Best Boy Barney (IRE)
Best Boy Barney (IRE) is 6 from 39. Hasn't won since Oct 2016. Every win has come on good or faster ground (0 from 15 on softer). All 6 wins have come over 2m5f – 3m. Last raced off 103, 27lb below the career-high mark.
- 6–39Wins / Runs
- 15.4%Strike rate
- 14 (35.9%)Placed
- +3.00£1 level staken=39 at SP
- 1.11Fair A/E n=39 · 0.98 incl. margin
- 130Highest OR
- 24dBetween runs (median)longest 177 d
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 78
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 4 Nov 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Good to Firm | 3 | 69C | 65 | — |
| Good | 2 | 78A | 71 | — |
| Distance | Runs | Best | Median | Since 4 Nov 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Over 3m | 3 | 69C | 65 | — |
| 2m5f – 3m | 2 | 78A | 71 | — |
Of 6 runs looked at, 1 has no figure: did not complete (1).
KTB Speed v1 · batch 15 Sep 2026 · GB & Irish racing only · 5 figures from 6 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 6.3% of 997 runs since Jan 2008 (122 horses).
Strongest on good going: 10.4% from 251. Weakest on heavy going: 2.7% from 219.
| Going | Runs | Wins | SR | vs sire | This horse |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Firm | 12 | 1 | 8.3% | +2 | — |
| Good to Firm | 102 | 3 | 2.9% | −3.4 | 0 from 4 |
| Good | 251 | 26 | 10.4% | +4.1 | 6 from 20 |
| Good to Soft | 136 | 11 | 8.1% | +1.8 | 0 from 6 |
| Soft | 269 | 16 | 5.9% | −0.4 | 0 from 4 |
| Heavy | 219 | 6 | 2.7% | −3.6 | 0 from 5 |
| Standard (AW) | 8 | 0 | 0% | −6.3 | — |
| Distance (all codes) | Runs | Wins | SR | vs sire | This horse |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1m2f – 1m4f | 7 | 0 | 0% | −6.3 | — |
| 1m5f – 2m | 242 | 12 | 5% | −1.3 | 0 from 3 |
| 2m1f – 2m4f | 366 | 18 | 4.9% | −1.4 | 0 from 6 |
| 2m5f – 3m | 319 | 29 | 9.1% | +2.8 | 6 from 21 |
| Over 3m | 63 | 4 | 6.3% | 0 | 0 from 9 |
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
1 sibling in the archive, 1 winner — best of them Jasper Massini (IRE) (1 win).
The wins came over 2m1f; the highest grade won is Class 4 (Jasper Massini (IRE)).
| Produce | Runs | Wins | Win trips | Best grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jasper Massini (IRE) | 10 | 1 | 2m1f | Class 4 |
Record by conditions
| Going | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Good | 20 | 6 | 30% | +22.00 |
| Good to Soft | 6 | 0 | 0% | −6.00 |
| Heavy | 5 | 0 | 0% | −5.00 |
| Good to Firm | 4 | 0 | 0% | −4.00 |
| Soft | 4 | 0 | 0% | −4.00 |
| Class | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Class 4 | 22 | 3 | 14% | −5.50 |
| Class 3 | 9 | 1 | 11% | +6.00 |
| Class 5 | 7 | 2 | 29% | +3.50 |
| Class 6 | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Course | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wincanton | 8 | 0 | 0% | −8.00 |
| Uttoxeter | 5 | 2 | 40% | +9.50 |
| Worcester | 4 | 0 | 0% | −4.00 |
| Kempton | 4 | 2 | 50% | +14.50 |
| Ffos Las | 3 | 0 | 0% | −3.00 |
| Taunton | 3 | 1 | 33% | +3.00 |
| Southwell | 2 | 1 | 50% | +1.00 |
| Ludlow | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Newton Abbot | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Stratford | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Fontwell | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Lingfield | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Towcester | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Haydock | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Newbury | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Chepstow | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Distance | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2m5f – 3m | 21 | 6 | 29% | +21.00 |
| Over 3m | 9 | 0 | 0% | −9.00 |
| 2m1f – 2m4f | 6 | 0 | 0% | −6.00 |
| 1m5f – 2m | 3 | 0 | 0% | −3.00 |
| Jockey | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Matt Griffiths | 25 | 6 | 24% | +17.00 |
| Nick Scholfield | 9 | 0 | 0% | −9.00 |
| Miss Laura Scott | 3 | 0 | 0% | −3.00 |
| Liam Heard | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Ian Popham | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Headgear | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tongue tie + blinkers | 25 | 6 | 24% | +17.00 |
| Tongue tie | 9 | 0 | 0% | −9.00 |
| Tongue tie + visor | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Tongue tie + cheekpieces | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Cheekpieces | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Season | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | 4 | 0 | 0% | −4.00 |
| 2016 | 9 | 1 | 11% | −5.50 |
| 2015 | 5 | 1 | 20% | +10.00 |
| 2014 | 11 | 4 | 36% | +12.50 |
| 2013 | 8 | 0 | 0% | −8.00 |
| 2012 | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Type | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chase | 31 | 6 | 19% | +11.00 |
| Hurdle | 8 | 0 | 0% | −8.00 |
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 Best Boy Barney won?
- Best Boy Barney (IRE) won 6 of 39 archived starts between 2012 and 2017, a strike rate of 15.4%. Placed 14 times in total (35.9% of starts).
- Who trained Best Boy Barney?
- Best Boy Barney (IRE) was trained by Jeremy Scott on the most recent run on record, at Newton Abbot on 7 July 2017.
- Who is Best Boy Barney's sire?
- Best Boy Barney (IRE) is by Rashar (USA) out of Graigue Lass (IRE), whose sire is Phardante.
- What going does Best Boy Barney prefer?
- Best Boy Barney (IRE) has the best record on good going: 6 wins from 20 starts (30%). Only going bands with at least three archived starts are read, so this is a direction rather than a settled preference.
- What is Best Boy Barney's official rating?
- The most recent official rating on record is 103, from the run on 7 July 2017. The highest on record is 130.
- What is Best Boy Barney's sire's record?
- Rashar (USA)'s progeny in our archive have won 6.3% of 997 runs since Jan 2008 (122 horses), Flat and jumps together. Strongest on good going: 10.4% from 251. Weakest on heavy going: 2.7% from 219.
- Who are Best Boy Barney's siblings?
- Out of Graigue Lass (IRE), Best Boy Barney (IRE) has 1 other produce in our archive, 1 of them a winner. Most wins: Jasper Massini (IRE) (1). Highest grade won: Class 4 (Jasper Massini (IRE)). The wins came over 2m1f. As at Nov 2026.