · 4 figures from 4 runs · as at 4 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

  • Held up 2 (67%) · 0 wins
  • Midfield 1 (33%) · 0 wins

Pedigree intelligence

Sire
Make Believe (GB)

Progeny in our archive have won 11.1% of 3,596 runs since Jan 2008 (297 horses).

GoingRunsWinsSRvs sireThis horse
Firm5120%+8.9—
Good to Firm3414312.6%+1.50 from 1
Good8729911.4%+0.3—
Good to Soft4355612.9%+1.80 from 2
Soft6947110.2%−0.90 from 1
Heavy270259.3%−1.8—
Standard (AW)97910410.6%−0.5—
Distance (all codes)RunsWinsSRvs sireThis horse
Under 6f8178.6%−2.5—
6f – 7f8469511.2%+0.1—
1m – 1m1f1,04810710.2%−0.90 from 1
1m2f – 1m4f7869412%+0.90 from 2
1m5f – 2m5337113.3%+2.20 from 1
2m1f – 2m4f229229.6%−1.5—
2m5f – 3m6323.2%−7.9—
Over 3m10110%−1.1—

Flat and jumps together (all codes) · since Jan 2008 · as at 18 Oct 2026 · rows under 30 runs muted · win % is the measure, a record not a forecast

Dam
Lily Again (GB) (American Post)

5 siblings in the archive, 3 winners — best of them Li Kui (GB) (2 wins).

The wins came over 5f–1m; the highest grade won is Class 4 (Kidda (GB)).

ProduceRunsWinsWin tripsBest grade
Li Kui (GB)1425f–1mClass 5
Ertiyad (GB)816fClass 5
Kidda (GB)715fClass 4
Stargazer Lily (IRE)50——
Divasesque (IRE)80——

Record by conditions

GoingRunsWinsSR£1
Good to Soft 2 0 0% −2.00
Good to Firm 1 0 0% −1.00
Soft 1 0 0% −1.00

CourseRunsWinsSR£1
Gowran Park (IRE) 1 0 0% −1.00
Galway (IRE) 1 0 0% −1.00
Roscommon 1 0 0% −1.00
Listowel 1 0 0% −1.00

DistanceRunsWinsSR£1
1m2f – 1m4f 2 0 0% −2.00
1m – 1m1f 1 0 0% −1.00
1m5f – 2m 1 0 0% −1.00

JockeyRunsWinsSR£1
Mr P W Gleeson 2 0 0% −2.00
James Ryan 1 0 0% −1.00
Seamie Heffernan 1 0 0% −1.00

SeasonRunsWinsSR£1
2026 3 0 0% −3.00
2025 1 0 0% −1.00

TypeRunsWinsSR£1
Flat 3 0 0% −3.00
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

DateCourseRace PosBtn Wgt SpdKTB Jockey SP
12 Aug 26+14d Gowran Park (IRE) Irish Stallion Farms EBF Median Auction Maiden 9.5f · Good To Firm · 12 ran Settled around midpack early - held a modest position at halfway - unable to close over 2f out - finished well beaten in 7th 7/12 2¼ 10-2 78A58A James Ryan 300/1
29 Jul 26+72d Galway (IRE) Visit Tote26 On Course Today (Q.R.) Maiden 12f · Yielding · 18 ran Held up towards the back of the pack - no impression made - urged forward with 3f left - dropped away quickly to finish last of all 14/18 13 11-5 —67C Mr P W Gleeson 250/1
18 May 26+235d Roscommon Michael Tiger Lyons Memorial Maiden 10.5f · Good To Yielding · 13 ran Settled around midfield - made no headway in the straight - dropped away to finish well held 11/13 1¼ 10-7 52C69C Seamie Heffernan 200/1
25 Sep 25 Listowel Kevin McManus Bookmaker Flat Race 16f · Good To Yielding · 18 ran Held up at the back - driven with no response from 5f out - well beaten at the finish 17/18 15 11-3 33C85C Mr P W Gleeson 200/1

Quick answers

How many races has Believe Again (IRE) won?
Believe Again (IRE) has yet to win, from 4 archived starts between 2025 and 2026.
Who trains Believe Again (IRE)?
Believe Again (IRE) is trained by Seamus G O'Donnell, who saddled the horse on its most recent run on 12 August 2026.
Who is Believe Again (IRE)'s sire?
Believe Again (IRE) is by Make Believe (GB) out of Lily Again (GB), whose sire is American Post.
What is Believe Again (IRE)'s sire's record?
Make Believe (GB)'s progeny in our archive have won 11.1% of 3,596 runs since Jan 2008 (297 horses), Flat and jumps together.
Who are Believe Again (IRE)'s siblings?
Out of Lily Again (GB), Believe Again (IRE) has 5 other produce in our archive, 3 of them winners. Most wins: Li Kui (GB) (2). Highest grade won: Class 4 (Kidda (GB)). The wins came over 5f–1m. As at Oct 2026.

Record shown from September 2025. Our archive holds racing in Great Britain, Ireland and France from January 2005. Runs in other countries are not in it, and earlier runs are not available from our data provider. In-running comments are available from 2024 onward.