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Bentley's Return (IRE)

7yo gelding (at last run, Feb 2025) · Last trainer Chris Gordon · Last owner J Pfitzner
by Mahler (GB) out of Deianira (IRE) (King's Theatre)
10 runs · 5 courses · from Oct 2022
As at 13 Oct 2026 · KTB archive: GB, Ireland & France · 2005–present, updated daily
No run recorded since 10 Feb 2025 — 610 days ago. Our archive can't say whether the horse is still in training.
Last run Feb 2025 · 2nd of 7 First-time headgear LTO Last raced off OR 104
KTB Profile

Bentley's Return is a maiden who has placed six times from 10 starts on turf. He ran to his highest ever mark of 110 when second of seven at Plumpton in Feb 2025, having been prominent in a Class 4 novices handicap chase on good to soft ground. That effort came in first-time headgear off an official rating of 104. By Mahler out of a King's Theatre mare, he raced over trips from 1m5f to 3m.

Based on 10 archived runs · run-style from 3 commented runs · updated 13 Oct 2026

KTB Speed and Rating

KTB Speed

Best recent Speed 106 the best of the last 3 graded (A or B) runs · Plumpton, 18 Dec 2023

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.

Jumps 9 figures · best 151C · median 106
GoingRunsBestMedianSince 13 Oct 2025
Good to Soft6151C110—
Good2141B106.5—
Soft1———
DistanceRunsBestMedianSince 13 Oct 2025
2m1f – 2m4f5115A88—
1m5f – 2m3151C141—
2m5f – 3m1———

Of 10 runs looked at, 1 has no figure: obstacles omitted — the race ran a shortened course (1).

KTB Speed v1 · batch 15 Sep 2026 · GB & Irish racing only · 9 figures from 10 runs · as at 3 Oct 2026 · a record, not a forecast

KTB Rating

Best recent KTB Rating 125B the best of the last 3 rated runs · Plumpton, 2 Dec 2024 Official rating 104 at the last run, 10 Feb 2025

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.

Jumps 10 figures · best 140A · median 121
GoingRunsBestMedianSince 13 Oct 2025
Good to Soft6140A123.5—
Soft2122A120.5—
Good2120A116.5—
DistanceRunsBestMedianSince 13 Oct 2025
2m1f – 2m4f6125B116—
1m5f – 2m3140A127—
2m5f – 3m1———

KTB Rating v1 · batch 3 Oct 2026 · GB & Irish racing only · 10 figures from 10 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 3 analysed runs

  • Prominent 2 (67%) · 0 wins
  • Led 1 (33%) · 0 wins

Pedigree intelligence

Sire

Progeny in our archive have won 10.8% of 8,824 runs since Jan 2008 (782 horses).

Strongest on good to firm going: 15.1% from 119.

GoingRunsWinsSRvs sireThis horse
Good to Firm1191815.1%+4.3—
Good2,95437512.7%+1.90 from 2
Good to Soft1,7951779.9%−0.90 from 6
Soft2,7332579.4%−1.40 from 2
Heavy1,21312410.2%−0.6—
Standard (AW)10110%−0.8—
Distance (all codes)RunsWinsSRvs sireThis horse
1m – 1m1f500%−10.8—
1m2f – 1m4f1600%−10.8—
1m5f – 2m2,0371999.8%−10 from 3
2m1f – 2m4f3,19332110.1%−0.70 from 6
2m5f – 3m2,80733712%+1.20 from 1
Over 3m7669512.4%+1.6—

Flat and jumps together (all codes) · since Jan 2008 · as at 13 Oct 2026 · rows under 30 runs muted · win % is the measure, a record not a forecast

Dam
Deianira (IRE) (King's Theatre)

2 siblings in the archive, 1 winner — best of them Karlie (GB) (2 wins).

The wins came over 2m½f; the highest grade won is Class 4 (Karlie (GB)).

ProduceRunsWinsWin tripsBest grade
Karlie (GB)922m½fClass 4
Forest Jump (IRE)90——

Record by conditions

GoingRunsWinsSR£1
Good to Soft 6 0 0% −6.00
Soft 2 0 0% −2.00
Good 2 0 0% −2.00

ClassRunsWinsSR£1
Class 4 6 0 0% −6.00
Class 5 4 0 0% −4.00

CourseRunsWinsSR£1
Plumpton 3 0 0% −3.00
Wincanton 3 0 0% −3.00
Fontwell 2 0 0% −2.00
Kempton 1 0 0% −1.00
Warwick 1 0 0% −1.00

DistanceRunsWinsSR£1
2m1f – 2m4f 6 0 0% −6.00
1m5f – 2m 3 0 0% −3.00
2m5f – 3m 1 0 0% −1.00

JockeyRunsWinsSR£1
Rex Dingle 4 0 0% −4.00
Freddie Gordon 2 0 0% −2.00
Tom Cannon 2 0 0% −2.00
Harry Reed 1 0 0% −1.00
Jamie Moore 1 0 0% −1.00

HeadgearRunsWinsSR£1
None 9 0 0% −9.00
Cheekpieces 1 0 0% −1.00

SeasonRunsWinsSR£1
2025 1 0 0% −1.00
2024 3 0 0% −3.00
2023 4 0 0% −4.00
2022 2 0 0% −2.00

TypeRunsWinsSR£1
NH Flat 4 0 0% −4.00
Chase 3 0 0% −3.00
Hurdle 3 0 0% −3.00

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 ORSpdKTB Jockey SP
10 Feb 25+46d Plumpton Howden Insurance Brokers Novices' Handicap Chase (GBB Race) Class 4 · 19.5f · Soft · 7 ran Handy early - shared front spot 5th - asked for effort before 2 out then yielded advantage and pressed leader - held gear to the line for 2nd 2/7 2 11-5 104—119A Freddie Gordon 4/1
26 Dec 24+24d Wincanton Make Rhino.Bet Your Bookie For 2025 Handicap Chase (For The Harry And John Dufosee Memorial Cup) Class 4 · 20f · Good To Soft · 8 ran Sat close up rail-side early - squeezed for space past the 9th and driven on - dropped away from 13th and finished well adrift 6/8 24 11-12 10631C98C Harry Reed 13/2
02 Dec 24+297d Plumpton Accelerating Innovation Novices' Handicap Chase (GBB Race) Class 4 · 19.5f · Good To Soft · 6 ran Just in front early - stumbled at the second - came under pressure from rivals four out - driven out after three out - overtaken approaching the last two furlongs - stayed on same gait for second 2/6 6½ 11-9 10788A125B Rex Dingle 9/2
09 Feb 24+53d Kempton Visit racingtv.com Handicap Hurdle Class 4 · 21f · Soft · 10 ran 4/10 4¾ 12-0 11080A122A Rex Dingle 6/1
18 Dec 23+72d Plumpton Eleanor Hunnisett Memorial Maiden Hurdle (GBB Race) Class 4 · 20.5f · Good To Soft · 13 ran 3/13 nse 11-4 —106B122A Rex Dingle 10/3
07 Oct 23+163d Fontwell Best Prices Guaranteed Daily At Vickers.Bet Novices' Hurdle (GBB Race) Class 4 · 19f · Good · 8 ran 3/8 13 11-0 —72A113A Rex Dingle 7/2
27 Apr 23+49d Warwick racingtv.com Open NH Flat Race (GBB Race) Class 5 · 16f · Good · 17 ran 3/17 2¼ 10-10 —141B120A Freddie Gordon 4/1
09 Mar 23+73d Wincanton Salisbury Hospice Open Maiden NH Flat Race (GBB Race) Class 5 · 15f · Good To Soft · 9 ran 2/9 3 11-5 —151C140A Tom Cannon 9/4
26 Dec 22+86d Wincanton Wincanton Racing, Events, Golf And Footgolf Open NH Flat Race (GBB Race) Class 5 · 15f · Good To Soft · 17 ran 4/17 2¼ 11-0 —114B127A Tom Cannon 28/1
01 Oct 22 Fontwell Follow Vickers.Bet On Twitter Open NH Flat Race (GBB Race) Class 5 · 17.5f · Good To Soft · 7 ran 5/7 3½ 10-13 —115A109B Jamie Moore 11/2

Quick answers

How many races has Bentley's Return (IRE) won?
Bentley's Return (IRE) has yet to win, from 10 archived starts between 2022 and 2025. Placed 6 times in total (60% of starts).
Who trained Bentley's Return (IRE)?
Bentley's Return (IRE) was trained by Chris Gordon on the most recent run on record, at Plumpton on 10 February 2025.
Who is Bentley's Return (IRE)'s sire?
Bentley's Return (IRE) is by Mahler (GB) out of Deianira (IRE), whose sire is King's Theatre.
What is Bentley's Return (IRE)'s official rating?
The most recent official rating on record is 104, from the run on 10 February 2025. The highest on record is 110.
What is Bentley's Return (IRE)'s sire's record?
Mahler (GB)'s progeny in our archive have won 10.8% of 8,824 runs since Jan 2008 (782 horses), Flat and jumps together. Strongest on good to firm going: 15.1% from 119.
Who are Bentley's Return (IRE)'s siblings?
Out of Deianira (IRE), Bentley's Return (IRE) has 2 other produce in our archive, 1 of them a winner. Most wins: Karlie (GB) (2). Highest grade won: Class 4 (Karlie (GB)). The wins came over 2m½f. As at Oct 2026.

Record shown from October 2022. Our archive holds racing in Great Britain, Ireland and France from January 2005. Runs in other countries are not in it, and earlier runs are not available from our data provider. In-running comments are available from 2024 onward.