Best Law (IRE)
Best Law won three of ten starts on turf between Oct 2023 and Sep 2024. All three wins came on his first visit to the course, at Gowran Park, Tramore and Killarney, with two of them over 1m2f – 1m4f on good or soft ground. The gelding, by Aclaim out of a Mastercraftsman mare, was prominent when winning an apprentice handicap at Gowran Park in Sep 2024, last raced off his career-high mark of 72.
- 3–10Wins / Runs
- 30%Strike rate
- 4 (40%)Placed
- +6.00£1 level staken=10 at SP
- 2.43Fair A/E n=10 · 2.01 incl. margin
- 72Highest OR
- 39dAvg between runs
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 114
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 27 Oct 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Good | 4 | 124A | 106.5 | — |
| Soft | 2 | 75A | 54 | — |
| Heavy | 2 | 71A | 70.5 | — |
| Good to Soft | 1 | — | — | — |
| Distance | Runs | Best | Median | Since 27 Oct 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1m – 1m1f | 5 | 99A | 71 | — |
| 1m2f – 1m4f | 4 | 124A | 109.5 | — |
Of 10 runs looked at, 1 has no figure: not enough races on the card to set the day (under 4) (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
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 4 analysed runs since Aug 2024
- Prominent 3 (75%) · 2 wins
- Led 1 (25%) · 0 wins
Pedigree intelligence
Progeny in our archive have won 10% of 2,539 runs since Jan 2008 (201 horses).
Weakest over 1m – 1m1f (all codes): 6.7% from 388.
| Going | Runs | Wins | SR | vs sire | This horse |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Firm | 10 | 1 | 10% | 0 | — |
| Good to Firm | 410 | 43 | 10.5% | +0.5 | — |
| Good | 547 | 49 | 9% | −1 | 2 from 4 |
| Good to Soft | 216 | 25 | 11.6% | +1.6 | 0 from 1 |
| Soft | 253 | 29 | 11.5% | +1.5 | 1 from 3 |
| Heavy | 74 | 6 | 8.1% | −1.9 | 0 from 2 |
| Standard (AW) | 1,029 | 100 | 9.7% | −0.3 | — |
| Distance (all codes) | Runs | Wins | SR | vs sire | This horse |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Under 6f | 481 | 51 | 10.6% | +0.6 | — |
| 6f – 7f | 1,501 | 161 | 10.7% | +0.7 | — |
| 1m – 1m1f | 388 | 26 | 6.7% | −3.3 | 1 from 5 |
| 1m2f – 1m4f | 127 | 11 | 8.7% | −1.3 | 2 from 5 |
| 1m5f – 2m | 22 | 2 | 9.1% | −0.9 | — |
| 2m1f – 2m4f | 17 | 2 | 11.8% | +1.8 | — |
| 2m5f – 3m | 3 | 0 | 0% | −10 | — |
Flat and jumps together (all codes) · since Jan 2008 · as at 27 Oct 2026 · rows under 30 runs muted · win % is the measure, a record not a forecast
2 siblings in the archive, 1 winner — best of them Ran Amok (IRE) (2 wins).
The wins came over 6f; the highest grade won is Class 4 (Ran Amok (IRE)).
| Produce | Runs | Wins | Win trips | Best grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ran Amok (IRE) | 16 | 2 | 6f | Class 4 |
| Hello Stacia (IRE) | 4 | 0 | — | — |
Record by conditions
| Going | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Good | 4 | 2 | 50% | +7.50 |
| Soft | 3 | 1 | 33% | +1.50 |
| Heavy | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Good to Soft | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Course | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Naas | 3 | 0 | 0% | −3.00 |
| Gowran Park | 1 | 1 | 100% | +5.00 |
| Tramore | 1 | 1 | 100% | +3.50 |
| Galway | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Killarney | 1 | 1 | 100% | +4.50 |
| Leopardstown | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Curragh | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Navan | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Distance | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1m – 1m1f | 5 | 1 | 20% | +1.00 |
| 1m2f – 1m4f | 5 | 2 | 40% | +5.00 |
| Jockey | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Colin Keane | 5 | 1 | 20% | +0.50 |
| Gary Carroll | 3 | 1 | 33% | +1.50 |
| Jack Kearney | 1 | 1 | 100% | +5.00 |
| Wesley Joyce | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Headgear | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Blinkers | 5 | 3 | 60% | +11.00 |
| None | 5 | 0 | 0% | −5.00 |
| Season | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 7 | 3 | 43% | +9.00 |
| 2023 | 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
| Date | Course | Race | Pos | Btn | Wgt | OR | Spd | KTB | Jockey | SP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 · 7 runs | ||||||||||
| 21 Sep 24+27d | Gowran Park | Support The Irish Injured Jockeys Fund Apprentice Handicap (50-75) Handy early - went in front after a furlong and a half and stayed there - asked for effort 2f out then clear by two lengths inside final furlong - stayed on strongly to score | 1/9 | 9-9 | 72 | 99A | 101A | Jack Kearney | 5/1 | |
| 25 Aug 24+8d | Naas | Hartes Group Apprentice Handicap (Div 2) Went straight to the front - fighting for its head early - overtaken after 2f - pressed into 3rd approaching 2f out - slipped back to 5th with a furlong left before fading late | 9/14 | nk | 9-4 | 72 | 105C | 71A | Wesley Joyce | 17/2 |
| 17 Aug 24+16d | Tramore | Core Bullion Traders Rated Race Settled behind pace early - hit front soon after - edged clear into final furlong - battled hard under late pressure to prevail | 1/6 | 9-10 | 69 | 75A | 80B | Gary Carroll | 7/2 | |
| 01 Aug 24+17d | Galway | Guinness 0.0 Handicap (50-70) Sat close to the front group early - 6th at halfway - up to 4th and pushed along 2f out - unable to threaten and held late | 6/18 | 1¾ | 9-6 | 70 | — | 71A | Colin Keane | 11/2 |
| 15 Jul 24+9d | Killarney | Ross Castle Handicap (47-65) | 1/12 | 9-11 | 61 | 114A | 84A | Colin Keane | 9/2 | |
| 06 Jul 24+16d | Naas | Care At Home Services Handicap (47-65) | 3/11 | 1¼ | 9-11 | 61 | 124A | 72A | Colin Keane | 5/2F |
| 20 Jun 24+228d | Leopardstown | BoyleSports Lengthen The Odds Handicap (47-65) (Div 1) | 10/15 | nse | 9-4 | 63 | 77C | 56A | Gary Carroll | 4/1F |
| 2023 · 3 runs | ||||||||||
| 05 Nov 23+22d | Curragh | Castle Star Standing At Capital Stud Irish European Breeders Fund Maiden | 7/20 | 3½ | 9-7 | — | 70C | 66C | Colin Keane | 50/1 |
| 14 Oct 23+10d | Naas | Irish Stallion Farms EBF Maiden | 5/12 | hd | 9-7 | — | 71A | 78A | Colin Keane | 20/1 |
| 04 Oct 23 | Navan | NavanRacecourse.ie Maiden | 6/12 | 2 | 9-7 | — | 33A | 66A | Gary Carroll | 8/1 |
Quick answers
- How many races has Best Law won?
- Best Law (IRE) won 3 of 10 archived starts between 2023 and 2024, a strike rate of 30%. Placed 4 times in total (40% of starts).
- Who trained Best Law?
- Best Law (IRE) was trained by G M Lyons on the most recent run on record, at Gowran Park on 21 September 2024.
- Who is Best Law's sire?
- Best Law (IRE) is by Aclaim (IRE) out of Caledonian Belle (IRE), whose sire is Mastercraftsman.
- What going does Best Law prefer?
- Best Law (IRE) has the best record on good going: 2 wins from 4 starts (50%). Only going bands with at least three archived starts are read, so this is a direction rather than a settled preference.
- What is Best Law's official rating?
- The most recent official rating on record is 72, from the run on 21 September 2024. That is also the highest on record.
- What is Best Law's sire's record?
- Aclaim (IRE)'s progeny in our archive have won 10% of 2,539 runs since Jan 2008 (201 horses), Flat and jumps together. Weakest over 1m – 1m1f (all codes): 6.7% from 388.
- Who are Best Law's siblings?
- Out of Caledonian Belle (IRE), Best Law (IRE) has 2 other produce in our archive, 1 of them a winner. Most wins: Ran Amok (IRE) (2). Highest grade won: Class 4 (Ran Amok (IRE)). The wins came over 6f. As at Oct 2026.