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Horse profile

Best Company (IRE)

3yo gelding (at last run, May 2018) · Last trainer Dean Ivory · Last owner K T Ivory
by Fast Company (IRE) out of Story (GB) (Observatory)
4 runs · 4 courses · from Aug 2017
As at 4 Nov 2026 · KTB archive: GB, Ireland & France · 2005–present, updated daily
No run recorded since 29 May 2018 — 3,080 days ago. Our archive can't say whether the horse is still in training.
Last run May 2018 · 10th of 11 First-time headgear LTO Last raced off OR 50
KTB Profile

Best Company (IRE) is yet to win from 4 starts.

Based on 4 archived runs · updated 4 Nov 2026

KTB Speed and Rating

KTB Speed

Best recent Speed — no A or B graded figure in the last 3 runs; the figures below carry grade C

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 4 figures · best 75C · median 60.5
GoingRunsBestMedianSince 4 Nov 2025
Good to Firm275C61—
Standard (AW)1———
Good to Soft1———
DistanceRunsBestMedianSince 4 Nov 2025
6f – 7f375C69—
1m – 1m1f1———

KTB Speed v1 · batch 15 Sep 2026 · GB & Irish racing only · 4 figures from 4 runs · as at 3 Oct 2026 · a record, not a forecast

KTB Rating

Best recent KTB Rating 51C the best of the last 3 rated runs · Windsor, 4 Sep 2017 Official rating 50 at the last run, 29 May 2018

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 →

Flat 4 figures · best 51C · median 43
GoingRunsBestMedianSince 4 Nov 2025
Good to Firm246C43—
Standard (AW)1———
Good to Soft1———
DistanceRunsBestMedianSince 4 Nov 2025
6f – 7f351C46—
1m – 1m1f1———

KTB Rating v1 · batch 3 Oct 2026 · GB & Irish racing only · 4 figures from 4 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

Progeny in our archive have won 9.4% of 7,599 runs since Mar 2014 (492 horses).

Strongest on heavy going: 12.7% from 558. Strongest over 2m5f – 3m (all codes): 12.8% from 109.

GoingRunsWinsSRvs sireThis horse
Firm24312.5%+3.1—
Good to Firm945737.7%−1.70 from 2
Good1,6571559.4%0—
Good to Soft936909.6%+0.20 from 1
Soft1,39516611.9%+2.5—
Heavy5587112.7%+3.3—
Standard (AW)2,0831557.4%−20 from 1
Distance (all codes)RunsWinsSRvs sireThis horse
Under 6f684679.8%+0.4—
6f – 7f2,7742328.4%−10 from 3
1m – 1m1f1,6931549.1%−0.30 from 1
1m2f – 1m4f1,21713711.3%+1.9—
1m5f – 2m781769.7%+0.3—
2m1f – 2m4f328329.8%+0.4—
2m5f – 3m1091412.8%+3.4—
Over 3m1317.7%−1.7—

Flat and jumps together (all codes) · since Mar 2014 · as at 4 Nov 2026 · rows under 30 runs muted · win % is the measure, a record not a forecast

Dam
Story (GB) (Observatory)

3 siblings in the archive, 3 winners — best of them Alexandrakollontai (IRE) (14 wins).

The wins came over 5f–1m2f; the highest grade won is Class 3 (Alexandrakollontai (IRE)).

ProduceRunsWinsWin tripsBest grade
Alexandrakollontai (IRE)112146f–1mClass 3
Les Gar Gan (IRE)5856f–1m2fClass 5
Tagtale (IRE)1325f–6fClass 6

Record by conditions

GoingRunsWinsSR£1
Good to Firm 2 0 0% −2.00
Standard (AW) 1 0 0% −1.00
Good to Soft 1 0 0% −1.00

ClassRunsWinsSR£1
Class 4 3 0 0% −3.00
Class 6 1 0 0% −1.00

CourseRunsWinsSR£1
Wolverhampton (AW) 1 0 0% −1.00
Newbury 1 0 0% −1.00
Windsor 1 0 0% −1.00
Yarmouth 1 0 0% −1.00

DistanceRunsWinsSR£1
6f – 7f 3 0 0% −3.00
1m – 1m1f 1 0 0% −1.00

HeadgearRunsWinsSR£1
None 3 0 0% −3.00
Cheekpieces 1 0 0% −1.00

SeasonRunsWinsSR£1
2018 2 0 0% −2.00
2017 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

DateCourseRace PosBtn Wgt ORSpdKTB Jockey SP
2018 · 2 runs
29 May 18+11d Wolverhampton (AW) Emerys Builders Merchants Handicap Class 6 · 1m½f · Standard · 11 ran 10/11 7 8-8 5052C21C Jack Duern 16/1
18 May 18+256d Newbury Coolmore Stud Novice Stakes (Plus 10) Class 4 · 7f · Good To Firm · 19 ran 18/19 2 8-13 —75C46C Jack Duern 100/1
2017 · 2 runs
04 Sep 17+18d Windsor Bateaux Windsor Novice Stakes (Plus 10) Class 4 · 6f · Good To Soft · 7 ran 7/7 ½ 8-13 —69C51C Jack Duern 125/1
17 Aug 17 Yarmouth Bet toteplacepot At betfred.com/EBF Novice Stakes (Plus 10) Class 4 · 7f · Good To Firm · 14 ran 14/14 4½ 8-13 —47C40C Jack Duern 100/1

Quick answers

How many races has Best Company won?
Best Company (IRE) has yet to win, from 4 archived starts between 2017 and 2018.
Who trained Best Company?
Best Company (IRE) was trained by Dean Ivory on the most recent run on record, at Wolverhampton (AW) on 29 May 2018.
Who is Best Company's sire?
Best Company (IRE) is by Fast Company (IRE) out of Story (GB), whose sire is Observatory.
What is Best Company's official rating?
The most recent official rating on record is 50, from the run on 29 May 2018. That is also the highest on record.
What is Best Company's sire's record?
Fast Company (IRE)'s progeny in our archive have won 9.4% of 7,599 runs since Mar 2014 (492 horses), Flat and jumps together. Strongest on heavy going: 12.7% from 558. Strongest over 2m5f – 3m (all codes): 12.8% from 109.
Who are Best Company's siblings?
Out of Story (GB), Best Company (IRE) has 3 other produce in our archive, 3 of them winners. Most wins: Alexandrakollontai (IRE) (14). Highest grade won: Class 3 (Alexandrakollontai (IRE)). The wins came over 5f–1m2f. As at Nov 2026.

Record shown from August 2017. 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.