Benown (IRE)
Benown is a lightly raced colt with one placing from two starts on turf since Aug 2026. He finished second of 11 at the Curragh in Aug 2026 and was beaten favourite when seventh of 13 in a maiden over 6f-7f on good to firm there in Sep 2026. By Starspangledbanner whose progeny have recorded a 14.5% strike rate under 6f from 1,174 runs since Jan 2008. His dam has had one foal to race which did not win.
- 0–2Wins / Runs
- 0%Strike rate
- 1 (50%)Placed
- −2.00£1 level staken=2 at SP
- 48dAvg between runs
KTB Speed and Rating
Best recent Speed 79
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 18 Oct 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Soft | 1 | — | — | 1 · — |
| Good to Firm | 1 | — | — | 1 · — |
| Distance | Runs | Best | Median | Since 18 Oct 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6f – 7f | 2 | 83C | 81 | 2 · 83 / 81 |
KTB Speed v1 · batch 15 Sep 2026 · GB & Irish racing only · 2 figures from 2 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.
Pedigree intelligence
Progeny in our archive have won 11.1% of 7,129 runs since Jan 2008 (659 horses).
Strongest at trips under 6f (all codes): 14.5% from 1,186.
| Going | Runs | Wins | SR | vs sire | This horse |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Firm | 25 | 3 | 12% | +0.9 | — |
| Good to Firm | 1,032 | 124 | 12% | +0.9 | 0 from 1 |
| Good | 1,735 | 183 | 10.5% | −0.6 | — |
| Good to Soft | 770 | 90 | 11.7% | +0.6 | — |
| Soft | 1,062 | 120 | 11.3% | +0.2 | 0 from 1 |
| Heavy | 292 | 33 | 11.3% | +0.2 | — |
| Standard (AW) | 2,213 | 237 | 10.7% | −0.4 | — |
| Distance (all codes) | Runs | Wins | SR | vs sire | This horse |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Under 6f | 1,186 | 172 | 14.5% | +3.4 | — |
| 6f – 7f | 3,553 | 394 | 11.1% | 0 | 0 from 2 |
| 1m – 1m1f | 1,379 | 135 | 9.8% | −1.3 | — |
| 1m2f – 1m4f | 648 | 60 | 9.3% | −1.8 | — |
| 1m5f – 2m | 267 | 25 | 9.4% | −1.7 | — |
| 2m1f – 2m4f | 83 | 4 | 4.8% | −6.3 | — |
| 2m5f – 3m | 13 | 0 | 0% | −11.1 | — |
Flat and jumps together (all codes) · since Jan 2008 · as at 17 Oct 2026 · rows under 30 runs muted · win % is the measure, a record not a forecast
Too few runs for meaningful splits. The full record is below.
Form
| Date | Course | Race | Pos | Btn | Wgt | Spd | KTB | Jockey | SP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 26 Sep 26+48d | Curragh (IRE) | Market Square Monasterevin Irish EBF Maiden Handy early - dropped back and pushed along inside final furlong then unable to quicken through to the line | 7/13 | shd | 9-7 | 83C | 78A | J M Sheridan | 8/15F |
| 09 Aug 26 | Curragh (IRE) | Guidenstown Stud Irish EBF Maiden Held up towards the back of the pack - urged into contention with two furlongs left and moved into second close home after edging left - stayed on to the line | 2/11 | 1½ | 9-7 | 79A | 90A | J M Sheridan | 33/1 |
Quick answers
- How many races has Benown (IRE) won?
- Benown (IRE) has yet to win, from 2 archived starts in 2026. Placed 1 time in total (50% of starts).
- Who trains Benown (IRE)?
- Benown (IRE) is trained by Joseph Patrick O'Brien, who saddled the horse on its most recent run on 26 September 2026.
- Who is Benown (IRE)'s sire?
- Benown (IRE) is by Starspangledbanner (AUS) out of Deccan Queen (GB), whose sire is Rail Link.
- What is Benown (IRE)'s sire's record?
- Starspangledbanner (AUS)'s progeny in our archive have won 11.1% of 7,129 runs since Jan 2008 (659 horses), Flat and jumps together. Strongest at trips under 6f (all codes): 14.5% from 1,186.
- Who are Benown (IRE)'s siblings?
- Out of Deccan Queen (GB), Benown (IRE) has 1 other produce in our archive, 0 of them winners. As at Oct 2026.