Ben Cruachan (IRE)
Ben Cruachan is a lightly raced gelding with one placing from two starts over hurdles. He finished third of eight at Fontwell in Oct 2025 and sixth of 11 at the same course in Oct 2026 when prominent in a Class 4 maiden hurdle on good to soft ground. By Lauro, whose progeny have a 5% strike rate over 2m1f to 2m4f since Jan 2008. His dam has produced one winner from three runners to race.
- 0–2Wins / Runs
- 0%Strike rate
- 1 (50%)Placed
- −2.00£1 level staken=2 at SP
- 363dBetween runs (median)
KTB Speed and Rating
Best recent Speed 115
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 | 1 | — | — | 1 run · — |
| Good to Soft | 1 | — | — | — |
| Distance | Runs | Best | Median | Since 4 Nov 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2m1f – 2m4f | 2 | 115B | 107.5 | 1 run · — |
KTB Speed v1 · batch 15 Sep 2026 · GB & Irish racing only · 2 figures from 2 runs · as at 29 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.
Pedigree intelligence
Progeny in our archive have won 9.5% of 548 runs since Feb 2014 (87 horses).
Strongest on good going: 16.1% from 149. Weakest on soft going: 5.6% from 196. Strongest over 1m5f – 2m (all codes): 14.6% from 171. Weakest over 2m1f – 2m4f (all codes): 5% from 221.
| Going | Runs | Wins | SR | vs sire | This horse |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Good to Firm | 11 | 1 | 9.1% | −0.4 | — |
| Good | 149 | 24 | 16.1% | +6.6 | — |
| Good to Soft | 97 | 7 | 7.2% | −2.3 | 0 from 1 |
| Soft | 196 | 11 | 5.6% | −3.9 | 0 from 1 |
| Heavy | 58 | 6 | 10.3% | +0.8 | — |
| Standard (AW) | 37 | 3 | 8.1% | −1.4 | — |
| Distance (all codes) | Runs | Wins | SR | vs sire | This horse |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1m – 1m1f | 29 | 3 | 10.3% | +0.8 | — |
| 1m2f – 1m4f | 42 | 3 | 7.1% | −2.4 | — |
| 1m5f – 2m | 171 | 25 | 14.6% | +5.1 | — |
| 2m1f – 2m4f | 221 | 11 | 5% | −4.5 | 0 from 2 |
| 2m5f – 3m | 70 | 7 | 10% | +0.5 | — |
| Over 3m | 15 | 3 | 20% | +10.5 | — |
Flat and jumps together (all codes) · since Feb 2014 · as at 4 Nov 2026 · rows under 30 runs muted · win % is the measure, a record not a forecast
3 siblings in the archive, 1 winner — best of them Merchant House (IRE) (1 win).
The wins came over 2m1f; the highest grade won is Class 4 (Merchant House (IRE)).
| Produce | Runs | Wins | Win trips | Best grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Merchant House (IRE) | 7 | 1 | 2m1f | Class 4 |
| Hartnoll Hero (IRE) | 8 | 0 | — | — |
| Punchers Path (IRE) | 5 | 0 | — | — |
Too few runs for meaningful splits. The full record is below.
Form
| Date | Course | Race | Pos | Btn | Wgt | Spd | KTB | Jockey | SP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 · 1 run | |||||||||
| 21 Oct 26+363d | Fontwell | BETTING.BET Free Racing Tips Maiden Hurdle Race (gbb Race) Up with the pace early - jumping lacked rhythm around halfway - made no inroads before 2 out and finished 6th | 6/11 | nk | 11-4 | 115B | 107B | Ben Jones | 100/30 |
| 2025 · 1 run | |||||||||
| 23 Oct 25 | Fontwell | Bet Clever BetGoodwin Maiden Hurdle (GBB Race) (Div 2) Settled towards the back of the pack - shifted into 2nd - awkward jumping 6th - progress from 3 out - pushed along before 2 out then up into 3rd at the last - beaten into third | 3/8 | 6 | 11-4 | 100A | 129A | Ben Jones | 28/1 |
Quick answers
- How many races has Ben Cruachan won?
- Ben Cruachan (IRE) has yet to win, from 2 archived starts between 2025 and 2026. Placed 1 time in total (50% of starts).
- Who trains Ben Cruachan?
- Ben Cruachan (IRE) is trained by Philip Hobbs & Johnson White, who saddled the horse on its most recent run on 21 October 2026.
- Who is Ben Cruachan's sire?
- Ben Cruachan (IRE) is by Lauro (GER) out of Skyra (IRE), whose sire is Scorpion.
- What is Ben Cruachan's sire's record?
- Lauro (GER)'s progeny in our archive have won 9.5% of 548 runs since Feb 2014 (87 horses), Flat and jumps together. Strongest on good going: 16.1% from 149. Weakest on soft going: 5.6% from 196. Strongest over 1m5f – 2m (all codes): 14.6% from 171. Weakest over 2m1f – 2m4f (all codes): 5% from 221.
- Who are Ben Cruachan's siblings?
- Out of Skyra (IRE), Ben Cruachan (IRE) has 3 other produce in our archive, 1 of them a winner. Most wins: Merchant House (IRE) (1). Highest grade won: Class 4 (Merchant House (IRE)). The wins came over 2m1f. As at Nov 2026.