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Horse profile

Benny The Swinger (IRE)

9yo gelding (at last run, Jul 2014) · Last trainer Chris Gordon · Last owner Chris Gordon Racing Club
by Beneficial (GB) out of The Olde Swinger (IRE) (Lord Americo)
26 runs · 14 courses · from Mar 2010
As at 4 Nov 2026 · KTB archive: GB, Ireland & France · 2005–present, updated daily
No run recorded since 25 Jul 2014 — 4,484 days ago. Our archive can't say whether the horse is still in training.
Last run Jul 2014 · 6th of 15 2 wins · Fontwell & Huntingdon Last raced off OR 96
KTB Profile

Benny The Swinger (IRE) is 2 from 26, both wins coming at Class 5 level. Hasn't won since Mar 2014. Last raced off a career-high mark of 96.

Based on 26 archived runs · updated 4 Nov 2026
KTB at a glance All wins at Class 5 OR at career high
Official rating96At career-high mark
96 68–96

KTB Speed and Rating

KTB Speed

No KTB Speed figures for this horse. The engine scores GB and Irish racing from Oct 2016; runs elsewhere, or earlier, have no figure.

KTB Speed v1 · batch 15 Sep 2026 · GB & Irish racing only · 0 figures from 0 runs · a record, not a forecast

KTB Rating

Best recent KTB Rating 103B the best of the last 3 rated runs · Kempton, 15 Apr 2014 Official rating 96 at the last run, 25 Jul 2014

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 — its best recent day. The KTB Rating on a racecard is a different reading of the same figures: the level the horse has been running to, an average of up to its last six runs with the latest counting most, so the two can differ. A, B or C on a run is how much known form was in that race. What this means →

Jumps 21 figures · best 118A · median 101
GoingRunsBestMedianSince 4 Nov 2025
Good8118A102—
Soft6118B103.5—
Good to Soft4110A105—
Good to Firm286B83.5—
Heavy1———
DistanceRunsBestMedianSince 4 Nov 2025
1m5f – 2m14118A103—
2m1f – 2m4f7110A97—

Of 26 runs looked at, 5 have no figure: did not complete (or a non-runner row) (5).

KTB Rating v1 · batch 3 Oct 2026 · GB & Irish racing only · 21 figures from 26 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 is derived from in-running commentary, which our data provider does not supply for this horse's races.

Pedigree intelligence

Sire
Beneficial (GB)

Progeny in our archive have won 10.4% of 17,045 runs since Jan 2008 (1,155 horses).

GoingRunsWinsSRvs sireThis horse
Firm6657.6%−2.8—
Good to Firm93910711.4%+10 from 3
Good5,29654910.4%00 from 10
Good to Soft2,46726710.8%+0.41 from 5
Soft5,05751910.3%−0.11 from 7
Heavy3,15932810.4%00 from 1
Standard (AW)6169.8%−0.6—
Distance (all codes)RunsWinsSRvs sireThis horse
6f – 7f200%−10.4—
1m – 1m1f10110%−0.4—
1m2f – 1m4f6457.8%−2.6—
1m5f – 2m4,89050210.3%−0.11 from 16
2m1f – 2m4f6,35566110.4%01 from 10
2m5f – 3m4,70252211.1%+0.7—
Over 3m1,022908.8%−1.6—

Flat and jumps together (all codes) · since Jan 2008 · as at 4 Nov 2026 · rows under 30 runs muted · win % is the measure, a record not a forecast

Dam
The Olde Swinger (IRE) (Lord Americo)

No other produce in our archive. It holds racing in Great Britain, Ireland and France from 2005, so siblings racing elsewhere won’t appear here.

Record by conditions

GoingRunsWinsSR£1
Good 10 0 0% −10.00
Soft 7 1 14% −4.62
Good to Soft 5 1 20% −2.12
Good to Firm 3 0 0% −3.00
Heavy 1 0 0% −1.00

ClassRunsWinsSR£1
Class 5 13 2 15% −7.74
Class 4 12 0 0% −12.00
Class 6 1 0 0% −1.00

CourseRunsWinsSR£1
Fontwell 4 1 25% −1.12
Huntingdon 4 1 25% −1.62
Kempton 3 0 0% −3.00
Uttoxeter 2 0 0% −2.00
Plumpton 2 0 0% −2.00
Newton Abbot 2 0 0% −2.00
Hereford 2 0 0% −2.00
Taunton 1 0 0% −1.00
Wincanton 1 0 0% −1.00
Worcester 1 0 0% −1.00
Stratford 1 0 0% −1.00
Fakenham 1 0 0% −1.00
Southwell 1 0 0% −1.00
Exeter 1 0 0% −1.00

DistanceRunsWinsSR£1
1m5f – 2m 16 1 6% −13.62
2m1f – 2m4f 10 1 10% −7.12

JockeyRunsWinsSR£1
Tom Cannon 14 2 14% −8.74
Andrew Thornton 4 0 0% −4.00
Hadden Frost 2 0 0% −2.00
Marc Goldstein 1 0 0% −1.00
Leighton Aspell 1 0 0% −1.00
Brendan Powell 1 0 0% −1.00
Sam Thomas 1 0 0% −1.00
Denis O'Regan 1 0 0% −1.00
Warren Marston 1 0 0% −1.00

HeadgearRunsWinsSR£1
None 25 2 8% −19.74
Blinkers 1 0 0% −1.00

SeasonRunsWinsSR£1
2014 6 1 17% −3.12
2013 8 0 0% −8.00
2012 3 1 33% −0.62
2011 6 0 0% −6.00
2010 3 0 0% −3.00

TypeRunsWinsSR£1
Chase 16 2 13% −10.74
Hurdle 9 0 0% −9.00
NH Flat 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

DateCourseRace PosBtn Wgt ORKTB Jockey SP
2014 · 6 runs
25 Jul 14+84d Uttoxeter Crabbie's Scottish Raspberry Alcoholic Ginger Beer Novices' Handicap Hurdle Class 5 · 2m · Good · 15 ran 6/15 4½ 11-12 96101A Tom Cannon 20/1
02 May 14+17d Fontwell West Sussex Office Furniture 10th Anniversary Handicap Chase (Celebrating Moresteads' 100th Race) Class 4 · 2m1½f · Good · 9 ran UR/9 — 10-7 96— Tom Cannon 7/1
15 Apr 14+15d Kempton Sika Liquid Plastics Seamless Handicap Chase Class 4 · 2m · Good · 7 ran 3/7 2½ 10-2 96103B Tom Cannon 8/1
31 Mar 14+16d Plumpton Harwoods Group Handicap Chase Class 5 · 2m1f · Good · 8 ran 6/8 5 11-11 96100A Tom Cannon 4/1
15 Mar 14+46d Fontwell 32Red Free 10 Bonus Handicap Chase Class 5 · 2m1½f · Good To Soft · 5 ran 1/5 11-12 92107B Tom Cannon 15/8F
28 Jan 14+68d Taunton Atlas Packaging Handicap Chase Class 4 · 2m · Heavy · 7 ran 4/7 1 10-5 9490B Tom Cannon 6/1
2013 · 8 runs
21 Nov 13+18d Wincanton Bathwick Tyres Handicap Chase Class 4 · 1m7½f · Good · 7 ran 2/7 9 10-3 94105B Tom Cannon 5/2F
03 Nov 13+13d Huntingdon Macer Gifford Handicap Chase Class 4 · 2m½f · Good To Soft · 10 ran 3/10 1¼ 11-4 95103B Tom Cannon 6/1
21 Oct 13+24d Plumpton Retirement Villages Novices' Handicap Hurdle Class 5 · 2m · Soft · 13 ran 5/13 ¾ 11-8 96106A Marc Goldstein 5/1
27 Sep 13+111d Worcester Support Macmillan Cancer Bucket Collection Today Novices' Handicap Hurdle Class 4 · 2m · Good · 11 ran 2/11 ¾ 10-10 92118A Tom Cannon 25/1
08 Jun 13+3d Stratford Lanyard The Warwickshire Hound Handicap Chase Class 4 · 2m1f · Good To Firm · 9 ran 7/9 11 10-2 9681C Tom Cannon 3/1J
05 Jun 13+21d Newton Abbot Ladies Day 25 June Handicap Chase Class 4 · 2m½f · Good To Firm · 11 ran F/11 — 11-3 96— Tom Cannon 5/1
15 May 13+29d Fontwell 32RedPoker.com Handicap Hurdle Class 5 · 2m1½f · Good To Soft · 10 ran 2/10 7 11-11 91110A Leighton Aspell 5/2
16 Apr 13+141d Kempton Sika Sarnafil Golden Jubilee Handicap Chase Class 4 · 2m · Good · 8 ran 2/8 6 10-1 93112A Tom Cannon 9/2
2012 · 3 runs
26 Nov 12+6d Kempton Openwork Foundation Conditional Jockeys' Novices' Handicap Hurdle Class 5 · 2m · Soft · 7 ran 2/7 3 10-7 84110B Tom Cannon 10/11F
20 Nov 12+16d Fakenham Fakenham, Diana And Tony's Favourite Racecourse Conditional Jockeys' Handicap Chase Class 5 · 2m½f · Good To Soft · 6 ran PU/6 — 11-1 84— Brendan Powell 5/4F
04 Nov 12+334d Huntingdon Macer Gifford Handicap Chase Class 5 · 2m½f · Soft · 4 ran 1/4 9-11 68118B Tom Cannon 11/8
2011 · 6 runs
06 Dec 11+37d Fontwell Wellpool Building & Maintenance Handicap Chase Class 5 · 2m3f · Soft · 9 ran PU/9 — 10-5 73— Sam Thomas 25/1
30 Oct 11+166d Huntingdon Macer Gifford Handicap Chase Class 5 · 2m½f · Good · 10 ran 7/10 24 11-0 8079C Andrew Thornton 9/1
17 May 11+12d Southwell Tickets southwell-racecourse.co.uk Handicap Chase (Div 1) Class 5 · 2m4½f · Good · 11 ran F/11 — 11-12 83— Denis O'Regan 9/1
05 May 11+70d Newton Abbot Ladies Day 25th May Handicap Chase Class 5 · 2m½f · Good To Firm · 6 ran 4/6 4 11-2 8586B Andrew Thornton 10/1
24 Feb 11+52d Huntingdon Racing Uk Handicap Hurdle Class 4 · 2m3½f · Soft · 12 ran 10/12 2¼ 11-0 8884C Andrew Thornton 33/1
03 Jan 11+57d Hereford Lindley Catering 'National Hunt' Maiden Hurdle (Div 1) Class 5 · 2m · Soft · 14 ran 10/14 ¾ 11-5 —101C Andrew Thornton 66/1
2010 · 3 runs
07 Nov 10+31d Hereford Happy Birthday Mrs Ottesen Novices' Hurdle Class 4 · 2m3½f · Good To Soft · 15 ran 13/15 9 10-12 —95C Hadden Frost 50/1
07 Oct 10+201d Exeter Bathwick Tyres Taunton Novices' Hurdle Class 4 · 2m1f · Good · 13 ran 11/13 3¼ 10-12 —97C Hadden Frost 25/1
20 Mar 10 Uttoxeter Bet Totepool On totesport.com Standard Open NH Flat Race (Div 2) Class 6 · 2m · Soft · 10 ran 10/10 16 11-2 —85C Warren Marston 10/1

Quick answers

How many races has Benny The Swinger won?
Benny The Swinger (IRE) won 2 of 26 archived starts between 2010 and 2014, a strike rate of 7.7%. Placed 8 times in total (30.8% of starts).
Who trained Benny The Swinger?
Benny The Swinger (IRE) was trained by Chris Gordon on the most recent run on record, at Uttoxeter on 25 July 2014.
Who is Benny The Swinger's sire?
Benny The Swinger (IRE) is by Beneficial (GB) out of The Olde Swinger (IRE), whose sire is Lord Americo.
What going does Benny The Swinger prefer?
Benny The Swinger (IRE) has the best record on good to soft going: 1 win from 5 starts (20%). Only going bands with at least three archived starts are read, so this is a direction rather than a settled preference.
What is Benny The Swinger's official rating?
The most recent official rating on record is 96, from the run on 25 July 2014. That is also the highest on record.
What is Benny The Swinger's sire's record?
Beneficial (GB)'s progeny in our archive have won 10.4% of 17,045 runs since Jan 2008 (1,155 horses), Flat and jumps together.

Record shown from March 2010. Our archive holds racing in Great Britain, Ireland and France from January 2005. Any runs before that, or in other countries, are not in it. In-running comments are available from 2024 onward.