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Horse profile

Believe Believe (IRE)

3yo gelding · Trainer M D O'Callaghan · Owner Believe Believe Partnership
by Make Believe (GB) out of Chiarezza (AUS) (Fantastic Light)
8 runs · 6 courses · from Aug 2025
As at 19 Oct 2026 · KTB archive: GB, Ireland & France · 2005–present, updated daily
Won at Punchestown (IRE) Ran 13 days ago · 5th of 12 Last raced off OR 62
KTB Profile

Believe Believe (IRE) is 1 from 8. The win came on good or faster ground (0 from 7 on softer). Last raced off a career-high mark of 62.

Based on 8 archived runs · run-style from 3 commented runs · updated 19 Oct 2026
KTB at a glance Wins on good or faster OR at career high
Official rating62At career-high mark
62 57–62

KTB Speed and Rating

KTB Speed

Best recent Speed 86 the best of the last 2 graded (A or B) runs · Killarney (IRE), 5 Oct 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 8 figures · best 101C · median 76.5
GoingRunsBestMedianSince 19 Oct 2025
Soft386A461 · —
Heavy391C792 · 91 / 85
Good1——1 · —
Good to Soft1——1 · —
DistanceRunsBestMedianSince 19 Oct 2025
6f – 7f591C512 · 91 / 85
1m – 1m1f2101C87.52 · 101 / 87.5
1m2f – 1m4f1——1 · —

KTB Speed v1 · batch 15 Sep 2026 · GB & Irish racing only · 8 figures from 8 runs · as at 13 Oct 2026 · a record, not a forecast

KTB Rating

Best recent KTB Rating 91A the best of the last 3 rated runs · Punchestown (IRE), 15 Sep 2026 Official rating 62 at the last run, 5 Oct 2026

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 8 figures · best 91A · median 60.5
GoingRunsBestMedianSince 19 Oct 2025
Soft366A601 · —
Heavy361A572 · 61 / 59
Good1——1 · —
Good to Soft1——1 · —
DistanceRunsBestMedianSince 19 Oct 2025
6f – 7f561A572 · 61 / 59
1m – 1m1f291A84.52 · 91 / 84.5
1m2f – 1m4f1——1 · —

KTB Rating v1 · batch 3 Oct 2026 · GB & Irish racing only · 8 figures from 8 runs · as at 13 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
  • Prominent 1 (33%) · 1 win

Pedigree intelligence

Sire

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%+1.5—
Good8729911.4%+0.31 from 1
Good to Soft4355612.9%+1.80 from 1
Soft6947110.2%−0.90 from 3
Heavy270259.3%−1.80 from 3
Standard (AW)97910410.6%−0.5—
Distance (all codes)RunsWinsSRvs sireThis horse
Under 6f8178.6%−2.5—
6f – 7f8469511.2%+0.10 from 5
1m – 1m1f1,04810710.2%−0.91 from 2
1m2f – 1m4f7869412%+0.90 from 1
1m5f – 2m5337113.3%+2.2—
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
Chiarezza (AUS) (Fantastic Light)

5 siblings in the archive, 2 winners — best of them Parkers Hill (IRE) (3 wins).

The wins came over 5f–1m.

ProduceRunsWinsWin tripsBest grade
Parkers Hill (IRE)2936f–1m—
Quarantine Dreams (IRE)1115f—
Chiavari (IRE)330——
Lisadobber (IRE)30——
Spey Secret (IRE)30——

Record by conditions

GoingRunsWinsSR£1
Soft 3 0 0% −3.00
Heavy 3 0 0% −3.00
Good 1 1 100% +5.00
Good to Soft 1 0 0% −1.00

CourseRunsWinsSR£1
Gowran Park 2 0 0% −2.00
Curragh 2 0 0% −2.00
Killarney (IRE) 1 0 0% −1.00
Punchestown (IRE) 1 1 100% +5.00
Galway 1 0 0% −1.00
Tipperary 1 0 0% −1.00

DistanceRunsWinsSR£1
6f – 7f 5 0 0% −5.00
1m – 1m1f 2 1 50% +4.00
1m2f – 1m4f 1 0 0% −1.00

JockeyRunsWinsSR£1
Jamie Powell 6 1 17% +0.00
Reese Holohan 1 0 0% −1.00
Sam Coen 1 0 0% −1.00

HeadgearRunsWinsSR£1
None 7 1 14% −1.00
Cheekpieces 1 0 0% −1.00

SeasonRunsWinsSR£1
2026 3 1 33% +3.00
2025 5 0 0% −5.00

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 ORSpdKTB Jockey SP
05 Oct 26+20d Killarney (IRE) Killarney Grand Apprentice Handicap 11f · Soft · 12 ran Raced in the pack - urged on turning for home - 5th and shaken up 2f out - made no dent approaching the last furlong - plodded on to finish 5th 5/12 shd 9-4 6286A66A Reese Holohan 4/1
15 Sep 26+133d Punchestown (IRE) Festival 2027 On Sale Soon Handicap (Div II) 9f · Good · 13 ran Settled handy early - 5th at halfway - improved into contention 3f out - moved through raiders 2f out - edged ahead close home to prevail 1/13 9-7 57101C91A Jamie Powell 5/1
05 May 26+190d Gowran Park Follow Us On Instagram Apprentice Handicap (0-60) 8f · Good To Yielding · 14 ran Sat just behind the front group early - urged into 4th two out - improved to 3rd inside final furlong amid rivals - stayed on to snatch second on the line 2/14 ½ 9-7 5774C78A Sam Coen 5/4F
27 Oct 25+7d Galway www.swordsecurity.com Nursery Handicap 7f · Heavy · 15 ran Settled midpack - pushed along with no headway over 2f out - stayed on same gait before being bumped inside the last furlong 8/15 nk 9-0 5879C57A Jamie Powell 4/1F
20 Oct 25+16d Gowran Park Golf At Gowran Park Nursery Handicap (0-60) 7f · Heavy · 15 ran Slow to break and settled towards the back - pushed along with no headway 2f out - stayed on same gear through the closing stages - finished 10th 10/15 nk 9-12 6091C61A Jamie Powell 14/1
04 Oct 25+6d Curragh Bermingham Cameras Irish European Breeders Fund (C & G) Maiden 7f · Soft To Heavy · 13 ran Slow to break - settled towards the back - pushed along and given a tap approaching 3f - 13th with 3f to run - unable to threaten leaders over a furlong out - stayed on late but always held 9/13 2¾ 9-5 —51C57C Jamie Powell 66/1
28 Sep 25+28d Curragh Fitzpatricks Mercedes-Benz Irish European Breeders Fund Maiden 7f · Yielding To Soft · 12 ran Held up towards the back - still down in 11th at halfway - urged forward before the 4f marker - shaken up out wide 2f out - up into 6th with a furlong left before staying on at one speed to finish sixth 6/12 2¼ 9-4 —46A60A Jamie Powell 100/1
31 Aug 25 Tipperary Irish EBF Auction Series Maiden 7.5f · Yielding · 13 ran Sluggish to break - settled at back of the field early - made no impression thereafter - finished well beaten in 13th 13/13 2 9-0 —-8C46C Jamie Powell 16/1

Quick answers

How many races has Believe Believe (IRE) won?
Believe Believe (IRE) won 1 of 8 archived starts between 2025 and 2026, a strike rate of 12.5%. Placed 2 times in total (25% of starts).
Who trains Believe Believe (IRE)?
Believe Believe (IRE) is trained by M D O'Callaghan, who saddled the horse on its most recent run on 5 October 2026.
Who is Believe Believe (IRE)'s sire?
Believe Believe (IRE) is by Make Believe (GB) out of Chiarezza (AUS), whose sire is Fantastic Light.
What is Believe Believe (IRE)'s official rating?
The most recent official rating on record is 62, from the run on 5 October 2026. That is also the highest on record.
What is Believe Believe (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 Believe (IRE)'s siblings?
Out of Chiarezza (AUS), Believe Believe (IRE) has 5 other produce in our archive, 2 of them winners. Most wins: Parkers Hill (IRE) (3). The wins came over 5f–1m. As at Oct 2026.

Record shown from August 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.