How many races has Ben Hur (IRE) won?

Ben Hur (IRE) won 2 of 9 archived starts between 2024 and 2026, a strike rate of 22.2%. Placed 5 times in total (55.6% of starts).

Who trains Ben Hur (IRE)?

Ben Hur (IRE) is trained by Noel Meade, who saddled the horse on its most recent run on 24 September 2026.

Who is Ben Hur (IRE)'s sire?

Ben Hur (IRE) is by Coulsty (IRE) out of Harmonic Note (GB), whose sire is Nayef.

What going does Ben Hur (IRE) prefer?

Ben Hur (IRE) has the best record on soft going: 1 win from 3 starts (33.3%). Only going bands with at least three archived starts are read, so this is a direction rather than a settled preference.

What is Ben Hur (IRE)'s official rating?

The most recent official rating on record is 124, from the run on 24 September 2026. That is also the highest on record.

Who are Ben Hur (IRE)'s siblings?

Out of Harmonic Note (GB), Ben Hur (IRE) has 5 other produce in our archive, 1 of them a winner. Most wins: Musical Soldier (IRE) (4). Highest grade won: Class 6 (Musical Soldier (IRE)). The wins came over 7f. As at Oct 2026.

Horse profile

Ben Hur (IRE)

4yo gelding · Trainer Noel Meade · Owner P L Polly Micheal Dorman

by Coulsty (IRE) out of Harmonic Note (GB) (Nayef)

9 runs · 8 courses · from Sep 2024

As at 18 Oct 2026 · KTB archive: GB, Ireland & France · 2005–present, updated daily

2 wins · Leopardstown (IRE) & Fairyhouse Beaten favourite LTO Ran 23 days ago · 2nd of 13 Last raced off OR 124

KTB Profile

Ben Hur is a gelding who has two wins from nine starts on turf, both over 1m5f – 2m. He won the William Bourke Memorial 3-Y-O Maiden Hurdle at Fairyhouse on soft ground in Dec 2025 and the Money Back Daily Specials With Tote.ie Handicap at Leopardstown on good to soft ground in Aug 2026 off an official rating of 74. Each win came on a first visit to the course. He finished second of 13 as beaten favourite in a Class 1 hurdle at Listowel in Sep 2026, last raced off a career-high mark of 124.

Based on 9 archived runs · run-style from 6 commented runs · updated 18 Oct 2026

2–9Wins / Runs
22.2%Strike rate
5 (55.6%)Placed
−3.50£1 level staken=9 at SP
1.53Fair A/E n=9 · 1.22 incl. margin
124Highest OR
94dAvg between runs

KTB Speed and Rating

KTB Speed

Best recent Speed 101 the best of the last 3 graded (A or B) runs · Listowel (IRE), 24 Sep 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 →

Jumps 4 figures · best 101^B · median 91.5

Going	Runs	Best	Median	Since 18 Oct 2025
Soft	2	99^A	88.5	2 · 99 / 88.5
Good	1	—	—	1 · —
Heavy	1	—	—	1 · —

Distance	Runs	Best	Median	Since 18 Oct 2025
1m5f – 2m	4	101^B	91.5	4 · 101 / 91.5

Flat 4 figures · best 96^C · median 86.5

Going	Runs	Best	Median	Since 18 Oct 2025
Good	2	96^C	89.5	—
Good to Soft	1	—	—	1 · —
Heavy	1	—	—	1 · —

Distance	Runs	Best	Median	Since 18 Oct 2025
1m5f – 2m	1	—	—	1 · —
1m2f – 1m4f	1	—	—	1 · —
1m – 1m1f	1	—	—	—
6f – 7f	1	—	—	—

Of 9 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 · 8 figures from 9 runs · as at 3 Oct 2026 · a record, not a forecast

KTB Rating

Best recent KTB Rating (jumps) 138^A the best of the last 3 rated runs · Listowel (IRE), 24 Sep 2026 Official rating 124 at the last jumps run, 24 Sep 2026

Best recent KTB Rating (flat) 84^A the best of the last 3 rated runs · Leopardstown (IRE), 20 Aug 2026 Official rating 74 at the last flat run, 20 Aug 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 →

Jumps 4 figures · best 138^A · median 129.5

Going	Runs	Best	Median	Since 18 Oct 2025
Soft	2	131^A	129.5	2 · 131 / 129.5
Good	1	—	—	1 · —
Heavy	1	—	—	1 · —

Distance	Runs	Best	Median	Since 18 Oct 2025
1m5f – 2m	4	138^A	129.5	4 · 138 / 129.5

Flat 5 figures · best 84^A · median 82

Going	Runs	Best	Median	Since 18 Oct 2025
Good	2	84^A	80.5	—
Good to Soft	1	—	—	1 · —
Soft	1	—	—	1 · —
Heavy	1	—	—	1 · —

Distance	Runs	Best	Median	Since 18 Oct 2025
1m5f – 2m	2	84^A	83	2 · 84 / 83
1m2f – 1m4f	1	—	—	1 · —
1m – 1m1f	1	—	—	—
6f – 7f	1	—	—	—

KTB Rating v1 · batch 3 Oct 2026 · GB & Irish racing only · 9 figures from 9 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 6 analysed runs

Midfield 3 (50%) · 1 win
Held up 2 (33%) · 0 wins
Led 1 (17%) · 1 win

Pedigree intelligence

Sire

Coulsty (IRE)

Progeny in our archive have won 9.7% of 1,512 runs since Jan 2008 (165 horses).

Going	Runs	Wins	SR	vs sire	This horse
Firm	5	2	40%	+30.3	—
Good to Firm	234	17	7.3%	−2.4	—
Good	381	39	10.2%	+0.5	0 from 3
Good to Soft	152	15	9.9%	+0.2	1 from 1
Soft	230	23	10%	+0.3	1 from 3
Heavy	66	8	12.1%	+2.4	0 from 2
Standard (AW)	444	42	9.5%	−0.2	—

Distance (all codes)	Runs	Wins	SR	vs sire	This horse
Under 6f	248	25	10.1%	+0.4	—
6f – 7f	726	68	9.4%	−0.3	0 from 1
1m – 1m1f	326	31	9.5%	−0.2	0 from 1
1m2f – 1m4f	135	15	11.1%	+1.4	0 from 1
1m5f – 2m	60	7	11.7%	+2	2 from 6
2m1f – 2m4f	16	0	0%	−9.7	—
2m5f – 3m	1	0	0%	−9.7	—

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

Harmonic Note (GB) (Nayef)

5 siblings in the archive, 1 winner — best of them Musical Soldier (IRE) (4 wins).

The wins came over 7f; the highest grade won is Class 6 (Musical Soldier (IRE)).

Produce	Runs	Wins	Win trips	Best grade
Musical Soldier (IRE)	17	4	7f	Class 6
Helen Of Albany (IRE)	2	0	—	—
Pay Scale (IRE)	1	0	—	—
Desert Chorus (IRE)	2	0	—	—
Singers Star (IRE)	1	0	—	—

Record by conditions

Going	Runs	Wins	SR	£1
Good	3	0	0%	−3.00
Soft	3	1	33%	−0.25
Heavy	2	0	0%	−2.00
Good to Soft	1	1	100%	+1.75

Class	Runs	Wins	SR	£1
Class 1	1	0	0%	−1.00

Course	Runs	Wins	SR	£1
Curragh	2	0	0%	−2.00
Listowel (IRE)	1	0	0%	−1.00
Leopardstown (IRE)	1	1	100%	+1.75
Galway (IRE)	1	0	0%	−1.00
Leopardstown	1	0	0%	−1.00
Fairyhouse	1	1	100%	+1.75
Navan	1	0	0%	−1.00
Down Royal	1	0	0%	−1.00

Distance	Runs	Wins	SR	£1
1m5f – 2m	6	2	33%	−0.50
1m2f – 1m4f	1	0	0%	−1.00
1m – 1m1f	1	0	0%	−1.00
6f – 7f	1	0	0%	−1.00

Jockey	Runs	Wins	SR	£1
Donagh Meyler	4	1	25%	−1.25
Adam Caffrey	2	1	50%	+0.75
Colin Keane	2	0	0%	−2.00
Ben Coen	1	0	0%	−1.00

Season	Runs	Wins	SR	£1
2026	3	1	33%	−0.25
2025	4	1	25%	−1.25
2024	2	0	0%	−2.00

Type	Runs	Wins	SR	£1
Flat	5	1	20%	−2.25
Hurdle	4	1	25%	−1.25

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
24 Sep 26+35d	Listowel (IRE)	Listowel Races Supporters Club Lartigue Hurdle (Handicap) In Memory Of John Molyneaux (Listed) Class 1 · 16f · Good · 13 ran Settled midpack early - 6th at halfway - improved into 3rd turning for home - pushed into 2nd approaching 2 out with a small stumble - fighting for the runner-up spot and another minor error at the last - stayed on at one speed to finish 2nd	2/13	2¼	11-3	124	101^B	138^A	Donagh Meyler	3/1F
20 Aug 26+22d	Leopardstown (IRE)	Money Back Daily Specials With Tote.ie Handicap 13f · Good To Yielding · 11 ran Settled midfield early - moved into contention 2f out and pushed up to 4th with a furlong and a half left - edged in front close home - finished strongly for the win	1/11		9-8	74	90^A	84^A	Adam Caffrey	7/4F
29 Jul 26+215d	Galway (IRE)	Bet With Tote.ie On Racing & Sports Handicap 16.5f · Yielding · 19 ran Up with the front group - moved through to 2nd over 2f out and hit the front on entering the straight - soon under pressure and fell back to 3rd over 1f out - one-paced inside the final furlong	3/19	5½	9-5	71	—	82^A	Adam Caffrey	7/2J
26 Dec 25+13d	Leopardstown	Changing Times Brewery Juvenile Hurdle (Grade 2) 16f · Yielding · 10 ran Sat close to the front group early - 4th at halfway - improved into 2nd approaching 3 out - driven but made little headway into the straight - eased back to 4th before the last and held on without finding more	5/10	1½	10-13	—	99^A	128^A	Donagh Meyler	15/2
13 Dec 25+27d	Fairyhouse	William Bourke Memorial 3-Y-O Maiden Hurdle 16f · Soft · 12 ran Sat close to the pace pulling keenly early - 5th at halfway then improved into 3rd turning in - edged in front nearing the last with a slight mistake - driven out to prevail	1/12		11-0	—	78^A	131^A	Donagh Meyler	7/4F
16 Nov 25+14d	Navan	Bar One Racing 'Play Casino Online' 3-Y-O Maiden Hurdle 16f · Heavy · 12 ran Settled midfield early - moved into contention before stumbling two out - pressed for effort into third - edged into second inside the final furlong but couldn't get near the winner - stayed on at an even gallop for second	2/12	4¼	11-0	—	84^A	128^A	Donagh Meyler	6/1
02 Nov 25+399d	Curragh	1xBet Safer Gambling Maiden 12f · Heavy · 23 ran Settled midfield early - pushed along and closed ground 3f out but made no headway into 6th around 1 1/2f out - stayed on same gear to finish 7th	7/23	½	9-8	—	60^C	79^A	Ben Coen	25/1
29 Sep 24+23d	Curragh	Trainor Stone And Tile Irish European Breeders Fund Maiden 9f · Good · 14 ran Held up in midfield - 8th at halfway - driven and edged forward from over 2f out - unable to close and finished at a steady clip through the last furlong - eventually seventh	7/14	¾	9-7	—	96^C	77^A	Colin Keane	14/1
06 Sep 24	Down Royal	Irish European Breeders Fund Auction Series Maiden 7f · Good · 14 ran Held up at the back - improved into contention 2f out then in 7th and driven approaching final furlong - stayed on to take 4th late	4/14	1¾	9-3	—	83^C	84^A	Colin Keane	12/1

Quick answers

How many races has Ben Hur (IRE) won?: Ben Hur (IRE) won 2 of 9 archived starts between 2024 and 2026, a strike rate of 22.2%. Placed 5 times in total (55.6% of starts).
Who trains Ben Hur (IRE)?: Ben Hur (IRE) is trained by Noel Meade, who saddled the horse on its most recent run on 24 September 2026.
Who is Ben Hur (IRE)'s sire?: Ben Hur (IRE) is by Coulsty (IRE) out of Harmonic Note (GB), whose sire is Nayef.
What going does Ben Hur (IRE) prefer?: Ben Hur (IRE) has the best record on soft going: 1 win from 3 starts (33.3%). Only going bands with at least three archived starts are read, so this is a direction rather than a settled preference.
What is Ben Hur (IRE)'s official rating?: The most recent official rating on record is 124, from the run on 24 September 2026. That is also the highest on record.
What is Ben Hur (IRE)'s sire's record?: Coulsty (IRE)'s progeny in our archive have won 9.7% of 1,512 runs since Jan 2008 (165 horses), Flat and jumps together.
Who are Ben Hur (IRE)'s siblings?: Out of Harmonic Note (GB), Ben Hur (IRE) has 5 other produce in our archive, 1 of them a winner. Most wins: Musical Soldier (IRE) (4). Highest grade won: Class 6 (Musical Soldier (IRE)). The wins came over 7f. As at Oct 2026.

KTB Speed and Rating

Run style from 6 analysed runs

Pedigree intelligence

Record by conditions

▾Going

▾Class 1 of 9 runs

▾Course

▾Distance

▾Jockey

▾Season

▾Type

Form

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