Ben Thomson (IRE)
Ben Thomson won the Adare Manor Opportunity Handicap Hurdle at Down Royal over 2m1f – 2m4f on soft ground in Dec 2021 off an official rating of 96. The gelding, who raced 18 times on turf between Aug 2020 and Jun 2024, has one win and three places from his career. He last ran when ninth of 15 in the Randox Handicap Hurdle at Downpatrick in Jun 2024 off an official rating of 82. Aged 8 at his last run in Jun 2024.
- 1–18Wins / Runs
- 5.6%Strike rate
- 3 (16.7%)Placed
- −12.00£1 level staken=18 at SP
- 0.87Fair A/E n=18 · 0.69 incl. margin
- 99Highest OR
- 82dAvg between runs
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 91
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 21 Oct 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Soft | 6 | 116B | 90.5 | — |
| Good | 4 | 91B | 80 | — |
| Good to Soft | 3 | 128B | 85 | — |
| Heavy | 1 | — | — | — |
| Distance | Runs | Best | Median | Since 21 Oct 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2m1f – 2m4f | 8 | 111C | 83.5 | — |
| 2m5f – 3m | 3 | 99B | 70 | — |
| 1m5f – 2m | 3 | 128B | 116 | — |
Of 18 runs looked at, 4 have no figure: no race clock stored (1) · did not complete (1) · obstacles omitted — the race ran a shortened course (1) · not enough races on the card to set the day (under 4) (1).
KTB Speed v1 · batch 15 Sep 2026 · GB & Irish racing only · 14 figures from 18 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 9.1% of 1,510 runs since Jan 2008 (102 horses).
| Going | Runs | Wins | SR | vs sire | This horse |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Firm | 3 | 0 | 0% | −9.1 | — |
| Good to Firm | 103 | 10 | 9.7% | +0.6 | — |
| Good | 371 | 36 | 9.7% | +0.6 | 0 from 5 |
| Good to Soft | 237 | 21 | 8.9% | −0.2 | 0 from 3 |
| Soft | 402 | 33 | 8.2% | −0.9 | 1 from 8 |
| Heavy | 166 | 20 | 12% | +2.9 | 0 from 2 |
| Standard (AW) | 228 | 18 | 7.9% | −1.2 | — |
| Distance (all codes) | Runs | Wins | SR | vs sire | This horse |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Under 6f | 9 | 0 | 0% | −9.1 | — |
| 6f – 7f | 190 | 16 | 8.4% | −0.7 | — |
| 1m – 1m1f | 256 | 25 | 9.8% | +0.7 | — |
| 1m2f – 1m4f | 260 | 18 | 6.9% | −2.2 | — |
| 1m5f – 2m | 324 | 28 | 8.6% | −0.5 | 0 from 5 |
| 2m1f – 2m4f | 289 | 34 | 11.8% | +2.7 | 1 from 10 |
| 2m5f – 3m | 160 | 16 | 10% | +0.9 | 0 from 3 |
| Over 3m | 22 | 1 | 4.5% | −4.6 | — |
Flat and jumps together (all codes) · since Jan 2008 · as at 20 Oct 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 Diamond Nora (IRE) (2 wins).
The wins came over 2m–2m1½f.
| Produce | Runs | Wins | Win trips | Best grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Diamond Nora (IRE) | 8 | 2 | 2m–2m1½f | — |
| Jewelinthename (IRE) | 9 | 0 | — | — |
| Molly Honey (IRE) | 3 | 0 | — | — |
Record by conditions
| Going | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Soft | 8 | 1 | 13% | −2.00 |
| Good | 5 | 0 | 0% | −5.00 |
| Good to Soft | 3 | 0 | 0% | −3.00 |
| Heavy | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Course | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bellewstown | 3 | 0 | 0% | −3.00 |
| Cork | 3 | 0 | 0% | −3.00 |
| Fairyhouse | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Downpatrick | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Ballinrobe | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Navan | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Punchestown | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Naas | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Down Royal | 1 | 1 | 100% | +5.00 |
| Limerick | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Kilbeggan | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Clonmel | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Sligo | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Distance | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2m1f – 2m4f | 10 | 1 | 10% | −4.00 |
| 1m5f – 2m | 5 | 0 | 0% | −5.00 |
| 2m5f – 3m | 3 | 0 | 0% | −3.00 |
| Jockey | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sean Flanagan | 4 | 0 | 0% | −4.00 |
| Simon Torrens | 3 | 0 | 0% | −3.00 |
| Neil Ryan | 3 | 1 | 33% | +3.00 |
| Thomas Reilly | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| E Walsh | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Mr J Kidd | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Kate Hyland | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Jonathan Moore | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Mr M J O'Hare | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Headgear | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tongue tie | 13 | 1 | 8% | −7.00 |
| None | 5 | 0 | 0% | −5.00 |
| Season | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| 2023 | 6 | 0 | 0% | −6.00 |
| 2022 | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| 2021 | 9 | 1 | 11% | −3.00 |
| 2020 | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Type | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hurdle | 15 | 1 | 7% | −9.00 |
| Flat | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Chase | 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
Quick answers
- How many races has Ben Thomson (IRE) won?
- Ben Thomson (IRE) won 1 of 18 archived starts between 2020 and 2024, a strike rate of 5.6%. Placed 3 times in total (16.7% of starts).
- Who trained Ben Thomson (IRE)?
- Ben Thomson (IRE) was trained by John C McConnell on the most recent run on record, at Downpatrick on 15 June 2024.
- Who is Ben Thomson (IRE)'s sire?
- Ben Thomson (IRE) is by Famous Name (GB) out of Essaoira Jewel (IRE), whose sire is Bach.
- What going does Ben Thomson (IRE) prefer?
- Ben Thomson (IRE) has the best record on soft going: 1 win from 8 starts (12.5%). Only going bands with at least three archived starts are read, so this is a direction rather than a settled preference.
- What is Ben Thomson (IRE)'s official rating?
- The most recent official rating on record is 82, from the run on 15 June 2024. The highest on record is 99.
- What is Ben Thomson (IRE)'s sire's record?
- Famous Name (GB)'s progeny in our archive have won 9.1% of 1,510 runs since Jan 2008 (102 horses), Flat and jumps together.
- Who are Ben Thomson (IRE)'s siblings?
- Out of Essaoira Jewel (IRE), Ben Thomson (IRE) has 3 other produce in our archive, 1 of them a winner. Most wins: Diamond Nora (IRE) (2). The wins came over 2m–2m1½f. As at Oct 2026.