Horse profile
Ben Vrackie (GB)
by Frankel (GB) out of Kinnaird (IRE) (Dr Devious)
27 runs · 19 courses · from Jul 2018
As at 25 Oct 2026 · KTB archive: GB, Ireland & France · 2005–present, updated daily
Won at Lingfield (AW)
Last run 4 Oct 2026 · 12th of 12
Last raced off OR 80
KTB Profile
Typically ridden with patience — held up in 4 of 6 analysed runs — Ben Vrackie (GB) is 1 from 27, the win coming at Class 5 level. Hasn't won since Jul 2018. The win came on the all-weather — 0 from 25 on turf. Last raced off 80, 28lb below the career-high mark.
Based on 27 archived runs · run-style from 6 commented runs since Aug 2024 · updated 25 Oct 2026
KTB at a glance
Typically held up
Won on AW, 0 on turf
Win at Class 5
OR ↓ 28lb off peak
- 1–27Wins / Runs
- 3.7%Strike rate
- 4 (14.8%)Placed
- −25.56£1 level staken=27 at SP
- 0.37Fair A/E n=27 · 0.30 incl. margin
- 108Highest OR
- 116dAvg 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.
Official rating80↓ 28lb off peak
80
80–108
KTB Speed and Rating
KTB Speed
Best recent Speed 106
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
| Going | Runs | Best | Median | Since 25 Oct 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Good | 4 | 115C | 102.5 | — |
| Good to Firm | 4 | 107C | 92 | — |
| Standard (AW) | 2 | 120B | 111.5 | — |
| Soft | 1 | — | — | 1 run · — |
| Good to Soft | 1 | — | — | — |
| Distance | Runs | Best | Median | Since 25 Oct 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1m2f – 1m4f | 7 | 120B | 96 | 1 run · — |
| 1m5f – 2m | 5 | 115C | 107 | — |
Jumps
| Going | Runs | Best | Median | Since 25 Oct 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Good | 5 | 106B | 83 | — |
| Good to Soft | 2 | 71B | 68.5 | — |
| Soft | 2 | 70C | 56.5 | — |
| Heavy | 1 | — | — | — |
| Distance | Runs | Best | Median | Since 25 Oct 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2m1f – 2m4f | 6 | 93B | 69.5 | — |
| 2m5f – 3m | 3 | 106B | 90 | — |
| 1m5f – 2m | 1 | — | — | — |
Of 27 runs looked at, 5 have no figure: not enough races on the card to set the day (under 4) (2) · did not complete (2) · obstacles omitted — the race ran a shortened course (1).
KTB Speed v1 · batch 15 Sep 2026 · GB & Irish racing only · 22 figures from 27 runs · as at 12 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 since Aug 2024
- Held up 4 (67%) · 0 wins
- Mid-division 2 (33%) · 0 wins
Pedigree intelligence
Sire
Progeny in our archive have won 18% of 7,513 runs since Jan 2008 (877 horses).
Weakest on heavy going: 12.8% from 329. Weakest over 2m1f – 2m4f (all codes): 12.3% from 268.
| Going | Runs | Wins | SR | vs sire | This horse |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Firm | 15 | 4 | 26.7% | +8.7 | — |
| Good to Firm | 1,280 | 259 | 20.2% | +2.2 | 0 from 4 |
| Good | 1,915 | 362 | 18.9% | +0.9 | 0 from 9 |
| Good to Soft | 1,020 | 175 | 17.2% | −0.8 | 0 from 6 |
| Soft | 1,110 | 162 | 14.6% | −3.4 | 0 from 4 |
| Heavy | 329 | 42 | 12.8% | −5.2 | 0 from 2 |
| Standard (AW) | 1,844 | 348 | 18.9% | +0.9 | 1 from 2 |
| Distance (all codes) | Runs | Wins | SR | vs sire | This horse |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Under 6f | 65 | 11 | 16.9% | −1.1 | — |
| 6f – 7f | 1,259 | 236 | 18.7% | +0.7 | — |
| 1m – 1m1f | 1,977 | 369 | 18.7% | +0.7 | — |
| 1m2f – 1m4f | 2,881 | 546 | 19% | +1 | 1 from 7 |
| 1m5f – 2m | 968 | 151 | 15.6% | −2.4 | 0 from 8 |
| 2m1f – 2m4f | 268 | 33 | 12.3% | −5.7 | 0 from 8 |
| 2m5f – 3m | 84 | 6 | 7.1% | −10.9 | 0 from 3 |
| Over 3m | 11 | 0 | 0% | −18 | 0 from 1 |
Flat and jumps together (all codes) · since Jan 2008 · as at 25 Oct 2026 · rows under 30 runs muted · win % is the measure, a record not a forecast
Dam
Kinnaird (IRE) (Dr Devious)
8 siblings in the archive, 6 winners — best of them Berkshire (IRE) (4 wins).
The wins came over 7f–1m4f; the highest grade won is Group 2 (Berkshire (IRE)).
| Produce | Runs | Wins | Win trips | Best grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Berkshire (IRE) | 17 | 4 | 7f–1m3½f | Group 2 |
| Keenes Royale (GB) | 10 | 3 | 1m2f–1m4f | Class 5 |
| Abdon (GB) | 12 | 2 | 1m–1m2½f | Class 2 |
| Keene Dancer (GB) | 6 | 2 | 1m | Class 4 |
| Abjar (GB) | 8 | 1 | 1m4f | Class 5 |
| Let's Fly Again (GB) | 10 | 1 | 1m | Class 5 |
| Green Pearl (IRE) | 12 | 0 | — | — |
| Kusnacht (GB) | 1 | 0 | — | — |
Record by conditions
| Going | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Good | 9 | 0 | 0% | −9.00 |
| Good to Soft | 6 | 0 | 0% | −6.00 |
| Soft | 4 | 0 | 0% | −4.00 |
| Good to Firm | 4 | 0 | 0% | −4.00 |
| Heavy | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Standard (AW) | 2 | 1 | 50% | −0.56 |
| Class | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Class 2 | 5 | 0 | 0% | −5.00 |
| Class 1 | 3 | 0 | 0% | −3.00 |
| Class 5 | 3 | 1 | 33% | −1.56 |
| Course | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cork | 4 | 0 | 0% | −4.00 |
| Wexford | 3 | 0 | 0% | −3.00 |
| Newmarket | 3 | 0 | 0% | −3.00 |
| Galway | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Curragh (IRE) | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Listowel (IRE) | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Listowel | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Tramore | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Limerick | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Ballinrobe | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Tipperary | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Chester | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| York | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Ascot | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Doncaster | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Goodwood | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Lingfield (AW) | 1 | 1 | 100% | +0.44 |
| Newcastle (AW) | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Newbury | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Distance | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1m5f – 2m | 8 | 0 | 0% | −8.00 |
| 2m1f – 2m4f | 8 | 0 | 0% | −8.00 |
| 1m2f – 1m4f | 7 | 1 | 14% | −5.56 |
| 2m5f – 3m | 3 | 0 | 0% | −3.00 |
| Over 3m | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Jockey | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Frankie Dettori | 5 | 0 | 0% | −5.00 |
| Billy Gleeson | 4 | 0 | 0% | −4.00 |
| Robert Havlin | 4 | 1 | 25% | −2.56 |
| Miss H A Smith | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Daniel King | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Ned Fox | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Mr T P Smith Carberry | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Danny Mullins | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Mr J Costello | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Darragh O'Keeffe | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Mr R W Barron | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Cathal Landers | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Nicky Mackay | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Kieran O'Neill | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Headgear | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| None | 18 | 1 | 6% | −16.56 |
| Tongue tie | 3 | 0 | 0% | −3.00 |
| Blinkers | 3 | 0 | 0% | −3.00 |
| Cheekpieces | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Tongue tie + cheekpieces | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Season | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| 2025 | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| 2024 | 4 | 0 | 0% | −4.00 |
| 2023 | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| 2022 | 7 | 0 | 0% | −7.00 |
| 2019 | 4 | 0 | 0% | −4.00 |
| 2018 | 7 | 1 | 14% | −5.56 |
| Type | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Flat | 14 | 1 | 7% | −12.56 |
| Hurdle | 11 | 0 | 0% | −11.00 |
| Chase | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
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
| Date | Course | Race | Pos | Btn | Wgt | OR | Spd | KTB | Jockey | SP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 · 2 runs | ||||||||||
| 04 Oct 26+9d | Curragh (IRE) | Holden Plant Rentals Lady Riders Classic (Q.R.) Handicap Raced in the pack - slipped back to the tail 5f out - folded tamely 4f out - finished 12th and well beaten | 12/12 | 4¾ | 11-0 | 80 | 70C | 67C | Miss H A Smith | 125/1 |
| 25 Sep 26+364d | Listowel (IRE) | Listowel Races Supporters Club Failte Abhaile (Q.R.) Race In Memory Of Pat Scanlon Settled at the back early - made no impression through the race - finished a distant last | 13/13 | 45 | 10-7 | 85 | — | 71C | Miss H A Smith | 200/1 |
| 2025 · 1 run | ||||||||||
| 26 Sep 25+373d | Listowel | Listowel Races Supporters Club Failte Abhaile (Q.R.) Race (In Memory Of Pat Scanlon) Held up towards the back - reached 3rd by halfway - dropped away under pressure 4f out and faded to finish tenth | 10/11 | 2¾ | 10-7 | 94 | — | 66C | Mr T P Smith Carberry | 200/1 |
| 2024 · 4 runs | ||||||||||
| 18 Sep 24+19d | Tramore | Tote, Never Beaten By SP Handicap Hurdle (80-95) Held up in the pack - still 11th after the 6th and unable to close - dropped away before 2 out to finish 10th | 10/16 | 1½ | 11-0 | 81 | 106B | 76A | Danny Mullins | 16/1 |
| 30 Aug 24+25d | Wexford | Treo Eile Handicap Chase (0-109) Held up early - blundered first - unable to threaten leaders from two out and finished well held | 14/14 | 5½ | 9-8 | 82 | — | 72A | Mr J Costello | 16/1 |
| 05 Aug 24+23d | Cork | Follow Us On Instagram Handicap Hurdle (80-95) (Div 1) Held up towards back of the pack - moved into 8th turning for home - couldn't quicken and stayed on same gear from 3 out - finished 8th | 8/16 | 2 | 11-1 | 82 | 71B | 93A | Daniel King | 15/2 |
| 13 Jul 24+470d | Wexford | Tote Handicap Hurdle (80-95) (Div 1) | 7/14 | nk | 11-1 | 82 | 93B | 94A | Daniel King | 14/1 |
| 2023 · 2 runs | ||||||||||
| 31 Mar 23+19d | Wexford | Wexford Supporters Club Handicap Chase (0-102) (Div 1) | PU/11 | — | 11-0 | 85 | — | — | Darragh O'Keeffe | 12/1 |
| 12 Mar 23+134d | Limerick | Watch Every Cheltenham Festival Race Live Only On Racing TV Handicap Hurdle (80-95) | 8/18 | 10 | 10-12 | 86 | 70C | 82C | Mr R W Barron | 20/1 |
| 2022 · 7 runs | ||||||||||
| 29 Oct 22+13d | Galway | COLM QUINN BMW Handicap Hurdle (80-95) (Div 1) | 8/20 | 2¼ | 11-0 | 88 | 90B | 92A | Ned Fox | 25/1 |
| 16 Oct 22+41d | Cork | Fermoy Handicap Hurdle (80-95) (Div 2) | 5/16 | 3¼ | 11-9 | 90 | 43B | 106A | Cathal Landers | 25/1 |
| 05 Sep 22+35d | Galway | angloprinters.ie Handicap Hurdle (80-109) | 14/20 | 5½ | 10-5 | 92 | 83C | 68C | Billy Gleeson | 66/1 |
| 01 Aug 22+13d | Cork | Adare Manor Opportunity Maiden Hurdle | 10/19 | 1¾ | 11-8 | — | 66C | 87C | Billy Gleeson | 200/1 |
| 19 Jul 22+11d | Ballinrobe | Mayo News Maiden Hurdle | 9/15 | 46 | 11-5 | — | 68C | 89C | Billy Gleeson | 50/1 |
| 08 Jul 22+8d | Cork | Buy Tickets On www.corkracecourse.ie Maiden Hurdle | 13/19 | 1¼ | 11-5 | — | 78C | 91C | Billy Gleeson | 66/1 |
| 30 Jun 22+1020d | Tipperary | Tipperary Town Maiden Hurdle | PU/17 | — | 11-5 | — | — | — | Ned Fox | 50/1 |
| 2019 · 4 runs | ||||||||||
| 14 Sep 19+21d | Chester | SportPesa Stand Cup Stakes (Listed) | 4/4 | 4 | 9-3 | 106 | 96C | 82B | Robert Havlin | 2/1 |
| 24 Aug 19+43d | York | Sky Bet Ebor Handicap | 7/22 | 1¾ | 9-5 | 108 | 107C | 91A | Frankie Dettori | 8/1 |
| 12 Jul 19+21d | Newmarket | bet365 Trophy (Heritage Handicap) | 13/17 | 1¾ | 9-7 | 104 | 89C | 82A | Frankie Dettori | 3/1F |
| 21 Jun 19+252d | Ascot | Duke Of Edinburgh Stakes (Handicap) | 2/19 | shd | 9-8 | 104 | 109C | 107A | Frankie Dettori | 7/1 |
| 2018 · 7 runs | ||||||||||
| 12 Oct 18+15d | Newmarket | bet365 Old Rowley Cup Handicap (Heritage Handicap) | 3/11 | 2 | 9-5 | 104 | 95A | 108A | Frankie Dettori | 16/1 |
| 27 Sep 18+13d | Newmarket | Jockey Club Rose Bowl Stakes (Listed) | 3/5 | 6 | 8-7 | 104 | 87C | 73B | Nicky Mackay | 11/4 |
| 14 Sep 18+20d | Doncaster | William Hill Mallard Handicap | 12/14 | 6 | 9-1 | 104 | 108C | 66C | Frankie Dettori | 7/2F |
| 25 Aug 18+26d | Goodwood | Ladbrokes March Stakes (Group 3) | 2/3 | 1¼ | 9-2 | 95 | 115C | 81C | Robert Havlin | 11/10F |
| 30 Jul 18+6d | Lingfield (AW) | Call Star Spreads 0808 234 9709 Novice Stakes | 1/15 | 9-1 | — | 120B | 96A | Robert Havlin | 4/9F | |
| 24 Jul 18+12d | Newcastle (AW) | Biffa Waste Management Novice Stakes | 2/12 | 1¼ | 8-12 | — | 103A | 84A | Robert Havlin | 15/2 |
| 12 Jul 18 | Newbury | Alder Ridge Vineyard Novice Stakes | 7/12 | nse | 9-2 | — | 71A | 70A | Kieran O'Neill | 12/1 |
Quick answers
- How many races has Ben Vrackie won?
- Ben Vrackie (GB) won 1 of 27 archived starts between 2018 and 2026, a strike rate of 3.7%. Placed 4 times in total (14.8% of starts).
- Who trains Ben Vrackie?
- Ben Vrackie (GB) is trained by James Andrew Fahey, who saddled the horse on its most recent run on 4 October 2026.
- Who is Ben Vrackie's sire?
- Ben Vrackie (GB) is by Frankel (GB) out of Kinnaird (IRE), whose sire is Dr Devious.
- What is Ben Vrackie's official rating?
- The most recent official rating on record is 80, from the run on 4 October 2026. The highest on record is 108.
- What is Ben Vrackie's sire's record?
- Frankel (GB)'s progeny in our archive have won 18% of 7,513 runs since Jan 2008 (877 horses), Flat and jumps together. Weakest on heavy going: 12.8% from 329. Weakest over 2m1f – 2m4f (all codes): 12.3% from 268.
- Who are Ben Vrackie's siblings?
- Out of Kinnaird (IRE), Ben Vrackie (GB) has 8 other produce in our archive, 6 of them winners. Most wins: Berkshire (IRE) (4). Highest grade won: Group 2 (Berkshire (IRE)). The wins came over 7f–1m4f. As at Oct 2026.